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376 .0- = ~ . . Council Chambers Eugene, Oregon I c.~;, Octobe,r 28, 1940 , ct.l. ! I cr"" The minutes of the adjourned meeting of the Common Council held in the Council Chamb.ers on October 28, 1940 at 7:30 o'clock p,m. Mayor Elisha Large presided over the meeting. Councilmen present were: A. A. Reid, Sam C. Bond, 1 Fred C. Carlson, A. C. Farrington, Louis Koppe, E. A. Barette and Ira O. Stewart. A vacancy existed from the First Ward because of the recent resignation of Council- man Hanns. 2 (. . The minutes of the previ9us meeting were presented and ordered placed I on fl1e. The meeting was,h~rewith called to order. Mayor Large presented Patrolman Leonard Kearney who gave a report on his recent twelve week's of training under the supervision of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, D. C. Officer Kearney stated that the city's 3~investment would return dividends. . > Commu~ication was presented from Mr. Day T. Bayly, spokesman for the PTA Comml~tee maklng the following suggestions for improvements in the traffic safety campalgn: . 1st That all car parking be prohibited, during school hours for one- half block or more in front of each city school so that if any child' should venture ~nto the str~et, i~ would ~ot be from between parked cars, and so that parents bring lng and gettlng chl1dren wl11 not have to double park, while loading or unloading. 2nd That the city put on its program for installation within a year or so regular stop lights for the intersection of 13th and Willamette because that inter~ i section has become very busy and many schQol children cross there. 3rd Suggest th~ installation of the following stop signs: Stop signs on Olive and Charnel ton at 13th; stop signs on Railroad Avenue at Grand and a 5-way stop at 8th, Blair and Monroe Streets. 4th Enforcement of pedestrian right-of-way at intersections. I Mayor Large stated that arrangements for the installation of traffic signals at 13th and Willamette had already been taken care of. Mr. Raymond Walsh, representin the traffic safety committee at the Eugene High School addressed the council aSking that the parking area in front of and on each side of the high school be restricted; also the installation of four-way stop signs at the intersections of 17th and Lincol and 17th and Charnel ton Streets. Mayor Large pledged the support of the 00 uncil in ; the regulation and control of traffic and asked in return the cooperation of the -.I PTA and other civic organizations. Mayor Large also asked the correction of the 4 traffic law in the next session of the Oregon State legislature. Mr. Arthur Hendershott addressed the council making a request for the use of space on the second floor of the city maintenance building at 5th and Olive Streets for the purpose of rifle and pistol practice in conjunction with the Eugene Police Department. Councilman Carlson, Chairman of the Street Committee, stated he Ihad investigated the request and found that space could be made available and would recommend granting the request. Motion was made and seconded unanimously approving 5 the recommendation to grant the request. Herman Hendershott, local attorney, addressed the council requesting the council to grant a transfer of ownership of Package Store Class A License from Thomas L. Lawhorneoc and Charles I. Wilson at the Lawrence Street Grocery, 395 West 11th Street to Mrs. Elsie M. Erlandson. The Police Committee had no recommendation or comment to make and the matter was held in abeyance. At the request of Herman }Hendershott the letter from Mrs. Erlandson addressed to the City Council was not I 6 read but placed on file. Concerning the request of Henry Ryan for a permit to build another house on his lot on West 11th, which was referred to the Judiciary Committee and City Atto - ney, Councilman Koppe, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee reported that the Ryans prior to any building beind done, had acquired one lot and 22 feet off from another. They had, heretofore and prior to the passage of the ordinance fixing the proportion ate areas of buildings to lots, made an application to the City Council, which was granted, permitting them to build a ser~es of sma~l buildings consisting of what. is I ordinarily called a court. These buildlngs constltuted a departure from the zonlng ordinance in that this was a single family residence zone. Subsequent to that the proportionate building area ordinance was passed and the court, together with the ho se already on the property, constitutes all of the structures that can be placed on that amount of area of land, and the area of the proposed extra building will be a violation of the proportionate area ordinance. It seemed to the committee and the uted City Attorney that in view of the permission heretofore g~ven, wh~ch ~ctually consti the violation, that it would be inequitable for the Councll at thlS tlme to refuse the permit for the building extending the court, and therefore recoF~ended to the council that it instruct the Building Inspector to issue a permit. Motion was made t and seconded unanimously approving the recommendation of the committee. 7 ~