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~ 379 -- -- ~ --~ - .- _. - -- - -- ~ ~ - -""--- .- -- - - -- I published within the week commencing November 4, 1940. ~~, !,."J ~,., Communication was read from the City Planning Commission rejecting as its w permanent report a proposal to change the classification of an area from High Street to the Millrace on East Broadway and rnotion was made and seconded unanimously 27\.. approving the report of the Commission. The matter was then dropped. Upon the recomrnendation of City Engineer Clubb the council voted to grant I a refund of $2.00 to J. R. Lawson for a building permit which was a duplicate and a refund of $4.50 to C. C. Mongold for electrical and plumbing permits which were duplicates. The Recorder was instructed to include payment of the refunds with 2fr the October bills and it was so ordered. Request was received from M. A. Hodgins for a $1.00 refund for payment of a traffic offenSe which was not committed by him but by the person who bought his caI'. Motion was made and seconded to grant the refund and it was unanimously 2<;Y- approved. Councilman Reid stated that some university students had contacted him making a request to use the old city hall fire bell as a noisemaker in the Universit of Oregon homecoming noise parade, November 8. After considerable discussion, motion was made by Councilman Bond and seconded by Councilman Farrington that the request be denied and it was so ordered. However, upon further discussion the council agreed to allow the university students to use the small city bell. Referri g again to the large city hall fire bell, motion was made and seconded to set the larg bell in a proper concrete base in the lawn of the city lot at 11th and Willamette; funds for the same to be taken from the Street and Bridge Revolving Fund, and it '1', 30- was so ordered. - ~ Upon motion made and seconded the City l1ecorder was instructed to call for sealed bids for fuel oil requirements for the city of Eugene on a one year contract basis, said bids to be opened at the council meeting of November 25, 1940. .. The recorder was also instructed to advertise a call for bids to cover the city's I gasoline requirements for the year 1941 and an auditor to audit the city's - g~X~xxNEXX~~Nix~NXXX~~XXX~X~E~xxtX*XX~NOCX~NX~NOCXX~XXX~XXMOCXXXKkEX~X~xxx 31..- books for the year 1941, said bids to be opened on December 30, 1940. The following curb cut applications were presented: No. 804 for Ralph patterson;/No. 805 for Wayne Ward~ No. 806 for Floyd Keeneyr and No. 807 for St. Mary's Catholic School~ As the City Engineer recommended that all cuts be granted, 32lr motion was made and seconded unanimously approving the recommendation of the Enginee . t, , Communication was read from H. W. Hand, Mayor of Corvallis, inviting all " interested city officials to attend a short course for ,water and sewage operators ',. to be held on the Oregon State COllege campus. The communication was ordered 33'- placed on file. . Verbal request was had from the Shell Oil Company Qoncerning the right to ,install a gasoline pump and pit at the aTIlort to service airplanes. After a dis- . cussion, the City Attorney hhecked our contract with Joseph Harrell, Manager of 34" the airport and it was felt advisable to hold the matter in abeyance until the next council meeting at which time a report would be made. It was reported to the council that a very unsightly construction was , being put up on the East side of Lawrence Street between 11th and 12th and the construction was exceeding the pennit granted by the building inspector. Upon - motion made and seconded the council ordered a stop-order placed on the premises 35 and instructed the City Engineer to enforce the same. It was unanimously approved. I Councilman Carlson stated there were several candidates for the position of counci~man in the city council left vacant by the resignation of Councilman P. J. Iianns and he would have no recoImnendation to make until after the election of November 5. Whichever individual is elected to the office he would recommend to fill out the balance of the year. Councilman Carlson stated he had not liked the article which appeared in the Morning News following the last council meeting. .. He stated that the only part of the statement which was correct was that he intended to resign after the first of the year. He wished it understood by the ,council ~at I he had never made any such stateruent as a one man government and he resented this appearing in the nevvspaper~ The reported had to;L.d him that this made a better story out of it. Mr. Carlson said he had talked with Mr. ArthurPriaulx, owner of the 'Jorning News, and Mr. Priaulx stated the story was solely the work of the reporter and the columns were open to make a correction. He therefore felt the management mas sincere. However, he. wished his statement made public and he therefore made it in the presence of both newspapers and the co~ncil so he wou~d not be misunder- 36'- stood. He did state again that he wished to reS1Gn after the flrst of the year. Upon motion made and seconded the council adjourned to meet on Tuesday~ November 12, instead of Monday November 11, due to the fact that Armistice Day 37 falls on November 11. C. M. Bryan, City Recorder ~