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~ 400 Councilman Barette reported that County Judge Clinton Hurd had talked r- with him concerning the installation of two light standards in front of the ..;_~ Oomfort Station vITi th liGhts stronG enough to light up the park. The court ,~~ being willing to share in the cost of the same. The matter was referred to 1--' ~:.- the City Engineer to investigate the cost of the installation and report back to 21 trie council. - ~ Councilman Reid, Chairman of -the Sewe'r Comr;:cittee, re'portecl that the reQuest _ of~ Mrs. Allen for the ci ty to, pay a charge fo.r sevver repairs be denied. Upon moti"o 22 made and seconded the recor@lendation of the corunittee was unanimously approved. '" ..' Councilman Bond, Chairman of the Pollce COIri.llli ttee reported that it Vias ad,Vi~,:-ble. t? purchase" a cont;oll~r iYlec~anisr~l :to be \lSed, as a spare controller for t 1 trafIIc IIGnts on hana. He nad InvestJ,Gatea the prIce and found it to be $238 and inasmuch as there were no funds available. in the Police Department buclget, he 1 re_coIl111l~nded, that t~e equip:nent be purcha~ed o.ut of the Emerl?ency Ac.count. Motion 23 v'la,s maae ano. sec?naed unanlIilously apprOVIng t.he recommendatIon. , Councilman Bond stated that through a"n oversite there had been left out of th~ 1941 budget funds for a new car for the P~lice Department and he therefore recoLll!~ended that this yearf s emergency fund be drawn on for a new car for the department and that the, Clty Recorder be instructed to advertise a ca~l for bids; _ sa~d bids to be opened at the next meeting o( the council, Decembe! 23. Motion' was ,24 made and seconded and the recomm,endation was!-lnanimously approved. " Councilman :Bond reported that after ~h investigation the Poiice Comm.ittee . vvould I' ecommend the approval of the renewal application for a Retail Beer ' Class B , Li~ense at the East 8jde Tavern, 47, East 7th ?treet. Motion was made and seconded 25 unanimously approving the recom.mendation. . Councilman Bond reported that an investigation had been made at 1283 West 4th Street and found a residence was being used for carrying on a wholesale vegetabl pr9duce business. He'recomIllended that the bu~iness be stopped. Motion was made'and seponded approvinG the recomrnendation and the~ Chief of Police instructed to not1fy th~ residents thereof that the practice would. have to be discontinued, and it was 26 so ordered. It was reported that theVVPA'wished pennission to construct a room within 1 the auditoriUm on the third floor of the city' hall for the purpo~e of conducting , classes. After some discussion moti~n was ma~e and seconded granting the authority , ' _I pr?viding the Ci ty of Eugene was to fUFni sh 'tt!1e space only; the c9st of n:a tel' i,al , 2'~ lapor, heat and light porne by the WPA, and it was so ordered. Mayor Elisha Large wished to appoint Mr. G. G. Busillaan to complete the unexpired term of E. O. Potter, deceased, as a member of the Planning Commission. 28.... Theappointment was unanimously approved by the council. Communication ViaS presented by the City Recorder from the Booth Kelly Lum- ber Company, the Springfield Pl~vood Corporation and the Cone Lumber Company concern ing fire protection after December 31, 1940. The matter referred to the Fire and Water Coramittee to report back at the next meeting of the,council with suggestions as to working out a schedule for an annual charge payable in advance for such servic s. Question was brought up as to the possibility of such industrial plants furnishing the City a statement of their assessed valuation each year and they to pay the city, J in advance, the same millage on their assessed valuation as the people of the city 29 pay on their property. Communication was presented from the Board of Appeals presenting the request of E. M. ~anta, Real Estate Broker,.asking for a re-zoning of the Harry H. Gordon Addition into a Business Zone. This is a tract of land lying on each side of Sevent Avenue from the City limits on the West to a point sixty-six feet east of the east line of Taylor Street. The Board rec9mmend~hat this request be referred to the 30' Planning Commission and the recommendation was unanimously approved: .11 Req~est was recelved from the Snellstrom Lumber Company asklng for a permit to erect an addition to their present buildin~t the northeast corner of the intersection of Sixth Avenue and Charnelton Street, of the same construction of the present bui~ding--frame covered with corrugated iron. Said building addition to be not closer than twelve feet to the east property line. The Board recommends that this request be granted and motion was made and seconded unanimously 31 approving the recommendation of the Board. - A resolution was presented directing the Planning Commission to hold a , II hearing on the proposal to change the classification of a tract of land on Seventh Avenue from the city limits to Taylor Street from a single family residence district to a business district and to adopt a tentative report and thereafter make a final report and transmit the same to the council with their recommendation and it was ~~~ unanimously approved. RES 0 L UTI 0 N BE IT RESOLVED by the COITID10n Council of the City of ~ 1