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~ 463 Council Chambers Eugene, Oregon April 14, 1941 I ~ ~ J-o:'~\i '~9 I The minutes of the regular meeting of the Common Council held on Monday evening :pq;A):R~hJl,le4, 1941 at 7 :30 0' clock p.m. Mayor Elis'ha Large presided over the eeting. Councilmen present were: Sam C. Bond, A. C. Farrington, Louis Koppe, E. A. ~arette, Ira O. Stewart, Orren Brownson, A. L. Hawn and John Pennington; absent: 1... Inone. 1 The minutes of the previous meeting were presented and ordered placed on file. The meeting was herewith called to order. I ' Mayor Large said he noticed quite a delegation representing the swimming !pool and would ask them at this time to make whatever statements they wished. Mr. ~. B. Gard said that they had a written report and he would ask Kenneth Shumaker, member of the commmttee, to read this report. The report)~ presented by Mr. Shumaker, ~ was signed by School District No.4, Eugene Playground Commission, [Lane County Fair Board, Eugene Chamber of Commerce, Eugene Youth Council, American [Legion, representatives of the Press, and Mrs. W. S. Love of the PTA. In addition fO this report was attached Exhibit A and Exhibit B recommending sites for the swimming pool. Mayor Large asked Councilman Hawn of the Park Committee if he. had \:iny further report to make for the Council and he replied that at this time he did hot have but requested that the matter be held over for further consideration by the aifferen~parties interested. Councilman Hawn pointed out that there had been bbstacles in the way of locating the swimming pool on the Amazon tract and it beemed that the location on the FaEirgrounds recommended in the report this evening .... r' as probably the most acceptable at this time. Mayor Large said that if there was 3 ho objection, the matter would be laid over for further consideration. I Mrs. Corbett addressed the council requesting the Eugene Water Board to chang ~he time of her water meter reading so that it would comply with the dates set by the fugene Water goard for the summer rates to go into effect for water users. It was ~ointed out that the council had no authority to ask this of the Eugene Water Board 'land Mrs. Corbett was told that the Eugene Water Boar'd was in sessiilin at this time and 4' for her to take the matter up with them. I The matter of accepting the liability and property damage insurance policy ~endered by the Terminal Taxi Company was brought up at this time. Attorney Reese ~ingard representing the Taxi Cab Company explained the situati9n stating that the ~axicab company was willin~ to put up $50.00 ca~h to cover the $50.00 deducti~ claus an the insurance policy. ~here was some discussion regarding this and Councilman Haw ~sked that in case of an accident if this $50 would be used to pay for the loss or if ~he taxi-cab company was willing at all times to keep the $50.00 on deposit with the ~itYOf Eugene. Mr. Gabried was present and he and Mr. Wingard assured the council ~hat the $50 would be kept intact for the duration of the policyl Upon motion by Councilman Farrington, seconded by Councilman Bond, this insurance policy was , Ii 5 accepted. II Mr. C. A. Wilcox of 55 Washington Street reported he had secured a building permit to make certain imporvements on his house and the Building Inspector had put up a stop work sign claiming the conditions of the permit were not complie~vith. Mr. Wilcox asked that be be permitted to restore the porch to its original condition ~nd let the matter rest there. Councilman Farrington explained that there were ~lready three buildings on the lot and they occupied more than 30% of the ground ~nd that further extensions could not be allowed. Upon motion, the request of 6~ Mr. Wilcox to put the porch back into i~s original shape was granted. II Councilman Farrington, Chairman of the Finance Committee, presented the property offers at this time beginning with the offer of Frank Sustello, $100.00, ~20.00 cash and the balance at ~5.00 or more per month plus interest at 6% for Lot 5, Block 5, 6roner's Addition (222-2/3 feet West of the Southwest corner of 4th ~venue and Almaden Street) with the recommendation that the offer be accepted and ~ ~pon motion made and seconded the recommendation was unanimously approved. II The offer 'of James H. Baker, $425.00, $85.00 cash and the balance at $10.00 lPr more per month plus interest at 6% for Lot 77x150.6 on Van Buren Street 100 feet ~orth of 8th Avenue was presented with the recommendation that the offer be held klintil the size of the lot is decided and the recommendation was unanimoumly approved. I The offer of Andy W. Corbin, $200, $10.00 cash and the balance at $10 ~r more per month plus interest at 6% for the West 60.5 feet of Lot 16, Huddleston 4ddition (242.17 feet West of the Southwest corner of 8th Avenue and Almaden Street) was presented with the recommendation that the offer be rejected and the 9' ~ecommendation was approved by the Council. 8 2,/ I I' The offer of Paul W. Campbell for client, Harold McKenZie, $600.00, $120 cash and the balance at $15.00 per month plus interest at 6% for the West 181.59 ~