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' Councilman Bond stated that thiwith the tags there had been a lead seal provided and that he thought that in ~'1 Section 3. a Dr'ovision should be made the t this seal should not be broken and that 'j~ he did not entirely approve of the provision ih Section 7, allowing the transfer of ::~ plates from one bicycle to another for persons renting bicycles and that Section 10 allowed no person to ride or operate a bicycle on the sidewalk except for delivery of papers or merchandize and then only in residential sections ~f the City. He stated that he thought that this should be changed to allow chlldren at least under a certain age to ride on the sidewalk. Councilman Bond also stated that there had been $189.56 contracted for plates, seals, and printed matter and that he thought that et., ieasit':.t$1.51~)€lOc sho1}:i:ld be set as ide for prizes. Councilman Hawn stated that he had a meeting during the afternoon with the Parent Teachers Association regarding the swimming pool and that the matter of the Bicycle Ordinance had been brought up at that time.. He said he was heartily 'in favor of setting aside a sum of money for contests for bicycle riders and that a suggestion had been made that the contest should be divided as to ages; that there should be one prize for the grade schoo~, one for the Junior Highschools, and one for the Highschool, and that he recommended the amount of $100.00 be set aside. The matter was left in the hands of the committee to work out amendments to t~e present ordinance. At this time, Councilman Hawn was excused from the meeting. -I 1 Mayor Large repar ted that two dog 1 icenses had be,en purchased one day for the same dog for the H. M. Wheeler family and that they were requesting a refund for one of the licenses, No. 1174. On motion made and seconded, it was 17, ordered that this refund be made. A request from Mrs. J. H. Brown for a refund of fifty cents for a Sewer permit, No. 97Q4, at 1490 West Fifth Avenue was read. Mr. Clubb explained that this permit was not used and on motion made and seconded, the request for 18 __ refund was granted. I A letter from the Board of Appeals was read, stating that they had received a request from L. J. Zumwalt, owner of the business block located at the northea'st corner of the intersection of Willamette Street and Seventh Avenue, asking for a permit to erect a balcony in the office room at 9 East Seventh Avenue. This room is twelve feet by forty-two in dimension, and he asked that he be allowed to erect a balcony twelve feet by twenty-six feet. This is more than 50% of' the floor area and the Building Code allows only 33 1/3%. The letter also stated that they felt, owing to the uncertainty of the class of merchandize stored, tha t the request should be denied. On Illotion made and seconded, the 19_ recommendation of the Board of Appeals was adopted. 20, The following eurb Cut applications were presented: Clyde McDougall, 1418.West Broadway, and T. A. Schofield, 1144 Polk Street. On Motion made and seconded, the requests were granted. Departmental monthly r,eports were read and ordered placed on file. They included the Public Library, Police Department, and Sewage Charges. The Enging~ers monthly report, al so the yearly report of the Engineers, was read and ordered placed on file. 2~ A letter from Mr'. and Mrs. L. G. McCall regarding their curb pump located at twenty-second and Emerald Street, was read. They were requesting that they be allowed to keep the pump in service,their excuse being that it was located so far out and that it was a means of helping them out with the revenue for the store. It was the recoITlliendation of the Council that the pump would have to be removed. 22... 1 A letter from City Engineer, C~ubb, statigg that complaints had been received because the children going to school on Viest Broadway have to walk in the street on account of no sidewalk between Ven Buren and Taylor, was read. The letter explained that there were funds left in the Sidewalk Revolving Fund that could be used to contract this sidewalk if the Council so desired. A motion was made and seconded and carried that the proper steps be taken to provide this sidewalb, and that the Recorder be instructed to advertize 'for bids. 2~ I 24' A letter from D. R. French, representing the Lane County Humane Society, requesting that Lawrence Buckley be deputized as an officer for the Dog Control Board, was read. 'On motion made and seconded, this request was granted. 2fil, 'l'he Recorder reported tha t the Northwest Cities Gas Company and the Oregon Electric Railway Company had paid their Franchise taxes for the year 1941. There had been a request from the Studley Estate for the cancellation of a Lien on Lot 6, Block 7, Huddleston Addition and at this time a resolution authorizing the Mayor and Recorder to issue a Q.uit Claim Deed to the Studley Estate was read. On motion made and seconded, this resolution was adopted with the provision that Attorney Calkins was to examine tlle records at the Court House and that if he found that the City had lost their rights, that the deed would be 26 \ issued. ~