05/11/1942 Meeting - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

~ 625 I Councilman Bond reporting for the Police Committee stated that he had a request from Oscar Bussell, Senior Defense VIarden for the Southwest district which comprised of the territory West of Willamette and South of Thirteenth. He stated that this division had an office at the Eugene High School ana requested that the City provide for installing two extensions for telephones in this office and pay for the extensions each month. He said the installation charge would be $1.50 and the extensions one dollar each per month. Mr. Bond made a motion which was seconded by Barette that the City provide these two phone extensions. Councilman Hawn said he thought the Council should consider what they were moving into and thought they should deal directly with Commander Merriam as there would be prob~bly four or eight other sections making the same request. Councilman Barette said that hOOad attended the meeting at the High School and they had a fine set-up and considerable First Aid equipment. Councilman Bond said he would like the matter to go through atthis time on account of the Air Raid Practice to be held on May 18th. Mr. Merriam was present and said that he thought the procedure suggested by Mr. Hawn was the proper thing. ~ouncilman Bond and Council,:lan Barette withdrew their motion and the matter was 1 eft for Mr. Merriam to make recommendation to the Council. -. '-'I\.IJ!. ~: 01' I 10 I At this time Attorney Calkins said that he had looked up the situation regarding the Sewer connections and that an ordinance passed in 1915 provided that property within 160 feet of the Sewer would be required to connect to the Sewer but that parties further avvay than that had been allowed to install cess pools. It was pointed out that the property in question about Fairmount Boulevard was more than lpO feet from the sewer. It was sugGested that the City might extend this sewer up to the property ip question and assess the cost to the property. After some discussion, this seelned to be the best plan to follow and the improve- men ordinance for the construction of the sewer passed its first, second, and third reading by unanimous consent of the council by title under suspension of the rules and was placed for final passage. '1'he ayes and nays."were called; councilmen voting aye: Bond, Farrington, Koppe, Barette, Hawn, and Pennington; nay,none; absent, Brownson, and Stewart. The Ordinance was declared passed and numbered 8742'. Also an ordinance approving the plans and specification~ of the City Engineer for the construction passed its first, secund, and third readings by unanimous consent of the council by title under suspension of the rules and was placed for final passage. The ayes and nays were called; councilmen voting aye: Bond, Farrington, Koppe, Barette, Iiawn, and Pennington; nay, none; absent, Brownson and Stewart. The 11 Ord~nance was declared passed and numbered 8743. Mr. Pennington inquired regarding the Stop Sign at Broadway and Pearl which had been up at a previous council meeting. Engineer Clubb reported that he had contacted the State Highway Department and they were figuring that they might put in signals at that intersectioh. He requested a little more time in order for the 12 Highway Commission to complete a check of the traffic at that intersection. I A letter from P. J. Bartle was read asking for permission to purchase Lot 8, Block 4, Shelton Addition and to be allowed to build a Shop in which to make brooms; this shop to be operated by the blind people. It was explained that this district was in the Single Family Residence District and that the matter would have to come before the Planning Cownission. Mr. Bartle was in a hurry to get this situation settled and a motion was rtiade, seconded, and carried that the Council 13 direct the Planning Commission to hold a hearing. (See Resolution, Page 627.) A letter from C. P. Sylvester regarding Lots 1, 2, and 3 on Madison Street between First and Second Street was read. This letter was in regard to the lot lines for the different properties and requested that the City make some changes. It was pointed out that this was the property owner's affair and not the City's 14 and the letter was ordered placed on file. Mayor Large said that there was some controver'sy regarding an alley running East and West between Fifth and Sixth and Lincoln and Lawrence. He stated that this alley had been used for twenty or twenty-ffive years but had never been dedicated to the City. It appeared that a ~r. Harrington was interested in getting this alley opened up so that it could be further improved. Councilman Pennington inquired why the City should do anything about it at all and Mr. Clubb reported . that the City had a sewer in the alley. He said this was in the Packard Addition and all other blocks in that Addition had been platted with a sewer but that this block was left without a sewer. After some discussion, this matter was referred 15 to the Judiciary Committee to report back at the next Council meeting. A curb cut for Arthur Martin, 459 East loth Avenue was presented, and the 16 request was granted. The reports for the Police Dept., Police Matron, Engineer and Building 17 Departments, and the .Fire Department \overe read and ordered placed on file. ,I Councilman Bond reporting for the Police Committee stated that warran&s prepared for traffic violations had all been served where the parties were living inside of the City limits. He stated there were some othel's on file in the Police Department and that, the officers were endeavoring to contact the cars whenever they could find them inside the City limits. At this time, Councilman 18 Brownson appeared at the meeting. ~