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The Board also would like to request that the I Planning Commission re-zone this Quarter block from an R-l zone to an R-2 zone." A motion to adopt the recommendation of the Board of Appeals was made seconded, and carried. <' .Departmental reports were read and ordered placed on file. t : A letter from R. C. Williams, manager of the A.S.U.O., asking for permission 7 !, to erect a banner across Willamette Street advertising the five numbers of the I Greater Artist Series and an additional banner at the time of the season ticket I drive, was read and on motion made, seconded, and carried, this request was granted. I A memorandum of the estimate of repairs to an automobile belonging to Wilna _ Kincaid, 1077 East 19th Ave., in the sum of $24.50 was presented to the Council. ; It was claimed that damage to the car was done by an angle iron at the alley in I the rear of the Silva Chevrolet Co. on Olive Street. Also a request from Helga 8 Strong, 1822 Charnelton Street, for payment of a doctoris bill and for a hired : woman on account of a hole in the sidewalk near Bartle Court in which she claimed : she caught her heel and turned her ankle. Both of these claims were referred to i the Judiciary Committee and the City Attorney for attention. , , At this time the resignation of Joe T. H. Cullender as patrolman in the i Police Department was read. He stated that he wished to give the City two weeks ~ I notic~ and to have this resignation take effect as of October 1, 1942. Also a 9 ! letter from Roy B. Wilcox, tendering his resignation as a member of the Police- ; Department effective as of this date. was read. Both of these resignations were ; accepted. ' I I The bill of the League of Oregon Cities in the sum of $416.76 for membership I i dues for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1942 and ending June 30, 1943, had I been referred to the Finance Committee at a previous meeting with the suggestion '- i that they take this matter up with the Eugene Water Board with a view of the Water I Board paying half of this bill on account of the services that the Water Board : received from the League of Oregon Ci ti es. Counc ilman Farrington at this time l reported that the committee had not taken the matter up with the Eugene ~ater I Board but that Councilman Hawn had talked with Mr. McArthur about the matter and i Mr. Farrington aSked Mr. Hawn to make a report at this time. Councilman Hawn I stated that he told Iv~r. McArthur that he had no right totake the matter up official \ as representing tile Finance Committee and only talked to Mr. McArthur informally. ; He stated that a rule had been made by the League of Oregon Cities that the municip 10 i light and water companies could hold a membeJship in the League of Oregon Cities . for a nominal fee, and that the Eugene Water Board had been availing themselves : of this opportunity, that previously they had paid a fee of $25.00 but that for . the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1942 a bill for $50.00 had been rendered them i by the League 01' Oregon Cities and they had already paid this bill. Councilman : Hawn stated that Mr. McArthur was not,at all favorable to the Water Board paying i any part of the ~~416.76 bill rendered the City of Eugene. May_or Large stated that ! the City Attorney had been requested to draw a resolution to be presented to the Water Board concerning the payment of part of this membership fee of the City : of Eugene and asked that the Recorder read the resolution at this time. The : resolution was read and Councilman Hawn stated that he thought it was useless to ; pass the resolution as in his opinion the City would not get anywhere with the : V:ater Board. This same opinion was voiced by Councilman Brownson and Councilman Pennington and they stated that they would be glad to hear from other councilmen regarding the resolution. After some discussion by the Council, a motion was made, : seconded, and carried that the resolution be tableci. The following curb cuts were presented: Mrs. ~ells, 670 East 12th; _A. C. Striker, 2112 Hilyard Street; Reese Wingard, 929 and 945 Hilyard St. W. G. Clubb City Engineer, recommended the above cuts be granted. Safeway Stores, 219 West 11 'Broadway made application for a 2G foot curb cut, but Engineer Clubb_ recommended a larger. cU,t.be. made owing to the amount of tr~fficon Broadway. The recommendation 1- of the Clty Englneer were adopted by the Councll. A delegation headed by Ben Dorris had just entered the Council rooms and - Mayor Large asked if any of them wished to address the Council. Mr. Ben Dorris stated that he wished to read a couple of items out of the Oregonian regarding the swimnling pool at Albany and other places. He stated the delegation had come to criticize the Council fOI' not having provided a swimming pool at an earlier date. Mayor Large explained that earlier there had not been sufficient funds collected from the tax levy to construct the swimming pool and tha t now the goverrunent 12 was asking that all projects of ~his kind b~ defer~ed until af~er th~ duration of the war, and Mayor Large also pOlnted out_ tnat nowlt would be lmposslble mo get ~I