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He stated .~~ Ihw 'I that the city had an investment of close to a million dollars and ~ij '~-'l/~" ,I though the Army had a lease on the Airport they had not moved in and it I was not definite just w~en t~e~ would and he thou~.that the guard should , be kept until the Army moved in. Mayor Large explained that originally 17 i the men were not put on so much for guards as to turn on the field lights II when a plane was to land. That the control light switch was at the old :! Coldren house a considerable distance from the Administration building, I which prevented the United AirLimes from operating the switch. He stated i! that the CAA had completed the wiring and that the control switch was ! now in the administration building, and in as much as the field was leased ,i to the Army he did not feel that it was necessa~y for the City to have the '. " expense of a guard. Mr. Sweet etplained that the Caa, the Weather Bureau, ,I the United Airlines, each has 5 employees at the airport and that their Ii monthly salaries were between $2200 and $2500, and he felt the city should I: Ii employ a guard. Councilman Farrington stated that he thought this was a good place for the city to spend $150.00 ~~r month. Councilman Hawn r: stated that his fi~st reaction was that this guard should be taken off but II I; that he felt the matter should be referred to a committee for investigation. I' A motion was made by Hawn and seconded by Davis that the matter be referred i'l to a committee to make an investigation. Councilman Farrington stated that I I'! he wished to make an ammendment to this motion that the guard should be 1'1 kept on until a report is made back to the Council. This ammendment was I'~ agreeable to Mr. Hawn and Mr. Davis and on vote the ammended motion was i;: Ii carried and Mayor Large referred the matter to the Police Committee. Ii It Library report was read and ordered placed on file. 1'1 The following letter from the Board of Appeals was read: i " 'I "At a meeting of the Board of Appeals held in the office "~I of the City Engineer, Thursday, Novemb-er-18-th.,___the letter 18 'I II II of J. F. Grimes which waso referred by your body to -tJ}~ ... Board - regarding the set-back for a garage was re- .......... I; "- f considered and the Board still recommends that the ,I request to waive the set-back be denied." , ..........'-..... I Ii "In regard to the request of the GE Oweb Lumber Co., 19 Ii .to erect a trash burner just insdie the City limits I' aware of the several attempts to have this property " ~ re-zoned as "industrial", the Board would recommend i ~ I that this reuqest be denied." I " I,t On motion made, seconded and carried the recommendation of the Board II I, of Appeals was adopted. " Ii An application of Sadie B. McNew for a hotel and rooming house at 20 t: 636 Willamette street, was granted. ! j On request of the University of Oregoh, Kena V. Cox was ordered 21' ,I deputized as a campus watchman for the ensuing year. , II , A letter from the National Youth Administration, 333 Montgomery I i , Street, San Francisco, California signed by Wilford G. Frischknecht was , I read at this time. This letter stated that under advise fro~ the Washington 22 I' office the property back of the Butte constructed jointly by the National I Youth Administration and the City of Eugene under terms of agreement was II to be the property of the City of Eugene. It stated that the National Youth I: Administration would need the office building and storage space during the " month of November and after the buildings are vacated by the National Youth II' Administration the City was authorized to take possession. I: II A letter from William L. Lyon, local manager of the National Youth 23 II I': Administration dated November 20th outlining the condiditions of the buildings '.! was read and ordered placed on file. II The following requests for -beer licenses for the year 1944 were presented to the Council: OisisnTav~rn~oelarence Beeson, 89 west 8th, -Package Class B & Retail Class B II Tiny Tavern, Reuben Johnson, 400 Blair St.-Package Class B & Retail Class B I " Geo. CigarSt. S. K. George, 756 Willamette -Package class B & Retail Caass B 24 II ; Roberts Drink,Carrol ROberts,147 W. Broadway-Package Class B & Retail Class B \ Model Grocery,Paul Swartz, 341 High st. -Package Class B " General Grocery, 1597 W. 11th -Package Class A " I II II' I'; I'! I, !' ....1