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A motion was made, by Farrington and I ,:.~. I I.; seconded by Barette and carried that the Street Committee recommendation be ,."...\~ ! adopted. . . Councilman Farrington stated the property owners ih the block between , ,I II Potter and University and 21st and 22nd streets were getting impatient re- garding the delya for the improvement of the alley in this block. Engineer 1" Clubb stated that the property owners had decided that the alley should be ,I 191: improved though the eniter block and that they had put up with him checks I to cover the cost of the work, but that on account of the shortage of help i: the street department could not get at it before late fall or this winter. I: The Recorder was instructed to write a letter explaing to the property owners the.cuase of the delay, that the City was not just neglecting the matter, but would make the improvements assoon as possible. I: There was several ~~ople present waiting for the rent control matter to I: be brought up and Mayor Large asked that the ordinance whihc hadbeen presented I' be read at this time. The ordinance was read in detail and Mayor Large stated r!! --he would allow limited argumentsfrom anyone concerned. Sam Rosenberg entered 20 ! a protest regarding the ordinance as drawn and questioned how the authority to set the date of January 1, 1943 as a basis of rentals was arrived at. He stated that the ordinance in this form would cause him to loose considerable i: money; that he had paid $31,000.00 for an apartwent house that under this ord- I! inance would not be worth over 20 to 25 thousand dollars. He felt that rentals I, should be based on thos charged at the presnt time and not to get back to Jan- t uary 1, 1943. I: I Chris Jensen asked if the ordinance would be passed at this time or read It just the 1st time and laid over and started to make nnmerous statements on l. behalf of the Railraid Unions. Mayor Large asked Mr. Jensen if he had crud- I 211: entials to show that he was representing the Railway Unions and Mr. Jensen stated that he did not have them with him but that he could get them, and \' ~ I, Mayor Large stated that a Union man had told him that Mr. Jensen was no~ re- i, i, presenting the Railroad Unions. - h l' 'I It was pointed out by one or two parties.in the Audience that there had " been numeDous complaints made to the OPA regarding rents in Eugene and that " , there had been some investigations made and that if this ordinance was not II passed OPA would probably move in. Mayor Large stated he would like to hear Ii 22!1 from some of the Council members in regard to the Ordinance. Counciln;tan Hawn questioned how the Executive Secretary of the Control Board could be financed. li! Attorney Calkins stated that Salem had been working under a similiar ordinance 1'1 and that they had started by paying an Executive Secretary $150.00 per month I: I; but at the present time was.paying $200.00 per month and that with printing !: and other incidentials their budget would amount to $3,000.00 a year. Council- I" man Hawn explained that he felt that it would be necessary f~ID the City of , b I:; Eugene to have a full time secretary for at least a year. Councilman Koppe l stated he felt in$pection charges should be included in the ordinance so that I the proposition would be self-sustaining. Councilman Farrington stated he did j'i ~:~ not feel it would be necessary to have a full time secretary but thought the I lij work might be handled on a part time basis probably from one to five oclock in I'; the afternoon. I: II It was suggested that an amount of $800.00 would probably provide for the II work .for the first 90 days. After some discussion the ordinance was passed to 'I \, its second and third readings by unanimous consent of the Council by title under ;, 23f suspension of the rules and was placed for final passage. On vote all Council- ! \: men present voting AYE, absent Davis and Wiper. The Ordinance was deolare~' : I passed ~nd numbered 8800. I A motion was made by Farrington and seconded by Hawn that the amount of ,\ t $800.00 in the Emergency Fund by marked for the enforcement of this rent control I: ordinance for the 1st 90 days. On vote this motion was carried.' I, " Departmental reports of the Police Matron and Eugene Water Board for June 'I I 241: were read and ordered placed on file. I' I': I: A letter from Otto Wentz asked permission to install a music box and allow Ii dancing in his restaurant ay 34 west 6th street. Mr. Wentz was present and II explained that he did not haye a liquor permit of any kind and that he would 251 see that dancing would be kept in an orderly manner. Attorney Calkins explained 1:1 that there was no ordinance against allowing dancing at the place of this kind II '\ providing he had no liquor permit, did not ~llo~ customers to bring in liquor I [' and consume it in the place. A motion was made by Hawn and seconded by Barette ill Iii and carried that Mr. Wentz request be granted under condition outlined by n Attorney Calkins. ~ ': t: I I ! ~