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~266 - - ------- - ----.- ~-----_. --__ - ._- ~-- ---~--- _" _____ ---'_'___'_~-C-"'--______'__ _____ --_________~_~___.____.____________~ ____ _~___ ~____~____ ___~, _ __,-- __~_ --~------------------ - - -. -- . -- .- ~.'- ~ ---~~--- -- - .. -.-- ~ - -- - -- - -. - - -- -. - -.- -. . ... - - --- -. - -- . -. -- '- . _. . - - -.. .- - ~--.r---==~---=-....:.:::===-=-=--- ~--'---~--".~-------'----- - --~---~---- ------~-~-- 'I A request was received from James Cougill asking for permission to convert ::'::':' tha t _ his reques t be granted if his plans will comply with the Code and State ;r,.<< CJi: Fire Marshall rules. ( 25)1' . A request was also received from Carrol L. Sheraden to be allowed to convert I the second floor of the house at 954 Third avenues west into three apar~mentz. A request to convert the house into two apartments was granted to P. L. Durkee on May 1, 1944. The board recommends that this request be granted. A request was received from Warren U. Olsen to be allowed to remodel the building at 527-531 Monroe street. The Board,recommends that this request be held up pending the submission of plans and details. Graham B. Smith appeared before the Board on behalf of the Sterling Furniture Co, located at 67 East Eighth avenue. They desire to extend the balconmes to completely cover the entire floor space, and are asking for a waiver of the seven foot clearance in one portion of the store room. The Board recomm- ends thatthe request be granted. " . The following Rooming House applications had been approved by the Lane County Health Department, Chief ofPol:!.ce and Chief of Fire Department, were read. On motion made, seconded and carried,licenses were odered issued: , 26 George O. Adams - -351 west lOth St. Mrs. Olive O. Darby --469 east 15th Mrs. A. pickerman -875 east 13th St. Minnie Thomas - - - - -754cLincolnSt. Mrs. L. Boroughs---239 east 14th St. U. S. Nat'l Bank -- - -681 Willamette An item of $370.00 for payment of interest on Series -H- Refunding 27 Improvement bonds was presented by the Treasurer and a motion was made, seconded and carried that a warrant b~ drawn fo~ this amount. An application for a transfer of Class B retail and Class B package store beer license from A. L. Marshall, 550 east 13th to Max J. Robinson was approved by the Council. A request from Cecil Caldwell, Ruth Caldwell, 28 Louis P. Artau, P. R. DeLeMare for a transfer for Restau~ant and package I store 'class A license for 845 Willamette from Aneita Behnke and H. C. Burr, was presented to the Council. This had been brought to the Recorders office at 5;00 p.m. and the Police Comm~ttee had not made an investigation. Council- man Hawn stated that in order to a void laying over this matter that he would move that application for the license be granted with the approval of the Police Committee which would report to the Recorder on September 26th. On vote this motion was carried. ' , A resolution passed by the Eugene Chamber of Co~erce on September7th i was read at this time. This resolution was approving the proposed annexation , of Chambers and Westmoreland additions to the City of Eugene, and requested 29 ; that the City officials give whatever assistance they could to this project. Mayor Large stated that he had received a telephone call from N~. Hayden and anf they were read to circulate petitions. Engineer Clubb stated that he had the description of the property prepared and .the City Attorney was directed to prepare petition forms for circulation. The Recorder was instructed to addfress a letter to the president of the Chamber of Commerce thanking them for their interest in the proposed annexation and advise them of the City's assistance in the matter. A ietter from the Christian Business Mens Committee approving the 30 action taken by the Council concerning V-Day resolution was, ordered placed : on file. .1 i Mr. John E. Davis addressed the Council at this time and stated that I an effort had been made to obtain emergency housing for the Eugene-Springffeld 31: area, and stated that Lodge #542 of which he was a member had on the 20th day , of September, 1944 passed the following resolution;- . , "Resolved that Lodge #542 is in favor of Federal Housing for the Eugene-~pringfield Area." i I Chairman of 13 different lodges had signed the letter presented by Mr. Davis I I stating they were circulating petitions amoung their_re$pecti~e emebers.. A : copy of a letter dated September 25th from the Eugene Chamber of Commerce to I Fred Cuthbert, Mational Housing Agency, Corbett Building, Portland, was read I at this time. Tfuis letter was endorsing the request for immediate construct- I ion of a temporary federal public housing project, of sU'f1cient size to I accomodate the additional workers now needed by employees in the Eugene area. I I Also a letter from H. J. Cox, secretary of the Willamette Valley Lumbermens I I Association was read at this time. The Lumbermens association had addressed ! I a letter to Mr. Cuthbert requesting construction of a necessary number of temporary housing units in.t~is_communityyand requested action of the Council in regar~ to this matter. Councilman Hawn stated that objections raised at the time Federal Housing was proposed in Eugene would be mild compared to the ~