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I I I I I ~ 147 This vacation is requested to allow for orderly business expansion of the property abutting the alley. The alley at the present time is not open and has never been used by the public. Furthermore, the alley, if opened, would not serve through traffic nor be necessary for egress and ingress for all parties concerned. ...... ~ -J :.......,.. We respectfully request that this matter be referred to your Public Works Committee for its consideration and recommendation to the Council." It was moved by Crumbaker, seconded by Wells that the communication be received and placed on f.ile and that the matter be referred to the Public Works Committee. Motion carried. 22 A petition signed by N. C. Whities and 3 others for the installation of a sanitary sewer on the East side of University from 27th to 28th Avenues East, was submitted. It was moved by Crumbaker, seconded by Davis that the petition be received and placed on file and that the necessary improvement ordinance be drawn and that the matter be referred to the City Engineer for preparing a report on sewers for the entire area involved. 23 The following applications for liquor licenses were submitted as follows: Hilyard Street Grocery, 1698 Hilyard Street. Bowman's West side Market, 657 Jefferson St. Veterans Memorial Association, 1626 Willamette It was moved by Hawn, seconded by Davis that the applications as approved by the Chief of Police be endorsed. Motion carried. 24 A communication from the Police Department requesting that permission be granted Officer Neet to reside outside the City limits was submitted. "Officer Neet owns property at 30th and Jefferson, which includes a house and two lots. This property is 1.9 miles from the City Hall, is in the Eugene Telephone Exchange. and, on the bus line. His present residence is to be torn down after the 1st of June as it is on University property, and the site is to be used for a warehouse. I believe his request to live at 30th and Jefferson should be, granted as the housing situation in the City Limits is very difficult." It was moved by Hawn, seconded by Hanns that the request be granted. Motion carried. The following report was submitted by the City Recorder. "Ae.tion was started on February 24, 1948 by the Eugene Recreation Commission under the provisions of the Initiative, Referendum and Recall Section of the Charter to initiate a charter amendment for consideration of the voters which would authoriz a two mill levy for three years for parks and playgrounds. The charter section provides in part as follows: "not less than fifteen per cent of the legal voters of the City of Eugene, computed upon the total number of votes cast for the office of Mayor at the last preceding gener~l election at which the Mayor was elected, shall be required to propose any measure by the initiative." There were 8,372 votes cast for mayor at the general election held November 7, 1944, the last general election at which a Mayor was elected. Fifteen per cent of this number is 1,256. I am submitting with this letter 121 signed petitions proposing the amendment and a certificate from the County Clerk indicating the signatures thereon have been checked and that 1277 signatures are genuine. This represents an overage of 21 signatures, above the 1256 required to propose the measure." It was moved by Hawn, seconded by Johnson that. the initia~ing. petition be received, the report of the City Recorder approved and the necessary ordinance prepared and submitted by the City Attorney for Council consideration. The matter of a request by the State Highway Commission for waiver of the 52 26 foot setback regulation on STATE-owned property at the easterly end of, Franklin Blvd to allow for the placing of houses to be moved by the State Highway Commission in conju~ction with the U.S. 99 improvement project, was brought before the Council by the C~ty Manager. . It was moved by Hawn, seconded by Davis that the Common Council agree to waive the 52 foot set-back as requested provided the State Highway Commission agrees to a 52 foot set-back along its shop property located on Franklin Blvd. between Walnut Stree and Fairmount Blvd. 25 -~""-.;;:.,-,, . ..-'-_...--.....<.., .hO._-....:.L. ,,....,;It.~.'._~;...<-.dj;.;;;;.;-:..:_ "J