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~ .-) 1 ry r.;", Ii IT WAS MOVED BY DAVIS, SECONDED BY CRUM6A KER THAT OF'F'ER BE REF'ERRED TO THE FINANCE AND Pu 6L I C W OR KS COMMITTEES. MOTION CARRIED. I 18 A COMMUNICATION F'ROM MRS. OWEN C. HOLDEN, 140 W. 16TH AVENUE - RE: COMPLAINT ABOUT PAINT SHOP AND BAKERY ON ALL E Y BETWEEN 16TH AND 17TH AVENUES W. WAS S U BM I T TED AND RE AD. t,,~ """,) "':'-1 IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY DAVIS THA T REPORT BE RECEIVED AND COPIES OF' THE SAME F'URNISHED MRS. HOLDEN. MOTION CARRIED. 19 A COMMUNICATION F'ROM MR. & MRS. HARRY t. BENSTON, 1603 POLK STREET - RE: REQUEST TO THE C 1 T Y OF' EUGENE F'OR DAMAGES RESULTING F'ROM THE TRESPASS OF' A BULLDOZER WAS SUBMITTED AND READ. I IT WAS MOVED BY DAVIS, SECONDED BY HANNS THAT CLAIM BE SUBMITTED TO CITY ATTORNEY WITH INSTRUC- T I (tNS TO CONSULT WITH CONTRACTOR'S ATTORNEYS AND TO REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL. 20 A COMMUNICATION F'ROM MR. DON DuBOIS, 360 E. 11TH AVENUE - RE: SHUF'F'LEBOARDS WAS S U BM I T TED AND READ AS F'OLLOWS: "THIS IS TO REQUEST A PERMIT UNDER CITY ORD I NAN CE #5263 F'OR THE OPERATION OF' AMUSEMENT BOARDS, KNOWN AS NATIONAL SHUF'F'LEBOARDS, IN THE CITY OF' EUGENE. THESE BOARDS ARE NOT CO I III OPERATED AND ARE NOT GAMBLING DEVICES. BUT RATHER, THEY ARE GAME AND RECREATION BOARDS SUCH AS BOWLING OR TABLE TENNIS AND ARE VERY SIMILAR TO SHUF'F'LEBOARD PLA YED ABOARD SHIF. " IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SE CONDED BY HANNS THAT PERMIT BE GRANTED TO OPERATE BOARDS. MOTION CARRIED. 21 A COMMUNICATION F'ROM MR. J. O. liNDSTROM, BUSINESS MANAGER OF' THE UNIVERSITY OF' OREGON - RE: TRANSF'ER OF' FEDERAL PUBLIC HOUSING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF' OREGON WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS f'OLLOWS: "T HE 80TH CONGRESS, WHICH ADJOURNED IN JUL Y 1948, PASSED Pu BL I C lAW 796, WHI CH PROVIDED THAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS MAY ACQUIRE THE COMPLETE TITLE TO ALL EMERGENCY HOUSING PROJECTS CONSTRUCTED JOINTLY BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, PROVIDING SUCH HOUSING WAS CONSTRUCTED ON LAND NOT OWNED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE UNIVERSITY OF' OREGON, JOINTLY, WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, F'INANCED THE ERECTION I OF' 248 APARTMENTS IN THE AMAZON AREA AND 24 APARTMENTS LOCATED ON COLUMBIA STREET. THE UNIVERSITY IS MAKING APPLICATION TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ACQUIRE ALL RIGHTS, TITLE AND INTEREST TO THE SE TWO PROJECTS, AND IN SO DOING IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO OBTAIN AN ENDORSEMENT OF' SUCH AN APPLICATION F'ROM THE COMMON COUNC I L OF' THE CITY OF' EUGENE. THE UNIVERSITY WILL APPRECIATE I F' THE COMMON COUNCIL WILL - AT ITS NEXT MEETING SCHEDULED F'OR AUGUS T 9, I S48 - PASS A RESOLUTION, COPY OF' WH I CH IS ATTACHED. THE AT T A C HE 0 RESOLUTION, WHEN APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, SHOULD BE EXECUTED IN F'IVE COPIES AND F'OUR SIGNED BY OF'F'ICIALS OF' THE CITY OF' EUGENE AND SEN T TO ME. YOU WILL NOTE THAT THE RESOLUTION PERTAINS TO THE WAIVER OF' THE REMOVAL REQUIREMENTS OF' SECTION 313 Of' THE LANHAM ACT, PUBLIC LAW 849, 76TH CONGRESS, AS AMENDED. THE ORIGINAL REMOVAL REQUIREMENTS PROVIDED F'OR THE HOUSES TO BE PANELIZED AT THE TIME OF' REMOVAL. IT IS THE UNIVERSITY OF' OREGON'S INTENTION TO COMPLETELY DEMOLISH THE HOUSES WHEN THE HOUSING EMERGENCY AT THE UNIVERSITV OF' OREGON HAS PASSED. IF' YOU DES I RE ANY ADDITIONAL INF'ORMATION, PLEASE CALL UPON ME. T HA N K YOU 1"0 R YOUR ATTENTION. " IT WAS MOVED 6 V C RU M B A K E R, SECONDED BY HANNS T HA T COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON f'llE. MOTION CARRIED. 22 A COMMUNICATION FROM WARREN M. KORSTAD - RE: PUBLIC BENCHES F'OR THE CONVEN I EN CE OF' BUS RIDING PATRONS AND PEDESTRIANS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS F'OLLOWS: I "FOR SOME TIME THERE HAS EXiSTED I N EUGENE THE NEED f'OR PUBLIC BENCHES f'OR THE CONVEN I ENCE OF' THE BUS RIDING PATRONS, AS WELL AS PEDESTRIANS. IT HAS OCCURRED TO ME THAT TO PROVIDE SUCH BENCHES AT BUS STOP LOCATIONS SHOULD WORK OUT NICELY WITH THE PRESENT ADVERTISING BUSINESS IN WHICH I AM OCCUPIED; NAMELY, THE PLACING AND MAINTAINING OF' AD-VER-TIS-ER PANELS. AF'TER RA THE R THOROUGH INVESTIGATION Of' THE MATTER, I WOULD LI KE TO PETITION THE CITY I COUNCIL Of' EUGENE TO GRANT ME A F'RANCHISE OR LICENSE TO SELL ADVERTISING ON BENCHES WHI CH WOULD BE ERECTED AND MAINTAINED BY MY fiRM. I BELIEVE THAT BENCHES OF' THIS TYPE SHOULD BE PUT UP IN A SUBSTANTIAL, YET ATTRACTIVE MANNER. THE Y SHOULD BE INSTALLED BY A REPUTABLE F'IRM WHO WILL NOT ONLY PLACE THEM PROPERLY, BUT WILL MAINTAIN THEM SO THAT THE Y WILL BE A CREDIT TO THE CITY. " <~ "-"~ ,. ..:., II ~- '~ """"""--~..............~." . =~-~.~ ~,