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~14 , , --- . - -. - ~ " -" -".- - - - . .- - -- -- - -- -- - . ~._.- -." --- " -, ~ .. _.. - .. . - - - - - . --- -, - -. -- - --- - - --.- - --- .-'-- --- -;- - - -. - - - - .. . - - - - -- 221 I' .! " A COMMUNICATION rROM SOUTHERN PAClrlC COMPAN Y - RE: RESTRICTING SPEED or TRAINS THROUGH ;1 EUGENE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS roLLOWS: :: 'i I -- "IN CONNECTION WI'TH THE OPERATION or OUR SHASTA DAYLIGHT AND NEW CASCADE, WE ARE PRESSED rOR TIME IN MAINTAINING SCHEDULES. WE BEEN SUCCEssrUL IN HAVING ORDINANCES' RESCINDED AT I , HAVE ';.j .:.,~ JUNCTION CITY, TURN E R, GERVAI S AND HUBBARD BY THEIR CITY COUNC I L'S, AND ASK YOUR HONORABLE ~ BODY TO RESCIND ORDINANCE 18830 RESTRICTING SPEED or TRAINS THROUGH CI'TY or Eu GEN E. ...... . ' , ~ THIS WILL MATERIALLY ArrECT OUR OPER~TIONS IN MAKING SCHEDULES ON THE NEll/SHASTA DAYLIGHT, AND WOULD LIKE YOUR COOPERATION IN RESC I NO I NG THE ABOVE ORDINANCE. " . IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE REQUEST or THE SOUTHERN PAClrlC COMPAN Y 'BE I GRANTED kND THAT 'ORDI~ANCE N~. 8830 BE REPEALED. COUNC I L'.lEN HAWN, DAVIS, WELLS, ALLEN AND GODLOVE VO TIN G AYE. COUNCILMEN BOOTH AND SMITH VOTING NO. MOTION CARRIED. 23 A COMMUNICATION rROM RES I DENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS ON w. 17TH AND W. 18TH AVENUES BETWEEN FRIENDLY AND POLK STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ, IN RE GARD TO T-HE DAMAGE DONE BY T HE P. S. lORD COMPANY, " AND THE STREETS IN THAT AREA. I IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS THA T THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON riLE. MOT I ON CARR I ED. A PROPOSAL WAS MADE BY T HE CITY MANAGER THAT THE STREETS IN THE AREA MENTIONED BE RESTORED TO A SATISFACTORY CONDITION BY THE 'CITY WITH COOPERATION or P. S. lORD COMPANY AND T'HE EUGENE WATER &: ELECTRIC BOARD EACH TO BEAR ONE-THIRD or THE COST or I'MPROV I NG THE STREET SINCE THE CONDITION or THE STREET APPEARS TO BE THE RESPONSIBILITY or ALL THREE. THE PROPOSAL STIPULATED ONLY A MINIMUM TYPE or IMPROVEMENT SUCH AS GRADING, ADDING RO C K TO SURrACE AND CLEANING or DITCHES. ! IT WAS MOVED BY DAVI~, SECONDEO BY HAWN THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSAL BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. . 24 A COMMUNICATION - RE: OLD BUILDING AT 804 WASHINGTON STREET rROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS SUBMITTED A~D READ AS rOLLOWS: "ON FEBRUARY 19, 1948 A BUILDING OWNED BY ELI RUBENSTEIN, NOW DECEASED, AND LOCATED AT 804 WASHINGTON STREET WAS BURNED. A BUILDING PERMIT rOR REPAIRS WAS DEt:lIED DUE TO 'THE rACT THAT THE BUiLDING WAS NON-CONrORMING IN 'RE GARD TO SET-BACK AND OCCUPANCY. SINCE THIS I BUILDING WAS MORE THAN rlrTY,PER CENT DESTROYED BY rlRE IT STILL REMAINS IN THE SAME CON- DITION AS IT WAS IMMEDIATELY ArTER THE rI RE AND AT THE PRESENT TIME IS UNOCCUPIED. THIS BUI~DING WAS USED UP TO THE TIME or THE rlRE rOR A BUSINESS 'AND IS LOCATED 'IN A MULTIPLE DWELLING ZONE. . THI S OF'r I CE HAS MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO HAVE THE OWNER RAZE THE BUILDING BUT THE OWNERS CLAIM IT BELONGS TO AN ESTATE AND CANNOT RAZE THE BUILDING. WE HAVE NUMEROUS COMRLAINTS THAT HO BO E S ARE USING THE BUILDING rOR A PLACE TO SLEEP. '; ;~ ( ( IT IS DErlNITELY IN AN UNSArE CONDITION rROM .THE THREAT or ADDITIONAL rlRE AND SAFET Y TO LIFE. " WE THE RE ro RE RECOMMEND";THAT THE PROViSiONS OF ORDINANCE #8292 BE ENrORCED IN THAT A TIME I FOR A PUBLIC HE AR IN G BE rI XED 'BY THE COMMON COUNCIL TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THIS BUILDINQ IS DANGEROUS AND ORDER THE REMOVAL OR AB~TEMENT OF THIS DANGEROUS CONDITION. . I, IT WAS MOVED BY WELLS, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT THE REQUEST BE HONORED AND THAT STEPS BE TAKEN UNDER PROVISIONS or ORDINANCE No. 8292 TO REMOVE THIS HAZARD. MOTION CARRIED. " I 25 COMMUNICATION rROM PERCY W. BROWN &: COMPANY - RE: RECORDS OF THE CITY OF EUGENE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS rOLLOWS: . "WE HAVE AU'D I TED THE BOOKS AND ~INANCIAL RECORDS or THE C I T Y 0 FEU GEN E rOR THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 31, 1949, AND riND THE RECORDS TO BE IN ORDER AND THE CASH AND PROPERTIES " I PROPERLY ACCOUNTED rOR." I IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT T-HE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. . 26 COMMUNICATIONS FOR AND AGAINST DAYLI'GHT SAVING TIME wERE SUBM I TTED. . IT WAS MOVED BY ALLEN, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT NO CHANGE BE MADE AND THAT STAN DARD T I ME BE CONTINUED UN~IL ACTION I S - TAKE N BYTHE GOVERNOR or OREGON TO CHANGE THE TIME ON A STATE-WIDE BASIS. ROLLCALL VOTE. COUN C I LMEN H A'W N , OAVIS, AL'LEN, WELLS AND GODLOVE VOTING AYE. COUNCILMEN BOOTH AND I' I SMITH VOTING NO. MOTION " CARRIED. , . I' ~- ~