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~4 , .-- .."_..._.,.,,,....-_,._.,._x~ ~ - - . - - -- nl. . . . liEu GENE PARTICIPATION WITH'~ANE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY WERE ANALYZED BY MR. CAMPBELL. THE tANE'CO~NTY HOUSING AUTHORITY IS AN IN 0 I V I DU A L BOARD CONSISTING OF FIVE ME~BERS APPOINTED BY THE COUNTY COURT WITH POWER TO ACT UNDER'rHE 1949 HOUSING ACT ON HOUSING PROJECTS INDE';' PENDENT OF THE COUNTY-OR CITY, HOWEVER, CITIES OVER 2500 DO'NOT COME UNDER THE-JURISDICTION OFT HE HOUSING AUTHORITY UNLESS'SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED BY THE CITY THROUGH A RESOLUTION PASSED'BY'THE'CITY'COUNCIL~ i . . THE C I T '( HAS NO LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH THESE HOUSING PROJECTS A'S THE ENTIRE. ,. AUTHORITY AND LIABILITY RESTS'WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, ENABLING IT TO" ENTER INTO CONTRACTS AN 0 THE FINANCING OF AS MANY UNITS AS REQUESTED AFTER JUSTIFICATION FROM THE SURVEY. THEY ARE'EMPOWERED TO SELL BONDS FOR FORTY YEARS WHICH WOULD BE BACKED 'BY THE I fEDERAL GOVERNUENT UP TO 4-1/2%, WITH THE COST NOT TO EXCEED #1,750 PER ROOM. THE () BJE CT OF THIS fEDERAL' HOUSING ACT IS TO PROVIDE I:.OW RENT HOUSING FOR fAMILIES-ELIGIBLE UNDER THE ACT WHO ARE NOW LIVING ~N'SUBSTAND~RD HOUSES OR DOUBLED UP WITH OTHER fAMILIES. T HE S E HOMES WOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO TAX BUT WOULD PAY AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO 10% Or THE GROSS, RENTALS IN LIEU THEREOr. THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE fOR THE INSTALLATION Or THE 'STREETS AND UTILITIES AND WOULD ALSO BE ALLOWED TO BUILD UP A RESERVE rROM MAINTENANCE rUNDS TO COPE WITH fUTURE EMERGENCIES. THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WOULD'MAINTAIN-A STAfr:TO ADEQUATELY MAINTAIN AND CHECK UPON'THE ELIGIBILITY OF TENANTS. IT' I S A LS 0 THE INTENTION OF THIS ACT-TO BRING THE-SUBSTANDARD HOUSES UP TO STANDARD. THE PRESENT I NTENT OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS TO CONDUCT SURVEYS Of THE CITIES Or EUGENE AND SPRINGrlELD AND THEIR. fRINGE AREAS AND'ITWAS BROUGHT OUT'THAT THE HOUSING'AUTHORITY COULD PROCEED WITH THE' I . , . SURVEYS AND' THE CONSTRUCTION Or HOMES rOR THIS PURPOSE'ON THE fR~NGE AREAS'OUTSIDE OF' T HE - . CITY LIMITS WITHOUT ANY ACTION fROM THE CITY AND' THAT THE CITY WouLD BE. VERY WILLING TO COOPERATE IN THE USUAL POLICY RELATIVE'TO STREETs'AND UTILITIES. , - CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION TOOK PLACE RELATIVE TO THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION COVER I NG THE PRELIMINARY LOAN AN 0 SURVE Y FOR 300 UNITS IN THE CITY Or EUGENE WITH PARTICULAR NOTE or THE'LAST:PARAGRAPH IN THE RESOLUTION WHICH SEEMED TO INDICATE THAT THE PASSAGE'OF THIS RESOLUTION BY THE ~ITY COUNCIL WOULD DECLARE'THE INTENT OF THE CITY TO ENTER THEREAFTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH SAID HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR THE PROV~SION OF SAID LOW RENT PUBll C HOUSING. IT SEEMED' THAT THE SURVEY ..OULD BE DESIRABLE IF THE CITY WERE NOT OBLIGATED TO DECLARE ITS FUTURE ACTIONS AT THIS TIME AS THERE AREINOW APPLICATIONS INVOLVING THE CON- STRU CT I ON OF' APPROXIMATELY 450 APARTMENTS AND LOW COST HOUSES IN THE CITY Or EUGENE BY PRIVATE CAPI'TAL. IT' WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT THE' PASSAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION MIGHT HAVE SOME ErFECT UPON THE CONTI NUANCE OF THE S E PROPOSED PROJECTS. ,.,.' THE ENT IRE HOUSING PROGRAM WAS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH RELATIVE TO THE NEED AND BENEF IT TO THIS COMMUNITY AND THE OBLIGATION Or THE C I TV IN CONNECTION WITH THE C.ANE COUNTY ,. HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE PUBLIC HOUSING ACT OF 1949 AND THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION' . . WAS MADE UNANiMOUSLY: " . THAT DUE TO THE ,210 PROPOSED APARTMENT COMMITMENTS AT THIS TIME BY F.. H. A. AND THE 207 UNIT LOW COST HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE WEST PARK ADDITION ALL HAVING BEEN APPROVED FOR COMMITMENTS BY THE fEDERAL HOUSiNG AUTHORITY THAT THE CITY OF' EUGENE 00 NOT REQUEST PUBLIC HOUSING THROUGH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AT THIS TIME. . IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY' CRUMBAKER THAT THE REPORT BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. THE ADOPT I ON OF THE REPORT WAS FOLLOWED BY A LENGTHY DISCUSSION OF THE SUBJECT BY MR. I FRANK' REID AND MR. KARL WAGNER, OrF'lCIALS OF THE lANE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY rAVORING A HOUSING SURVEY AND BY MESSRS. MCGINNIS, E. H. HALL, JAMES RODMAN AND MISS WALTON ON BOTH SIDES OF THE QUESTION. ;CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE 'COUNCIL 'EXPRESSED THEMSELVES INDIVIDUALLY AS INCLINED TOWARD A CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSALF'OR A HOUSING'SURVEY WITHOUT ANY COMMITMENT TO PURSUE'A PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAM F'OLLOWING THE SURVEY. IT WAS EXPLAINED BY COUNCILMAN CRUMBAKER THAT THE RESOLUTION AS SUBMITTED BY THE lANE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY OBLIGATES THE COUNCIL TO PROCEED WITH A PUBLIC HOUSING' PROGRAM I I" YHE SURVEY INDICATES THE ~EED FOR'ADDITIONAL LOW- RENT HOUSING (SEE RESOLUTION SECTION rOR ACTION ON RESOLUTION). ; " IT WAS AGREED THAT A LATER MEETING S~OULD' BE HELD WITH:OFFICIALS OF THE lANE COUNT Y HOus ING /' !:/ AUTHORITY WHO WILL FU R THE REX PL A I N THE PROGRAM AND SUBMIT A REVISED REQUEST. . 5 A REPORT Or THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - RE: REGULATING RErRIGERATION INDUSTRY WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "A MEETING OF'THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WAS HELD ON MONDAY, OCTOBER'IO, 1949, WITH COUNCILMEN WELLS AND BOOTH, AND'CITY MANAGER KING PRESENT. . . A REVIEW'OF THE ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO ItREGULATING REFRIGERATION I NDUSTRY AND PROVIDING FOR LICENSES" RESULTED IN THE RE COMMEN DA TI ON Or THE COMM I TTEE THAT THE ~ . . . . ORDINANCE BE PASSED UPON ITS SECOND AND FINAL READING OCTOBER' 10~ 1949. IN CONSIDERATION OF THIS ORDINANCE IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT PROPER INSPECTION SHOULD BE MAINTAINED TO' INS~RE THE PROTECT-ION Or WORKMANSHIP AS STIPULATED IN THE ORDINANCE UNDER SECTION II WHI CH ADOPTS THE MINIMUM STANDARDS RELATING TO THE DESIGN, CONSTRU CT.I ON, '.N,~ STALLATION,ALTERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS AND APPURTENANCES USED I . ,', THEREIN AS ESTABLI SHED BY THE AMERICAN SArETYCOOE FOR MECHANICAL RErRIGERATION. II ~