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~264 - ,'.," .~..., - I~ -----.- - 4. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE POSSIBILITY OF ADVERTISING AT T H'I S -T I ME THE 'PREV 10US- LV VOTED BON DS FOR THE FERR Y STREET OVERPASS IN THE A MOU NT OF $450,000; THIS PRO JE CT NOW UNDER CON T R A C.T W ILL NECESSITATE THE SELLING OF THESE BONDS SOMETIME WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR AND IT IS'OUR DESIRE THAT THESE BONDS BE SOLD AT THE TIME WHEN THE MUNICIPAL- BOND MARKET, IS TO THE BEST ADVANTAGE TO THE CITY OF [UGENE. HOWEVER, IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT SOME INTEREST COU.LD BE SAVED AND THAT. THERE WAS NO, REA SO N TO, BELIEVE T HA T THE MARKET WOULD BE .ANY WORSE SIX MONT HS OR A YEAR FROM NOW THAT IT IS AT PRESENT, SO IT WAS RECOMMENDED THE CITY WAIT UNTIL THE FUNDS WERE ACT U A LL Y C ALL E 0 FOR BEFORE ISSUING THESE BONDS. . 5. ' IT .WAS THE. RECOMMENDAT I ON OF THE CITY MAN'AGE R AND AGREED UPON B Y T HE COMMITTEE TO UTILIZE THE UPSTAIRS SPACE VACATED BY SCHOOL DISTRICT #4 BY MOVING THE CITY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT .1 NTO THE NOR T H HALF AND THE .CENTRAL LANE .COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION INTO THE , SOUT H HALF, LEAVING ONE ROOM IN BETWEEN WHICH IS BEING SET UP AS HEADQUARTERS FOR THE EUGENE CIVILIAN DEFENSE CORPS. . " 6. IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE THAT THE UNPAID LIENS FROM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS UNDER THE BANCROFT (LAW IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,839.34 TO COVER ASSESSMEN'TS AGAINST LOTS I TO 8 INCLUSIVE, BL OCK 27, CHAMBERS ADDIT ION BE PAID OUT O'F THE EMERGENCY FUND. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT- THIS WAS THE FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ALL ASSESSMENTS UP TO MARCH OF" THIS YEA R AND BROUGHT ALL 0 F" .T HE IMPROVEMENT F"INANCES TO A COMPLETION EX CE PT THAT OF" THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE WILLAMETTE FOREST SERVICE WAREHOUSE, AS SE,SSME NT AMOUNTING TO $1,271.25 F"OR WHICH WE HAVE .F"OUND NO MEANS OF ASSESSING OR COLLECTING UP TO THIS TIME. THE ABOVE I NUMBERED LOTS CONSIST OF" A F"ULL HALF" BLOCK IN THE WESTMORE.LAND DISTRICT ADJACENT TO -T HE AMAZON WHICH MIGHT HAVE THE POSSIBI LITY FOR A F"U TU RE PARK IF" THE OW N E R S OF" T HIS PR OP ERTY DO NOT CARE TO RECLAIM IT WITHIN THE YEAR AS STIPULATED UNDER THE OREGON BANCROF"T ILA IV. iF AT AN Y FU TU RE TIME IT IS DESIRED TO USE THIS PROPERTY F"OR A PARK, THEN THE $1,839.34 _ SHOULD BE TRANSF"ERRED FROM THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT BACK TO THE EMERGENCY FUND. ATTACHED IS A SUMMARY OF" IMPROVEMENT BONDS AND ASSESSMENTS TO DA T E . " IT WAS MOVED BY DAVIS, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT UNPAID LIENS FROM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS BE PAID OUT OF" THE EMERGENCY F"UND. ROLLCALL VOTE. MOT ION CARRIED. IT WAS MOVED BY DAVIS, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT THE BALANCE OF" THE RE PORT OF" THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. REPO RTS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS - . 9 A REPORT OF" THE OOARD OF" ApPEALS - VARIANCES TO ZONING ORDINANCE WAS SUBMITTED AND RE AD AS F"O LLOWS: - "THE B OF" ApPEALS MET AUGUST 9, 1950 AT THE CITY HALL TO CONSIDER THE F"OLLOWING . OA RD REQUESTS F"O R ZONING ORDINANCE VARIANCES. . I . M'R. GENE GIBSON WHO OWN S THE. PROPERTY AT 1..459 E. 19TH AVENUE IN THE C-2 ZO NE ASKS F"OR A VARIANCE OF THE REQUIRED SETBACK. . MR. GIBSON DESIRES TO EXTEND HIS EXISTING STRUCTURE BY ADDING A ROOM TO THE FRONT F"O R THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING A BEAUTY PARLOR - IN ORDER TO BU I LD THE REQUIRED SIZE ROOM I HE WOULD NEED TO HAVE THE F"RONTAGE SETBACK WAIVED F"ROM 12-FEET TO 9-F"EET. MR,. G I BS 0 N 'PRESENTED WITH HIS R E QU EST A STATEMENT WHEREIN THE ADJOINING.PROPERTY OVlNERS.HAD NO OBJEC- -TION.TO THE REDUCED F"RONTAGE SETBACK; CONS I DERAT ION WAS GIVEN TO THE PROPERTIES iN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL, AN D THE VARYING SETBACKS SINCE NO PROPOSED WIDEN- ING IS INVOLVED, THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED. 2. . REVEREND GORDO N KAMPF"ER OF" THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD (;HURCH AT 710 W. 13TH AVENUE PRESENTED A PLAN F"OR THE FUTURE EXPANSION OF THE CHURCH AND C HU R C H SC H00L F"ACILITIES, T HIS PROGRAM WOULD REQUIRE ABOUT A 55% COVERAGE OF" THE LA ND AREA, THE PROPERTY BEING IN THE R-I ZONE PERMITS OF ONL Y 30% COVERAGE. ~ THE LOT IS ISO-FEET BY 205-F"EET IN DIMENSION AN 0 CONTAINS 30,750 S QU A RE F"E E T . THE EVENTUAL BUILDING PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 16,000 SQUARE FEET OF" BUILDING AREA. THIS PROPERTY IS BOUNDED ON THE WEST BY THE LANE Co UN T Y FAIR GROUNDS AND ON THE EAST BY MADISON STREET. THE C HU R C H IS ENDEAVORING TO SECURE ADDITIONAL LA NO TO THE SOUTH AND IF" SAID LAND IS PURCHASED THE AREA PROBLEM WILL NOT EXIST AN D SINCE THIS PROGRAM WI LL BE SOME TIME IN FULFILLMENT, THE BOARD T A BL ED THE R E QU EST PENDING A LATER REPORT ON THE PURCHASE OF" THE ADDITIONAL LAND. 0 3. RE QUE S T FROM MRS. FRAN K BENNETT, 210 W. 13TH AVENUE FOR A.WAIVER OF" THE SETBACI< PROVISIONS F"OR THE WIDENING OF" 13TH AVENUE. MRS. BE N NET T HAS A PR OPOSE 0 3-UNIT APARTMENT PLANNED F"OR HER LOT AT THE A BO V E ADDRESS, AND THE ZONING IS R-3 WHICH ALLOVlS A 12-F"00T F"RONTAGE SETBACK, HOWEVER THE SPECIAL SETBACK F"OR WIDENING OF" 13TH AVENUE IS 19-F"EET AND THIS CROWDS THE APPLICANTS LO T. THE BOARD OF" ApPE A LS HOWEVER, REF"USED THE REQUEST ON THE GROUNDS THEY DID NOT WISH TO GRAN T ANY VARIANCE WH I CH WOULD JEOPARDIZE THE STREET OPENING AND WIDENING PROGRAM OF" THE CITY OF" EUGENE. II . I IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE REPORT OF" THE BOARD OF" ApPEALS BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. ~