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<br />COMMUNICATION FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT - RE: RECOMMENDATION OF ADOPTION OF NATIONAL
<br />PROTECTION ASSOCIATION AND THE NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS' HOSPITAL FIRE SAFETY
<br />STANDARDS FOR NEW AND EXISTING BUILDINGS HOUSING INVALIDS OR CONVALESCENTS, WAS SUBMITTED
<br />READ AS FOLLOWS:
<br />
<br />FIRE
<br />
<br />AND
<br />
<br />"A COMPLETE SURVEY OF THE REST HOMES, CONVALESCENT HOMES AND RETIREMENT HOMES OF
<br />EUGENE WA~ MADE LAST MONTH.
<br />
<br />THESE BUILDINGS ARE ALL OF FRAME CONSTRUCTION OF ONE TO THREE STORIES IN HEIGHT,
<br />OCCUPIED BY AGED AND BEDFAST PATIENTS VARYING IN NUMBER FROM 3 TO 60 PATIENTS PER BUILDING.
<br />THEY HAVE REASONABLY COMPLIED WITH EXISTING STATE AND CITY LAWS GOVERNING THIS TYPE OF
<br />OCCUPANCY.
<br />
<br />AFTER READING ABOUT THE HOQUIAM, WASHINGTON REST HOME DISASTER LAST JANUARY WITH THE
<br />RESULTANT LOSS OF 21 LIVES OUT OF 30 AGED OCCUPANTS, WE BECAME DEEPLY CONCERNED DUE TO
<br />OCCUPANCIES OF SIMILAR CONSTRUCTION IN EUGENE.
<br />
<br />LATEST REPORTS DO NOT INDICATE ANY MAJOR INFRACTIONS OF EXISTING LAWS IN REGARD TO
<br />THE HOQUIAM FIRE. THIS HOWEVER DID NOT PRECLUDE THE SHOCKING DISASTER THAT TOOK PLACE
<br />THERE AND OUR RECENT SURVEY SHOWS A LIKE HOLOCAUST COULD HAPPEN HERE.
<br />
<br />THEREFORE; WE URGENTLY RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY OF EUGENE ADOPT, IN FULL, THE
<br />NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION AND THE NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS' HOSPITAL
<br />FIRE SAFETY STANDARDS FOR NEW AND EXISTING BUILDINGS HOUSING INVALIDS OR CONVALESCENTS."
<br />
<br />IT WAS MOVED BY ALLEN, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC
<br />SAFETY COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED.
<br />
<br />COMMUNICATION ~ROM FINANCE OFFICER - RE: UNPAID ASSESSMENT LEVIED AGAINST THE UNITED
<br />STATES GOVERNMENT (WILLAMETTE NATIONAL FOREST WAREHOUSE) FOR A PART OF THE COST OF A SEWER
<br />ON WEST FIRST WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
<br />
<br />"ON NOVEMBER 14, 1949 THE CITY LEVIED AN ASSESSMENT AGAINST THE UNITED STATES
<br />GOVERNMENT FOR A PORTION OF THE COST OF THE SEWER ALONG WEST 1ST AVENUE WHERE CERTAIN
<br />PROPERTY OF THE WILLAMETTE NATIONAL FOREST IS LOCATED. THE SITE IS OCCUPIED BY THE
<br />WILLAMETTE FOREST WAREHOUSE.
<br />
<br />ON THE OCCASION OF THE COUNCIL AT WHICH THE ASSESSMENT WAS MADE MR. CLYDE QUAM,
<br />REPRESENTING THE WILLAMETTE NATIONAL FOREST, INFORMED THE COUNCIL THAT THE WILLAMETTE
<br />NATIONAL FOREST WAS WITHOUT AUTHORITY TO PAY THE ASSESSMENT A~D THAT THERE EXISTED A
<br />VERY SPECIFIC RULING CONTRARY TO PAYMENT OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS.
<br />
<br />THE AMOUNT OF THE ASSESSMENT IS $1,271.25 AND TWO DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT WARRANTS
<br />HELD BY THE CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND CANNOT BE CALLED UNTIL THE ASSESSMENT OF
<br />$ I , 27 I . 25 I SPA I D.
<br />
<br />IT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS ASSESSMENT BE PAID BY THE CITY OUT OF THE
<br />SPECIAL SEWER FUND AND THAT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BE INFORMED BY LETTER THAT THE
<br />LIEN WILL ATTACH TO THIS PROPERTY IN THE EVENT OF A TRANSFER."
<br />
<br />IT WAS MOVED BY ALLEN, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THIS ASSESSMENT BE PAID BY THE CITY OUT OF
<br />THE SPECIAL SEWER FUND AND THAT AN EFFORT BE MADE TO COLLECT THE AMOUNT DUE BY BILLING AS A
<br />CONNECTION CHARGE AND IN THE EVENT OF NON-PAYMENT, THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BE INFORMED BY
<br />LETTER THAT THE LIEN WILL ATTACH TO THIS PROPERTY IN THE EVENT OF A TRANSFER. ROLLCALL VOTE.
<br />MOTION CARRIED.
<br />
<br />COMMUNICATION FROM FINA~CE OFFICER - RE: REIMBURSEMENT OF M. S. BARKER FOR PURCHASE OF
<br />FORECLOSED PROPERTY PURPORTEDLY OWNED BY THE STATE OF OREGON WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
<br />
<br />"ON JANUARY 8,1950 WE LEVIED AN ASSESSMENT AGAINST LOT 10, BLOCK 17, CHAMBERS
<br />ADDITION, AN UNIMPROVED PROPERTY, FOR THE PROPORTION AT PART OF THE COST OF LATERAL
<br />SEWER. THE AMOUNT WAS $171.95.
<br />
<br />THE RECORD OWNER, WHEN IT WAS ASSESSED, WAS H. L. ADAMS, % W. L. WOODS, GENERAL
<br />DELIVERY, EUGENE, BUT ALL NOTICES SENT OUT BY US TO HIM WERE RETURNED TO US UNCLAIMED.
<br />
<br />SUBSEQUENTLY, WE INCLUDED THIS PROPERTY IN A FORECLOSURE SALE (SALE OF AUGUST 7, 1950)
<br />DOING ALL THINGS NECESSARY IN THE WAY OF SENDING NOTICES AND PUBLISHING ADVERTISEMENTS
<br />PRIOR TO THE SALE. NOTICES WERE RETURNED UNCLAIMED. NOTICE OF THE SALE WAS PUBLISHED ',N
<br />THE EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD FOR FOUR (4) CONSECUTIVE WEEKS AND THE LOT WAS POSTED WITH THE
<br />NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.
<br />
<br />A CERTIFICATE ON THIS LOT WAS PURCHASED AT THE FORECLOSURE SALE ON AUGUST 7, 1950
<br />BY M. S. BARKER FOR $194.29 ON A BID OF NO PENALTY OR INTEREST ON THE REDEMPTION.
<br />
<br />LATER IN AUGUST DURING AN EXAMINATION OF PROPERTY TRANSFER RECORDS FOR OTHER
<br />PURPOSES, IT WAS NOTED THAT THIS PROPERTY WAS TRANSFERRED FROM A P. J. BARTHOLOMEW,
<br />ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM D. WOODS, DECEASED, TO THE STATE LAND BOARD, TO
<br />BE HELD I N TRUST. TH I S TRANSFER WAS F I LED AUGUST 24, 1950.
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