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~98 HAVING HEARD BOTH PROS AND CONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANNEXATION OF THIS- AREA, IT WAS BROUGHT OUT BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE THAT PRIOR TO AUTHORIZING ANOTHER ELECTION, THOSE PEOPLE DESIRING THE ELECTION SHOULD SUPPLY THE CITY COUNCIL WITH-MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE MAJORiTY OF PEOPLE IN THE AREA, IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY ANOTHER ELECTION THAT A PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE IN FAVOR OF ANOTHER ELECTION ~UST BE SHOWN BEFbRE AN~ DEFINITE ~OUNCIL ACTION COULD BE TAKEN AND THAT THE BOUNDARIES 'OF THE ANNEXATION SHOULD BE UNIFORM AND SHOULD CONSIST OF A UNIFORM CONTIGUOUS AREA TO THE C I TV. 3. MR. RICHARD E. HATCHARD, CHIEF ENGINEER, STATE AIR-POLLUTION AUTHORITY WHO WAS IN EUGENE TO ASSIST IN THE INITIAL STUDY OF OUR AIR PO(LUTION PROBLEMS GAVE A BRIEF REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES On THE AIR POLLUTION AUTHORITY UPON A STATE-WIDE BASIS AT THE PRESENT TIME. I HE ALSOOOTLI~ED THAT THE POLICY OF' THE AIR POLLUTION AUTHORITY'WAS ASSISTING; CITIES IN THEIR SMOKE ABATEMENT PROBLEMS, AND NOT IN THAT OF A COMPULSORY NATURE; THAT IF ANY CITY ADOPTED ORDINANCES PROVIDING MINIMUM STANDARDS, THEN THE STATE AIR POLLUTION AUTHORITY WOULD BE IN{A POSITION TO'EFFECT A SIMILAR TYPE OF CONTROL OUTSIDE THE CITY WHERE THE DENSITY OF POPULATION WARRANTED. '/ ATTACHED HERETO IS A REPORT OF AIR CONTAMINATION INVESTIGATIONS IN THE EUGENE ~. 'AREA." Ii WAS M'OVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE' BE ;',DOPTEDO. MOTION CARRIED. 6 A JOINT MEETING OF THE CI~Y C6UNCIL AND SCHOOL BOARD - RE: VARIANCES AT 19TH AND PATTERSON WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: '~ "A JOINT MEET! NG OF THE CI~Y COUNCI LAND 'SCHOOL BOARD WAS HELD ON rEBRUARY 5, 1953; WI TH THE fOLLO~II::NG PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCI LMEN CRUMBAKER, BOOTH, GODLOVE, KOPPE, SIEGENTHALER, WATSON AND OWEN; CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; CITY RECORDER; AND FRO~SCHcioLDIST~IC~ NO.4, PRESIDENT SU~MERS, HARRY HAMILTON, VIRGIL CAMERON, MRS. H. O. COLBURN, LEE BISHOP, AND MR. HINES. THIS JOINT ~EETING WAS CALLED FOR THE PU~POSE OF 'DISCUSSING VARIANCES UNDER QUESTION AT THE NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST 'CORNERS OF 19TH AN~ PATTERSON STREETS. IN- ASM0c~ AS THE NORTHEAST CORNER IS OWNED BY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.4 AND IS UNDER CON- SIDERATION FOR PURCHASE BY GUSKE BROTHERS WHO IN TURN ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO PERMIT THE CONSTRUCTION OF A ONE STORY BUILDING FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICES ONLY, THE OPI'NION O~ THE SCHOOL BOARD WAS DE~IRED BEFORET~KING ANy'ACTION ON-EI~HER OF THESE REQUESTS SUBMITTED BY GUSKE BROTHERS FOR THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 19TH AND PATTERSON AND MR. AND MRS. W. D. REES FOR THE NORTH~EST CORNER OF 19TH AND PATTERSON. IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT THE SOHboL BOARD KAD' NOT MADE ANY RECOMMEND~TIONS FOR THE USE OF ANY OF THIS AREA ADJACENT TO THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL FOR ANY BUSINESS OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES. THE POSSIBlllTY OF ~TILliING EIT~ER OF THESE CORNERS FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE~ ONLY WITH ADEQUATE PARKING FURNISHED WAS DISCUSSED AND IT WAS GENE""RALLY AGREED THAT THI S AREA SHOULD BE WI THHELO FROM SUCH USE IN vrEW or THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM. : A PETI~ION CONTA~NING 52 NAMES OF PROPERTY OWN~RS' IN THE IMBEDIATE AREA OF 19TH AND PATTERSON AS WELL AS 14SIGNAT0RES OF RENT~RS OPPOSING' UTILIZING THESE CORNERS FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN RESIDENTIAL USES WAS READ. 'IT WAS AGREED THAT MOR~ STUDY WOULD BE GIVEN TO THESE REQUESTS BEFORE ANY ACTION WAS TAKEN." THE 'PETITION REFERRED TO IN THE ABOVE REPORT WAS READ AND RECEIVED AND PLACED ON r iEU,E. iT IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY B60fH THAT THE REPORT BE ADOPTED; MOTION CARRIED. .', I:"'" 7 A MEtTING OF THE PUB~~C WORKS COM~ITTEE - RE: IMPROVEM~~T PETITIONS; VARIANCES; AND WIG-WAG SIGNALS AT S.P. TRACKS AND JEFFERSON STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "A MEETING OF FOLLOWING PRESENT: SIEGEN[HALER; CITY 'THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE WAS HELD ON FEBRUARY 6,' 1953 WITH THE MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER, BOOTH, GODLOV}, KOPPE, MANAGER AND CITY RECORDER. I. IMPROVEMENT PETITIONS STREET PAVING AND SANITARY COUNCIL. - TH~ COMMITTEE ~tVIEWED THE FOLLOWING APPLICATIONS FOR SEWERS AND RECOMMENDED THAt THEY BE APPROVED BY THE CITY , I \ A. PAVI NG TAYLOR STREET FROM 7TH TO BTH AVENUE - BI.17%. B. PAVING PEARL FROM S. LINE LOT 4, BL. 3; CRESTVIEW ADD. TO 29TH PL. - 87.33%. C. PAVING HIGH STREET FROM 28TH TO 29TH AVENUE ~ 73.07%. D. PAVING 15TH AVENU~ WEST FROM POLK TO 90 fEET WEST OF TAYLOR AND TAYLOR FROM 14TH TO 15TH AVENUE - 66%. (PROVIDED THAT THAT PORTION OF THIS PROJECT LYING 90 FEET WEST OF TAYLOR STREET BE WITHHELD UNTIL ACTUAL !.':PP;Rp\",~I~ U~ :~EEfIVED .ROM MR. MORRISON AT 1404 15TH AVENUE WEST). ~ e. I ,I Ii II 11 Ii ,I I' 11 II ,I Ii ,I e I II II Ii il Ii II 11 II I: II Ii II " 'I I, I I' Ii :1 I: Ii II :1 I' ,I II I Ii ~ I I, Ii Ii I I I, ,I I' II I I I I I 1 Ii II I I II I I I ! e: I e I e