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<br />e <br /> <br />301~ <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />~ <br />tt.' <br />00 <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />I' <br />I <br />I <br />I- <br />,I <br />ii <br />I' <br />:' <br />,I <br />" <br />I' <br /> <br />II <br />I' <br />,i <br />I <br />11 <br /> <br />COUNCIL CHAMBERS, <br />EUGENE, OREGON. <br />FE B R U A R y' "4, I 95 3 . <br /> <br />I, <br /> <br />THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE WAS HELD ON FEBRUARY <br />9,1953 AND ADJOURNED TO F:"EBRUARY 24,1953. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:30 P.M. <br />SY HIS HONOR, MAYOR V. E. ,JOHNSON WITH THE FOLLOW!NG COUNCILM~N ~RESENT: CRUMBAKER, BOOTH, <br />KOPPE, SIEGENTHALER AND O~EN. COUNCILMEN GO~LOVE AND WATSON WERE ~BSENT. ~OUNCILMAN CONE <br />TOO~ HIS SEAT IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 10:15 P.M. <br /> <br />THE ~INUTES O~ THE ,LAST REGULAR MEETING HELD FEBRUARY 9, 1953 AND ADJOURNED TO FEBRUARY <br />24, 1953 ,WE,RE, READ, AND APPROVED. <br /> <br />I <br />THI,S,~EI~G THE DAtE SET FOR HEARING AND FINAL PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE GRANTING A FRANCHISE <br />TO CITY TRANSIT LINES, MAYOR JOHNSON OPENED THE MEETING TO DISCUSSION. <br /> <br />IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH~THAT THE ORDINANCE BE GIVEN FINAL READING <br />THIS DATE. MOTION CARRIED. <br /> <br />REPORTS_OF OFFICERS <br /> <br />I. THE CITY MANAGER ADVISED ,THAT MR. WILLIAM N~ RUSSELL HAD REQUESTED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL <br />'" , <br />OPEN NEGOTIATJO~S FOR. THE USE OF, SPENCER'S BUTTE FOR TELEVISION TRANSMISSION PURPO~ES. MR. <br />RUSSELL STATED HIS COMPANY, HAD COMBINED APPLICATIONS OF KUGN AND KORE FOR CHANNEL 13 AND THAT <br />- 'I ,,' , , , <br />THE COMPAN~, ~AS STUDYING ECONOMIC POSSIBILITIES Of USING SPENCER'S ~UTTE TO AFFORD BETTER <br />TELEVISION ~ERVICES TO THE EN!IRE COMMUNITY. THE CHARTER AMENDMENT AUTHORIZING, USE OF <br />SPENCER'S,BuTTE FOR TELEVISIO~ PURPOSES WHICH WAS VOT~D BY THE PEOPL~ ON NOVEM~ER 4, 1952 <br />WAS ,READ. M;YO~ JOHNSON APPOINTED.A SPEClfL COMMITTEE CONSISTI~G OF COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER, <br />KOPPE, SIEGENTHALER ,AND OW~N TO .STUD~ THIS PROPOSITION WITH THE TELEVISION PEOPLE. <br /> <br />2. THE CITY MANAGER ADVISED THAT HE HAD ACCEPTED AN INVITATION TO SPEAK TO THE NORTHWEST <br />ROAD BUILD~RS CONFERENCE ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH AFTER WHICH, HE WOULD GO INTO PORTLAND <br />TO ATTE~D THE ANNUfL ,OREGON-WASHINGTON CITY M~NAGER'S MEETING WITH DR. CLARENCE RIDLEY, <br />EXECUTI_VE 0,1 RECTOR-, I NTERNATI ONAL CI TY MANAGER'S ASSOCI ATI ON FROM, CHI CAGO, FRI DAY NI GHT <br />AND SATURDAY: <br /> <br />3. THE FIRST NORTHWEST AIRPORT MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON <br />J " " <br />AND THE OREGON STATE BOARD OF AERONAUTICS AND THE OREGON MUNICIPAL LEAGUE WILL BE HELD AT <br />THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON ON APRIL 20TH, 21ST AND 22ND. DISCUSSIONS SUCH AS COMMUNITY <br />OPPORTUNITY IN AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT, AIRPORT FINANCING, AIRPORT ZONING AND AIRPORT ADMINIS- <br />TRATIVE PROBL~MS. <br /> <br />4. THE CITY MA~A~ER READ ANOTHER LETTER fROM THE WESTMORELAND IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION <br />RELATIVE TO THE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS IN THAT AREA AND ADVISED THAT UNDER THE 1953 PUBLIC WORKS <br />PROGRAM, THIS DRAINAGE PROBLEM WOULD BE GREATLY ALLEVIATED THROUGH THE INSTALLATION OF <br />STORM SEWERS IN THIS ARJA. <br /> <br />o . <br /> <br />5. A LETTER WAS READ FROM THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH COMMENDING THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC <br />BOARD FOR THEIR PROPER TREATMENT IN EFFECTING A PURE WATER SUPPLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH <br />, ' , <br />,STA:NDARD\ Of THE OREGON ST~TE BOARD Of HEALTH. <br /> <br />,Ii <br />:1 <br />I: <br />I: <br />I' <br />;! <br />I' <br />:1 <br />" <br />I: <br />I, <br />II <br />I. <br /> <br />6. THE CITY MANAGER BRIEFLY REVIEWED BILLS OF INTEREST IN THE CURRENT LEGISLATURE AND THE <br />CITY COUNCIL A,GREED, THAT ALET,TER SHOULD BE WRITTEN OPPOSING HOUSE BILL 81 WHICH PROHIBITS <br />ALL SPECIAL ELECTIONS WITHOUT !H,E APPROVAL OF THE COUNTY COURT. <br /> <br />7. WITH FURTHER REFERENCE TO THE RELOCATION OF SUNSET HOME ON THE TWO BLOCKS IMMEDIATELY <br />SOUTH 9F THE AD~MS STREET SCHOOL, THE CITY MANAGER ADVISED THAT MRS. TJADER HAD AGRtED TO <br />DEED LAND FOR THE OPENING OF ADAMS STREET AND VAN BUREN STREET FROM 23RD TO 24TH AVENUES <br />A,ND 24.TH !~VqWE FROM FRIENDLY STREET TO THE WEST'LINE OF VAN BUREN STREET, ALL FOR A 60-FOOT <br />,STREET. SHE WOULD ALSO DEED TEN FEET WHICH SHE OWNS LYING WITHIN FUTURE PROJECTION OF 23RD <br />I' , I , .... . <br />AVENUE FROM A POI NT 100, FEET EAST OF ADAMS STREET TO !HE WEST LINE OF VAN BUREN STREET FOR <br />USE IN THE OPENING OF 23RD AVENUE WHEN IT IS OPENED UP. IN DEEDING THE GROUND FOR ~HE <br />~PE'NI NG OF-' 24TH AVENUE, MR's. TJADER WOULD REDUCE' HiE WIDTH OF THE CORNER lOT FROM 74 FEET <br />TO APPROXIMATELY 4991/2 FEET. IN COMPLETING THIS AGREEMENT MR~.'TJADER REQUESTED iHAT THE <br />COUNCIL GRANT A VARIANCE TO PERMIT HER TO BUILD EITHER A SINGLE FAMILY UNJT OR A DUPLEX <br />UNIT FACING EITHER FRIENDLY STREET OR 21TH AVENUE, WHIC~EVER IS THE MOST CONVENIENT, <br />PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT SHE IS ABLE TO MEET THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS UNDER REGULAR BUilDING <br />o ~ 0 I N A N,C E S . <br /> <br />I <br />!T WAS MOVED BY CR~MBAKER, SECONDED <br />THE CITY ~A~AG~R GO AHEAD WITH THE DEAL. <br />THE VARIANCE TO MOVE SUNSET HOME TO, THIS <br />ABOVE OUTL I NED., <br /> <br />BY BOOTH THAT THIS VARIANCE BE GRANTED AND THAT <br />PR~VlpUS ACTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL HAD AUTHORIZED <br />LOCATION PROVIDED THESE STREETS WERE OPENED AS <br /> <br />IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE ,BALANCE OF THE REPORT OF THE <br />CITY MANAGER BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. <br /> <br />II <br />II <br />il <br />" <br /> <br />:1 <br />I <br />I' <br />II <br />il <br /> <br />/--' <br /> <br />.... <br />