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~372 e $50.00 AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED' ~HAT THE BASE OF ONE QUARTER POUND BE RETAINED AS OUT- LI NED IN THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WITH A MINIMUM INSPECTION FEE ESTABLISHED AT $20.00 PER MONTH .AND A MAXIMUM INSPECTION FEE ESTABLISHED AT $50.00 PER MO~TH. THIS WOULD MAKE A MORE EQUITABLE AND JUST INSPECTION FEE FOR BOTH LARGE AND SMALL DAIRIES AND ONLY REDUCE THE REVENUES APPROXIMATELY $380.00." ~ I I I IT WAS MOVED BY SIEGENTHALER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT ITEM I RELATIVE TO CLASS A DISPENSERS LICENSES BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. IT WAS MOVED BY SIEGENTHALER, SECONDED BY OWEN THAT ITEM 2 BE GIVEN GENERAL APPROVAL BUT REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMI TTEE FOR A DETERMI NATION OF THE MI NIMUM FEE TO' BE CHARGED. MOTION CARRIED. 8 A REPORT OF THE STREET LIGHTING COMMITTEE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "MR. BANKS, CHAIRMAN OF THE DOWNTOWN STREET LIGHTING COMMITTEE, APPOINTED BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, STATED THAT THE PURPOSE WAS TO DISCUSS THE RECOMMENDED BOUNDARIES AND INSTALLATION FOR MODERN HIGH INTENSITY STREET LIGHTI NG IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND, IF POSSIBLE, TO AGREE UPON A RECOMMENDED PROGRAM OF FINANCING OF SUCH LIGHTS. HE STATED THAT THE BASIC AREA UNDER CONSIDERATION INCLUDED FROM FIFTH TO ELEVENTH AVENUES, INCLUDING WILLAMETTE STREET FROM THE DEPOT TO SEVtNTEENTH AVENUE AND FROM LINCOLN STREET ON THE WEST TO HIGH STREET ON THE EAST, FROM FIFTH TO ELEVENTH AVENUES, IN AN ENDEAVOR TO PROVIDE THE SAFETY PROTECTION AND ATTRACTION FACTORS DESIRED IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT. MR. BANKS SAID THAT 'PRELIMINARY ESTiMATES FOR THE COST OF LIGHTING IN THIS AREA WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $262,000 WITH THE LIGHTS BEING EITHER MERCURY VAPOR OR INCANDESCENT TYPE SUSPENDED FROM METAL POLES APPROXIMATELY 27 FEET IN HEIGHT, WITH UNDERGROUND CABLES AND CONCRETE BASES. THE APPROXIMATE COST PER FRONT FOOT OF SUCH INSTALLATION IS ESTIMATED TO RANGE BETWEEN $4.45 TO $4.70. e I MR. BANKS SAID THAT THE COMMITTEE HA~ MADE EXTENSI~~ INSPECTION AND STUDY OF VARIOUS LIGHTING PLANS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AND TODAY DESIRE TO ARRIVE AT SOME RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION AND IN TU~N TO THE EUGENE CITY COUNCIL FOR ACTION. MR. HEATH COMMENTED THAT HE FELT THERE WAS GENERAL AGREEMENT ARRIVED AT AT A PRIOR MEETING OF THIS COMMITTEE AND QUESTIONED HOW BEST WE WOULD GET THE PROGRAM GOING. MR. FARINA REQUESTED THE OPPORTUNI TY TO MAKE SEVERAL OBSERVATIONS AS CHAIRMAN OF THE RETAIL MERCHANTS DIVISION OF THE EUGENE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ADDING THAT HE FELT CERTAIN BENEFITS RESULTED TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE RATHER THAN SPECIFICALLY TO THE BUSINESS STANDPOINT'LITTLE BENEFIT WOULD COME FROM EXPENSIVE MODERN STREET LIGHTING BY REASON OF'THE FACT THAT MANY STORES ARE NOT OPEN DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS IN DAYLIGHT. HOWEVER, HE POINTED OUT THAT THE CITIZENS WOULD DERIVE IMPROVED SAFETY CONDITIONS ON DOWNTOWN STREETS BY REASON OF ADEQUATE MODERN STREET LIGHTING, THAT A DETERR~NT TO CRIME WOULD RESULT THROUGH A BETTER LIGHTED DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. HE THEN POINTED OUT THAT BECAUSE THE RETAIL DIVISION AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TOWARD A SOLUTION OF THE OFF-STREET PARKING PROBLEM AND THAT A GOOD POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR CREATION OF A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT REQUIRING PROPERTY OWNERS' APPROVAL AND PARTICIPATION, HE FELT THERE WOULD BE OPPOSITION TO A SECOND FINANCING PROGRAM FOR THE DOWNTOWN STREET LIGHTING AT NEARLY THE SAME TIME. . MR. FARINA ASKED THE QUES'TION -- COULD SOME ALTERNATE METHOD OF FINANCING THE DOWN- TOWN STREET LIGHTING BE DEVISED, PREFERABLY ON A LONGER TERM BASIS, PERHAPS 20 TO 25 YEARS. I MR. BANKS OPENED A GENERAL DISCUSSION ON THIS SUBJECT AND MR. BOALS OF THE EUGENE WATER BOARD SAID THAT PERHAPS SOME LONGER RANGE PROGRAM COULD BE DEVISED BUT HE DOUBTED IF THE CHARGES COULD BE APPLIED TO DOWNTOWN PROPERTY ELECTRIC BILLS AND ALSO HE DOUBTED THAT UNLESS SOME DISTRICT OR OTHER RESPONSIBLE FINANCE PROGRAM THAT WOULD GUARANTEE AMORTIZATION OF THE LIGHTING COST, THAT ANY OTHER METHOD OF FINANCE THAN THE ONE OPPOSED BY THE STREET LIGHTING COMMITTEE COULD BE USED. THE QUESTION WAS ASKED AS TO WHETHER OR NOT A SAVING WOULD RESULT IF OVERHEAD WIRE RATHER THAN UNDERGROUND CABLE WERE USED FOR THE NEW LIGHTS. MR. BAILEY STATED THAT A CONSIDERABLE SAVING WOULD RESULT. BUT THERE WAS SOME QUESTION AS TO THE HAZARD THAT OVERHEAD WIRING MIGHT PRESENT. THERE WAS SOME POSSIBILITY, MR. BOALS SAID, THAT EXISTING STREET LIGHTING UNDERGROUND CABLE MIGHT BE UTILIZED IN SOME PART FOR ~ODERN STREET LIGHTING, AL'HOUGH THIS WOULD VARY ACCORDING TO LOCATION OF LIGHTS, EITHER STAGGERED OR NOT, CONDITION OF CABLE, ETC. AN ENGINEERING fNSPECTION OF EXISTING CABLE WOULD BE NECESSARY BEFORE A COST FACTOR COULD BE DETERMINED HE STATED. MR. FARINA PROPOSED THAT PERHAPS CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE NEW LIGHTING TO BE PLACED IN SEMI-RESIDEN- TIAL AREAS MIGHT BE SERVED BY OVERHEAD CABLES WHILE THE LIGHTS IN THE CONCENTRATED BUSI- NESS AREA MIGHT BETTER BE SERVED BY UNDERGROUND CABLE. e MR. KING SUGGESTED THAT THE ENTIRE' DOWNfO~N STREET LIGHTING PROSECT COULD BE ADVANCED I IF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE RETAIL MERCHANTS DIVISION COULD CONDUCT SOME TYPE OF CANVASS OR SURVEY OR PROPERTIES IN THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT IN AN EFFORT TO LEARN THEIR WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT A TEN YEAR FINANCE PLAN BASED UPON THE BANCROFT BONDING PRo- VISIONS. HE STATED THAT HE FELT THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD BE APPRECIATIVE OF SUCH A STUDY L AND HE STATED THAT HE FELT IT WOULD DO MUCH TO FACILITATE EARLY APPROVAL OF A MODERN LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR THE CENTRAL AREA. MR. FARINA AND MR. BRENNE INDICATED THAT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE RETAIL MERCHANTS DIVISION WOULD CONSIDER SUCH A SURVEY OF THIS KNI A BRIEF PRESENTED TO THEIR RESPECTIVE GROUPS SHORTL~. THE POINT WAS MADE 'THAT A SURVEY OF THIS KIND WOULD BE MORE READILY ACCEPTED AND PARTICIPATED IN IF THE CITY COUNCIL MIGHT BE WILLING TO INDICATE A POSITIVE POINT OF VIEW TOWARD THE DESIRABILITY OF ADEQUATE I e ~