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r'4S2 e IT I . THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE PROHIBITING ABANDONMENT Of ICEBOXES AND REfRIGERATORS I ACCESSIBLE TO CHILDREN WAS DISCUSSED. THE COMMITTEE, DESIRING TO LIMIT REGULATIVE ORDINANCES TO SUBJECTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT PRESENT A REAL HAZARD TO PUBLIC SAfETY, GAVE fULL CONSIDERATION TO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. THE TRAGIC EXPERIENCES Of NUMER- OUS COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY THE THREE SEPARATE INCIDENTS IN AUGUST TAKING THE LIVES Of ELEVEN CHILDREN, WERE RECALLED. IT WAS NOTED ALSO THAT QUITt A NUMBER Of CITIES HAVE RECOGNIZED THE ABANDONED ICEBOX OR SIMILAR DEVICE AS A REAL MENACE AND HAVE ALREADY ENACTED LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO REDUCE THIS DANGER. IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION Of'THE COMMITTEE THAT AN ORDINANCE SIMILAR 'TO THE NIMLO MODEL ORDINANCE ENACTED I N THE I NTEREST Of THE PUBLIC SAfETY Of THE COMMUNITY. IT IS I BELIEVED ADVISABLE TO DELETE THE WORDS "OUTSIDE Of ANY BUILDING OR DWELLING" fROM BOTH SECTIONS 8-1501 AND 8-1502 Of THE MODEL ORDINANCE. I 2. LIMITED PARKING ON WEST 11TH AVENUE BETWEEN LINCOLN AND LAWRENCE STREET. THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED TO THE COMMITTEE THAT A REQUEST fOR LIMITED PARKING ON WEST 11TH AVENUE BETWEEN LINCOLN AND LAWRENCE STREETS HAD BEEN CONSIDERED AND AfTER A STUDY Of THIS BLOCK IT WAS HIS RECOMMENDATION THAT SINCE THIS AREA WAS ZONED AS C-3 AND SINCE e, THE PARKING SPACES WERE BEING UTILIZED DAILY BY ALL-DAY PARKERS THAT THE BLOCK BE I DESIGNATED AS A TWO HOUR PARKING ZONE. i I IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS BLOCK BE DESIGNATED AS A I TWO HOUR PARKING ZONE. I II I 3. THE COMMITTEE ALSO CONSIDERED A REQUEST fROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT fOR ELIMINATION I I I I I Of PARKING ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF WILLAMETTE STREET IN fRONT Of THE CITY HALL TO BE I UT IL'I Z.ED BY THE POLICE WHEN BRINGING A MOTORIST TO THE CITY HALL fOR PAYMENT Of BAIL. I THE COMM,I:TTEE DID NOT LOOK WITH FAVOR UPON ELIMINATING PARKING' ALTOGETHER IN i , THESE SPACES BUT RECOMMENDED THAT THE METER HEADS BE CHANGED TO 12 MINUTE METERS fOR I 12 1011 NUTE PARKING ONLY." I I I AFTER A DISCUSSIO~ BY THE CWI~F Of POLICE AND A CLARifiCATION Of THE USE I NTE'NDED fOR ,I THE PARKI.NG SPAC~S MENTIONED IN ITEM THREE OF THE REPORT, IT WAS MOVED BY SIEG~NTHALER, il SECONDED BY GODGOVE THAT TH~ TWO MET~RS IN fRONT Of THE CITY HAL~ BE REMOVED AND PARKING il BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THESE SPACES BE PROHIBITED. MOTION CARRI ED.' IT WAS MOVED BY CONE, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE BALANCE Of THE REPORT OF THE I PUBLIC SAfETY COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTl ON CARR I ED. I .. I / A REPORT Of THE' PUBll C WORKS COMMI TTEE - Rn SUNNY HOLLOW ANNEXATION; KINN~y-ADAMS I' 3 , I DEED TO C., TY' OF' EUGENE; SOUTH FRI ENDLY ANNEXATION; VACATION Of NORTH 1/2 OF' WEST 18TH AVENUE; II PROGRESS PAYMENT ~O CENTRAL HEATING COMPANY; SOUTH W'I LLAMETTE SEWER PROJECT; AND LEONARD PROPERTY WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: II .J ' I I' "PRESENT WERE MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER, BOOTH, KOPPE, AND SIEGENTHALER; ,I CITY MANAGER; CITY ENGINEER AND CITY RECORDER. MR. FRANK KINNEY WAS ALSO PRESENT TO II BE INTERVIEWED BY THE COMMITTEE ON THE MATTER OF' THE ANNEXATION OF' SOUTH SUNNY HOLLOW AREA. I, II I 'I THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MET ON SEPTEMBER 18TH TO CONSID~R VARIOUS MATTERS II REFERRED TO IT BY THE COUNCIL. A fiELD TRIP WAS MADE ON THE VACATION Of THE NORTH ONE- I. HALf Of 18TH AVENUE WEST; ANNEXATION Of SOUTH' FRIENDLY AREA; THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE _REA II SEWER PROJECT; AND THE ANNEXATION OF' THE SOUTH SUNNY HOLLOW'AR~A. THE COMMI TTEE THEN ..! !/ MET DURING THE NOON HOUR TO CONSIDER AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ~HE fOLLOWING SUBJECTS: II Ii I . SUNNY HOLLOW ANNEXATION - THE COMMITTEE INTERVIEWED MR; KINNEY REGARDING THE , ANNEXATION AREA AND LEARNED fROM. HIM THAT THERE WERE ABOUT 150' LOT~ IN THE AREA AND r e THAT THERE WERE ABOUT 25 RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES I N THE AREA, MOST Of WHICH HAVE BEEN PURCHASED AND ARE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF' COMPLETION. MR. KINNEY STATED THAT HE EITHER Ii OWNS OR CONTROLS MOST Of THE VACANT LOTS IN THE AREA AND THAT HE AND HIS ASSOCIATE WILL I BE GLAD TO PAY A PORTION Of THE COST OF THE EXTENSlbN Of THE TRUNK SEWER TO SERVE THIS I, AREA. I I I I IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION ~f THE COMMITTEE THAT THE COUNCIL CALL A HEARING fOR THE I CITIZENS OF THE C'TY OF' EUGENE ON THE MATTER Of DISPENSING WITH AN ANNEXATION ELECTION I. IN THE CITY AND THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE PASSAGE OF AN ORDINANCE ORDERING,AN ELEC- " , TION TO BE HELD WITHIN THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION AREA ~ITH'THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY I IS NOT OBLIGATED TO EXTEND A TRUNK SEWER TO THIS AREA UNTIL THE CURRENT OBLIGATIONS FOR SEWER"CONSTRUCTI ON ARE MET. 2. KINNEY-ADAMS DEED TO THE ~ITY 6F' EUGENE'- THE COMM1TTEE GAVE CONSIDERATION TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF A DEED SUBMI TTED TO THE CI TY, OF EUGENE BY FRANK L KI~NEY AND JESSE M. I! I KINNEY, AND J. O. ADAMS AND GLENNIE ADAMS. THIS DEED GRANTS TO THE CITY Of EUGENE LOTS I A AND B, AND LOTS 23 AND 24, BLOCK 5, .01" THE OR I GI NAL PLAT OF SUNNY HOLLOW. ALSO LOT I II A I N THE 1ST ADDITION TO SUNNY HOLLOW, ALSO LOTS A, B, AND C I N THE 2ND ADD I TI ON TO Ii SUNNY HOLLOW. ALL Of THESE ARE BEING DEEDED TO THE CITY OF EUGENE FOR PLAYGROUNDS AND PARK PURPOSES AND fOR CONTROL OF' AMAZON SLOUGH fROM HILYARD STREET TO MARTIN STREET. Ii II 'I II ( e p ~ I Ii I :I II ;