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17~ e r I I 10 Two APPLICATIONS FOR SEGREGATION OF ASSESSMENT LIENS, ONE ON 17TH AVENUE BETWEEN CHAMBERS AND GRANT STREET AND ONE ON 27TH AND WILLAMETTE STREET WERE SUBMITTED. IT WAS MOVED BYCRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE APPLICATIONS BE REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. I I COMMUNICATION FROM JULIO W. SILVA - RE: ZON1NG OF PROPERTY BETWEEN MILL RACE AND RIVER ALONG SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRACKS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "BEFORE WE PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY ALONG THE MILL RACE (BETWEEN 8 AND 9 ACRES), WE CHECKED WITH DR. HARRY NEWBURN TO SEE IF THE UNIVERSI TY WAS INTERESTED IN THE PROPERTY OR OBJECTED IN ANY WAY TO OUR PROPOSED USE OF IT. HE ASSURED THE WRITER THAT THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED. AFTER SUCH AN ASSURANCE, I AM MUCH SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT THE UNIVERSITY AUTHORITIES OPPOSED OUR PROPOSED USE OF THE PROPERTY AS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. PARTICULARLY SINCE THEY WERE THE fiRST TO USE IT AS M3. e I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF THE UNIVERSITY SECURED A PERMIT FOR THIS TYPE OF A BUILDING BEFORE CONSTRUCTION. THE ,UNIVERSITY IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF EUGENE, BUT IF WE ARE TO CONTINUE TO GROW WE MUST DIVERSIFY AND ENCOURAGE OTHER INDUSTRY TO COME HERE. ONE COMPLAINT OF THE OPPOSITION WAS THAT THE BUILDINGS WOULD BE UNSIGHTLY. THE SAWDUST FUEL PILE THAT THE UNIVERSITY SOMETIMES STACK UP HIGHER THAN THEIR HEATING PLANT COULDN'T EXACTLY BE CALLED A THING OF BEAUTY. I I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION THE SCARCITY OF RAILWAY WAREHOUSE SITES. IN SEARCHING FOR A DESIRABLE LOCATION, WE COULD FIND NOTHING BUT THIS PROPERTY EXCEPT IN THE SPRINGFIELD AREA. WOULD YOU DRIVE INDUSTRY TO SPRINGFIELD? LET US MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO INDUCE INDUSTRY TO ESTABLISH THEMSELVES HERE. HAVING THE fiNE fACILITIES Of THE SOUTHERN PACifiC AT HAND, AND THEN LEGISLATING AGAINST THE USE Of IT, IS LIKE HAVING A fiNE SEA HARBOR AND THEN NOT ALLOWING ANYONE TO BUILD A DOCK SO SHIPS COULD LAND. . WE fEEL THAT THE PROPERTY FROM THE MILL RACE TO THE RIVER IS TOO VALUABLE TO THE CITY NOT TO BE ZONED fOR INDUSTRIAL USE AND ASK THAT YOU SO ZONE IT M2." IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON fiLE AND BROUGHT OUT FOR MARCH 8TH HEARING ON ZONING OF RIVERVIEW AREA. 12 COMMUNICATION FROM THE RICHfiELD OIL CORPORATION - RE: REQUEST FOR VARIANCE TO SUPER- CEDE AND CANCEL PREVIOUS REQUESTS W~S SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: "ON OCTOBER I, 1953 A REQUEST WAS MADE F'OR A VARIANCE TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO PERMIT RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION TO ERECT OUR STANDARD CANOPY SIGN ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 19TH AND JEffERSON STREETS WHERE WE PROPOSE TO ERECT A SERVICE STATION. I WE WERE ADVISED BY ROBERT A. FINLAYSON, CITY MANAGER, THAT THE EUGENE CITY COUNCIL AT THEIR REGULAR MEETING ON NOVEMBE~ 9, 1953 APPROVED SUCH REQUEST. IT IS THE DESIRE Of RICHfiELD OIL CORPORATION THAT YOU CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING VARIANCE WHICH WILL SUPERCEDE AND CANCEL PREVIOUS REQUESTS. e THAT, RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION, 3'6" X 20' PORCELAIN ENAMEL, DOUBLE FACED, NEON SIGN BE ERECTED ON TWO (2) B INCH IRON PIPES - IN SAME RELATIVE POSITION Of CANOPY, HOWEVER, ELIMINATING CANOPY. THE ATTACHED BLUEPRINTS WILL MORE CLEARLY DESIGNATE EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE DESIRING. FAVORABLE ACTION ON THI S ,REQUEST SHALL j ,APPRECI ATED." IT WAS MOVED BY KOPPE, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE VARIANCE AS REQUESTED BE APPROVED, THAT PREVIOUS VARIANCES BE CANCELLED, AND ALSO THAT THE VARIANCE FROM SETBACK REQUIREMENls BE PROVIDED THROUGH A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT. IT WAS MOVED BY SIEGENTHALER, THAT THE REQUEST.OF THE RICHFIELD OIL COMPANY BE REfERRED TO THE PUB~IC WORKS COMMITTEE. THE MOTION WAS NOT SECONDED. THE VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION BY KOPPE, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER, CARRIED. 13 COMMUNICATION FROM CORNELL, HOWLAND, HAYES & MERRYF'IELD - RE: AGREEMENT fOR PURCHASE Of A LICENSE TO OPERATE CERTAIN EQUIPMENT AT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: I "WE ARE ENCLOSING THREE COPIES OF A PROPOSED AGREEMENT fOR THE PURCHASE, fROM MR. ALBERT L. GENTER, Of A LICENSE TO OPERATE CERTAIN EQUIPMENT AT YOUR SEWAGE TREAT- MENT PLANT UNDER A SPECIFIED PROCESS WHICH HE DEVELOPED AND HOLDS THE PATENT RIGHTS. e ~~~. ~