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r OC'/il ~O'! e -- --- - ------ --- ~-- ---'-"-- _. - ---- -----. - ---- . -- - - , ,. --'--.' --, - THE REQUEST CONTAINED IN YOUR REPLY WILL BE GIVEN CONSIDERATION IN ALLOCATING ANY I FEDERAL FUNDS THAT'MIGHT BE MADE AVAILABLE IN FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 19S6, BUT THIS LETTER SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS ANY SOLICI~ATION OR COMMITMENT ON THE, PART Of THE GOVERNMENT. THIS'OfflCE WILL BE GLAD TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER WITH YOU IN ADVANCE Of YOUR SUB- MISSION Of A REQUEST. I N ANY EVENT, HOWEVER, SUCH REQUEST ~S YOU DE~IRE TO SUBMIT SHOULD REACH THIS OFfiCE NOT LATER THAN NOVEMBER 22, 1954." IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON, SECONDED BY MR. BOOTH, THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE REfERRED TO THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. 14 COMMUNICATION fROM H. J. COX - RE: SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION AT 1990WllLAMETTE STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: "KINDLY BE ADVISED THAT WITH THE COMING Of SPRING AND SUMMER - 1955, I WILL CONSTRUCT AN ASPHALT SIDEWALK AT 1990 WILLAMETTE STREET, CI, TV;- 100 fEET ON WI LLAMETTE STREET AND 147'ON WEST 20TH. " I e THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS, AND THE LETTER WAS RECEIVED AND PLACED'ON fiLE. 15 COMMUNICATION fROM MR. & MRS. JOHN. HOUSER - RE: SMALL HOUSE ON BACK Of LOT AT 2880 ONYX STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: "WE: ARE MR. J. H. HOUSER, WE LIVE IN A TRAILER HOUSE AT VAUGHN, OREGON. I HAVE ~EEN EMPLOYED A~ THE LON~ BELL LUMBER CO. fOR 20 YEARS. Two YEARS AGO.WE DECIDED TO I MAKE EUGENE OUR fUTUE HOME, SO WE PURCHASED A HOME AT 2880 ONYX. THE PROPERTY HAS TWO HOUSES ON IT, A LARGE HOUSE AND A SMALL WELL BUILT HOUSE ON THE BACK, fACING BAKER STREET. WE THOUGHT ,THAT WOULD SUIT OUR PURPOSE fiNE AS BOTH Of OUR MOTHERS ARE ALONE NOW AND WE" THOUGH'T; SOME DAY WE COULD HAVE ONE OR BOTH Of THEM NEAR US. HOWEVER, NOT BEING ABLE TO MOVE I N THE HOUSE AT THE PRESENT 'TI ME, WE DECIDED TO RENT THE BIG HOUSE AND vJOULD MOVE IN THE SMALL HOUSE WHEN WE HAD DONE SOME REMODELING AND PAINTING. How- EVER, IN THE MEANTIME WE fOUND OUT fROM THE BUILDING INSPECTOR, MR. CASEBEER, THE fORMER OWNER, HAD NOT PURCHASEO A BUILDING PERMIT fOR THE SMALL HOUSE. WE WROTE TO MR. CASEBEER ABOUT THis AND HE ~OLD US HE BUILT THE HOUSE PRIOR TO THE RESTRICTIONS. WE WOULD LIKE TO GET PERMISSION TO, USE THE SMALL HOUSE LEGALLY. WE INTEND TO IMPROVE THE PROPERTY SO IT WOULD BE A CREDIT TO THE COMMUNITY." . IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE, THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE REfERRED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CA'RRIED. . 16 COMMUNI CAT! ON FROM THE, CENTURY Of PROGRESS FUND - RE: SITE FOR NEW FIRE SUBSTATION AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 29TH AND FERRY STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE CE-NTURY PROGRESS FUND DOES HEREBY AGREE TO EXECUTE A I WAIVER Of RESTRICTIONS COVERING THE PROPERTY WHICH YOU DESIRE TO USE FOR A SU~-fIRE I STATION fOR THE S0M OF $175.00. THE CENTURY PROGRESS FUND fEELS ~HAT IF IT: WAI VES THE RESTRICTION WHICH LIMITS THE USE OF THE' PROPERTY TO PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, THE CITY Of EUGENE SHOULD REIMBURSE THE FUND fOR THE EXACT AMOUNT OF MONEY I WHICH THE CENTURY PROGRESS FUND PAID FOR SAID PREMISES. I : -- ,- II IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIPT Of SAID SUM Of $175.00, THE WAIVER OF RESTRICTION WILL BE EXECUTED AND DELIVERED TO YOU." II IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SIEGENTHALER, SECONDED BY 'MR'. KOPPE, THAT THE PROPER CITY OFfiCERS BE AUTHORIZED TO DRAW UP THE NECESSARY WARRANT TO PAY THE $175.00 FOR THE R~MOVAL OF DEED RESTRICTION. MOTION CARRIED. e 17 A REQUEST FOR CHANGE Of OWNERSHIP OF A CARD ROOM LICENSE BY WALTER' E. COX, JACK'S PLACE, 752-1/2 WILLAMETTE STREETS, AS INVESTIGATED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WAS SUBMITTED AND READ. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SIEGENitHALER, SECONDED BY MR. CONE THAT THE REQUEST,' AS INVESTIGATED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BE REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.' MOTION CARRIED. 18 COM~UNICATIO~ FROM MR. EDWI N [. CONE, COUNCILMAN, WARD 4, RE: HIS RESIGNATION FROM THE COUNCI~ WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: . . "I HEREWITH SUBMIT MY RESIGNATION AS EUGENE CITY COUNCILMAN, WARD 4, EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 20, 1954. AT' THI S T! ME I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I' HAVE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE TWG YEARS 1 HAVE SPENT A~ A MEMBER' OF THE EUGEN~ C(TY COUNCIL ANO THAT I FEEL I HAVE LEARNED MUCH THAT WILL BE Of VALUE TO ME AS A REPR~SENTATIVE AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE. I'MAVE APPRECIATED THE I OPPORTUNITY OF WORKING WITH OTHER MEMBERS Of THE COUNC(L, THE MAYOR, THE CITY MANAGER AND OTHERS IN THE CITY ADMINISTRATION AND THE OPPORTUNITY OF MEETING AND WORKING WITH MANY OTHER FINE PEOPLE. I KNOW THAT MY CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE MANY PROBLEMS OF CITY GOVERNMENT THESE PAST TWO YEARS HAS MADE ME MORE CONSCIOUS OF MY DUTIES AS A PRIVATE I CITIZEN AND I WILL FOLLOW WITH DEEP INTEREST THE fUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CITY." I I e ~ .!