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<br /> "PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER, KOPPE, GODLOVE AND SIEGENTHALER;
<br /> CITY ATTORNEY; CITY ENGINEER AND CITY RECORDER. MR. TOM JAQUES OF THE EUGENE REGISTER
<br /> I GUARQ WAS ALSO PRESENT. A NU~BE~'OF ITEMS WERE GIVEN'CONS~DERATION BY TH~ PUBLICWO~~'
<br /> COMMITTEE AT THIS MEETING. THOSE THAT WE~E ACTED UPON BY THE COMMITTEE ARE AS.FOLLOWS:
<br /> I . REQUEST OF.MR. AND MRS. JOHN H. HOUSER RE~ARDING PROPERTY LOCATED:AT 2880 ONYX
<br /> STREET. THfSREQUEST IS FOR P~RMISSION TO USE THE SMALL HOUSE WHICH IS ,THE SECOND
<br /> HOUSE LOCATED AT 2880 ONYX ,STREET FOR 'RESIDENCE PURPOSES AND TO,OO CERTAIN REMODELING
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<br /> THE FACTS IN THIS CASE APPEAR TO BE THAT MR. CASEBEER, THE FORMER OWNER, CONSTRUCTED
<br /> THE BUILDiNG IN QUESTION AS A DOUBLE GA~AG~ IN 1946 PRIOR TO T~E ANNE~AT.O~'OF'T~~.AREA
<br /> I NTO THE CITY, OF EUGENE. " THE..ARE~, INCLUDING THE PROPERTY AT 2880 ONYX:STREET~'WAS'
<br /> ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF EUGENE IN QCTOBER ,OF 1947. THE' TERRITORY, INCLUDING:T~IS PROPERTY,
<br />e IN THE ANNEXATION WAS NOT ZONED UNTIL A COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE WAS PASSED ON
<br /> JUNE 29, 1948. tROMTHE FACTS AVAILABlE AT PRESENT IT APPEARS THAT MR. CASEBEER, WITHOUT
<br /> THE BENEFIT OF, A BUILDING PERMIT, UNDERTOOK THE REMODELING OF THIS BUILDING INTO A
<br /> RESIDENCE BUILDING IN THE SUMMER' OF "948 FINISHING IT'IN THE FALL OF 1948. SUBSEQUENTLY
<br /> 'BOTH THE ORI~IN~L HOUSE :AND THE ~EMODElED GARAGE BUILDING WERE PURCHASED, BY MR. AND MRS.
<br /> HOUSER TO BEcUSED AS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
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<br />1 AFTER SOME DISCUSSION THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE FORMULATED THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDA-
<br /> TION:' (I ) THAT MR. AND MRS. HOUSER~FILE A VARIANCE FOR THE LAND USE INTENDED FOR THIS
<br /> PROPERTY ,AND IT IS RECOMMENDED TO THE COUNCI'L THAT THE VARIANCE BE REFERRED TO THE
<br /> PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A REPORT.'
<br /> 2., CHARGE FOR EXISTING OUTSIDE SEWER CONNECTIONS' - THE.PUBLIC WOR~S COM~ITTEE ALSO
<br /> CONSIDERED THE SUBJECT OF 'THE ANNUAL 'CHARGE NOW MADE 'TO CERTAIN PROPERTIES L~C~TEDriui-
<br /> SIDE'THE CITY,FOR CONNECTIONWITHuTHE,CITY'S SEWER SYSTEM, THE PROPERTIES IN QUESTION
<br /> ARE~THOSE '180R 20 PROPERTIES LOCATED ON WEST SECOND AVENUE AND ON.CITYV~EW'STREEi T~~T
<br /> WERE CONNECTED TO THE CITY SEWER SYSTEM PRIOR TO THE TIME THAT THE ORDINANCE WAS REPEALED
<br /> WHICH-PROVIDED FOR SUCH CONNECTIONS.
<br />.' THE ANNUAL CHARGE FOR THESE CONNECTION$'FOR OUTSIDE PROPERTY HAD BEEN $9.00 PER
<br /> YEAR AND THIS IS THE RATE THAT IS NOW BEING PAID BY THE OWNERS OF THESE PROPERTIES. THE
<br /> COMMITTEE FEELS THAT YHIS CHARGE OF $9.00 ,PER YEAR',IS ENTIRELY INAPEQUATE FOR'THIS SERVICE.
<br /> IT IS THEREFORE A RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE ANNUAL CHARGE,TO THE 9WNERS OF
<br /> THESE PROPERTIES LOCATED OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS WHICH ARE NOT CONNECTED TO THE SEWER
<br /> SYSTEM BE INCREAS~D TO $50.00 PER YEAR WITH'PA~~ENT TO B~IN ADVAN~E OF~THE ,YE.~ 6t SER-
<br /> VICE., IT:IS ALSO THE RECOMMENDATION ,OF T~E COMMITTEE,THAT',TH~ COUNCIL EST~BLIS~ 1HIS
<br /> CHANGE BY ORDINANCE ANP THAT THE APPROPRIATE ,CITY OFFIC1.AL GIV~ SUCH NOTICE TO THE OWNERS
<br /> OF THESE PROP~RTIES INDICATING, THE DATE WHE~ THIS CHARGE ,WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
<br /> 3. POLICY ON THE MECHANI,CS.OF ASSESSING THE ONE-HALF CENT'PER ,SQUARE FOOT FOR SEWERS _
<br /> THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THIS SUBJECT BRIEFLY BUT FELT THAT F~RrHER ~,NFORMArION WAS
<br />1 NEEDED AND THEREFORE IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS MATTER BE
<br /> RETAINED:IN THE COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER~CONSIDERATION.- . --. . ,
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<br /> 4. CONCRETE VS. ASPHALTIC CONCRETE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS - THE COMMITTEE DIS-
<br /> CUSSED THIS SU6JECT WHICH HAD BEEN, REFERRtD TO, IT,PREVIOUSLY BY T~E COUNCIL AND REVIEWED
<br /> THE LETTER FROM THE BUILDING AND.CONSTRUCTION TRAQES-COUNCIL OF EUGENE AND ALSO,THE
<br /> LETTER AND MATERIAL FROM THE ASPHALT INSTITUTE. IT IS THE FEELING OF THE COMMITTEE THAT
<br /> THERE ISc'NO NEED AT PRESENT TO CONSlDER ,CHANGING THE STANDARDS ANQ SPECIFICATIONS SET UP
<br />e FOR THE SIDEWALK AND.ALLEY CONSTRUCTIQN. THE POLICY"AT PRESENT IS THAT SIDEWALKS AND
<br /> ALLEYS BE CONSTRUCTED OF CEMENT CONCRETE. IT IS THEREFORE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE
<br /> COMMITTEE..THAT NO CHANGE BE MADE IN:THE PRESENT POLICY WITH RESP~CT TO CONSTRUCTION OF
<br /> SIDEWALKS AND ALLEYS OR I N THE REPAI R,'OF SI DEWAI;KS. '
<br /> 5. 'CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS ON CIVIC CENTER - THE PUBLIC WOR~S COM~ITTEE GAVE
<br /> SOME DISCUSSION TO THE SUB~ECT'OF'THECIVIC.CENTER PROGRAM BUT"DID NOT FORMULATE A'RECO-
<br /> MMENDATION FOR PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIl; AT'THIS'TIME. IT'WAS'THE EXPRESSION OF ONE
<br /> OR TWO OF THE MEMBERS PRESENT AT THE MEETI NG THAT THE COUNC I L SHOULD COQPERATE'I N. THE
<br /> SUPPORT OF A CIVIC CENTER PLAN BUT THAT THE IMPLICATIONS OF ADOPTING AN OVER-ALL PLAN
<br /> . . SHOULD BE CAREFULLY THOUGHT OUT. BEFORE TAKING SUCH'ACTION. -,
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<br /> IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE.COMMITTEE THAT THIS MATTER BE'RETAINED IN THE
<br /> COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER STUDY SINCE THERE MAY BE SOME DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE NEXT FEW
<br /> DAYS THAT'MIGHT BE WELL TO CONStDER PRIOR'TO GETTING ACTION ON'THE CIVIC CENTER PROGRAM."
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<br />1 IT WAS MOVED BY DR. CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE THAT THE REPORT OF TH~ PUBLIC
<br /> WORKS COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
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