02/14/1955 Meeting - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

-', 8 ~ ~.l ,'~~I (1 'i:J (:t- v e I AFTER SOME FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THE MATTER AND THE WAYS IN WHICH IT COULD BE SECURED, IT WAS MOVED, SECONDED AND PASSED THAT THE CITY SECURE AN 80 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY FOR GARFIELD STREET BETWEEN 7TH AND 14TH AVENUES. 4. CONCESSION IN SKINNER'S BUTTE PARK FOR 1955 - THE MATTER OF PERMITTING A CONCESSION IN SKINNER'S BUTTE PARK FOR THE SUMMER OF 1955 WAS PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED. IT IS THE FEELING OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE CONCESSION SHOULD BE CONTINUED FOR 1955 IF IT CAN BE OPERATED AS AN ASSET TO THE PARK, AND THE COMMITTEE WAS IN AGREEMENT THAT THE CONCESSION WAS WELL OPERATED IN 1954. IT IS THEREFORE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT A SIMILAR ARRANGEMENT BE MADE FOR THFS YEAR. e 5. USE OF INDOOR PARK AND RECREATION FACILITIES - IT WAS EXPLAINED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND MR. MATSLER THAT A SITUATION HAS DEVELOPED IN THE USE OF INDOOR PARK AND RECREATION FACILITIES THAT NEED COUNCIL POLICY FOR CLARIFICATION. THE SIWUATION. IS THE PRACTICE WHICH HAS DEVELOPED IN THE USE OF SUCH FACILITIES BY BUSINESS FIRMS, UNIONS AND OTHER GROUPS IN A COMMERCIAL OR BUSINESS WAY RATHER THAN FOR STR~CTLY RECREATIONAL, SOCIAL OR E DUC A T.I ONAL USE. I THE MATTER WAS ENLARGED UPON BY MR. MATSLER AND GIVEN FULL DISCUSSION BY THE COMMITTEE. As A RESULT IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE USE OF CITY' INDOOR RECREATION FACILITIES BE RESERVED FOR AND LIMITED TO PUBLIC ~ECRiATIONAL, EDUCA- TIONAL, AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES ONLY AND THAT ADVANCE RESERVATIONS FOR:SUCH USES BE LIMITED TO ONE MEETING P-ER MONTH. THE FACILITIES MAY BE USED BY COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS ORGAN- IZATIONS AND OTHER GROUPS FOR THESE PURPOSES BUT ARE NOT TO BE USED 'FOR BUSINESS OR COMME,RCI AL ACTI VITI ES SUCH AS SALES MEETI NGS, BUSI NESS MEETI NGS, SALES ROOM DI SPLAYS, E T,~ C E TE R A ." IT WAS MOVED BY MR. KOPPE, SECONDED BY MR. BOOTH THAT THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY, HEALTH & RECREATION, AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. 12 A PROGRESS REPORT OF THE ANTI-AIR POLLUTION COMMITTEE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "THE,COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY MAYOR JOHNSON ON DECEMBER 13, 1954 TO STUDY THE AIR POLLUTION PROBLEM IN EUGENE WAS CHARGED WITH TWO DUTIES: .' I. To ST,UDY WAYS AND MEANS OF SECURING SOME IMMEDIATE RELIEF FROM THE PROBLEM CAUSED PRIMARILY BY LUMBER MILLS IN THE NO~THWEST PART OF THE CITY. 2. To SUGGEST SOME OVERALL STANDARDS TO CONTROL AND REDUCE AIR POLLUTION IN THE CITY. THE COMMITTEE HAS HELD THREE MEETINGS, -HAS TOURED THE SAWMILL.ARE~ OF IMMEDIATE CONCERN AND HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH:THE STAFF OF THE STATE AIR POLLUTION AUTHORITY IN ASSEMBLING INFORMATION AND GAINING A BACKGROUND ON THE NATURE OF THE AIR POLLUTION PROBLEM. . I 'A REVIEW OF THE FALLOUT ST~TIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN MAINTAINED IN EUGENE INDICATES AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL IS BEING CARRIED THROUGH THE AIR J"NTO THE AREA FROM WHICH THE COUNCIL RECEIVED A PROTEST PETITION. CITI ZENS SIGNING THE PETITION LIVED PRIMARILY INTHE AREA BETWEEN WEST '6TH AND 11TH AND BETWEEN WEST GARFIELD AND JACKSON STREETS. SAMPLING CONDUCTED SINCE JANUARY 1954 AT TWO SAMPLING STATIONS IN THIS AREA OF IMMEDIATE CONCERN INDICATED A FALLOUT RANGING FROM 29 TO 97 TONS PER SQUARE MILE PER MONTH COMPARED WITH A FALLOUT RANGING FROM 6 TO 10 TONS PER SQUARE MILE PER MONTH AT A STATION AT CONDON SCHOOL DURING THE SAME PERIOD. THE STAFF OF THE'STATEAIR POLLUTION AUTHORITY HAS INDICATED THAT'NUISANCE CONDITI-ONS ARE GENERALLYCONSID~RED TO EXIST IF THE FALLOUT EXCEEDS 20 TO 25 TONS PER SQUARE MILE PER MONTH. A SUMMARY OF THE PARTICLE FALLOUT SAMP~ING IN EUGENE BETWEEN NOVEMBER 1952 AND NOVEMBER 1954 IS ATTACHED. e IN ACCORDANCE WITH A COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION, THE CITY MANAGER REQUESTED THE STAFF OF [HE STATE AIR POLLUTION AUTHORITY TO MAKE A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE SAWMILL AREA. THIS SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED ON 'JANUARY 4TH AND 5TH BY R. E. HATCHARD, CHIEF, AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AND H W. MERRYMAN, DISTRICT ENGINEER, OREGON STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. THE SUMMARY OF THIS SURVEY, SUBMITTED ON JANUARY 18TH, IS ATTACHED. IN REVIEWING THE SURVEY WITH MR. HATCHARD AND MR. MERRYMAN AT THE FEBRUARY 9TH COMMITTEE MEETING THESE FACTORS APPEARED TO BE OF PARTICULAR CONSEQUENCE: I. THERE ARE TEN LUMBER MI LLS WHI CH ARE SO L.OCA.TE'D THAT THE'Y WOULD AFFECT THE AREA WHI CH HAS COMPLAINED OF EXCESSIVE FALLOUT. 2. THERE ARE TEN OTHER MILLS IN WEST EUGENE WHICH ARE POSSIBLY AFFECTING OTHER AREAS. I 3. THE MILL REPRESENTATIVES CONTACTED HAVE INDICATED AN AWARENESS ~F THE PROBLEM AND HAVE BEEN 'COOPERATI VE AND HELPFUL. 4. MILL WASTE BURNERS I N THE AREA. ARE, GENERALLY SPEAKI NG, I.N SATI SFACTORY CONDI TI ON AS FAR AS THEIR PRIMARY PURPOSE IS CONCERNED. HOWEVER, MILL WASTE BURNERS WERE NOT INTENDED AS AIR POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITIES BUT WERE DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE AN ENCLOSURE FOR BURNING WASTE WITHOUT CREATING A FIRE HAZARD. ANY REDUCTION IN AIR POLLUTION WITH A BURNER OVER OPEN BURNI NG, I F THERE I S A REDUCTION, I S NOT DUE TO CONSTRUCTION PRI NCI PLES WHI CH HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO ACCOMPLISH THIS END. e .....