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r380 e 14 COMMUNI CATI ON' FROM' MR. AND MRS. 'M. L .,1 HI GGI NS~ '895 EAST 24TH AVENUE - RE: REQUEST FOR A VARiANCE TO PERMIT CONSTRUCTION OF A SECOND DWELLING ON PROPERTY AT 895 EAST 24TH AVENUE.' THIS REQUEST WAS ACCOMPANIED BY LETTERS or ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS STATING THAT THEY HAVE NO OB- JECTIONS TO THE GRANTING OF THIS VARIANCE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: I ''WE, THE' UNDERSI GNED, RESPE'CTFULLY REQUEST~A VARi:ANCE TO PERMI TCONSTRU'CTI ON OF" A SECOND DWELLING ON ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTY' AT 895 - 24TH AVENUE 'EAST.' SplD DWELLING TO BE SITUATED ON PROPERTY IN LINE WITH OTHER RESIDENCES rACING 24TH AVENUE." IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. 15 COMMUNICATION FROM MRS~ WILLIAM McBEE, SR. - RE: LOCATION OF PROPOSED LIBRARY WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLOOWS: '''PLEASE ALI..OWME TO'S:AY FROM PA'ST'EXPERIENCE MR. WILLIS WARREN OF THE LIBRARY BOARD 1$ 100 ~ER CE~T ~IGHt WHtN HE SAID ~H~ iIBRA~Y~SHOtiLD BE LOt~~tD DOWN TOWN ~HERE IT WILL DO THE, MOST GOOD FOR THE MOST PEOPLE. I TIS A STORE,' ITS COMMOD I TY BE I NG 'BOOKS.' - I T CAN BE MADE SERVICEABLE AND PROFITABLE IF LOCATED WHERE THE FOOT TRArFIC WILL JUST NATURALLY FLOW INTO IT.' BUT E~EN:A HALF BLOtK AWAY CAN AND WILL BE A DETRIMSNT~ "I, HAVE A LIBRARY CARD. I HAD IT YEARS. BUT I OFTEN HESITATE AS I THINK OTHERS 00 - TO GO'OVER 11TH-STREET AND I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT EXPECT A CHILD TO. THE ONE THING I PARTICULARLY NOTICED AT THE LI BRARY THAT \\IAS'SO PROMI NENTLY LocAttD - I T WAS A; CONTI NUAL BEEHI vE' OF 'ACTI VI TY AND THE GROUPS OF PEOPLE WERE OF ALL,'AGES~ e As FOR PARKI NG I, DON'T THI NK rT WOULD HI NDER OR HELP BECAUSE WITH THE LI BRARY HANDY TO ENTER I THIN~ IT WOULD BE ACCEPTED AS ANY OTHER STORE ON WILLAMETTE' STREET. I LETS PLAN OUR liBRARY FOR SERVltE ~O-THt. PEOPLE AND PROFIT OR A~ N~A~ SELF-SUPPORTING TO THE PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE~ WE CANNOT AFFORD TO SPLURGE ON EXPENSIVELAND'TO'BE CLUTTERED UP WITH SHRUBBE~Y THAT wl(1.. REQUIRE A SPEtlAL CARETAKER~ LETS PUT OUR INDUCEMENTS' 'INSIDE AND GET OUR PEOPLE BOOK CONSCIOUS. "WE ALL NEED T~ ~EA~, AND AB~ORB MORE' T~DAY THAN EVER. I BELIEVE IT COULD BECOME SPECTACULAR Ir GIVEN THE RIGHT LOCATION. LETS MAKE IT HANDY AND SERVICEABLE ABOVE ALL ELSE." - IT WAS ORDERED BY'THE MAYOR;' THERE BEING NO OBJECTIONS, THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECE~VED AND REFERRED TO THE LIBRARY BOARD. '. 16 COMMUNICATION FROM'LANE COUNTY FAIR' ASSOCIATION - RE: REQUEST FOR AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE .... - . -, . .- No. 9852 WHICH OUTLAWS CARNIVALS WITHIN THE CITY WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "THE LANE COUNTY FAIR BOARD HAS RECENTLY HAD BROUGHT TO ITS ATTENTION THE EXISTENCE OF CITY ORDINANCE No. 9852 WHICH, IN ErFECT, OUTLAWS CARNIVALS WITHIN"THE' CITY OF EUGENE. ORS'565~230, IN EFFECT,' PERMITS' THE FAIR BOARD TO AUTHO~IZE THE HOLDING OF CARNIVALS DURING COUNTY OR DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL OR INDUSTRIAL FAiRS. 'THERE is AN AP~A~ENT cO~FLICT BET\\IEEN THE 565.230 AND, IN THE OPINION or, THE FAIR BOARD, EXISTING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CITY AND COUNTY. PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCE No. 9852 AND ORS . ._-- THE CONFLICT CREATES AN AMBIGUITY IN THE I IN ORDER TO RESOLVE~THIS ~P~ARENT"cbNFLICT AND REM~VE-THE ~PPARENT AMBIGUITY, IT IS RESPECTFULLY SUGGESTED BY THE LANE COUNTY FAIR BOARD"THAT THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY or EUGENE CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE No. 9852, POSSIBLY BY THE ADO,ITION OF ANOTHER SECTION, WHICH AMENDMENT, IN,'EFFECT, WOULD CREATE A PROVISION AS FOLLOWS: "THIS ORDINANCE SHALL NOT APPLY TO CARNIVALS, AMUSEMENT DEVICES, OR CONCES~IONS, DULY AUTHORIZED,B~ THE LANE C6U~TY FAIR BOARD'TO O~tRATE ON THE L~N~ COUNi~ F~~RGROUNDS CONCURRENTLY WITH THE PRESENTATION OF ANY INDUSTRIAL, AGRICULTURAL, OR COMMERCIAL FAIR, :"EXHIBITION, OR EXPOSITION AUTHORIZED BY WHE LANE COUNTY FAIR BOARD AND OPERATING UNDER THE CONTROL AND SUPERVISION OF THE LANE COUNTY FAIR BOARD." e THE LANE COONTY FAIR BOARD WILL BE PLEASED"TO APPt~R BEFOif THE A~RROPRIATE COMMITTEE OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND ANSWER QUESTIONS AND PRESENT ITS POINT'OF VIEW IN SUPPORT OF THE FOREGOING REQUEST.~ IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE REFERRED TO THE ~UDICIARY COMMITtEE. MOTION'CARRfED.- ORDI NANCES . 17 'COUNC~L BILL NO.I~35 - RE: FRANC~ISi:FOR EUGENE HOTEL SIGN OVER THE (NTERSECTION OF BROAD- WAY AND P~ARL STREET, INTRODUCED AND GIVEN FIRST AND SECOND READ~NGS ON FEB~UARY I~, ~955 WAS BROUGHT ON FOR CONSIDERATION. I IT w~s MOVED ~Y MR: BOOTH, SECONDED~BY MR: G06LOVE THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY, WITH UNANIMoes CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE ~ICL-WAS READ T~E THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY. e ~