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<br />THE COMMITTEE .NSPECT~D THE ALLEY AND THE LOCATION or THI.S P~OPOSED RA~P, AND PURING
<br />.THE INSPECTION'~OTEtic,THAT THERE ARE TWO OTHER OV~RHEAD STRUCTURES 'NTHE'~LLEYSUPPORTING
<br />lARGE EUGENE WATER AND~ELECIRIC BOARD TRANSFORMERS. ,IT IS THE rEELING O~ THE~C6MMITTEE
<br />THAT SUCH A RAMPCAN,B~ CONSTRUCTED ~ITHOUT,ANY DETRtMENT TO;THE PUBLIC USE OF THE ALLEY~
<br />A~D THEREFORE RECOMMENDS TQ THE COUN€~L THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF SUC~. A RAMP BE APPROVED,
<br />PROVIDI.NG SATIsrAcT9RY ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE BY THE PETITIONER WITH THE UTILITY COMPANIES
<br />WHICH ARE USING THE ALLEY AND PROVIDED THAT IT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO. EXPENSE TO THE
<br />CITY OF EUGENE.
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<br />3. REZONlNG'or'THE~EAST StDE Of GARFI'ELD STREETBETWEEN.BROADWAY AND'I ITH AVENUE -.THE
<br />COMMITTEE AGAIN INSPECTED ,THE AREA IN QUESTION AND DISCUSSED THE P~OPOSED.REZON1NG ON THE
<br />SITE AFTER AN EXAMINATION OF THE PRESENT ZONING MAP. . THE COMMITTEE FEELS THAT THIS"AREA,
<br />WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING TO THE WEST, IS DEFINITELY LIMITED INDUSTRIAL
<br />INCHARACTER,_ ALTHOUGH 'THE AREA IS OCCUPIED BY SOME OLDER RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES.
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<br />IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF T~E COMMITTEE THAT THE COUNCIL PROCEED WITH THE REZONING
<br />OF THIS AREA TO M-I LIMITED INDUSTRIAL AND THAT THE COUNCIL PASS THE ORDINANCE TO EFFECT
<br />THIS CHANGE OF ZONE;-
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<br />4. LINCOLN STREET SIDEWALK, 23RD TO 25TH AVENUE - THE CITY ENGINEER EXPLAINED THAT AS A
<br />RESULT OF HIS CONTACT WITH PROPERTY OWNERS ON LINCOLN STREET BETWEEN 23RD AND 25TH AVENUES
<br />THAT NINE OF THE ELEVEN PROPERTIES AFFECTED PREFER'A CURBED SIDEWALK. INSTALLATION. THE
<br />CITY ENGINEER WAS,'UNABLE TO CONTACT ONE or THESE PROPERTY OWNERS, AND ONLY ONE PREFERRED
<br />THE INSTALLATION OF.A ,SIDEWALK IN .THE NORMAL LOCATION.
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<br />IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT A CURBED SIDEWALK BE INSTALLED ON BOTH
<br />SIDES OF THE STREET BETWEEN ,23RD AND 25TH AV~NUES.
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<br />5. 24TH AVENUE SIDEWALK BETWEEN ALDER AND HARRIS STREETS - THE COMMITTEE AGAIN INSPECTED
<br />THI S STREET AND ArTER YAKI ~~ I NTO ACCOUNT THE Pf;TI ~I ON 'OF APRIL 17TH. PROTESTI.'NG THE ,PROPOSED
<br />SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION, WAS~.OF THE OPIJljION THAT THE'CONSTRUCTI.QN OF. T.HIS SIDE~ALK SHOULD NOT
<br />BE DELAYED AND THEREFOR~ R~COMMENQS T~ATTHE CO~NCIL P~OCEED WITH THE ORDIN~NCE TO I.NITIATE
<br />THE PROJEC T.
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<br />6. SIDEWALK ON POTTER STREET BETWEEN 28TH AND 29TH AVENUES - THE COMMITTEE ALSO OBSERVED
<br />THE NEED FOR A -C'ONTI NUOUSSI DEWA.LK O~ BOTH SI.DES or POTTER STREET. BETWEEN 2,81H AND 29TH
<br />AVENUES. ONE MEM~E~:OF THE COMMITTEE STATED THAT HE H~D OBSERVED THIS PARTICULAR STREET
<br />WHILE CHI~D~EN W~RE ON THEIR WAY HOME FROM THE H~R~I.S STREET SCHOOL AND THAT IT WAS NEC-
<br />ESSARY' FOR THEM TO WALK. I.N THE STREET TO GET TO 'THE I R HOME.S..
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<br />UNDER THE POLICY RECENTLY ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE CONTINUOUS SIDEwALKS TO
<br />PROVI DE SCHOOL A,ND ,RECREATI'ONAL AREA'S, '1 T I:S ,THE RECOM.MEN.DATI ON. OF THE COMMI TTEE THAT THE
<br />COUNCIL ANNOUNCE ITS INTENTION TO COMPLETE THE SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION NEEDED ON POTTER STREET
<br />BETWEEN 28TH AND 29TH AVENUES."
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<br />I T WAS MOVED BY MR. KOPPE, SECONDED BY MR. BOOTH THAT THE ,REPORT. .OF" THE PUBLI C WORKS
<br />COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />A REPORT, OF THE BUPGET COM.MI'TTEE MEETI NG HELD MAY 4, I 955 ~- RE: SOURCES Of: REVENUE
<br />AVAILABLE TO CITY WAS SUBMI.TTED AND READ AS FOLL.OWS:
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<br />"PRESENT: DR. CRUMBAKER, MR. BOOTH, MR. WATSON, MR. OwEN, MR. ASH, MR. GODLOVE,
<br />MR. WILLIAMSON, MR. ,SHISLER, .MR. HILL,' MR. .vATER, MR. KOPPE AND MR. HART;MANj CITY MANAGER;
<br />CI TY ATTORNEYjCI TYRECQRDE,Rj ASSI STANT CI n: RECORDER; AND MR.- ~JAQUES OF: .THE .EUGENE REGI-
<br />STER GUARD.
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<br />THE MEETING OPENED WITH A REPORT BY THE CITV ATTORNEV. HE HAD STUDIED THE PROBLEM
<br />or WHAT ADDI. TI ONAL --1:AXES ,COULD BE .LEGALL Y LEV I ED, AND HAD CONF,ER~ED ON T.UESDAY, .MAY3RD,
<br />WI TH TH~ .LEGAL D~PA~T~ENT .Or.THE CI TY OF PORTLAND ON 5HE SUBJECT.'
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<br />HIS REPORT WAS :THATTHE SO-CALLED EMPLOYEE TAX, WHICH WAS DISCUSSED AT THE MAY 2ND
<br />MEETI NG, .COULD NOT BE LEVI.E;.D I N THE Crl TY OF" EUGENE U.NDER PRESENT LAW. HE' STAr.~D 'THAT IN
<br />HIS OPINION A TAX ON EMPLOYEES WOULD BE, IN EFFECT, REQUIRING A LICENSE OR PERMIT F"OR
<br />THE RIGHT TO WO,RK IN, ~UGENE AND THAT :IT,WOULI'~ LIKELY NOT BE UPHp,D I:N THE 'COURTS.. HE
<br />ADDED THO~GH THA~ IT WAS CLEAR THAT, THE CITY' HAD A ,RIGHT TO LEVY A TAX ON ~~SINE~SES OR
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<br />OCCUPATI ONS W.I--TH THE TAX BASED UPON ,THE. NUMBER; OF" PERSONS ,EMPLOYED. THI S COULD BE DONE
<br />UNDER THE AUTHORITY NOW SET rORTH IN THE CITY or EUGENE CHARTER.
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<br />I T WAS ALSO REPORTED .~Y THE CI TY: AtTORNEY THAT THE CI TY I S WI THOUT A,UT.HORI T_Y, AT
<br />PRESENT,. TO LEV'Y AN 'I NCOME TAX OR A :S,ALES TAX. -
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<br />AFTER SOME DIS~USSI ON qr THE AVENUES OF. REVENUE' OPEN' 1:0 THE CITY, :1 T 'WAS MOVED BY
<br />MR. OWEN, SECOND.EDBYMR. GODLOVE. THAT IT.BE RECOMME'NDED TO THE'COUNCIL-TH.AT__A RESOLiUTlON
<br />BE ADOPTED .REQ~E.STl NG THE .E,l!!iENE, WATE,R AND ELECTRIC 'BOA.RDTOI.NC.REASE THE PAYMENT TO THE
<br />CITY rROM ,THREE 'PER CENT ,ON -GROSS ELEClTR-1C REVENUES TO SIX PERCE.NT ON GROSS EL.EC:TRIC
<br />REVENUES. ~
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