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r ,~".,.. " 1bll e "PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN. GODLOVE, WATSON AND HARTMAN; CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; AND THE CITY RECORDER. MR. BEV MARLATT OF MARLATT'S HEATING COMPANY WAS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE. I. THE MAJOR PART OF THIS MEETING WAS DEVOT~D TO A DISCUSSION OF THE REQUEST OF THE WARM AIR HEATING ASSOCI~~IUN FOR-~,CODE TO REGULATE THE BUSINESS OF INSTALLING. WARM AIR HEATING PLANTS. MR. MARLATT EXPLA:.I'NED'THE NEED FOR SUCH A CODE AND PRES,ENTED- A SUGGESTED 'C"ODE FOR CONSIDERATION. HE INDICAJJD ~HAT HE WOULD BE WILLING TO FURNISH ADDITIONAL COPJ~S FOR $UCH USE AS THE CITY MIGHT HAVE FOR THEM. IT IS~7~E RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE REQUEST BE RETAINED IN COMMITTEE FOR fURTHER'STUDY. 2. REQUEST fOR LI MI,TED PARKI NG AT 876-, EAST I 2TH AVENU~ .. ~THI S REQUEST' FROM THE GRANT PROPERTI ESj I NCORPORATED, fOR A,.RESTRI CTED PARKI NG SPACE TO SERVE A SI X:, UNI T APARTMENT AT 876 E:.ST,:!2TH AVENUE WA.S AGAIN BRO,UGHTUP BY THE CITY MANAGER. IT HA'D BEEN PREVIOUSLY' DENI ED, BUT THEDEN'I AL WAS ON THE. BAS.IS: ,OF PROPERTY- AT 856 EAST 12TH AVENUE 'I NSTEAD Of 876 EAST 12TH AVENUE. THE MANAGER INDICATED THAT, THE SIX UNIT APARTMENT AT 876 EAST 12TH AVENUE HAD A DEfiNITE PROBLEM BECAUSE Of SOLID ALL DAY PARKING AND THAT THERE WAS NO ACCESS TO THIS PROPERTY EXCEPT FROM THE STREET. IT WAS ,HIS RECOMMENDATION THAT ONE 24 MINUTE SPACE BE PROVIDED IN FRONT OF 876 EAST 12TH AV-E.NUE IN ORDER'THAT SOME SPACE IS~' . AVAILABLE fOR PERSONS SERVING THE BUILDING AND FOR HANDLING AND UNLOADING WHEN PERSONS ARE MOVING IN AND OUT OF THE APARTMENT. IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION,OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE ABOVE PARKING RESTRICTION BE APPROVED." IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. WATSON THAT J,HE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SAfETY COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTlON' CARRIED. I 6 A REPORT OF THE HEALTH AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING HELD MAY 18, 1955 - RE:' RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND REGULATING THE PLAYING OF SOFTBALL WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: I , "PRESENT: 'MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCI~MEN OwEN, HARTMAN AND KOppg; CITY MANAGER; SUPERIN-- TENDENT Of PARKS AND RECREATION; CITY,RECORDER; AND REPRESENTATIVES Of THE EUGENE MENS' ' SOFTBALL LEA~UE. i' 7 I I I I I i Ii I i. I] I I Ii I: II II 'I I I 11 I I I I. PAVI NG Of MADI SON STREE.TFROM 5TH TO 6TH AVENUES - THE COMMI TTEE -VI EWED THI S STREET II AND NOTED THAT THE I MPROVEMENT WAS NEEDED, AND ALSO THAT THE PETI TI ON REQUESTI NG THE, . III IMPROVEMENT CONTAINED SIGNATURES Of.OWNERS REPRESENTING 66.14 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL PROPERTY. IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS PROJECT BE APPROVED. I I THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED A RESOLUTION WHICH WOULD ESTABLISH THE GENERAL COUNCIL POLICY AS rO;THE USE.OF'~A~HINGTON~PARK AND THE AMAZON PARK SPORTS f;IELD FOR SOfTBALL AND THE ep~RATIOWO~ A CONCESStON STAND-AT AMAZON PARK SPORTS FIELD BY-THE EUGENE MENS' SOFTBALL LEAGUE. AFTER CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION OF THE SUMMER SOFTBALL PROGRAM, AND THE DETAILED PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION, IT WAS THE EXPRESSED FEELING OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE POLICY ESTABLISHED- THEBEIN tS REASONABLE AND SHOULD BE GJVEN A TRIAL DURl~G THE 1955 SEASON. J' ,_l .-; IT IS THERE~ORE,;THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE COMMITTEE THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPT. THE RESO- LUTION AS PROPOSED." THE MAYOR 9RDERED,~IN :THE ABSENCE OF OBJECTIONS, THAT THE REPORTOF'THE HEA~TH'AND RECRE~TION,COMMITTEE BE~RECEIVED AND PLACED~ON FILE. ". A REPORT Of THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING HELD MAY 20, 1955 - RE: STREET AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS; VACATION Of 25TH AVENUE fROM LINCOLN-TO LAWRENCE STREETS; PETITION FOR A VARIANCE; REQUEST FOR ALLEY VACATION; COMMUNICATION fROM ARMY ENGINEERS REGARDING AMAZON CREEK; CAUSEWAY ACROSS ALLEY BETWEEN BROADWAY AND 8TH AVENUE fROMWILLAMETTE TO OLIVE STREETS;'BID OPENING ON VARIOUS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS; AND BID OPENING ON THE SALE OF THE AIRPORT HOME SITE WAS-SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: 'tPQESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNel LMEN KOPPE, BOOTH A'ND GODLOVE; CI TY MANAGER; CI TY ENGINEE~f AND THE C~TY RECORDER; ALSO,PRESENT WERE MR.'HITCHENS AND MR. HOWARD NEEDHAM, REPRESENTING THE E;MERALD BAPTIST CHURCH; MR. BYRON MILLER AND MR. RUSSELL"HARRISON, CON- CERNING THE VACATION OF 25TH AVENUE; MR. E. S. WENGERT AND MR. CLAIR HAMLIN, IN BEHALF OF THE GRACE LUTHERANCHURCH;-AND MRS. JUDY, MRS. HOlL~STtR, AND MR.,BURGESS fN BEHALf OF THE PAVING Of CHARNElTON STREET~ROM 29TH TO 30TH AVENUES. ,I I I THE 'PUBLIC WORKS OOMMITTEE_MADE A TRIP TO VARIOUS AREAS OF OBTAIN FIRST-HAND KNOWLEDGE OF PROPOSED PROJECTS AND TO OBSERVE VARIOUS PROPOSALS INVOLVING PUBLIC WORKS. THE CITY IN ORDER TO THE S~TES INVOLVED IN , -' I e I ., I e I . ,. II e II II ~ II