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<br />. COMMUNI~ATJON FROM WILLIAM J. LI~HT - RE~DENIAL or TAXI DRIVEk'S LICENS~ WAS SUBMITTED
<br />AND READ As,rOLLOWS:',_
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<br />"THREE YEARS AGO, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REVOKED MY CITY TAXI DRIVERS LICENSE. THERE
<br />WAS NO CRIME INVOLVED, NO BOOTLEGGJNG OR WOMEN, NOR ANY SI='EEDING OR RECKLESS DRIVING. ,-.'
<br />AT THAT TIME I DRANK QUITE A BIT, BUT NEVER WHILE'DR'VING. I WAS ARRESTED SEVERAL TIMES
<br />rOR BEl NG DRUNK, ALWA~YS'lOrF DUTY. OVER A PERIOD or' F-OUR YEARS I HAD BEEN GI VEN A n:w
<br />TICKETS, I DO NOT BELIEVE AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT, rOR STOP SIGN VIOLATION, NOT HAVING MY
<br />LICENSE ON,MYPERSON, ET CETERA, BUT NO ACCIDENTS IN WHICH I WAS AT rAULT, NOR ANY IN
<br />WHICH THERE WAS MORE THAN VERY, SLIGHT DAMAGE.
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<br />CHIEr ,BROWN, AT THAT TIME CHIEr or POLICE, INDICATED THAT HE WOULD RESTORE MY
<br />LICENSE ArTER,A SIX MONTH PERIOD. MY RECENT APPLICATION WAS REJECTtD, AND I WAS UNABLE
<br />TO SEE CHIEr HILL. I DO NOT DRINK AT ALL,ANDiHAVEN'T rOR OVER A YEAR. I NEED A JOB
<br />BADLY, AND THE CAB DRIVING JOB IS THE ONLY ONE I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO riND. I HAVE NEVER
<br />BEEN A CRIM,NAL, I HAVE NO CRIMINAL'RECORD WHATSOEVER (I WAS WITH THE EUGENE POSTorFICE
<br />rOR TWO YEARS.ONTHEMAll CONTRACT HAULING FROM THE TRAINS' TO THE POSTOFFICE). My
<br />RELATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC WERE HONEST, AND, I HOPE,.ALWAYS;COURTEOUS. I THINK 1
<br />HONESTLY DESERVE ANOTHER CHANCE. I REALLY NEED THE JOB DESPERATELY."
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY:,MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. KOP~E; THAT THIS COMMUNICATION' BE REf ERRED-
<br />TO THE PUBLIC SArETY COMMITTEE. MOTrON CARRIED.'
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<br />COMMUNICATIONrROM J. W. MCCRACKEN - RE: .DEED fOR PORTION Of', THE RIGHT Of WAY ':NVOLVED
<br />IN.THE EXTENSION Of' WEST 7TH AVENUE BETWEEN GARfiELD AND McKINLEY STREETS AND AN-APPL1CATION i,:
<br />rOR THIS EXTENSION WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
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<br />- ~ENCtOSED PLEASE riND OUR DEED fOR OUR PORTION or THE:RIGHT'OF,WAY INVOLVED IN THE
<br />EXTENSION or SEVENTH AVENUE WEST BETWEEN~GARfIELDAND McKINLEY, ALONG WITH AN ,APPlfCA-
<br />TION rOR THIS EXTENSION. ,I
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<br />WE ARE CURRENTLY PLANNING ON BUILDING A TERMINAL TO HOUSE OUR OPERATIONS WHICH WILL
<br />fACE :THIS STREET. IN,ORDER fOR US TO START OUR BUILDING PROGRAM AND ARRANGE OUR STRUC-
<br />TURES SO THAT WE ,CAN PROVIDE THE,RAILROAD RIGHT Of~WAY ACROSS OUR:PROPERTY TO:ENABL~"
<br />AMERICAN STEEL TO ALSO BUILDiON THE ADJOINING PROPERTY TO THE EAST, THE USE Of THE
<br />SEVENTH AVENUE EXTENSION IS ESSENTIAL."
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODlOVE, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE,' THAT THIS lCOMMUNICATION BE RErERRED
<br />TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. .MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />17 COMMUNICATION f.ROM,GLARENCE H. VOS - RE: VACATION Of ALLEY BETWEEN MONROE STREET AND
<br />BLAIR-BOULEVARD WAS SUBMITTED AND READ ,AS' fOLLOWS:.'..! ,"
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<br />"WE HEREBY MAKE REQUEST TO HAVE THE ALLEY 'BETWEEN OUR TWO PROPERTI ES AT 771 BLA I R
<br />BOULEVARD AND 742 MONROE STREET ABANDONED. THE ALLEY IN QUESTION IRUNS rROM MONROE STREET
<br />TO BLA I.R BOULEVARD. THE SEW ER ENDS I N'THrs ALL:EY A'ND 'I f OUR REQUEST IS GR"NTED, WE WILL
<br />REPLACE THE EXI STI NG CONCRETE PI,PE WI TH ,CAST, I RON 'SEWER 'PI PE 'AND I NSTALL A Cl:E:AN OUT>
<br />AT THE END or THIS LINE.
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<br />WE UNDERSTAND THAT A,LL 'EXPENSE PERTAI,NING TO THIS :TRANSACTJION WILL BE BOlrNE BY,US. """,
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE, THAT THIS COMMUNICATION BE REfERRED
<br />TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION ~ARRIED.
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<br />PETI TI ON FROM PROPERT'YOWNERS ,ABUTTING THE ALLEY BOUNDED BY WEST 36TH AND 37TH P.;VENUE~,
<br />FROM WILLAMETTE STREET TO THE WEST END OF HEPNER TRACT FOR VACATION OF SUCH ALLEY WAS SUBMITTED.
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<br />_ rl T WAS MOV,ED BY MR., G'ODLOV,E';' SECOND.ED BY MR; 'KOPPE!,' THAT 'TH'I S .PE,TlTl ON .BE RErERRED ,TO ,THE- '
<br />PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. ,
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<br />19 COUNCIL BILL No. 2003-'RE: VACATING CE,RTA'IN AREAS WITHIN THE RIGHT Of WAY ON WEST 18TH
<br />AVENUE rROM LINCOLN TO WASHINGTON STREETS, INTRODUCED AND GIVEN rlRST AND SECOND READINGS
<br />ON DECEMBER 12-,. '1955 WAS BROUGHT' ON rOR ,CONSIDERATION.
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<br />I T WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE, .TH'AT THE RULES BE SUSP,ENDED AND THE
<br />BILL BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION
<br />CARRI ED UNANI MOUSLY AND THE, BI LL -WAS READ. THE THI RD' TI ME BY TI TlE ONLY. .
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<br />I T WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE" SECOND.ED BY MR'. WATSON, THAT THE: COUNCIl. BI'LL BE 'APPROVED AND
<br />GIVEN FINAL PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE. MR. SHISLER ABSENT.
<br />THE BILL ~AS ~ECLARED PASSED. AND NUMBERED I070~.,
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