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<br />A REPORT OF" THE COMMITTEE "OF' THE WHOLE MEETING HELD'FEBRUARY 20, 1956 - 'RE: REQUEST OF'
<br />THE CITY TRANSIT LINES TO CURTAIL NIGHT SERVICE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS rOLLOWS:
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<br />,"P~ESENT:' MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCI LMEN OWEN, SHEARER, HARTMAN AND SHI SLER; CI TY
<br />MANAGERjMR. CARL WENDT, GENERAL MANAGER AND MR. FRANK FOSTER, LOCAL MANAGER, OF' THE
<br />CITY TRANSIT LINES; AND MR. DAN WYANT OF' THE EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD.
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<br />THE COMMITTEE Of' THE WHOLE MET TO DISCUSS THE REQUEST OF'THE CITY TRANSIT LINES,
<br />TO CURTAIL THE NIGHT SERVICES AS OUTLINED BELO~"
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<br />SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS, THE PRESENT SCHEDULES AND ROUTES TO BE
<br />OPERATED F'ROM 8:45 A.M. TO 5:45 P.M. WEEKDAYS, THE PRESENT
<br />SCHEDULES AND ROUTES TO BE OPERATED TO 6:45 P.M., EXCEPTING
<br />FRIDAY "NIGHT STORE OPENINGS" WHEN PRESENT SERVICE AND ROUTES
<br />WILL BE OPERATED TO 9:15 P.M.
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<br />THE CITY MANAGER TOLD OF' RECEIVING SEVERAL CALLS OF' PROTEST AND READ ONE LETTER
<br />PROTESTING THE REQUESTED CURTAILMENT.' MR. WENDT EXPLAINED TO THE COMMITTEE THAt DUE
<br />TO THE INCREASE IN COSTS OF' OPERATION, SPEClrlCALLY STATING THAT COSTS ~OR GASOLINE;
<br />OIL, TIRES~ INSURANCE, LABOR AND OTHER ITEMS HAD CONTINUED T0 INCREASE AND tHAT'6AY
<br />TIME AS,WELL AS NIGHT PATRONAGE HAD CONTINUED TO DECREASE AND THAT IT WAS NO LONGER
<br />POSSIBLE TO INCREASE THE PATRONAGE BY F"URNISHING NEW BUSSES, INCREASING ROUTE MILEAGE,'
<br />AND MAKING ROUTE CHANGES ~ITH DIRECT TRANSF'ER P0INTS, AND STILL THE PATRONAGE CONTINUED
<br />TO DECREASE.
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<br />THE COMMITTEE EXPLORED SEVERAL ALTERNATES IN HOPES THAT SOMETHING COULD BE WORKED
<br />OUT TORE,LIEVE THE SITUATION., SOME OF' THE COUNCILMEN PRESENT, F'ELT THA,T TO CURTAIL THE
<br />NIGHT SERVICE WAS A STEP IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AND WOULD BE THE F'ORERUNNER TO COMPLETE
<br />ABANDONMENT OF' MASS TRANSPORTATI ON I N THE CI TY. I T WAS THE F'EELI NG OF' ALL PRESENT rHAT
<br />ACITY THE SIZE OF' EUGENE SHOULD NOT BE WITHOUT A MASS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND~ IN
<br />CONCLUSION, I TWAS MOV,ED BY MR. SHEARER, SECONDED BY MR. HARTMAN, AND PASSED, THAT THE
<br />MAYOR APPOINT A CO~MITTEE F"ROMTHE COUNCIL TO ,MEET WITH THE MERCHANT'S DIVISION OF' THE
<br />CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO DISCUSS THE ENTIRE BUS PROBLEM.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HARTMAN, SECONDED BY MR. SHISLER, AND PASSED, THAT THE MATTER
<br />OF" CURTAILING THE NIGHT SERVICE AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY TRANSIT LINES BE REF'ERRED'B,ACK
<br />TO THE COUNC IL WI THOUT A "RECOMMENDAHON. "
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED 8Y MR. WATSON, THAT THE REQUEST BY CITY TRANSIT LINES
<br />F'OR CURTAILMENT OF' NIGHT SERVICE 8E DENIEC. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />REPORTS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
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<br />A,REPORT OF' ,T'HE BOARD OF' ApPEALS MEET! NG HELD FEBRU~_RY 20, "1,956 - RE:' REQUESTS F"OR
<br />VAR I ANCE I N SET BACK REQU IREMENT'S WAS SUBMI TT'ED AND READ AS F'OlLOWS:
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<br />"THE BOARD or ApPEALS HELD A SPECIAL MEETING AT THE CITY HALL, FEBRUARY 20, 1956.
<br />MEMBERS PRESENT WERE MR. GILLILAN, MR. MOYER, MR. MORRIS, AND MR. VAALER. MEETING WAS
<br />CALLED TO ORDER AT 10:30 A.M.
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<br />I. "SHEP,PARD MOTORS REQUESTED A ,VARI ANCE IN F'RONT PROPERTY, L'I NE SET' BACK TO 'CONSTRU,CT
<br />A BUILDING Ar 390 EAST 8TH,AvENUE. CORNER LOT,SETBACK REQUIR~MENTS IN'A C-I ZONE
<br />REQUIRE A SET BACK OF" TEN F'EET DEEP F"OR F"RONT YARD, ALSO TEN FEET EXTERIOR SIDE LINES
<br />AS ESTABLISHED IN THE CITY or EUGENE ZONING ORDINANCE. MR. SHEPPARD REQUESTS THAT HE
<br />BE PERMITTED TO BUILD DIRECTLY ON THE PROPERTY LINE ON THE 8T~,STREET SIDE.
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<br />MR. VAALER MADe THE MOTION THAT THIS MATTER BE REF"ERRED TO THE CITY COUNCIL rOR
<br />THEIR ACTION. THE MOTl;ON WAS SECONDED BY MR. MORRIS. MOTION CARRIED.'
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<br />2. A REQUES-r;.F'ORA VARIANCE OF" SIDELINE SET BACK BY MR. WILLIAM KEYLOCK'"96 WEST'
<br />36TH AVENUE, TO CONSTRUCT AN ADDITION TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE PROPOSED ADDITION WOULD BE
<br />LOCATED ON PROPERTY,LINE OF' THE ALLEY.
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<br />IN VIEW OF' THE F'ACT THAT THERE MIGHT BEPOSSIBILI~IES OF' F'UTURE ~EVELOPMENT OF'
<br />THE ALLEY, MR. MORRIS MADE A MOTION THAT THE VARIANCE BE DENIED. MR. VAALER SECONDED
<br />THE MOTION.; MOTl ON CARRI ED. I T WAS AGREED UPON B,Y ALL MEMBERS PRESENT THE VARIANCE
<br />BE DENIED.
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<br />,THERE BEING NO F'URTHER BUSINESS THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED."
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE, THAT ~HE RE~ORT OF' THE BOARD OF ApPEALS
<br />BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
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