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~4 e PETI TI ONS AND COMMUNI CATIONS' I 7 AN APPLI CA1TIIONfOPOR A PACKAGE STORE LI CENSE, CLASS "An; WAS SUBMI THO BY, PI RLJAMES ELLI SON, DBA WEST-6TH STREET GROCERY, 1081 WEST 6TH AVENUE, AS APPROVED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. (~HANGE or OWNERSHIP) IT WAS MOVED BY MR~ HARTMAN, SECONDED BY MR. WATSON, THAT THE APPLICATION BE APPROVED. MOTION-CARRIED. 8 AN APPLICATION F'OR A DISPENSER'S LICENSE, CLASS "A", WAS SUBM1TTED BY ROBERT O. DAVIS, DBA BRANDING IRON BROILER, 579 EAST BROADWAY, AS APPROVED BY THE:POLICE DEPARTMENT. (NEW LICENSE) IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE, THAT THE APPLICATION BE REF'ERRED TO THE PUBLIC SAF'ETY COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. -- 9 A PETITIGNrORIMPROVEMENT OF' EAST 33RD AVENUE BETWEEN FERRY AND HILYARD STREETS WAS SUBMITTED'WITH 46.60 PER CENT OF THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP REPRESENTED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE, THAT THE PETITION BE RErERRED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. 'BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE, THAT THESE'PETITIONS BE REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE AND'THAT A MAP BE PREPARED SHOWING THE AREA TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS' PROPOSED AHNEXATION.- MOTION CARRIED. I 10 PETITIONS rROM RESIDENTS IN AREA or OAKWAY WATER DISTRICT rOR ANNEXATION TO THE CITY OF' EUGENE WERE SUBMITTED. II COMMUNICATION FROM NEW LO"E YOUTH CAMP- RE: '"MILE OF' PENNIES DRIVE" TO RAISE FINANCES TO SEND UNDER-PRIVILEGED BOYS TO CAMP WAS SUBMt'TTED ~ND READ ASF'OLLOWS: "OUR REPRESENTATI VE, MR. JOEL CORLEY, ASKED ME TO WRI TE TO YOU EXPLAI HI NG THE METHOD WE HAVE USED HERE IN CALIFORNIA TO HELP RAjSE FINANCES 'TO S~ND UNDER-P.IVILEGED BOYS TO ONE OF' OUR CAMPS. I TIS CALLED THE "MI LE OF' PENNI ES DR I VE !'. A F'OUR I NCH TICKER TAPE IS LAID DOWN rOR A BLOCK IN THE MAIN PART OF' TOWN. EACH TWENTYF'EET OR SO, A RESPONSIBLE PERSON STANDS READY TO ASSIST PEOPLE IN MAKING CHANGE TO PLACE ON THE TICKER :TAPE. SIGNS SAYING, "HELP SEND AN UNDER-PR.VILEGED Boy TO GAMP," ARE tiSED. PERSONALITIES or THE COMMUNITY HELP ALSO TO MAKE THIS DRIVE KNOWN. THE BUSINESSMEN OF' THE CITY ARE ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE AHEAD OF' TIME SO THAT THERE WILL BE SOME PENNIES ON THE TAPE BEF'ORE THE DRIVE STARTS. A WELL PUBLICIZED DRIVE LIKE THIS CAN BRING A:GREAT MANY -INTERESiI"eO PEOPLE INTO THE-DOWN-TOWN AREA TO SEE THE PROGRAM PUT ON AND THE EX~ITEMENT OF REACHING THE GOAL OF' A MILE OF' PENNIES, WHICH WILL HELP YOUR BUSINESS HOUSES BY BOOSTING THEIR VOLUME OF' SALES BECAUSE THERE WiLL BE MORE PEOPLE ,ON THE STREET. IT HAS BEEN SUCCES5F'ULLY WORKED IN PORTERVILLE, CAUF'ORNIAj WHITTIER, POMONA; ,SAN JOSE AND MANY OTHER CITIES NOT ONLY BY OUR ORGANIZATION BUT BY YOUTH F'OR CHRIST. I SENT MR. CORLEY SOME_CLIPPINGS FROM THE WHITTIER PAPER SHOWING SCENES OF THIS "MILE OF' PENNIES DRIVE". IF' THERE IS ANY FURTHER INrORMATION THAT YOU WOULD LiKE TO HA~E, PLE~SECCONTACT ME." I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. HARTMAN. THAT-THIS COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. e 12 COMMUNI CATION FRO'M CORNELL, HOWLAND' HAYES AND MERRYrI ELD - RE: -, PROPOSAl: FOR PERFORM-I NG ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING STUDIES ON REQUIREMENTS F'OR SEWAGE COLLECTION F'ACILITIES F'OR AREAS IMMEDI,~iTELY ADJACENT TO THE ,CI TY OF' EUGENE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS rOLLOWS: "WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO'PRESEHT A ~RoeOSAL F'OR PERF'ORMING ADDI- TIONAL ENGINEERING STUDIES ON THE REQUIREMENTS F'OR SEWAGE COLLECTION F'ACILITIES F'OR AREAS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE CITY OF EUGENE. 'N ACCORDANCE WI TH YOUR I NSTRUCTI ONS THE AREAS TO BE -STUD fED WOULD BE:' I. THAT AREA LYING NORTH AND EAST or THE WILLAMETTE RIVER BEING BOUNDED ON THE EAST BY A LINE ALONG THE WEST aiDE OF SPRIN~FIELD EXTENDED NORTH AND BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY A LINE SIMILAR TO THAT MARK~NG THE BOUNDARY or THE ORIGINAL STUDY or, APR I L 1950. 2. THAT AREA GENERA~LY KNOWN AS THE RIVER ROAD AND BETHEL AREAS ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF' THE WILLAMETTE RIVER NORTH OF"THE CITy.LIMITS. I THE ENGINEERING WORK WE WOULD PROPOSE TO DO IS AS rOLLOWS: e ~