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~92 e IT WAS THE OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE ONLY SOLUTION TO THE NARROW PAVING AND DRAINAGE WOULD ENTAIL PAVING OF THE STREET. I , , THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT CARDS BE SENT TO THE PROPERTY HOLDERS ON THE STREET TO DETERMINE THEIR EXPRESSION WITH RESPECT TO PAVING OF THE STREET, AND THAT A R~PORT OF SUC~'TABULATION BE MADE TO THE COMMITTEE. 3. REQUEST .F:OR VACATION ,OF ALLEY BETWEEN JEFFERSON AND MADI SON FROM RI, VER STREET TO --: THE NORTH MADE BY GEORGE E. OwEN - THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED A REQUEST FOR THE VACATION OF T~E 'ALLEY BETWEEN ,JEFrER$ON AND MADISON FROM RIVER STREET TO ,THE NORTH, AS WE~L AS T"E.DEEDING BACK OF APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET OF PROPERTY ALONG THE EAST SIDE or OwEN PARK ADJACENT TO GEORGE OwEN'S RE$IDENCE LOCATED AT 300-1/2 NORTH JEFFERSON. THE COMMITT~E SAW NO OQJECTION TO THE VACATION or THE ALL~Y, NOR TO A REDETERMINA- TlON,OF PRQPERTY BOUNDARIES ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF GEORGE OwEN'S PA~K AND RECOM- MENDED THAT ,THE ALLEY AS DESCRIBED AND CONTAINED IN A REPORT r.ROM THE CITY ENGI- NEER BE APPROVED. THE COMMI TTEE LI KE,WI SE ~ECOMMENDED 'THE DEEDI NG BACK OF APPROXI- MATELY 6 ~EET or PROPERTY ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF GEORGE ~EN'S PARK S9 THAT PROPERTY BOUNDARIE~ COULD BE DEFINED. e 4. REQUEST r.o~ SEGREGATION OF ASSESSMENT FOR PAVING OF 39TH AVENUE - IT WAS E~PLAINED THAT,.THE CITY HAD,ASSESSED A TRACT OF LAND LYI'NG.SOUTH Of 39TH AVENUE AND WEST OF HI LYARD ,STREET FOR, THE PAVI NG OF 39TH. THE PROPERTY OWNER DESI RES TO PLAT THI S AREA INTO 7 LOTS BUT CANNOT SO.PLAT UNLESS A SEGREGATION OF .THE ASSESS~ENT ON THE, TRACT OF LAND IS AUTHORIZED. THE TOTAL ASSESSMENT ON THE PROPERTY IS $3464.74. IN'THE DISCUSSION'THE COMMITTEE INDICATED A 'SEGREGATION OF THE TRACT WOULD NOT REDUCE THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY BUT WOULD IN ALL P~OBAQILITY INCREASE ITS 'VALUE AND FURTHER WOULD ALLOW fOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOTS. I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. SHISLER THAT THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AND PUBLIC :WORKS COMMITTEE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 5 , A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING HELD ON MARCH 7, 1957 - RE: DISC;USSION ,RE- GARDING THE CLOSING OF COUNCIL AGENDA AND COMMITTEE MEETING DATES; DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED ORDI- NANCE REGULATING AND LICENSING:PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIOS; AND DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED HOUSE WRECKING ORDINANCE GOVERNING LICENSING AND BONDING PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF HOUSE WREC~ING ~ITHIN THE CITY LIMITS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "PRESENT: MAYOR MCGINTY; COUNCILMEN WATSON, SHEARER, H~RTMAN, ,EDMUNDS, LAURtS,BRIGGS AND LINDEEN; CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; CITY RECORDER, FIR~ MARSHALL; BUILDING INSPECTOR; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; MR. TIMMS, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD.' I. DISCUSSION REGARDI,NG ~HE CLOSING OF COUN~IL AGENDA AND COMMITTEE.MEETING DATES - THE QUESTION OF CLOSING THE COUNCIL AGENDA SQMETIME PRIOR TO. THE DATE OF THE COUNCIL MEETING AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MORE SPECIFIC TIMES FOR COMMITTEE MEET- INGS WAS AGAIN BROUGHT BEFORE THE COMMITTEE. IN A GENERAL DISCUSSION BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMITTEE, IT WAS SUGGES~ED THAT A PRELIMINARY AGENDA BE MAILED, TO THE COUNCIL'MEMBERS ON T~E THURSDAY PRECEDING THE MONDAY ON WHICH A COUNCIL MEETING WOULD BE HELD. IT WAS FELT THAT THIS AGENDA SHOULD NOT BE CON-: SIDEREDAS FINAL AND THAT IN CERTAIN ,CASES ITEMS MIGHT BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA 'BETWEE~ THE DATE OF MAILING AND THE COUNCIL MEETING., I SOME REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMITTEE INDICATED THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO BE AVAILABLE ALL DURING THE,WEEK SO THAT COUNCI,L COMMITTEES COULD PROPERLY TRANSACT BUSINESS. IT WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE GROUP THAT A NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL HAD BUSINESS PURSUI,TS WHICH TOQK THEM FROM TOWN AND THAT IF A MORE SPECIFIC TIME FOR THE CALLING OF COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS COULD BE . . . > FOUND, THEY WOULD.-BE ABLE TO SCHEDULE THEIR PERSONAL LIVES TO ALI,.OW FOR SUCH MEETINGS. WITH THIS THOUGHT IN.MIND, IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT COMMITTEE MEETINGS BE HELD ON A FRIDAY AND, IF NECESSARY, ON A THURSDAY. IT WAS RECOGNIZED THAT'SITUA- TIONS MIGHT'OCCUR'WHICHWOULD REQUIRE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON OTHER DAYS THAN THOSE ABOVE MENTIONED, BUT THAT THESE SHOULD BE HELD BASICALLY ONLY IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. e THERE WAS~NO FORMAL RECOMMENDATION MADE ON THESE SUBJECTS. . 2. DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE REGULATING AND LICENSING PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIOS A PROPOSED ORDINANCE WH~CH'WOULD REQUIRE PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIOS EXISTING IN EUGENE, OR PROPOSING TO COME TO EUGENE WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. THE ORDINANCE AS READ, WAS ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMMITTEE WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS: A. IT WAS RECOMMENDED IN SECTION 2 THAT THE ORDINANCE AS PREpARED BE A~ENDED TO REQUIRE A FIRM MAKING APPLICATION FOR ITS INITIAL LICENSING TO BE IN- VESTIGATED AND THAT THE'INVESTIGATION PERIOD'BE SET AT 30 DAYS. ~ I B. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE $500 BONO AS SPECIFIED IN THE ORDINANCE PRE- SENTED BE INCREASED TO $1000. C. IT WA~ LIKEWISE RECOMMENDED THAT SECTION 4 PERTAINING TO THE RECOMMENDATION FOR CONTINUATION OF LICENSE AFTER A FIRM HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR A PERIOD e ~