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r-3 I} ~i e 8 A PETI TrON' CONTA' NING 'B3 51 GNATURE,S 'PROTESTI NG THE REMOVAL OF PARKI NG FROM 6TH AND 7TH AVE- NUES WAS PRESENTED BY JESS GODLOVE. I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. LINDEEN SECONDED' BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC SAfETY COMMITTEE BE STRICKEN FROM THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PARKING BE'LEFT ON 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES BETWEEN GARFIELD AND HIGH STREETS AS IT NOW EXISTS. ROLLCALL VOTE. COUNCILMEN SHEARER, SHISLER, LAURIS AND LI'NDEEN"VOTING AYE'j COUNCI'LMEN EDMUNDS AND BRIGGS 'VOTING NAyr MOTION' CARRIED. 9 A REPORT OF'THE COMMITTEE Or THE WHOLE' MEET'ING 'HELD ON MARCH 8, 1957 .. RE: DISCUSSION CON- CERNI NG REVI SI ON OF AREA AROUND THE UNrVERSI TY OF ORf)GON I'N 'WHICH S'ALE OF ALCOHOLIC' BEVERAGE IS PROHIBITED WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "PRESENT:' MAYOR McGI NTY; COUNCI LMEN WATSON, SHEARER, HARTMAN, SHI SLER, EDMUNDS, LAURI S, BRIGG.S AND LINDEEN; CITY MANAGER; 'Cny ATTORNEY; CITY RECORDER; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSI STANT;' TRAFF:IC ENGI NEER; MESSRS.- lEE, KERNUTT,'HENDERSHOTTj' REV. MOORE; MESSRS. JONES, HAWK' AND 'DUSHANE, 'REPRESENtiNG THE UNI VERSI TY OF OREGON; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. e DISCUSSION CONCERNING REVISION OF AREA AROUND THE UNIVERSI~Y OF OREGON IN w~ICH SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE IS PROHIBITED - DISCUSSION CONCERNING THE AREA AROUND THE UNI- VERS I TY OF: OREGON IN 'WH LCM THE' SALE OF' ALCOHOL I C 'BEV,ERAGE' IS' 'PROH I B'I TED WAS A'GA IN BROUGHT UP SI'NCE TWO ESTABLI-SHMENTS, BEl NG WI LLI AM A. -AN,D THELMA H.- KERNUTT 'DBA FOOD- LAND MARKET, 661 EAST 19TH, AND DONALD G. AND JEANNETTE L. BROOKE DBA 19TH STREET GROCERY, 1490 EAST 19TH, HAD MADE APPLICATION FOR PACKAGE STORE LICENSE, THEIR STORES BEING WITHIN THE AREA IN WHICH THE SALE OF LIQUOR, IS, PROHIBITED. PREVIOU,S ACTION'OF THE. COUNC'IL, OREGON L'QUOR CONTROL .COMMISSION AND THE UNI'VERStTY OF OREGON 'WAS 01 SCUSSED. BASI CALLYTHI S 'ACTI'ON' WAS: AS' FOLLOWS: :,. ',' l, I THE OREGON LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION ESTABLISHED THE ZONE AROUND THE UNIVERSITY, AND IN 1954 THE CITY COUNC I L AGREED IN PR I NC I PLE THAT SUCH A ZONE WAS ADVANTAGEOUS TO' THE. COMMUNITY. 'SOME OF ,THOSE PRESENT AT THIS MEETING OBJECTED TO THE IDEA 1HAT THE COUNCIL WAS FAVORABLE TOWARD THE ZONE AS IT NOW EXISTS AND THOUGHT THAT QUITE POSSIBLY MODIFI- CATION OR EXPANSION OF THE ZONE MIGHT BE NECESSARY. REPRESENTATI VES Of 'tHE UNIVERSI TY OF OREGON I NDI CATED THAT PRIOR TO THE EXI STENCE OF THE ZONE THE UNIVERSITY VAS PRESENTED W'TH A SERIOUS SITUATION WITH RESPECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE AND THAT THIS SITUATION WAS ESPECIALLY TRUE IN REGARD TO STUDENTS UNDER THE ,AGE OF 21. REPRESENTATIVES'OF'THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON INDICATED THAT BY LAW, ZONING OR POLICIES OF COUNCILS IN OTHER CITIES Or MEMBER SCHOOLS Or THE PAClrlC COAST CONFERENCE~ SUCH SCHOOLS WERE CONTAINED IN A ZONE IN WHICH THE 'SALE OF LIQUOR WAS' PROHIBITED. THE UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION I NDI CATED 'THAT I N SOME RESPECTS I TWOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS I F THE 'ZONE WERE EXTENDED AND THEY WOULD RESI'ST ANY 'ATTEMPT'OR'DECISION TO REDUCE THE AREA NOW IN EXISTENCE'. THOSE BUSIN&SSES INTERESTED IN SECURING A LICENSE FOR THEMSELVES OR THROUGH COUNSEL INDICATED THAT THEIR PARTICULAR LOCATIONS WERE IN THE CORNERS OF THE AREA IN WHICH LIQUOR SALES WERE PROHI~rTED, THAT'~HEIR STORES'~ERE OUT OF THE NORMAL TRAFFIC LANES USED BY STUDENTS 'OF THEUNI VERSI TY WI TH THE POSSI BLE EXCEPTION OF MARRI ED' STUDENTS, AND THAT THEY WERE, IN FACT, FARTHER FROM UNIVERSITY 'LIVING ORGANIZATIONS' 'THAN SOME OF THE STORES WHICH NOW EXIST OUTSIDE OF THE AREA IN WHICH LIQUOR SALES ARE PROHIBITED. THESE :STORE .OWNERS AND THEI R COUNSEL FURTHER '1 NDI CATEDTHEY THOUGHT THE REGULATION WITH RESPECT TO THEM WAS DISCRIMINATORY SINCE IT PLACED THEM IN A PARTICULARLY DIS- ADVANTAGEOUS SITUATION WITH RESPECT TO OTHER GROCERIES LOCATED IN THE CITY ANO THAT THEY WERE READY AND WI LLI NGTO POLICE THEI'R OWN PREMI SES SO THAT STUDENTS UNDER AGE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO OBTAIN BEER FROM THEIR LOCATIONS. ./ I i, THE UNI~ERSITY ADMINISTRATION, THROUGH REPRES~NTATIVES PRESENT, INDICATED THEIR PRO- BLEM IN LARGE PART WAS DUE TO IMMEDIATE AVAILABILITY OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE TO ITS STUDENTS AND POINTED OUT' THAT SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT'Of THE ZONE AROUND THE UNIVERSITY THEIR PROBLEMS HAD DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY. FURTHERMOREj THEY INDtCATED ~HAT OF THE APPROXIMATELY 5500 STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY, SOME 50 TO 60% WERE UNDER AGE AND IT IS PARTICULARLY THESE STUDENTS ABOUT WHOM THEY WERE MOST CONCERNED SINCE THE LAWS OF THE STATE Of' OREGON PROHIBIT THE SALE OR CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES BY PERSONS UNDER AGE. THE UNIVERSITY LIKEWISE QUESTIONED WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF THESE ESTABLISH- MENTS WERE GRANTED A LICENSE AND THEN'STILL OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS REQUESTED LICENSES, THE QUESTION fN THIS INSTANCE BEING WHERE DOES ONE DRAW"THE LINE. - THERE WAS SOME CONSIDERATION OF PERHAPS SUBMITTING THE WHOLE PROBLEM TO THE .OREGON STATE LEGISLATURE SO THAT THEY MIGHT ENACT A STATUTORY ZONE IN WHICH THE SALE OF LIQUOR AROUND THE 'UNIVERSITY MIGHT BE PROHIBITED. THERE WAS LIKEWISE SOME DISCUSSION CONCERN- IN~THE POSSIBILITY O~ ASKING THE OREGON LIQUOR CONTROL COMMlssrON TO REVIEW THE ZONE FOR POSSIBLE EXPANSION OR ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE EXISTING ZONE. A RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE THAT THE CURRENT BOUNDARY BE MAINTAINED AND THIS MOTION WAS DEFEATED BY A VOTE OF 3 TO 5. I A RECOMMENDATION~'WASALSO MADE THAT THE APPLICATION OF 'FOODLAND MARKET AND 19TH STREET GROCERY BE APPROVED AND THIS MOTION WAS ALSO ,DEFEATED BY A VOTE OF 2 TO 6. - ~ ......Ii