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<br /> BONSON, ~NDERSON, BAILEY~ VO~ OTTERS!EDT; MRS. ANDERSON;' AND OTHE'RS I N- I
<br /> TERESTED IN THE REZONING OF" THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF" 19TH AVENUE AND WILLA-
<br /> METTE,STREETj 'DANWYA'NT, EUGENE REGI STER..GUARD.
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<br /> I. DIscuss rON REGARD,I NG 'PERMANENT 'REPORT OF" THE PLANNI 'NG COMMI SS ION MEETI NG OF'
<br /> JULY 2, 1957 .
<br /> A. REQUEST FOR CHANGE OF ZONE FROM R-3 AND C-2 TO C-3P COMMERCIAL ON PROPERTY LO-
<br /> CATED BETWEEN MONROE -AND ADAMS STREtTS ON THE SOUTHSI DE OF 5TH AVENUE - THE
<br /> COMMI T1EE DROVE TO THE AREA TO I NSPECT THE 'SI TE' OF THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE
<br /> . AND NOTED -THAT '1'HE'PROPEiH'Y 'WAS ADJACENT TO SAF'EWAySTORE"S' LOtATI ON ON :WEST
<br /> 6TH AVENUE AS WELL AS THEIR PROPERTY LI-NE AND 'WA'S IN THEIR OPINION SUITABLE F"OR
<br /> REZONING TO THE- REQUESTED CLASSIF'ICATION. I TWAS rURTHER NOTED"THAT THI S RE-
<br /> ZONING' HAt) BE'EN APPROVED, BY THE cPLAN'NI NGCOMMI SS ION; THE COMMITTEE' RECOMMENDED
<br /> THAT -niE 'REZONI NG BE APPROVE'cf.,"-'- -, '
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<br /> I T WAS MOVED -BY 'MR. WATscfN .SEC.ONDEDByMR. LI ND-EEN THAT THE COMMI TTE'E; RE'-
<br /> 'PORT BE' APPR'OVEDAND' 'THE' ,AREA BE'TWEEN' MONROE AND. ADAMS STREETS ON THE SOUTH ,
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<br /> SIDE OF' 5TH AVENUE BE REZONED TO C-3P COMMERt~AL. MOTioN: CARR I EO'- ' . I',
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<br /> "B. REQUEST 'F"OR REZONI"NG PR.OPERTY. AT'191 o UN' I VERSI TY STREET, BEING THE SOUTHWEST
<br /> CORNER or 19TH AVENUE AND U~IVERSITYSTREET, F"ROM R-3TO R-4 MULTIPLE tAMILY I', I
<br /> RESI DENTI AL -- REPRESENTATI VE'S or PH I KAPPA SI GMAF"RATERNI TY APPEARED BErORE I
<br /> THE 'COMMI TTEE ,TO 'INDI CATE' THEI RI DE'S I RE F'OR THE' REZONI NG or. PROPER'TY' AT 19'-0
<br /> .UNIVERSITY STREET'~OALLOW' A'rRATERNITYc HouSE.' THESE REPRESENTATlvES' tNDI~
<br /> , CATEDTHERE' WAS A DESPARATE NE'ED rOR HOUSES. or 'ADEQU'ATE STZE TO HOUSE, SORORI TY
<br /> AND' FRATERNITY' GROUPS IN THE VICINITY or THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON CAMPUS, AND
<br /> . THAT THERE WERE NO HOUSES AVAILABLE WHICH MET THE QUALlr)CATIONS FOR A L1VING
<br /> ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE AREA CURRENTLY ZONED AS R-4 rOR SUCH USE. THE RE-
<br /> ZONING ~EQUEST ~N THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY WAS MADE SINCE THIS' PARTICULAR
<br /> GROU,P I SNOW' ATTEMPT I NG TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY, AND THE PURCHASE I S CONTI N-
<br /> GENT UPON THE'REZONING. I rr WAS ALSO. POI NTED OUT THAT' PHI KAPPA S-, GMA FRA-
<br /> TERNI~Y AND OTHER FRATERN1TIES AND SORORITIES WER~ NOT IN A FINANCIAL POSI~
<br /> TION TO CONSTRUCT A NEW. MOUSE, AND IT WI\S NECESSARY FOR THEM TO PURCHASE AN
<br /> EXISTING PROPERTY WHICH WOULD ADEQUATELY MEET THEIR NEEDS AND THAT SUCH PRO-
<br /> PERTY COULO NOT BE FOUND IN THE AREA ZONED ~OR R-4uSE IN THE UNIVERSITY AREA.
<br /> MR.' GRODON BURBE'E"APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AND INDICATED IN HIS EXPER- ,
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<br /> I ENCE FRATERNI TI ES AND SORORI TI ES DID NOT DECREASE PROPERTY VALUES OF ADJACENT
<br /> PROPERTY HOLDERS AS WAS FEARED BY SOME INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN THE AREA OF THE ,
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<br /> REQUESTED RE'ZONI NG. OTHER'S APPEA-RED BEFORE" THE COMM1 TTEE WHO LI VED 'ADJACENT !,
<br /> TO THE 'PRE$E~~ LOCATioN OF PHI KAPPA SI GMA FRATERNITY WHO i NDI CAT'ED THEY HAD
<br /> NO DI'SSATlSF'ACTI ON' IN' LI VI NG ADJA'CENT TO THI S GR'OUP. IT WAS ALSO POINTED OUT !
<br /> THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON DOES NOT HAVE FACILITIES TO'HOUS'E ALL ITS POTEN-
<br /> TIAL ENROLLMENT AND ,HAS BEEN UNABLE TO RECEIVE BUDGETARY AID TO BUILD ADEQUATE
<br /> DORMi TORI ES' rOR I TSPOTENTi AL ENROLLMENT, AND A'S A" CONSEQUENCE IS LOOKING FOR I
<br /> OTHER HOUSING FOR'I'TS' ST'UDENTS. ALSO' BROUGHT OUT WAS THE FACT THAT'THERE IS
<br /> CONSIDERABLE NECESSI TY FOR 'rRATERN'j TI ES 'TO POLl C'E' THEM'SELVES' SI NCE POOR RELA-
<br /> TIONS WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS CAN VERY WELL BRING LOSS or SOCIAL PRIVILEGES.
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<br /> IT WAS iNDICATED 'THAT A PETITION CONTAINING SOME 42 NAMES PROTESTING THE RE-
<br /> ZONING WAS PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THE FRATERNITY PRESENTED A .,
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<br /> PE'T'-T'ION CONTAINI NG 21 .NAMES- OF" PEOP'i..ELI vi NGl A'[)JACENT io FRATERNI TI ES AND ,
<br /> IN THE AREA ot THE REQUESTED RtZONING WHO' INDiCATED THEY biD NOT OBJECT TO e
<br /> THE REZONI NG AND I N THE' opi NI ON or THOSE REPRESENTi NG THE f'RATERNI TY THE PUB-
<br /> LIC INTEREST AND WELFARE WOULD BEST BE SERVED BY THE GRANTING OF THE PETITION
<br /> FOR REZONJ:NG. THE OPPOSITION, TO THE REZONING lNDICA~ED THAT THERE' WAS NO DE- i
<br /> MAND FROM THE UNIVERSITY, rROM THE OWNER:or THE PROPERTY: NOR THE PUBLIC'FOR I
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<br /> SUCH REZONING, THAT THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED AS SINGLE f'AMILY,RE5IDEN- ,
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<br /> IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE PERSON WHO ,
<br /> TIAL AND THAT THE
<br /> HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED IS OPPOSED TO REZONING. IT WAS FURTHER INDICATED THAT
<br /> THE'~RAFFIC AND PARKING SITUATION.IS CONGESTED-AT THIS: TIME AND:~OULD BE F'UR-
<br /> THER CONGESTED IF THE REZONI NG WERE' ALLOWED.
<br /> THERE WAS-SOM~CONSIDERAT~ON AMONG THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS:THA~ THIS PROBLEM
<br /> SHOULD BE STUDIED WITH THE THOUGHT THAT A NEW. ARBA FOR R-4 MULTIPLE tAMILY
<br /> ZONING BE FOUND WHERE UNIVERSITY ORGANIZATt)ONS MIGHT BE ABLE TO PURCHASE PRO- :
<br /> PERTY FOR LIVING PURPOSES.-, IT WAS ALSO POINTED OUT THA~ THE,U~IVERSITY AN~ I
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<br /> . STUDENTS or THE UNIVERSITY ADD TO THE ECONOMY Of' THE CITY, PROVIDE A CULTURAL
<br /> ATMOSPHE~E AND ~HAT THE UNIVERSITY AREA CANNOT REMAIN STATIC BUT WITH THE AD- I
<br /> VENT OF' STUDENT GROWTH AND PROPOSED GROWTH ADDI TI ONAL FACI LI'TI ES BECOME NECES-
<br /> SARY. I T: WAS REC'OMMENDED TH'ATTHI S I TEM' BE SENT TO~THE COUNCI L WI TH NO RE-
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<br /> AFTER CONSIDE-RASLE DISCUSS'ION AND A FULL HEARING ON BOTH SIDES OF' THE QUESTION OF' , . ,
<br /> REZONING THE LOT AT THE SOUTHWEST tORNER or 19TH AVENUE AND, UNIVERSITY STREET, IT
<br /> WAS MOVED ~Y MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. EDMUNDS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSI~N ACTION
<br /> TO DENY THE REQUEST-BE SUSTA-' ~ED'. . -MOTl ON CARR"I ED. e
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<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. BRIGGS THAT THE ISSUE OF A LIVING AREA FOR I
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