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<br /> MADE WHICH WOULD IN ANY WAY OR IN ANY MANNER BREAK DOWN THE C,TY'S ABILITY TO ENFORCE THE 1
<br /> BUILDING CODE, AiIID ON THIS PREMISE, IT WAS SUGGES1ED THAT AN AMENDMENT TO THE BUILDING
<br /> CODE, MIGHT BE ENACTED,WHICH WOULD ,REQUIRE ANY p,UBLIC BODY TO SECURE A BUILDING PERMIT,
<br /> REQUIRE SUCH A PERMIT TO BE ISSUED AND INSPECTION MADE; BUT THAT NO PERMIT FEE WOULD BE
<br /> COLLECTED FROM ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATEOF,OREGON THAT IS ITSELF AUTHORIZED
<br /> BY LAW TO ISSUE ,BUILDING PERMITS TO THE PUBLIC,AND WHICH POLITICAL SUeDIVISION DOES
<br /> REGULARLY MAINTAIN A BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT.
<br /> THE CITY ATTORNEY WAS INSTRUCTED TO DRAW SUCH AN AMENDMENT TO THE BUILDING CODE FOR
<br /> PRESEN'TATION TO THE WHOLE,COUNCll."- " ,. ,
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<br /> No ACT,ON WAS TAKE~ ON THI$ MATTER.
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<br />I A REPORT OF THE MEETING BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ORE~ON AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY
<br /> COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL HELD ON OCTOBER 9, 1957 - RE:.DRY ZONE AROUND THE,UNIVERSITY OF OR~GON, WAS
<br /> SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: -. '.
<br /> "PRESENT: MAYOR M<;:GINTY; COUNC II,.MEN W"n':;ON" HARTMAN AND EDMU~D:?; DEAN W'LLIAMJqNES" e
<br /> D.- M."OUSHAN'EANO'RAY' HAWK, 'UN','VE-RS',-T-Y q'F DREG'ON'; CITY MA'N'AGER;' C'-TY'. RECORDER;
<br /> ,TOM JACQUES, EUGENE REG~STER-GUARD;'JACi C~AIG, KERG.,
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<br /> THE'MEETING WAS HELD AT THE'REQUE~T O~ iHE MAy6R AND~THEUNIVER~'TY. rO DIS~US',THE
<br /> SUBJECT OF 'DRY ZONE' AROUND'THE UNiVER~ITY.' VARIOUS COMMUNICATIONS, INCLUDING A LETTER
<br /> FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY CONCERNING THE OPERATION OF A PROPOSED COMMITTEE 1
<br /> TO DISCUSS, THE, SUBJECT OF THE 'DRY ZONE', AND I,.ETTER~FROM A.NUMBE~'~F,CHURCH GROUP~
<br /> WERE 'RE'AD' TO 'THE "COMM'I'TTEE: ' I r, 'WAS' AL.SO'REP'ORTE:"D T!iA'J' -A NUMBER' or THE" 'COUNC I LMtN ~ND
<br /> THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES,OF THE CITY HADREc:;EIVED TELEPHONE:'CAL.LS E'XPRESSING A DESIRE
<br /> FOR THE CONTINUANCE OF THE 'DRY ZONE' AROUND THE UNIVERSITY AREA.
<br /> THE CITY MANAGER IND1CATED THAT THERE WERE CURRENT ,~PPL1CATIONS FOR pACKAGE STORE;
<br /> LICENSES FROM SAFEWAY STORES, INC., 1840 EAST 13TH AVENUE; MILLER'S GROCERY, 1065 EAST
<br /> 20TH,AvENUE; AND FROM FOODLANP MARKET, 661 EAST 19TH AVENUE; AND AN APPLJCATIOIII IS
<br /> ANTICIPATED FROM THE 19TH'STREET GROCERY LOCATED AT THE SO~THWEST CORNER Of 19TH AVENUE
<br /> AND AGATE STREET.
<br /> DEAN JONES OF THE UNIVERSITY EXPRESSED THE VIEWPOINT OF THE UNIVERSITY AND :INDICATED
<br /> IT WAS NOT THEIR POSITION TO BE UNCOMPROMISING AND THAT THE UNIVERS~TY HAD ALWAYS IN-
<br /> FORMED THE COUNCIL AS TO, ITS, ACTIONS BEFORE;THE OREGON LJQUOR: CONTROL COMMISSION AND
<br /> WERE NOT AT THIS TIME A PARTY TO ANY PRESSURES BEING APPLIED BY LOC~L ORGANIZATIONS FOR
<br /> CONTINUANCE OF THE 'DRY ZONE'. DEAN JONES FURTHER SUMMARIZED THE POSITION OF THE UNI-
<br /> VERSITY AT THIS TIME, AND IN HIS SUMMARY INDICATED THAT I~ 1951 THE OREGON L,QUOR CON~
<br /> TROL COMMISSION HAD DRAWN TO ITS ATTENTION CERTAIN DIFFICULTIES WITH THE ENFORCEMENT
<br /> OF, THE LIQUOR LAWS IN THE UNIVERSITY AREA, AND, BAS~D ON THE PROYISIONS or THE LAW"HAD
<br /> ENACTED A REGULATION WHICH WAS ENTERED IN THEIR RECORDS AS BEING UNWILLING TO ISSUE A
<br /> LICENSE IN AN AREA AROUND THE UNIVERSITY WHICH WAS DEFINED BY THE L,QUOR COMMISSIQN
<br /> AT THAT TIME. IT WAS FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT THE UNIVERSITY OPERATES ON THE THESIS
<br /> THAT THIS ACTION WILL STAND UNTIL ACTION jS TAKEN TO RESCIND THE REGULATION,. IN 19~4
<br /> THE COMMON COUNC~L,OF THE CITY OF EUGENE ACCEPiED THIS iONE IN, P~INc::IPLE ~ND HERE ALSO I
<br /> THE UNIVERSITY:OPERATES ON THE, THESIS, THAT UNTIL sPEciFIC:ACTION IS TAKEN TO RESCIND
<br /> THIS ACTION, IT WILL STAND. BASED ON, THESE, PRECEPTS iHE,UNIVER$ITYDOE?'NOT BELIEVE
<br /> IT HAS ANY BASIS FOR DISCUSSJNG INDIVIDUAL LI~ENS~SWITHIN THE ZONE. IF, HOWEVER, THE
<br /> COUNCIL AS THE GOVERNING BODY O~ THE CITY OF EUGENE SUGGESTS THAT THE ZONE BE CHANGED
<br /> T~~N THt UNIVERSITY,OFNECES~ITY WOULD HAVE TO DETERM~NE IF THEY WILL OPPOSE QR NOT
<br /> OPPOSE niE ACTION TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL BASED ON THE SPECIFIC SITUATioN AND THE: DEFINI-
<br /> TION OF THE ZONE TO BE RETAINE~. T~E QUESTION WAS THEN ASKED, 'WHAT GENERA,L,POLICY
<br /> DOES THE COMMON COUNCIL PROPOSE TO PURSUE?~ e
<br /> REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE INDJCATE~ THEY ~~ALIZE THE NECESSITY
<br /> FOR A ZONE; HOWEVER, THERE WA~ GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT MODIFICATJON OF THE ZONE WAS IN
<br /> ORDER. IT WAS LIKEWISE BELIEVED THAT LIQUOR BY THE DRINK WAS~ NOT IN ORDER IN THE UNI-
<br /> VERSITY AREA BUT THAT THE SALE OF PACKAGED BEER MIGHT WELL BE ALLOWED I N BONA F I DE, :
<br /> GROCERY STORES IN CERTAIN SE:CTIONS OF THE AREA NOW EXCLUDEP F,ROM ,SUCH SALES,. IT WAS
<br /> STATED THATTHE PROBLEM WHICH THE COUNCIL FACES IS ONE OF AN I NFLEX I BLE LJ,NE AROUND A
<br /> GIVEN AREA OF THE CITY WHERE IN ACTUALITY SOME FLEXIBILITY IS NECESSARY.
<br /> THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION, AMONG THOSE IN AJTENDANCE AT THE M~,ET I NG W,I TH
<br /> RESPECT TO THE ZONE AS IT IS ,NOW, ESTABLI,SH,ED, TH,E PROPRIETY OF REDRAWING T.HE LINE?, THE
<br /> NECESSITY FOR PERIODIC REDEFINITION OF THE LINES, AS, THE UNIVER~ITY pF OREGO~:GROW~, AND
<br /> THE GENERAL CONSENSUS AS TO THE SALE OF PACKAGED BEVERAGES ~ITHIN THE ~REA, OR PORT,I9NS OF
<br /> THE AREA NOW CONTAINED IN THE 'DRY ZONE'. THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEMBERS AGAIN
<br /> AFF I RMED THAT THERE WAS NO, DES'RE ON:, THE I R PART TO DESTROY THE ZO,NE IN :1 T~. ENT I RETY, BUT I
<br /> THEY DID BELIEVE THERE WAS SOME UNFAIRNE~S IN CERTA I N AREAS W,I TH I N THE ZONE WHERE LEG 1-
<br /> TIMATE GROCERY RETAILERS WERE DENIED, A LicENSE TO: SELL PACKAGED BEVERAG,ES,. , Ol,JRIN~ THE
<br /> CO URSE OF THE GENERAL 0 I SCU,SS ION ON THE SUBJECT, T.HE REPR,ESENTAT 'VES OF T!-I.E UN I,VERS,I TY
<br /> OF OREGON DEPARTED.
<br /> FOLLOWING THIS THERE WAS GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE WHOLE PROBLEM BY THE COMMITTEE
<br /> MEMBERS PRESENT. FROM TH,I SO I SCUSS I ON TWO SEPARATE I DE~S CAME, FORTH,ON.E OF ,WH I CH EN-
<br /> VISIONED A RE-AFrIRMATION OF THE CURRENT ZONE ~ROUND THE UNIVERSITY AS TO THE SAL~ OF
<br /> ALL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PACKAGED BEER AND WOULD ALLOW PACKAGED e
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