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r-20 e 10/28/57 H_ ~._._- --~------ ~--....----- ~--:-;;;;;~-::=::-::::-;:.,:;:;-::::::::~~_"":':- -=--=:;~=-,-..:----- -~---------- --~-:="""~---~=.~~:-:~==-----=-~----'-~' --=~=--=-=--------~~~. ~=--=-:-:: 2. REQUEST FOR CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R-2 TO M-I, HENRY A. SPLONSKOWSKI, 1403 WEST 6TH I AVENUE - THE COMMITTEE AGAIN DROVE TO THE AREA IN WHICH THE REQUESTED CHANGE OF ZONE I WAS MADE AND REVIEWED THE PROPERTY. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION IN WHICH IT WAS INDICATED THEY DID NOT BELIEVE IT PROPER TO REZONE AN AREA WITHOUT A SPECIFIC USE BEING ASSIGNED WHICH NECESSITATED THE REZONING, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUEST BE DENIED. . ..... 3. REQUEST BY JOHN S. SI"fEE D, 1410 TYLER STREET, FOR VARIANCE IN SET BACK REQUIREMENT TO CONSTRUCT A CARPORT 101 fROM THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE - THIS REQUEST WAS CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD OF ApPEALS AND RECOMMENDED FOR DENIAL. THE COMMITTEE DROVE TO THE AREA, VIEWED THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION, DISCUSSED THE ~~OPRIET~ OF ALLOWING THE VARIANCE AS REQUESTED, AND IN CONVERSATION AGREED THAT SUCH A VARIANCE WOULD BE TO THE DETRIMENT Of THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT WAS THERErORE: RECOMMENDED THAT .THEl.VARIANCE BE DENIED. 4. REQUEST BY CARTER OlL COMPA~Y TO ERECT OVERSIZE SlGN AND FOR VARIANCE fROM SET BACK ON PROPERTY LOC~TEDAT SOUTHWEStCORNtR Of IBTH AVEN0E A~D WILLAMtTTE STREET ~ .It WAS EXPLAINED THAT TIHE CARTER OIL COMPANY .HADREQUESTED PERMiSsioN TO ERECT AN OVER-. SIZE SIGN Of 29.5 SQUARE FEET IN A C-I ZONE WHERE 20 SQUARE FEET IS THE MAXIMUM SIZE e ALLOWED, AND THAT SIGN, fLOOD LIGHTS AND CANOPIES BE ALLOWED WITHIN THE 401 SET BACK. THE COMMITTEE VIEWED THIS AREA, TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION THE SURROUNDING AREA AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF ~HE REQUEST. 5. REQUEST BY W. R. SMITH FOR VARIANCE FROM SET BACK REGULATIONS AT 728 EAST BROADWAY - MR. SMITH REQUESTED HE BE GRANTED A VARIANCE TO ALLOW, A SIGN TO BE ERECTED OVER THE SIDEWALK IN A C-I ZONE AT 728 EAST BROADWAY, SUCH SIGN TO BE 16 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE. I MR. SMITH AGREED THAT IN THE EVENT THE STREET IS WIDENED, HE WOULD REMOVE THE SIGN AT HIS OWN EXPENSE. . THE COMMITTEE VISITED.THE AREA, VIEWED THE LOCATION Of THE SIGN AND RECOMMENDED THE VARIANCE BE GRANTED. I COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE I. ORDINANCE CONCERNI~G FENCING OF SWIMMING POOLS, fiSH PONDS, ETC. -.THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE WAS AGAIN BROUGHT BEFORE THE COMMITTEE. No PARTICULAR DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON THE SUBJECT AND I T WAS RECOMMENDED .THAT THE PROPOSED ORD I.NANCE BE KILLED." IT WAS MOVED:BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT ITEMS I, 3, 4 AND 5 Of THE REPORT Of THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. LINDEEN SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER NOT TO ACCEPT THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE WITH RESPECT TO ITEM 2 AND TO APPROVE THE REQUEST fOR REZONING SUBMITTED BY HENRY SPLONSKOWSKI. MOTION CARRIED AND THE REZONING Of PROP.ERTY TO THE REAR .Of 1403 ~EST 6TH AVENUE fROM R~2 TO M-I WAS GRANTED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BRIGGS SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN THAT THE REPORT.Of THE COMMITTEE OP THE WHOLE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED WITH MRS. LAURIS VOTING NAY AND MR. EDMUNDS ABSTAINING. A REPORT Of THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 25, 1957 - RE: COMMITTEE Of THE WHOLE ~ 56-HOUR WORK WEEK fOR fiREMEN WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: "PRESENT: MAYOR MCGINTY; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, HARTMAN, SHISLER, EDMUNDS, LAURIS AND BRIGGS; I CITY RECORDER; ASSiStANT CIT~ RECORDER; CITY ATTORNEY;DIRECTO"R.Of PUBLIC WORKS; FIRE CHIEf; ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF; TOM JACQUES, EUGENE REGISTER~GUARD. 2 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE I . 56-HOUR WORK WEEK fOR fIREMEN - THE .FIRE CHIEF STATED THAT HE WAS PROPOSING A 56.-HOUR WORK WEEK fOR fIREMEN WITH A STARTING DATE Of JANUARY I, .1958. HE STATED.THAT A SHORTER WORK WEEK IN ALL PHASES Of INDUSTRY NOW IS AN ACCOMPLISHED fACT, AND A 56-HOUR WORK WEEK fOR fiREMEN HAD NOW BEEN ESTABLISHED IN A GREAT NUMBER.Of CITIES. BY.CHARTS e HE ILLUSTRATED HOW HE PROPOSED TO DIVIDE THE CITY INTO AREAS SO THAT ON EVERY CALL THE TWO CLOSEST STATIONS WOULD EACH SEND.AN ENGINE MANNED BY THREE MEN INSTEAD Of THE PRE- SENT ARRANGEMENT Of SENDING ONE ENGINE MANNED BY fOUR MEN. By HAVING EACH SUB-STATION MANNED BY THREE MEN .INSTEAD OF THE PRESENT FOUR, AND THE P.ROMOTIONS OF KEY.MEN TO A. SUPERVISORY CAPACITY, THE 56-HOUR WORK WEEK COULD BE INSTITUTED.WITHOUT ADDITIONAL PER- SONNEL AND NO DECREASE IN EF.FlCIENCY. HE fURTHER STATED THAT THE MEN WERE WILLING:TOSACRrfICE THEIR EXTRA HOLIDAYS AND RE- LIEVE THEIR OWN VACATIONS DURING THE fiRST YEAR Of THE PLAN1S OPERATION AND THERE .IS surrlCIENT MONEY 8UDGETED IN THE PRESENT rlSCAL YEAR TO PLACE.THE 56-HOUR WORK WEEK IN OPERATION ON JANUARY. I, 1958. HE EXPLAINED THAT THE RESIGNATION OF SOME Of THE HIGHER PAID PERSONNEL AND THEIR REPLACEMENT BY STARTING MEN PLUS THE fACT THATSEVERAL POSITIONS- HAD NOT BEEN fiLLED. IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE A CIVIL SERVICE LIST .WAS NOT .AVAIL- ABLE ACCOUNTED fOR APPROXIMATELY $1300 OVERAGE IN THE PERSONNEL BUDGET. THE FIRE CHIEf WAS QUESTIONED REGARDING THE EVENTUAL COST Of SUCH A PROGRAM, AND HE I EXPLAtNED-THAT THE MEN WERE WILLING TO WORK UNDER THE ABOVE STATED ~LAN. fOR SEVERAL YEARS'lf NECESSARY, BUT IT WAS HOPED ~HAT. fUNDS WOULD BE .AVAILABLE TO HIRE NINE MEN .. . AT A COST Of BETWEEN $45,000 AND $50,000 PER YEAR IN ORDER TO RESTORE PRESENT. BENE- fITS. WHILE IT WAS HOPED.THAT FUNDS COULD BE PROVIDED IN THE NEXT FI6CALYEAR, THIS WOULD BE ENTIRELY UP TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND THERE WOULD BE NO I SSUE~ MADE. e ~