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r- 50 e I 12/9/57 =..::~ _ ~__..__ .___~ ~__._ _ ___ _~~=;:;-~~~.:.-=,.-:=-::-~._~:.:-:::----=-=-"::=---:---:-~~_ r_~~_~__._ ___ -_ ___._~_ --~-~- ~ ~ - - --- - ---. ------~------~~--- . ~. - -- - - - - -- - ~ -,,~ --- - ~ ,- -+ -- - ~ - ; . ......" --- -- -- --. - - - - - - . - -+ - ~ -- ". .. -, ~_...--._--- .- ,,-- ---"_.- ...._~..._, - ...---- REPORTS OF COMMITTEES I 1 A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER 26, 1957 - RE: PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE - ApPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF RE1'AIL MALT BEVERAGE CLASS A (RMBA) LICENSE, DUTCH MILL, OPERATED BY MR. I AND MRS. JOSEPH M. STICKLEY; !)UBL I C WORKS. COMMI TTEE -. KEED. REQUEST FOR LEASE OR EASEMENT TO ERECT A I I TV ANTENNA ON SPENCERS BUTTE; WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: I I I I IIPRESENT: MAYOR MCGINTY; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, HARTMAN, EDMUNDS, LAURIS, LINDEEN AND I I j MOLHOLM; CITY MANAGER; ASSISJANT CITY RECORDER; CITY ATTORNEY; PARKS & I I I I RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT; CHIEF OF POLICE; DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS; I I I MESSRS. STICKLEY, SAHLSTROM, CURREY, BURRIS, JACOBS, RUTH, HARPER, .KITTS, I IRONS, PENNISTON,BRENNE, .McDoNALD, MILLER, SKELTON, AND OTHER INTERESTED I II CITIZENS; DON BONHAM, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD; WENDY RAY, KUGN. I I I I I PUBLI C SAFETY COMM ITTEE I I. ApPLICATION FOR FiE"NEWAL OF RETAIL MALT BEVERAGE CLASS' A fRMBA) LICENSE, DUTCH I I MILL, OPERATED BY MR. AND MRS. JOSEPH M. STICKLEY - THE CITY MANAGER READ A I e DETAILED'REPORT fROM THE CHIEF OF POLICE CONCERNING ACTIVITIES AT THE DUmCH I MILL TAVERN WHICH HAD II INFLUENCED THE DECISION.OFTHE CHIEF OF POLICE TO REFUSE APPROVAL OF THE F1ENEWAL OF THE 1958 LI CENSE. THE REPORT. CONTAINED STATISTICS WHICH SHOWED THE DUT~H MILL TAVERN AND ITS IMMEDIATE VICINITY HAD BEEN THE ,! I SCENE OF MANY MORE ARRESTS FOR DRUNKENESS, DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND OTHER VIOLA- I . . I i TIONS THAN HAD SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE CITY. ..THE CITY. MANAGER EXPLAINED I THAT ACTION Of THE COUNCIL WAS NOT FINAL AND'THAT LICENSES COULD. BE ISSUED OR I i REFUSED ONLY BY THE OREGON LIQ~OR CONTROL COMMISSION. I I I THE ATTORNEY FOR MR. STICKLEY STATED.THAT WHILE HE REALIZED THAT TRANSGRESSIONS I I HAD OCCURRED IN THE PAST, STEPS HAD BEEN TAKEN TO CORRECT THEM, AND IF THE I I LICENSE IS APPROVED THE TAVERN WOULD BE OPERATED TO CONFORM WITH REGULATIONS. I HE CALLED ON SEVERAL PERSONS WHO TESTIFIED.THEY HAD KNOWN:MR. AND MRS. STICKLEY 1 Ii FOR MANY YEARS AND TO.THE BEST OF;THEIR.KNOWLEDGE.~HEY OPERATED THEIR PLACE OF I BUSINESS IN A MANNER THAT REFLECTED CREDIT.TOTHEM AND THE TAVERN BUSINESS. ! 11 SEVERAL BUSINESSMEN IN THE VICI'NITY.OF THE DUTCH MILL TAVERN STATED THAT CONDI- I I I TIONS WERE SUCH THAT.THEIR CUSTOMERS REFUSED TO WALK INTO THEIR PLACES OF I I BUSINESS AND THAT MANY INCIDENTS HAD OCCURRED WHICH HAD NOT BEEN REPORTED TO 1 THE P.OLICE. THE POLICE CHIEF EXPLAINED.THAT MR. STICKLEY HAD BEEN.WARNED I 1 SEVERAL TIMES THAT HIS METHOD OF OPERATION.MAS NOT IN LINE WITH ACCEPTED PRO-. CEDURE. ONE MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE EXPRESSED THE OPINION THAT HE FELT THE I j BUSINESSMEN HAD PROTESTED THE TKVERN~S OPERAT10N ONLY AS A LAST RESORT. I I . .. .. . AFTER CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE APPLICATION I BE RE.JECTED. I I I . ~_.' 2 .1 PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE I. .KEED REQUEST fOR LEASE OR EASEMENT TO ERECT A TV.ANTENNA ON SPENCERS BUTTE - I ALL PARTIES CONCERNED AGREED THAT AT PRESENT THERE IS NOT SUFFICIENT INFOR- 1 .. MATION AVAILABLE TO INTELLIGENTLY NEGOTIATE, AND ACTION WAS POSTPONED UNTIL I I THE ATTORNEY fOR KEED WOULD BE ABLE TO .PRESENT A DEFINITE PROPOSAL.II I , 1 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HARTMAN SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN THAT THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE 1 AND OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. I I I A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER 29, 1957 - RE: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE - DIs- CUSSION REGARDING REZONING OF THE WEST SIDE OF W,LLAMETTE STREET BETWEEN 18TH AND 19TH AVENUES; RE- QUEST FOR SIGN VARIANCE, JERRylS TV SHOP, 2782 FRIENDLY STREET; REQUEST TO REMOVE CENTER PARKING STRIP , e II ON VILLARD STREET BETWEEN FRANKLIN BOULEVARD AND 14TH.AvENUE;REQUEST FOR PAVING ASSESSMENT SEGREGA- TION BY EUGENE FARMERS COOP AND WESTWARDHoHoMES, INC.; PUBLIC WORKS AND HEALTH AND RECREATION COM- I 11 MITTEES - CONSIDERATION OF A FlEQUEST.BYRADIO STATION KEED FOR LEASE OF AREA ON SPENCERS BUTTE FOR TELEVISION ANTENNA; COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE - ApPOINTMENT.OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEMBERS; DISCUSSION RE- I GARDING NIGHT TAXI SERVICE BETWEEN SPRINGfIELD AND EUGENE;.DISCUSSION REGARDING TRADING OF PROPERTY FOR FIRE STATION SITE; WAS SUBMIT~ED AND READ..AS FOLLOWS:: I I ! "PRESENT: COUNCILMEN SHEARER, SHISLER, .EDMUNDS, LAURIS, BRIGGS, LINDEEN AND:MoLHOLM; I CITY MANACiER; CITY ATTORNEY; CITY RECORDER; DIRECTOR OF PUBLlC.WORKS; CITY ENGINEER; FIRE CHIEF; PARKS & RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT; TRAFFIC ENGINEER; PLANNING CONSULTANT; REPRESENTATIVES OF TERMINAL.TAXI COMPANY I AND SPRINGFIELD TAXI; 21 MEMBERS:OF THE DEMOLAY WHO WERE PARTICIPATING IN I '~. GOVERNMENT DAY; DON.BoNHAM, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. i 3 i PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE j I. DISCUSSION REGAR[)iNG REZONING OF THE WEST SIDE.OfWILLAMETTE STREET BETWEEN 18TH I 1 AND 19TH AVE~UES - THE COMMITTEE AGAIN CONSIDERED THE MATTER OF REZONING AN AREA 'I LOCATED ON THt WEST SIDE OF W,LLAMETTE STREET BETWEEN: 18TH AND 19TH AVENUES. THE I I PROPOSAL FOR ~EZONING WAS THAT THE AREA BE REMOVED FROM THE CR ZONE AND PLACED IN A C-3P ZONE. SOME REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMITTEE INDICATED THEY BELIEVE I I THAT THE.CR CLASSIFICATION IS ADEQUATE FOR THIS AREA AT THIS TIME AND THAT A RE- I j ZONING TO C-3P 15 NOT NEEDEDIN~HIS AREA SINCE THERE.ARE PROPERTIES MUCH CLOSER I I TO THE MAIN BUSINESS DISTRICT OF THE CI~Y THAT WILL LOGICALLY DEVELOP BEFORE I THIS AREA. OTHEH REPRESENTATIVES Of THE.COMMITTEE: INDICATED THAT THEY BELIEVE I I -- 1 J I I I , ;, .,