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27 " e 11/12/57 ---'- . --- ------. -------- -------- ---'~-- . - -~-- ---- ---- ----- - ~- -- -- - - - -- --- _. h_ _ . - - ~- . . - - -- --- - - .--.- --- - - -~. -- --------- ------ -~' - ---- ---~- ---- ---- - - ~ .. - - ~ - ---- -T -"- - - . -6--. ---- I REPORTS OF OFFICERS I~ I Ii A REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER - RE: MONTHLY DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS, IMPROVEMENTS, ETC., WAS SUB- MITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: 11 I~ "THE VALUE OF THE BUILDING PERMITS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 1957 AMOU.NTED I" TO $ I ,907,98 I WHICH IS $1,704,537 MORE THAN THE AMOUNT ISSUED THE SAME MONTH ~I. I I; A YEAR AGO. THIS INCREASE IS DUE TO THE BUILDING PERMIT ISSUED FOR THE NEW I COUNTY COURTHOUSE WHICH AMOUNTED TO $1,112,262 AND THE NEW BUILDING THAT IS I " II " BEING ERECTED FOR THE POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT WHICH AMOUNTED TO $290,000. " i: i' THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ANSWERED 51 ALARMS WITH A TOTAL ESTIMATED FIRE LOSS II I 1/ OF $2351.66; ALSO, THEY CARRIED ON SPECIAL ACTIVITIES FOR FIRE PREVENTION WEEK WHICH INCLUDED HOME INSPECTIONS THROUGH THE SCHOOL CHILDREN, FIRE DRILLS I j: AT ALL SCHOOLS AND A SELECTION OF A Q~EEN AND 'JUNIOR FIRE CHIEF. I I' I' I' You WILL NOTE BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT, A COPY OF WHICH ISO N YO UR e :j I I, DESK, THAT 14 MEMBERS, OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COMPLETED THE INTERNATIONAL i' d CITY MANAGERS' ASSOCIATION COURSE IN POLICE ADMINISTRATION. ALSO, Mer.' DAN I POTTER, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND FINANCE OFFICER, COMPLETED THIS COURSE. 1.1 i II I I; ALL PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED EXCEPT THE TOP LIFT OF PAVING ON UNIVERSITY STREET FROM 32ND AVENUE TO POTTER AND THOSE PRO- i l::: i 1'1' I 1:' JECTS WHICH WERE EXPECTED TO CARRY OVER INTO THE WINTER. 'I ,:\ II I t:t BECAUSE OF SOME SPECIAL WORK AT THE MASONIC TEMPLE IN WHICH I AM ENGAGED I ,:/ I l~ AND WHICH HAD BEEN SET UP SOME TIME BEFORE IT WAS KNOWN THAT THE COUNCIL MEET- I i ING WOULD BE HELD ON THIS TUESDAY NIGHT, I AM UNABLE TO BE HERE AND AM TURNING ! ,i: THE PRESEN~ATION OF THE MEETING OVER TO THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MR. POTTER." I Ii I !, IT WAS MOVEO BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. HARTMAN THAT THE REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER BE RE- I 1\ "I CEIVED AND PLACED ON FI~E. MOTION CARRIED. I, I Iii j~ I I!I REPORTS OF COMMITTEES I r' Ii! 2 :i A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER 1957 - RE: PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE - CITY I \ I, I II PARTICIPATION IN BALANCE OF AMAZON CHANNEL PROJECT; CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATION FOR PACKAGE STORE I I' CLASS B RENEWAL LICENSE MADE BY ROBERT J. HAYES, DBA BOB'S SUPERETTE, 595 EAST 13TH AVENUE; WAS SUB- II ii:! MITTED AND READ AS FOLUOWS: i 'i! i I PRESENT: COUNCILMEN WATSON, SHEARER, EDMUNDS, LAURIS AND BRIGGS; CITY MANAGER; I~ I !i. CITY ATTORNEY; CITY RECORDER; MR. HAYES OF BOB'S SUPERETTE; DON BONHAM, :1 !j EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD; JACK CRAIG, KERG. iil !j , I: PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE i "1 I 1') I. THE CITY MANAGER INFORMED THOSE PRESENT THAT A RESOLUTION. WOULD BE BEFORE THE ! Ii 1: COUNC I L AT ITS NEXT ,REGULAR MEETING CONCERNING CITY PARTI,CIPATION ON THE :1 I :'. BALANCE OF THE AMAZON CHANNEL PROJECT TO BE CONSTRUCTED FROM CHARNELTON STREET i: TO 33RD AVENUE. THIS RESOLW~ION WOULD GIVE FORMAL ASSURANCE THAT THE CITY 1 i: WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE AMAZON PROJECT. i fl I ,I iI .,1 2. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATION ~OR RENEWAL OF, PACKAGE STORE CLASS B LIQUOR LICENSE Ii I' MADE BY ROBERT J. HAYE~, JR., DBA BOB'S SUPERETTE, 595 -EAST 13TH AVENUE - THE Ii COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE REQUEST FOR A RENEWAL OF THE PACKAGE STORE CLASS B LICENSE FOR BOB'S SUPERETTE LOCA1ED AT 595 EAST 13TH AVENUE AS WELL AS THE WHOLE PROBLEM I I; OF THE "DRY ZONE" AROUNQ THE UNIVERSITY OF OREOON. I e I h Ij A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY CONCERNING THE SUGGESTED MODIFI- CATIONS TO THE "DRY ZONE" AS IT NOW EXISTS WAS READ TO THE COMMITTEE. THIS II LETTER INDICATED THE UNIVERSITY FEELS THAT THE SUGGESTED MODIFICATIONS TO THE Ii ZONE FAIL~D IN CERTAIN MAJOR RESPECTS; THESE ARE: "IT SIMPLY REDUCES THE SIZE I'i OF THE ZONE BY CUTTING OFF AREAS AT EACH OF THE FOUR CORNERS AND EXTENDS IT AT I II NO POINT; IT MAKES NO ATTEMPT TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE NORMAL BUSINESS OF I 'I GROCERS AND THE SALE OF BEER TO STUDENTS; IT GI.VES NO EVIDENCE OF A DESIRE TO Ii RECTIFY ENCROACHMENTS WHICH HAVE IMPAIRED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PRESENT I; BO UNDAR Y; IT PROPOSES GRANTING LICENSES TO TWO STORES WITHIN THE AREA OF CON- Ii h CERN OF THE CITY SCHOOL BOARD WITHOUT INDICATING THE CONCURRENCE OF THAT Ii BOARD; IT DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR POSSIBLE FUTURE EXPANSION OF THE ZONE AS THE UNIVERSITY GROWS.1t THIS LETTER CONTINUES AND INDICATES THAT IT IS BELIEVED I BY THE UNIVERSITY THAT COMMON GROUND CAN BE FOUND FOR UNDERSTANDING IN THIS II MATTER. " I I 11 " Ii THERE WAS A GENERAL DISCUSSION AMONG REPRESENTATI~ES OF THE COMMITTEE AND L d MR! HAYES, REPRESENTING BOB!S SUPERETTE, WITH REFERENCE TO THE SPECIFIC RE- I Ii QUEST FOR RENEWAL OF LICENSE AS WELL AS THE WHOLE SUBJECT OF THE MAINTENANCE I ,I I r OF A ItDRy ZONE" AROUND THE UNIVERSITY AREA. IN THIS DISCUSSION IT WASIINDI- Ii CATED THAT THE 5TO~EN~SOCAN AND DO OBTAIN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FROM A VARIETY 1\ OF SOURCES WHENEVER THEY DESIRE SUCH BEVERAGES! IT WAS LIKEWISE INDICATED I THAT THE CITY THROUGH ITS GOVERNING BODY SHOULD no ALL IN ITS POWER TO MAIN- TAIN THE MOST FAVORABLE OF RELATIONS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON AND TO AID e THE UNIVERSITY IN ITS PROBLEMS WITH THE STUDENTS. Ii " 1': ~ "