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~ 176 ~/~~L~8 e : I I I I I I I I I j II 11 I I I i 1 I ! ~ PERMISSION fOR A TV TRANSMITTER ON SPENCERS BUTTE, AND MR. STADLER OF KEED, INC., PO I NTED OUT THE MANY ADVANTAGES Of SPENCERS BUTTE AS A LOCAT.' ON. HE STATED THAT ENGINEERING STUDIES HAD PROVEN THAT THE TOP OF SPENCERS BUTTE IS IDEAL fOR A TV TRANSMITTER SINCE THE WHOLE MARKETING AREA COULD BE COVERED WITH A MINIMUM OF INTERFERENCE. I SEVERAL CITIZENS Of EUGENE, SOME OF THEM RESIDENTS Of THE SPENCE~i B~TTE AREA, GAVE THE.I R_ REASONS fOR OBJECT I NG TO THE USE OF SPENCERS BUTTE FOR ANYTH I NG EXCEPT A PARK AREA. THEY fELT THAT SPENCERS BUTTE PARK SHOULD BE LEFT IN A PRIMITIVE STATE AND THAT A ROAD SHOULD NOT BE BUILT TO THE TOP Of THE BUTTE. ALSO, THEY FELT THAT THERE AR~ MANY GOOD LOCATIONS. FOR A TV TRANSMITTER ON OTHER HILLS IN THE AREA. REPRESENTATIVES'Of LIBERTY TV, INC., INDICATED THAT WHILE THEY HAD SELECTED ANOTHER SITE IN THEIR APPLICATION TO THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, THEY TOO fELT THAT SPENCERS BUTTE IS AN IDEAL LOCATION FOR A TRANSMITTER AND IN THE EVENT THEY ARE SUCCESSfUL IN OBTAINING A TV LICENSE THEY WOULD WANT EQUAL RIGHTS WITH KEED, I NC ., I N A~NYCONTRAC:r OR- AGREEMENT THE CITY M.I GHT. MAKE. FOR :PERM.I SS I ON TO ERECT -ATV.-T~ANSMiTTER.ciN-SPENCERS BUTTE. e IT WAS MOVED B.Y MR. -LINDE.EN SECONDED BY MR. EDMUNDS~ THAT NEGOTJ.ATIONS BE ENTERED I NTO fOR A :PROPOSED. AGREEME-NT: LEAD I NG TO EVE'NTUAL' ESTABL I SHMENT Of A TV T_RANS-. M I TTER ON TOP Of SPENCERS. BUTTE. I T WAS MOVED BY MR .__ EDMUNDS SECON[)ED BY' MR. MOLHaLM THAT THE MOT) ON BE AMENDED TO T.HE EffEC:r THAT MJNIMUM TERMS OF. :THE: AGREEMENT INCLUDE ALL_ OF THE ITEMS IN THE SpECIAL REPORT OF THE EUGENE RECREATION COMMISSION Of JUNE 8, 1953 EXCEPT ITEMS 3,_ _4 AND 6. MOT ION. C.AR.R I EO, -W I_TH MR. SHEARER VOT I NG NAY. I . . - IT WAS MOVED BY MR. EDMUNDS _SECONDED'~YMR. LINDEEN-:THATTHE'MOTION-ALSO-SE' AMENDED TO THE EffECT THAT THE WORDS "BUT WITHIN fiVE YEARS THEREAfTER" BE IN- SERTED AFTER THE WOR,D."TIME" IN LINE, 12 Of MR. _SKELTON'S PROPOSED AGREEMENT. MOTION CARRIED, WITH MR. SHEARER VOTING NAY. MOTION AS I\MENDED CARRIED, 4 TO 3. 4. REQUEST BY FREDERICK AND BETTY BRAATZ AND GUSTAf AND MARION MySS FOR PERMISSION TO LANDSCAPE CITY OWNED PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THEIR PROPERTY AT THE NE CORNER OF FRANKLIN BOULEVARD AND WALNUT STREET - THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER STATED THAT A REQUEST HAD BEEN RECEIVED ~ROM FRE~ERICK AND BETTY BRAATZ AND GUSTAV-AND M~RioN MYS5 WHO - ARE THE OWNERS -OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE NE' CORNER OF FRANKL IN BOULE- - - VARD AND WALNUT STREET WHICH ADJOINS A PARCEL OF CITY OWN~DPROPERTY KNOWN AS -- - THE MA~TIN PRO~ERTY FOR PERMISSION TO LANDSCAPE AND BEAUTIFY THE MARTIN PROPERTY. THE COMMITTE~_RECOMMENDED THAT THIS REQUEST BE GRANTED PROVIDING A CONTRACT CAN BE DRAWN WHICH WILL ~E SATISfACTORY TO THE CITY'S LEGAL. DEPARTMENT. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HARTMAN SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT ITEM 4 OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 1 - - PUBL I,C WORKS COt+1I TTEE _ _ _ I. REZONING Of LOTS 1,2, 3Z' BLOCK I, 2ND ROSEDALE ADDITION, 3225 AND 3255 WILLAMETTE STREET FROM RA TO C-I, C. E. DARLING - THE COMMITTEE DROVE TO 3225 AND 3255 W,LLA- METTE STREET ON WHICH MR. C. E. DARLING HAD REQUESTED A CHANGE IN ZONE FROM RA TO C...I. AFTER VIEWING THE AREA?AND .cONSIDERING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANN-'~G COMMISSION WHICH WAS TO DENY THE REQUEST, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT JHIS ~E- QUESTED REZONING BE DENIED. e . . .' I T WAS MOVED - BY -MR. -SHEARER SECONDED - BY -MR. HA.RtMAN -THAT - I tEM.1 OF -niE - REPORT OF- THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED WITH MR. LINDEEN VOTiNG NAY. 2. VARIANCE TO R-2 ZONE TO ALLOW fOUR-PLEX AT 988 WEST 11TH AVENUE, E. D. RATHBONE - THE QOMM ITH.E DROVE TO .98~ WEST II TH AVENUE ON WH I CH PROPERTY MR. E. p. RATHBONE HAD REQUESTED _A VAR I ANCE TO R-2 ZONE .TOALLOW A FOUR-PLEX. THE CO~M I TTEE NOTED THAT THE STRUCTURE O~ THIS ?R~PERTY ADAPTED REA~ILY TO ~ FOUR-PLEX AND THAT THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING WOULD NOT BE.CHANGED. THE COMMITTEE V.oHD TOSUSTAIN THE RECOMMENDAT ION OF THE PLANN I NG ,COMM I SS I ON WH I CH WAS TO APPROVE THE VAR,I ANCE.. I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED ~BY MR. H,A.RTM~N THAT ITEM ,2 Of THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. .. ... . , . 3. REQUEST OF EUGENE FRUIT GROWERS ASSOCIATION fOR VARIANCE ON EAST 8TH AVENUE - THE Ass I STANT CITY _MANAGER PRESENTED T.O THE COMM I T:J:EE A. REQ~EST FROM THE :EUGENE fRUIT GROWERS ASSOCIATION FOR PERMISSION TO .INSTALL A 3/4" PIPE LINE ACROSS THE, e I ,I n