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",... 2 4 0 e 7/14/58 -~.~ ---- --~--~-~- .-:-_-----:--.:..--:---:~-=-_-:--:--::-~.=----------~-~ -.--------:-::.- ------=-=-~--:::: -=- ---~-:..-----------:- -~:-_-:.-----~ ::-.-=---.::::---:-:--=--:-:------:--:..-~~ - -~~~:~~--==-----=~~ ., ' ---- -- ~ -- - -~~--. m q .' .. --- - - -- -... . (E) AMENDMENT TO ZONING ORDINANCE ADDINGAR AGRICU~TURAL ZONE - THE COMMITTEE I DISCUSSED.THE QUESTION, Of ADDING AN~AR ,AGRICULTURAL. ZONE TO TH'EPRE~EN'T ZONING,CODE. IT WAS. AGREED THAT THIS.ISA NEEDED CHANGE, AND THE COMM,TTEE RECOMMENDED THAT AN AR AGRJCULTURAL.ZONE BE CREATED ~S RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. IT WAS. MOVED BY MR. SHISLER SECONDED BY MR. EDMUNDS THAT ITEM I(E) Of THE REPORT Of THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BE APPROVED.: MOTION CARRIED. ., . 2. CONSIDERATION Of CHAMBERS-JEffERSON CONNECTOR - T"'E,DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC, WORKS SUBMITTED HIS PROPOSALS, 17 OR ALTERNATE ROUTES fOR A CHAMBE~S-JEffERSON.CO~NECTOR STREET. HE SHOWED THE COMMITTEE MAPS OF THE ROUTES AND STATED THAT HE AND THE TRAffiC ENGINEER HAD SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME STUDYING THE VARIOUS PROPOSED RO !.lTES. HE ALSO EXPLAI~ED:THATT~E,CITY HAS,NO AUTHORITY, TO ~UILD STREETS OR CONNECTORS UNLESS THEY ARE ASSESSED TO OWNERS OF ABUTTING,PROPERTY. AFTER,CON- SIDERABLE DISCUSSION IN WHICH IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT CONDEMNATION PROCEDURES MIGHT BE,NECESSARY IN SOME CASES TO GET RIGHT-Of-WAY AND THE URGE~CY OF.GETTIN~JE~fERSON e STREET OP'E'N' 'T'HR'O'U.G'H .TO' ?'9'TH 'AVENUE, "!,HE COMM I TTEE RECOMMENDED THAT PREL 1M I NARY PLAN ., No. 3 AS SUBMITTED.BY rHE.DIRE~TOR Of..PU~LIC WORKS-BE. APPROVED A~D THAT THE CITY ENGI~EER AND LE<;iAL DEPARTMENT PROCEED WJTH PLANS. FOR ~CQ,?I~ING Tt:fE NECESSARY RIGHI- II Of-WAY, ANY P~NS SUBMJTTED .TO BE SUBJECT TO THE fURNJSHJNG OF COST FIGURES BY THE ENG1NEERING DEPARTMENT~ ' . II - . . I T;WAS MOVED By MR. SH ISLER' S {CO ND{O' B'Y: MR'.'- '[DMUNOS THAT ITEM 2 Of THE REPORT Of I THE. PUBL I C WORKS COMM'liTTEE BE APf>ROVED. MOT I ON CARR I ED.. I COMM I TTlJEE Of THE WHOLE - I I. DISCUSSION Of CHARTER AMENDMENT TO BE PLACED ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT fOR ISSUANCE ,\ Of BONDS TO CONSTRUCT WEST SIDE fiRE STATION AT BROAOWAY AND MCKINLEY STREET ~ II THE fiRE CH,lEf EXP~AINED A PLOT PLAN WHICH HE RECOMMENDED fOR THE PROPOSED WEST I SIDE fiRE STATION TO BE CONSTRUCTED AT,BROADWAY:ANO MGKINLEY STREET. HE EXPLAINED j I THAT,THE BUJLDING WOULD BE LARGE ENOUGH fOR A 2~COMPANY STAT10N ALTHOUGH AT, PRESENT ONLY ONE COMPANY WOULD BE USED. IN HIS OPINION THE PROPOSED BUILDING WOULD COST $75,154 AND A~ ADDITIONAL fiGURE Of $7500 WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR fURNISH1NG$. HE fURTHER, RE- COMMENDED THAT $12,000.BE. INCLUDED F'OR:pCTENSION Of :THE FIRE ALARM' 'S'Y'S'T'Et.i.' ':HE' IN'DI- I CATED THAT HE fELT 'TH't'S'E'ADD I T I ONS, TO )'H~' 'F-'I'R-I;:' DEPA'R.T~'{NT .r'AC'I'L ,I TI'E'S: -WPU'LD 'RE.SULT 'I N SUBSTANT I AL DECREASE IN fiRE INSURANCE PREMI UM$' 'DVE' 'T'C;> 'TH'E' 'C!-~ASS''-f.I'~A'ii O'N.: \MI CH THE fiRE UNDERWRITERS WOULD GIVE THE CITy C;>F E!JGENE>~ ~THE.,C9MMITTEE' RECQMMEND~D. THAT THE QUESTION OF' A BOND ISSUE Of $100,000 fOR. A WESTSJDE fiRE STATION. AND EQUIPMENT AND EXTENSION Of THE fiRE: AL~RM, SYSTEM. BE P!-ACED:O~ T",E BALLOT. AT THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION, AND. FURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT THEBO~DS,.BE ?O-YEAR BONDS WITH NO ~A!-LABLE I fEATURE. i ,. , . .. n - ! IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHISLER SECONDED BY MR. EDMUNDS THAT ITEM I Of THE REPORT Of THE COMMITTEE Of T~E WHO!-EBE APPROVED.. ROLLCALL VOJE. ALL COUNCILMEN: pRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED. .. - - . - 2. DISCUSSION Of fiNANCING THE.HIR1NG,Of NJNEADDIT10NAL'f1REMEN STARTING JULY 1,1959 - I THE fiRE CHH:f SUB'M./TTED FIGURES. SHOWING THAT: IT WOU!-D CO$T .T.HE CFY 'Of EUGE/IIE APPROXI- MATEL Y $41 ,OOC) 'p.E'Fi 'YE'A'R' .T-O', -HI'REN-I'NE- A-DDI'T' ,"ON'AL' YfRE-~'{N- 'W!:i'I-CH'. ~WO~ULD '~'R''-N'G' 'T!i~ ,'ft RE DEPARTMENTSTAff,TO fULL, STRENGTH,AND:ENA~LE, JJ:iE MEN:T9.HAYE THEI~ VACATION PERIODS WHICH THEY HAD fOREGONE UPON THE ADOPTION Of THE 56-HOUR WORK WEEK. HE STATED THAT I IN HIS OP I NJ ON TH I? ADD IT' ON,. J N Pe:RSONN~L: ~O.UI..r;> INFLUENCE THE FIRE U~PERWRITE~S IN GIVING EUGENE A BETTER CLASSIFICATION AND WOULD RESULT I N fURTHER REDIJCTJ ON: II',.. 17 I RE INSURA~CE PREMIUMS. AFTER CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE QUEST 19N. OF A CHARrE~ AMENDMENT BE PLA~ED ON THe: NOVEMBER BALLpT TO. I ~CLUDE. IN e THE GENERAL,. T~X', LE-"jV, 'fAC'H' 'YE'A.R' 'SiA~T-I'NG 'Jyr,;'y' -(,' '(9'?'Q"A,__TA'X'. 'CEVVWH I'C'H- 'wollL!> 'P.RODUCE THE SUM OF' $4,1,000 PER YEAR, TO BE USED: fOR THE EMPLOYMENT Of .N.,INEADDIT'IO.NAL fiRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEl... . . .. .. " , .' . , IT WAS MOVED, BY MR. L I NDtEN SECONDED BY MR .:MCGAffEY THAT: ITEM 2 Of THE REP9RT Of I THE COMMITTEE Of THE WHOLE. BE HELD OVE~ AND THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE CONTACT OTHER CITIES fOR A COMPARISON: Of. THEIR. RECPRD~ Of THE OPERATION. OF 'THEIR fiRE DE- PARTMENTS WITH THOSE Of THE CITY Of EUGENE. MOTION CARRIED 5-2. , . 3. LIBRARY BOARD REQUESTS.AND RECOMMENPATIONS CONCERNING EQUIP.MENT: fOR NEW,EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY - MR. LEMON, CHAIRMAN OF THE LIBRARY BOARD, SUBMITTED REQUESTS AND RECOMMENDA T-' ON,S, ,or ,T,""E, ,~IBR,A~~ .BOA.R,DfOR AI,R: ,~~~~I_r.I.O.~I,NG,' ,S,E,C9No. ,n,O,OR T,ECHN I C~L: PROCESSESARE~, BOPK, LIfT :I N CENTRAL. C9Re: ANI;), ~A I NTI ~~: OF SOUTH WALl,. AND: SOUTH PORTION Of EAST WALL IN THE BASEMENT Of, THE .NEW 'PUBL:I'C' '.LI'BRAR'Y,' AL.L .o'r~-WH''-CH TOTALS $39,712. . THE COMMiTTEE RECOMMENDED T!iAT.THE,RE~YESTS,Of,THE LIBRARY BOARD FOR THE ABOVE MENTIONED EQUIPMENT A~p.fACII..ITIES BE. APpROVEO.", I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHISLER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 3 Of THE REPORT Of THE COMM:I TTEE Of THE WH9LE.. BE APPROVED... ROLLCALL V9TE. ALL COUNCILME~ PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTIO~CARRIED.' . . .... .. - e II ~: II ~ ;