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308 e 9/22/58 ---~- --.'--~--------------- -----~--~ --------- -"...- ---- -------+ -_..~--------------_. _.- --~------ ----- --- ---.. -- ---- ---- .-.- ----~--- - - -- .-- - . -- - ~ -. - -- , .. )I , I · IT WAS MQV~D QT~R. HARTMAN SECQNDED nMRS. LAUR I S1NA T I 1EM. 2 DF~TNE REPORT OF TNE COM- I I I M I TTEE OF THE WHOLE BE APPROVED. . MOT ION CARR I ED. I I \ I 3. CONSIDERATION OF LETTER FROM MR. G. W. LANGE CONCERNING. AIR POLLU:rION - A REPORT ON \ I AIR POLLUTION AS IT AffECT.STHE CITY OF EUGENE AS A WHOLE AND PARTICULARLY AS. IT AF- II I fECTS 'RES IDENTS Of THE NORTHWEST SECT ION .Of TOWN WAS .MADEBY :T.HE AI R POLLUT ION I N- 11 j SPECTOR. THIS WAS OCCASIONED BY THE RECEIPT OF A LETTER FROM MR. G. W. LANGE WHO . ! RESIDES AT 322 POLK STREET AND WHO COMPLAINED THAT ~THING WAS BEING DONE TO ABATE : THE NUISANCE Of SOOT AND SMOKE IN THE AREA IN WHICH HE LIVES. I I , t THE AIR POLLUTION INSPECTOR INDICA~EO THAT THE INSTITUTION Of AN ORDINANCE O~ THIS I i TYPE IS SOMEWHAT DIffiCULT INASMUCH AS IT REQUIRES A EDUCATIONAL PROCESS BEfORE COM- ! f PLETE CONfORMANCE CAN BE HAD. HE ALSO INDICATED THAT A NUMBER Of INDUSTRIES HAD '! i BROUGHT tHEMSELVES,. fN1Q .<:Q.lIIfO~M~NCE..WITH .THE:_L~~; BY :RE~~p:~~ TO THEIR :E;QY'~~E~T., ~r . I I CONVER~ I ON TO :OTHER TYPES Of .f.UEL S, .BYCONVER'S fON .TO A CENT.RAL. STEAM TYPE .OF .HEAT, I I BY STOPPING OF TRASH BURNfNG, AND'ST.ILL A NUMBER' .WERE. UNDERGOI.NG .CERTAIN CHANGES .TO ! .. II BR I NG .THEMSEL VES. INTO CONF'ORMANCE.. SOME .OFTHE LUMBER I.NDUSTRY OP.ERATORS :HAD ALSO i . , I ' FOUND NEW MARKETS fOR: WOOD WASTE, HAD 'CONVERTED .PROCESSES :50 THERE WOULD BE LESS' I STEAM LOADS AN.D CONSEQUENTLY LE~S NECESSI TY FOR HEAVY DRAF.T F I:R I NG I NAN' AT.TEMPT 11 i TO MEET THEREQU I REMENTS. I TWAS fURTHE.R I NO ICA.TED, HOWEVER:, THAT THERE :ARE I N-: I STALLAT IONS OUTS I DE THE. CITY OVER WH I CHTHE :C I TY HAS :NO :CONTROL THAT ARE CLOSEL y: I ALIGNED H'NLOCATIONAND :WHICH STILL PRESENT PROBLEM,S .WIT-HIN THE CITY. LIMITS WHEN. I' WIND CONDITIONS .ARE Of::SUCH NATURE'THAT SMOKE AND DEBRIS .fROM .THESE FIRES .ARE ',I BLOWN INTO THE CITY. ' I I I THE AIR POL~UTION INSPEC~OR INDICATED THAT HE BELIEVED THERE ARE TWO METHODS WHICH I CAN BE USED-IN THE START~NG Of. SUCH A~ROGRAM - ONE, THE EDUCATIONAL METHOD IN ! WHICH INDIVIDUALS ALIGNED WITH INDUSTRIES ARE ASKED TO WORK .TOWARD THE SOLUT.ION .Of .! THEIR PARTICULAR PROBLEMS, THE OTHER METHOD OF COURSE BEING THE STRICT ENfORCEMENT OF THE ORDINANCE AND THE ISSUANCE OF CITATIONS TO ANYONE WHO DOES NOT MEET SUCH 1. - .. ORD I NANCE PROV fs 1011I5. . - .1 I . .. ..... . . :1 I AN ADDITIONAL .POINT WAS MADE BY THE AIR POLLUTION INSPECTOR THAT IT IS DifFICULT I TO ENFORCE 'AN ORDI NANCE ON I NDUSTRI ES WH I CH REQUI RE_CONS IDERABLE EXPENDITURE BY I SUCH INDUSTRIES'WHEN THE CITYA1:LOWS OPEN BURNING IN..TIMES .Of RAINY. .WEATHER, AND I " IT WAS.HIE SUGGESTION THAT'THERE~~~OUL~_BE SQ~~~~90RDINATION Df THE ORDINANCES' . SO THAT THE PROVISIONS WERE' IMPOSED EQUALLY ON ALL PEOPLE .THROUGHOUT .THE CITY. HE 1 FURTHER ~NDICATED THAT BEfORE COMPLETE CORRECTIONS iN AIR POLLUTION AfFECTING THE I CITY OF EUGENE COULD BE MADE, IT WAS HIS BEL:IEF SUCH AMENDMENTS SHOULD BE ENACTED. ! '.,11, fOLLOWIN,G THE RE~ORT SOM~ REP RESENTATIVESOF THE C~MMI:rTEE .INDICATED THEY BELIEVED '.1' THEY THOUGHT THE AIR POlL-UTION INSPECTOR IS.DOING' A GOOD JOB. BECAUSE. OF LACK OF I I , TIME 'FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION, IT WAS .RECOMMENDED THAT THIS MATTER: BE HELD IN I, I I, I COMM I TTEE . II j 4.' CONSIDERATION CONCERNI~~ PETITION FOR TRAFFIC REGULATION ON WEST 29~H AVENUE FROM 1 I WILLAMETTE STREET TO THE WEST CITY LIMITS AND ON LINCOLN STREET. FROM. 27TH TO.29TH i I j AVENUE. - nit:.. ~!'f"E~. Of, P~~IC~. .. ~~-'~~!~P :r~~:r_ !'I_IS. ~~~~R:r~~~:r_ HAD.C~>NDU.CTE.!,. ~.!~4f~_'~'.'.- ! I SURVEY IN,THE ABOVE DESCRIBED AREA O.VER A TEN DAY.P.ERIOD.:.THE. SURV,EY WA~~ON- I ,: DUCTED BY USE OF'RADAR, :AT. REAT PATROL AND .MOVING P.ATROL.. DURING THIS TEN DAY I I PERIOD~6 CITATIONS WERE' ISSUED fOR VIOLATION OF.THE BAStC RULE ANDB3 WARINGS I WERE ISSUED,PRINCIPALL'Y:FOR SPEEDING.' DURING:THE SURVEY THE RADAR U.NIT WAS IN THE i AREA FOR A PERIOD OF 15~1/2 HOURS. ON:TWONIGHTS Of THIS PATROL 927 CARS WERE t COUNTED, TtE LARGE MAJORITY Of WHICH .WERE ~OPERATING\ LEGALLY, .AND ON THESE TWO j 'I NI.GHTS 12 CITATIONS WERE ISSUED AND 6 WARNINGS. THE GENERAL INDICATION AFTER THIS I ~ . i SURVEY.WAS THAT.THISAREA IS ~OT APPRECIABLY DifFERENT fROM ANY OTHER AREA I.N THE l' ~: i CITY. - - . - , . II, : I ) IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT DUE TO MANPOWER LIMITATIONS IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO KEEP il II OfFICERS IN THE AREA AT ALL TIMES AND THAT THE SURVEY WAS MADE ON A PERIODIC CHECK ! 11 BASIS. ADDITIONAL REPORTS FROM INDIVIDUAL OfFICERS CONCERNING. THIS PROBLEM WERE .. ' I ' I AL SO HEARD. -l ~ : I IT WAS;RECOMMENDED THAT THE PETITON AND COMMUNICATION CONCERNING SPEED ON WEST 29TH i , AVENUE AND ON.L1NCOLN STREET BE RECEIVED;AND PLACED ON FILE~ I I I TWAS MO'VE'D': BY M'R'. HARTM~'~" SE~O~'~'~~ B~' ~.~ ~.~ SH I SLER .TH~T ':liEMS .; . ~ND'. 4 .Ot:.T~E:' R~I:>~'RJ- Of THE I COMMITTEE Ot THE WHOLE ~E:APPROVED. MOTION-CARRIED~.. I .. . I i PUBLIC WORKS: COMMITTEE. ; I. CONSIDERATION OF PETITION FOR PAVING 25TH AVENUE fROM CHAMBERS TO GRANT STREET:.~ I '! A PETITION StGNED BY OWNERS OF 81.32% OF PROPERTIES ABUTTING 25TH AVENUE BETWEEN : CHAMBERS AND GRANT STREETSREQUESTING:THAT THIS:SECTION OF 25TH AVENUE.BE PAVED I I WAS RRESENTED.TO,THE.COMMITTEE. THE COMMJTTEEDROVE TO THE AREA AND VIEWED THE. I ! . LOCATION.OF THEREQUESTED"STREET PAVING. .IT WAS. RECOMMENDED THAT THE STREET BE I ! PAVED AND THAT THE NECESSARY ORDINANCES INITIATING THE:PROJECT BE PASSED. \ ~ .... \, . \ i' I .I ~ \, !! ~; 'i