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"..-, 'hI'. ~4't; t) " ~_~L2~/59 e COUNCIL CHAMBER EUGENE, OREGON FEBRUARY 24, 1959 THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE WAS HELD ON FEBRUARY 9, 1959 AND ADJOURNED TO TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1959, AT 7:30 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. IN THE ABSENCE OF HIS HONOR MAYOR E. E. CONE, THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT C. F. SHEARER WITH THE fOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: MRS. LAURIS, MR. LINDEEN, MR. MOLHOLM, MR. MCGAFFEY, MR. CHATT,MR.MOYER AND MR. WILSON. THE INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY DR. CARROLL C. ROBERTS. PRESENTATION OF THE NEW 49-STAR< UNITED STATES FLAG ,WAS MADE TO THE CITY BY CAPTAIN STANARO AND GUNNERY SGT. JUUL OF THE U. S. MARINE CORPS AND U. S. MARINE CORPS RESERVE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT SHEARER ACCEPTED THE fLAG ON BEHALf:Of THE. CITY. MARINE CORPS-REPRESENTATIVES STATED THAT A COLOR GUARD WILL BE AVAILABLE ON JULY 4" 1959 TO RAISE THE fLAG, THIS BEING THE fiRST DAY, THE fLAG MAY BE fLOWN. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WILSONSE~~~DED BY MR. LINDEEN THAT A LETTER Of APPRECIATION BE SENT TO THE MARINE CORPS AND MARINECORPS-REstRVE.: MOTION CARRIED. THE MINUTES Of THE REGULAR: MEETING Of FEBRUARY 9, 1959, AS MAILED TO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, WERE APPROVED. INTRODUCTION OF NEW BUSINESS 2 COUNCILMAN LINDEEN INDICATED THAT BIDS HAD BEEN OPENED fOR THE PURCHASE Of RADIO EQUIPMENT fOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS AGO AND '-T- IS HIS UNDERSTANDINGdTHAT THE EQUIPMENT HAS NOT AS YET BEEN INSTALLED. HE INDICATED THAT HE HAD OBJECTED TO THE AWARD Of THIS BID AT THE TIME AND THAT THE COUNCIL HAD ACCEPTED THE HIGHER Of TWO BIDS ENTERED. HE FURTHER STATED HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE RE- PRESENTATIVES Of THE:MoTOROLA,COMPANY,AND.GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY. PRESENT AT A COMMITTEE MEETING. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. LINDEEN SECONDED BY MR. WILSON THAT THE MATTER Of BIDS ON RADIO EQUIPMENT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BE SUBMITTED TO THE COMMITTEE'-Of TH~ WHOLE. . MOTION CARRIED. 3 COUNCILMAN MCGAFFEY SUGGESTED THAT OVERTIME PARKING:fINES BE REDUCED TO 50~ If PAID WITHIN 24 HOURS fROM THE TIME OF RECEIPT Of AN OVERTIME PARKING TICKET, AfTER WHICH TIME THE fiNE WOULD BE $1.00. AfTER SOME DISCUSSION ON THE SUBJECT, IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MCGAffEY SECONDED.BY MR. LINDEEN THAT THIS MATTER BE REfERRED TO COMMITTEE fOR STUDY. MOTION CARRIED. ' 41 COUNCILMAN WILSON INDICATED THAT IN THE LAST fEW WEEKS HE HAD RECEIVE~ ?EVERAL: C~MPLAINTS REGARD- ING fEES CHARGED fOR THE USE Of VARIOUS BUILDINGS IN CITY PARKS. IT' APPEARS THAT THE PRESENT NEW fEES ARE OVERLY INFLATIONARY AND ARE TOO HIGH AS THEY NOW STANO., COUNCILMAN WILSON INDICATED THAT A NUMBER Of GROUPS USING THESE fACILITIES ARE PERfORMING A COMMUNITY FUNCTION OR ARE COMPOSED Of PEOPLE WHO ARE UNABLE TO PAY A HIGH RENTAL. HE fURTHER STATED THAT IN HIS BELIEf THE fACILITIES ARE MADE AVAILABLE BY THE TAXPAYESS FOR GENERAL USE, AND THE FEES SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED NOT TO PAY THE TOTAL COST BUT TO PAY ONLY SOME PORTION OF THE TOTAL COST~ IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WI~SON SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE FEES BE REDUCED FROM..THOSE EXISTING AT THE PRESENT TIME TO $5.00 fOR SKINNERS BUTTE AND WASHINGTON PARK RECREATION CENTERS, $3.00 fOR FRED LAMB COTTAGE AND $2.00 FOR THE MONROE STREET PLAYSHED. 1. THERE WAS SOME OBJECTION TO THIS BY COUNCILMAN LINDEEN WHO FELT THAT THE RENTALS SHOULD PAY,THE TOTAL COST Of OPERATION., I I 1 I , i I 51 II I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MCGAFFEY SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN THAT THIS MATTER BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE Of THE WHOLE. MOTION DEFEATED. A VOTE WAS THEN TAKEN ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO ESTABLISH THE NEW FEES, AND THE MOTION CARRIED BY A VOTE OF 4-3. COUNCILMAN WILSON MADE INQUIRY AS TO WHETHER DEFENSE PROGRAM IN OPERATION, AND HE WAS INfORMED GRAM AND THAT THIS SUBJECT HAD BEEN D,ISCUSSEDWITH DEfENSE ORGANIZATION ARE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR. THE CITY HAS AN ACTIVE, PROPERLY ORGANIZED CIVIL THAT AT THIS TIME THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE SUCH A PRO- THE MAYOR SINCE THE PERSONNEL COMPRISING THE CIVIL 1 .11 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WILSON SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN THAT THIS SUBJECT BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO DETERMINE THE' STATUS Of THE CIVIL DEFENSE PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF EUGENE. MOTION CAR- RIED 5-2. THE MATTER OF THE MAYOR'S PRESIDING AT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETINGS, HELD OVER fROM THE COUNCIL MEETING Of FEBRUARY 9, 1959, WAS BROUGHT ON FOR CONSIDERATION. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. LINDEEN SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFfEY THAT THE MAYOR PRESIDE OVER MEETINGS Of THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MOTION CARRIED. I \ \ I ~j I , I !1 I I i e I I I !, I ! I II I I e II II 'I I I :1 :1 :1 e