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-- --~---~-------~-- ------- ---------~ - . - - - .-- - - - - ..- -,. ~ - -.. - ------ -- ---- -~ --- ----- --- ----~~_. ----.,-.--- - ---~--- -~- " 3/9/59 I e I I .e I -- i ,I I I! Ii Ii II Il II 'Ii ,I II I I I I 11 I- I I I I I I I I II Ii I: I I ;i I "I Ii I! ~ II ! ' Ii j II Ii II II I: I! " I' 461 ~ REPORTS OF COMMITTEES A REPORT Of THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD FEBRUARY 27, 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: "PRESENT: COUNCILMEN SHEARER, LAURIS, LINDEEN, MOLHOLM, CHATT AND MOYER; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; CITY ATTORNEY; DIRECTOR ,OF PUBLIC WQRKS; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; FIRE MARSHAL; MR. LOWE AND TWO REPRESENTATIVES Of THE SANITARY LOCAL DRIVERS No. 57; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD; JACK CRAIG, KERG; WENDY RAY, KUGN. I. REQUEST BY SANITARY LOCAL DRIVERS No. 57 FOR'INCREASE IN GARBAGE RATES - A RESUME Of RATES NOW CHARGED AND RATES PROPOSED WAS GIVEN TO MEMBERS Of THE COMMITTEE PRE- SENT. MR. LOWE SPOKE, TO THE COMMITTEE AND INDICATED THERE HAD BEEN ONLY TWO IN- CREASES IN GARBAGE RATES IN THE PAST TEN YEARS, ONE IN 1951 AND ONE IN 1956. HE FURTHER STATE~ THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO INCREASE IN COMMERCIAL RATES SINCE 1951. DURING THIS PERIQD Of TIME ACCORDING TO THE PORTLAND COST-Of~LIVING.INDEX, THE COST Of LIVING HAS INCREASED 24.5%. MR. LOWE STATED THAT THE RATE INCREASES HAD BEEN DISCUSSED BY THE SANITARY DRIVERS AND THE PROPOSED RATES WERE AS LOW AS THEY COULD MAKE THEM BASED ON THEIR OPERAT- ING COSTS INCLUDING WAGES, VEHICLES AND ALL OTHER fACTORS. IT WAS STATED THAT AN OPERATIVE WHO HAS 500 CUSTOMERS WILL SPEND fROM.55 TO 60 HOURS PER WEEK, AND THAT THE HIGHEST GROSS EARNINGS IN EUGENE ~PPROXIMATE $9000 OF WHICH, THE OPERATOR MADE A NET Of $5500. THE LOWEST OPERATION OPERATED AT A GROSS LOSS If $1300 fOR WAGES WAS COMPUTED IN THE OVERALL COSTS. IT WAS FURTHER INDICATED THAT THESE RATES ARE ON THE PRESENT CONDIT,IONS AND PRESENT DUMP GROUNDS, AND If THERE SHOULD BE ANY MATERIAL CHANGE IN THESE, THE SANITARY DRIVERS Of NECESSITY WOULD BE BEFORE THE COUNCIL fOR A fURTHER REVISION IN THE ~ATE STRUCTURE. THE RATES AS PROPOSED WOULD BE AS FOLLOWS:' ONE PICKUP PER WEEK FOR ONE CAN Two PICKUPS PER WEEK FOR ONE'CAN ONE PICUP PER'WEEK FOR TWO CANS Two PICKUPS PER WEEK FOR TWO CANS $ 1.35 2.70 2.25 4r~;50 THE COMMERCIAL RATE WOULD INCREASE APPROXIMATELY 15%. IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE THAT THE ADJUSTMENT IN RATES BE APPROVED. THE CITY MANAGER WAS ASKED TO WORK WITH THE BOARD Of COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WITH RESPECT TO ANY CHANGE IN THE LOCATION OF GARBAGE DUMP OR DISPOSAL MEANS SINCE IT IS THE COUNCIL'S UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PRESENT DISPOSAL METHODS Of BURNING AT THE DUMP GROUNDS WILL HAVE TO BE DISCONTINUED' AT THE END Of THIS CALENDAR YEAR. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN THAT ITEM I OF THE REPORT Of THE COMMITTEE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 2. REQUEST TO ENFORCE SECTIONS ".37 THROUGH ".39 OF THE EUGENE CITY CODE ON PRO- PERTY LOCATED AT 736-742 CHARNEL TON STREET - IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE FIRE MARSHAL AND THE BUILD(NG INSPECTO,R HAD RECOMMENDED THAT A STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 736-742 CHARNEL TON STREET BE TORN DOWN AS IT IS IN A POOR CONDITION WITH NO fOUNDATION AND IN A POOR ~TATE Of REPAIR. THE OWNERS OF THIS PROPERTY, GEORGE F. AND MARY HELEN SCHAEFFER, WERE NOTifiED ON NOVEMBER 26, 1958 THAT THE BUILDING SHOULD BE TORN DOWN, AND THEY INDICATED AT THAT TIME THE BUILDING WAS ABOUT TO BE SOLD AND WOULD BE TORN DOWN WHEN IT WAS SOLD., FOLtOWING THIS IT WAS INDI- CATED THAT THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY HAD ,NOT BEEN AtCOMPL I SHED AND AS OFTH J 5 DATE THE STRUCTURE STIL~ REMAINS. THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THIS MATTER AND SOME REPRESENTATIVES VIEWED THE BUILDING, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT A PUBLIC HEAR- ING ON THIS SUBJECT BE SET UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 11.37 THROUGH 11.39 Of THE EUGENE CITY CODE, AND THAT SUCH HEARING BE HELD AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE RELATIVE TO THE ENfORCEMENT OF THE ORDINANCE. IT WA.S MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY. M,R. L.I NDEENTHAT I TE.M 2 Of THE REPORT OF THE COM- MITTEE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 3. REQUEST fOR fENCE BETWEEN TAYLOR AND CHAMBERS STREETS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE AMAZON - A LETTER SIGNED BY MR.. ROBERT l. FOGEL, 1745 WEST 10TH A_VENUE, SAfETY CHAIRMAN Of THE IDA PATTERSON GRADE SCH09L PTA, WAS READ TO THE COMMITTEE. THE LETTER I ND,I CATES THAT THE SAFETY COMM I T_TEE Of THE. IDA PATTERSON $CHOOL FE,nS;'A FENCE SHOULD BE PLACED ALONG THE AMAZON CREE~ .BETWEEN TAYLOR AND CHAMBE~S STREETS TO ALLEVIATE THE POSSIBILITY OF SCHOOL CHILDREN FALLING INTO THE AMAZON IN'THE VICI.NITY DF THE IDA PATTERSON SCHOOL. . . THE DIRECTOR Of PUBLI:C WORKS INDICATED THAT A 4' fENCE, ON ONE SIDE ONLY. WOULD COST APPROXIMATEL~ $3042 WHILE A 6' .fENCE ON ONE SIDE ONLY WOULD COST APPROXI- MATELY $6084. THE COST Of fENCING ONE SIDE Of THE AMAZON BETWEEN POLK AND r ! I I I' 'I I I' " , ; tl I" I , ;, }\ II !l d :1' ,~' ~