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"..... 4 8 U e 3/23/59 ~--_..~.__._-~-_._--- - -------- -- -.--. ------- -- -- ------~~-- - - -- . -- - --. - - {. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS I AN APPLICATION FOR PACKAGE STORE CLASS B.(PB) LIQUOR LICENSE WAS SUBMITTED BY STEPHEN E. AND 10LA E. McMILLAN DBA LAWRENCE STREET GROCERY, 395 WEST .IITH AVENUE (GREATER PRIVILEGE)., AS APPROVED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT THE APPLICATION BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 21 ! COMMUNICATION DATED MARCH 10, 1959 FROM STUDENT BODY OF THOMAS JEFFERSON JR. HIGH SCHOOL WAS PRESENTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: - , "WE THE UNITE,D STUDENT BODY OF THOMAS JEFFERSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WISH TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION TO YOU FOR THE STOP LIGHT YOU PLACED AT 18TH AND CHAMBERS. IT HELPED TO REMEDY A SERIOUS PROBLEM." IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT THE ,CO~MUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND A LETTER OF APPRECIATION SENT TO THOMAS JEFFERSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT BODY. MOTION CARRIED. I Ii e 3 A STATEMENT BY THE CITIZENS COUNCIL F'OR PARKS PROTECTION WAS SUBMITTED AND ASKED TO BE IN- CLUDED IN THE MINUTES, AND .UP9N INSTRUCTION OF THE MAYOR AND GENERAL CONSENT OF' THE COUNCil IT WAS ACCEPTED FOR INCLUSION IN THE. MINUTES AS F"OLLOWS: "THIS ORGANIZATION IS A VOLUNTARY GROUP OF CITIZENS OF" EUGENE AND ENVIRONS. WE HAVE MET FROM TIME TO TIME OVER THE PAST YEAR TO DISCUSS OUR COMMON INTEREST IN THE PRESERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE SYSTEM OF PUBLIC PARKS FOR THE C,TY or EUGENE. I I I I ~ I I I I WE BELIEVE THAT SPENCER'S BUTTE PARK HAS A UNIQUE PLACE IN THIS PARK SYS- TEM AND A SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE TO THE-PEOPLE OF EUGENE, AND THAT CERTAIN STEPS ARE NECESSARY AT THISCTlME TO INSURE ITS PRESERVATION AND GREATER USE BY THE. PEOPLE. WE WISH RESPECTFULLY TO URGE YOUR SERIOUS CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOW- . .. ING POINTS. I. THE UN I QUE QUAL I TY AND VAL UE OF THE SP.ENCER BUTTE PARK STEMS FROM ITS CHARACTER AS.A NATURAL WILD AREA CLOSE TO THE CITY. ANY PROGRAM RESPECTING IT SHOULD HAVE AS ITS OBJECTIVE THE PRESERVATION OF THIS CHARACTER - SHOULD AIM TO LEAVE THE BULK OF THE PARK AS UNTOUCHED AND UNCHANGED AS POSSIBLE. . .' 2. THE PARK AREA, WE BELIEVE, .SHOULD BE EXTENDED ON THE WEST AND NORTHWEST SIDE TO INCLUDE ABOUT 40 ACRES OF TIMBERED SLOPE iNCLUDED',N THE PRUETT: PROPERTY AND PERHAPS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF.THE .KENTON PROPERTY. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE PURCHASE OF THIS PROPERTY FOR ADDITION TO THE PARK HAS BEEN CONSIDERED F"OR SOME TIME, BUT SO LONG AS IT.REMAINS IN PRIYATE HAN~S THERE IS NOTHING TOP-REVENT C~TT'NGOF ITS TIMBER WITH RESULTANT DAMAGE TO THE PARK. SEVERE SLIP~AGE AND EROSIO~ IS ALREADY EVIDENT IN,THE iLEARED AREA BELOW THIS TIMBER. FURTHER CUTTING O~TH[ STEEPER SLOPE WOULD, WE BELIEVE, LEAD TO SERIOUS EROSION AND DEFACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE WESTERN SLOPE OF THE BUTTE. I j WE URGE IMMEDIATE STEPS TOWARD THE ACQUISITION OF THIS PROPERTY. 3. WE ARE AWARE THAT THE C,TY OF EUGENE, THROUGH ITS PARK AND RECREATioN BOARD HAS MADE LONG RANGE PLANS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARK, BUT LITTLE HAS BEEN DONE TO JMPLEMENT SUCH PLA~S. - WE URGE IMMEDIATE BEGINNING BY THE FOLLOWING STEPS: A) IMPROVEMENT OF THE ACCESS ROAD TO THE FORMER POLICE PISTOL RANGE AT THE PARK ENTRANCE. THIS AREA. SHOULD BE CONVERTED INTO A PARK- ING AREA, WITH RESTROOM FAC~LITIES. THE ROAD BEYOND THIS AREA SHOULD BE BLOCKED OFF FROM ALL. EXCEPT F"OOT TRArFIC. B) ONE OR. TWO PICNIC TABLES'SHOUlP BE INSTALLED IN THE WOODS ACROSS THE ROAD FROM THE PARKING LOT, AND ONE OR TWO IN THE SMALL MEADOW BEYOND. TH.E PARK I NG LOT AT. THE. FOOT OF THE PRESENT TRA I L. THE SPRING. AJ THE EDGE OF THIS MEADOW SHOULD BE ENCLOSED TO PROVIDE SAFE D~INKING WATER IN THIS AREA.. C) THE TRAIL.TO THE TOP SHOULD BE RESURVEYED AND A STANDARD GRADE TRAIL CONSTRUCTED~ THIS TRAIL SHOULD NOT BE ACCESSIBLE TO MOTOR- CYCLES OR HORSES. IF A BRIDLE T.RAIL IS ALSO DESIRED, IT, SHOULD BE CONTINUED AS A SEPARATE TRAIL FROM THE END OF THE PRESENT BRIDLE TRAIL ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUTTE. I 4. MAINTENANCE: A) WE URGE THE CITY TO EMPLOY A- MEMBER OF THE PARK MAINTENANCE CREW TO CLEAR UP TRASH DEPOSITED BY CARELESS PICNICKERS AT THE PICNIC e I ~~ ..........