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e ~ 1 4/27/59 I ocr ~\~)~> ~' ". " '-..)" I~~ ~, c:c. - I I e .1 e -, I :\ 'I " :,! 'I I II !I I, II " COUNCIL CHAMBER EU~ENE, OREGON APRIL 27,1959 I '! THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COM~ON CO~NCIL OF THE' CITY Of EUGENE WAS HELD O~APRIL '13, 1959 ADJOURNED TO APRIL 27, 1959 AT 7:30 PM'IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. THE MEETING WAS CAl.LED TO ORDER HIS HONOR MAYOR E. E. CONE WITH THE 'fOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: MR. SHEARER, MRS. LAU~IS, MR. LINDEEN, MR. MOLHOLM, MR. MCGAffEY, 'MR. CHATT, MR~ MOYER AND MR. WILSON. . . \ AND BY THE INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY REV. 'H.' MILTON PETERSON. THE MINUTES Of THE REGULAR MEETING OF APRIL 13, 1959, AS MAILED TO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, WERE APPROVED~' INTRODUCTION OF NEW BUSINESS ! IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOYER, CONCERNING THE CLEANUP PROGRA~, THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS &RECREATIO~ BE CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF 'INSTITUTING A C~EAN UP AND PLANTING Of TWO AREAS ALONG FRANKLIN BOULEVARD - ONE AT APPROXIMATELY THE JUNCTION OF KINCAID STREET, THE MILLRACE AND FRANKLIN BOULEVARD, WHI~H AREA IS OVERGROWN WITH WEEDS, AND THE SECOND APPROXIMATELY THREE BLOCKS EAST Of ~HAT AREA JUST DESCRIBED WHICH IS OVERGROWN WITH BLACKBERRY VINES~ 'MOTION CARRIED. 2 ,; COUNCILMAN WILSON ALSO SUGGESTED THAT CITIZENS BE URGED TO PLANT TREES INSIDE THE SIDEWALK AREA SO TAHT WHEN THE EXISTI'NG TREES IN THE PARKING STRIP HAVE TO BE REMOVED BY REASON Of AGE"STREET WIDENING, OR OTHER CIRCUMSTJ\NCES, THERE WILL BE NEW TREES IN PLACE. '. I COUNCILMAN SHEARER SUGGESTED THAT MEDfORD HAS A STREET TREE PROGRAM IN EXISTENCE,- AND THE MAYOR REQUESTED THE CITY RECORDER TO OBTAIN A REPORT ON MEDFORD'S STREET TREE PROGRAM fOR CONSIDERATION BY THE COUNCIL. 3 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. LINDEEN SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE COUNCIL LOOK 'INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING MORE REVENUE FROM THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD AND THAT THE MATTER BE REfERRED TO COMMITTEE fOR fURTHER STUDY. MR. LINDEEN ADVANCED THE IDEA THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY'ARE STOCK- HOLDERS IN THE COMPANY, BEING EUGENE WATER' & ELECTRIC BOARD, AND SINCE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD SERVES A WIDE AREA, THIS WOULD BE A "MORE fAIR" WAY TO GET ADDITIONAL REVENUES. COUNCILMAN SHEARER SUGGESTED THAT THE EXISTING fEES PAID BY THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD WERE RECENTLY RENEGOTIATED, AND HE BELIEVES THEY ARE PAYING ABOUT AL~ THAT COULD BE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME; HE fURT~ER POINTED OUT THAT THE EUGENE WATER & El.ECTRIC BOARD PAYS MORE TAXES NOW THAN THEY WOULD If THEY WERE A PRIVATE UTILITY. MOTION CARRIED. , " 4 IT WAS MOVED BY MR."WILSON' SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT COMMITTEE STUDY THE POSSIBILITY OF CHARGING A "TRANSPORTATION FEE" TO THE EUGENE FRUIT GROWERS ASSOCIATION fOR SEWAGE DISPOSAL SINCE THEY ARE A HEAVY USER OF THE SEWER SYSTEM. IT WAS THE INTENT THAT A REVIEW Of THE CHARGES CURRENTLY BEING MADE BE GIVEN TOWARD POSSIBLE INCREASE IN SUCH CHARGES. 'MOTION CARRIED. REPORTS OF OFFICERS 5 A REPORT fROM THE CITY MANAGER - RE: 'IMPROVEMENTS, ETC., WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: I "THE PUBL I C WORKS DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT THE MI LLRACE PROJECT IS PRACTICALLY COMPLETE. THE PUMPS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AND, IN ACCORDANCE WITH A LETTER fROM CORNELL, HOWLAND, HAYES & MERRYFIELD, HAVE BEEN TENTA- TIVELY ACCEPTEDiHOWEVER, fINAL ACCEPTANCE WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE UNTIL THE MILLRACE IS fiLLED TO THE PRESCRIBED LEVEL AND THE PUMPS HAVE BEEN OPERATED UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS. :1 I THE CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS THAT THE ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE OF THE REMOVAL' Of THE o~ti AND DELAPIDATED BUILDING AT 1608 EAST 19TH AVENUE HAS BEEN HELD IN ABEYANCE AS IT ISHIS BELIEf THAT HE WIl.L BE ABLE TO HAVE THE OLD BUILDING REMOVED~ITHOUT INVOKING THE CITY CODE. I .1 " THE CITY ATTORNEY fURTHER REPORTS THAT IN THE CASE Of THE CITY OF EUGENE VS PAUL W. CAMPBELL REGARDING THE CONDEMNATION Of PROPERTY FOR THE AMAZON PROJECT, A JUDGMENT WAS 'RENDERED I N FAVOR Of PAUL W. CAMPBELL I N THE AMOUNT" OF $24,000.00 PLUS COSTS. THE ORIGINAL TENDER BY THE CITY WAS $2000;00' WHI'CH LEAVES "A BALANCE Of $22,000.00 PLUS COSTS. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS' CASE CAN BE APPEALED TO A HI~HER COURT IF THE COUNCIL SO DESIRES. THE CITY HAS RECEIVED $8i421.00 FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO CONDUcT OUR FIRST 'STUDY Of THE CITY'S URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT. THE URBAN RENEWAL DIRECTOR REPORTED ON THE 16TH OF APRIL, AND WE HAVE SET UP AN OffiCE FOR HIM ON THE TH I RD FLOOR I N THE CITY HALL." IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WILSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE MATTER OF THE CONDEMNATION SUIT AGAINST PAUL W. CAMPBELL BE REFERRED TO COMMITTEE fOR fURTHER STUDY AND REPORT OF THE CITY ATTORNEY. MOTION CARRIED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BALANCE OF THE REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. ~