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~ 5/25/59 4H I I r I I I II II I , I ! i 21i I I I I I ! I ! i I I I 3 II II i' I I 4 I i II I I I I 5 \ \ ~"\ I, 'j 9. REQUEST BY BoN MARCHE TO RAISE PARKING METER FEE ON BROADWAY rROM CHARNEL TON STREET T~ LI~COLN STREET AND TO WIDEN BROADWAY - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE MANAGEMENT or THE BON MARCHE HAD REQUESTED THAT THE PARKING METER FEE ON BROADWAY BETWEEN CHARNELTON STREET AND LINCOLN STREET BE INCREASED TO 10~ PER METER AND'THAT TH~ NORTH SIDE OF BROADWAY BE WIDENED TO 21 I FROM CENTER LINE AT THE EXPENSE OF THE BON MARCHE. IT WAS ALSO EXPLAINED THAT THE BoN MARCHE WOULD PAY THE NORMAL 5% ENGINEERING CHARGE BUT THAT THE MOVING or THE PARKING METERS BE AT THE EXPENSE OF THE CITY. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT BOTH RE-, QUESTS BE GRANTED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. WILSON THAT ITEM 9 or THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 10. REQUEST BY,McKAV'S MARKET fOR CURB SIDEWALK AT 30TH AVENUE AND HILYARD STREET - THE CITY ATTORNEY REPORTED THAT HE HAD CONSIDERED THE MATTER REFERRED TO HIM BY THE COUNCIL TO'COME UP WITH AN EQUITABLE SOLUTION TO,THE PROBLEM PRESENTED BY McKAY'S MARKET IN COMPLYING WITH CITY ORDINANCE WHICH REQUIRES THAT ALL OF THE AREA BETWEEN THE CURB AND THE PROPERTY LINE BE PAVED AS A SIDEWALK AREA. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT McKAY'S MARKET WISHES TO INSTALL A 7' CURB SIDEWALK IN THE 21 I PUBLIC RIGHT-Or-WAY AREA BETWEEN THE CURB AND THE PROPERTY LINE. A PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDING THE EXISTING ORDINANCE WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE WHICH WOULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE rOR THE COUNCIL TO GRANT A WAIVER TO THE COMPLETE CON- STRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS BETWEEN THE CURB AND THE PROPERTY LINE IF THEY SO DE- SIRED AND IT WAS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT SUCH ORDINANCE BE PASSED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 10 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. II. REQUEST FROM BISHOP MILES C. ROMNEY, CHURCH or JESUS CHRIST Of LATTER DAY SAINTS, REGARDING FLAG SERVICE TO DISPLAY AMERICAN FLAG rOR LOCAL MERCHANTS ON HOLIDAYS - I TWAS EXPLA I NED THAT TH IS ., TEM HAD BEEN PREV I OUSL Y D I SCUSS.ED AND HAD BEEN RE- rERRED TO THE CHAMBER or COMMERCE fOR THEIR CONSIDERATION. THE CHAMBER REPORTED THAT THEY DO NOT APPROVE or SUCH A SERVICE AND WOULD RECOMMEND THAT NO EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE BE GRANTED-FOR SUCH A rLAG SERVICE. THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THIS RE- PORT AND THE GENERAL THESIS ADVANCED BY THE CHURCH THAT THE PARKING METERS MIGHT BE USED AS A DISPLAY AREA, AND THE COMMITTEE SUGGESTED THAT PERMISSION BE GRANTED TO ANY INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP ON A NON-EXCLUSIVE BASIS TO USE THE PARKING METERS rOR THE DISPLAY or THE AMERICAN FLAG AT APPROPRIATE TIMES WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CLAMP WAS NOT TO ,REMAIN ON THE PARKING METER, AND WITH THE rURTHER UNDERSTAND- ING THAT A LIABILITY BONO WOULD BE REQUIRED WITH SUCH BOND TO BE DRArTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. No FORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN ON THIS REPORT. IT WAS MOVED BY MR~ SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT ITEM II or THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 12. REQUEST FROM NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS COMPANY fOR NEW FRANCHISE - THE CITY ATTORNEY INDICATED HE HAD DRArTED A PROPOSED NEW rRANCHISE SETTING UP A 2% rRANCHISE RATE WITH THE rRANCHISE TO RUN fOR A 20-YEAR PERIOD WITH THE FEES TO BE RESTUDIED AT EACH rIVE YEARS. HE STATED IT IS DlrFICULT TO ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE TO RESTUDY THE FRANCHISE FEE AT THE END OF EACH 5-YEAR PERIOD AND THE NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS COMPANY WOULD NOT ACCEPT A BOARD OF ARBITRATION TO CONSIDER THE rRANCHISE fEE Ir AN AGREEMENT COULD NOT BE REACHED BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS COMPANY. SOME QUESTIONS WERE DISCUSSED AS TO WHETHER THE POSSIBLE INABILITY ilia COME TOGETHER ON THE PROPOSED FRANCH.,SE MIGHT HURT THE INDUSTR I AL EXPANS ION Of THE CITY. THIS WHOLE SUBJECT WAS DISCUSSED THOROUGHLY AND fOLLOWING SUCH DISCUSSION IT WAS RECOMMENDED THE CITY ATTORNEY BE INSTRUCTED TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS COMPANY ON A 20-YEAR rRANCHISE AT A 2% RATE WITH SUCH FRANCHISE TO BE OPEN TO RENEGOTIATION AT THE END or TEN YEARS AND WITH NO FEE ON THE INTER- RUPTIBLE INDUSTR'IAL'LOAD." IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT ITEM 12 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. MR. WALLACE A. SWANSON ARRIVED AT THE MEETING, WAS SWORN IN, AND TOOK HIS SEAT ON THE COUNCIL. A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD MAY 22~ 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS rOLLOWS: "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN SHEARER~ lAURIS, MOLHOLM, MCGAFFEY~ CHATT, MOYER AND WILSON; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; CITY ATTORNEY; DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS; PARKS & RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; MR. lANDSVERK, NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS COMPANY; MR. CHRISTIANSON; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER- GUARD; WENDY RAY~ KUGN.' ' e I Ii If I II II I: ]! " '. " " iI I I II :t Ii i: II :1 !I jI Ii " Ii :1 i! ii I, :1 ,I II i' ,\ 11 I, i II I' II Ii j; Ii II I! e I I, II 'I I' ,I il I! Ii II 11 I' ,I " Ii il Ii II 'I I, II I' I I \\.. .l '~, .. 'I i i: 1 ~ :: I' II Ii 1: i! e i, i\ , u I: :\ !' I: 1\ I' i: I -