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e 5/25/59 ~ 49 I 00 N ~...j'" u~ c.c co e I I e I e .,' :1 (1 ~ I ii I! .I 'i >, I: " 'I " :1 " I. RECOMMENDATION FOR VACANCY ON COMMON COWNCIL - COUNCILMAN MOLHOLM, COUNCILMAN rROM WARD 3, PRESENTED THE NAME OF MR. WALLACE SWANSON rOR THE VACANCY ON THE COMMON COUNCIL CREATED BY THE RESIGNATION OF MR. VICTOR lINDEEN. COUNCILMAN MOLHOLM INDICATED MR. SWANSON IS THE OWNER OF THE WASHING MACHINE SERVICE COMPANY AND HAS LONG BEEN ACTIVE IN CIVIC AND COMMUNITY AFrAIRS. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WILSON SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT TENTATIVE APPROVAL BE GIVEN TO THE APPOINTMENT or MR. SWANSON FOR THE VACANCY ON THE COMMON COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED. I f: I't , No ACTION WAS TAKEN ON ITEM I or THE COMMITTEE REPORT. ApPOINTMENT MADE UNDER INTRODUC- TION or NEW BUSINESS. 2 2. DISCUSSION or rRANCHISE FOR NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS COMPANY - THE CITY ATTORNEY INDICATED THAT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE COUNCIL'S WISHES HE HAD NEGOTIATED WITH THE NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS COMPANY ON THE SUBJECT or AMENDING THE CITY rRAN- CHISE TO PROVIDE rOR A RATE OF ~ WITH THE OVERALL rRANCHISE TO EXTEND TO TWENTY YEARS SUBJECT TO RENEGOTIATION ArTER TEN YEARS. IT WAS ALSO STATED THAT THE MAJOR WILLAMETTE VALLEY CITIES ARE RECEIVING A 2% FRANCHISE PAYMENT rROM THE NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS COMPANY. FOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION THE COM- MliTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE PROCEDURES FOR GRANTING A NEW FRANCHISE BE STARTED WITH SUCH FRANCHISE TO BE A 20-YEAR FRANCHISE WITH A 2% FEE SUBJECT TO RENEGOTIATION AT THE END or TEN YEARS AND WITH THE WNDERSTANDING T~T NO FEE WOULD BE ASSESSED ON THE INDUSTRIAL ACCOUNTS. -! :1 " IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 2 or THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 1,'< 3 3. BOARD or ApPEALS REPORT - MAY 13, 1959 - fOUR ITEMS rROM THE BOARD or ApPEALS REPORT OF MEETING HELD MAY 13, 1959 WERE PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE WHICH IN- CLUDED A REQUEST FROM MR. WILLIAM STORACE, 2784 BAKER BOULEVARD, TO CONSTRUCT A 6' FENCE, A REQUEST BY MR. JOHN M. SCARLETT, 495 WEST 7TH AVENUE, rOR VARI- ANCE rROM 10' SETBACK TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION or ADDITION TO EXISTING BUILDING, A REQUEST rROM TIDEWATER OIL COMPANY rOR VARIANCE rROM 25' SETBACK REQUIRE- MENTS ON FRANKLIN BOULEVARD, AND A REQUEST rROM MR. JOHN HUMMER FOR VARIANCE FROM THE 20' SETBACK REQUIREMENTS TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION or A CARPORT 6'6" rROM THE CURB AT 250 SUNSET DRIVE.,-THE rlRST THREE ITEMS LISTED ABOVE WERE RECOMMENDED FOR DENIAL BY THE BOARD or ApPEALS, AND THE LAST ITEM WAS RECOM- MENDED rOR APPROVAL. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE FIRST THREE ITEMS BE-HELD OVER SO COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES COULD VIEW THE PROPERTIES, AND FURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUEST BY MR. JOHN HUMMER rOR VARIANCE'FROM 20' SETBACK TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION or CARPORT 6'6" FROM THE CURB AT 250 SUNSET DRIVE BE APPROVED. -, " 'I " , .:. I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS.. lAURIS THAT 'TEM 3 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. ,: 4. PETITION FOR PAVING CRESTA DE RUTA STREET rROM THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF CAPITOL HILL ADDITION TO THE SOUTH LINE or LOT 2, BLOCK 4, AND lOT 2, BLOCK 3 - THE ABOVE PETITION WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE TOGETHER WITH A MAP or THE AREA. THE PETITION SHOWED THAT OWNERS or 50% OF THE PROPERTY HAD REQUESTED SUCH STREET PAVING. FOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION IT WAS RECOMMENDED THIS ITEM BE HELD OVER UNTIL ADDITIONAL PROPERTY HOLDERS IN THE AREA COULD 8E CONTACTED WITH RESPECT TO THEIR WISHES ON THE PAVING PROJECT. 4, Ii ,1 ,I 't :i IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 4 or THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 5 i 5. PETITION rOR- PAVING CITY VIEW STREET FROM 18TH AVENUE TO NORTH BOUNDARY OF BERKELEY PARK ADDITION - A PETITION SIGNED BY 75.8% or THE PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE RECpMMEND~D THAT THIS PROJECT BE COORDINATED WITH THE STORM SEWER TO BE INSTALLED ON CITY VIEW STREET AND THAT THE STREET BE PAVED AS REQUESTED AND THAT THE NECES- SARY ORDINANCES INITIATING THE PROJECT BE PASSED. I , ! i I 'I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS -THAT ITEM 5 or THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. .1 I 6 6. PETITION rOR PAVING 21ST AVENUE rROM CITY VIEW STREET TO THE WEST BOUNDARY Or 2ND ADDITION TO HIGHLAND OAKS AND PETITION rOR SANITARY SEWER ON 21ST AVENUE FROM CITY VIEW STREET TO WEST BOUNDARY OF,2ND ADDITION TO HIGHLAND OAKS - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE ABOVE TWO PETITIONS HAD BEEN RECEIVED AND THAT THE PETITION FOR STREET PAVING CARRIED SIGNATURES or OWNERS or 100% or THE PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED rOR THE PROJECT. WITH RErERENCE TO THE SEWER IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE AREA PROPOSED COULD BE DRAINED INTO EXISTING SEWER LINES BUT THAT THESE LINES WERE NOT CONSTRUCTED TO HANDLE ANY ADDITIONAL ~OTS BE~OND THESE PROPOSED. THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THESE ITEMS AND RECOM- MENDED THAT BOTH PROJECTS BE APPROVED AND THAT THE NECESSARY ORDINANCES INI- TIATING THE PROJECTS BE PASSED. ,I ! i ., 'I :1 I .' f: ;jl ,I IT WAS MOVED B~ MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THA~ ITEM 6 or THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. II I ,/ 11 I, , II II I, I: I' Ii [I il II Ii 1\ II II II I' Ii i\ I! 11 il II II " " ;] II !I I' II II I, II i! II II I, II Ii II II :1 II II !I I, II II II , ;i Ii II " II 'I " Ii II I' II II II I II I, II II I I i , , Ii 'I !I I. il II Ii I, Ii il 'I Ii il II ,I 1\ \ \, 11 :1 v. :~