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<br />I ! 2. CONSIDERATION OF SEGREGATION APPLICATION MADE BY C.'F. HUSER,
<br /> I ~ EDGEWOOD ESTATES,
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<br /> . rOR STREET AND SEWER ASSESSMENT LIENS - IT WAS EXPLAINED THE CITY HAS OUTSTAND-
<br /> rj ING ASSESSMENTS ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE or 41ST AVENUE AND EXTEND- I
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<br /> 1.1 ING FROM DONALD STREET THROUGH THE FIRST TIEROF,LOTS EAST or FERRY STREET WHICH I
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<br /> :1 WAS FORMERLY ASSESSED ON A METES AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTION WHICH HAS SINCE,BEEN il
<br /> PLATTED AS THE 2ND ADDITION TO EDGEWOOD ESTATES., IT WAS FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT
<br /> , THE PETITIONER REQUESTS THAT THE ASSESSMENT BE SEGREGATED TO CONFORM WITH THE 'I
<br />00 il FILED PLAT FOR THE 2ND ADDITION TO EDGEWOOD ESTATES. AFTER CONSIDERATION, IT II
<br />C\S' 1 WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SEGREGATION BE ALLOWED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. il
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<br />U 2 .1 3. CONSIDERATION or PRELIMINARY ACTION TAKEN BY THE OREGON STATE SPEED CONTROL
<br />~ ~ I BOARD FOR REGULATION or SPEED ON HILYARD STREET BETWEEN 19TH AVENUE EAST AND I
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<br /> 01 LLARD ROAD - IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE OREGON STATE SPEED CONTROL BOARD HAD I
<br /> TAKEN PRELIMINARY ACTION TO ESTABLISH SPEED ZONES ON HILYARD STREET AS FOLLOWS: I
<br /> FROM 19TH AVENUE EAST TO 33RD AVENUE EAST - 30 MILES PER HOUR EXCEPT FOR THE
<br /> SCHOOL CROSSING, AND FROM 33RD AVENUE EAST TO DILLARD ROAD - 40 MILES PER HOUR. il
<br />e SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON THIS SUBJECT INCLUDING THE STATEMENT BY THE MAYOR
<br /> THAT A PETITION WAS FORTHCOMING ON THIS PARTICULAR STREET WITH REFERENCE TO SPEEDS
<br /> ALLOWED. DISCUSSION WAS ALSO HAD ON THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY TO CONTROL SPEEDS
<br /> ON ITS VARIOUS STREETS. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE PROPOSED SPEEDS RECOM-
<br /> MENDED BY THE OREGON STATE SPEED CONTROL BOARD BE REJECTED AND THAT THE BOARD
<br /> BE SO NOTIFIED OF THE CITY'S OBJECTIONS TO THE SPEEDS PROPOSED ON THE GROUNDS
<br /> THAT THE SPEEDS AS PROPOSED ARE EXCESSIVE, THAT THEY MAKE FOR CONFUSION IN II
<br />I THE MINDS OF THE DRIVERS AS TO WHAT SPEEDS ARE LEGAL, AND THAT IT WOULD BE
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<br /> " MORE SENSIBLE TO HAVE ONE SPEED FOR THE WHOLE AREA BETWEEN II
<br /> i.'l AND DILLARD ROAD ON HILYARD STREET. MOTIO~ CARRIED, MR. WILSON VOTING NAY.
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<br />3 4. DISCUSSION CONCERNING WATER USER CHARGE, ESPECIALLY AS THE CHARGE PERTAINS TO I
<br /> AIR CONDITIONING, COMBINED BUSINESS AND RESIDENCE, AND BUSINESSES WITH IRRI-
<br /> .! GAT ION - LETTERS FROM CLARKE BUILDING SUPPLY COMPANA, 377 EAST BROADWAY, AND
<br /> " RICK'S OIL COMPANY, 311:75 WEST 11TH AVENUE, PROTESTING THE NEW WATER USER
<br /> ;! CHARGE WERE READ TO THE COMMITTEE. COUNCILMAN MOLHOLM ALSO REMARKED THAT HE
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<br /> ,I HAD HAD A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FROM BUSINESS HOUSES USING WATER COOLED AIR
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<br /> , CONDITIONING UNITS AND WHICH HAD A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THE WATER USER
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<br /> : CHARGE BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME OF WAfER USED IN SUCH AIR,CONDIT.lONING UNITS.,
<br /> HE. POINTED OUT THAT THESE PEOPLE USE THE WATER ONLY DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS ,I
<br /> WHEN THE LOAD ON THE SEWERS IS NOT EQUAL TO' THAT OF THE WINTER MONTHS WHEN
<br /> THE SYSTEM BECOMES OVERLOADED. MR. ROBBINS STATED THE CASCADE BUILDING WHICH
<br /> EMPLOYES SUCH A SYSTEM HAD HAD AN INCREASE OF FROM $1.00 TO $3.00 SEWER CHARGE
<br /> TO $45.72. IT WAS ALSO POtNTED.OUT THAT SOME INDIVIDUALS IN THE CITY USE WELLS
<br /> ;! FOR AIR CONDITIONING PURPOSES AND ARE PAYING NOTHING FOR THE WATER COMING FROM
<br /> SUCH WELLS,AND BEING DISCHARGED INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM, ALTHOUGH IT WAS EX-
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<br /> i' PLAINED THAT UNDER THE ORDINANCE THESE PEOPLE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO METER THE
<br /> ! WATER USED .IN THIS MANNER.
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<br /> " THERE WAS GENERAL DISCUSSJON AS TO THE
<br /> , , IMPACT'THAT THE NEW WATER USER CHARGE
<br /> IS HAVING. ,COUNCILMAN WILSON, STATED HE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT T~E CHARGE WOULD
<br />I r' ONLY BE DOUBLED AND THAT HE DOES NOT BELIEVE THE PRESENT CHARGE IS PROPER.
<br /> ,I HE FURTHER STATED HE BELIEVES THE PRESENT RATE STRUCTURE
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<br /> :1 CATED, AND POINTED OUT THAT ONE OF THE REASONS THE CITY HAS TO INCREASE THE
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<br /> ti SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT FACILITIES, IS BECAUSE OF THE EUGENE FRUIT GROWERS
<br /> II ASSOCIATION'S NEED FOR'THE FACILITIES TO DISPOSE OF WASTES.
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<br /> I,' SOME DJSCUSSION WAS HAD ON THE METHOD OF RATE COMPUTATION AND HOW THE PRESENT
<br /> 'i METHOD WAS ATTAINED. DURING THIS DISCUSSION IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT VARIOUS
<br />e , METHODS HAD BEEN PRESENTED TO THE COUN~IL FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION WITH RATES
<br /> ESTABLISHED FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USER&. I
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<br /> :1 FOLLOWING THE GENERAL DISCUSSION IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAr THE WATER USER CHARGE I
<br /> :1 BE REVIEWED BY THE STArr AND THE CONSULTING ENGJNEER WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS
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<br /> ,.1 ON THE COMMERCIAL RATE STRUCTURE AND THE ODDITIES WHICH OCCUR IN7THE SUMMER
<br /> ~: ; MONTHS 'BECAUSE OF HIGH RATE or CONSUMPTION OF WATER BY COMMERCIAL ESTABLISH- II
<br /> 'I MOTION ~AR- I
<br /> 1 MENTS rOR AIR CONDITIONING UNITS AND OTHER EQUIVALENT FACTORS. I
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<br /> ;, RIED UNANIMOUSLY."
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<br /> I" IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFFEY THAT THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE BE !I
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<br /> A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD SEPTEMBER 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: II
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<br />I :1 "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN LAURIS, MOLHOLM, MCGAFf'EY, CHATT, MOYER AND WILSON;
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<br /> , COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PETERSEN AND HILL; AIRPORT COMMISSION MEMBERS EATON, !'
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<br /> II EDMUNDSj SHISLER, G,USTINA AND VIK; LEIGH FI$HERJ LEIGH fiSHER & ASSOCIATES; II
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<br /> 'I MESSRS., DUPREY, SWANSON, CARLSON AND FISH; RALPH RODERICK, CORNELL, HOWL-AND, II
<br /> II HAYES & MERRYFIELD; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD; MESSRS. ~LARK AND ,
<br /> MAYER, ARCHITECTS rOR THE AIRPORT; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; CtllEf Of I
<br /> l: POLICE; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; TRAFFIC ENGINEER; CITY ATTORNEY; DIRECTOR
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<br /> .1 OF PUBLIC WORKS; LT. SMARTT.
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