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r:~.88-'~ - e -=--~!2~/59 .C~~. _.,~___-----'-~_ ---'-~~--'-_~~ ..-'...'--- _.._.-c...._'-'-_'-___~___..~ ___.~'------~__._____'__'__. ---~-:~~-~'=-~-~--~::-.-::--:----:-:---::-:--~-----:--:-~---: - ~----::-~---------~---:::-:----_-:. ~ --~-~----~-~----_._~...::-:;-:--:'" - . -. -.. - -- - - - - r -- II IT WAS COMMENTED THAT A SMALL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS ARE RESPONSIBLE fOR THE MAJOR I I PROBLEMS IN THESE AREAS, AND THAT ADEQUATE STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN NOW TO CONTROL SUCH INDIVIDUALS BEFORE THE SITUATION GETS WORSE. A PROPOSED ORDINANCE WAS READ, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION Of THE ORDINANCE BE GIVEN. I MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. ~ t' IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY. MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEMS 6 AND 7 OF THE COMMITTEE RE- '! I PORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. ! I , , . I I a. REQUEST BY LEW WILLIAMS CHEVROLET COMPANY fOR VACATION OF ALLEY BETWEEN ORCHARD I AND WALNUT STREETS FROM fRANKLIN. BOULEVARD TO 15TH AVENUE - A LETTER fROM LEW I WILLIAMS CHEVROLET COMPANY WAS READ TO THE COMMITTEE IN WHICH IT WAS REQUESTED 'I THAT THE CITY OF EUGENE VACATE THE ALLEY RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH IN THE BLOCK ' BETWEEN fRANKLIN BOULEVARD AND 15TH AVENUE AND BETWEEN ORCHARD AND WALNUT STREET$~ IT WAS POJNTED OUT'THAT THERE IS AN EXISTING a" SANITARY SEWER IN THE ALLEY WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1913, AND THAT A PORTION OF THE EXISTING COCA-COLA BUILDING, COVERS THIS SEWER, AND THAT THE PLANS OF LEW WILLIAMS CHEVROLET IS TO EXTEND THE e BUILDING SO THAT MORE OF THE SEWER WOULD BE COVERED. fOR THIS REASON IT WAS if.HE j RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT THAT THE SEWER LINE BE RECONSTRUCTED I TO BYPASS THE BUILDING.AS IT NOW EXISTS OR WILL EXIST, AND THAT SUCH. COST OF RE- , CONSTRUCTION BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE LEW WILLIAMS CHEVROLET COMPANY. THE COM- I~ MITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE SEWER BE RELOCATED AND ASSESSED TO THE LEW WILLIAMS J CHEVROLET COMPANY, AND THAT BASED ON THE' I R AGREEMENT TO TH I S THE VACAT I ON AS i__ REQUESTED BE APPROVED. I T WAS fURTHER 'RE'COMMENDED THAT TH I S BE SUBJECT TO A : I I CHECK OF ~LL OWNERSHIPS IN THE BLOCK. MOTION CARRIED, MESSRS. WILSON AND MOLHOLM Ii VOTING NAY. I fOLLOWING THIS A RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE TO SUBMIT THE MATTER TO THE PLANNING \, COMMISSION fOR THEIR RECOMMENDATION. MOTION CARRIED, MESSRS.MOYER AND SHEARER 1'1 VOTING NAY. I I Ii I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT. ITEM a Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE li,l, I REFERRED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MOTION CARRIED, MR. MOLHOLM VOTING NAY. I I 21 9. DISCUSSION OF WATER USERS CHARGE AND REPORT Of CORNELL, HOWLAND, HAYES & MERRY- I fiELD - A WRITTEN REPORT fROM THE CONSULTING ENGINEERS WAS READ WHICH INDICATED I THAT THE CONSULTING ENGINEERS HAVE WORKED WITH THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATIVE STAff l TO I NVEST I GATE THE COMPLA I'N'TS niAT MANY SEWER USERS HAVE F I LED REGARDI NG niE j ~ECENT INCREASE IN THE WATER USERS RATES. THE REPORT INDICATED THAT THE ASSOCIA- I TION OF MOTEL OPERATORS HAVE fiLED AN OBJECTION TO THE RATES, BUT THAT ON RE- I VIEW IT APPEARS THAT If SUCH MOTELS, WERE CHANGED FROM THE RESIDENTIAL TO THE ,I COMMERCIAL RATE, THEY WOULD ,BE PAYING A HIGHER WATER USE CHARGE THAN AT PRESENT II I SINCE THEIR BILL IS NOW BASED ON THE, AVERAGE USE DURING THE MONTHS OF DECEMBER !' THROUGH MARCH. LIKEWISE, NURSING HOMES, HOSPITALS, ORGAN'IZED LIVING GROUPS, '\ AND HOTELS HAVE VOICED THE SAME COMPLAINT AS HAVE APARTMENT HOUSE OWNERS, BUT I' IN THE OPINION OF THE CONSULTING ENGINEERS THE RATE IS EQUITABLE AS IT EXISTS 1 AT THIS TIME ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE AREAS MAY BE ABLE TO REDUCE THEIR COSTS BY IN- I I STALLING SEPARATE, METERS FOR THEIR INDUSTRIAL USES AND SEVERING THEJR ".NDUS.TR-'AL ' l- AND RESIDENTIAL USES. I j I I' . WITH RESPECT TO THE O.BJECTIONS VOICED BY TH,OSE ,USING LARGE VOLUMES OF WATER IN 'j I THEIR AIR CONDITIONING UNITS WHICH ARE USED DURING THE QOW FLOW PERIOD IN THE SEWER SYSTEM, IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT ANY CHANGE WOULD BE COMPARABLE TO A DEMAND: i CHARGE ON THE SEWE.R WH I CH WO,ULD BE 0 I FF I CUL T TO ADM I N I.sTE~. I T WAS FURTHER . I EXPLAI NED THAT THE WASTE WATER I S PLACED I N THE SEWER SYSTEM AND MUST GO THROUGH I TREATMENT SI,NCE IT. M.lNGLES WITH THE WAS.TE MATTER IN niE SEWER 'AS So"ON "AS PLACED I' a THERE. THE REPORT RECOMMENDED THAT SINCE THE INCREASE IN THE COMMERCIAL RATES ,I ~ TOOK PLACE FOLLOWING THE INSTALLATI.ON OF AIR CONDIT.IONIN,G UNITS AND SINCE THE ,I' WATER USE CHARGE IS RETROACTI~E IN A SENSE, THERE IS REAL JUSTIFICATION FOR ! ADJUSTING THIS PORTION OF THE WATER USE CHARGE AND GIVING THOSE FIRMS AND IN- [, DIVIDUALS ~N OPPORTUNITY TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY WISH ~O CONTINUE USING THIS 11 TYPE Of EQUIPMENT. IT WAS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT IN SOME AREAS WELLS ARE USED Ii WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN METERED AS YET AND WHICH WATER IS ALSO DEPOSITED I~ THE ~ SEWER SYSTEM, AND ON THIS BASIS THE CONSULTING ENGINEERS RECOMMENDED THAT THE !: COMMERCIAL RATES EE ADJUSTED TO DELETE THE AMOUNT Of WATER USE CHARGE FOR AIR ~ COND I T ION I NG OUR I NG THE 1959 SEASON. r THE CONSULTING ENGINEERS ALSO INDICATED IN THEIR BELIEF ONE or THE MAJOR PRO- I BLEMS IS THAT THE FORMER ~RATES FOR WATER USE WERE TOO LOW AND THE HOME OWNERS I WERE AT THAT TIME ACTUALLY SUBSIDIZING THE BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISH- MENTS. IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE CONSULTING ENGINEERS THAT THE RATES AS ADOPTED BE CONTINUED AND REVIEWED AGAIN AFTER A ONE YEAR TRIAL PERIOD, AND THAT THE II I ADMINIS~RATION BE AUTHORIZED TO ADJUST THE CHARGES WHERE JUSTIFIED DURING THE I TRIAL 'PERIOD.; IN tHE DISCUSSION WHICH fOLLOWED .IT WAS INDICATED THAT A SURVEY OF OVER 500 I ACCOUNTS HAD BEEN MADE' SINCE THE NEW CHARGE HAD BEEN EFFECTIVE, AND ~a.62~ HAD I A $2.00 CHARGE AND ONLY 4.9% HAD A CHARGE I.N EXCESS or $2.80. ON CHECKING .THESE I RESIDENC~S THAT HAD A CHARGE OF OVER $2~aO, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE MAJOR PORTION I OF THEM WERE MULTIPLE LIVING UNITS OF ONE TYPE OR ANOTHER e' . 1 II I' I: ~ " L.t l'