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t)Ol ~ t&..4 e . -.. -- - - -- -- - --- - - - -. -. 10/12/59_ u~. .u. -- -- - - - .- . - - .. -. - - - - - - --- --- - ~----~ ~---~------~ ----_.~-- ---- ~---- -- , ---- ---- . . ~ : I J B. REQUEST BY DONALD R. fURTICK FOR REZONING AREA ON WEST SIDE OF WILLAMETTE I i:l , il STREET BETWEEN 29TH AND 31ST AVENUES FROM RA TO R-3 MULTIPLE fAMILY RESI- I ~.! DENTIAL - COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES VIEWED THE AREA, AND THE COMMITTEE ,I REVIEWED THE REPORT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHICH RECOMMENDED THE CHANGE I FROM RA TO R-3 MULTIPLE fAMILY RESIOENTIAL. fOLLOWING SOME SHORT DISCUS- I I SION ON THIS, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE REPORT OF THE PLANNING I :1 00 '1 COMMISSION BE UPHELD AND THE AREA BE REZONED FROM RA TO R-3 MULTIPLE I C\t :1 fAMILY RESIDENTIAL. MOTION CARRIED. ~~ I '., I C) 2 7. REQUEST BY TRIO CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., FOR EXTENSION OF TIME ON RELIEF SANI- II CO CO TARY SEWER IN THE 24TH AND WILLAMETTE AREA - A REQUEST FROM TRIO CONSTRUCTION I, ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE COMPLETION DATE ON THE ABOVE DESCRIBED SEWER II FROM OCTOBER I, 1959 TO OCTOBER 10, 1959 WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. THE " II :1 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT INDICATED THE EXTENSION IS NOT A CRITICAL ITEM AND THEY WOULD HAVE NO OBJECTION. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE CONTRACT BE EX- " il e II MOTION CARRIED. ';1 TENDED AS REQUESTED. , ,: , B. DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL ANNEXATION OF PORTION OF WILLAKENZIE AREA - MR. GLEN I 3 il '1 PORTER AND MR. RALPH COBB APPEARED ON BEHALF OF A COMMITTEE ON ANNEXATION FOR r. ~l A PORTION Of THE WILLAKENZIE AREA AND STATED THEY AND MEMBERS OF THEIR COM- I MITTEE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH VARIOUS PUBLIC AGENCIES ON A PROPOSED ANNEXA- , TION OF THE WILLAKENZIE AREA TO THE CITY OF EUGENE. THEY PRESENTED A MAP " il I :! SHOWING AREAS WHICH THEY SUGGESTED fOR ANNEXATION AND ASKED FOR AN EXPRESSION OF " OPINION FROM THE COUNCIL AS TO WHETHER SUCH AN ANNEXATION PROPOSAL WOULD :BE I, :; RECEIVED FAVORABLY OR NOT. VARIOUS MEMBERS Of THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR EX- ,I " PRESSED THEMSELVES fAVORABLY TOWARD SUCH AN ANNEXATION, DURING WHICH EXPRESSION J ~ I IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE ANNEXATION WOULD PRESENT PROBLEMS AND If' THE AREA 'I I' WERE ANNEXED IT WOULD TAKE TIME TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS, BUT THAT NOTHING CAN I ,I ;i BE DONE UNTIL ANNEXATION IS ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED. No fORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN 'I ,if ON THIS SUBJECT. I 'I " I 4 9! DISCUSSION Of' WATER USER CHARGE - LETTERS WERE READ FROM THE IN-LAW BUILDING COMPANY LOCATED AT 260 EAST II TH AVENUE, FROM THE BUSINESS MANAGER OF THE I UNIVERSITY Of OREGON, AND fROM THE CENTRAL LANE COUNTY MOTOR COURT,AsSOCIA- II TION, ALL Of WHICH LETTERS REfERRED TO THE CHARGES MADE UNDER THE EXISTING II ORDINANCE fOR WATER USERS. MAYOR CONE THEN STATED THAT THE COUNCIL HAD BEEN Ii STUDYING THE WATER USER CHARGE FOR A PERIOD OF SOME TIME AND THAT TWO WEEKS Ii BEfORE THIS MEETING HE HAD BROKEN A TIE VOTE IN fAVOR OF LEAVING THE RATES Ii " AS THEY ARE AT THE PRESENT TIME fOR A PERIOD Of ONE YEAR. HE FURTHER STATED " I THAT SINCE THAT VOTE HE HAD DONE MORE INVESTIGATING AND IS NOW Of THE OPINION 'I ! THE COMMERCIAL RATES ARE TOO HIGH. HE STATED HE HAD VISITED THE OfFICE OF , THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD AND HAD REQUESTED INfORMATION fROM THEM I AND HAD RECEIVED SUGGESTIONS fROM THE WATER BOARD STAff AS TO POSSIBLE RATES. HE SUGGESTED THERE ARE TWO POSSIBLE AREAS WHERE CHANGES ARE NECESSARY, ONE I i, BEING THE LARGE COMMERCIAL USERS WHO WHEN CHARGEDLON THE PRESENT fORMULA I tI RECEIVED BILLINGS OUT Of PROPORTION, AND THE SECOND, THE LIVING ORGANIZA- I, I " TIONS, APARTMENTS, HOTELS, MOTELS, HOSPITALS, REST HOMES, WHO HE BELIEVED I I: SHOULD HAVE SOME REDUCTION IN fEE fROM THAT CURRENTLY EXISTING. IN THE :1 CONVERSATION WHICH fOLLOWED IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT PRIOT TO THE ADOPTION II Of THE NEW ORDINANCE SOME SEWER USERS HAD PAID AN EXTREMELY LOW fEE AND 'I THERE WAS NEED fOR A fORMULA fOR A fAIR SHARE TO BE BORNE BY ALL. I; II " Ii , As A SUGGESTION WITH REFERENCE TO MOTELS, HOSPITALS, HOTELS AND OTHER EQUIVA- LENT ORGANIZATIONS, THE COMMERCIAL RATE MIGHT BE APPLIED PLUS A fEE Of 50~ e PER ROOM WHiCH MIGHT PRODUCE SOMETHING BETWEEN THE fORMER RATE AND THE EXISTING RATE. SOME DISCUSSION WAS ALSO HAD AS TO THE ADVISABILITY OF USING THE SAME RATE CLASSIfiCATION fOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL AS USED BY THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD, AND SOME CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION WAS HAD AS TO T HE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS SO THE RATES COULO BE KEPT EQUITABLE FOR THE VARIO~S CLASSlfl- I CATIONS. DURING THIS DISCUSSION IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE CLASSifICATIONS :1 AS NOW EXISTING fOR RESIOENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ARE EQUITABLE BUT POSSIBLY THE RATES WITHIN THE CLASSIfiCATION SHOULD BE ADJUSTED. I, ,I I ..! THERE WAS FURTHER SUGGESTION THAT SOME MEANS MIGHT BE fOUND WHERE THE ESCAPE I ,I I " CLAUSE COULD BE REMOVED SO THAT ALL PEOPLE WOULD PAY ONTHE VOLUME Of WATER I '/ :1 WHICH IS USED WITH THE IDEA IN MIND THAT If THE SEWER PROGRAM WERE fiNANCED I iI 'I BY A BOND I S S UE, SUCH PEOPLE WOULD BE PAYING fOR SUCH A PROGRAM ON THE BASIS II ~, i OF VALUATION AND THAT IT APPEARS THAT THE RATE STRUCTURE AND THE VALUATION II I , I AND THE AMOUNTS RECEIVED FROM THE RATE STRUCTURE ARE QUITE SYNONYMOUS. Ii ,I fl 1 SOME DISCUSSION WAS ALSO GIVEN AS TO THE ADVISABILITY Of fLAT RATING THE I " RESIDENTIAL AREA SINCE, ON THE INFORMATION RECEIVED, SOME 9700 METERS ARE :i II INVOLVED AND THAT BY APPLICATION Of THE fORMULA AS IT NOW EXISTS ONLY I APPROXIMATELY $400.00 PER MONTH ADDITIONAL REVENUE IS RECEIVED OVER THAT WHICH WOULD BE RECEIVED If A fLAT RATE WERE IN EXISTENCE. MR. MERV VATER, ~ ~ -- :! " , I jl ,; , ,i ,I \~ I;