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~co- C'-, 2 ' " r. .. h\J e _ _'_?/'2/_59 ~_ . _ _ _ _ - _.-- ~------,-- - --- ~ .::.:.-- ~-::: =--=----=. _:::_- :-:--:--~~--:----:-:-~-~--~ ~--:---~=---=-=-----::----::-- ----:-:::---- --~~----~~~------:--------::-------.-----~~-:-:~ "EPRESENT,NG VAR,OUS SOROROTIES ANO rRATERNITlES, SPOKE TO THE GROUP REGAROINGI THEIR S~TUATION AS TO THE WATER USER CHARGE, AND MR. BOONE OF THE EL PRADO MOTEL,ALSO SPOKE W1TH REFERENcE TO THE MOTEL OWNERS ASSOCIATION AND THEJR VIEW t ON THE RATES. il iI Ii MR. RALPH RODERICK APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AND STATED THAT AT THE TIME THE I' EXISTING ORDINANCE WAS BEING PREPAREO A DEFINITE ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DISTINGUISH I BETWEEN THE DIFFERENCES IN THE RATES AS SET FORTH IN THE ORDINANCE. ' HE STATED THAT SEWAGE FROM INDIVIDUALS POSES A DEFINITE HEALTH PROBLEM BECAUSE OF THE PATHO- GENIC BACTERIA, BUT THAT THIS IS NOT TRUE IN COMMERCIAL SEWAGE, AND IF IT WERE NOT' FOR THE OTHER ASPECTS Of STREAM POLLUTION OTHER THAN BACTERIA ASPECTS, IT WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO TREAT COMMERCIAL SEWAGE fOR HEALTH REASONS. FOR THIS REASON THERE IS A DiffERENCE IN THE TREATMENT CRITERIA WHtCH MAKES FOR DIffERENCES IN COSTS Of TREATMENT BETWEEN HOME SEWAGE AND COMMERCIAL SEWAGE AND THIS DIFFERENCE , MUST BE SHOWN IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY A DIFFERENCE IN RATE. MR. RODERICK ALSO STATED i THE CITY HAS ADOPTED A PROGRAM WHICH REQUIRES A-GIVEN SUM OF MONty TO COMMENCE AND IF MODIFICATIONS OF THE EXISTING RATES ARE'MADE, THEN OTHER SOURCES OF INCOME e MUST BE FOUND TO MAKE UP THE DifFERENCE OR THE PROGRAM MUST BE DIMINISHED. I FURTHER DISCUSSION fOLLOWED AND IT WAS THEN SUGGESTED THAT THE COUNCIL CONTINUE j , THE DI~CUSSION ON THIS SUBJECT fOLLOWING THE COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, OCTOBER 12"1 1959." - I IT WAS MOVEO BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR.-MoLHOLM THAT THE COMMITTEE REPORT OF OCTOBER 811959! I BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. j IN CONNECTION WITH ITEM 8 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT, W,LLAKENZIE AREA ANNEXATION, MR. RALPH COBB, I CO-CHAIRMAN Of OAKWAyC,TIZENS ANNEXATION COMMITTEE, PRESENT A LETTER, PETITION AND MAP REQUESTING 1 ANNEXATION OF A PORTION Of THE WILLAKENZIE FIRE DISTRICT. ! MR. COBB STATED THAT A COMMITTEE IN THE WILLAKENZIE AREA HAD WORKED fOR A NUMBER OF WEEKS ON THE QUESTJON OF ANNEXATION, HAD MET WITH VARIOUS PUBLIC AGENCIES WHO SERVE THE AREA AND, AFTER SOME , LENGTHY STUDY, HAD ARRIVED AT BOUNDARIES WITHIN WHICH THE COMMJTTEE BELIEVES AN ANNEXATION ATTEMPT I I WOULD CARRY. MR: COBB ASKED THAT THE PROPOSED BOUNDARIES BE CHANGED AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I. THE COMMITTEE STUDY INDICATED THE AREA AS PROPOSED WOULD PROBABLY VOTE fAVORABLY ON ANNEXATION. I MR. GLEN PORTER, CO-CHAIRMAN OF THE ANNEXATION COMMITTEE, ALSO SPOKE INDICATING THE COMMITTEE BE- i I L I EVES THE AREA I N QUEST ION I S A PART Of THE CITY OF EUGENE BUT I S OUTS I DE OF THE CITY I N EVERY !I I LEGAL AND TECHNICAL SENSE. HE fURTHER STATED IN HIS BELIEF THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE WHOLE ~ AREA AND THE CITY MAKES IT NECESSARY FOR THE AREA TO ANNEX TO SOLVE COMMON PROBLEMS. HE FURTHER 11 POINTED OUT THAT'THE AREA DESIRES REPRESENTATION ON THE COUNCIL AND ON THE VARIOUS BOARDS AND COM- : MISSIONS OPERATING WITHIN THE CITY. THE PROBLEM or SANITATION WAS ALSO DISCUSSED,AND MR. PORTER STATED THERE IS NO ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION TO THE SANITATION PROBLEM EXCEPT TO ANNEX AND FOR THE WHOLE CITY, INCLUDING THIS AREA, TO 11'1 WORK ON THE COMMON PROBLEMS. THE TRAfFIC 'PROBLEM WAS ALSO B~UGHT OUT, AND IT WAS STATED THAT IT IS I DESIRABLE THAT A UNIfiED APPROACH TO THE TRAffIC PROBLEMS Of THE AREA AS WELL AS THE CITY BE HAD AS I , THE TRAfFIC PROBLEM IN THE AREA IS INCREASING ALL THE TIME AND NEEDS ADDED CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT. 'I I' MR. PORTER REQUESTED THAT THE COUNCIL ACCEPT THE PETITION AND TAKE W~ATEVER ACTION NECESSARY TO BRING I I IT TO A VOTE. I _ " WILLIAM I. WILLIAMS, 127 SORREL WAY, STATED HE BELIEVES THE PROPOSED BOUNDARIES SHOULD BE EN- LARGED TO INCLUDE THE CAL YOUNG JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WHICH HAS SANITARY PROBLEMS AND SUGGESTED THE AREA BE ENLARGED TO CRESCENT DRIVE. '! I I. , MR. FRANK HILL, 70 LINDA AVENUE~ INQUIRED AS TO WHY LINDA AVENUE AREA HAD NOT BEEN INCLUDED I' OR INFORMED AS TO THE PROPOSED ANNEXSTION. MR. COBB EXPLAINED THAT THE CITIZENS COMMIT~EE DESIRED.I ~ THAT THE ANNEXATION BE SUCCESSFUL AND THEY HAD ATTEMPTED TO DESIGNATE AN AREA IN WHICH THE ANNEXA- ~ TION WOULD BE SUCCESSfUL. CERTAIN AREAS HAD BEEN LEfT OUT WHERE IT WAS IN THE COMMITTEE'S BELIEF I SOMEWHAT QUESTIONABLE AS TO THE DESIRE Of THE PEOPLE TO ANNEX. J I I liT WAS FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT FOLLOWING A NEWSPAPER STORY APPEARING IN THE EUGENE REGISTER- ' GUARD ON OC~OBER 9, 1959, THE COMMITTEE HAD RECEIVED A NUMBER OF TELEPHONE CALLS REGARDING POTENTIAL ADDITIONS TO THE ANNEXATION BOUNDARIES. I THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED THIS MATTER AND INDICATED ADDITIONAL AREAS WOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERA- 1.1 TION WHEN THE BOUNDARIES WERE SET. t I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOLHOLM SECONDED BY MR. McGAfFEY THAT THE PETITION AND DESCRIPTION ON THE ! WILLAKENZIEANNEXATION AS PRESENTED BE REfERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MOTION CARRIED. REPORTS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS I I A PERMANENT REPORT or THE PLANNING COMMISSION DATEO OCTOBER 6,"959 WAS SUBM,TTEO AND READ AS II I FOLLOWS: ! 0 \, "As A PERMANENT REPORT, PURSUANT TO THE RESOLJUTIONOF THE COMMON COUNCIL Of THE CITY Of EUGENE, DIRECTING THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION TO PREPARE A REPORT UPON CERTAIN REQUESTS fOR REZONING WITHIN THE CITY, THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION HEREBY ADOPTS AS ITS PERMANENT REPORT, THE fOLLOWING: )1 tilt I, ~I:I. I I ~ I I