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<br />RECOMMENDED THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS BE AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE THE DEED. MOTION
<br />CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 6 OF' THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
<br />APPROVED. ' ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE (MESSRS. MCGAFF'EY AND MOYER
<br />ABSENT)~ MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />7. REQUEST BY MR. AND MRS. ASHBRIDGE FOR SIDEWALK ON MONROE STREET BETWEEN 18TH AND
<br />19TH AVENUES - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT A REQUEST HAD BEEN MADE BY MR. AND MRS. ASH-
<br />BRIDGE FOR A SIDEWALK IN THE ABOVE DESCRIBED AREA. THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
<br />INDICATED IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE TO LOCATE THE SIDEWALK EITHER AT THE CURB OR
<br />AT THE NORMAL LOCATION WITHOUT REMOVING TREES. SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD AS TO
<br />HOW MANY PROPERTY OWNERS IN THIS AREA ARE INTERESTED IN SIDEWALK INSTALLATION,
<br />FOLLOWING WHICH IT WAS AGREED THAT A POLL OF THE AREA BE TAKEN TO DETERMINE WHO
<br />DESIRES THE SIDEWALK. No F'ORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN.
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<br />8. CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED GAS CODE FOR THE CITY OF EUGENE - MR. HENDERSHOTT, CITY
<br />ATTORNEY, STATED THAT HE HAD VISITATIONS FROM REPRESENTATIVES OF' THE LIQUID
<br />PETROLEUM GAS'INDUSTRY AND THE NATURAL GAS UTILITY WHO OBJECT VIGOROUSLY TO
<br />CERTAIN PORTIONS OF' THE PROPOSED GAS CODE. HE STATED HE DOES NOT BELIEVE HE
<br />SHOULD BE ENGAGED IN POLICY DETERMINATION AND REQUESTED THE COUNCIL TO ASSIST
<br />IN DETERMINING THE POLICY ON THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT.
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<br />THE MAYOR THEN CALLED ON MR. LEACH REPRESENTING THE NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS COMPANY
<br />FOR HIS OBSERVATIONS. MR. LEACH STATED THAT THE GAS COMPANY DOES NOT IN ANY WAY
<br />WISH TO ESCAPE REGULATIONS, THAT THEY DO NOT SELL OR INSTALL ANY ITEMS ON THE
<br />CUSTOMERS'SIDE OF THE METER, BUT THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN THE SAF'ETY F'ACTORS
<br />WHICH CONCERN GAS INSTALLATIONS. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE OBJECTS TO THREE
<br />AREAS AS CONTAINED IN THE PROPOSED GAS CODE, ONE BEING HE BELIEVES F'EESSHOULD
<br />BE COMPATIBLE WITH OTHER FEES F'OR COMPARABLE INSTALLATIONS AND THAT THE FEES AS
<br />PRESENTED IN THE PROPOSED GAS CODE SEEM TO BE SOMEWHAT EXCESSIVE. SECOND, HE
<br />BELIEVES THE INSPECTION PROCESS PROPOSED IS ELABORATE AND WOULD CAUSE DELAYS
<br />AND PRESENT PROBLEMS. THIRD, HE STATED THAT STANDARDS SET UP IN THE PROPOSED
<br />GAS EODE ARE OF A NATIONAL TYPE BUT THAT THE EODE HAS SUPPLEMENTS AND ALTERA-
<br />TIONS WHICH HE BELIEVES WOULD BE CONF'USING TO INSTALLERS WHO MIGHT WORK IN THIS
<br />AS WElL AS OTHER AREAS. IT WAS INDI'ATED THAT COMPARISONS IN THE CODE AND THE
<br />RECOGNIZED NATIONAL STANDARDS SHOULD BE MADE CAREFULLY AND SHOULD BE AS'CLOSE
<br />AS POSSIBLE TO THE WELL-RECOGNIZED NATIONAL STANDARDS. IT IS HIS BELIEF THAT
<br />IF' THIS WERE POSSIBLE, THE CODE WOULD BE MORE READILY UNDERSTOOD.
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<br />MR. LEACH FURTHER STATED THAT HE BELIEVES IF' THE CITY ATTORNEY WORKS OUT'A CODE
<br />WHICH WOUL'D WORK WELL, THE GAs COMPANY WOULD COOPERATE IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE.
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<br />MR. GETTEY, REPRESENTING'THE LIQUID PETROLEUM AND GAS 'INDUSTRY, BEING THOSE
<br />DEALERS WHO INSTALL BOTTLED GAS AND COMPLETE GAS SYSTEMS, INDICATED THE FOLLOW-
<br />ING OBJECTIONS TO THE CODE:
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<br />I. THE 10-MEMBER BOARD WOULD BE UNWIELDY.
<br />2. THERE I S SOME CONF'US I ON BETWEEN THE NORMAL ACT.I V I TY OF' THE L I QU I 0
<br />PETROLEUM GAS COMPANIES AND THE NATURAL GAS UTILITIES. HE STATED
<br />THE LIQUID PETROLEUM DEALERS DO A COMPLETE SYSTEM WHILE THE UTILITY
<br />FURNISHES GAS ONLY TO A METER. UNDER THE PROPOSED CODE THE LIQUID
<br />PETROLEUM GAS DEALER GETS MORE INSPECTIONS UNDER THE CODE THAN THEY
<br />HAVE BEEN RECEIVING AND NO PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN ENCOUN~ERED UNDER THE
<br />EXISTING INSPECTION. HE QUESTIONED THE NE~D OF A CODE WHICH WOULD
<br />REGULATE THE LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS DEALERS BY REASON OF NATURAL GAS
<br />COMING TO THE AREA.
<br />3. THE FEE SCHEDULE AS PROPOSED IS OBJECTIONABLE. HE STATED THAT ON A
<br />TYPICAL LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS INSTALLATION THE F'EES WOULD BE $19.00.'
<br />4. THE PROPOSED CODE ATTEMPTS TO SUPPLEMENT THE NATIONAL CODE AND MAKES
<br />THE RECOGNIZED STANDARDS CONTAINED IN THE NATIONAL CODE LESS APPLIC-
<br />ABLE AND POSES SAFETY PROBLEMS.
<br />5. WITH REGARD TO THE VENTING OF GAS HEATING APPLIANCES, THE AMENDMENTS
<br />AS r:CONTAINED IN THE CODE CONTRADICT AND CONF'USE NATIONALLY RECOG-
<br />NIZED STANDARDS.
<br />6. THE DEFINITION OF LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS AS REFERRED TO IN NATIONAL
<br />STANDARDS ARE DIF'F'ERENT IN THE PROPOSED CODE.
<br />7. UNDER THE PROPOSED CODE HE STATED IT IS QUESTIONABLE WHETHER THE
<br />LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS DEALERS COULD OPERATE IN THE CITY.
<br />8. THE L I QU I 0 PETROLEUM GAS DEALERS ARE ALREADY REQU I RED TO HAVE FI VE
<br />LICENSES, TWO FROM THE CITY AND THREE F'ROM THE STATE, AND BY HIS
<br />COUNT THE ADDED LICENSES NECESSARY TO INSTALL A LIQUID PETROLEUM
<br />GAS SYSTEM UNDER THE,PROPOSED CODE WOULD BE TEN, PLUS AN INSTALLER'S
<br />LICENSE.
<br />9. THE MULTIPLE INSPECTION PROGRAM AS ESTABLISHED IN THE PROPOSED CODE
<br />WOULD REQUIRE THREE SEPARATE INSPECTIONS, ONE AFTER T~E INSTALLATION
<br />OF A PROPANE'TANK~ ONE AFTER THE INSTALLATION OF' THE ROUGH PIPING,
<br />AND ONE AF'TER THE INSTALLATION OR CONNECTION OF A RANGE TO-THE SYSTEM.
<br />UNDER THIS PROPOSAL HE INDICATED IT COULD POSSIBLY REQUIRE FOUR STEPS
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