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e 3/28/60 '361~ I ~J CoJ "<':' C,)' CO cc e I I e I e I " Ii .1 , ': ,i , " (: .' ,I I "I , I " 'I I ! .' 2 'i I c; I ;1 I h ~l "I ~ , i'l I. .1 .1 ,I :1 " 'I MRS. BILLMIRE INDICATED THAT IN HER BELIEF PEOPLE IN THE AREA WOULD BE LIVING IN FEAR AS SHE INDICATED SHE IS OR WOULD BE WHEN THE SALVATION ARMY BUILDING PROGRAM IS COMPLETED. SHE STATED IN HER BELIEF HOMES ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN AN' INDIVIDUAL'S LIrE AND THAT THE LOCATION or A SALVATION ARMY MISSION OR HOSPITALITY 'HOUSE WOULD AID INMAKING THE AREA A SLUM AREA. SHE READ LETTERS FROM THE SAFFRON SUPPLY' COMPANY AND DAMASCUS SERVICE STATIONS, INC., IN SALEM, LOCATED ADJACENT TO MISSIONS WHICH GENERALLY STATED REACTI~NS TO INDIVltiUALS DRAWN TO A MISSION WERE NOT PLEASANT. :( i , I I '.1 MR. BILL McNUTT, CHAIRMAN OF THe SALVATION ARMY BOARD, STATED THE SALVATION ARMY IS FULLY COGNIZANT OF WHAT THEY WERE DOING WHEN THEY PURCHASED THE LOTS, THEy BELIEVE THE BUILDING THEy WOULD CONSTRUCT WOULD BE AN ADDITION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE HOSPITALITY HOUSE WOULD BE WELL SUPERVISED, RUN IN AN ORDERLY FASHIO"N, AND WELL MAINTAINED. MR.McNuTT INQUIRED AS TO WHERE THE SALVATION ARMY COULD GO AND FURTHER STATED THAT LAC~ or FUNDS MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO LOCATE IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS AREA. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE LACK OF FUNDS DOES NOT INDICATE THE CHARACTER OF A PERSON, THAT A~ FACTORS IN THIS MUST BE LOOKED AT IN A REALISTIC WAY. IT WAS FURTHER POINTED OUT BY MR. McNUTT IN ANSWER TO A QUESTION THAT THE AREA IS ZONED FOR 'COMMERCIAL USE, AND THAT RESIDENTS GivE UP SOMETHING WHEN THEIR AREA IS ZONED FOR SUCH COMMERCIAL USE. , , I' ., , :' 1 ~; " , " I 1 tl , LT. STENY'CK OF THE SALVATION ARMY STATED THAT IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE PEOPLE DO NOT WANT THE SALVAT.lON ARMY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND INTRODUCED MRS. GOFF WHO LIVES IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING SALVATION ARMY HEADQUARTERS. MRS. GOFF STATED SHE HAD LIVED IN EUGENE FOR FORTY YEARS, FIFTEEN OF WHICH HAD BEEN ADJACENT TO THE SALVATION ARMY, AND THAT THEIR ACTIVITIES HAD NOT BOTHERED HER IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM DURING THAT PERIOD. 'I I I VARIOUS SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS WERE OFFERED, AMONG WHICH WERE THAT T~ HEADQUARTERS SHOULD BE LOCATED NEAR A RAILROAD, THAT THE RELOCATION OF THE SALVATION ARMY HEADQUARTERS ALWAYS CAUSES PROBLEMS AND HAS CAUSED PROBLEMS IN OTHER CITIES, BUT THAT NOT ALL NEW MISSIONS ARE GOING INTO LOW VALUE AREAS. fURTHER, NO ONE HAD BEEN ABLE TO COME UP WITH A CONSTRUCTIVE IDEA AS TO WHERE THE SALVATION ARMY HEADQUAR~RS COULD BE BUILT. , :! ': :1 I SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD AMONG PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT AS TO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE ZONING WERE CHANGED. To THIS THE CITY ATTORNEY INDICAT~D IF THE LAW WERE CHANGED BEFORE THE BUILDING IS CONSTRUCTED, THEY WOULO NOT BE ABLE TO BUILD A BUILDING THAT DID NOT CONFORM TO ZONING REQUIREMENTS. IF THE LAW WERE CHANGED AFTER THE BUILD- ING IS CONSTRUCTED, THEN THE BUILDING COULD EXIST AND THE USE CONTINUE AS A NON-CONFORMING USE. ! " i LT. STENV~CK EXPLAINED THE PURPOSE OF THE HOSPITALITY HOUSE WHICH WAS TO HOUSE FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS ALLOWING THEM TO STAY LONG ENOUGH TO GET THEIR FEET ON THE GROUND AND TO REESTABLISH AN ORDERLY LIFE. IT WAS STATED .THEY DO NOT AID MEN WHO MOVE AROUND THE COUNTRY. THEiR MAIN PURPOSE IS THE REHABILITATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL. DISCUSSION WAS HELD ON A NUMBER OF ITEMS COMPARABLE TO THOSE REPORTED ABOVE, AND THE PLANNING CONSULTANT WAS ASKED AS TO POSSIBLE AREAS IN WHICH MISSION MIGHT BE ALLOWED IN THE EVENT ZONING IS CHANGED, OR THE METHOD BY WHICH THE ZONING MIGHT BE CHANGED TO DISALLOW MISSIONS IN THOSE AREAS IN WHICH THEY ARE NOW ALLOWED. THE PLANNING CON- SULTANT INDICATED THIS COULD BE DONE BY MODIFICATIONS TO THE ORDINANCE, FOLLOWING WHICH IT WAS RECOMMENDED THE MEETING ADJOURN." IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEMS 7 AND 8 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPRovED. MOTION CARRIED. A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD MARCH 24, 1960 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "PRESENT;, COUNCILMEN SHEARER, LAURIS, MCGAffEY, CHATT, MOYER, WILSON AND SWANSON; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; CITY ATTORNEY; CHIEF OF POLICE; CITY ENGINEER; SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS ,& RECREATION; TRAFFIC ENGINEER; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; MRS. DE~N PAPE; fRED BRENNE; LEROY BURCHAM; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD; AND OTHER INTERESTED CITIzeNS. I. REQUEST BY MR. CARL M. NIELSEN, 3560 KNOB HILL LANE, FOR CURB SIDEWALK IN FRONT Of HIS PROPERTY - A REQUEST BY MR. NIELSEN WAS PRESENTED AND A RECOMMENDATION BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO PRESENTED WHICH RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR CURB SIDEWALK ON KNOB HILL BETWEEN 35TH AND 37TH AVENUES. COMMITTEE MEMBERS DROVE TO THE SITE AND THE COM- MITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT CURB SIDEWALKS BE' APPROVED fOR KNOB HILL BETWEEN 35TH AND 37TH AvENUES. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 2. REQUEST BY MANOR MOTEL FOR OVERLENGTH CURB CUT ON EAST BROADWAY - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE COUNCIL HAD PREVIOUSLY VIEWED THE SITE Of AN OVERLENGTH CURB CUT REQUESTED BY THE MANOR MOTEL ON EAST BROADWAY, AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAD CONTACTED THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WHO, BY LETTER DATED MARCH 17, 1960, STATED THAT THE 82' OPEN ACCESS AREA REQUESTED BY THE MANOR MOTEL WAS FAR IN EXCESS OF THE 35' WHICH IS ALLOWED BY THE CITY AND ALSO EXCEEDS THE REGULATIONS OF THE HIGHWAY DEPART- MENT, AND FURTHER THAT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WILL NOT CONDONE A DRIVEWAY OF SUCH WIDTH.. IT WAS FURTHER STATED IN THE LETTER THAT THIS PARTICULAR SECTION OF EAST BROADWAY WAS PURCHASED BY THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, AS ADDITIONAL RIGHT-Of-WAY AND THE MATTER OF DRIVEWAY CONSTRUCTION AND ACCESS CONTROL IS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. THIS DIFfERS fROM THE CASE WHERE A STATE HIGHWAY IS ROUTED OVER I~ \ II II 11 II II " I) !I ii :! I' ,i ;1 I: ;1 I! II II \1 I II II II 11 II Ii II II I' .1 'I Ii I: II II II II II !I 'I II Ii 11 'I II II II Ii Ii Ii II II ,I " I: II 11 I' !I II !I i I I II !I II ,I Ii Ii II Ii II ,I II j I Ii II II I Ii ,I "~