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"'lIIIIII 139 tit '/23/61 I MR. NORMAN SCHNEIDER APPEARED AND SPOKE IN OPPOSITION TO PARKING. HE STATED HE BELIEVES METERS WOULD NOT MAKE MONEY ON A PARKING LOT, THAT THE'lOT WOULD BE Off THE TAX ROLLS, THAT PARKING IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA IS A PROBLEM WH~CH SHOULD BE LEFT UP TO THE BUSINESSMEN TO SOLVE. MR. CHRISTENSEN INQUIRED REGARDING THE PROPOSAL TO ACQUIRE PARKING AREA. HE STATED THAT A NUMBER Of BUSINESSMEN DID PROVIDE PARKING AND QUESTIONED WHY THE CITY SHOULD PROVIDE PARKING. THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED THAT THE COUNCIL HAD ASKED fOR AN INVESTIGATION OF THE ASSESSMENT TO PRO- PERTY PROCEDURE, AND THAT ON THIS,BASIS A PROCEDURE HAS BEEN WORKED OUT. HE ALSO SAID PETITIONS UNDER THIS PROCEDURE ARE NOW BEING CIRCULATED. THE' CURRENT PROPOSAL IS A MEANS Of PROVIDING PROPERTY FOR PARKING BY THE ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY OWNERS,' OR BY REVENUE FROM THE METERS, OR BOTH. MR. HALE THOMPSON APPEARED ON BEHALf OF MR. JACOBS, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY UNDER DISCUSSION,AND STATED THERE WERE NO HIDDEN LOOP-HOLES AND THAT NONE ARE INTENDED. e MR. VANTASSEL QUESTIONED THE ADVISABILITY Of PURCHASE OF THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY. MR. fARINA SPOKE ON THE PROBLEM OF THE AUTOMOBILE, AND PRESENTED/THE IDEA THAT MORE ATTENTION MUST 'BE GIVEN TO THE PROBLEMS CREATED BY THE AUTOMOBILE. HE STATED THAT WHEN CONGESTION BECOMES A PROBlEM, THE NEED FOLLOWS TO REMOVE PARKING fROM THE STREETS SO TRAFfiC CAN MOVE. HE ALSO SAID THIS PROTECTS THE INVESTMENT IN THE CENTRAL CORE AREA, WHICH IN TURN' PROTECTS THE TAX STRUCTURE Of THE CITY. I PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS ,/ ApPLICATION FOR DA 196. LIQUOR LICENSE WAS SUBMITTED BY BEViS BARBECUE AS APPROVED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE APPLICATION BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. ~ OJ C\l ~ CO CO ORDI NANCES 2 COUNCil BrLL No. 5159 - lEVYI~G ASSESSMENTS FOR PAVING 20TH AVENUE FROM JACKSON STREET 70 VANBuR~~STREET, INTRODUCED AND READ THE ~IRST TIME IN fULL ON JANUARY 9, 1961, WAS BROUGHT ON fOR CONSIDERATION. THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED NO WRITTEN PROTESTS ON fiLE. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME B~ COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY' ANO"THE BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COU.ftoICIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND 'THE BILL WAS READ TH E TH I RD TIME BY COUNC I L BILL 'NUMBER 'ONL Y. I IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ~. lAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT TH E BILL BE 'APPROVED, AND GIVEN FINAL ALL COUNC I LMEN PRESENT \10':', N'G"A YE:,' THE'S'd':L WAS 'DECLARED PASSED AND "NUMBERED 3 COUNCIL BILL No. 5160 - LEVYING ASSESSMENTS fOR PAVING 25TH AVENUE-fROM MONROE TO FRIENDLY STREET, INTRODUCED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL ON JANUARY 9, 1961, WAS BROUGHT ON FOR CONSIDERATION WITH NO WRITTEN PROTESTS ON fiLE. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BYU COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. e IT WAS MOLD BY MRS. LAURIS.SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMdus CONS~NT Of THE COUNCIL. BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL "NUMBER ONLY. BILL BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE' IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. lAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GiVEN fiNAL PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE.' ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED 12024. 4 COUNCIL BILL No. 5161 - lEVYING ASSESSMENTS fOR PAVING 12TH AVENUE WEST fROM CHAMBERS STREET TO GRANT STREET WAS BROUGHT ON FOR CONSIDERATION, HAVING BEEN INTRODUCED AND READ THE fiRST TIME IN FULL ON JANUARY 9, 1961, WITH NO WRITTEN PROTESTS ON FILE. I IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT Of THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUMC~L BILL NUMBER ONLY. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. lAURIS SECONDED BY,MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WiTH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL'NUMBER ONLY. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN fiNAL PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE~ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED 12025. - e ~