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~' 4 ~"" 1 tj e 2/14/61 r II COUNCIL CHAMBER EUGENE, .OREGON FEBRUARY,14, 1961 I THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE WAS HELD FEBRUARY 14, 1961 AT 7:30 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1961, THE DATE ON WHiCH THE MEETING WOULD ORDINARILY HAVE BEEN HELD, WAS A LEGAL HOLIDAY. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY HIS HONOR MAYOR i' E. E. CONE WITH THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: MRS. LAURIS, MESSRS. MOLHOLM, CHATT,M6lY.Efi!~€BRf,511lENSEN,': Wil!DSO~"EAI\IDf..DEV;e:REtae~, 1ld1R1.$5W~N60NSWAfSSABSENT-. I, THE INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY REV. RAY J~ TUTTLE. THE FOLLOWING CORRECTION TO THE MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED MEETING OF JANUARY 23, 1961 WAS PRE- SENTED (COMMITTEE MEETING OF 1/12/61 - PAGE 4~5J ITE~ 3): I I ' 'I 1 DELETE: "IT WAS INDICATED THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT #4 AND MR. RONALDA. KUNAU HAD REQUESTED THE CITY ACCEPT DEEDS FOR THE ABOVE DESCRIBED STREETS." -, INSTEAD: "IT WASINDICATED'THAT MR. RONALD KUNAU HAD REQUESTEO'THAT THE CITY ACCEPT DEEDS TO THE ABOVE DESCRIBED STREETS. IT WAS ALSO INDICATED ,THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT #4 HAD NO O~JECTION TO SUCH DEDI- CATION." ' THE MINUTES,OF THE ADJOURNED MEETINGOF~JANUARY 23, 1961, AS MAILED TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND AMENDED, WERE APPROVED. INTRODUCTION OF NEW BUSINESS I PUBLIC HEARING - LOCATION OF EUGENE MISSION AT 1492 WEST 2ND AVENUE. MAYOR CONE ANNOUNCED THAT SINCE THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD ALREADY HELD HEARINGS ON THIS MATTER, THE PRESENTATION OF MATERIAL BY THE PROPONENTS AND OPPONENTS WOULD BE CONFINED TO 15 MINUTES EACH, WITH FIVE MINUTES EACH ALLOWED FOR REBUTTAL. MR. JACK GOSSARD, REPRESENTING THE EUGENE MISSION, SPOKE ON BEHALF OF THE'MISSION. HE REFERRED TO PREVIOUS TESTIMONY WHICH HAP,BEEN GIVEN BEFORE THE COUNCIL, TH~ !ACT THAT A M~SSION WAS NEEDED .IN THE COMMUNITY TO CARE FOR UNFORTUNATES, THAT WELFARE AGENCIES IN THE COMMUNITY BELIEVE A MISSION TO BE DESIRABLE AND THAT THERE IS NO OBJECTION TO THE NEED 9F ~ M1SSION, AS SUCK. HE fURTHER STATED LOCAL PEOPLE OPERATE AND CONTROL THE MISSION. WITH REGARD TO THE LOCATION OF THE MISSION AT 1492 WEST 2ND AVENUE, THE EMMAUS LUTHERAN CHURCH BUILDING CAN BE WELL ADAPTED TO USE BY THE MISSION AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO A SATISFACTORY JOB ON THIS SITE. HE FUR!HER STATED !HAT SOME A~DITIONAL FEN~ING,LIGHT~ ING AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE REQUIRED ON THE SITE AND BUILDING. I :1 MR. RAY GABLE, THE MISSION DIRECTOR, STATED HE BELIEVES THERE IS A NEED FOR THE WORK BEING DONE BY THE MISSION, THAT THERE. IS A PROBLEM IN WHERE THE MISSION COULD LOCATE. HE INDI~ATED THE COUNCIL HAD DENIED A PREVIOUS REQUEST TO LOCATE AT 5TH AND WILLAMETTE STREETS AND HAD ASKED THE PLANNING COM- MISSION TO AID IN FINDING A SUITABLE LOCATION. HE ALSO STAT~D THAT THE PLANNI~G COMMISSION H~D AP- PROVED THE 1492 WEST 2ND,AvENUE SITE, AND THAT THE QUE.STION NOW RESOLVED ITSELF TOWHERE,THE MISSION MIGHT BE LOCATED IF IT COULD NOT BE LOCATED ON WEST 2ND AVENUE. I MR. WOLF VON OTTERSTEDT APPEARED AS AN ATTORNEY ON BEHALF OF 18 BUSINESS FIRMS IN THE AREA, PLUS A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS OF THE AREA, IN OPPOSITION TO THE LOCATION OF THE MISSION ON WEST 2ND AVENUE. MR. VONOTTERSTEDT QUESTIONE~ THE ~EED FOR THE FACIL+TY, STAT~D THAT CONTACTS WITH THE SOUTHERN PACifIC COMPANY RAILROAD POLICE INDICATE THERE HAS BEEN NO DECREASE IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TRANSIENTS PASSING THROUGH EUGENE, BUT THAT THERE HAS BEEN A DECREASE I N THE TOTAL NUMBER Of TRANS,I ENTS STOPP I NG HERE. HE ALSO STATED THAT HIS CONTACTS WITH THE WELFARE AGENCIES SUCH AS RED CROSS, SALVATION ARMY AND OTHERS INDICATE THE CASE LOADS HAVE NOT INCREASED SINCE THE MISSION HAS BEEN CLOSED. MR. VONOTTER- STEDT ALSO POINTED OUT THE ADDITIONAL DEMANDS WHICH WOULD BE MADE ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IF THE MISSION WERE TO BE LOCATED IN EUGENE, AND SPECIfICALLY IF IT WERE TO BE LOCATED IN THE WEST 2ND AVE- NUE AREA. WITH REFERENCE TO BUSINESSES IN THE WEST 2ND AVENUE AREA, HE INDICATED THERE IS AN INVEST- MENT OF TWO AND A HALF TO THREE MILLION DOLLARS IN BUILDINGS, INVENTORY, AND THAT THESE BUSINESSES SUPPLIED A NUMBER Of WORKERS WITH JOBS. HE STATED IF THERE WAS A DEPRECIATION OF PROPERTY VALUES AT THE 5TH AND WILLAMETTE AREA, THIS WOULD ALSO BE TRUE ON WEST 2ND AVENUE, AND WEST 2ND AVENUE HAS LESS FIRE AND POLICE PROTEC~ION THAN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS SECTION. HE fURTHER INDICATED THERE ARE 137 HOMES, BY ACTUAL COUNT, IN THE AREA PROPOSED FOR MISSION LOCATION, AND APPROXIMATELY 112 CHILDREN PASS OR COME CLOSE TO THIS LOCATION ON THEIR WAY TO AND FROM SCHOOL. :1 e MR. VON OTTERSTEDT INDICATED WE HAVE NO PROBLEM AT PRESENT BECAUSE WE HAVE NO MISSION, BUT IF THE MISSION WERE LOCATED IN THE WEST 2ND AVENUE AREA, BUSINESSES WOULD BE PUT TO ~HE EXPENSE OF ADDITIONAL FENCING, LIGHTING AND OTHER PROTECTIVE MEASURES. HE ALSO SUBMITTED ,A PETITION CONTAINING 192 SIGNA- TURES IN OPPOSITION TO THE MISSION ON WEST 2ND AVENUE. HE STATED GENERALLY THAT THE MISSION SHOULD NOT BE LOCATED ADJACENT TO A BUSINESS OR RESIDENTIAL AREA. MRS. VANKIRK PROPOSED THAT THE NUSBAUM PROPERTY LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY THE 300 BLOCK ON WILLA- METTE STREET, IF EXTENDED, WOULD BE A GOOD LOCATION FOR THE MISSION. I MR. WILSON ARRIVED AT THE MEETING AT THIS PO.NT. OTHER OBJECTORS ALSO APPEARED, INCLUDING A MR. WALKER. A LETTER FROM CARL LITTLEJOHN WAS READ WHICH REITERATED A NUMBER OF FACTORS ALREADY MENTIONED. IN THE REBUTTAL MR. RAY BARNES, WHO FAVORED THE LOCATION OF THE MISSION ON WEST 2ND AVENUE, STATED' THE COUNCIL WAS NOT CONSIDERING THE ABOLITION OF THE PROGRAM BUT CONSIDERING THE LOCATION or THE MIS- . ~