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389 "llllIl e 11/'3/61 I' 1 I i! COUNCILMAN Mo.LHo.LM LEFT THE MEETING AT THIS POINT. I' 'I I, I 7. SIGN AND ZONING CODE AMENDMENTS. - PROPOSED ORDINANCES AMENDING THE SIGN AND ZONING CaDES RELATIVE TO. ISSUANCE o.F PERMITS Fo.R SIGNS IN SPECIAL SETBACK AREAS, PETITIONS FOR RECLASSIFICATION OF ZONE, MEMBERS OF BOARD OF APPEALS AND POWERS WERE PRESENTED AND HELD OVER FOR ACTION AT Co.UNCIL MEETING, NOVEMBER 13, 1961. 2 8. ASSESSMENTS FOR VACATION o.F STREETS AND ALLEYS - A PROPo.SED ORDINANCE WAS PRESENTED I: PROVIDING fOR THE PAYMENT OF A FEE BY A PETITIONER Fo.R THE VACATION OF AN ALLEY, STREET, PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF ABUTTING PROPERTY FOR SPECIAL BENEFITS ACCRUING fRo.M SUCH VACATlo.N. ON MOLHOLM-SWANSON MOTION THE COM- MITTEE RECOMMENDED APPRo.VAl AND PASSAGE OF THE ORDI~ANCE. 3 9. PERSONNEL MANUAL - THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSED PERSONNEL MANUAL FOR THE CITY OF EUGENE AND SEVERAL CHANGES WERE SUGGESTED BY THE COMMITTEE. e THE MATTER WAS HELD OVER ~NTll REVISIONS AS SUGGESTED WERE PRESENTED Fo.R APPROVAL. 10. REPLY TO CHARGES, FLORENCE R. COOK - A REPORT WAS SUBMITTED BY CHIEF OF POLICE 4 ANSWERING CHARGES MADE AT A PREVlo.US COUNCIL MEETING BY FLaRENCE REED COOK CONCERN- ]! ING THE CITY JAil, ITS CONDITION AND o.PERATION. THE REPORT WAS ACCEPTED AND TABLED. /' 5 I I. CITY HALL Bo.NDS - THE CITY MANAGER ANNOUNCED THE Bo.NDS HAD BE~N So.LD WHICH WOULD PRo.VIDE fUNDS faR START aF THE NEW CITY HALL AND TH~ MONEY DEPo.SITED IN LOCAL BANK." I IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECo.NDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEMS 7 THRo.UGH II OF THE Co.MMITTEE REPo.RT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD No.VEMBER 9, 1961 WAS PRESENTED: ~ 0': tlPRESENT: MAYOR CONE; Co.UNCILMEN LAURIS, Mo.LHOLM, CHATT, MOYER, WILSON, SWANSON, CHRISTENSEN I, C\J AND DEVERELL; CITY MANAGER; CITY REcaRDER; Clry ATTORNEY; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; ~ DIRECTo.R OF PUBLIC WORKS; AND OTHERS. 0: CC 6 2ND COUNCil MEETING IN DECEMBER - IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE SECo.ND MEETING OF I. THE Co.UNCIL' IN DECEMBER WOULD fALL ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT, AND THE CaMMITTEE aN CHRISTENSEN-SWANSO~ MOTION RECOMMENDED THE SCHEDULED MEETING BE SET OVER TO TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1961. 7 2. Co.MMITTEE o.F THE WHOLE lUNCH MEETING - A LETTER DATED NaVEMBER 6, 1961 FROM THE EUGENE-HOTEL WAS READ INDICATING THE HOTEL MUST NOW ASK A MINIMUM TOT~L SALES OF $30.00 TO. CONTINUE SERVING ON AN 'A lA CARTE' BASIS AT THE REGULAR THURSDAY NOON COMMITTEE MEETINGS. AN ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE TO FOlLo.W THE REGULAR SCHEDULE o.F PAYING $1.75 PER PERSo.N WITH A SINGLE E~TREE o.F THE CHEF'S CHDICE AND A MINIMUM OF TEN PERSONS. ON SWANSON-CHATT MOTION THE CITY MANAGER WAS REQUESTED TO IN- VESTIGATE POSSIBLE DTHER MEETING PLACES WHERE LUNCH COULD BE SERVED AND GIVE A " I' I RECDMMENDATION AT A LATER MEETING. S 3. ~UARTERLY AUDIT REPo.RT - A lETTER DATED NOVEMBER7,1961 fROM WINN, SHINN & CD. WAS READ REPORTING o.N INTERIM EXAMINATIo.N o.FCITY o.F EUGENE RECo.RDS FDR THE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30)' 1961 AND SHo.WING THE Bo.OKS TO BE IN Go.o.D ORDER AN~ ALL CASH PROPERTY ACCOUNTED FOR. No ACTION WAS TAKEN. 9 4. COMMERCIAL VEHICLES BACKING FRo.M PRIVATE DRIVEWAYS - A lETTER DATED NOVEMBER 5,1961 FROM MRS. WA~NE D. MUSGROVE, 545 EAST 33RD, WAS ,READ IN WHICH SHE REQUESTED AMEND- e MENT TO. THE CITY CODE TO PREVENT NEEDLESS USE o.f RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAYS IN THE CITY BY COMMERCIAL VEHICLES. ON CHATT-SWANSo.N MOTION THE Co.MMITTEE REfERRED THE MATTER TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR INVESTIGATION AND REPORT AS TO. THE ACCIDENT INCIDENCE IN THIS REGARD. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEMS I THROUGH 4 OF THE COMMITTEE REPo.RT BE APPROVED. MOT I ON CARR,I ED-. 10 5. LEGISLATIVE INTERIM COMMITTEE - A LETTER DATED NOVEMBER 6, .1961 FROM R I CHARD L. KENNEDY, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE LEGISLATIVE INTERIM COMMITTEE ON Lo.CAl GDVERN- MENT, WAS READ ADVISING OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON METROPo.LITAN PRo.BLEMS IN OREGo.N TO BE HELD No.VEMBER 14 AND 15 IN SALEM. THE CITX MANAGER ADVISED HE WOULD_BE ATTEND- ING A LEAGUE OF OREGON CITIES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, AND WOULD BRING INFDRMATlo.N FROMTHAT MEETING TO ~HE CO~NCIL MEETING, NOVEMBER 13, AT WHICH TIME ANY SUGGESTlo.NS Co.ULD BE MADE TO BE TAKEN TO THE INTERIM COMMITTEE HEARING. I THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED THE fOLLo.WING SUGGESTED AREAS Of INVETIGATlo.N WDQ D BE TAKEN TO. THE H6ARING BY THE REPRESENTATIVE o.F THE LEAGUE OF OREGON CITIES: I. ANNEXATION. lEGISLAJION. THIS INVESTIGATIDN SHOULD REVIEW THE ANNEXj!fTION LAWS OF No.RTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. No.RTH CAROLINA HAS STANDARDS WHICH,' WHEN MET, PERMIT THE CITY TO ANNEX AN AREA BY ORDINANCE. C'TY MUST PRo.VIDE ~ERVICE W'rHIN _A DESIGNATED PERlo.D. CAN BE APPEALED TO COURTS. VIRGINIA L"AW PERMITS EITHER A CITY OR A SUBURBAN AREA TO. PETITION THE Co.URTS TO. DECIDE WHE,THER AN AREA SHOULD BE ANNEXED. e ~