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e I 00 ,.-..I ~ ~ 0: Q:j e I I e I e 27'"' 5/14/62 - .-... _~.__u_ -- -- ~_._... _...-- ______._ _~ ______+_. _ ___._<_.______ _ __ ._~ _ _________ _ "___~.... ____ ...._.-.. ....~___.n ____ ._~______ . ___~ ___ ______~_ 8. ABATEMENT NE CORNER 2ND AND LAWRENCE - PROPERTY IN OWNERSHIP OF MR. MONROE SHELBY. ABATEMENT REQUESTED BY SUPERINTENDENT OF BUILDING INSPECTION AND FIRE MARSHAL. CHATT-CHRISTENSEN MOVED TO PROCEED WITH ABATEMENT INCLUDING BARN ON PROPERTY. CARRIED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE BARN MENTIONED IN THIS ITEM IN THE COMMITTEE MINUTES WAS NOT ON THE SAME PROPERTY. :; IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT TO APPROVE THE PROCEEDINGS EXCLUDING THE BARN AT THIS TIME. MOTION CARRIED. 2 9. ABATEMENT 2792 RIVERVIEW STREET - PROPERTY IN OWNERSHIP OF MR. AND MRS. DONALD H,RST.' ABATEMENT REQUESTED BY SUPERINTENDENT OF BUILDING INSPECTION AND FIRE MARSHAL. CHATT- CHRISTENSEN MOVED TO APPROVE. CARRIED. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONOED BY MR. CHATT TO APPROVE THE PROCEEDINGS. MOTION CARRIED. 3 10. EWEB MISSION RESERVOIR SITE - A LETTER FROM EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD WAS READ INDICATING THE WATER BOARD WOULD DEED THE PROPERTY TO THE CITY FOR PARK PURPOSES WHEN THE CITY IS READY TO DEVELOP IT, AND ASKING THE CITY TO UNDERTAKE MAINTENANCE OF THE PROPERTY NOW. MOLHOLM-CHRISTENSEN MOVED TO ACCEPT THE OFFER WITH THANKS. MOTION CARRIED." IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT TO APPROVE THE REPORT. MOTION CARRIED. 4 IT WAS SUGGESTED BY MR. WILSON THAT THE STAFF STUDY AND REPORT ON THE PARKING PROBLEM ON HIGH STREET FROM 6TH TO 13TH WITH THE IDEA OF REMOVING PART OF THE PARKING FACILITIES ALONG THE STREET. MR.SWANSON SECONDED THE MOTION, AND MOTION CARRIED. COMMITTEE REPORT OF MAY 10, 1962 SUBMITTED AND READ: "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN LAURIS, MOLHOLM, CHATT, MOYER, WILSON, SWANSON, CHRISTENSEN AND DEVERELL; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; CITY ATTORNEY; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS; DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS; AND OTHERS. 5 I. MERRY-GO-ROUNDS AT SUPERMARKETS - THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTED THE REQUEST OF MR. M.E.OTOS REGARDING MERRY-GO-ROUND TYPE CONCESSION TO BE PLACED IN THE AREAS OF SUPERMARKETS. THE PRESENT CITY CODE CALLS FOR A LICENSE fEE Of $10 PER DAY ON THIS TYPE OF DEVICE WHICH SEEMED RATHER PROHIBITIVE TO THE PLANNED OPERATION OF MR. OTOS. MR.' OTOS WAS PRESENT AND INDICATED THE TYPE OF AMUSEMENT DEVICE HE DESIRED TO PLACE ON THESE VARIOUS PREMISES. MRS. LAURIS MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CHATT INSTRUCTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DRAW AN ORDINANCE PERMITTING THE OPERATION OF THIS TYPE OF RIDE CONCESSION FOR AP- PROXIMATELY $50 PER YEAR. MOTION CARRIED, MR. CHRISTENSEN VOTING NO. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT TO APPROVE THE ACTION OF THE COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. 6 2. PARK REQUEST - LONG ISLAND DRIVE - A REQUEST WAS PRESENTED BY MR. R. W. Moss, REPRESENT- ING SEVERAL OF HIS ~ IGHBORS, THAT THE CITY OF EUGENE ACQUIRE CERTAIN PROPERTY ALONG THE NORTH END OF THE TERMINUS OF LONG ISLAND DRIVE FOR PARK PURPOSES. INVESTIGATION WAS MADE BY THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, AND REPORT WAS SUBMITTED AS TO HIS FINDINGS. THE REPORT DISCUSSED THE APPARENT ASSESSED VALUE AND THE MARKET VALUE, THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY AND THE APPROXIMATE USE OF THE PROPOSED SITE, WITH A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT #4 BE CONSULTED AS TO THEIR LONG RANGE PLANS FOR THE AREA. MR.MoLHOLM MOVED SECONDED BY MR. DEVERELL THAT THE STAFF INVESTIGATE AS TO THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE PROPOSED PROPERTY AND ALSO INVESTIGATE THE PLANS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT #4 WITH REPORT TO BE RETURNED TO THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT TO APPROVE THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION. MOTION CARRIED. 7 3. SWIMMING POOL LOCKERS - A WRITTEN REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS & RECREATION WAS READ BY THE CITY MANAGER CONCERNING THE CONSIDERED CHANGING FROM THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF CHECKING CLOTHING AT THE TWO SWIMMING POOLS FROM A BAG TYPE TO A COIN OPERATED LOCKER TYPE OF SECURITY. THE DIRECTOR NAMED THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND ADVANTAGES IN THE PROPOSED CHANGEOVER, ALSO THE METHOD Of FINANCING THE PURCHASE OF THE LOCKERS AND THE PROPOSAL AS TO THE FEE RATES FOR SWIMMERS AND fOR LOCKER RENTALS. MRS.LAURIS MOVED MR. CHATT SECONDED THE MOTION AUTHORIZING THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO PROCEED WITH THE PROJECTED CHANGEOVER TO THE LOCKER SYSTEM WITH A CORRESPONDING CHANGE IN THE FEES TO SWIMMERS USING THE SERVICE. MOTION CARRIED. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. 8 4. IMPROVEMENT PETITIONS A. CURB SIDEWALK LOCATION DONALD STREET, 39TH TO 40TH - MR. 'RICHARD RICE SPOKE IN BE- HALF OF THE PETITION AS PRESENTED FOR THE CURB SIDEWALK. LAURIS-MoLHOLM MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR CURB SIDEWALK WAS NOT CARRIED. VOTING YES, LAURIS, DEVERELL AND MOLHOLM; VOTING NO, CHATT, CHRISTENSEN, MOYER AND SWANSON; WILSON ABSTAINING. MR. GEORGE KILLEN AND MR. E. J. ROBERTSON BOTH SPOKE ADVOCATING THE INSTALLATION OF CURB SIDEWALKS IN THIS AREA. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT TO APPROVE CURB SIDEWALK LOCATION. MOTION CARRIED, MESSRS. MOYER, SWANSON AND CHRISTENSEN VOTING NO. Il.~