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.... - 9 7.:-" e 8/13/62 -"~'"'' .-..-.".--- "'~----'_..._. ...-.--- _..~-~ - ~ .'- .- , -....-.. '--.' .< ...~.~ .~----~ _.- -' ---",- -- ~._._'"----_.~._--_.._------~----_._------_._._---- -------------_.~--------- ~~_.._- .-.-..- I I 3. AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS - THE COUNCIL ALSO CONSIDERED PUTTING A PROPOSAL ON THE NOVEM- BER 6 BALLOT FOR AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS FOR A NEW AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AT MAHLON SWEET AIRPORT. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT PERHAPS I T WO UL D BE WELL TO SUBMIT THIS IN TWO PARTS, ONE PROPOSAL FOR NEW BUILDINGS AND ONE PROPOSAL FOR LAND ACQUISITION FOR RUNWAY EXTENSION. MR. SWANSON MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT THE CITY MANAGER DISCUSS THE QUESTION OF A BALLOT MEASURE WITH THE AIRPORT COM- 00 MISSION AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. MOTION CARRIED." 'l""""! MRS. LAURIS MOVED SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM TO APPROVE THE COMMITTEE REPORT. MOTION CARRIED, MR. CHRIS- ~ r~ TENSEN VOTING NO. ~ :Q :Q 2 MAYOR CONE STATED HE HAD APPOINTED MR. ED ANDERSON AS CHAIRMAN OF THE CITIZENS COMMITTEE TO PROMOTE PASSAGE OF THE TAX BASE M~ASURE TO BE PUT ON THE NOVEMBER 6, 1962 BALLOT. e COMMITTEE MEETING HELD AUGUST 2, 1962: "PRESEitH'~ MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN MOLHOLM, CHATT, MOYER, WILSON AND SWANSON; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; CITY ATTORNEY; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS; CITY ENGINEER; AND OTHERS. 3 I . REZONING 29TH BETWEEN OLIVE AND PORTLAND, 1ST METHODIST CHURCH (CASCADE MANOR) - IT WAS REQUESTED THIS PROPERTY BE REZONED FROM R-I SINGLE FAMILY TO R-4 MULTIPLE FAMILY. A PREVIOUS REQUEST SUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND INCLUDED IN I THEIR REPORT OF MAY I, 1962 CARRIED THE COMMISSION RECOMM~DATION THAT THE AREA BE REZONED To'R-~G MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, PROVIDING THAT IT BE STIPULATED AS BEING USED FOR RETIREMENT HOME PURPOSE ONLY. SUBSEQUENT COUNCIL ACTION AT THE MEET- ING OF MAY 14, 1962 WAS TO HOLD THE MATTER OVER. IN CONSIDERING THE REQUEST OF THIS DATE, MR. CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MR. MOYER TO REFER THE MATTER TO'THE PLANNING COM- MISSION ROR RE-EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATION. MOTION CARRIED. 4 2.AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REPORT - MR. VERN ADKISON MADE A REPORT ON THE PROGRESS BEING ;ACCOMPLISHED IN GETTINGTHE VARIOUS MILLS, PLYWOOD PLANTS TO COOPERATE IN THE CONTROL OF SMOKE AND OTHER AIR POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN THE AREA. HE STATED THAT ON CERTAIN DAYS WHEN THERE IS AN INVERSION IN THE TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY, THE PROBLEM I S MUCH MORE NOTICEABLE. HE ALSO STATED THERE HAD BEEN SOME DIFFICULTY IN CONTROLLING THE 'j BURNING PROBLEM IN AREAS ON THE PERIMETER OF THE CITY, AND HE WOLD RECOMMEND THAT A ---....... WRITTEN PERMIT TO BURN BE ISSUED BY EITHER THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE OR BY THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICER WHICH COULD RESULT IN STRICTER ENFORCEMENT OF THIS PROBLEM. THIS VERBAL REPORT WAS RECEIVED WITH THANKS. 5 3. OFFER TO PURCHASE CITY PROPERTY, FIR BUTTE ROAD, GRIENER - AN OFFER WAS MADE BY MRS. MAE L. GRIENER TO PURCHASE APPROXIMATELY 18.94 ACRES THE CITY OF EUGENE OWNS ON FIR BUTTE ROAD LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 6 OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF EUGENE. HER OFFER WAS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $4500 WITH A $1500 DOWN PAYMENT AND $50 PER MONTH ON THE BALANCE. THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICER STATED THAT THE AREA MAY BE A GOOD PLACE FOR THE SAWMHLS AND THE LIKE TO BURN THEIR MILL END REFUSE. THIS IS OUTSIDE THE I CITY AND FAR ENOUGH FROM THE CITY SO THAT THE SMOKE WOULD BE DISSIPATED. MR.CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MR. SWANSON TO HAVE A REPORT BACK ON THE POSSIBLE USE OF THE AREA FOR BURNING AND ALSO IF THE COUNTY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THIS PROPOSAL. MOTION CARRIED. 6 4. CARMEN-SMITH PROJECT - MR. BYRON PRICE STATED THAT THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD'S CONSULTANTS AND ENGINEERING FIRM HAD RECENTLY FIGURED THE ULTIMATE COST OF THE CARMEN- SMITH PROJECT TO BE $28,935,500. THE WATER BOARD FOUND IT NECESSARY TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL $2,500,000 FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT. MR. PRICE STATED THAT BONDS WOULD BE SOLD TO PROVIDE THIS MONEY AND THAT A TENTATIVE SALE DATE HAD BEEN SET FOR e SEPTEMBER 25, 1962. THE Y WOULD BE SHORTER TERM BONDS THAN THE OR I'G I NAL ISSUE AND WOULD BE PAID OFF IN TWENTY YEARS. IN ANSWER TO A QUESTION, MR. PRICE STATED THAT THE BOARD FELT THIS MONEY WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT WIHTOUT ANY FURTHER REQUEST FOR A BOND SALE. 7 5. AMENDMENT TO POOL ROOM ORDINANCE - THE CITY ATTORNEY SUBMITTED A FIRST DRAFT OF AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 6.51 OF THE CITY CODE WITH REGARD TO POOL ROOMS, CARD ROOMS, BILLIARD ROOMS, WHICH WOULD ALLOW MINOR PERSONS TO FREQUENT THEM. MR. MOLHOLM MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CHATT TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT. MOTION CARRIED. 8 6. SKINNERS BUTTE IMPROVEMENTS - THE CITY MANAGER READ A LETTER FROM MR. CHARLES O. PORTER RELATIVE TO AN AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER BEING SUBMITTED PROVIDING FOR A WIDER DEFINITION OF PARK PURPOSES SO AS TO ALLOW BUILDINGS FOR A MUSEUM OR RESTAURANT ON SKINNERS BUTTE TO THE ADVANTAGE OF THE PUBLIC VISITI~ THE PARK. THIS MATTER HAD BEEN RAISED PREVIOUSLY BUT THE CITY STAFF DID NOT FEEL ENOUGH INTEREST HAD BEEN GENERATED TO MAKE ANY DEFINITE I RECOMMENDATION. MR. MOLHOLM MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT THE STAFF MAKE AN I~STI- GATION OF THIS SUBJECT AND RETURN A REPORT AT A LATER DATE. MOTION CARRIED. MRS. LAURIS MOVED SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEMS I THROUGH 6 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 9 7. PARKING, 13TH AND HILYARD - A RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE BY THE TRAFfIC ENGINEER THAT PARKING BE PROHIBITED AT THE NORTH CURB LINE OF 13TH AVENUE RUNNING WEST FROM THE WEST LINE OF HILYARD STREET FOR A DISTANCE OF 150 FEET AND BETWEEN HILYARD AND ALDER e STREETS IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT THE INTERSECTION BY GIVING MORE ~