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99~ e 8/13/62 -- .-.-..---, ---- --.-'.-.." ....~.....-._-'._..._--,---- -_...~...--,-_..-...- - ---- ---_._-_.~._--- --~ ---- I FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH WOULD NECESSITATE PURCHASE OF A "FOAM" FIRE TRUCK COSTING APPROXIMATELY $35,000. THE AIRPORT COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THIS AMOUNT BE INCLUDED IN THE NOVEMBER BALLOT MEASURE ALSO. MR. WILSON MOVED SECONDED BY MR. SWANSON TO APPROVE THE REPORT OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION AND. THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. MOTION CARRIED. MR. HENRY EATON, CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION, SUGGESTED THAT SOME PUBLICITY SHOULD BE GIVEN THE PROBLEM OF FARMERS BURNING THEIR STUBBLEFIELDS AT THIS TIME OF 00 YEAR, AS IT IS A VERY GREAT HINDRANCE TO PILOTS, LIMITING VISIBILITY. THIS PROGRAM ~ IS NOT RESTRICTED TO THIS AREA ALONE AS IT IS ALSO QUITE A PROBLEM IN THE WHOLE VALLEY. ~ THIS RECOMMENDATION WAS NOTED BY THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICER. ~-4 ::Q MR. MOLHOLM MOVED SECONDED BY MR. SWANSON TO APPROVE ITEM 15 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT. MOTION CARRIED, :0 MRS. LAURIS VOTING NO. MRS. LAURIS STATED THAT IT IS HER FEELING THE COUNTY SHOULD PARTICIPATE TO SOME EXTENT IN THE PROMOTION OF MAHLON SWEET AIRPORT AS IT IS EVIDENT FROM THE REPORT OF THE CHAMBER ON THE ACTIVITIES AT MAHLON e SWEET FIELD THAT IT IS A BIG BENEFIT TO THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE. COUNCILMAN MOLHOLM CONCURRED IN THIS IDEA, STATING THAT THE AIR FREIGHT TRAffiC AND OTHER COMMERCIAL TRAFfiC AT THE AIRPORT WOULD INDICATE THAT IT IS BEING VERY WIDELY USED BY OTHER THAN RESIDENTS Of THE CITY OF EUGENE. COMMITTEE MEETING HELD AUGUST 9,1962: I "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNC I LMEN LAUR IS, MOLHOLM, CHATT, MOYER, WI LSON, SWANSON, CHR I STENSEN AND DEVERELL; CIT Y MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; ASSISTANT CITY RECORDER; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT COLLINS; DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS; VINCE FARINA AND JAMES MAXWELL, PLAN~ NING COMMISSION MEMBERS; URBAN RENEWAL DIRECTOR RICHARD SODERBERG I I. PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT - JULY 23, 1962 A. GEORGE KEATING, 18TH AND OAK PATCH,R~2 - THE CITY MANAGER READ THE REPORT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDING THAT THIS REQUEST FOR REZONING TO R-2 Two FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BE GRANTED SUBJECT TO AN AGREEMENT THAT THE OWNERS WILL NOT SUBDIVIDE AND/OR SELG OFF AND CONVEY ANY PARCEL OF SAID TRACT, AND WILL SELL AND CONVEY ONLY THE WHOLE TRACT, AND THAT THE LAND IS TO BE USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APARTMENT HOUSE PROVISION OF R-2 ONLY. THE CITY MANAGER READ A PETITION fROM RESIDENTS OF THE AREA PROTESTING THE CHANGE OF ZONE. HE NOTED THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF THE SIGNERS RESIDE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS. MR. JACK MILLER WAS INTRODUCED BY MR. KEATING AS ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS Of THIS PRO- JECT. HE SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THE REZONING NOTING THAT ALL PLANS WOULD ~AVE TO BE APPROvtD BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE FHA AND THE CITY WOULD REGULATE THE CON- STRUCTION. THE PROJECT WOULD BE FINANCED UNDER FHA REGULATIONS. THE ORIGINAL DE- VELOPMENT WOULD CONTAIN 72 UNITS ON 9 PLUS ACRES. THE BUILDINGS WOULD BE TWO STORY STRUCTURES OF 8 UNITS EACH WITH APPROPRIATE LANDSCAPING AND PROVISIONS FOR OPEN SPACE. MRS. GAUGL, 1980 SUNRISE BOULEVARD, SPOKE IN OPPOSITION TO THE REZONING, STATING THAT RESIDENTS Of THE AREA fELT THAT THIS LAND WOULD BE USEfUL AS RESIDENTIAL PRO- I PERTY IF SEWERS WERE PUT IN; SEWER PROBLEMS WOULD BE LESS IF THERE WERE fEWER LIV- ING UNITS; MANY NEW RESIDENTS WOULD CREATE TRAFFIC HAZARDS; LOW RENT HOUSING NOT DESIRABLE IN THE AREA; SCHOOLS IN THIS AREA ALREADY CROWDED; AND THAT A DEVELOPMENT OF THIS TYPE COULD BUY LARGE TRACT FOR LOW COST AND MAKE A LARGER PROFIT THEN THE RESIDENTIAL OWNER WHO HAD TO PAY MORE FOR THEIR PROPERTY. SHE ALSO STATED THAT THE OUT-Of-CITY PETITION SIGNERS WERE BORDERING ON THE AREA AND WERE NONETHELESS AFfECTED BY THE REZONING. e THE QUESTION OF SANITARY SEWERS WAS BROUGHT UP AND THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS STATED THAT THE AREA COULD BE SERVED AND THAT THE INSTALLATION OF SANITARY SEWERS IN THE AREA WOULD BE AT THE EXPENSE Of THE DEVELOPER. MR. CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MR. SWANSON TO REZONE TO R-2 SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MOTION CARRIED, MESSRS. MOYER AND CHRISTENSEN VOTING NO; MRS. LAURIS AND MR. MOLHOLM ABSTAINING. SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE PRESENT, AMONG THEM MR. DAVE BRABHAM, 1780 OAK PATCH ROAD, A MRS. YOKUM, MR. MUNSON AND MR. W. ADAMS. ALSO SPEAKING TO OBJECT TO THE REZONING AND THE APARTMENT HOUSE TYPE DEVELOPMENT WAS MRS. EDWARD GAUGL. MRS. GAUGL AGAIN EXPRESSED THE OBJECTIONS TO THE COUNCIL THAT THIS WOULD BE BETTER SUITED TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, PROVIDING SEWERS WERE PUT IN, THAT A CONGESTED AREA WOULD SPRING UP WHICH WOULD CREATE TRAFFIC HAZARDS AND AN OVERFLOW IN THE SCHOOLS WHICH ARE AL- READY CROWDED, AND THAT LOW RENT HOUSING WOULD BE UNDESIRABLE IN THIS AREA. THE~E WERE APPROXIMATELY TWENTY PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE SUPPORTING HER OBJECTIONS. I MR. GEORGE KEATING SPOKE FOR THE DEVELOPERS OF THE TRACT, ALSO MR. BOB SUESS, WHO STATED THAT A SIMILAR PROJECT HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND WAS WORKING VERY WELL AT 15TH AND POLK. MRS. LAURIS MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CHATT TO APPROVE THE COMMITTEE REPORT. MOTION DEFEATED, MESSRS.CHATT, SWANSON AND DEVERELL VOTING YES; MRS. LAURIS AND MESSRS. MOLHOLM, MOYER AND CHRISTENSEN VOTING NO. (GENERALLY UNDERSTOOD THE MATTER WOULD BE REFERRED TO A JOINT MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNC I L) . e ~