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<br />COUNCIL CHAMBER
<br />EUGENE, OREGON
<br />FEBRUARY 25, 1963
<br />
<br />THE ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, OREGON, ADJOURNED FROM
<br />THE REGULAR MEETING HELD FEBRUARY I I, 1963, WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL
<br />CHAMBER ON FEBRUARY 25, 1963 BY HIScHONORM~YOR EDWIN E.CONE WITH THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRE-
<br />SENT: MR. CHATT, MRS. LAURIS, MESSRS. SWANSON, CHRISTENSEN, DEVERELL, CRAKES, HAWK AND PURDY.
<br />
<br />THE INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY REV. M. MAX MORGAN, EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETHREN FIRST CHURCH.
<br />
<br />THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING HELD FEBRUARY I I, 1963, AS MAILED TO MEMBERS OF THE
<br />COUNCIL, WERE APPROVED.
<br />
<br />NEW BUSINESS
<br />
<br />MR. RALPH COBB, CHAIRMAN OF THE JUDGES FOR THE ESSAY CONTEST SPONSORED BY THE MAYOR'S PEACE
<br />COMMITTEE, MRS. CATHERINE LAURIS AND MR. PAUL HOFFMAN, COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRMfiN, ANNOUNCED THAT
<br />MRS. DORIS DUNCAN HAD WON THE CONTEST. MR. COBB PRESENTED MRS. DUNCAN WIT~ A BOOK. A BOOK WAS
<br />ALSO PRESENTED TO MRS. MARIAN PRINCE, SECOND PLACE WINNER.
<br />
<br />A BILL WAS PRESENTED FROM WOOD, KING, DAWSON & LOGAN IN THE AMOUNT OF $965.58 FOR SERVICES
<br />IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR OPINION ON THE SALE OF AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT BONDS.
<br />
<br />MR. CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE ALLOWED AND PROPER CITY OFFICIALS
<br />AUTHORIZED TO DRAW THE NECESSARY WARRANT. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE,
<br />MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />COMMITTEE REPORTS
<br />
<br />COMMITTEE MEETING HELD FEBRUARY 14, 1963:
<br />
<br />"PRESENT: MAYOR CONEjCOUNCILMEN CHATT, LAURIS, SWANSON, CHRISTENSEN, DEVERELL, CRAKES,
<br />HAWK AND PURDY; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; C'TY ATTORNEY; ADMINISmRATIVE
<br />ASSISTANT:COLLINS; DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS; AND OTHERS.
<br />
<br />I. KOVTYNOVICH CLAIM, SEWAGE PUMPING STATION - THE CITY MANAGEi READ AN OPINION DATED
<br />FEBRUARY 13, 1963 GIVEN BY THE CITY ATTORNEY CONCERNING A CLAIM FOR ADDITIONAL EXPENSE
<br />IN THE AMOUNT OF $16,490 INCURRED BY JOHN KOVTYNOVICH IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SEWAGE
<br />PUMPING STATION ON THE EAST BANK OF THE WILLAMETTE RIVER. THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OPINION
<br />WAS THAT THE CLAIM SHOULD BE DENIED. MR. JIM BROWNHILL, ATTORNEY REPRESE~TING MR.Kov-
<br />TYNOVICH, BRIEFLY REVIEWED THE CLAIM, MADE ON THE BASIS OF UNKNOWN SUBSURFACE AND
<br />LATENT PHYSICAL CONDITIONS AND LOSS OF POWER. IT WAS THE FEELING OF BOTH THE CITY
<br />ATTORNEY AND MR. BROWNHILL THAT POSSIBLY THIS MATTER SHOULD BE DETERMINED IN COURT SO
<br />THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME BASIS fOR SETTLEMENT OF ANY FUTURE SIMILAR SITUATIONS.
<br />MR. CHRISTENSEN MOVED SECONDED BY MR. DEVERELL TO APPROVE THE OPINION OF THE CITY
<br />ATTORNEY AND DENY MR. KOCTYNOVICH'S CLAIM. MOTION CARRIED.
<br />
<br />MR. CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
<br />
<br />2. SALVATION ARMY EMERGENCY SHELTER - THE CITY MANAGER READ A STATEMENT PRESENTED BY
<br />MR. RALPH HILLIER, ATTORNEY REPRESENTING SEVERAL PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE VICINITY OF
<br />645 OLIVE STREET, PROPOSED LOCATION OF THE SALVATION ARMY EMERGENCY SHELTER. THE
<br />STATEMENT INDICATED THERE WAS OPPOSITION TO THE LOCATION OF THE EMERGENCY SHELTER
<br />AT THAT LOCATION AND THAT THE BUSINESS PEOPLE IN THE AREA WERE REQUESTING THE COUNCIL
<br />TO HAVE A HEARING ON THE MATTER. CAPTAIN STENVICK OF THE SALVATION ARMY SPOKE RATHER
<br />SHARPLY ON THE NEED FOR THE SHELTER AND ITS ESTABLISHMENT AT 645 OLIVE. THE MAYOR
<br />THEN STATED BOTH SIDES WOULD BE HEARD AT A LATER MEETING OF THE COUNCIL.
<br />
<br />MR. SWANSON MOVED SECONDED BY DR. PURDY TO TABLE THE MATTER OF THE SALVATION ARMY EMERGENCY SHEL-
<br />TER. MOTION DEFEATED, 6-2.
<br />
<br />CAPTAIN STENVICK STATED HE WISHED TO MAKE ANY REMARKS AFTER THE OPPOSITION HAD BEEN HEARD.
<br />
<br />MR. RALPH HILLIER, ATTORNEY REPRESENTING A GROUP OF PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE AREA OF THE PROPOSED
<br />ARMY SHELTER, SPOKE OPPOSING THE ERECTION OF THE PROPOSED SHELTER AND ALSO PRESENTED A PETITION
<br />BEARING APPROXIMATELY 138 NAMES OF PERSONS ALSO OPPOSING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SHELTER AT THAT
<br />LOCATION. THE PETITION CONTAINED NAMES OF OWNERS OF PROPERTY IN THE AREA, PEOPLE OPERATING
<br />BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, AND CUSTOMERS OF THOSE BUSINESSES. MR. FRED MANELA OF WESTERN PACIFIC
<br />WHOLESALE READ A SHORT PREPARED SPEECH OPPOSING THE SITE. ALSO, MR. TOM BLAIR, REPRESENTING THE
<br />HEILIG THEATRE, SPOKE IN OPPOSIT~ON.
<br />
<br />THE CITY MANAGER READ A LETTER TO THE COUNCIL FROM MRS. MITCHELL STEFFENSEN, MRS. CHAS. SCHULL,
<br />MRS. SYLVIA LA MARCHE AND MRS. EDWARD ARMSTRONG STATING THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SHELTER ES-
<br />TABLISHED AT THE PROPOSED LOCATION. MR. ROBB SEUSS, HOME BUILDER AND APARTMENT HOUSE OWNER,
<br />SPOKE ON BEHALF OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SHELTER, SAYING THAT IN HIS OPINION THE SALVATION
<br />ARMY WOULD OPERATE A VERY ORDERLY ESTABLISHMENT. CAPTAIN STENVICK THEN SPOKE, ANSWERING SOME
<br />QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE REGARDING THE PROPOSED OPERATION, THE NUM-
<br />BER OF PEOPLE TO BE SERVED, AND THE TYPE OF ESTABLISHMENT. PROPOSED.
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