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e I 00 "'""' ~ ~ cc CO e I I e I e 2 3 4 5 2"31 .., 3/11/63 COUNCIL CHAMBER EUGENE, OREGON MARCH I I, 1963 THE REGULAR MEETING Of THE COMMON COUNCIL Of ~HE CITY Of EUGENE, OREGON, WAS CALLED TO ORDER ON MARCH I I, 1963 AT 7:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER BY HIS HONOR MAYOR EDWIN E. CONE WITH "THE fOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: MR. CHATT, MRS. LAURIS, MESSRS. SWANSON, CHRISTENSEN, DEVERELL, CRAKES, HAWK AND PURDY. THE INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY REV. WESLEY NICHOLSON, CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. THE MINUTES Of THE ADJOURNED MEETING Of FEBRUARY 25, 1963, AS MAILED TO MEMBERS OF THE CaUNCIL, WERE APPROVED. NEW BUSINESS MAYOR CONE WELCOMED AND INTRODUCED MEMBERS Of THE 3RD GRADE CLASS AT RIVERRoAD SCHOOL, WHO WERE PRESENT AT THE MEETING IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR CURRENT STUDY Of CITY GOVERNMENJ>, AND INVITED THEM BACK AGAIN. MRS. LAURIS RAISED THE QUESTION Of THE NUISANCE FROM THE BURNING Of MATERIALS FROM WRECKED HOUSES AT THE SOUTH W,LLAMETTE STREET DUMP, STATING THAT SOME OF THE MATERIALS HAD BEEN LEfT ALONG THE ROAD. THE CITY MANAGER STATED THE DUMP WAS A VERY CONVENIENT PLACE FOR BURNING THIS MATERIAL AND THAT HE DID NOT THINK IT WAS MUCH Of A NUISANCE AS THERE ARE NOT VERY-MANY HOUSES CLOSE TO THE DUMP. HE STATE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD WATCH fOR VIOLA- TIONS Of DROPPING MATERIALS ALONG THE EDGE OF THE ROADWAY. MR. SWANSON THEN MENTIONED THAT THE SAME SITUATION WITH REGARD TO MATERIALS LEFT ALONG THE ROAD EXISTS ON CENTENNIAL BOULEVARD, AND WONDERED If IT IS A PROBLEM fOR THE C,TY OR COUNTY TO POLICE THIS AREA. THE CITY MA~ER STATED THAT THE AREA WOULD ALSO BE CHECKED AND WATCHED FOR VIOLATIONS. MR. SWANSON BROUGHT UP THE MATTER Of THE 10% SURCHARGE HERETOfORE CHARGED ON ELECTRIC UTILITY BILLS TO RESIDENTS OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS. THE SURCHARGE HAS BEEN IN EffECT fOR THE PAST fORTY YEARS AND WILL BE DROPPED BY EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD AS Of APRIL I, 1963. HE fELT THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN SOME PUBLICITY ON BEHALf Of THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THAT SOME NOTICE SHOULD HAVE BEENGIVEN AND"A HEARING HELD ON THE RATE CHANGE. I MR. SWANSON THEN BROUGHT UP THE MATTER Of TELEPHONE SOLICITATIONS AND ITINERANT PHOTO- GRAPHERS. HE STATED THAT HE HAD INfORMATION TO THE EffECT THAT A fiRM WAS COMING INTO THE AREA SHORTLY TO SOLICIT PORTRAIT WORK BY MEANS Of TELEPHONE CALLS TO RESIDENTS. MR.SWANSON ALSO STATED THERE HAD BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE WORK Of THIS COMPANY AND THAT THEY ALSO, IN SOME INSTANCES, HAD NOT DELIVERED PORTRAITS AS THEY AGREED. THE CITY MANAGER SAID THIS HAD BEEN A QUESTION RAISED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, AND THAT THE CITY IS STILL LOOKING fOR AN ANSWER AS ARE NUMEROUS LARGE CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY. THE REQUEST fOR VACATION Of A PORTION Of ELK AVENUE fROM MR. DON FURTICK HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN BEfORE THE COUNCIL, BUT THE REQUEST HAD ALSO BEEN TURNED IN ASKING THATMR. FURTICK BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK IN HIS BEHALf AT SOME fUTURE MEETING, AND SINCE HE WAS PRESENT AT THIS MEETING, WITH THE MAYOR AGREEING THAT HE COULD BE HEARD, MRS. LAURIS MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CHATT TO RECONSIDER THE PREVIOUS VOTE ON THE MATTER WHICH DENIED THE REQUESTED VACATION. MOTION CARRIED, MR. CHRISTENSEN VOTING NO. MR. FURTICK WAS THEN GIVEN THE fLOOR AND STATED THAT HE fELT THAT THE BENEfiT TO THE PRO- PERTY WAS NOT WARRANTED AND THAT HE SHOULD NOT BE ASKED TO PAY THE ASSESSMENT AT THIS TIME. THE PROPERTY TO HAVE BEEN VACATED WAS APPRAISED BY TWO DiffERENT APPRAISERS WITH A $100 PRICE AND A $200 PRICE BEING NAMED. MR. CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS TO VACATE THE PROPERTY fOR THE $100 BENEFITTED fEE. THE QUESTION WAS THEN RAISED WHETHER THIS PIECE Of PROPERTY WOULD BE Of ANY PARTICULAR BENE- FIT TO THE CITY fOR PARK AREA, AND THE QUESTION WAS ASKED Of THE PARKS DIRECTOR WHETHER THIS WOULD BE A SUITABLE AREA. THE PARKS DIRECTOR STATED HE HAD NOT VIEWED THE PROPERTY. MR. CHRISTENSEN MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CRAKES TO TABLE THE MATTER UNTIL THE DIRECTOR Of PARKS COULD LOOK AT THE PROPERTY. MOTION CARRIED. 6 . BILLS AGAINST VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS Of THE CITY fOR THE MONTH Of FEBRUARY 1963 WERE PRE- SENTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: GENERAL FUND A&M BODY & FENDER SERVICE ADDRESSOGRAPH-MULTIGRAPH CORP. ALBERS FEED & FARM SUPPLY ALLEN OffiCE EQUIPMENT $ DRS.ALLUMBAUGH & BONZER THE AMERICAN CITY AMERICAN RED CROSS AMERICAN STEEL & SUPPLY 41.50 34.18 328.45 6.42 $ 49.00 5.00 10.50 525.34 CO. 3/11/63 - I ...