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341"'" e 7/8/63 ,-- I . A REPORT fROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT STATED THE AREA IS TOO LOW TO CONNECTED TO THE SEWER SYSTEM AT THIS TIME BUT IS BEING CONSIDERED INA STUDY BEING MADE fOR LANE COUNTY BY CORNELL, HOWLAND, HAYES, & MERRYfiELD, CONSULTING ENGINEERS. THE 00 PAVING CONTRACT WILL BE COMPLETED OVER TWO SEASONS BECAUSE Of THE LARGE AMOUNT Of '!""". fiLL NECESSARY TO BRING THE STREET TO GRADE. A DECISION ON SEWERS IT TO BE MADE ~ AfTER THE ENGINEERING REPORT IS COMPLETED fOR THE COUNTY. MR. McKAY WAS PRESENT ~~ AND ACCEPTED THE EXPLANATION Of THE PROBLEM AND ITS PENDING SOLUTION. :c CC I THE CITY MANAGER THEN READ A LETTER fROM THE NATIONAL BOARD Of FIRE UNDER- WRITERS CONCERNING PROPOSED CHANGES IN FIRE ZONES I AND 2 IN THE CITY Of EUGENE WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE MARSHAL;S OffiCE AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THE BOARD HAD BEEN ASKED If e THERE WOULD BE A DECREASE IN DEfiCIENCY POINTS BY THE RATING BUREAU If THE CITY Of EUGENE ORDINANCE PROHIBITED THE USE Of WOOD ROOfS IN INDUSTRIAL ZONES. THE SUGGESTED ORDINANCE WHICH WOULD PROHIBIT WOOD ROOfS IN ALL BUILDINGS IN THE I N- DUSTRIAL ZONES WAS APPROVED BY THE NATIONAL BOARD Of FIRE UNDERWRITERS WHO STATED THERE WOULD BE NO INCREASE IN DEfiCIENCIES If THIS WERE APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL. I MRS. LAURIS MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CHATT TO RECOMMEND THE CHANGES BE APPROVED AS OUTLINED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND STAff AS TO FIRE ZONES I AND 2. MOTION CAR- RIED, MESSRS. SWANSON, CHRISTENSEN AND DEVERELL VOTING NO. COMMITTEE REPORTS COMMITTEE MEETING HELD JUNE 27, 1963: "PRESElNT: COUNCILMEN CHATT (PRESIDING), LAURIS, CHRISTENSEN, DEVERELL~ AND PURDY; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; ADMIN$STRATIVE ASSISTANT CASTNER; DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS; AND OTHERS. 2 I. WIDTH Of PAVING WEST HILLSIDE DRIVE - A REQUEST WAS PRESENTED SIGNED BY MR. ALBERT BALZHISER AND JAMES B. MAXWELL ASKING THE CITY TO CONSIDER RE- DUCING THE PR6POSED WIDTH Of PA~ING ON WEST HILLSIDE DRIVE fROM LARCH TO THE INTERSECTION WITH WEST AMAZON DRIVE TO 32 OR 34 fEET. DR. PURDY MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CHRISTENSEN TO RECOMMEND PAVING THIS STREET 36 fEET IN WIDTH. MOTION CARRIED. 3 2. EL PASO NATURAL GAS EASEMENT AND FRANC~ISE - THIS WAS A REQUEST BY EL PASO NATURAL GAS COMPANY fOR EASEMENT TO CONSTRUCT A TRANSMISSION LINE ACROSS THREE SEPARATE TRACTS Of CITY Of EUGENE PROPERTY TO ALLOW THEM TO BYPASS THE CITY Of EUGENE. MR. HENRY OLSON, REPRESENTING EL PASO NATURAL GAS, WAS PRESENT AND INDICATED HIS COMPANY WOULD PREfER AN I EASEMENT. HOWEVER, MR. OLSON WAS INFORMED THAT UNTIL THE CITY ATTORNEY RETURNS AFTER JULY I, THE CITY COULD NOT PRESENT A PROPOSED ORDINANCE GRANTING THIS EASEMENT. MRS. LAURIS MOVED SECONDED BY DR. PURDY TO FAVOR AN AGREEMENT WITH EL PASO NATURAL GAS ON THE LOCATION ~THE TRANS- MISSION LINE AND FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DRAW SUCH ANN AGREEMENT. MOTION CARRIED. 4 3. SETBACK VARIANCE, 258 EAST 16TH, STEWART - MRS. LAUms MOVED SECONDED BY e MR. CHATT TO ALLOW THE VARIANCE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION Of A CARPORT AS RE- QUESTED, PROVIDING MR. AND MRS. STEWART UNDERSTOOD THAT SHOULD THE CARPORT BECOME A HEALTH OR A SAFETY HAZARD IN THE FUTURE, THE CITY COULD REQUEST ITS REMOVAL UPON NOTICE TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. MOTION CARRIED. (REMOVAL TO BE AT NO EXPENSE TO THE CITY.) MR. CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEMS ,I, 2 AND 3 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 5 4. AIRPORT LEASE, STANDARD OIL COMPANY - THIS WAS A REQUEST FROM STANDARD OIL COMPANY fOR THE EXTENSION Of A LEASE fOR AIRPLANE fUELING FACILITIES AT MAHLON SWEET AIRPORT. UPON DISCUSSION OF THE TERMS OF THE EXTENSION OF THE LEASE, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS ITEM BE HELD OVER TO THE COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY 8, 1963, PENDING fURTHER INFORMATION. MR. CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE EXTENSION Of LEASE BE APPROVED IN I LINED WITH TERMS EXPLAINED BY THE CITY MANAGER. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VO~NG AYE, MOTION CARRIED. I 7/8/63 - 7 e ~