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~ 421 e 10/25/65 10/25/65 1 2. Halloween Night - The City Manager asked the Council members if they would concur in a recom- I mendation by the Police Department and the Ministerial Association that Halloween be observed on Saturday night, October 30, rather than Sunday evening, October 31. Mr. Chatt moved seconded by Dr. Purdy to approve the recommendation. Motion carried. The City Manager stated his office has received numerous calls regarding tfue changing of Halloween from Sunday to Saturday night. The callers protesting that homecoming at' the,'University of Oregon should be considered. Mr. Chatt moved seconded by Mrs. Lauris to change the previous recommendation and to hold October 31 as Halloween. Motion carried. 2 3. The Downtown Committee - The committee recommended that the Mayor appoint a subcommittee of council members to develop a plan of procedure for the Downtown Study Committee. Mayor Cone named Councilmen Ray Hawk, Lester Anderson, Mrs. Lauris and John Chatt to serve in this capacity. Mr. Crakes moved, seconded by Mr. Lassen to approve the appointments. Motion carried. - Mr. Chatt moved seconded by Mrs. Lauris to approve the appointments to the subcommittee. Motion carried. e 3 4. Planning Commission Report - October 5, 1965 a. Eugene Mission - East side of Bethel Drive, north of Pershing Street, R-3G to C3P and Mission location - The Planning Commission approved the recommendation from the Mayor's Mission Study Committee that the proposed location of the Mission on Bethel Drive north of Pershing Street and adjacent to the Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way be approved. Mr. Chatt moved seconded by Mrs. Lauris to tentatively approve the location of the Mission I and refer the matter of the zone change back to the Planning Commission. Mr. Wiswall, attorney, stated his clients felt there had not been sufficient time given to hearing arguments of people living in the area concerning the location of the Mission and also on the change of zone needed to permit the Mission in this area. Dean Haley, member of the study committee stated the proposed location of the Mission would not aggravate the tran- sient problem in the area. The problem is already there. Question was called for and the motion carried. Mr. Chatt moved seconded by Mrs. Lauris to approve the committee action. On call for discussion, Mr. Wiswall, attorney representing residents of the Bethel Drive area presented an opposing petition bearing several hundred names. Mr. Wiswall stated he also has several letters and communications objecting to the proposed location. Mr. W~swall pointed out that the proposed location would be un- duly detrimental to the residents in the area. He further stated that his'int~rptetation~of'the' ioning tode'.would indicate that the Mission should be located in the downtown area. Mr. Wiswall also suggested the Mesman property which is close to the Southern Pacific yards and which could be purchased for a Mission site. Other people speaking in opposition to the proposed location were Mr. John Myers, Mr. Tom Putnam, Mr. John Foskett, Mrs. Duncan, Carol Hepner, Miles Salgado and Mrs. Johnson. Mr. Al Wysong, chairman of the study committee and Mr. Dean Haley stated that the committee had spent considerable time in checking possible sites for the Mission and had used the criteria for the location according to the instructions of the study on the movements of the transient male in the Eugene area. Mr. Jack Gossard of the Eugene Mission said that the proposed site is very workable and he considers the proposed location a good solution to the problem. After much discussion and questions to the council and to members of the audience, ,g'.motion'was made by Mr. Chatt seconded by Mr. Anderson to amend the I original motion to have the committee check the possiblities of the Mesman property. Motion on the amendment carried. The question was called for on the original motion as amended. Motion carried with Dr. Purdy voting no. 4 5. Sign Variance Requests, 18th & Chambers - Gibson and Spiecker - The members of the council viewed the area and requested additional information. A motion made by Dr. Purdy and seconded by Mr. Chatt was withdrawn which would have allowed variances of the two requests to be approved subject to limitation of the size of the signs. e As further information to the council the City Manager explained that the size of the Dari-Delite sign was approximately 42 square feet per side. That the variance granted to Dari-Delite would have allowed them a sign up to a maximum of 60 square feet per side. Both Mr. Gibson of Lochmead Dairy and Mr. ~ Spiecher of Taco Villa spoke in behalf of their sign variance requests. Mr. Cpristensen of Christensen's Pharmacy on West 18th Avenue also spoke in favor of allowing the signs to be erected. After further discussion Mrs. Lauris moved seconded by Mr. Chatt to grant both variances with the stipulation that the signs be place so that they do not project over the street right-of-way and are to be non-revolving signs. 5 6. Right-of-way Purchase, 505 Oakwav Road and 715 Oakwav Road - On recommendation of the City Attorney, Mr. Chatt moved seconded by Mr. Anderson to approve the purchase of right-of-way from Glen Crase at 505 Oakway Road for $410 and from Fred Hauck at 715 Oakway Road for $500. Motion carried. Mr. Chatt moved seconded by Mrs. Lauris to approve the purchase of the Crase and Hauck properties and I to include the propertY~J~~~ ~ester ~terson at $350. Rollcall vote. All councilmen present voting aye the motion was carr~e . 'l 9~J c90 6 7. Bid Openings - Improvements a. Sidewalk, Oakway Road from Oakmont to Lariat Drive b. Sewer, Minda Drive from Norkenzie east 450 feet Mr. Chatt moved seconded by Mr. Crakes to award the bid to the low bidder in each case. Motion carried. e Mr. Chatt moved seconded by Mrs. Lauris to approve the committee action. Motion carried. II 10/25/65 - 2 ll~