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~0 V~ ~24/ 69 Mr. Teague moved seconded by Mrs. Beal to authorize the City to purchase sewer easement on Creseent between Tulip and Graham. Motion carried I 1 b. 18th Avenue east of Oakpatch - Public Works Department has requested authorization t~ purchase street right-of-way on 18th Avenue west from State Finance Company per appraised price of $207.35 from Oakwood Manor Corporation and $1,235.98 from State Fina~ce Company. Dr. Purdy moved seconded by Mr. Mohr to authorize purchase of street-right-of-way for the amount stated. In answer to a question from Mrs. Beal the Director of Public Works explained that the property had been appraised two years ago, but negotiations have been in progress for that length of time. A vote was taken on the motion as stated, and the motion carried. Mrs. fuLyward moved seconded by Mr. McDonald to approve Item 9a and 9b of the Committee report. Rollcall votei2'All councilmen present voting aye, the motion carried. 2 10. Improvement of 20th Avenue, Washington to Friendly - The Manager explained that this matter had been discussed previously by the Council, but the project had not been initiated. Mr. Teague moved seconded by Mr. Gribskov that the Council initiate improvement of 20th Avenue from Washington Street ~0 Friendly Street. Motion carried. I 3 11. Parking Restriction, West 7th Riliace~ and Wilson - The Traffic Engineer recommends elimination of parking on 7th Place at Wilson to increase sight distance. Mr. Gribskov moved seconded by Mrs. Beal to approve the recommendation. Mo~ion carried. Mrs. Hayward moved seconded by Mr. McDonald to approve Items 10 and 11 of the Committee report. carried. Motion r 4 12. Correspondence - A letter from the Lane County Sanitarian reports on the status of the annex- ation of College Crest Water District. State and County Sanitarians will form an investigat- ing team which will begin March 3rd to evaluate the alleged health hazard. No action was taken on this Item. At this point Dr. Purdy left the meeting. 5 13. Counc~lwoman Beal asked for a discussion and review of proposed legislation. a. H.B. 1397 - prohibits cities from using purchasing services of the State. law, cities can take advantage of the mass purchasing power of the State. out that the City can take advantage of contractual agreements made by the Under present Mr. Mohr pointed State. Mr. Teague moved seconded by Mr. Mohr ~hat the Council go on record and send correspondmce opposing this bill. Motion carried. I 6 b. H.B. 1027 - Boundary Board Bill. Under present proposal, even small 100% consent annex- a~ions will go before the Boundary Board, which could create a large backlog burden. Leg- islation should be written so that minor annexations would not be subjected to boundary board supervision. Mr., Mohr stated one of the reasons for the change was that, under the previous proposal, minor annexations were not defined. After discussion of proposed wording, Mr. Teague moved seconded by Mr. Gribskov that the administration be authorized to express the view of the Council that standards should be set for minor annexations, and these should be excluded from the jurisdiction of the Boundary Board. Motion carried. Mrs. Hayward moved seconded by Mr. McDonald to approve Items l3a and l3b of the Committee report. Ceuncilman Wingard said the committee had disucssed this bill, and had. left it in its present form. They came to the conclusion small annexations really cause more problems than large ones. A discussion followed on whether 100% consent annexations should not be excluded from boundary board study to enable more time to be spent on larger annexation. . Mr. Teague moved seconded by Mr. Mohr to table this item and ask the legislative committee of the Council to study the bill. Motion carried.. A vote was taken on the motion to approve item l~ of the Committee report and the motion carried. 7 c. H.B. 1398 - Cigarette Tax. Proposed bill reduces revenue available to the City from the cigarette tax. Present bill distributed 2~ to property tax relief, l~ to County and l~ to City. New proposal would use money from cigarette tax as a property tax off-~et. , f Mr. Gribskov moved seconded by Mr. Mohr that the Council go on record opposing H.B. 1398. Mrs. Hayward moved seconded by Mr. McDonald to approve Item l3c of the committee report. Motion carried. 8 d. S.B. 211 - Extends from two weeks to three weeks period of time those serving in armed forces summer camp receive full pay from public ~mployer, plus military pay. Private employers are required to give leave, but without pay. 12 days of active duty are all 2/24/69 - 6 ~