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" " .-' Mayor Anderson thought it might be desirable ,for many reasons to discuss peti- ;tion with respect to desirability or availability to avoid expense of drawings, '. computations, etc., with discussion on bids to be concerned only with price. ~ ' ' Assistant Manager said in his experience public hearings always center around cost, it being a question of desirability tied to the dollar amount of the - project. It is deemed a sounder basis for hearing to have contractors' costs . rather than engineers' estimates. Manager said those bids expected to produce controversy could be separated and brought to committee rather than going di- rectly to Council. Councilman Mohr asked the impact if a policy is established requiring 55 or 60% before a petition is considered, which would require more signatures and provide a better indicator of whether the project is desirable. Director said staff would still do as now with the 50%, tell the petitioner he has the right to Comm present the issue directly to the Council. Manager said the situation would be 6/14/72 the sam~, even if less than the required percentage it would be the Council's File decision as to whether it is of public benefit and should be done. T. Report, South Kincaid Ball Field - Assistant Parks Director reported on steps taken to alleviate the nuisance caused by use of the, South Kincaid Ball Field tolerated by Ronald Weiss, 3945 East Amazon Drive: Fence level raised to the highest possible level, field alignment made away from property lines, use of controlled flight softball for this diamond only, rule change to "over the fence is out," use of field avoided for practice games, only the umpire is al- lowed to retrieve baseballs hi t into neighbors' yards, rescheduling of games. Mrs. Campbell expressed dissatisfaction with the arrangements, saying practice . is still being held on the field and the situation has existed for about a year, resulting in the City's having to pay for damage to Mr. Weiss' property. She Comm said Mr. Weiss would like to speak to this situation. Assistant Director ex- .:~:6/2l/7.? plained that no practices are being scheduled; there is no control on use of .'F1.le the field so far as neighborhood use or drop-in play is concerned U . Distribution 1. Copies of agreement between the Vniversity of Oregon and City re: Street vacations in the campus area (dated January 25,1971). Comm 2. Copies of report from Assistant MB.Bager, dated June 21, 1972, re: Public 6/21/72 Hearings. File v. Administrative Hearing, Mall REgulations Comm This hearing has been set for July 17, 1972 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chamher.6/21/72 File M::s. Beal moved seconded by Mr. Williams that Items A through V be approved, affirmed, and flled as noted. Rollcall vote. Motion carried, all councilmen present voting aye except I Mr. Teague abstaining on Item E (Abatement, 1902 Cleveland Street). ' . . IV - Liquor License Applications A. Change of Ownership . l. Rancho Tavern, 1466 West 7th - Milton A. Viken (formerly Llloyd Hinrichs) RMBA - PB 2. The Vavarian, 444 East 3rd - Frederick and Betty VanHerwaarden (formerly Stephen Stivers) - Restaurant (B) B. Adding'Partrter . :1. . The Southland Corporation, 7-11 Food Stores ,2270 West 18th Larry H. and Adellamae Jones ~ FB OLCC and staff reports indicate no reason to recommend against approval. I . . Mrs. Beal moved seconded by Mr. Teague to recommend approval of the liquor license applica- ti<;:>n:;> . Motion carried unanimously. V - Ordinances Council Bill No. 9742 - Calling hearing August ,14, 1972 re: Vacation easement between Echo Hollow Road and Catalina, north of Willhi (So'rens()n)" wassubmi tted and read the first time by council bill number and title only, there being no councilman present requesting that it be read ~. in full. Mrs. Beal moved seconded by Mr. Teague that the bill be read the second time by council bill number only, with unanimous consent of the Council, and that enactment be considered at this time. .,.' Motion carried unanimously and the bill was read the second time by council bill number only. Mrs. Beal moved seconded by Mr. Teague that the bill be approved and given final passage. Rollcall vote. All councilmen present voting aye, the bill was declared passed and numbered 16538. Council Bill No. 9743 - Requiring South Hills area development to be governed by planned unit development regulations was submitted and read the first time by council bill number and title only ,there heing ho councilman present requesting that it be read in full. J'19 6(26/72 - 16