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, - ~~~'., ,,:-. r ;Mayor Anderson asked if on State institutions. and Salem also. It was item is pending. iPlanning Director said there are some points in the land use ;:lanning le~is~ati~n 'about which the Planning commission is very concerned. He sa~d the Comm~ss~on ~s 'not saying that it is not proper for the State to be concerned in the area of land use, but the legislationl proposed does not point out wh~t the concerns. are.. T~e Commission is reviewing the legislation now and will br~ng recommendat~ons ~n ~t~ regard to the Council. In answer to Mrs. cam;:bell, ,Mr. ,Luce said he felt Eu~ene_s :l990 General Plan will receive favorable cons~derat~on ~n passage of any leg~sla 'tion having to do with land use. there is legislation pending on payments in lieu of taxes He said this had been discussed wi th the mayors of port~and understood Mr. Luce would find out if legislation on th~s Comm l/24/73 File Z. Meetings Scheduled A. Budget Committee - 7:30 p.m. this evening (January 24), McNutt Room B. Joint meeting of Planning Commissions - 7:30 p.m., January 25, School District 4J Board Room, 200 North Monroe C. Congressional/City Conference, Washington, D.C., March 4-6 - Councilman Wood has expressed his intention of attending. Other councilmen who wish to attend are reques ted t~,T!<?ti fy the Manager. Comm l/24/73 File . AA. Fire Hydrant Installation, Private Development.;.. Copies of lette:!.' addressed to' Wayne Shields from Manager were previously distributed to Council members with regard to request from Wayne Shields for City installation of fire hydrants at an approximate cost of $1200 to serve his proposed motel. Staff takes the posi- tion and has followed the policy in the past that cost of like installations on private property should be borne by the property owner. Manager said that al- " though the property in question (north of Willamette River west of Ferry Street Bridge) is outside the City, there is a contract between Mr. Shields and the City , providing for annexation after development is completed. Councilman Williams felt the purpose of fire hydrants was for protection of privat~ property regardless of whether they are located in the public right-of-way or on ,private property. He maintained it is an artificial division and doesn't deal with the function or purpose of fire hydrants. Manager said placement of hydrants ; on Shields property is for the purpose of obtaining the lowest possible insurance ; rating and installation at City cost would be public subsidy of fire protection system for private development. He recommended that the City not pay for the hydrants. Mr. .Williams asked whether level of fire service with hydrants placed on private property would be comparable to service in any other residential or commercial area. Fire Chief answered that it would be. . ,.., ....:~ ,Ed Kenyon, Register-Guard, asked whether the City pays the cost of installation of a,ll other hydrants in the City. Manager replied it does if they are placed in the public right-Of-way. City did pay for installation of hydrants in Valley River Center, private property, but decision for that installation was based on the : Center's similarity to a downtown area where there are a number of different business operations. 'No action was taken, and it was understood that Council approved staff's position requiring hydrant installation on private property to be paid for by the property 'owner. ;comm , 1/3jl/73 rile Councilman Hershner left the meeting. BB. Boundaries, Emergency CO Alert Plan - Councilman Murray at the time the Emergency CO Alert Plan was adopted, indi cated concern about boundaries of the Stage 2 area. 'No staff work has been done toward revision of those boundaries. The Plan adopted meets DEQ requirements, but staff feels there is no immediate need for this kind of alert plan, partiCUlarly in the Stage 2 and 3 areas. i Councilman Murray repeated his concerns about movement of traffic through the h.ighest 'concentration of senior citizens' homes, saying those people would be the leastab~e to wi thstand high leveJ..s of carbon monoxide emissions. He suggested al ternati ves '.or ~liminating Stage 2 altogether or extending the Stage 2 area boundary westward be- tween 7th and 18th to about Chambers Street. i , ~Councilman Williams, said discussion with the Director of the Lane Regional Authority I ~+evealed that c.onsideration is being given to an alert plan for the entire metropolitan I area, so that Whatever-plan does come from the DEQ will deal with more than just the ~ity of Eugene. He felt there should be no change in boundaries of this Plan until 'Consideration is given to them on an areawide basis. Mrs. Beal said there i~ some talk about requiring automobile inspection but there is nothing b~ing done about a ~t-atC!wide plan to immobilize traffic in emergency situations. I . Councilmen Wood and Keller left the _ml!e~~12iJ' +3 ",- .~.(.- ~._-,-_.~'.__.:.:.. C""'...~ ." ,] :,..~--- 2/l2/73 - 19