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,. , DD. illegal Land Use in Residential Area, Mel tebeke - Councilman Murray reported use . of a lot on Rocky Lane in the Willakenzie area by Bob Mel tebeke, building con- ,\ tractor, for storage of construction material. Residents of the area have made I . I numerous contacts with City departments but the situation remains, even after I ! . verification by the City Attorney that Meltebeke's use of the property is illegal. · Manager explained that Mr. Meltebeke owns the majority of the vacant land in that area and will be building houses for some period of time. Mr. Meltebeke feels use . of the lot for a storage area, concentrating construction materials on the one lot, is a better situation than using the streets for that purpose. He has received notice from the Building Department that the matter will be turned over to the City Attorney for enforcement unless the improper use is discontinued by the end of this month. Manager said Mr. Meltebeke contacted him in an effort to convince the City staff and attorney that since the property was used for storage purposes before he pur- chased it, that use should be allowed to continue as a non-conforming use. Staff i. , and attorney have advised Mr. Meltebeke that he has the right to submit an appeal to the Zoning Code Board of Appeals, and if the Board overrules the staff recom~, mendation to disallow the use, then storage could continue as a non-conforming i use over a phase-out period to be determined by the Planning Commission after . public hearing. If the Board upholds the staff, then Mr. Meltebeke has the right Comm of appeal to the Council. At this time, that procedure has not been pursued by 8/22/73 Mr. Meltebeke. If the staff is made aware of his filing an appeal, then enforce- File . ment would be suspended until the hearing process is completed. Comm EE. Council Liaison, Committee on Aging - Manager noted that there is no Council 1/22/73 member at this time acting as liaison between the Council and Committee on Aging. I File FF. League of Oregon Cities Convention, November 11-13., 1973 - TO be held at the Hilton Hotel in Portland. The League would like to receive any program suggestions: Comm Council members care to submit. 8/22/73 File GG. Transportation, NLC Meeting, Puerto Rico - Council members intending to travel to the NLC meeting in December in San Juan, Puerto Rico, wi th the League of Oregon Comm Cities group to take advantage of the "bulk" rate ~hould make arrangements no.w 8/22/73 in o!~er that the League may be informed prior to S~ptelllber_}. --. File HH. Police Holds, Sacred Heart Hospital - Copies of report and starr level agreement were previously distributed to Council members. Councilman Murray asked about pay- ment of psychiatrists, whether the City had participated in that expense in the past. Assistant Manager explained that psychiatrists formerly had given preliminary evalua- tion on the mental condition of persons brought to Johnson Unit at Sacred Heart by police at no charge. Because of ~he sharp rise in the number of these types of \ I cases, and no indication of any change in manner of handling, it became the Hospital's', .' official position that at the end of June 1973 involuntary patients brought in by police could no longer be accepted. The agreement reached with the Hospital whereby City and Lane County reimburse the Hospital for emergency room psychiatric services :has changed that position and is believed to be far less expensive for the City than the alternative of transporting police holds to Salem. I In answer to Councilman McDonald's question as to why it was considered less expensive, 'Assistant Manager estimated $100 per trip to cover two police officers and a police car with an average of four trips between Eugene and Salem for each patient to be held until time of hearing. Hearings would have to be held in Eugene. Councilwoman Campbell asked about the agreement to ".. .improve the level of communica-.' tions between the judiciary and the psychiatrists...." Assistant Manager explained that there is basic disagreement because laws provide that a judge determine the mental competence of one brought in because of criminal activity; the psychiatrists maintain the judges are not the ones to make the determination or evaluation as to what happens to a person showing mental disassociation or disease. Because of some Supreme Court decisions on case law judges feel Johnson Unit should no longer be the locale of mental hearings. Negotiations are being carried on to change this working relationship. Assistant Manager explained further that persons coming under this i procedure are those evidencing a dangerous behavior and who are unwilling to be I ~/. committed. They then .must be held involuntarily after being picked up by police I until a final determination as to their competency. Then if found incompetent they I are moved to Salem and are no longer a local responsibility. I Ed Kenyon, Eugene Register-Guard reporter, asked on what basis judges feel the hear- I ings should be in court and whether the public is excluded from those hearings. ,Assistant Manager answered that State law indicates hearings are to be held in a courtroom unless parties agree otherwise~__~ effort is being made to persuade the___ 2.74 8/27/73 - 17