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..--'" -'., :~ ~'::': M I NUT E S EUGENE CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL CHAMBER JANUARY 7, 1974 Adjourned meeting of tqe Common Council of the city of ~uge~e, Oregon - adjourned from the meeting held on December 17, 1973- was called- to order by His Honor Mayor Lester.E. Anderson at 7:30 p.m. on January 7,1974 in the Council Chamber with the following Council members present: Messrs. Williams, Hershner,. McDonald, ,Mmes. Beal and Campbell, and Messrs. Keller, MurrSlY , and Wood. I -Election of Officers, 1974 Councilwoman Beal announced the election of Tom-W,i-lliams as president and James Hershner as vice president of the Counqil for the year 1974. '. Mayor Anderson commented on the responsibilities, <?f~, president of. the. COUn9il . and ex- pressed appreciation to Mrs. Beal for her service in that capacity during the past year. II - Annual Message Mr. ,Anderson read the Mayor's annual message, copy of which is on file in ..'.the Finance Department. III - Public Hearings A. Vacations 1. Easement south of Spr~ngBourevard.and~east from South Ridge Drive (Hirons). 2. Easement between West 24th and 24th Place, east of Madison and west of Jefferson (Ahre & Root) 3. Portion of Satre Street at Parish St~ee~ (City) Recommendation was made to carry public hearing over ,to the January ~8, 1974 Council ~ meeting because of faulty advertising. Mr. Williams moved seconded by Mr.' He~shne.r to hold over public hearing on all three vacation requests to thecTanuary 28, 1974 Council meeting. Motion carried unanimously. B. Withdrawal of Willagillespie annexation from Oakway Water District Annexed by Boundary Commission .Final Order ~06 - November 1, 1973 "'"- Public hearing was held with no testimony presented. Council Bill No. 423 - Withdrawing from .Oakway Water District the Willa- gillespie area annexation was read by council bill number and title only, there being no councilman present requesting that it be read in full. :~~- . .~, "- -"-,. ~ Mr. Williams moved seconded by Mr. Hershner that the bill be read the second time by council bill number only, with unanimous consent of the Council, and that enact- ment be considered at this time. .Motion carried unanimously and the bill was read the second time by council bill number only. Mr. Williams moved seconded by Mr. Hershner that the bill be approved and given final passage. Rollcall vote. All councilmen present voting aye, the bill was declared ~assed and numbered 16957. C. Rate Increases 1. Taxicab 2. Airport Limousine iTaxicab/Airport Limousine Rates - Copies of report from-Fina~"c~- Departt;;;:;t:- we~e ' !distributed to Council members recorrunending rate increases for Terminal.J. 'Taxi, I ,Yellow Cab, Eugene Taxi, and Airport Limousine Service. Taxi rates recommended j'were 70<; for the f~rst 1./7 m~le plus 10<; for each add~tiona1 1/7 mi1~; (current r~te 70<; for the f~rst 2/5 nrr1e plus 10<; for each add~tiona1 1/5 mile).' Airport jL~mousine rate recommended was $2.00 each way between the. Eugene Hotel and the IA~rport (now $1.75 each way). Manager explained that a review of the companies' I ~ook~ ~ndicated that cost of fu~l plus problems of competition with bus service 'j lJust~f~ed the recommended rate ~ncreases. The recommendation was brought at I I this time, to allow opportuni ty for public input at the next committee meeting and ~ Comm ~~~~l,action at the January 7 Council meeting. . , 1 /19/73 - - ,_. '- .----. ',-, -- . ..,. .::'ub Hrng .............., ......,,> ./ Finance Department recommended the rate change for taxicabs which will represent about an 18% increase in cab companies' revenues. Manager said it was his understanding that without the proposed increase there was very real danger that the cab companies would no longer be able to operate. ~~~---- " T ./- / r--- ./ -... /../1 ~ - ---1/7/74 - 1