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- (I-A-l) - (I-A-2) (I-A-3) (I-A-4) - M I NUT E S EUGENE CITY COUNCIL May 12,1~75 . Regular meeting of the Common Council of the city of Eugene, Oregon was called to order by His Honor Mayor Lester E. Anderson at 7:30 p.m. on May 12, 1975 in the Council Chamber with the following Council members present: Neil Murray, Gus Keller, Wickes Beal, Tom Williams, Ray Bradley, Eric Haws, and Edna Shirey. I - Public Hearings A. Vacation of easement between Hilyard and Alder south of East 39th Place (Seabloom)(EV 75-1) Recommended by the Planning Commission on February 24, 1975. Map of the area was previously distributed to Council members. Public hearing was held with no testimony presented. :Council Bill No. 833 - Vacating easement between Hilyard Street and Alder Street south of East 39th Place was read by council bill number and title only, there being no council member present requesting that it be read in full. Mr. Munray moved s~cond by Mr. Keller~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 ca~ried unanimously and the bill was read the second time by council bill number only. Mr. Murray moved second by Mr. Keller that the bill be approved and given final passage. Rollcall vote. All council members present voting aye, the bill was declared passed and numbered 17353. ' B. Southeast Firs Neighborhood Charter Assistant Manager eXplained the overlapping of bounda~ies between the proposed Southeast Firs neighborhood group and the existing Oak Hills Homeowners Associa- tion, especially with regard to properties along Agate Street. Copies of the pro- posed charter, maps, and corresponden~e were previously furnished to'Council members. Public hearing was opened. Al Jacobsen, 3215 Agate Street, president of the Nob Hills Association, said that group had voted to remain a part of the Southeast Firs organization. He said the Nob Hills group covered properties lying east of Agate Street south of 30th Avenue and took in the 9th, 10th, and 11th Additions to Nob Hill, and that that area was not and had never been considered a part of the Oak Hills Homeowners Association. Others supporting Mr. Jacobsen's viewpoint and recommending approval of the South- east Firs charter were Fred Divita, 1655 Cameo Drive; Lloyd Staples, 3210 Agate Street; and Mr. Singh, 830 East 37th Avenue. They felt drawing of the boundaries of Southeast First group was an arbitrary action of the planning department with- out a satisfactory explanation of its purpose. Also, there were planning efforts going on within the area on which the group wished to make a concerted recommenda- tion and which could not be done until the charter was approved. Cordelia Ruddy, 3614 Agate Street, representing the Oak Hills Homeowners Associa- tion, said the boundaries for the Southeast Firs group was drawn in the manner submitted with the idea that one group could better work problems of the south- east section of the city rather than splitting into two groups. She was under the impression that everyone interested had received notices of the meetings at which the area was discussed but recognized that standard procedure usually comes under attack when controversy arises. She said the Oak Hills group was not in- terested in forcing membership on anyone who did not want to belong to that group. ~~" 5/12/75 - I