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Council Chambers, EUGene, 6reg~n. .... Feb. 16, 1925, Minutes of the miJourned meeting of the City Council held Pebruar¥ 16th, 1925. Present Mayor E.B.Parks and Councilmen Monroe, Slmmon:~, L~b, MoCuL[~ and rugh. Absent Williamson, Washburne and Large. Meeting called to oztder at 7;30 o'clock p.,m. ' The 21re and Wafter Committe~ reported aiversely on the petition to extend the Fire Limits. On motion such raport was unanimously adopted. A petition was received to grade and gravel the alley between Oak and Pea~]~ Streets from 15th to 16th Avenues. Same was referred to the Road and Street Committee, whl.~h reported favorably on such Petition. On motion such report w.~sunaalmously s~lopted. A petition was received asking that 16th Azenue between 011ye and Charnel- ton Streets be opened. Same was referred to the City Engineer. A petition was received from several ministers, undertakers, and other, asking an Ordinance be passed prohibiting theholdlng of funerals on Sunday exeep~ la certain cases. Same was deferred tills11 members of the Cm~ncll are present. The following resolution was offered and unanimously adopted: RESOLUTION. RESOLVED that the Building Inspector be and he is hereby directed to grunt ~o building permits in the down town district ~iz:until after a conference with and the consent of the Fire and Water Co~nittee, pending the drafting of an Ordinance providing for a re-establishment of the Fire Limits of the City of Eugene, and providing for the characte~ of buildings to be erected therein and for the amount and character of repair and reconstruction to be permitted therein. The followlngresolutlon was offered andunanimously adopted: R E S 0 LU T I 0 N. W,~E~EAS, the water Board has acqulred a piece of property the tltleto whlch defective, end which ~an be cured by a suit to quiet title, BE IT ~EEOLVED by the Co,non Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon, that the City Attorney be and he is hereby directed and authorized to commence a suit. to q,~let title to the following described premises: Beginning at a po!at 16 feet south of the southeast corner of Co~nty Survey No. 236 of the recorded ,~u~veys of Lane County, Oregon, and rt~ning thence east along the north line of Eighth Aven~e East in the City of ~hgene, 0reg~m, 82 feet or to a point 36 feet east of the southeast corner cf said survey, thence north to the railroad right of way of the 0 & C R.R. Co., Southern pacific Company. lessees, thence northwesterly along the sald right of way and 30 feet distant from the center of the main railway tractk to a point due north of the beginning point, andthence south to thep[ace of beginning, in Lane County, State of Oregon. and to incur any necessary expense in prosecuting and completing such proceedings including filing fees and advertising charges; and the Rec,~rder is hereby direct- ed to verify the complaint on behalf of the city of Eugene. Attorney Fred E Smith filed an itemized statement of claim of J.0. ~rgess for alleged labor, material and gas engine furnished on the Franklin Street sewer. On motion ~uoh matter was laid on the table. · ~4~. aerial permit was issued to I{. ~{eCluer for a wireless at 1940 Onyx St. ~10rdlnan~e for the c~nstructlon of a sidewalk and r~epe~ling Ordinance No. 4530 was read the first t~e andpassed its second and third re~ings ~ title b~un~lmous e~)nsent under ~spe~lonof the rule and wasplaeed on its final pass- age. The ~ves and nays were called, all present voting ~e. Nay none. The Ordinance was declared passed sad aumber~i4681. ~ 0rdin~ee ~opting the survey plat and re~rt of the City ~glneer as to theproposed opening and establls~ent of 8th Avenue fr~ Jefferson Street to Monroe Street In Eugene, was read th~ first time and p~sed its second