HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/15/1928 Meeting
'13J
--~ --- - ~--- - - -~. ~.,- - . - -- ~~" ____._"r ,"-..-
-_. - - _.~ _.- ..- _. - -- - . _..- _..- _.. - ---. - --~ -. -- -- . -
I Councim Chamber s, Eugene, Oregon.
November 15, 1928. ~ r;:::,
Mayor A. L. Williamson set out a call for a special meeting of the ~
of""';"'''
M
Council to be held at 5:00 o'clock PI M. on November 15, 1928, in words and ~t
figures as follows, to-wi t:
Eug ene, Oreg on, No ve rob er 15, 1928.
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMON COm~CI L OF EUGENE, OREGON
You, and each of you, are hereby notified that there has been,. and is
called a special meeting of _the Common Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon,
to convene in the City Hall in Eugene, Oreggn, at the hour of 5:00 o'clock P. M.
on the 15th day of November, 1928, for the following purpose only, to-wit:
To reconsider the action of _the Common Council passed at its regular
meeting on November 13, 1928, in wh ich it was or dered that the sidewalk on
Olive street between 19th and 20th Avenues be constructed on the property line.
A. L. Williamson,
. Mayor.
Such notice was causddtto be served on all members of the Council except
R,ugh, who was out of the City.
There were present at said ~eting, the Mayor and all members of the
Council except Rugh, who was absent. Meeting wa.s called to order by the Mayor
at 5:00 o'clock P. M. in pursuants of such call. The call of the Mayor was read.
Dr. Kuykendall, David Graham, Carl Johnson, Mrs. Maxham, and others spbke
relative to the order of the City Council issued at its last meeting, ordering
the sidewalk to be constructed next the property line on the West side of Olil1-e
street between 19th and 20th Avenues, and asked that such order be rescinded for
I the reason that it means the destruction of the valuable trees growing near or
adjacent to wh.ere such walk will be 'constructed. MUM discussion was had relative
to the same, and after such discussion the followi.ng Resolution was offered and
unanimously adopted:
RES 0 L UTI 0 N
Whereas, a large number of property owners residing on property abu tting
on Olive Street between 19th Avenue West and 20th Avenue West in the City of
Eu<<;ene, have petitioned the Common Council to rescind its action of November 13,
1928, with reference to placing the sidewalk directly on the property line, givin<<
as reasons ,therefor other 'similar digressions where the common good has required
it, and fUrther stating that to cut out the property in such a manner as to follow
the property line with the sidewalk will greatly damage the property owned by the
petitioners by destroying the natural beauty of the street.
Be it Therefore Resolved by the Common Council of the City of Eugene that
the act ion 0 f the council directing that the sidewalk on the West side of Olive
street from 20th Avenue West, north to 19th Avenue West be cut on the property
line, be rescinded and that permission be granted the property onwers to construct
said sidewalk abutting the cu.rb from 20th Avenue West to 19th Avenue West, thus
I permitting the construction of retaining walls and the rets&tion of the present
beautifuili trees ornamenting said block.
On motion, Council adjourned.
Geo. A. Gilmore, \
"-
City Recorder.
I
II ..41