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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/25/1929 Meeting r180 " Council Chambe~s, Eugene, Oregon. '-'>, March 25, 1929. ;~~~III (' Council met pursuant to adjournment of March 11,1929, andwas .Ji \ called t,o orde,l' by Mayor H. E. Wilder, with all Councilmen j;ll'esent except II di \. Washburne. . I' - ~i Hal'greaves & Lindsay askE d ~3rmissi:on to erect a garage a distance ;! of five feet from the property line on Longview Street, and. the question of i distances of garages from the ::>treet lim} in hillside construction was referred [. tot he Board of ~ppeal s. II II I II ! II il I !1 I I Councilman Large reported on Group Insurance for the Judiciary Committee, and representatives of the Et.na, and. Artisans CC1mpanies addressed the Council. The subject was laid over :eor further consideration. Chairman Z:wnwal t of the Heal th U ommi t tee report;ed that all the difficulties wi th Bray Bros, in regard to garbage fees were being snoothed out satisfactorily to all concerned, and that where, mistakEs had arisen they had shown a willingness to make satisfactory adjustments. As per the call, the follOTv':i.ng bids, were received for sidewalk cons true t ion: Ordinance No. 7246 ,Nels Jorgensen V_hit tal & Bean Oscar ::>now $88..~4 - ap pro v"ed. 88'.04 88,.~4 Ordinance No. 7'2.47 Oscar Snow $46.62 - approved. Ordinance No. 7248 Nels. Jorgensen Oscar Snow $46~55 - approved. 46.62 I Ordinance No. 7249 Nel s Jorgensen, Oscar Snow $92.40 92.40 - approv'ed. Ordinam e No. 7250 Peter Nelson w. w. B. C OIE t. Co. Owcar ::>now $95,.40 84.80 74.20 - appro'lJ'ed. Ordinance No. 7252 Pe ter Nels on v'if. W. B.Const. Co. Oscar Snow $72.00 64.00 56 . 00 - ap p.ro v' e d . Ordinance No. 7253 Nels J or gensen Oscar Snow $35.00 05.00 - approved. Ordinance No. 7254 Nels Jorgensen Oscar Snow $49.00 49.00 - approved. Ordinance No. 7255 Nel s Jorgensen Oscar Snow $27.00 21.00 - approlJ'ed. I Ordinance No. 7256 Nela Jorgensen Oscar Snow $;;5.00 ~5.00 - approved. \\ i: I' ..... Ii 18~ I Ordinance No. 7257 Nels Jorgensen Oscar Snow Ordinanc e No. 7258 Peter Nelson w. W. B. Con st. Co. Oscar Snow Ordinance No. 7280 Peter Nelson W.W.B. Const. Co. Oscar Snow Ordinance No~ 7281 Peter Nelson W . 'iff. B. Cons t. Co. Oscar Snow Ordinance No. 7283 Peter Nelson W. IN.B. Cons t ~ Co. Oscar Snow Ordinance No. 7284 Peter Nelson vv. W. B. Cons t. Co. Oscar Snow I Ordinance No. 7285 Pe te r Nelson W. w. 13. Const. Co. Oscar Snow Ordinance No. 7286 Peter Nelson w. W. B. Const. Co. Oscar ;jnow Ordinance No. 7287 Pe te r Nel son w. W. B. Cons t. Co. Oscar Snow Ordinance No. 7288 Edgar Re ad Oscar lpnow Ordinance No. 7289 Fe te r Nelson W. w. B. Const. Co. Oscar Snow Ordinance No. 7290 I W. w. B. Cons t. Co. Oscar Snow Ordinance No. 7291 Edgar Read Oscar Snow Ordinance No. 7292 Edgar Read Oscar Snow $28.00 28.00 - approved. ~ 00 rl ,.....,. .$304.20 270.40 236.60 - apprbved~ :"-(~:' r-t.~ $~8.50 - approved. 44.00 55.00 $ 77.00 - approved. 88.00 110.00 $ 77.00 - approved. 88.00 110.00 $b8.50 - approved. l.il4.00 55.00 $ 77.00 - approved. 88.00 110.00 $~8.50 - approved. 44.00 55.00 $ 77.00 - approved. 88.90 110.00 $b8.50 - approved. 55.00 $41.25 38.50 - approved., 55.00 ,$115.50 - approved. 165.00 $38.50 - approved. 55.00 $38.50 - approved. 55.00 ~ r182 - .~.- . - " ~,~.... ~-....' ~. - 0- Ordinance No. 7293 Edgar Read Oscar Snow $08.50 - approved. 55.00 I C\}I 00' , ri' Ordinance No. 7294 Edgar J:{ead Oscar Snow $07.80 - appro ved. 54.00 Ordinance No. 7295 Edgar Read Oscar Snow $j7.80 - approved. 54.00 Ordinance No. 7296 Whi ttal & Bean Oscar Snow $259.20 - approved. b24.00 Ordinanc e No. 7297 Whit tal & Bean Oscar ~now $131.20 - approved. 164.00 Said bids were, referred to the Street Committee for repoEt, and it recommended those b,ids be accepted after which the.word rrapprovedrT is written as to each ordinsnce number. On moti on, such report was ap pro ved. Lotters from the East tiide Neighborhood Club am.d l!.'ugene Fedar.ation of Women's Organizations, opposing the turning over of the Hest Cottage to the t01lrists were l:,ead, and Dean Bovard fortified the position of' the Tourist Committee. In i~he absence of' action on the part, of, the County Court, the Counyil deemed it unnecessary. to take further action,' The Police Committee, by Chairman Monroe, urged the request of Mrs. Ady for additional room for her Chat.:tty Department, and the question of turning ower the room occupied by the Income Tax Collector, ani of re-modeling the building to provide additional quarters for her, Department were di scussed. I CIty Attorney Calkins reported that the Hobi Airways Co. had offered as a basis for computing the amounts to the City of ~ugene under its contract, that they would consider all business done in Lane County as business done out of the ,e,iug'ene Airport, and:a motion was made, seconded, and carried tha t the Council accept this basis of adjustment of revenues under the contract. ]/[,r. Calkins <:Llso reported that Mrs. titebno had recei ved a personal injury on account of a baseball thrown b~T a University student on 15th Avenue East, and in view of the liability of the, City of Eugene for damages in such cases, suggested that t.he throwing of baseballs on the; City titreets be stopped. The Council took the view that they should stop. this practice, and .rrem:~:ested the City Attorney to confer.with the Dean of.' Men of the University. The City Attorney also repor'ted.a notification by the Public Service Gommission of a meeting for consideration of the tiouthern Pacific and Swift & Co's spur track, and no appearance was deemed necessary by the City. ;1 'I !j [I il :1 I 'I Ii 11 I tfr I' 'l- I il I, il II II I II I A deed from the Southern Pac~if'ic Co. of the right of way formerly occupied by the Street Rail way line on Columbia Avenue and other-wise was presented to the City by the liity Attorney, and on motion duly seconded and carried, the dE~ed was accepted and ordere:d placed on record. Chairman Hendel~shott 0[.' the, Fire & Water Committee brought up the question of fence at the Aviation Field as protection to the public, and the City Engineer, Mr. Clubb, reported various kinds of fencing and prices, and. on motion duly seconded, and carried, the Engineer was instruc ted to have installed a wire fence of the Diamond. Lawn specifieation., C ounci Iman Zumwa It, at his l'eques t, was excused from further I attendance. The suggestion of Mr. Calkins that the sidewal:k ben'd at the Mill Race on Hilyarci S tree t sugge s ted a danger'ous c oneli t ion through the possibility of a stranger walking straight into the Mill Race, and. the question of a proposed barridade was l:,eferred to the Street Committee with power to act. ~ 181 I Report of Hobi Airways Co. of business done in February was read and placed on fi le. Acceptance bJT the ;)outhern Pacific Co~, and Swift.'.& Co., of Ordinance No. 7304 was read and p~aced on file. '.. fj':> c:c: The motion was made, seconded, and carried, that the deed tendered ,.,....,' by Alfred Olson to the City of' Bugene of property in the opening of 18th Avenue .l!1ast be accepted, and that the warrant ordered by aye and nay vote at the previous Council meeting be delivered to the attorneys for Mr. Olson, and that the deed be r'ec orded. A petition for the paving of Columbia Street between 23rd Avenue and .Reed Avenue, was read and the :street COffi.'llittee ,by l.Jhairman Lamb recommended that the petition be granted, and that Ordinances and plans be prepared, which recommen- dation was, on motion, duly adopted. John s. Moriarity submitted an offer of $75.00 for a one-fourth acre tract on the .l!1ast side of Polk at the Nobth end thereof, and the offer was rejected by the Council. , A budget submitted by the f~nilies of men working in the ~treet Department showing the limits on the cost of living on the basis ot the ~100.00 per month salary, was read bet'ore the Council. Thirteen sidewalk improvement ordinaroes were read the first time, and passed their second and third readings by title by unanimous consent under suspension of the rule, and were placed on their final passage. The ayes and nays were called, all present voting aye, absent and not voting, Washbiurne and Zumwalt. The Ordinances were declared passed and numbered consecutively from 7D21 to 73Db, both numbers inclusive. I An Ordinance adopting the survey, plat and report ol~' the City Engin- eer as to the proposed ope,ning and establishment of 20th Avenue from willamette Street to Mill street, was read the f.i,rst time, and passed its second and third readings by ti tie by unanimous consent' under suspension of' the rule , and was placed on its final passage. The ayes ani nays were called, all present voting aye, ab-' sent and not vo ting, Washburne and Zumwalt. The Ordinance was declared passed and numbered 7334. An Ord.inance amending ~ectlon ~04 of the' Building Code, which ~s Ordinance numbered 6795, by giving the Mayor authority to appoint a Board of Examiners and Appeals, was read tre l'irs t ti me, and passed it s see ond and third readings by title by un~imous consent under suspension of the rule, and was placed on its final passage. The ayes 31ld nays were called, all prese'nt voting aye, absent. and not voting, Washburne and Zumwalt. The Ordinance was declared passed and numbered 7bb5. I An Ordinance levying an assessment against Lot 7, Block 8, Driverton Addition, for the construction of a cement sidewalk, having been read the first time, on March 11, 1929, and registered notice for protest having been sent, and now no protests being received, said ordinance was read the second time, ani passed its third reading by title by unanimous consent under suspension of therule, and was placed on its final passage. rrhe a.yes and nays were called, all present voting aye, absent and not voting, Washburne and Zumwalt. The Ordinance was declared passed and numbered 73Q6. The report of Horton & Tyson, Auditors of City Records for 1927 and 19GB was ordered filed, and referred to the Finance Committee. Water & Light Superintendent Mr. McClain, appeared before the ~ C ounc il in a di scussion of the method of hand ling Power & Light Bonds, and l outlined the plans of the Water Board, after which the; following Resolution was read, and a motion was made and seconded to adopt the same. Councilmen voting 0-- aye, all except Washburne and Zumwalt. The Resolution was duly adopted in words and figures as follows, to-wit: RES 0 L UTI 0 N. I BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon, that there shall be submitted to the Electors of the city, for their approval or rejection, at a special election to be hereafter ordered by the Common Council, and held in the city, the annexed Charter Amendment, entitled; ...... ri84 '-11""- .-", ,I '.iI ..""'i. '~ 00 I: T II :j 'I 'I \) I :i :1 ~I'l An Act to amend the Charter of the Cu y of Eugene, Oregon, by adding a new chapter ther,eto, authorizing and empowering the GU y of Eugene to extend it s Power & Light ing System by adding such units, structures and equipment as shall in the judgement of its Water Board be deemed expedient, con- venient and necessary; to secure by purchase:, condemnation or otherwise all real estate, rights of way, property water rights, easements 'and licenses, necessary or convenient to said extensions; to'hold, control, operate, maintain and lease the same; to sell its product; to construct any and every structure and appliance reasonable and necessary therefor; all of the foregoing to appl,y- equally within and without the city; to ins ti tute, proaecu te, maintain and clefend all sui t s, actions and proceedings necessary to such pUJ:'pose, and. to issue and sell the negotiable bonds of the, city ,of' Eugene in the sum of one million two hundred fifty t.housand dollars, or so much thereof as shall be necessary for such purpose, and to expend the proceeds with other funds in the payment therefor; and. to issue short term in terim bonds redeemable by the issue of the foregoing bonds, and to l~epeal the former act adopted by the electors June Ge, 1927, authorizing a similar issue and substituting this act therElf'or. The foregoing resolution and proposed amendment were filed in the of1'ice of' the City Hecorder on the 25th day of March, 19B9. The following are the forms and numbers in which the question will be submitted to the electors of the city on the official ballot. I C H ART ERA MEN D MEN T. Proposed by Resolution of the Common lJouncil of the City of 1!;ugene, and referred to the electors; I POWER AND LIGHT BONDS: EXTENSION OF SYSTEM: ~jALE OF ProDUCT: Shall the Char ter of the Ci ty of' 1!:ugene, Oregon, be amended authorizing and empowering the city of Eugene to extend a.nd enlarge its power and lighting system, to 'acquire all property and rights necessary therefor; to construct any and all appliances reasonable and necessary; to operate and maintain said systems; to sell its product; all of the foregoing within or wi thout the city of EugenE};; and to issue and sell negotiable bonds of the city not to exceed ilPl,250,000.OO and to expend the proceeds in pa.vment therefor? To repeal the former $1,2tiO,000.00 bond authorization. 500 501 YES. NO. VOTE YES OR NO. Stub to be torn off by the Chairman stub to be torn off by the 1'irst clerk. OFFIC ilL BALLOT C H ART E R A M :E N D ME N T. Proposed by resolution of the Common Council of the City of .J:!j~gene, Orego.a, and referred to the electors. POWER AND LIGh'T BONDS: EXTENSION OF SYS TEM: SALE OF PRODUCT Shall the Charter of the City of' Eugene, Oregon be amanded authorizing and empowering' the lJity of .l!.'Ugene to extend and enlarge it s power and lighting system, to acquire all property and rights necessary therefor; to construct any and all appliances reasonable and necessary; to opera te and maintain said systems; to sell its product; all of the foregoing within or without the city of Eugene; and to issue and sell negotiable bonds of the citg not to exceed $1,G50,000.00 and to expend the proceeds in pa'y"ment therefor? To repeal the former ~1,250,OOO.OO authorization. I VOTE YES OR NO: ;5(1)) 501 YES. NO. 18~ I herewi th submi t the forego ing as a ballot ti tle to go upon the ballot at I said election. #, . S. M. Calkins City Attorney. i . ~i,,; ;- ",.~~ ~ugene, Oregon, March 25, 1929. (On Official Ballot Nos. 500 and 501) POWER AND LIGHT B01~S: EXTENSION OF SYSTEM SALE OF PRODUC T : The Amenfunent in full is as follows: C H ART ERA ME N D ME N T AN ACT I To amend the Charter of the City of Eugene, Oregon, by adding a new Chapter thereto, authorizing and empowering the City of Eugene to extend and enlarge its Power and Lighting system by adding such unit,s, structures and equipment as shall in the judgmen t of its vVater Board be deemed expedient, convenient and necessary: to secure by purchase, condemnation or otherwise all real estate, rights of way, property, water rights, easements and licenses, necessary or convenient to eaid extensions: to hold, control, oper- ate, maintain and lease the same: to sell its product: to construct any and every structure and appliance reasonable and necessary .therefor: all of the foregoing to apply equally within and without the city; to institute, prose- cute, maintain and defend all suits, actions and proceedings necessary to to such pur pose, and to issue and s,ell the n,egotiable bonds of the city of Eugene in the sum of one million, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, or so much the reof, as shall be necessary for such purpose, and to expend the proceeds with. other funds in the payment therefor, and to issue short term interim bonds redeemable by the issue of the foregoing bonds, and to repeal the former act adopted by the electors June G8, 1927, authorizing a similar issue, and substituting this act therefor. rum; CI TY OF EUGENE roES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: . BE IT ENACTED BY THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF EUGENE: Section 1. The City of ~ugene is hereby authorized and empowered to extend its power and lighting system by adding such unit,s, structures and ~quipment as shall ~n the judgment of its water board be deemed expedient, convenient and necessary: to secure by purchase, condemnation or otherwise all real estate, rights of way, property, water rights, easements and licenses necessary or convenient to said extension: to' hold, control, operate, maintain and lease the same: to sell its product: to construct any and ever:! structure and appliance reasonable and necessary: all of the foregoing to apply equally within and without the city; to institute, prosecute, maintain and defend all suits, actions, proceedings necessary to such purpose or purposes. Section 2. For the purpose of providing sufficient funds for payment of such extension and enlargement of its power and light ing system: and for all of the purposes set out in section one hereof, excepting maintenance and operation, empowered and dlrec ted to issue and sell as needed, upon ap pli- cation of the Water Board, negotiable bonds of the City of ~ugene, to the amount of one million, two hundred fifty thousand dollars, ~. so much thereof as may be nece ssary, to be used wi th other f'unds fa I' the cg!.Ilple tion of the project. I Sec t ion 6. The fore go ing bo nds may be in such form and of such denomination, and be due as to principal and interest at such times and places as the Common Council may deem most likely to enhance their value and insure their salability. They shall bear a rate of interest not greater than five per cent per annum and shall be sold for not less than their par value and accrued interest. ...4 r186 ,/ r;"._..._,,- T : I Section 4., It is further provided hereby that upon.applIcation of the iiiater Board, preliminary to the issuance of the bonds hereinbefore authorized, the Ci ty of i!.'ugene shall issue INTERIM POWER AND LIGHT BONDS under the foregoing authorization, to be issued in such sums (not exceeding the total amount here- in authorized) and upon such maturities as shall be deemed to the best interest of the City, and ffiall bear a rat e of interes t not to exceed six per cent per annum, and shall be sold at not less than ninety five cents for each one dollar of said bonds, and may contain any provision with reference to being called that the council may deem wise: and shall be re1\J.nded, in the discre- tion of the council upon their matur.ity or upon any call date, by the issue of an equal amount of the five per cent bonds herein authorized. Such issue shall be made by the common council upon the application of the water board without. any further authorization of the electors, it being the purpose and intent of this section to per'mit the issuance of short term bond.s, until the regular issue can be sold advantage ' ously. I ,~ c.c 00 ,...., Section 5. All of the foregoing bonds shall be general obligations of the city of ~ugene, pasable out of the revenues derived from the operation of its electric system by its water board, and should the said revenue be insufficient therefor, the Common Council of the Cit y of .l!;ugene is hereby authorized and directed to include in its general municipal tax levy each year, such sufficient special Jav.)r as shall aggregate together with such funds, an amount sufficient to pay the interest on,the bonds and. provide a sinking fund for t,he payment of the bond s when due; Section 6. In addition to being a general obligation of the city of .l:!;ugene, the bonds hereby au thorized shall be and are hereby dee.lared to be a lien upon all of the lands, rights of way, easeme.qts, water rights, pipe line s, s truc ttLre s, ap]lliance s ,and proper'ty of every kind embraced in the proposed extension, to be s'ecured with the money derived from the sale of these bonds. , " ~ Section 7. The Common Council is hereby authorized and directed, upon application o~ the water Board, to issue and sell said bond~ from time, to time as the y may be needed for the pruposes here in sIX3 c i1'ied. The issuance of INTERIM BONDS shall not bE? deemed an exhaustion of the, right to issue and. sell the regular five per cent POWER AND LIGHT BONDS, except that the entire issue of the regular bonds and INTERIM BOND;) shall not alt any time exceed the authorization herein made. Before any bonds, either interim or regular can be' sold, they shall be advertised for sale by publication of a notice asking for bids therefor to be puslished in two daily newspapers published in Lane County, OreBon, in at least one issue of' such daily newspaper" two weeks prior to the time ,. of--the sale: and they may also gi ve no tiice of' such sale of the. bonds in such othe I' papers as they deem to be best for the interest of the cit,y in effecting a sale. But i:rnot satisfactory bids for the purchase of the bonds be received, they may sell them at private sale under the limitations thereinbefore set forth. . I Sectiori 8. That the money derived from the sale of said bonds ',shall constitute a special fund to be denominated POWER .AN D LIGHT FUND, and shall be used for no other pur po se than her ein .prov ided. Section 9. The indebtedness authorized by this amendment to the Charter of' the Ci ty of Eugene is in addi'ti on to all other indebtedne ss au thor- ized and inctU'red by the Ci ty of Eugene, and shall not be considered as e1'fected by any limitation of indebte'd.11ess of the Charter 01' the City or else- wher e. Section 10. The Amendment to the Charter of the City of Eugene, adopted by the electors at an election held in said. City June 28,1927, authorizing the issuance of $1,&::50,000.00 POWKR AND LIGHT BONDS, of which this charter amemment is a substitute and re-enactment, is hereby reJ;Ba,led. The matter of bridges over the Amazon at Washington and Lincoln ~treets was discussed, and a Resolution to construct such bridges, and directing the Recorder to advertise for--b,ids, was read, and on motion, duly seconded and carried such Resoluti on was adopted: RES 0 L U T,I 0 N I ~E IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the Ci.ty of Eugene, Oregon, that it now determines to construct wooden bridges across the Amazon Slough on Washing.ton and Linooln Streets, and toot \the plans of the City Engineer be, and are hereby adopted, an~ the Recorder is requested to advertise for bids for said c onstru.cti on. ~ 18~ . I Chairman Lamb of the Street COillmittee recolnmended that the request made through him by the University of Oregon for the construction of a concrete sidewalk on the West side 01' Univel'sity Street :from l:5th Avenue South to the, Odd Fellow's cemetry be granted, and on motion, the recommendation was duly adopt- e d . ~:..~ ~ f"- oe P. M. ,.:::w \ On motion, Council adjourned to meet April 8, 1929, at 7:030 o'clock y~ /'" R . S. fir y s on , Clty Recorder. r i I ': I ~