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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/09/1931 Meeting r-- 4:8 . ---.-- Chambers Oouncil,Eugene, Oregon, March 9, 1931. Minutes of the ,regular monthly session of the Common Counbil, held at 7:30 o'clock P. M., March 9,1931. Council was called to order by E.. Large, President of the Council, in the absence of Mayor Wilder, with all Councilmen present except Reid and Zumwalt. Minutes of the regular meeting of February 9th, 1931, and of, the adjourned meeting of February 24th, 1931, were read and approved. MI-. Robert M. Fischer Jr., President of the Central Labor Council, appe~r- ed before the Council and reported that many laboring people were being required to work seven days per week and aSked if some ordinance could be passed to correct this situation. The matter was referred to the Judiciary Committee and .. Ci ty Atto rney. ~ (~;"" I Mr. Hugh Rosson, g.raduate Manager of the University of Oregon, asked per- mission of the City to tear down the old bleachers on the Mill Race at Franklin Street and install a new construction. Motion was made, seconded, and carried that the request be granted under the supervision of the City Engineer, with the provision that the bleachers will be removed should the purposes of the City at any time require the ground space for other purposes. . . At this time Mayor Wilder appeared in CoUncil, and President Large turnad over the gavel and resumed his seat in Souncil. Councilman Large, Chairman o~ the ~inance Committee, reported and recommend~ ed for payment the f9110wing bills. The ayes and .nays were called, all present voting aye, nay, none, absent Reid and Zumwalt. F. A. Moore F. Wentworth, ~reas. F. Wentworth, Treas. F . Wentworth, Treas. Charle s Mercer Jack Dawson Frank Semon Aetna Life Insurance Co. L. H. Holeman W.W.B. Construction Go. Edw. J. Yenne Plbg. Co. Ge 0 ~ ' F. Pe t e rs Tromp & McKinley Agency Business Equipment €o. Goe Stationery Go. Koke-Chapman Company Bur~ughs Adding Machine Co. F. Wentworth, Treas. J. J. Kirchoff Portland Blue Print Co. Cressey's Book Store E. E. Wyatt Inc. The A. Lietz Co. Title Abstract Company Northwest Ci ties Gas Company Ford-Nelson Mill Co. Inc. McMorran & Washburne Eugene Steam Laundry Sweet Drain Auto eo. Imperial Lunch Morris Chevrolet Company Bryan t DeBar Willamette Wood Yard Day-Ni te Garage Valley Printing Co. Valley Paint & Electric €o. J. W.' Q,uackenbush & Son Soettling Sign Co. Stevenson's Inc. ~'I' DESTRICT IMPROVEMENT $ 716.85 Eu.gene Sand & Gravel Co. IMPROVE1mNT BOND INTEREST FUND $ 1000.00 1000.00 F. Wentworth, Treas. F. Wentworth; Treas. INTERSECT ION $ 412.58 GENERAL FUND $ 142.80 142.80 ' 118.20 118..34 15.00 6.00 10.00 5.00 2.60 12. 00 ' 1~50 45.00 8.70 22.19 250.00 4.43 3.50 2.80 14.60 7.00 13.68 1.10 2.62 12.05 .65 17.10 2.05 56.40 10.50 4.00 4.50 11.00 .80 .50 2.60 Nordling Parts Company $ E. C. Simmons Company Carroll Rob erts P. J. Cron1n Company Preston & liale s Edw. J. Yenne Plbg. Co. Eugene Storage Battery Co. Eugene Sand & Gravel Co. Hall & S hurnwf\Y Elmer Jensen W. A. Gluer Kremmel's Bakery Co~ Eugene Water Board Chas. C. Hint on Paci fi c Lab orat 0 1'i es Pacific Laboratories Eugene Fa.rmers Creamery Eugene Wat er Board ' Eugene Water Board S~ate Industrial Acc. Com. Elden Darrin Drs. Peery and Phetteplace F. Wentworth, Treasurer Donald Young Eugene Public Library Central Heating Company Eugene Water Board Zellerbach Paper Co. Union Oil Co. Standard Oil Co. Twin Oaks Lumber Co. Western Auto Supply Co. R. A. Babb Hardware Co. Eugene Register-Guard Office 1~chinery & Supply Co. $ 680.20 $ 1000.00 1208.15 I 3.32 16.56 5.25 88.21 2.00 10.15 7.86 45.75 1.85 37.50 8.50 5.62 92.36 105.75 35.00 39 .36 1.90 1000.00 1324.86 ~29.93 96.00 15.00 2'7 .6 8 21.201 547.66 26.60 12.01 9.50 128.56 104.82 27.13 , 9.80 15.44 8.60 27.50 .. I . . ~ 49 ~.~_._,_. ---~- ~-------.~----..---- - - ....... - --- -- -... . .. - I~ F. Wentworth, Treas. A. Carlisle & Co. Oregon Machinery Go. The Pacific Telephone & Tel. Co. Eugene Printing Co._ Carlson & Hatton Inc. Eugene Water Board Eugene Planing Mill Eugene Goncrete Pipe Co. Lane Auto Go. Natron Printing Go. Hendershott's ~ Store Haskell's Feed & Grocery Store ~ $ 37.40 6.50 37.25 15.80 56.20 22.87 44.30 15.35 16.29 3.00 19.25 1.75 19.36 Ludford's Paint Shop S. B. Finegan Eugene Vulcanizing Works The Folmer Graflex Corp. Paul Moo re Applewhite Tranfer Co. $ 21.65 441.54 69.69 3.40 26.25 2.00 ~ ~ .' Mr. Large also recommended that the City purchase from Smith, Camp & Co. $15,000 City of Eugene 5% Sewer Bonds, dated September 1,1912, due September 1, 1942, at 105.37 and interest at which price they will yield 4.40% to maturity. Motolon was made, seconded, and carried instructing the City Treasurer to purchase sai d bonds. Councilman Large also recommended for the Finance Comittee that they have personally inspected the various properties affected and recommended that the Recorder be instructed to bid in all of the properties recently advertised in fore- closure proceedings in the Circuit Court in order to protect the City's liens. A motion was made, seconded, and carried to adopt the recommendation. I Councilman Large also reported a trip to the Legislature, accompanied by the Recorder, in the interest of a ~l9,000 appropriation to cover assessments for improvements at the University of Oregon, and that the bill had been passed and ,approved by the Governor. ' Chairman Hendershott of the Fire and Water Committee reported that there wa a duplication of street lights at Ninth and Tenth Streets on Charnel ton Street, and recommended that these be done away with and that lights be installed at Park and Oak Streets and 8th and Oak Streets. The recommendation was on motion adopted. The Committee also called attention to a dark section in the rear of the Bible University gymnasium, and while not recommending a light on private prOperty, suggested that steps be taken to corre-ct this condition. The matter was referl"ed to the Ci ty Recorder. Chairman Lamb of the Street Committee recommended that it would be to the advantage of the City to own a portable concrete mixer, arid on motion it was order- ed that Street Supt. LeVan investigate mixers and prices and report back to the COWlcil. I I I . I " The monthl~ reports of the Police Department and the Building Inspector, R. W. Rundlett, for February, were read and filed. The following resolution of the Planning Committee regarding the setback prinCiple and particularly advocating an ordinance to setback the buildings on Eleventh Avenue to a distance of seven feet from property line was referred to the Street Committee: n Whereas, in the judgment of the Eugene Planning Commission, the application of the setback principle on arterial highways and in residential districts is to I the financial interest of abutting property owners, and Whereas, the application of the setback principle is also conducive to civic art, serves the public convenience, and safeguards the public money, public health and publi c safe ty , ae It Therefore Resolved, by the Planning Commission of Eugene, Oregon, that the prinCiple of the setback be earnestly ~commended, to the property owners of 'Eugene to be secured by them through petitions to the CornIDon'Counoil and ordinanoes providing for the said setbacks and the establishing of buildi~g lines; and BE IT FURTH:E;R RESOLVED, by the Eugene Planning Commission, that the Ci ty Council of Eugene be urged forthwith to adopt a setback ordinanoe for Eleventh Avenue and its extension through Franklin Boulevard, said ordinance to provide that henceforth any and all buildings to be erected on said avenue and its extension in . '.... rso . ~he City Limibs shall be placed no nearer ,~o the property line than 'seven feet" tt ~';J ~ ';""'~ . A petition of Mrs. Calwitus for a rOQming lJ,ouse at 90 East Broadway, approve oy Chief Hall I' was on motion granted. , Pe ti tiO!l of the Eugene Public Library Board for the clesignat ion of a uNon- Parking".. spacEI in front of the Public Libr~ry was on motion granted. A commu.nication from the Eugene Gentral Labor Gouncil was reaq. asking the co operation of t;he Council in directing the l.'elief of unemployment in this community in connection with the construction of the OrE!gon Electric Railway extension. The foll.owing resolution was submitted by the Central Labor Council: tt ' Whereas, the Oregon Electric Railway Company is to spend a million and ,a 'quarter dollar's on constructi on work in the vicini ty of Eugene beginning April first, and - I:',.." ~ Whereas, the possibili ty of this construction has been heralded for many months, and a nation-wide publicity has been given this matter both through the press and radio, and . I Whereas, to avoid any influx of people into this territory such as has been the case in L~s Vagas, Nev., in connection with the Boulder Dam project, and Whereas, many of our citizens of Lane County are out of employment at this time, therefore Be It Resolved, that the Eugene Central Labor Council, urge the Oregon Electric Railway Company to do everything possible to aid in relieving the unem- ployment situation in this community, and Be It Further Resolved, that we urge the Oregon Electric Railway Company to put forth its greatest efforts to preven~ any surplus of unskilled labor being poured into this county, And Be It Still Further Resolved, that the Common C0uncil of the City of Eugene, the Chamber of CO!1lffierce and the County Gourt be asked to join wi th us in this resolution, and that a copy of this be furnished the pr~ss. Van N. Kemery, Secretary. EUGENE CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL Robert M. Fischer, Jr., President. EUGENE CENTRAL LABOR COUNC,IL. n I (Seal) Motion was made, seconded, and carried that the City Council endorse the fore- going resolution, and that the City Recorder convey to the Oregon Ele,ctric Rail- way Company the request of the City that the terms of the resolution be given all consideration in connection with employment for this proposed construction. At this time Councilman Reid 'appeared in Council. An agreement in triplicate for lease to the United States Department of Agriculture was submitted, and the following resolution was read and on motion of Councilman Hendershott, duly seconded and carried, adopted: ~ I I 1 I I j f1 RESOLUTION Resolved that the Common Council of the City of Eugene hereby accepts and enters into the proposed agreement of the United States Department of Agriculture for the lease of the following described premises, viz: A strip of land, approximately 600 ft. by 2 ft. for extension of underground cable 50 feet east and thenae500 feet south, from door of Weat:p.er Bureau office in Hobi Airways Company Building to a ceiling light in fence corner near airport pump house; approximately 10 sq. ft. of ground space for instrume~t shelter locate about 60 feet north of Weather Bureau office; space for alidade about 3 ft. from office door; also power for light' aJ:l.d teletype operation. Ending June 30, 1940, subject to the right of City to terminate the lease upon sixty days noti.ce. n An Ordinance levying assessments for the grading and graveling ~t Indiana Avenue from the West line of Agate Street to the We~t line of Columbia Street in the Oity of Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, having been read the first time on February 24th, 1931, and registered notices for protests having been sent, is read the second time and objections called for and none heard, and on motion the ordin- ance was read the third time under suspension of the rule and was placed on its final passage. The ayes and nays were called, all present voting aye, nay, none, absent Zumwalt. The Ordinance was declared passed and numbered 8027. I .. ~ . ~ 5:1 .'. I' An O~dinance levying assessments for the g~ading and graveling of Taylor Street from the North line of Eighth Avenue West to a point 231 feet North of the North line of Eighth Avenue West in the City of Eugene, having been read the first time on February 24th, 1931, and regist'ered notices for protests having been sent, is read the second time and object,ions called for and none heard, and on motion the ordinance was read the third time under suspension of the rule and was placed on its final passage. The ayes and nays were called, all present voting aye, nay, none, absent Zumwalt. The Ordinance was declared passed and numbered 80?8. An Ordinance levying assessments for the construction of a sewer on the North side of 13th Avenue from the West line of Olive Street to a point 167 feet East of the East line of Charnelton Street, "in the City of Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, having been read the first time on February 24th, 1931, and registered notices for protests having been sent, is read the seoond time and objeotions called for and none heard, and on motion the ordinance was read the third time under suspension of the role and was plaeed on its final passage. The ayes and nays were called, all present voting aye, nay, none, absent Zumwalt. The Ordinance was declared passed and numbered 8029. An Ordinance adopting the survey, plat, and report 'of the City Engineer as to the Proposed Opening of the Alley between Monroe' Street and Adams Street and First Avenue to Seoond Avenue in EUgene, Lane County, Oregon, was read the f1rs~ time, and passed its seoond and third readings by title byuh~imcus consent under suspension of the rule, and was plaoed on its final passage. The ayes and nays were called, all present voting aye, nay, none, absent Zumwalt. The Ordinance was declared passed and numbered 8030. An Ordinance levying assessments for the construction of a concrete side~ walk on the East side of Willamette Street from 16th Avenue to Hospital Drive in the City of Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, was read the seoond time and objections called for. 1~. Glenn H. ~ogers appeared and objected to the passage of the pro- posed assessment. Motion was made, seconded, and carried that his objections be denied. Whereupon the ordinanoe was read the third time and placed on its final passage. ~he ayes and nays were oalled, all p~esent voting 'aye, nay, none, absent Zumwalt. The Ordinance was d~olared passed and numbered 8031. Councilman Large called attention to the Council of the p~aotice of wood, dealers parking around the Public Market and ocoupying the space which should be afforded to patrons of the market and suggested that these wood wagons should be restrioted by ordinanee to loeations outside of Fi~e ~one 2. The matter was refer~ed to the Judioiary 00mmittee. f- -- t.:.'1' ........, ;.-- 1 . Motion was made, seoonded, and carried that the Treasu~er be instructed to t~ansfer $1,000 from the emergenoy fund to the revolving fund for the purpose of meeting pay rolls under ,the unemployment program in the same manner as hereto~ fore outlined by the Council. Councilman Reid presented for disoussion the subject of charges made by City Physician for inspection of persons handling milk and food products, oontend- ing that the charges were exorbitant and oausing muoh dissatisfaotion among those required to take the examination. On motion it was ordered that this matter be referred to the Health Committ~to take up in oonferenoe with the City Health Board. . The following ~solution pertaining to the issuance and sale of $400,000 of Power and Light bonds, presented by t'he Eugene Water Board, was read and on motion adopted: It RES 0 L UTI 0 N WHEREAS, heretofo~e, "at 'a speoial City election held in the City of Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, on May 27, 1929, there was approved and adopted by the electors of the City of EUgene an amendment to the Charter of said City providing for the extension of its Power and Light system and the issuance of $1,250,000.00 1 of negotiable bonds for the payment for said improvement. And subsequently a similar authorization was granted by the, eleotors of said City authorizing the City Oouncil upon applioation ~rom the Water Board of the Oi ty to issue interim Power and Light bonds at a high rate of illterest and on shorte~ maturities during the process of oonst~uotion, which interim Power and Light Bonds were "to be replaced by the bonds originally authorized on longer ma buri ties. t- And, Whereas, at this time there is outstanding a block of $400,000.00 of ~ r52 . [ ,> 1 :.,fj ---_._.-.__._--~--- -------~-----_._-_._- _._---- - --,- .' ~ . - - -- .." - --. ---. inte~im Powel' and Light bonds which in the interests of economy and good manageme t the Water Board a.esires to call as of June 1, 1931, and for the purpose of refunding such bonds desires to issue $400,000.00 of the regular 5 per cent interest limit Power and Light bonds, which refunding bonds should be adve'rtised and sold in sufficient time to permit the paying of the interim power and light bonds as they shall be presented pursuant to call. It is Therefore Resolved by the Eugene Water Board in regular meeting assem led that application be and the same is hereby made to the Common Council of the City of 'Eugene that there be forthwith issued $400,000.00 of the original authorizatio Power and Light bonds, and that bids be called for, for the sale of said bonds 1 . upon a serial schedule as set up in the notice of sale which accompanies this resolution by an amortized series of maturities co~nencing on April 1, 1938, and terminating on ~ 1, 1957. The Secretary of the Eugene Water Board is hereby directed to instantly transmit to the Common Council of the City of Eugene a copy of this Resolution as an application of the Eugene Water Board for an issuance of $400,000.-00 Power and Light bonlis of the City of Eugene as refunding bonds for $400,000.00 of inter m power and light b6nds which are to be called and payment made June 1, 1931. The foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Eugene Water Board at its regular meeting held on Monday, March 9,1931, at 7:30 o'clock P. M., and a copy ^ I ordered transmitted to the Hon. Mayor and Common Council of the City of Eugene. Dated this 9th day of March, 1931, at Eugene, Oregon. Secre'tary Eugene Water Board n d -, I An Ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of Four Hundred Thousand . Dollars Power and Light bond~ of the City of Eugene was read the first time, and passed its second and third readings by title by unanimous consent under suspen- sion of the ~lle, and was placed on its final passage. The ayes and nayS were called, all present voting aye, nay, none, absent Zumwalt. The Ordinance was de- clared passed and numbered 8032. On motion the Council adjourned to meet at 7:30 o'clock P. M. on March 30, 1931. ~ . R. S. Bryson, Oi t y Rec order. 1 .