Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/08/1931 Meeting ,.' ~ 67 Chambers Council, Eugene, Oregon, June 8, 1931. Minutes of" the regular monthly session of the Common Council, held at 7:30 o'clock P. M., June 8, 1931. Gouncil was called to order by Mr. Large, President of the Council, in the absence of the ~~yor,-with all Councilmen present except Hendershott and Bond. Minutes of the regular meeting of May 11th, .,1931, and of the adjourned meeting of W~y 25th, 1931, were read and approved. The bid of' the Eugene Sand & Gravel Company for the improvement cf the alley between Patterson and Hilyard Streets and East Broadway" and the Mill Race for the sum of $696.00, exceeding the Engineer's estimate by ~128.00, was laid over for further consideration. 1 CJ"J ~ ....... ,,-"" . Counc ilman Edwards, member of the Park Board', sta ted that they had obtain- ed prices for hay and recommended that the City purchase from Garl Kirk of Junction City, Route #2, ten tons of alfalfa hay at $12.00 per ton. On motion seconded and carried the recommendation was adopted~ ~t this time Councilman Bond appeared in Council. Councilman Zumwalt of the Finance Committee reported that the committee had examined the following bills and recommended them for paymen t. The ayes and nays were called, Councilmen voting aye, six, nay, none, absent Hendershott; Large not voting. DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT $ 9.70 Peter A. Nelson 347.00 GENERAL BOND INTEREST FUND Jesse J. Godlove W. W. B. Construction Co. F. Wentworth, ~reas . 1 F. Wentworth, T re as. F. Wentwor th, Treas. F. Wentworth, Treas. F. Wen tworth, Treas. F. Vi en two rth , Treas. $ 975.00 1000.00 1339.34 250.00 168.75 1000.00 F. Wentworth, Treas. F. Wentworth, Treas. F. Wentworth, 'llreas. F. Wentworth, Treas. F. Wentworth, Treas. I];[PROVEMENT BOND INTEREST FUND F. Wentworth, Tr.eas. F. Wentworth, Treas.- $1000.00 1000.00 F. Wentworth, Treas. F. Wentworth, Treas. INTERSECTION FUND $ 353.94 GENERAL FUND F. Wentworth, Treas. ~. " Jack Dawson Charles Me.rcer Aetna Life Insu.rance Go. H. & M. G. Go. F. Wentwo.rth, Treas. Valley Printing Company ~o.rtland Blue Print Co. Eugene Steam Laundry American LaF.rance & Foamite Eugene Found.ry & Machine Co. Stevenson's Drug Co. Daily Journal of Commerce McMorran & Washburne Northwest O'i ties Gas Co. Electric Cleaners The Weste.rn Union Telegraph Co. Eugene Planing Mill Jesse J. Godlove Morris Chevrolet Company Smith & Watkins Eugene 1~ttress & Upholstering E. E. Wyatt Inc. Auto Rebuilders The May Store Inc. Imperial Lunch The J.K.Pratt Insu.rance Co. Nordling Pa.rts €ompany Standard Oil Go. Charles H. Fowler 1 $ 154.80 154.80 122.64 36.30 24 .38 8.00 8.86 12.85 129.48 11.45 15.00 2.40 4.56 14.15 1.53 .30 .55 2.75 4.93 3.29 21.90 2.50 5.50 7.05 42.45 26.00 9.90 53.76 4.00 '.' .. ...... Twin Oaks Lumb er Co. K. E:. Erick son Co. Inc. Valley ~aint & Elect.ric Co. Mahlon Sweet G. L. Dunn Motor Co. Lane County, Oregon Eugene Sand & Gravel Co. Bryant DeBar E. C. Simmons Company National Machinery Co. C. F. Wilder Elkins Electric Co. C.ressey's BOOk Store Eugene Water Board Chamberlain Bros. Pacific Laboratories Pacific Laboratories Eugene Farmer's Creamery Eugene Water Board Eugene Water Board Eugene Printing Co. Patterson.Williams Mfg. Go. A. E. Wanke & Company F. Wentwor th, Treas. State Indust'rial Acc. Gomm. Postal Teleg.raph-Cable Company Lane County Abstract Co. Eugene Public Library Eugene via ter Board $ 349.35 $1000.00 1000.00 1375.00 1000.00 1150.00 $1768.85 1386.97 $ 9.75 31.13 34.20 252.10 5.35 60.00 269.25 21.42 16 . 97 4.59 7.00 12.00 2.00 99.15 5.00 35.00 42..03 4.00 1390.00 928.79 11.25 10.00 7.83 46.64 143.54 19.68 2.50 547 . 66 13.79 ~ r"" 68 '. '~..':' < pentral Heating Company Hall & Shumway Zellerbach Pa:per Company Carlson & Hatton Inc. Goodrich Silvertown Inc. Union Oil Cfo. Eugene Storage Battery Co. Hendershott's Gun Store Lane Bounty Abstract Co. Eug;ene Water Board Haskell's Feed. Store Williamson & Company Perfection Lab ora tories Oregon Machinery Co. Inc. -"' :;P 6.60 1.00 23.75 21.69 103.78 234.95 88.52 4.61 1.00 3.72 20 .13 10.50 2.70 52.90 R.. A. Babb Hardware Go. F. Wentworth', Treas. The Pac. Tel. & ~el. Go. Bailey Electric Company F. We.ntworth, Treas. lV1'ahlon Sweet H. 13;. Wilder, $ 13.10 369.33 18.29 4.20 2342.05 68.09 72.00 I G?' ex: Street Committee reported on the conditio~ of assessments against Miami Lane and Hollaway and Reed properties and McKy Court. The matter was continued in the hands of a committee. At this timeGoun~ ilman Hendershott appeared in Council. As Chairman of the Fire and Water Committee Mr. Hendershott recommonded that the committee purchase one-half dozen fire hydrants from Veltum & Clow, and it was so ordered. . .if, Petition for street lamp at the intersection of twenty-fifth Avenue East and Potter Street and another at the place where twenty-fourth Avenue East would intersect Potter Street if twenty-fourth Avenue were cut througp was on motion gran ted. Chairman Simon of the Police Committee moved that the Council purchase twelve of the Owl Bull's Eye stop signs. Motipn was seconded and carried. Reports of the POlice Dept. and Building Inspector for the month of lVIay', and Hobi Airways Company for the month of April were read and filed. A petition to pave the alleys between T~irteenth and!ou.rtee~th Avenues, f!om Hilyard to Alder ~treets'was referred to the Street Co~~ittee. The following r~soluti~n was read_, and a motion was fill,3.de, seconded, and carried to adopt the same: I n - , Eugene, Oregon April 17, 1931. VffiEREAS, in the State of Oregon there is no public provision,made for research. in problems of city an~ town government, and ' WHEREAS, great amounts of money are involved in public works and adminstration of one character or another involving matters of importance to the health, safety and well-being of the population, and WHEREAS, in co,nsequence, great savings in money and greater efficiency in admin- istration of ~ublic affairs would certainly be accomplished if the administration of Oregon Cities and t~vns were provided with ~xpert service and advice, and by the provision of facilIties for research in mu~icipal problems, and WHEREAS, at the"present time, sums of money ar~ made available for^resea.r~h and service to agriculture and business be it, the-refore, a ~ . l I RESOLVED, that the League of Oregon Cities, t~ough its r~gularly elected officers and delegates, in convention assembled, this 17th day of April, 1931, in the City of <Eugene1, do and does hereby petition the Sta~e Board of Higher Education of the Sta1ie of uregon ,that it appropriate the SUm of. fif'te~n thousand dollars per year for the creation of a Bureau of Municipal ResearCh and Service in ,the School of. Applied Social Science at the'University of Or~gon at Eugene~ Be it further RESOL~D, that the Director of the Bureau of Minicipal R~search and Service, in addition to ca,rrying on research and giving co.q.sultation and advice to the admin- ist'rators of O.regon cities, shall act as secre~ary to the League of Oregon Cities, assuming all of the duties and ~nctions apper~aining to that office. And be it further RESOLVED, that the services and benefits of th~ Bureau of Munlcpal Research and Service be mad1e available to the administratorf? of all incorporated towns in the State of Oregon, whether they be affiliated with the League of Oregon Cities or no . Res'olution adopted at a duly called meeting of ~the League, ass~mbled at Eugene, Ore^gon, l1'riday, April 1:7, 1931. 1 Sign~d, Wm. -M. ~riggs, President J. W. Mclnturf~, Vice-President J. L. Franzen, Secretary n .' ~, . ~ 69 ,The fOllowing resolution was on motion adopted: n RESOLUTION 1 WHEREAS, the City of ,Eugene has acquired the North 40 feet of the South 115 feet of Lot 11, Block 1, Driverton's Addition by deed in foreclosure, and WHEREAS, the total amount of the City's interest in said property, includ- ::') ,.",,"1 ~~ :~ ing liens, interest, penalties, and recording fees to June 9th, is the total sum . of $328.62, and WHEREAS, J. E. Cross is the owner and holder of a mortgage interest in said property and has offe~d and tendered to the city a cashiers check on the Eugene Loan and Savings Bank for the sum of $328.62, NOW, THEREFORE, be it re solved, that in consideration of said sum the Ci ty does hereby sell said property to said J. E. Cross, and that the Mayor and Recorde be and are hereby authorized and directed to execute a bargain and sale deed to said J. E. Cross in consideration of said sum~ II The following resolution was on motion adopted: n RESOLUTION 1 'Whereas, the Ci ty of Eugene has acquired the following de scribed property, towit: Beginning at a point 123 feet North of a point 863.5 f'eet South 89 degrees 52 minutes West from a point 1883 feet North 27 minutes East from the Southwest corner of Block 7 of Packard's A.ddition to Eugene, Oregon, running thence South 89 degrees 52 minutes West 167 feet, thence North 27 minutes East 54 feet, thence East to a point North 27 minutes East of the beginning point and thence South 27 minutes West 54 feet to the place of beginning, being part of the original donatio land claim of Eugene F. Skinner and wife No. 64, in Township 17 South of Range 3 West of the Willamette Meridian in the County of Lane and the State of Oregon, by deed in foreclosure, and Whereas, the total amount of the City's interest in said property, includi g liens, interest, penalties, and recording fees to June 9th, is the total sum of $250.84, and . . Whereas, the State Mutual Building and Loan Association, a corporation of Los Angeles, California, is the owner and holder of a mortgage interest in said property and has offered to pay the City of Eugene the full amount of liens, interest and penalties due the City, Now, Therefore, be it resolved that in consideration of said sum the City does hereby sell said property to the said State Mutual Building and Loan Associa- tion, a corporation of Los Angeles, Calffornia and that the ~~yor and Recorder be and are hereby authorized and directed to execute a bargain and sale deed to said State Mutual Building and Loan Association, a corporation of Los Angeles, Ca1ifornoa, in consideration of said sum. 11 A letter from the town of' Creswell to the Eugene Fire Pept., expressing appreciation of the departments services in recent fire at Creswell, was read, and an enclosed check of $25.00 was on motion ordered placed to the credit of the general fund of the Fire Department. Eleven Sidewalk Assessment Ordinances were read the first time and laid ov r. I Three Sidewalk Improvement Ordinances 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 Councl J.men voting aye, nay, none. The Ordinances were declared pa ssed and numbered from 8142 to 8144, both numbers inclusive. Eighty-four Sidewalk Assessment Ordinances were read the first time and laid over. On motion Inspector Lawrence was directed to accept the invitation to attend the Pacific Northwest Dairy and Milk Inspectors' Assn. meeting in PortlanQ on June 11th and 12th. . Councilman Zumwalt moved that the Council reconsider the appropriation of $250.00 to the Salvation Army. Motion was seconded and carried. The motion to ~ ~ 70 . -- -- I I I ~ II II 11 II II ,I II (I r II I I I I I allow $250.00 jjO the Salvation Army was then declared on itiS consideration, and the ayes and nays were called. Councilman voting aye, Large, nay, Lamb, Hender- shott, Reid, S.Lmon, Zumwal t, Bond, and Edwards.. It appearing that the 'ran Cab Companies have done nothing to relieve the parking situation, and it was the consensus of opinion unless they had made sat- isfactory arrangements before the next council meeting that, an ordinance should be passed removing them from Willamet te Stree t parking. The 'Heal th, COl!llui ttee was instructed to recpmmend to Inspector Lawrence that he establish regular office hours on Tuesday and Saturday, so that ~e would be accessible to '/jhe people having business in his office. At this time Mayor Wilder appeared in Counc iI, and P re sid~nt Large turned over the gavel and resumed his seat in Council. Report of C. D. Thomas, @hief Inspector from the l1ureau of Labor of the State of Oregon, was read. It ~lso a'ppeared that Mr. Stokes of the State Fire Warden's Office had made an inspection of the building, but he had to retire from the Council meeting on account of illness. Mr. Rundlett reported that Mr. Stokes' opinion in general coincided with that of Mr. Thomas. After some discussion of the condi tion of the building, it was ordered that Hunzicker and 8mi th, Archi tects be employed to get out plans, and that the City advertise for bids for repairing the City Hall in accordance with these plans and for reshingling the building~ On motion Council adjourned. to meet at 7:30 o'clock P. M. on June 22nd, 1 {.~ .::.r,~ ..;J ,......., '-' . 1931. R. S. Bryson, Oi ty Recorder. I i II 'I I! II ;1 II 1\ II II I I i. il I I' II I' I II ~ ! I . I I I 1 I i II '( .. ~