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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/23/1937 Meeting J"'" 632 4 ---- ~~~- - - , - _ T. _ ___ _. --- '_n_ :. .. ~ .. ~_ '" __ T_ _ _ - --.,.- T- -_.- -. ~ --- -- - -- Council Chambers, City Hall August 23, 1937 -~ The minutes of the adjourned meeting of the common council held at the I - O'li hour of 7:30 o'clock P. M., August 23, 1937. The meeting was called to order by , r 0 Mayor Large. All members were present except Councilman Lamb. "...~ r~ ' II The minutes of the meeting of August 9, 1937, werE presented and ordered 2 Ii filed as there were no corrections appearing. :1 il Mr. Victor P. Todd, WPA Engineer, asked that the c,ouncil approve the mon- il thly expenditure of $125.00 in order that the local sewin~ project might continue II until the close of the year. After a short discussion, tr.e matter was readily re- 13 II ferred to the Finance Committee for consideration. 'I Mr. G. D. MacLaren, member of the School Board, ae,ked that their rental il remain at $30.00 instead of $50.00 as recently increased t1Y the council. He sug- gested that the room now being occupied by the Adult EducE.tion Department be :1 severed from the School Board office and that the north eI.d of the hall be closed fJ- 11 off and a private office made for the new superintendent, the school board to fur- nish all materials and labor and the city in return to leE.ve the rental at $30.00 i per month. Mr. ~acLaren pointed out that in his estimation this would reduce the il heating and lighting bill to a very great extent and that to him $30.00 per month I 'I would not be out of line. The matter was left in t,ne hanc.s of the Finance Commi t- /4 r tee to report at the next meeting. I Mr. MacLaren further asked that the council take action in preventing the I , i Pacific Truck Company from parking their trucks in front (If the Frances Willard School. He stated that the trucks being parked there was in itself a definite danger to children and greatly inconvenienced parents bringing their children to school. This was referred to the Police Chief, Carl F. Bergman, to contact the I, proper parties to request them to park their trucks on thEl east side of the street (5 Ii rather than in front of the school. I i In regard to placing in'proper repair the all~y e):tending from Willamette I II Street to the rear of the Eugene Hospital by the city, Councilman Carlson reported I I. that the Street Committee did not wish to take any action without the instruction Ii of the councIl to proceed by reason of the fact that this would be a matter of :1 laying black top in the alley and would cost approximatel~r $100.00 of ~hich sum II the hospital had agreed to pay ~50.00. Councilman HenderE;hott felt that the city II should do this. Mr. BDnd believed that the hospital should stand the expense for II all of it as any other property owner has to do. Mr. Marvin T. Y:arlick, manager II of the hospital, stated that they could keep the alley in fairly good repair were 11 it not for the city cars and trucks constantly driving over it. Councilman Carl- Ii son said that it was not a matter of city trucks but rathElr those of the Eugene 611 ~'-ater Board. Upon motion by Councilman Hanns and duly sec:onded, the question was referred to the Street Committee with power to act. / Ii Mr. O. O. Beymer who had recently purchased the interest in the Yenne Plumbing Company, as15ed the council to waive the $50.00 Master Plumber's License Fee or at least to pro rate the amount for the balance of the year. It was pointe out that the fee was established as a matter of protection for the local plumbers. 7 upon motion made and seconded, the request was denied. I II Councilman Hendershott, chairman of the Finance Committee, asked for re- '. II affirmation of the council for purchase of a mimeograph machine for the city of d II Eugene. The tater Board is to contribute 50% and the cit~r 50%, the city's share I I to corne from the emergency fund. Upon motion made and seeonded, the recommendatio , 8 I of the Finance Committee was approved. I Councilman Hendershott requested that warrants be drawn for payment of i I salaries to those who had completed service for the PlaygJ'ound Department, and I further that those who have not as yet completed but who will shortly, be paid 911 from the revolving fund upon duly authorized requisitions" ( i Councilman Hendershott stated that the Finance Corrunittee wished the coun- I 10 II cil to instruct the City Recorder to request the department heads to prepare estimated budgets for the year 1938 upon proper f.orms whieh had been furnished by / II the Secretary of State and this was so ordered. ~I Councilman Hendershott, chairman of the Finance Committee, recommended II I. denial of the Thomas D. McHoes offer of $100~90 for Lot 2t Block 5, Hollenbebk II Addition and extended a counter-offer of $150.00. For Lo<~ 2, Block 8, Hollenbeck Addition for which Mr. McHoes had offerred $64.44, the COIrunittee extended a counte - 11 !I offer of $100.00. Upon motion made and duly seconded, the recommendation of the Committee was unanimously approved. / II 'I ;1 II (, II 1\ . !,\ " ~, ,; '-. ""'..... . ------- ...,.. I ~ 633 . ----- .--------- - ~ . -..- -- ._-- -~. - ---- ----- '. - -'- - "--.---- -- ---. --- ._.__~.___~ _,____ __u. _.'...._..___._____u_, --- - -- - - ---- _... ---_.----,- - _. - - - - ---- .... ___ 'r _ _ .__ . .__ . _ __ __ ~._._ _ _ _ .. __ _ ___ __ _ _,., _ .___ _ _ __ . __ .._ The Finance Committee, by Arthur Hendershott, recommended rejection of the K. K. Robinson offer in the amount of $125.00. This recommendation was upon motion I /12 made and seconded, unanimously approved. The Finance Committee, by Arthur Hendershott, recommended rejection of the cr. $1200.00 offer of Arvilla L. Judkins for the South 6 and ?/3 feet of Lot 3 and all ,~; of Lot 4 and the North 6 and 2/3 feet of Lot 5, Block 4, Pairmount Addition to-:~ Eugene, Lane County, Oregon and extended a counter-offer of $1575.00 with a payment ~' of ~500.00 down and.$25.00 per month with 6% interest on all deferred payments. 13. This recommendation was unanimously approved by the council. I The offer of Clarence Poindexter in the amount of $400.00 for Lot 8, Block 5, I Hollenbeck Addition was denied by the Finance Committee and a counter-offer of $660.00 extended; Mr. Poindexter's offer of $500.00 for Lot 4, Block 8, Ho11enbec Addition was also denied and a counter-offer of $850.00 extended. The action of the Finance Commi ttee with respect to" these offers was unanimously approved by the 14 council. / I The $387.50 off~r of A. R. Clow for Lot 2, Block 23, Huddleston's Addition ,_ and the like sum for Lot 3, Block 23, Huddleston's Addition were both denied by the ~If, Finance Committee and a counter-offer of $865.00 placed on each respective lot. The I 15 recommendation of the Committee was duly approved. f The $400.00 offer of Mrs. H. B. Yocum for property described as "Beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot 1, Block 22, Fairmount, according to the Original Plat thereof, now a part of the City of Eugene, running thence West along the north line of said Lot 1, 70 feet; thence South,parallel to the West line of said Lot 1, 90 feet; thence east to the West line of Fairmount Boulevard, thence Northerly along the West line of said Boulevard to the Northeast-corner of said Lot 1, to the place of beginning, being all in Eugene, Lane County, Oregon" was denied by the Finance Committee and a counter-offer of $1200.00 extended. This recommendation of I 16 the Committee was unanimously approved. Councilman Hanns, chairman of the Fire and ~'ater Committee, recommended in- stallation of a street light at 25th and Nixon Streets. This was unanimously ap- 117 proved. I Mr. Hanns also recommended the installation of two hydrants at the following I locations: Spring Drive and 25th Street and the northeast end of the deer pen in I Hendrick's Park; also a street light at Spring Drive and 25th Street. The Recom- mendation of Mr. Hanns, chairman of the Fire and Water Committee, was unanimously 18 approved. / - The Fire and Water Committee by Councilman Hanns reported that they are securing information in order to present a teport on Charges for out-of-town fire / 19 calls and a presentation of the findings will be made at the next meeting. At this time S. M. Calkins, City Attorney, stated that Mrs. John Marsh had called upon him and asked him to speak to the council concerning their home pro- perty which they had deeded to the city to prevent foreclosure and upon which they wished an extension of period of' one year by their agreement to pay the year's in- terest and, taxes. And at this time Councilman Hendershott stated that Mr. T. H. Garrett wished the same extension of time upon payment of interest and the Finance Committee wished to recommend that these two offers be accepted. The recommendatio ,20 of the Committee was approved. ,-~ 11 At this time City Attorney Calkins presented a communication from the Postal ~elegraph Company in whiCh tney requested tne present franchise be continued for a period of twenty years at a franchise fee payable to the city $25.00 per annum. Question was raised as to the Y\'estern Union franchise and tne Recorder reported tha no record could be found. After some discussion, this was referred to the JudiciarJ ~l Committee to check the conditions surrounding both Companies. Request of Ransom Miller for a permit to add 12 feet to the south end of his store building at 15th and Ferry Streets, was presented. It was the consensus of opinion that all me~bers of the council personally stop at Mr. Miller's place of business, view the premises, and thus be able to make a definite recommendation re- /22 lative,to his request, and it was so ordered. Letter from Kirstine Snow, 668 ~est 7th Street, requesting the installation I of a street light at the southwest corner of the intersection of Jackson and ~est ~ /23 Second Streets, was refe~red to the Fire and ~ater committe: for.consideration. ~ , Mr. F. C. V'.esterfleld, Commander of the Commanders' CouncIl, presented a I resolution in which they asked the council to continue with the original agreement I to water shrubs and trees planted at Skinner Butte ~emoriBl Park. It was pointed out that the Park Board was doing everything they could to take care of this. Chas. Sullivan, Superintendent of Parks, reported that the local veterans were paying about $20.00 to hire help to see that it was watered. The water is available, but they lacked the man power to see that it was properly taken care of. This question was ~eferred to the Park Board with the Recorder in~tructed to inform the Park Boar .' I 24 of the city's agreement. --;: - I ! ~ ~634: , ...-- -~ - - < ---- - - -~- - - - -,- ------ - ~-- --- ~ - -- - - - Communication from J. O. Olsen Mfg. Company in whlch they requested that the charge of i65.00 for fire service at their factory be t;efinitely considered before they are required to make payment, was referred to the Fire and Water Com- 2 mittee. I I.. _.. . ' Report of the Eugene Public Library for the month of July, 1937 was pre- sented and ordered filed. Petition protesting the neglected condition of the center parking strips on Villard Street was presented and referred to the Park BeJard. . , ' Petition requestin~ the,cpuncil to remove the woodyard now being maintaine by Lane County at 17th and High S\~eets was referred to the Judiciary Committee. , , '..(. At this time Mayor Large sWated that the School Board wished the city to initiate proceedings to vacate Van a~r.en Street along the ~:hlteaker School. Council man Bond obj ect to the closing of th ,,~~treet. However, it was pointed out that the proceeding,s now would merely call for~~\,publiC hearing. Upon motion made and se- ,291 conded, the City Attorney was instruct ,~, to proceed with the necessary action to be taken on the above described property a<~4""i t was so ordered. . - - \:<:- . .. 'I " ~,' II Mayor Large stated that,R. A. Ba~~, had tendered 'hls l' esignation as a mem- '~ - I ber of the ci ty of Eugene Boxing, Commissiol\.~,due to ill health. Mayor Large re- com.zr.ended the appointment of E. E. Wyatt tokt'eplace iYir. Babb and the selection was 30 I confirmed by the council. A vote of. thanks w~. extended to Mr. Baeb for his ex- cellent services. ' ,~ ,":-' " , There being no further 'business,_the m~et~ng wa~ \~on motion made and duly seconded, adjourned. \ C. M. Bryan \~, . City Recorder \', . '- "::- ',,"^:, II '. --...~ ")- '!:t-.~ . -:':1:, \ {" , .. . II .,,~ .:.:. I I . I I I I I ~ Ii ,I II . . "'"" I . I, I[ !I I I I , I I I ! t I , II II I I I I I . I . ~ ii