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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/22/1937 Meeting "..- 16 -- --~r ~ -.... -- - COUNCIL CP~MBERS, EUGENE, OREGON - November 22. 1937 \-..0. I ~I The minutes of the adjourned meeting of the common council held at the hour I of 7:30 o'clock P.M., November 22,1937. Mayor Large call'8d the meeting to oraer; all councilmen were present. The minutes of the previous meeting were presented 1 1 and ordered filed.,' , i ~ettlement of the Etta Finnerty sidewalk injury claim for $200.00 and damage I claim Bf Anne Whiteaker to the extent of $100.00, was reported by the Judiciary Committee with the recommendation that they be allowed and motion was made, se- conded and carried that warrants be drawn. The ayes and nays were called; council I / men voting aye: Lamb, Hendershott, Reid, Page, Hanns, Farrington, Bond and Carlso . , 2 nay, none; absent, none. The $100.00 offer of Jack Luckey and Louis C. DeBurgh for property described as llBeginning 25' south of the N.W. corner of Lot 5~ Block 19, College Hill Park, I ~ running east 50', thence south 40' to the beginning," was rejected by the Finance " /:: Committee and upon motion made and duly secnnded, the recommendation of the com- 3 mittee was duly approved. The offer of Olga E. Minick in the amount of $llOO.OOvcash, for Lots 9,10,11 and 12, B~ock 4, Gross Addition, was denied by the Finance Committee and a counter offer of $2500.00 extended. Upon motion made and seconded, -this recommendation we 4 unanimously approved. - I --- I J- The $250.00 offer of Alfred W. Berg for Lot 2, Block 11, Hendrick~s A~~~d~ Addition, was rejected by the Finance Committee and a counter-offer of ;p500.00 - '-, 5 !1 extended. Upon motion made and seconded, this action was approved. II Councilman Hendershott reported that Dr. E. L. Gardner, Health Officer, had ,( requested a two weeks' vacation commencing December 15, 1937. He stated that ar- J rangements had been made whereby Dr. R. C. Romig, Lane County Physician, would 6 I handle the necessary work during his absence. Upon motion made ~nd seconded, the vacation was granted. .' I I , Mr. Hendershott further reported that on April 26, 1937, permission was I , given Fred G. Stickles, Title Abstract Company, to purchase a certain certificate held by the city against Lot 6, Block 15, College Hill Park at 6% interest in lieu of the regular 10% penalty and 10% interest. Mr. Stickles has now tendered a check to the City Treasurer and the Finance Committee recommends that the council adopt a resolution authorizing the Mayor and Recorder to assign this certificate " ./ to the Title Abstract Company and it was so ordered by unanimous consent of the I 7- council. * Resolution on page 19 of minutes* The Fire and Water Committee, chairman P.J. Hanns rresiding, reported ad- si versely on the installation of a street light in the alley bounded by 13th and 14t and Alder and Kincaid Streets. Upon motion made and duly seconded, the recommenda ,.to_, ' tion of the Committee was approved. ;f1 /. t / Councilman Farrington, Chairman of the Health Committee, reported that the ;.-" A~ shack locateu on city property across the street from 154 West 20th Street was in ,I' 1 a bad condition and should be removed from the premises wtile it is still vacant. Upon motion made and seconded, permission was granted the Health Committee for re- 9 moval of the shack. Mr. Farrington reported that the planks at the apprcach to the city dump grounds were worn out from usage and it was necessary that new ones be furnished so that trucks could make proper delivery~ He stated that he had undertaken to find second-hand planks suitable for this~ but was unable to do so. It was re- A vealed that 2000 feet of planking, 3 x 12, would cost $32.00. Upon motion made I 101 and duly seconded, it was ordered that purchase of the same be made with payment drawn from the emergency fund of the city of Eugene. Mr. Farrington also reported that the floor in the living room of the Comfor Station located in the Park Blocks was in bad shape and ir. need of linoleum. He said he had secured prices from three different places and the best available pric is $22.00 for 11 yards to be laid and cemented in place. Motion was made and se- ./ conded that this be done with payment made from the Comfort Station funds and it 11 was so ordered. I Mr. Farrington stated that he and Councilman Carl SOL had been out endeavor in' to locate a barn that had been reported in bad condition (,n North Law~ce street~ but with the information at hand they had been unable to tetermine what property ) it was. After some discussion, thi s was referred to the E,ame Commi ttee with the understanding that City Engineer Clubb accompany them the next time to help locate 12 the property in question. ~ I ~ 17 - - -- --- - - - - - - Councilman Page, chairman of the Park Committee, stated that the best bid for fencing the deer and ~lkpens in Hendrick's Park was that received from R.A. Babb / Hardware Company, Eugene, at a cost of $1307.25, and it was moved and seconded that I the material be purchased from Ba~bts, with payment of the same to come from the ~',..- Io...l. 13 emergency fund according to arrangements made earlier in the year. 2i Councilman Reid, Chairman of the Sewer Committee, reported regarding the sewer at the new Post Office Building and stated that arrangements had been made with the Pioneer Museum Association to build this sewer to the north line of their ,property which would be the south line of the new Post Office Building and it was moved and /14 seconded that the city should build the remaining 27 feet and this was approved. I Relative to the request of C. Valentine Boyer, president of the University of Oregon, Sam C. Bond, chairman of the Police Committee, reported that the Police De- ./ partment had no available men that they could assign to the university district, permanently, but that traffic officers had been instructed to patrol the vicinity as 15 much as possible. 0 Police Chairman Bond reported regarding quiet signs for the Eugene Hospital an ./ Clinic and said as soon as the rains let up that they would endeavor to paint suit- 16 able signs for the hospital. Reporting on the anti-picketing situation, Mayor Large stated that the Supreme ./ Court had agreed to pass on the LaGuardia-Norris law;as soon as a decision on that is reached, the council would be in a better position to know what to do for the 17 city of Eugene. ;<fI! '..p ~ .- . :/" 'Upon the approval of Chief of Police Carl F. Bergman, the council voted unani- 18 mouslJ to permit the operation of a rooming house at 68 West lOth Avenue by A.R.Cox. " . ./~ ~.;. '''. ,~)1A1 )~.< Communication from-Ethel S. Vaughn Withdrawing her offer made on the South 55 '~R..~ feet of Lot 6, Block 8, Croner's Addition, which had been accepted by the council on November 8, 1937,.was read and it was suggested that Mrs. Vaughn should be charged fent for the house from now on; the amount of the rental fee to be left at the dis- /19 cretion of the City Engineer and Finan.ce Committee and this action was approved. I Communication fr~m the local Board of Health requesting the council to ask the Oregon State Board of health for a milk survey in the city of Eugene, was read and ;2Q it was ordered that the State Board be asked to conduct such a survey. " Letter from G. E. Lehman requesting the installation of street lights on the ~. bridges intersecting Patterson, Hilyard and Alder Streets, was referred to the Pire /21 and Water Committee. Report of the Eugene Public Libnary for the month of October, 1937 was pre- 22 sented and ordered filed. Resolution from Irving Grange #377 opposing the action of the city council for ~,: permitting the operation of pin-ball games for another three months, was read and /23 ordered filed. ..\ ~. Regarding the offers made by individuals to Lane County on property described -..;;. . -'4", as the South 100 feet of Lot 10, Block 3, 'VVhi teaker 's Add it ion; and Block 3, Lot 6, and 24.8 feet of Lot 7, Wallis-Dorris Addition, against which the city has liens, Mayor Large reported that he together with Engineer Clubb had discussed this matter :-z; with Lane County and the offers had been rejected. It was therefore riot necessary for the city to pay the taxes. Resolution authorizing the Mayor and ReGorder to enter into a contract or -is- purchase.and sale with Ed Howell, was upon motion made and seconded, adopted by the coune i 1 :: I RES 0 L UTI 0 N WHEREAS, the City of Eugene is the owner of the South 50 feet of LDt 7, ~lock 2, Rude's Addition to Eugene, Oregon and, WHEREAS, The City of Eugene has caused the same to be appraised and determined its value, and I V:HEREAS, Ed Howell has offered the city $124.49 for said property, which, according to the appraisement, is all that the property is worth, NOW, THEREFORE BElT RESOLVED by the Cow~on Council of the City of Eugene that the Mayor and Recorder be and they are hereby directed to~enter into the annexed contract on behalf of the City of Eugene, and the $41.01 down payment and all subsequent payments shall be deposited with the City. Treasurer ot: said City. ( .... r'" 18 - - y ---- - ~- - - - Passage of applicati6ns~ for renewals of beer and wine permits was held by the 26 Police Committee until the forthcoming meeting of the counc.il. ~ Letter from the City Recorder requesting certain expenditures from the emer- I 00 ~ gency fund for materials, supplies and equipment for the va:~ious departmental divi- ..' sions of the city, was presented. Mayor Large questioned whether such expenditures I constituted an emergency. Councilman Hanns, chairman of the Fire and Water Com- I mittee, reported that at the recent Fruit Growers' fire that every foot of fire hos I was, through necessity, employed and as a result it was brought to li~ht that the d - partment was badly in need of additional fire hose for added protection. Mr. Hanns further stated that even with the money in the 1938 budget, allowing the purchase 0 1 M feet of hose, that the amount on hand would not meet the standard rSquirements. I Councilman Lamb, Member of the street Committee, was under"the impression that most I of the supplies asked for by the Street Department could be paid for out of the I money still 'in the Street Department funds for this year. 3e said he would hesitat to vote to take money from the emergency fund for expenditures of the various de- I partments as it seemed too much like a spending spree. Mr. Carlson said that the council went on somewhat of a spending spree at the time they bought the building at Fifth and Olive streets; but it was pointed out in this case that there had been a fire and the building formerly occupied entirely destroyed. Councilman Carlson reported that the Street Department needed all the items requested and they were forced to send out work to be done almost every day on account of the need of prope tools. Mr. Hanns said the fire truck with the hard-rubber tires should by all mean be equipped with new tires as the equipment now caused considerable damage to the tru~ and it was also dangerous in the winter due to slippery streets. Mr. Reid as did Mr. Farrington stated that they believed the items for the fire department were an emergency and should be taken care of, especially the new tires. Councilma I Hendershott asked the city attorney what he thought regarding the recodification of "of ordinances in the Recorder's of rice. Mr. Calkins said it was something needed i very much, but that it had been asked of the Budget Committees previously and had i always been rejected and said that he wanted the records to show that he thought ~ this $1000.00 was an improper expenditure. to be made out df the eGergency fund at \ ~ this time and that the matter should come up with the Budget Committee and be al- 1 lowed in that way. Upon motion of Mr. Hendershott, these requests were ordered 271 laid over to be considered at the next council meeting. City Attorney Calkins said he wished to report regarding the Western Union , I and Postal Telegraph franchise situation. He said that in 1866, the ~estern Union / Company pledged their company to the union and furnished the government messages free of charge and for this consideration were granted permission to erect their poles and lines on any post roads in the United States and for that reason they could not be kept out of the city of Eugene, but that did not mean that they would not have to pay a license fee. He said he did not think the Postal Telegraph Com- pany was in as good a position regarding this Post Roads Act under which the Wester Union are working, but that he would rather delay anything further with them until /ff after the franchise is complete with the Western Union Company. If at this time c the Postal Telegraph Company had not presented a franchise, steps could be taken to 28 have them reimburse the city in some way. /1 Mayor Large reported that a complaint had corne to him regarding.a trailer at 13th and Washington which had been there for some time. He asked the chief of 29 police to see that this is removed. At this time Mayor Large introduced R. F. Burghardt who in turn introd~ced Charles L. Sigman, members OT the Elks Lodge Traffic Safety Campa,ign. Mr. Sigman spoke regarding speed at intersections and said that whenever two cars approach an intersection at a speed of 35 miles an hour, accidents were almost bound to occur. He said that they had concluded that a speed of 20 miles an hour at intersections was about the limit. He spoke regarding the dangerous corner at 8th and High and asked that the city install stop signs on High StreAt and allow the traffic on 8th to pass through uninterrupted. He also mentioned the corner at 11th and Polk. ~hil it was an open corner, there were many accidents. He suggested the installation I of a stop sign on Polk Street and allowing the 11th Street traffic to pass through at this point. He also spoke regarding traffic at 6th and Blair and said while there was a stop sign there, hardly anyone observed it. He watched traffic there and out of 30 cars only two came to a complete stop. Others, he said, slowed down but did not make a stop. He said he thought traffic shoul~ be checked at this poin and offenders tagged for not stopping. He suggested that the city install a sign east of 6th Street on Blair something after this fashion "I~NGEROUS INTERSECTION.. SLOW" and skull and crossbones painted on the sign. He said that something appeare to be wrong at the intersection of Broadway and Franklin Boulevard. Signs seemed I to be allright, he stated, but every once in a while someone for SOIDe reason would bump into the stone wall dividing Broadway and Franklin. He suggested as a measure of prevention the installation of a sign bearing the painted words "DANGEROUS INTER ~ SECT ION. . . TRA VEL SLOV:". He further stated that there was too much violation of ob- serving to stop at stop signs and this should be checked if possible. These recom- mendations were ordered referred to the Police Committee for study and report at 30 the next meeting. Mr. Farrington said he wished to report about the telephone in Park Superin- tendent Charles Sullivan's home. He said it cost Mr. " Sullivan $3.40 per month and ~ \ ~ 19 it was purely for city business and he felt it was not right that Mr. Sullivan shoul ./ have to pay this out of his own personal funds. He said he merely wanted to call the council's attention to this and whatever they wished to do would be complied wit . I 31 There was no suggestion or report to be made. .'!~'"",,,,, ~ . ,. There being no further business, the meeting was upon motion made and duly (C 32 seconded, adjourned. John Fields, Acting City Recorder >ii I . RES 0 L UTI o N BE IT RESOLVED By the COIDITlOn Council of the City of Eugene that the Mayor and Recorder be and are hereby authorized and directed to assign to Title Abstract Company of Eugene, Oregon, the Certificate of Sale of real property on foreclosure for municipal liens, subject to the remaining liens thereon in favor of the .City of Eugene, on the following described property: Lot 6, Block 15, College Hill Park Addition, in co~sideration of the payment of Fifty-seven dollars and eighty-seven cents ($57.87). ~3 Resolution directing the Mayor and Recorder to execute a bargain and sale deed to Orren Brownson and Beatrice O. Brownson, was upon motion made and duly seconded, adopted: I~ ',,\ RES 0 L UTI 0 N 'I \'~ f,\' WHEREAS, The City of Eugene is the owner of Lots 1 and a, Block 33, Fairmount Amended Addition to Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, and WHEREAS, The City of Eugene has caused the saIDe to be a-p--==-- praised and determined its value, and WHEREAS Orren Brownson and Beatrice O. Brownson, husband . and wife, have offered the city $214.99 for said property, which, according to the aprraisement is all that the property is worth. NOW, THERE.FORE, BE IT RESOLVED By the Common Council of the City of Eugene I that the Mayor and Recorder be and they are hereby directed to execute and deliver to Orren .Brownson and Beatrice O. Brown- son a bargain and sale deed to the above premises, upon pay- " the purchase price as determined IDen t of the sum of ~p2l4. 99 , by the city. I ~