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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/24/1941 Meeting 458 Council Chambers, Eugene, Oregon March 24, 1941 ..;;:~..1.. I ,.Jf~,. .;t. O->.;"p ...." ...",~. of.;. The minutes of the adjourned meeting of the Common Council held on Monday ~l evening, March 24, 1941 at 7:30 o'clock p.m. Mayor Elisha Large presided over the CC meeting. Councilmen present were: Sam C. Bond, A. C. Farrington, Louis Koppe, E. A. Baratte, Ira O. Stewart, Orren Brownson, A. L. Hawn, and John Pennington; 1 absent: None. The minutes of the previous meeting were presented and ordered placed 2 on file. The meeting was herewith called to order. Mr. Glen A. Byrnes addressed the council asking for special permission to extend a lane from Maple Avenue to his and the Harvey A. Wheeler property in order to give better access to these two properties. It was pointed out that Maple Avenue is intersected by Birch Lane and the Lane is to extend South of this intersection. All expenses in the opening would be borne by the adjoining property owners. The City Engineer was called upon to explain the situation and Mr. Clubb reported that the proposed lane would have approximately at25% grad~ w,hich is very, very steep. . Councilman Farrington reported that the members of the ]inance Committ e and Councilman Barette had been up and looked the situation over and it was their report that the request should be denied because of the steepness of the proposed lane which would create a perpeutal hazard. After further discussion the matter was referred to the City Engineer to see if there was some possible way of extending ,a lane for this service, but yet one that would be safe. Mr. Clubb was to report 3 back at the next meeting. Reporting on the damage claim of Miss Grace Kelsey, the Judiciary Committee reported they would like to hold this matter until the next meeting of the council 4 so they would have time to further investigate the same. Councilman Farrington, Chairman of the Finance Committee ~resented the prope offers beginning with the offer of Mrs. Karl L. Shirey, $275.00, '55.00 cash and the balance at $5.00 per month including interest at 6% for the South 15 feet of the East 110 feet of Lot 1 and the North 30 feet of the East 110 feet of Lot 4,Block 5, Cheshires Addition (65 feet South of the Southwest corner of 1st Avenue and Washing ton Street). It was the recommendation of the Finance Committee that the offer be 51accepted and the recommendation was unanimously approved. The Finance Committee recommended the denial of the offer of Duncan Olser, $300.00) $100.00 cash and the balance at $100.00 per year Vlus interest at 6% for _Lot 1, Eosters Addition (corner of Grand and Railroad Blvd) and upon motion made 6 and seconded the recommendation was unanimously approved. The offer of S~n RUgh Company for client, L. C. Parkhurst, $375.00, $75.00 cash and the balanc'e at $10.00 per month inCluding interest at 6% for Lot 8, Block 6, IChambers Addition (117.7 feet East of the Southeast corner of 11th Avenue and Chambers Street); Intends to build a Motor Court if permission is granted, was ~presented with the recommendation that the offer be accepted. The recomnlendation 7 mas unanimously approved. I I The offer of C. F. Bergman, $400.00, $80.00 cash and the balance at $15.00 or more per month including interest at 6% for Lot 10, Block 2, Hollenbeck Addition !(Northwest corner of 14th Avenue and Washington Street) was presented. The Finance _ICommittee recommended that a counter offer of $425.00 be extended and the 8 .recommendation was unanimously approved. I Request of L. E. Simkins for refund of $100.00 deposit on Lot 3, Block 4, _ Hollenbeck Addition was presented with the recommendation that the refund be granun 9 [' nd the sale cancelled. The recommenfution was unanimously approved. The offer of Bert C. Kerns, $200.00 cash, for Lot 3, Block l6~ College I ill Park Addition (120 feet South of the Southwest corner of 21st Avenue and ~a~rence Street) was presented with the recon~endation that the offer be accepted 10 rl nd the recommendation was unanimously approved. Request of J. W. McCracken for refund of $50.00 was presented. The house is under construction as per agreement when lot was purchased. The recommendation of l~ ~I he Finance Committee to refund the money was unanimously approved by the Council. Councilman Farrington repor. ted that an initial meeting had been held with the chool Board members concerning an attempt to move the present location of the roposed new high school on the school board property to a site east of this location bnto property owned by the University of Oregon, and the meeting had been very succes - I ul. However, before any further or def,inite action could be taken, it would be . recessary for the School Board and the ~inance Committee to meet with President , onald M. Erb and Chancellor Frederick M. Hunter of the University of Oregon. As lZ koon as this meeting could be held, the results would be r~ported to the Council. I I ~ "'lllllll 459 . .__. __ - 0.- __ __ _ __ _ ------------ I Councilman Barette reported that the two Barco hammers used by the Street Department had become very badly worn and it was the committee's decision that they ~ should be overhauled so the ha~ners were shipped to the factory for a complete over- V, haul joq. However, he wished to inform the members of the Council now that they ~ should anticipate for the 1942 levy, the inclusion of funds for the purchase of' new street equipment. 13. I Councilman Stewart, Chairman of the Fire and Water Committee addressed the council commenting on the League of Oregon Cities Conference held on the University of Oregon Campus the past week and stated that the whole meeting was devoted to the theme, "How can the City Government best aid in the preparedness programme." Various duties which may rest largely on local governments, in cases of emergency, were brought up and Mr. Stewart felt that among those spoken of, the two most im- portant to us would be the training of additional Firemen and Policemen. In case of an emergency, such as an attack, black out, or other disaster, the Firemen and Policemen would be the first ones to be called upon and one speaker at the conference had said, "It is already much later than we suspect.~ With these things in mind, and in light of fire equipment needs recently discussed, the Fire and Water Committee had held several meetings with the Chief of the Fire Department and Mayor Large to consider the various bids recently submitted for the purchase of a fire truck. It was therefore the Committee's recommendation that the City of Eugene ~urchase a ?50-gallon pumper American, LaFrance fire truck; the total cost to be ~9506. Tkerms as follows: $6000 on delivery or as taxes are turned over as of this year; the balance to be paid in 1942 by April 1st, with no interest or carrying charge; delivery of equipment is to be made approxi~ately ninety days from the date of receipt of the order. Councilman Bond made a motion to accept the committee's recommendation and authorize the Mayor and City Recorder to execute the contract with the company. The motion was seconded by Councilman Farrington and unanimously approved by the Council. 14r Councilman Barette, Chairman of the Street Committee recommended the install _ tion of a street lighiat what would be the intersection of 3rd and Polk Streets and the reconwendation was unanimously approved. The City ~ecorder was instructed to notify the Eugene Water Board to install th~ light. .- Iff I Councilman Brownson reported he had redeived a complaint regarding the situation on the northwest corner of 1st and Washington Streets and upon investigat- ing the corner was unable to locate the cause of the complaint. He therefore asked that whomever had been complaining, to make a further detailed statement so the investigation could be continued. 16( Councilman Hawn, Chairman of the Printing and Parks Committee, recownended the purchase of a power lawn mower and the purchase of a hand mower, for the Park 1 ~ Department. Motion was made and seconded unanimously approving the recommendation. Councilman Barette stated that the City parks had been looking better than l~ they ever had in the past. Councilman Pennington, Chairman of the Sewer Committee, recommended that the City Recorder be instructed to notify by registere~ail all users of the city sewer living beyond the city limits, that unless, all those who are connected with the city sewer service and haven't paid their annual $5.00 service fee for 1941 do so Iw ithin thirty days from the date of notice, the service fee will be refunded to those who have paid, and the sewer service disconnected at .the trunk line junction WI ith the main city sewer located inside the city limits. Also, an additional charge will be made for disconnecting and connecting such service. Upon motion made and seconded the recommendation was unanimously approved. (Note: The City Engineer 19" Ito furnish the mailing list) I Councilman Bond, Chairman of the Police Committee, recommended the acceptance pf the C & S Electric Company bid, $1073.00, for the installation of traffic signals at the intersection of 13th and Willamette Streets. Motion was made and seconded 20 ,. ~I nanimously approving the recommendation. Councilman Bond further recommended the purchasing of the necessary equipment for straightening meter posts at a price of $39.50. Motion was made and seconded 21r UI nanimously approving the recommendation. Mayor Large at this time recomnended the appointment of Dr. L. G. Helterline ~s the Milk and Meat Inspector for the year 1941; his salary to be the amount provide ['or in the budget, or $219.44 per month with an allowance for car expense of $30.00 2Z- per month. Motion was made and seconded unanimously approving the recommendation. I Councilman Barette, Chairman of the Street Committee, reported that the City pf Eugene needed 100 new sign posts. The City Engineer had investigated various ~ypes of posts and recommended that the city purchase the same type we now have with I~he exception that the posts be of a heavier weight. It was pointed ou.t the city could purchase eit~er galvanized or painted posts; the painted ones in a heavy reight would cost ~1.52 each plus freight from Portland to Eugene (or $1.66 f.o.b. Eugene). Motion was rnade and seconded authorizing the Recorder to issue a purchase I ~ 460 }.:. ~r lot ~ order for the purchase of 100 painted iron posts at the price of $1.52 each plus 23 freight and it was so ordered. COWmunication was presented from Mrs. S. C. Sunderland asking the Council's permission to operate a small lunch stand at Skinner's Butte Park again this summer as she had done last summer. Motion was made and seconded. unanimously approving the request with a further stipulation that sheoould leave the elcgrical connections intact during the season and in this way she would not have to move the stand out of the park every night. I ~ 24 Communication was presented from the Board of Appeals stating they had XEXE received a request from Lottie N. Rugh for a client, Mr. L. C. Parkhurst, asking for a permit to erect a Motor Hotel--similar to Seal's or the City Center on East Broad- way--on Lots 7 and 8, Block 6, Chambers Addition. 1'his property is located on the South side of Eleventh Avenue west between Almaden and Chambers Streets. The Board - recommends that this request be referred to the Planning Commission for re-caassifi- 25 cation, and.the recommendation was unanimously approved. Request was also received from L.F. Bonson asking for permission to complet a lean-to shed started on the south side of the garage at 1524 Willamette Street. He states in his request that he has recently purchased this property and secured a building permit to make alterations to the house and build the lean-to. The permi makes no mention of the addition to the garage and as it is to be used for a prohibited occupancy, the Building Departmenfstopped work q,n the lean-to. The Board recommends that this request be referred to the Planning Commission. The recommendation was unanimously approved. (note: At a meeting of the City Council held March 22, 1937, the recommendation of the Board of Appeals to grant permission , to J. W. Dorfler to conduct a coffee and tea shop at 1524 Willamette Street was 26 was approved.) I \ 27 A statement of sewerage charges billed and collected for the month of February, 1941, was presented from the Eugene Water Board and ordered placed on file. In conjunction with the Sewage Disposal fund, question ~~s raised as to the advisibility of investing the same. After a short discussion, a resolution was presented authorizing and instructing the City Treasurer to invest the money held in the Sewage Disposal Sinking.Fund into the airport warrants, said warrants to be purchased in the i~verse order. The resolution was unanimously approved. C5 EO e "'r<& .p Atl/VU- Te'il FD/1 flF.$D 1..1{. T/oN J I 28' Mr. Eagen stated he had purchased the house on the Crawford property on the land that the City of Eugene has taken over for airport purposes and is now asking permission of the Common Council to move the house to a site across from the airpor property. Motion was made and seconded unanimously approving the request with the, understanding that the house be moved within the next two weeks. Also" Mr. Eagen is to make any and all necessary arrangements with Mr. George W. Boqua for crossing the' Boqua property, and all this to be done at his own risk. The City Recorder reported that inasmuch as the City owned property adjoinin 24th Avenue between Lincoln and Olive Streets, it would be necessary for the City of Eugene to sign the petition asking for the vacation of 24th Avenue between these two streets. Upon motion made and seconded the Mayor and ~ecorder were instructed to sign the petition and it was so ordered. '. 29 The City Recorder requested authority to make the necessary adjustments to the salary of the stenographer, employed in the City Engineer's offi~e. He stated that $30.00 per month of her salary was taken from the Milk and Meat Inspector's Department and now that his office would be moved from the City Hall to the Court House, it would take $30.00 per month from the stenographer's salary. He therefore requested the council to make some arrangement for tak~bg care of this deficit. City Engineer Clubb stated that the services of a stenographer were needed full tim in the Engineer's office. ,Question was then raised as to the advisability of movin the Milk and Meat Inspect0r's office to the Court House if the moving was to create an added expense. Councilman Brownson replied that the resolution which had been passed by the Common Council at its meeting of March 10, had been prepared by the Ci ty of Eugene Health Board and the resolut'ion provided that there would be no increase in the Milk and Meat Inspector's expenses at least for the present time. In other words, the budget for the operations of the Milk and Meat Inspector's Department wouldbe transferred to its new location, meaning that his budget would be paying for part time stenographic help in the new office. Councilmen Bond, Farring- ton, Koppe, Barette and the Mayor all questioned the use of the budgeted money for this type of service in the new office and further expressed the opinion that his office could probably be continued very well at its present location until the budget meeting could make provision for the changes for the coming year. It was suggested by those present that if the moving of his office did bring about a decrease in the requirements of stenographic help in the Engineer's office, her salary should be reduced to that amount and there would be no additional expenditure. It was suggested that she put in approximately one-third of her time in the new office if that was .necessary, but this received very little consideration. Councilman Brownson again reported that this was the action of the Health Board and if there was to be any re-consideration of this matter, the reconsideration should be made on the same basis as prior to the adoption of the resolution, namely, that the Milk Inspector be appointed on an indefinite basis. Councilman Brownson further expressed the statement that if the resolution was reversed the Health Board would very likely take action in the matter. The Mayor expressed the opinion that I I ~ ~ 461 .~_.~- --~-- - . - --- - ---~-- - ----_._-,~---- ---- . ..:......-=.--~----~-~ -..:..-=-=-=--------.::..-..:..~-:-:..::-.-:..=-~~~~-~'~~~;.;:;-~.-:-~~~~--::_---:;;;:.=--~-~---::::...--:-~=..:::..-~---~..::~~.;......:::.=.:;::..-:;-;;.---~.~--=--~-.:.:._~----- -----.------- --- I the Health Board would probably not take it too seriously. They had made recommenda tions before and the recornmenda tions had not been approved by the council," He felt it wasn't quite as important as all that. In order to determine the questio , Councilman Farrington made a motion that the resolution which had been passed by the.', Council on March 10, be and the same is hereby rescinded, and the matter as to the ~ proposed moving of the Health Officer and re-vamping of the services thereof, ~ be held open for further study by the Council. Councilman Bond seconded the motion. Councilman Btownson then made a request that the makers of the motion include in the motion that the appointment of Dr. Helterline be made on a temporary basis. The makers of the motion did not see fit to comply with this request. ~uestion was called for and all councilmen voted aye with the exception of Councilman Brownson 3~ who voted nay. The motion was declared carried. . I Communication was presented from the Civil Service Commission stating that Probationer PaulE. Snell, Patrolman, had successfully passed the probationary and physical fitness requirements and it was the Commission's recommedation that he be permanently appointed as a member of the Police Department. Upon this recommenda- tion, the Mayor then appointed Paul Snell as a permanent member of the Police B~ Department, and the appointment was approved by the Council. Application for a Second Hand Dealers license was presented from Hazelton's Second Store at 762 Park Street. As the application had been approved by the Chief of Police, motion was made and seconded to grant the applicant a license and it was so ordered. 3~ .. Curb cut applications were presented from the following: O. J. Lee, No. 841; Scott Hastings-, No. 842; E. H. Christensen, No. 844; and Harry Leaton,' No. 814:5. The City Engineer recommended that all the cuts be granted and the recommendation was unanimoumly approved. Curb cut applications were also presented from: Robert F. Reed{. No. 843; N. T. Crawford~ No. 839, and General Grocery Company, No. 835. The City Engineer recoffinlended that the cuts be granted--to be marked off by the Eng- ineering Department. Motion was made and seconded unanimously approving the recomme da- 33-- tion of the Engineer. I Upon motion made and seconded the Mayor and Recorder were authorized to execute the contract between the City of Eugene and Fred Fisk providing for a seven foot set-back from the property line at the new building being oonstructed 34c by Fred Fisk on East 11th Street, betweenWillamette and Oak Streets. , The -City Engineer reported that Mr. A. A. Reeves had completed the installa tion of the doors in the Fire Department as per the bid, and he therefore recommende that the city pay Mr. Reeves for the work done. The ayes and nays were called, councilmen voting aye: Bond, Farrington, Koppe, Barette, Stewart, Brownson, Hawn and Pennington; nay: none. The recommendation was declared approved and the City Recorder instructed to issue a revolving fund check to Mr. Reeves, as follows: $780 for the contract price, and an additional $9.41 for welding, etc., above the 35( contract, making a total of $789.41. An ordinance prohibiting theCkeeping and maintenance of animals, fowls, and insects in the City of Eugene was presented to the council. Councilman Farring- ton made a motion, seconded by Councilman Bond, that the proposed ordinance be table 36' indefinitely and it was so ordered. Councilman Barette reported that the Eirestone Auto Supply and Service Stor'e was remodeling the building at 11th and Pearl and the railing or barricade between the business property and the sidewalk to prevent the cars using the side 37~ walk should now be installed. The City Engineer stated that this would be done. It was reported that a barn located on Elk Avenue should be removed. The City Attorney and the Chief of Police are to see if this can be removed without 3& the city taking any further action. I Upon motion the council adjourned. C. M. Bryan City Recorder The following is the resolution adopted in Par. 27. I RES 0 L UTI 0 N ---------- \VHEREAS, there now is approximately the sum of $35,000.00 in the Sewage Disposal Fund and there will be additions thereto from time to time as the monthly sewage disposal service charges are collected through the Eugene Water Board, and turned over to the City of Eugene, v1.HEREAS, the Mayor and the Common Council, the governing bodies of the City of Eugene, hereby have determined that said funds will not be required within the period of the next six months, (over) ~ r462 J ~ ~~; ;t~' Now, Therefore, I Ri:s: l8IS:llIjtX~l![Xlit BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Eugene that the City Treasurer is hereby authorized and instrdcted to invest said Sewage funds in warrants now outstanding for the purchase price of the Municipal Airport. I I I I ~,