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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/27/1942 Meeting 61~ -- -"-----'- -- ---- ..----.--- -- ---- . ~ - ~ -- ._- ~________ ~__ ~_~ - ____ .___ - .__ '_ ....__"__~ __ - __ _______n ---~-- ~ ~- -----:---- ~~----~-_.::-~.-..-_-:.-. -._-~-~'~'-~~-- -----=-...;;;::;..:;..-::.=------+-::..:--::.......;:- '-- Council Chambers, Eugene, Oregon A ril 27 1942 I The minutes of the regular meeting held Monday evening, April 27, 1942 at 7:30 P.M. All councilmen were present with the exception of BrONnson. I County Judge Hurd was present and spoke in behalf of the City continuing their appropriation of $500.00 in the Budget for the pay of the Juvenile Officer. He explained that he had heard ruwors that this would be dropped from the City Budget and stated that he thought it would be a mistake as the City should have,the services of the Juvenile Officer, explaining that there was a good many City cases that came up for attention. At this time, Councilman Brownson appeared at the meeting~ Mayor Large stated that this matter had been referred to the Police COlnmi ttee and asked Councilman Bond what he had to offer in regard to the Juvenile Officer. Mr. Bond explained that there was one man short in the Police Department at this time and they had considered hiring a new man and have him take care of the Juvenile cases. Councilman Pennington stated that he thought it would be false economy for the City to employ a full time Juvenile Officer at a salary at from twelve to fourteen hundred dollars while they could get the services of the CounuyJuvenile Officer for $500.00 a year. He stated that if the City needed a Police Officer tha t WbS another thing. He stated he thouCht the Juvenile work had always bee~ handled very well by the County man and he thought it should be continued. The matter was not decided on at this time, and the Mayor said that l~ it would be brought up at the next Budget Meeting. Mayor Large e~lained that Judge Hurd was interested in trying to work out a sui table road for the trclffic coming over the Ferry Street Br idge tha t wished to go to the Eugene Cannery and asked Councilman Barette what the Street Committee had to offer. Councilman Barette said that they had suggested that the traffic come down High Street to 6th Street, turn East to the Alley then go South down the Alley between Sixth and Eighth Street making the aI-ley a one-way street. :,He said the alley was paved between 6th and 7th and there would only be a little work to do on the gravelled portion be~ween 7th and 8th Streets. A motion was made by Pennington and seconded by Hawn that the alley a half block East of High between 6th and 8th Streets be designated as a one-way street for traffic going South. 2 "" On vote, this motion was carrie d. . ~ ~~ ~ I Councilman Koppe reporting for the JUdiCiary Committee regard,ing the woodyard at 54~ Almaden Street which was being run by Mr. Petersen. Mr. Koppe stated that the Zoning Ordinance went into effect in 1935 designating this territory as a Single Family Residence District. That a map gotten out in 1934 did not show a woodyard there in this district and it seemed that there was no woodyard there in 1935 when the Zoning Ordinance was passed. That the only thing to do now was to order the woodyard discontined. A, motion was made by Councilman Bond and seconded by Councilman Koppe that the woodyard be ordered discontinued. Mr. T. P. Arnoldy was present and stated a woodyard was on the property when he purchased it and it was his understanding that it could be used for a woodyard. He stated that the Oregon Electric was using Fifth Street and that made considerably more noise than the buzz saw used by Mr. Petersen. Councilman Bond explained that this had been zoned as a Single Family Residence District and that there had been different attempts to move business into the district. One time a party wished to establish a warehouse and another time a pole yard, and now a woodyard, and he did not understclnd why the district should have to put up with this condition:!) Mr. Petersen cla imed thq t 'the woodyard had been established the re for nine years. ,Co uncilman Hawn stated that he thought the matter should be decided on a strictly legal basis and aSked for the opinion of the City Attorney. Attorney Calkins explained that if there had been a woodyard there when the zoning Ordinance went into effect, it could be continued as a woodyard but that if it,was discontinued it could not be re-established. Councilman KOPRe stated that it might be a good plan to refer the matter to the Planning Commisssion and Councilman Pennington suggested that a compromise might be reached by allowing storage only for moving wood in and out and not any sawing. Mr. Hansen was present and stated he had built a new hoooe there two years ago with the understanding that it was zoned for a Single Family Residence District. Also a Mr. Edgar Thom was present and said that hehad always understood it to be a restricted district for residences only. Mr. Petersen said that he only expected to s tore a few cord of wo od there for accomodation of people who might wish to come there. Councilman Bond asked him if he had not stated previously that he expected to put in two hundred cord of wood and he, admitted he had but since the cont:r.oversy, he had chanEjed his .mind. A motion was laready befbre the house and the question was cs lled for. All Councilmen present voting Aye, except Counc ilman Farr ington a 11n Brownson who voted No. The motion was declare 3 carried. I I Councilman Farrington reporting for the Finance Committee stated that a Mr. W. Dion had requested a refund of $50.00 which he had made as partial payment on Lot 2 Block 10 Hollenbeck's Addition. Mr. Dian stated in his letter that " , he had run into so many difficulties he would have to abandon building until after the war. Mr. Farrington stated it was the recommendation of the committee that the refund be not all~wed and he was making that as a motion. 'rhe motion was seconded 4~by Councilman Bond and carried. Councilman Farrington also reported that there was an offer from V. E. Johnson living at 1975 Charnelton Street of $500.00 for Lot 14, in Block 1, College Hill Park offering to pay $250.00 cash and the balance on or before Jsmuary 1" 1943. ~ 620 f'-' Councilman Farrington said that this was a very good lot and the Finance Committee did not feel that they should accept the offer and that he would make a motion that .'..;,5,~,~,,1 the offer be rejected. The motion was seconded by Councilman Hmvn and carried. " Councilman Barette, reporting for the Street Committee said that a p~~temporary repair had been made for the S.P. Crossing at Monroe Street. Councilman Stewart reporting for the Fire and Water Committee stated that another 250 feet of hose had been received from the H. A. Babb Company. He said that in regard to the light and power for the new airport that he and Mayor Large had met with Mr. McArthur of the Eugene Water Board and that the Water Board was taking steps toward furnishing this service when needed. I ~ ,-",,I,, o ? The Recorder rep0rted that the River Road W~ter District had asl<::ed that a new contre,ct for Fire Protection be drawn for the year commending July 1, 1942 and ending June 30, 1943. This to be on the regular terms that such contracts had previously been dra-wn. A motion was made, seconded, and carried that the Mayor and City Recorder be instructed to enter into such a contract with ~he River Road 8..-!' Water District. I The Health, Parks, Sewer, ana Police Committee had no reports. Councilman Stewart reporting further for the Fire Department stated that Inspection Blanks had been received from the State Fire Marsha+l's office and that the Fire Department was making inspections. 9 A report from Fire Chief Nusbaum was read and inspection blanks showing that forty-three inspections had been made to date were filed. Also a report from Fire Shift A, signed by Ray Hicks, and Fire Shift B, signed by L. E. Johnson showing a detailed fire drills that had been held. Councilman Stewart stated that a copy of each inspection would be filed with the Recorder and a copy posted at the .Fire Department so that each employee could familiarize himself with the conditions 10... at the different places inspected. Councilman Brownson asked that if in a report the recommendation was made tha t conditions should be changed, would the ma tter be followed up? Counc ilma Stewart replied that they were expecting to get a blank form through the League of Oregon Cities and where conditions were found unsanita~y that one of these forms would be mailed to the party concerned and a follow -up would be made. Councilman Stewart asked Attorney Calkins what authority the Fire Chief had to carry out his recoIT@endations. Attorney Calkins stated that he was not sure just exactly what the conditions were and the matter was , referred to the Fire and Water Committee and the Judiciary Committee. Councilman Bond reported that Ralph Pierce had a contract for twelve miles of pipe line at the Cantonment Site above Corvallis and that Burton H. Davis, one of the City Firemen had previously been employed by Mr. Pierce as an electrical welder and Mr. Pierce was requesting that Mr. Da1[is be allowed a sixty day leave of absence exp~aining that it was almost impossible to get electric welders as they were all employed at the ship building yards. Chief Nusbaum was present and Councilman Barette asked him if he needed Mr. Davis in the Departlnent and Mr. Nusbaum said that he did, but that he would not want to stand in the way if the Council thought best to let Mr. Davis have the leave of absence. It was pointed out that this matter had been up beffore the Council before regarding :;.' other employees' and the requests had been denied. A motion by Counc ilman Stewart, 11 seconded by Councilman Farrington that the request be not allowed, was carried. I ~1\ A letter from A. L. Hawn, as chairman of the Playground Commission, was read. The letter was to the effect that a rigid enforcement of the nine o'clock curfew law should be made. This matter had been beffore. the Council sometime since and instructions to the Police had been that the Police Officers should send the childreh home after the curfew hour and the suggestion was made that in aggravated cases, the Police shQuld keep the children in the County Jail until morning and then be turned over to the Juvenile Officer. Chief Berf,rnan stated that a great many children had been sent hOlne by the different patrolmen but that nothing further than that had been done. Mr. Albert Dietz, the new Juvenile Officer was present and stated that this was surely a bad situation. He said that the children were downtown as late as eleven, tv\Eive, and one o'clock, some of them selling newspapers, and stated that there was one pool hall where 'they might be found about 3:00 in the afternoon and that they had permission from their parents to play pool. He said it was his recowmendation that where children were picked up on ttle street at night after curfew time that theyshould be taken into the police office or to the Coun ty Jail and the parents notified and required to come after th~~r children. He said that pi~king them up and taking them home was only providing taxi service for them. He samdwhere the same children were picked up three or four time, that he thought the parents should be fined. He stated he was willing to do anything he could. Judge Hurd exp.lained that the troub:ie with the Juvenile Officer working on the stree s at night was that he had to be out early in the morning. He said that in cases of theft of tires or anything of the kind that was done at night, that th~ Juveni~e Officer had to be out early the next morning looking after the case. Mr. Calklns was asked if the parents could give permits for the children to be out late at night and Mr. Calkins explained that they ?ould not f?ive permits ~o viola~e t~e law; that a permit might be secured from the Clnef of Polle e for the rlght to ~ellJ d papers after the curfew hour. A motion was made by Councilman Hawn and secon~e by Barette and carried that the Chief instruct the officers to pick up the chlldren beginning just after the curfew hour at 9:00 P.M. and have the parents celled to come and get them. I I ~ 621 I - --'-J--- -- --A~ requ~s~' ~ro~- Wm. -'~~-rdisty ~~~ refund--;-; ~uildin~-=;e;~it No. 170~~ in an --,-- amount of $8.00. Mr. Clubb explained that the permit had been taken out and then Mr. Hardisty was unable to use the permit on account of conditions. A motion was 13_ made, seconded, and carried that the refund be granted. A letter from Dr. C. R. Lindgren, Director of Lane County health Department, ~ regarding the dumping of garbage a t South Alder Street, was referred to the Rea 1 th -... 14 Committee. -..: I A Curb Cut for a Single Family Residence at 1870 Fairmount Boulevard was read. Explanation on the permit by Mr. Clubb was that the work had been done without a permit and that the contractor was familiar with the Ordinance. Mr. Club explained that an application for the Curb Cut had been filedO:but that the permit could not be issued until after the action of the Council but that the contractor had done the work before securing the permit. He said he had had trouble with this contractor previously. A motion was made by Councilman Hawn, seconded by Councilman Farrington that a c~nplaint should be filed against the contractor, was 15_ carried and the paving cut was held up for further action. A copy of a letter addressed to the manager of the Pacific Greyhound Bud Depot, San Francisco by E. U. Bronson, objecting to the use of the alley between Broadway and Tenth, and High ,and ~earl Streets was read and ordered placed on file. 16 .'" 1'7..... Attorney Calkins reported at this time that Mr. Clubb had furnished a copy of the Electrical Code and that it was sufficient to cover charges brought by the Fire Department and that there was sufficient ordinance to cover the accumulation of refuse in basements reported by the Fire Inspections. Mayor Large stated this was suf:;:'icient answer to the matter that had earlier in the meeting been referred t the Fire and Water Committee and the Judiciary Committee. Mayor Large reported that Robert Lemon had not yet completed his 1941 audit or made his final report. A motion was made by CouncilmE:n Farrington and seconded by Councilman Barette that the Recorder be instructed to request of Mr. Lemon that this work be completed, an<ilJ a report filed at an early date. The motion was carrie d. 18 19] A letter from C. A. Horton stating that he had completed three months audit was read and ordered placed on file. I A letter from Mildred! C. Youru;}. protesting about the condition of the Amazon 20_ banks at 15th & Olive Streets was ref~rred to the Street Co~~ittee. A report from the Recorder that the ladders for the new fire truck had arrived and that a telegram had been received from the American LaFrance Foamite Corp. asking that the balance on the.truck be paid had been received. A motion by Councilman Stewart, seconded by Councilman Bond that the bffiaance of $1506.00 be 21~ paid to the l~erican LaFrance Foamite Corp., was carried. A resolution concerning the'witholding of building permits until priority rating had been secured was read. A motion by Councilman Bond and seconded by 22 Councilrran Barette that the resolution be adopted, was carried. RES 0 L UTI 0 N ---------- Whereas, as a War Measure the War Production Board has issued a conservatio order,L-41 and has forwarded it to the ~eague of Oregon Cities wit~ a request that it be forwarded to all municipalities, said conservation order having for its purpose the conservatior+oof VJar ma terials and asking tha t municipalities issuing permits withold the same unless the applicant can present either a certificate' issued by the War Production Board authorizing him to begin construction or a project preference rate card. I IT ~8 TIIEREFORE RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Eugene that the building inspector of the city wfu~hQld permits authorizigg the commencement of construction unless the applicant has complied with the provisions of Conservation Ordsr L-41. I An ordinance concerning sidewalk repairs and repairs of culverts was read the first time and passed to its second and thi I'd readinr s by unanimous cons ent of the council by title unde~ suspension of the rules and was placed for' final passage. The ayes and nays were called; councilmen voting aye: Bond, Koppe, Barette, Stewart, Brownson, hawn, and Pennington; nay, none; absent, Farrington out of room at this 23 time. The Ordinance was declared passed and numbered 87~9. "" An ordinance prohibitlllg the purchase or acquisition or concealment of atolen or fraudulently acquired pmoperty and repealing all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, and declaring an emergency,was read the first time and passed to i ts seconc1.~€l nd third read ings by unanimous consent of the council by title under suspension of the rules and was placed for final passage. The ayes and nays were calle d; councilmen vot iIlg aye: Bond, Koppe, Barette, Stewart, Brownson, Hawn, and Pennington; nay, none; absent, Farrington out of room Bt this 24 time. The Ordina,nce was declared passed and numbered 8740. ~ An Ord inance providing for the regulation of those pe rs ons, firms, or corporations engaged in the purchase, collection, sale, and exchange of used article to be resold; requiring a license, the keeping of records, the general regulation .... 622 of the business, providing for penalties, and declaring an emergency, was read the first time and passed to its second and third readings by unanimous consent of the council by title under suspension of the rules and was placed for final passage. The ayes and nays were called; councilmen voting aye: Bond, Koppe, Barette, Stewart, Brownson, Hawn, and Pennington; nay, none; absent, Farrington out of room at this time. The Ordinance was declared passed and n~lbered 874ili. I ~~ ~1~ .~ A motion by Councilman Barette, seconded by Councilman Brownson that Jess Ferguson be placed on the regular payroll at a salary of $116.67 for work in ~ ~, the Sewer Department was ,carried. The Recorder explained that D. W. Carley had ~~ served his nine months probationary period at $115.00 a month and was now entitled to $125.00 a month. A motion was made, seconded, and carried that Mr. Carley's saaary be set at $125.00 a month. I 26 ~ Mayor Large at this time stated there had been some objections to the next Budget Meeting being held on Friday evening and that the next Budget Meeting 27 would be held Monday evening, May 4, at a:30 P.M. 1 Councilman Hawn stated that they had made reduction of some $280.00 in the Playground Budget for next year which would be reported at the next Budget 28 Committee meeting. On motion, the Council adjourned. I I I ~