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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/24/1944 Meeting ~174 -_. -1'1. -~-~ ~~~~~ __c~~~-'--'---- -~ -..:: 1 ' C.-.....I 1",4 :.." ~-,~ ~. Council Chambers, Eugene, Oregon January 24, 1944 I The minutes of the regular meeting of the Common Council, Monday January 24th. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Large. All Councilmen present. 1 The proposed federal housing project sponsored by Paul W. Campbell for Geo. W. Miltobberger and Arthur A. Gilbert brought out a large delegation in opposition to the plan. Those addressing the Council in opposition to the proposed federal housing development were Robt. A. Prescott, Thelmer Nelson, C. D. Knutz Judge Hurd and James A. Rodman. All were very much opposed to the federal set up and felt that it would be much better if private individuals would be granted the priorities and allowed to do the building. James A, Rodman explained that under the proposed plan only in-migrant workers would be allowed to rent or purchase the houses and the federal government would set the rent to be charged and this would only be an entering wedge toward rent controls in Eugene. It was pointed out that there would be no garages, no lawns, 'no shrubbery or walks and that the houses would be very much alike in a row. Mr. Prescott and Judge Hurd in their remarks stressed the need of High Street from the North City limits to the City limits on the South as through artery and advoCated the opening of this street from 20th street south to the City limits. Mr. Prescott said that the School Board had noticed several years ago that the Planning Commission favored the opening of High Street through the City to a width of 80 feet. 3 ~ Paul W. Carnpbell addressed the Council in defense of the proposed federal housing plan and by showing pictures and plans of houses being constructed in Corffallis under this plan, tried to convince the crowd that they would not be a detriment to the soutrl Mill and High Street district. The different members of the Council all expressed themselves as opposed to this type of federal housing plan but felt there was not much they could do, only to see that if the project was carried through that the building code was lived up to. The Council felt that they had been misinformed at the time the options were taken as to the type of houses that would be ~uilt. There 'was a discussion by the Counc~l regarding the extension of the option on the lots from November 18th to December the 18th and from that date to February 10th. There was some argrnnent that as long as there WaS no filed acceptance to the offer of extension~by Mr. Campbell, that the options had eJSpired. A motion was made by Baker and seconded by Barette that owing to the fact ~hat the offer by the City of extension of time for the options to February 10th was not formally accepted that the offer of extension of this time by the Council should be rescinded and the earnest money originally put up be returned. I 2 4 Paul W. Canlpbell said that after a phone call telling him of this extension thc,t he had notified the contractors that they would have until February lOth to complete their plans and Mr. Gilbert said that acting on this information from Mr. Campbell he had completed applications for the building of these houses. There was considerable discussion by the,Council regarding the extension of the option and Councilman Hawn made stl'enuous objections of taking this way to get out of a bad situation. The question was called for and on roll call Councilmen voting aye were Barette, Stewart and Baker. Those voting no, Farrington, Koppe, Hawn, Davis, and Crumbaker. 5 i ,1 I Gordon A. Ramsead, living ~t 158 ~est 21st Street, addressed the Council regarding the obnoxious odors from the City dump and said the City should be ashamed of conditions at the drnnp as they are. Mr. Sawyer was also present and made objections to the same condi tions. IVIayor Large and Councilman Baker both explained to these gentlemen that the City was expecting to erect an incinerator as soon as conditions would permit. Mr. Baker said thE, t he had already made considerable investigation along this line and than an incinerator plant suitable for Eugene would cost about $80,000.00. Both Mr. Ramsead and Mr. Sawyer contended that in the meantime the dump should be moved to some rnore suitable location. C010.MITTEE REPORTS 6 Judiciary co@nittee no report. Finance COllinittee rported on property offers as follows: Grant N. Peterson offers $100.00 for lot 19, block 5, Blair Street Addition, EXCEPT tract Sl.37'x147' in the N.W. corner of said lot. Offer rejected. Counter offer of $850.00 made. Z. M. Cos offers $2,000.00 for lots 1-2-3-4-5-6-7, block 2, Zimmers Addition. Terms $666.66 cash and balance at $666.66 per year plus interest. Offer' rejected and counter offer of $2450.00 made. I '~~ ,175 -_._--~---._----~-- - --. ..-----------,--.-- _.--~---------_._- --- - + - -- --- - - . -. -- --------_.........---------_.._-~-_._.- -' - ---_.~-----~~.-_.- I 11 12 13 ,'I I:! I I I 1'1 14 Ii 1 It i: I: 15 I:: , " f:; ~ i i! I' :1 Ii 16 "I Ii, " I': ,! I: II j', I'! I It 'I I,i I, 17 d !I I Ii I! II I 18 il 1'1 II "I I If I ,I ~9 !i II " I' ., " il 20 I' I ,I , "I " II II , I ;~ h I " . ! - - - - '.', . - -- - - -. ~- -.-- ._- ----_..~--~----~-----~------~---~.__.- . - - - - - - - -~ ------ ----_._--- --------------- ------- --- - - - .- - ------'--~_._--~----~_._~------- -----_.._,-~~ ~-~ ---- ---~--~----~------ ...... for lot ~ :;\~ ~~ i " 1'1 I #-1 I" I , ,I I #-2 I, I' Charles A. Mauer offers ~i;485. 00 for the south 56 .1 feet of lot 8 ,block 6, Fairmount Addition. Terms $121.25 cash and the balance at $10.00 per month plus interest at 6%. OR $1050.00 for the above lot and lot 9 same block. Terms $262.50 cash and the b~lance at $22.00 per month plus interest at 6%. (West side Villard 200; feet north of 15th.) Appraisal~#-1-$515.00 #-2-?'680 ~ 00 Ho~d for appraisal. I: ~'~ Offer ilif J. P. Galvin to accept counter offer made November 10th, 1942 (West 59 feet of lot 4, block 3, Agate Plat.) , Council recommended to a ccept offer of $75.00. C. R. Smith wants to use lot 6, block 7, 'Gross Addition for gardening purpose Permission is granted but if lot is sold, city may take possession at any time. Recommendation of the l"inance Committee that acceptance of the offers as noted above. On motion made, seconded, and carried the recommendation of the Finance Committee V'ias adopted. Councilman Farrington also brought up th~ question of City Lots being used for garden purpose~ and mentioned the fact thst last year the Council granted, the use of City Lots for garden purposes with the agreement thEt the owners of the gardens could have until October 1st to harvest their crop in case the lot was disposed of. On motion made, seconded, a nd carried the recommendation of the Finance Committee was adopted. " I Councilman Davis reporting for the Street Committee, stated that the City had secured light a;:;phalt for making street repairs and that as soon 8S weather permitted, repairs to the streets would be started. At this time Councilmon Farrington stated tho t Mr. Grant R'; Crakes was present and would be gled to answer any questions the Council wished to ask regarding a proposed chEnge in the handling of'the City Insurance policies. A letter from the Eugene Associatioflof Insurance Agents out linin€:!: a proposal to take over the handling of the city insruance and distribute the premiums among the members of the Association, was read at this time. After some explanation, by Mr. Cr~kes, regarding the Eugene Association of Insurance Agents the matter was referred to the Finance Committee to report back. Fire and Water Committee no report. Councilman Baker reporting for the Hea~th Committee read a letter from the Wel'are League in which they ebclosed a check for $1100.00 to be used in the rat control program and Mr~ Baker explained to the Council that it was the intention of the committee to pI'oceed with this rat control program as fast as details could be ,worlced out. That this would be handled under the direction of the County Health Departlu:'nt i;l.nd that Mr. Chaney, a Federal representative, would be available for two or three weeks to help organi7e the work and thc:t his services would be donated. Mr. Baker explained that there were some irregularities in the resturant ordinance paS/sed January lOth and numbered 8783 and he asked t~la t a new ordinance which h~d been prepared be passed at this time. At this time the new resturant ordinance had its first reading in detail and was passed to its second and tilird readings by unaminous consent of the Council by title under suspension of the rules and was placed f?r final ~assage. On roll call all Councilmen present voting aye, absent none, and the ordlnance was declared passed and ordered number~~. At this time CounCilman Balcer brought up the question of the Council action at its .meeting on - Jenu:.i2rv lOth in regard to r$fusing pe_rmissic;lll of the erection of a slgn oy ~he BrlgnveT Homes ~tor~ on a lot on tile North slde of Broadway ~ ~ 176 -c---:::-------:_~-.____:-~.-___,_~,....c;;_--,:::.---__,...,------_-__:__- -c-":-; '.. ~-, .--:- - .-------;. .;;::----..-,-:--:---:---~-_ --:-: :;:---~--'-.-:':;:- '~ :,~ ~~ close to the Mill race. Councilman Baker said he doubted the right of the Council to refuse to grant this request and Attorney Calkins said it all depended whether the sign would be a detriment to residential property in that district. Mr. T. H. Coen, manager of the Brighter Homes Store, was present and explained that the property in question had a frontage on 8th Street of 174 feet plus 158 feet and a frontage on Broadway side. Councilman Baker said that the sign Mr. 'Coen wished to erect would read, "Proposed new home of the Brighter Homes Store." A motion was made by Bal:~er and seconded by Hawn that Mr. Coen be granted permission to erect a neat sign of this kind: On roll call Councilmen voting aye were Barette, Hawn, Davis, Crumbaker, and Baker. Councilmen voting no were ~Farrington and Stewart; Koope not voting: 1 21 Mr. Brazil, representing the Bonneville Power Adnlinistration was present and asked regerding fire protection for the substation out on the new highway. He stated thst it would only be the outside of the building that they would ask to have protected as water could not be used on the machinery inside and they would have to take care of the inside with their own equipment~ He stated they were not aSking for free protection but tLat they hed contracts with some other place for a fee of ~50.00 per hour. Councilnlen Hawn and Farrington thought there ?fueu1d be no difference between the substation and other industrial plants outside of the Ci ty limits. Counc ilman Davis thought the ~;50. 00 fee should be O. K.. Councilman Stewart stated he thought the $100.00 fee charged industrial plants should apply and Councilman Baker concurred in this. The matter was referred to the Fire and ~;ater Committee to investigate and report back at the next meeting. Parks no report. i I 22\ I Councilman Crumbaker asked for further time to make investigations regarding the sewer bills presented at the last Council meetin gy Florence Alden and Pauline Walton. I I i I Councilman Havm reporting for the Police Department, brought up the matter of esking for deferrment for certain members of the police force. He stated that the Police Committeechad'held a meeting at which the Mayor and some members of the Council were present, and that it was the Committee's recommendation that deferr- mnet should be asked for officers Cash and Brown and that acting on this recommen- dction he had filed deferrment request with the Draft Board for these two men and that the Draft Board had asked him over the telephone if other request for deferrrnent of Police employees would be asked Or if this was the limit of the request that would be asked. He stated the Draft Board wanted an expression from the Council regarding the request for deferrment of Police employees and that it was his understanding that the Board might act favorable on deferrment for these two officers if other deferrments were not to be requested. After some discussion by the Council; a motion was made by Hawn and seconded by Baker and 'carried that the action of the Police Committee in asking for deferrment of office s Brown and Cash be confirmed and that no further request for deferrment would be made. The recorder was instructed to notify the Draft Board by letter of the Council action. Councilman Stewart explained that some considerable time ago the Fire and Water Committee, acting on authority of the Council, had asked for deferr ment of key men in the Fire Department. Councilman Hawn also explained that Officer Cash had won $150.00 scholarship to the Northwest University Traffic Institute at Evanston, Illinois. That this school would be a l' our month term and tha t the best estima te of the cost to send Mr. Cash would be about $550.00; tilat the Police Association would contribute $150.00 and tuat it was the recommendation of the Police Committee that the $400.0 be contributed by the City. After some discussion a motion was made by Hawn and seconded by Barette thL.t Mr. Cash be allowed to attend this school, that the City contribute $400.00 out of the Police Budget and roointain his salary for the period of the school and that this act in no way jepordize his sick leave or vacation perio~. On vote this motion was carried. Councilman Hawn requested further time to report on the question of closing hours for the bowling alleys and requested that Attorney Calkins bring in the necessary amendment to the bicycle oridnance to allow the discontinuance of the selling of bicycle licenses. Councilman Stewart stated that the City had erected a Eibycle rack on Broadway tha t v\as sui table l' or the use of the Viestern Union Telegraph Co. and stated he thought the rack erected by the Western Union shouilid be remove~. A motion was made, seconded, and carried that the Western Union Telegraph Co~ be instructed to removed their cibycle rack from Broadway. I 23 i 24! 'i , i 25 26 I " 27: At this time Councilman l"arrington, chairman of the Finance Committee, bl'Qu~bJip\Apit,he ~u~stiQp. Qfl~P!1;r~1i8S~ti~ Waf(;BEHiaag\'Jitl~ City funds. Councilman ~! 1 7' 7'"""Il """:":: -- .-::-~ --. ~: ----.-- - --- ---,---------:---------,. -----_. ------------- -------.---- --_.._--~--- ---~--_.- -- - -- ~ -- -- . -- -- - - - - -- . - ~.- --. . - - - . -- - - . - - - -- - -- - - - - "- - - -- -- -.. - =--====_~==.::::.:=__'_=__::...c:__= r.::. =~=--:.::- -'-"'-'=,: C:-,--=--==--::-:":='::'::=~--:-.=.=-=-~-==--=--=,::,::=,,:,,::=,=-=-"? ~----'-' --~ ~-: -~----- -~~ -- -------=----=.-':.::---"--=_-_-c-_--c~:.:=____"'='.:-=.:____==~__=_=_- --~ . I~ I I I 1,1 i~ ( 27) 'I ;] :, 'i II I,; I:; .1 28 1'1 I: 1'1 I,: I 29 f\ II II Ii L I! I': 30 I' tl I;' r I'; I 31 I, I; Ii I,i Ii I' 32 I: I: I'i l~ " t; I:: Ii i'l 33 I; Ii II I, , Ii ~! III I! I,: Ii l: 34 I' Iii :1 I" " i:1 Ii F 35 I, I,!, 36 Hawn explained that anyone yeer 7/8% notes bought by the City could be disposed of if necessc.:ry any time after ]!'ebrw:-ry 15th at par and accrued interest~ It appeared that there was in the neighborhood of $100,000.00 in City funds that migh be agailable for short time investment and a motion was made by Farrington and seconded by Hawy and carried that Mayor Large make further investi&;8tion and instruct the Treasurer to invest any av~ilable City funds in the 7/8% Treasurery notes. On vote this motion was carried. ~~ (~ ~ The following department' reports v,ere read and order placed on file; the Sewerage Disposal collections, the Police Department report for the month of December and the Police an~ual report for the year 1943. A rooming house permit was granted Betty Eck for 45 East Broadway. A second hand dealers license was granted for Tony's Swap Shop at 30 East 7th Stree. Three curb cuts as follows were granted: J. J. Martin." 391 \i;est 7th, G. Ii. Clark, 1115 West 3rd and L. W. Knowles, 1329 ?ast 19th Street. It wes the recommendation of the City Engineer thet t:le permits be granted prGividing the curb-cut of G. H. Clark, full width of 50 feet, be made 6f concrete from curb to the sidewalk. On motion made, seconded and carried the recommendation of the City Engineer was sdopted. The application of VJhite Palace at 47 East 10th Street for renewal of the 1944 retsil class C license wh:l,ch had been held up, vms recohlF:ended by the Council. Also the request of the B.P.O. Elks #357 at 86 ~est 7th for renewal of Package Store class A license Was granted. Councilman Bal~er reported that Dan Campbell had made a 'Sworn statement regarding records kept for his wrecking establishment, at 1873 Franklt\ln Eoulevard. A motion was made by - aker and seconded by Farrington that the Dan Campbell application for a 1944 State IicelJ.se as a wrecker of motor vehicles be favorably endorsed by the Council. On vote this motion was carried, Stewart and Davis voting no. li letter from M. E. Damewood presen"Clng his resignation as a member of the Police force was read and ordered placed on file. A letter from the Peters Lumber Company asking that a fire hydrant be installed at their new saw mill at 200 North Blair Street, was read. Councilman f:ltewart stated that he had investi.- gated this situation but tllat he had not had opportunity to take the matter up with his committee. He stated that it appeared to him that a hydrant should be installed for pr'otection of th:;,s mill as requested. A motion was made, sec onded, and carried that the hydrant be installed. . A report of the Lane County Humane Society for the last nine months of 1943 was read at this time. This was a ~etBiled report month by month and showed that a~total of 401 dogs had been handled in the nine months and disposed of as follows: Given away 36, sold 66, redeemed 29, released 9, and 261 destroyed. Councilman' Hawn reported that the Society had been ~orking under quite a handicap but that he thought they had done very well under ttJe circumstances. He stated that the Society',was having a meeting in the near future and that they would have another report to present to the Council on February 14th. A motion was made b,V Hawn and seconded by Davis that another $250.00 payment be made to the Humane Society on February 1st. On vote this motion was carried. A letter from the Planning Commission stated that a resolution had been passed by the Planning Commission on January 21st which was as follows: "It is the sense of the meeting that we are opposed to the Federal Housing fo the type and under the propsed project under discussion in :Eugene, Oregon." 'l Ii I. J:I ,I ~,; Ii Ii I ~ , ; Ii 1: I' r: i. I: I; l~!i , A letter from the Planning COlnmission stated that at a meeting on January 18th a resulution had been passed asking for the opening of High Street from 20th Avenue South to the City limits and that it be opened the full width of 80 feet. To this letter from Secretary Calkins was attached a form of re~olution for the proposed opening of High Street form 20th Avenue East to the City limits on the South and this resolution was read to the Council. Councilman Farrington suggested that it was quite late in the evening to take up this matter and Council- man Brwnbaker asked what about an outlet beyond the City limits on the south. The matter, without any further action, was referred to the Street Committee.to report back. The Recorder reported that payments for fire protection for six saw mills, outside of the City limits had expired on'December 31st and that not all of them had renevJed. A motion was made, seconded, and carried tha t the Recorder be instructed to notify these mills that unless payment was received by February 1st service would be discontinued. I: I " Ii ,. ~ r"" 178 -- ~----- ----- - ------ ~_. - - - -.......------ --~-~--------- _._~------- ---- - -- ..~ ---- -. - - -- . - .-.,. r- 'I ~I ~i ~~l ~I I Councilman Farrington Stated he thought the Welfare League had done a very good job in collecting the ~1100.00 to apply toward the rat control and he thought a letter of thanks should be sent the League for their service. It was pointed out that the letter should contain the statement tLClt the Council could not guarantee a continuation of the rat control project beyond that six months' period as it would be up to the Budget Committee to determine whether funds should be allowed for this work. A motion was made, seconded and carried that such a letter be sent to the ~elfare League. I., Councilman Crumbaker, referring to the proposed federal housing program, requested that Attorney Calkins draw up suitable stipulations for the signed 38 agreements so that there would be no padding of costs and that the actual Qost' of the house would not be less than $4500.00 exclusive of the lot. On motion the Council adjourned. ~v ~='j Recorder Pro ~e~ I I i , , ~'