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EUGENE, OREGON
JANUARY 24, 1949
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....". THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY Of EUGENE WAS HELO JANUARY 24,1949 AT
(V 7:30 P.M. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY HIS.HONOR, MAYOR V. E. JOHNSON. COUNCILMEN PRESENT
..'~ WERE: HAWN, DAVIS, CRUMBAKER, ALLEN, BOOTH, SMITH. COI,JNCILMEN WELLS AND GODLOVE WERE ABSENT. r~ -
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THE MINUTES OF THE LAST REGULAR MEETING HELD JANUARY 10 AND ADJOURNED TO JANUARY 24, 1949
WERE READ AND APPROVED.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS
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A REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER - RE: ORDINANCE,REGULATIONS ON THE NIGHT PARKING OF COMMERCIAL
VEHICLES WAS SUBMITT~D AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
ftlN THE MATTER OF RECOMMENDATIONS RECENTLY FI~ED W~!H rHE COMMON COUNCIL WITH ~EF~RE~CE
TO PROPOSED ORDINAt~~E RE,GU~ATIONS ON THE NIGHT PA~K.~NG OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ON C'ITY STREETS,
ATTENTION OF THE COUNCIL WAS CALLED TO PRESENT ORDINANCE PROVIS~O~S WHICH PROHIBIT THE PARKING
OF ANY VEHICLES INCLUDING COMMERCIAL TRUCKS ON THE CITY STREETS FROM 12:00 O'CLOCK MIDNIGHT
TO 5:00 A.M. CONTINUOUSLY FOR MORE THAN TWP HOURS~
IN INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS WITH MEMBERS, OF THE COUNCIL, IT WAS SU~GESTED THAT YOUR BODY
MAY WISH TO CONSIDER THE DISPOSAL OF THIS MATTER BY DIRECTIVE TO THE PROPER ADMINISTRATIVE
O~FICERS CALLING F~R RE-ESTA6LISHMENT OF PRESENT RULES ON OVERNIGHT PARKING, WHICH WERE MORE
OR LESS SUSPENDED AS A RESULT OF WART,I~E CONDITIONS.
THIS REPORT IS SUBMITTED AT THE SUGGESTION OF MtMBERS OF THE COUNCIL IN ORDER TO BRING
THIS MATTER BEFORE YOUR BObY FbR ~URTHER DISCUSSION."
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IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN,_SECONDED BY SMITH THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BE INSTRUCTED TO RENEW
ENFORCEMENT OF ALL NIGHT PARKING 'STARTING MARCH I, 1949. MOTION GARRIED.
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A REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER - RE: PLANS FOR MILLRACE RESTORATION WAS SUBMITTED AND READ
AS FOLLOWS:
"ACTING PURSUANT ~O INSTRUCTIONS OF THE qOUNCIL, MY OFFICE HAS NOTIFIED-IN WRITING THE
OFFICERS OF THE MILLRACE PARK ASSOCIATION OF ~HE .COUNCIL'S REdENT ACTION PERTAINING TO PLANS
FOR MILLRACE RESTORATION.
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I AM ADVISED BY THE ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT OF HIS DESIRE TO CONSULT FURTHER WITH A
SELEC~ED COMMtlTTEE FROM THE COUNCIL ON WAXS ~ND MEANS FOR CARRYING OUT THE PROGRAM WITH
PARTICULAR RESPECT TO OBTAINING EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS Or WAY.
I HAVE THEREFORE BEEN ASKED TO CONVEY TO THE COUNCIL THE ASSOCIATION'S REQUEST THAT THE
MAoYOR APPOIIllT A SPECIAL THREE-MEMBER COMMITTEE TO CONSULT AND WORK WITH THE MILLRACE ASSOCIA-
TION, AND TO RENDER ASSiSTANCE IN EFFECTING THE PLAN OF RESTORATION.ft
IT WAS MOVED BY ALLEN, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE MAYOR BE REQUESTED TO APPOINT A COMMITTEE
TO WORK WITH THE MILLRACE ASSOCIATION. MOTION CARRIEO. MAYOR JOHNSON A~POINTED COUNCILMEN
CRUMBAKER, BOOTH AND SMITH, AND ASKED THAT JOHN PENNINGTON ACT AS EX-OFrICIO MEMBER or THIS
COMMITTEE.
REPORTS OR COMM'TTEES
3 A REPORT OF THE FINANCE AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE - RE: BRIDGE REPLACEMENTS OVER AMAZON
CHANNEL WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS rOLLOWS:
"YOUR COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND PUBLIC WORKS TO WHOM WAS REFERRED THE MATTER OF ADDITIONAL
FINANCING, FOR AMAZON CHANNEL IUPROVEMENTS INCLUDING BRIDGE REPLACEMENTS BEGS TO REPORT AS
FOLLOWS: THAT IT PRESENTLY APPE'ARS NECESSARY FOR THE CITY TO UNDERTAKE A'PROGRAM or BRIDGE
REPLACEMENTS OVER THE AMAZON CHANNEL AND THAT BIDS SHOULD BE CALLED FOR NOT LESS THAN THREE
OF THE STRUCTURES IN 1949.
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YOUR COMMITTEE THEREFORE RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL FAVORABLY CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE SALE Or AN ADDITIONAL $40,000 OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, PREVIOUSLY
AUTHORIZED TO MEET THE COSTS or THREE BRIDGES AND TO PROVIDE FINAL PAYMENT UNDER THE PRESENT
CONTRACT FOR AMAZON CHANNEL.DREDGING.
YOUR COMMITTEE FURTHER RECOMMENDS THAT A STUDY OF BRIDGE DESIGN BE CONDUCTED BY THE
PROPER CITY OFFICERS AND THAT SUCH DESIGNS ANO COMPARATIVE ESTIMATED COSTS BE SUBMITTED TO
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IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE REPORT BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
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REPORTS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
A REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ApPEALS - RE: WAIVER OF SETBACKS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ApPEALS WAS HELD JANUARY 21, 1949 TO CONSiDER THE FOLLOWING
APPEALS FOR WAIVERS OF BUILDING SET-BACK REQUIREMENTS.
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I. AN APPEAL FROM DR. E. H. RHOADES TO WAIVE THE FIFTY FOOT SET-BACK ON THE EAST SIDE OF
HiS PROPERTY AT 675 W. BROADWAY TO PERMIT A 15 FOOT ADDITION TO EXISTING BUILDING.
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THIS ADDITIONrlS NECESSARY TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE HEALTH BOARD SEPARATING
SURGERV FROM O.B. DELIVERY ROOMS. THE PROPOSED ADDITION WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED TO CONFORM TO
THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AND WOULD EXTEND FIFTEEN FEET NORTH THSREOF, THUS THE EXISTING SET-
BACK OF 20 FEET FROM THE EAST LINE WOULD BE MAINTAINED.
THE BOARD OF ApPEALS RECOMMENDS THE SET-BACK OF 50 FOOT BE WAIVED AND PETITIONER BE
PERMITTED TO CONSTRUCT SAID ADDITION PROVIDING HE SOUND-PROOF AND ELIMINATE WINDOWS ON THE
EAST WALL AND COMPLY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS OF THE BUILDING CODE.
2. AN APPEAL WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CORPORATE BODY OF THE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE FOR A
WAIVER OF THE 50 FOOT SET-BACK ON SIDE LINES IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT A NEW AUDITORIUM.
TWENTY FEET OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE WILL BE REMOVED TO ACCOMMODATE
THE NEW BUILDING AND PROV~DE A TWENTV FIVE FOOT SET-BACK FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE.
ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS ARE 50 FEET FROM INSIDE LINES.
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THE BOARD OF APPEALS RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE 25 FOOT SET-BACK FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY
LINE. THIS BEING A CORNER LOT THE STREET FRONTAGE SET-BACKS WILL BE MET."
IT WAS MOVED BY DAVIS, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ApPEALS BE
ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS
THE FOLLOWING APPLICATIONS FOR BEER LICENSES, APPROVED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WERE SUBMITTED:
IVAN R. & FLORENCE C. SURCAMP, 577 PEARL STREET - PKG. STORE, CLASS A
PAT & ~IM'S MARKET, 661 E. 19TH AVENUE - PKG. STORE, €LASS A
V. A. ROMAINE & FRED RATH - 2890 S. WILLAMETTE,- PKG. STORE, CLASS B.
IT WAS MOVED BY DAVIS, SECONDED BY SMITH THAT THE APPLICATIONS AS APPROVED BY THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BE ENDORSED. MOTION CARRIED.
6 THE FOLLOWING APPLICATIONS FOR ROOMING HOUSE LICENSES, APPROVED BY THE POLICE, FIRE AND HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS WERE SUBMITTED:
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NOLA WOODS, 1175 CHARNELTON
ELVA E. BRISTOW, 754 E. 14TH AVENUE
ESTELLA M. HENNEN, 132 W. 8TH AVENUE
E. HASKELL, 1040 HIGH STREET
E. HASKELL, 1038 HIGH STREET
RALPH t. KRUSE, 767 WILLAMETTE STREET
IT WAS MOVED BY DAVIS, SECONDED BY SMITH THAT THE APPLICATIONS, AS APPROVED, BE ENDORSED.
MOTION CARRIED.
AN APPLICATION TO REZONE PROPERTY IN ALTA VISTA TRACT WAS SUBMITTED AND READ.
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE APPLICATION BE REFERRED TO THE CITV
ATTORNEV FOR PREPARATION OF THE NECESSARY RESOLUTION. MOTION CARRIED.
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A COMMUNICATION FROM LT. D. E. CASH - RE: STOP SIGNS ON 10TH AND 12TH AVENUES AT HIGH STREET
WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"THE WRITER'S ATTENT10N HAS BEEN CALLED TO THE FACT THAT HIGH STREET IS A THROUGH STREET
FROM 19TH AVENUE TO 13TH AVENUE AND WOULD BE A THROUGH STREET ALL THE WAY NORTH TO 5TH AVENUE
WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF BROADWAY, 11TH AVENUE AND 13TH AVENUE, WHICH ARE ARTERIALS EAST AND
WEST, IF STOP SIGNS WERE TO BE PLACED ON 10TH AVENUE AND 12TH AVENUE.
HIGH STREET, BEING A ONE-WAY STREET NORTH FROM 13TH AVENUE TO 6TH AVENUE, IS DRAWING A
CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC FROM THE SOUTHWEST SECTION OF THE CITY SINCE THE ONE-WAY GRID
SYSTEM WAS PLACED IN EFFECT, AS IT IS A THROUGH ROUTE FROM 19TH AVENUE TO THE BUSINESS DISTRICT
AND THE COaURG ROAD.
THE WRITER'S RECOMMENDATION IS THAT STOP SIGNS BE PLACED ON 10TH AVENUE AND 12TH AVENUE
AT HIGH STREET. THIS TO ,COMPLETE HIGH STREET AS A THROUGH STREET WITH THE EXCEPTIONS LISTED."
IT WAS MOVEO BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE REPORT BE APPROVED AND THE SIGNS INSTALLED
MOTION CARRIED.
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A COMMUNICATION FROM MR. H. l. PARMENTER, OWNER OF THE CASCADE MOTOR COMPANY - RE:
GRID TRAFFIC SYSTEM WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
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"I AM WRITING AS YOU REQUESTED, REGARDING THE EFFECT THE GRID TRAFFIC SYSTEM HAS HAD
UPON THE OPERATION OF OUR BUSINESS.
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THE GRID IDEA, AND THE WAY IT OPERATES, REMINDS ME OF THE POLITICIAN WHO WAS ALWAYS
TRYING TO DO HIS COUNTRY' FOR SOMETHING.
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LAST APRIL I PURCHASED PROPERTY AT 10TH AND HIGH STREETS WITH EVERY ASSURANCE THAT IT
WOULD BE ONE OF THE BETTER BUSINESS PROPERTIES AND THAT ALON~ WITH WIDENING HIGH STREET IT
WOULD DEFINITELY REMAIN TWO WAY TRAFFIC.
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TO-DAY WITH THE GRID TRAFFIC SYSTEM WHICH HAS BEEN IMPOSED UPON THE PEOPLE OF EUGENE
WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT, THE VALUE OF MY PROPERTY IS NIL AND ABSOLUTELY MUST BE ELIMINATED AS
A PART OF OUR OPERATION AT CASCADE MOTOR COMPANY.
WE ARE NOT FINANCIALLY ABLE TO ABSORB A LOSS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND J DDN"T THINK ANY
OTHER BUSINESS COULD OR WOULD.
WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS SYSTEM WITH MANY PEOPLE AND IN ALMOST EVERY INSTANCE THEY DESCRIBE
IT AS UNWORKABLE AND UNSATISFACTORY. IT IS NOT THE ANSWER TO OUR PROBLEM. MORE TRAFFIC
LIGHTS AND PROPER TIMING WOULD DO A MUCH BETTER JOB.
IF YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME ONE WAY STREETS WHY NOT HAVE THEM ALL RUNNING THE SAME DIRECTION
AND ELIMINATE THE STREETS RUNNING EAST AND WEST, SOUTH OF SEVENTH.
THIS SITUATION IS SERIOUS AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE ADVISED IMMEDIATELY TO WHAT EXTENT
THIS IMPOSITION WILL BE CONTINUED."
IT WAS MOVED BY DAVIS, SECONDED BY ALLEN THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED-ON
FILE. MOTION CARRIED.
10 A COMMUNICATION FROM MR. J. P. RUBLE - RE: ALLEY OPENING BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH FROM WEST END
OF HALLOCK"S ADDITION TO GARFIELD WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"ON FEBRUARY 12, 1945, THE CITY OF EUGENE BY ORDINANCE NO. 8833 INSTITUTED AN"ALLEY
OPENING PROCEDURE BETWEEN SEVENTH AVENUE AND-EIGHTH AVENUE FROM-THE WEST LINE OF HALLOCK~S
ADDITION TO GARFIELO-STREET. THE WEST 192.92 FEET ~F THIS ALLEY CROSS THE LAND WHICH AT
THAT TIME WAS OWNED BY fRANK AND SARAH SEAL. BETWEEN THAT DATE AND THE DATE THE ENGINEER
FILED ,HIS REPORT, fRANK AND SARAH SEAL CONVEYED THiS PROPERTY TO ROBERT H. WILLS, WHO IN
TURN CONVEYED THE PROPERTY TO THE VALLEY LAND AND WAREHOUSE COMPANY, A CORPORATION ,IN WHICH
MR. WILLS OWNS ALL BUT QUALIFYING SHARES OF STOCK.
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NEITHER MR. WILLS OR THE VALLEY LAND AND WAREHOUSE COMPANY RECEIVED ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE OR
CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE OF THE PROCEEDING BY THE COUNCIL FOR THE REASON THAT THE ENGINEER'S
REPORT SHOWED fRANK AND SARAH SEAL AS THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY, AS DID THE VARIOUS PUBLI-
CATIONS UP UNTIL THE PUBLICATION REQUIRED BY SECTION VI OF THE CHARTER, WHICH PUBLICATION
APPEARS NOT TO HAVE BEEN MADE AT ALL~ THE RESULT OF THE CITY M~ILING AND PUBLISHING NOTICES'
IN THE NAME OF fRANK AND SARAH SEAL AFTER THE PROPERTY HAD BEEN CONVEYED TO MR. WILLS, AND
ITS APPARENT FAILURE TO PUBLISH THE NOTICE REQUIRED BY SECTION VI, DEPR~VED MR. WILLS OF THE
OPPORTUNITY OF ATTENDING THE HEARINGS AND FILING OBJECTIONS TO THE DAMAGE AWARDS AND THE
OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN THE TIME LIMITED BY THE CITY CHARTER.
THE CITY COMPLETED ITS PROCEDURE AND RECORDED ITS RESOLUTION AND PLAT WITH'THE COUNTY
CLERK ON DECEMBER 21, 1945. HOWEVER, MR. WILLS, ALTHOUGH CHARGED WITH CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE
FROM THIS DATE, DID NOT HAVE ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE EXISTENCE OF THIS ALLEY UNTIL ABOUT
THREE WEEKS AGO, WHEN WORKMEN APPEARED ON THE PREMISES STATING THAT THE CITY HAD THIS ALLEY
AND THAT THEY WERE GOING TO LAY A SEWER LINE. IN THE MEANTIME, 'MR. WILLS AND HIS COMPANY,
BELIEVING THEIR PROPERTY'EXTENDED TO THE STREET, HAD BUILT A BUILDING, HARD-SURFACED THE
LAND AND HAVE SPENT IN EXCESS OF #50,000.00 ON IMPROVEMENTS AND EQUIPMENT FOR A MACHINERY
AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND DEALERSHIP BUSINESS.
THE PROPOSED ALLEY CROSSES THEIR LAND APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET SOUTH, PARALLEL TO THE HIGH-
WAY, AND THE SOUTH LINE OF THE ALLEY, AS WE UNDERSTAND, IS ABOUT THREE FEET FROM THE FRONT
DOOR OF THEIR BUILDING.
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REFERENCE TO THE PLAT OF THIS PARTICULAR SECTION OF EUGENE PREPARED BY THE CITY ENGINEER,
IDENTIFIED AS fiLE NO. 18-597, REVEALS THAT SEVENTH AVENUE WIOENS FROM APPROXiMATELY 100
FEET IN WIDTH TO APPROXiMATELY 300 FEET IN wIOTH DIRECTLY IN FRONT O~ THE WILL'S PROPERTY
SO THAT THE PROPERTY EAST OF HIS HAS USE FOR THIS PROPOSED ALLEY, AND ACCESS TO SEVENTH
AVENUE FROM THE ALLEY BY WAY OF A CROSS-CONNECTING STREET APPROXiMATELY 400 FEET EAST OF THE
WILLS' PROPERTY. THE ONLY PURPOSE TO BE SERVED BY AN ALLEY ACROSS THE WILLS" PROPERTY WOULD
BE FOR SEWER AND TRANSMiSSION LINES, FOR WHICH AN EASEMENT WILL BE GLADLY GIVEN TO THE CITY
WITHOuT COST, FEELING CONFIDENT THAT THERE WOULD BE NO OCCASION AND THAT THE CITY WOULD NOT
SET POLES AT INCONVENIENT POINTS, SUCH AS IN FRONT.OF THEIR DOOR.
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THE EXISTENCE OF A 14-FOOT puBLIC THOROUGHFARE APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET FROM THE BUILDING
IS A SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE UTILITY OF THE PROPERTY AND THE INVESTMENT ~EPRESENTED. WHICH
HAS BEEN MADE IN GOOD F~ITH, AND VERY MATERIALLY DEPRECIATES THE MARKETABILITY OF THE PROPERTY.
IF SEWER AND TRANSMISSION FACILITIES ARE TAKEN CARE OF BY EASEMENT. THERE WOULD BE NO PUBLIC
BENEFIT TO BE SERVED BY THIS ALLEY.
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UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, I WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE AN EXPRES~ION BY THE COUNCIL OF WHAT
ITs ATTITUDE WOULD BE TO A PETITION TO VACATE THIS PARTICULAR PORTION OF THE ALLEY. CONDITIONS
PERUITTING, I WILL BE AT THE COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, JANUARY 24, AND WILL BE PLEASED TO GIVE ~'
ANY FURTHER EXPLANATION OF THE SITUATION WHICH THE COUNCIL MIGHT DESIRE."
IT WAS MOVED BV HAWN, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC
WORKS COMMITTEE FOR REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION. MOTION CARRIED.
OROINA~CES
II COUNCIL BILL No. 477 - RE: LEVYING ASSESSMENT FOR PAVING WASHINGTON STREET FROM 19TH TO 24TH
AVENUE, INTRODUCED AND GIVEN FIRST READING JANUARY 10, 1949 WAS BROUGHT ON FOR CONSIDERATION.
THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED THAT NOTICES HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS AND THERE
WERE NO WRITTEN REMONSTRANCES ON FILE.
IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS
ONLY WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL.
SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONLY.
THAT THE COUNCIL BILL BE READ A SECOND TIME BY TITLE
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE
IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS, THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL BE READ A
THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND
THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS
PASSAGE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE.
DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED 9268.
THAT THE C6UNCIL BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN FINAL
COUNCILMEN WELLS AND GODLOVE ABSENT. THE'BILL WAS
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COUNCIL BILL NO. 484 - RE: LEVYING ASSESSMENT FOR SEWER INSTALLATION BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND
JEffERSON - 15TH TO 19TH AVENUES WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE BILL BE LAID OVER AND THE PROPER NOTICE OF
ASSESSMENT BE GIVEN ArFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS LAID OVER.
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COUNCIL BILL No. 485 - RE: lEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR PAVING AND CONSTRUCTION or SIDEWALKS ON
KINCAID STREET fROM 28TH TO 29TH AVENUES WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE BILL BE LAID OVER AND THE PROPER NOTICE OF
ASSESSMENT BE GIVEN AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS LAID
OVER.
14 COUNCIL BILL No. 487 - RE: DECLARING FIRE DISTRICT AND DIVIDING SAME INTO THREE ZONES WAS
SUBMITTED AND READ THE fiRST TIME IN FULL AND UPON MOTION WAS LAID OVER UNTIL THE NEXT REGULAR
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL.
15 COUNCIL BILL NO. 488 - RE: INCLUSION IN ASSESSMENT CHARGES, COSTS FOR ENGINEERING, INTEREST
ON WARRANTS, ADVERTISING, POSTAGE AND SUPPLIES WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS
ONLY WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL.
SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONLY.
THAT THE COUNCIL BILL BE READ A SECOND TIME BY TITLE
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE
IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL BE READ A
THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND
THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE COUNCIL BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN fINAL
PASSAGE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE. WELLS AND GODLOVE ABSENT. THE BILL WAS DECLARED
PASSED AND NUMBERED ~.
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COUNCIL BILL NO. 489 - RE: ISSUANCE AND SALE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONOS TO IMPROVE SEWAGE AND
DRAINAGE SYSTEM WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE rlRST TIME IN FULL.
IT W_S MOVED BV HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS
ONLY WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL.
SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONLY.
THAT THE COUNCIL BILL BE READ A SECOND TIME BY TITLE
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE
IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, ~ECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE COUNCIL BILL BE
READ A THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED
ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE.
NUMBERED 23l!.
BY DAVIS THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN FINAL PASSAGE.
WELLS AND GODLOVE ABSENT. THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND
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COUNCIL BILL NO. 490 - RE: OPENING 13TH AVENUE WEST FROM CHAMBERS TO CITY VIEW AND CITY ~IEW
FROM 11TH TO 18TH ,AVENUE WAS SUBMITTED ~ND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
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IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE COUNCIL BILL BE READ A SECOND TIME BY TITLE
ONLY WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE
SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONLy.
IT WAS ~OVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE RULES Bi SUSPENDED AND THE COUNCIL BILL
BE READ A THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSE~T OF THE COUNCIL., MOTION CARRIED
UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS
PASSAGE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE.
PASSED AND NUMBERED ~.
T,HAT THE COUNCIL BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN FINAL
WELLS AND GODLOVE ABSENT. THE BILL WAS DECLARED
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RESOLUTIONS
18 RESOLUTION - RE: OPENING CHAMBERS STREET FROM 7TH TO 8TH AVENUE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS
FOLLOWS:
"BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EU~ENE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THAT
IT IS DE~MED EXPEDIENT BY THE COMMON COUNCIL THAT A PUBLIC STREET, EXTENDING NORTH AND SOUTH
AS AN EXTENSION OF CHAMBERS STREET BETWEEN WEST SEVENTH STREET AND WEST EIGHTH STREET, WITHIN
THE CITY OF EUGENE, BE OPENED TO A WiDTH OF 60 FEET,. AND THAT THE CITY ENGINEER IS THEREFORE
DIRECTED, BY HIM OR SOME COMPETENl SURVEYOR, TO MAKE A SURVEY OF SUCH STREET OPENINGS AND TO
MARK BOUNDARIES THEREOF AND TO MAKE A PLAT OF THE SAME, AND A WRITTEN REPORT CONTAINING A
FULL AND COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF SUCH STREET AND THE BOUNDARIES THEREOF, AND THE PORTIONS
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OF EACH LOT OR TRACT OF LAND WHICH MUST BE APPROPRIATED THEREFORE, AND TO FILE THE SAME WITH
THE RECORDER OF THE CITY OF EUGENE WITHIN 20 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS RESOLUTION, UNLESS
FURTHER TIME SHALL BE GRANTED THEREFOR.
PASSED iy THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE THIS 24TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1949:"
IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
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RESOLUTION - REi REZO~ING PROPERTY IN ALTA VISTA TRACT (29TH AND WILLAMEiTE) WAS SUBMITTED
AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
ItBE IT ,RESOtVEO BY THE 'COMMON COUNCIL OF THE 'CITY OF EUGENE, OREGON, THAT THERE IS
HEREBY T~ANSMITTED TO THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSiON OF SAID CITY, THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR
REZONING OF PR~PERTY IN SAID CITY, TO-WIT:
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~PtANNING COMMISSION
BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF [OT 4, BLOCK I OF ALTA VISTA TRACT AND RUNNING
THENCE NORTH ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF PORTLAND AVENUE AND ON NORTH TO THE SOUTH LINE
OF FRASIER TO HYLAND ADDITION; THENCE EAST ALONG THE ~OUTH LINE OF FRASIER & HYLAND
ADDITION; THENCE TO A POINT 100 FEET EAST OF THE EAST LINE OF WILLAMiTTE SiREET;
THENCE SOUTH PARALLEL TO THE EAST LINE OF WILLAMETTE STREET TO A POINT 100 FEET
NORTH OF THE NORTH'"LINE OF 29TH AVENUE; THENCE EAST 250 FEET; THENC'E SOUTH TO THE
SOUTH SI DE OF lOT 22 OF WILLOY/DALE ADDITION; THENC,E WEST ALONG THE SOUTH SI,DE OF'
lOT 22 OF WILLOWDALE ADDITION TO THE WEST LINE OF ~ILLAMETTE STREET; ~HENCE NORTH
TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF lOT I, BLOCK I OF ALTA VISTA TRACT; THENCE WEST TO THE
POINT OF BEGINNING.
REQUESTED CHANGE FROM RA OUTER RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT to C-3 CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
AND DIRECTING THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO ADOPT A TENTATIVE REPORT AND TO HOLD ,A HEARING
THEREON IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS IN THE CITY HALL OF SA,ID CITY OF EUGENE ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY I,
1949, AT 7:30 O'CLOCK P.M., AFT.ER GIVING DUE NO,TICE BY PUBLICATION ONCE .IN THE EUGENE REGISTER
GUARD, AND IN CASE OF FAVORABLE REPORT ON ANY OF SAID REQUESTS, A HEARING IS HEREBY CALLED TO
BE HELD AT THE CITY HALL AT THE NEXT ENSUING REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, COMMENGING AT 7:30
O'CLOCK P.M., NOTICE OF WHICH SHALL BE GIVEN THREE TIMES IN THE EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD."
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IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SiCONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
UPON MOTION, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
DEANE SEEGER,
CITY MANAGER.
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