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COUNCIL CHAMBERS,
EUGENE, OREGON.
APRfL 26, 1954.
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THE REGULAR MEETING Of THE COMMON COUNCIL Of THE CITY OF EUGENE WAS HELD ON APRIL 12,
1954 AND ADJOURNED TO APRIL 26, 1954 AT 7:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE ME~TING WAS
CALLED TO ORDER BY HIS HONOR, MAYOR V. E. JOHNSON WITH THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT:
CRUMBAKER, BOOTH, GODLOVE, KOPPE, SIEGENTHALER, WATSON AND OwEN. COUNCILMAN CONE TOOK HIS
SEAT IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 7:45 P.M.
THE MINUTES OF THE LAST REGULAR MEETING HELD ON APRIL 12, 1954 AND ADJOURNED TO APRIL 26,
1954 WERE READ AND APPROVED.
A REPORT Of THE SPECIAL COUNCIL COMMITTEE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
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"ON INSTRUCTIONS OF THE EUGENE CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR HAS APPOINITD A COMMITTEE
TO PREPARE A STATEMENT IN BEHALf OF THE COUNCIL. THE COMMITTEE, COMP05E~ OF COUNCIL-
MEN BOOTH, KOPPE, SIEGENTHALER AND CRUMBAKER SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT AND IT IS
RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION:
PART I
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IT APPEARS THAT THE ISSUE AS TO PROPER ZONING OF THE RECENTLY ANNEXED RIVERVIEW
AREA HAS BEEN SO THOROUGHLY CONfUSED BY ATTAC~S ON THE CITY COUNCIL, AND BY MIS-
INfORMATION, THAT :THE MERITS Of THE VARIOUS KINDS OF ZONING HAVE BEEN LOST SIGHT OF.
OUR FIRST DUTY IS TO DISPOSE OF SIDE ISSUES, AS FOLLOWS:
(A) THERE HAS BEEN NO MEETING OF THE EUGENE CITY COUNCIL WHICH WAS NOT OPEN TO
THE PUBLIC OR WHICH WAS HELD IN ANY OTHER PLACE THAN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, DURING THE
PERIOD SINCE ANY PRESENT MEMBER HAS BEEN ON THE COUNCIL (I I YEARS).
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THERE HAVE BEEN 198 COMMITTEE MEETINGS DURING THE THREE YEAR PERIOD ENDING APRIL I,
1954, TO STUDY SUBJECTS REFERRED TO THEM BY THE COUNCIL. THIS IS NORMAL LEGISLATIVE
PROCEDURE, AND THE ONLY METHOD WE KNOW TO MAKE INSPECTIONS AND TO HANDLE THE VOLUME OF
WORK THE COUNCIL MUST PERFORM. THERE IS NO REASON TO CHANGE THE PRESENT PROCEDURES,
UNDER WHICH THE COUNCIL HAS .THE BENEfiT Of STUDY AND RECOMMENDATIONS BY ITS STANDING
COMMITTEES.
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Of THE 198 COMMI TYEE MEETI NGS, THREE WERE .AS COMMI TYEE OF THE WHOLE. I T WAS ONE
OF THESE THREE WHICH WAS MADE AN ISSUE OF THE REfERENDUM. THIS MEETING ON FEBRUARY 2,
1954, AT THE MAYOR'S HOME, AT WHICH THE RECORD SHOWS FIVE COUNCILMEN WERE PRESENT, WAS
HELD PURSUANT TO A MOTION PASSED IN OPEN COUNCIL MEETING, AND REPORTED THE NEXT EVENING
IN THE EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD (PAGE I I-A, JANUARY 26, 1954). No REPORTER INQUIRED CON-
CERNING THE TIME AND PLACE Of MEETING, OR INDICATED A DESIRE TO ATTEND. IT WAS NO
MORE A SECRET MEETING THAN THE FIELD TRIP CALLED AT AN EARLIER DATE FOR THE ENTIRE
COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. VOTERS MUST DECIDE WHETHER THEY BE-
LIEVE THAT IT WAS THE MEETING IN THE MAYOR'S HOM€, OR THE WEEKS OF THOROUGH, CONSCIEN-
TIOUS STUDY BY ALL MEMBERS Of THE COUNCIL THAT fORMED THE BASIS Of THE COUNCIL'S FINAL
DECISION.
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HOWEVER, THIS COMMITTEE REALIZES THAT HOLDING A MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE
WHOLE IN A PRIVATE HOME, WHILE NOT IMPROPER, GIVES OPPORTUNITY FOR MISREPRESENTATION
AND MISINTERPRETATION. IT RECOMMENDS THAT HEREAFTER MEETINGS OF THE, COMMITTEE Of THE
WHOLE, NOT HELD IN THE FIELD, BE HELD IN THE CITY HALL OR OTHER PLACE READILY ACCESSIBLE
TO THE PUBLIC.
(B) ANALYSIS OF STATEMENTS IN THE EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD DISCLOSES AT LEAST TWO
OUTRIGHT fALSifiCATIONS WHICH HAVE CONFUSED THE CITIZENS Of EUGENE ABOUT THE ZONING:
STATEMENT IN REGISTER-GUARD
(EDITORIAL 3/10/54): "THE M-2 CLASSifiCA-
TION PERMITS NOT ONLY WAREHOUSES, BUT MANY
TYPES OF NUISANCE INDUSTRIES SUCH AS
POULTRY SLAUGHTER HOUSES AND PROC~SSING
PLANTS FOR FEATHERS, fURS, BONES AND
REFUSE MATERIAL."
PROVISIONS Of ZONING ORDINANCE
(SECTION M-2, PARAGRAPH A-12):
"POULTRY OR RABBIT KILLING INCIDENTAL
TO A RETAI L TRADE ON THE SAME PREMI SES."
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(SECT I ON M-2, PARAGRAPH A-"8): "MANU-
FACTURING, COMPOUNDING, ASSEMBLING, OR
TREATMENT Of ARTICLES OR MERCHANDISE FROM
THE FOLLOWING PREVIOUSLY PREPARED MATERIALS"
(FOLLOWE~ BY A LIST OF 22 MATERIALS, IN-
CLUDING fURS, fEATHERS AND BONES, BUT NOT
REFUSE MATERIAL).
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THERE IS A GREAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A POULTRY SLAUGHTER HOUSE AND A RETAIL BUTCHER
WHO KI LLS A FEW HENS 'fOR SALE OVER HI S OWN COUNTER. ACTUAL PROCESS I NG or fURS, fEATHERS
AND BONES IS QUITE'DlfFERENT THAN USING PROCESSED FEATHERS TO ASSEMBLE A BOW AND ARROW
OR TO PUT THE TRIM ON A LADY'S HAT. REFUSE MATERIAL IS NOt Eij~~ Mi~i~o~ED IN M-2, AND
Of COURSE wOUlD BE PROHIBITED IN THIS-ZONE, AS THE'O~~'~ANCE ~As6RAWN t~REfULLY TO
EXCLUDE EVERY NUISANCE USE FROM AN M-2; LI'GHT- J'NDUSTRUL DI STRI CT~ ":WE tANNOT ESCAPE
THE CONCLUSION THAT THESE FALSlfICATIONS.WERE:MADE: D€L~BERAtELy,FOR THE PURPOSE Of
:STIRRING UP PEOPLE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE HAD NO INTEREST.
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(C) THE NEWSPAPER HAS STATED (EDITORI~L 3/~0, WHICH IS A REPETITI~N OF SIMILAR
STATEMENTS IN EDITORIAL Of 2/8 AND OTHER PLACES); "ONCE MORE, THE COUNCIL HAS OVER-
RIDDEN THE CAREFULLY STUDIED RECOMMENDATIONS OF ITS PLANNING'CO~~I'SS~~N"; It' IS OUR
POSITION THAT WE CANNOT, AND THAT THE CITIZENS OF EUGENE WOULD NOT WANT US TO~AUTO-
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MATICALLY ADOPT, WITHOUT INDEPENDENT STUDY, THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PLANNING
COMMISSION, OR ANY OTHER NON-ELECTED BODY. U~DER OUR LAWS THE COUNCIL CANNOT DELEGATE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR LEGISLATION TO ANY OTHER BODY. THE COUNCIL IS ELECTED BY THE
PEOPLE AND IS REQUIRED TO EXERC\'SE rilis BEST INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT.
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IN THE BYERS' CASE, TO WHICH THE PAPER HAS REPEATEDLY REFERRE~, TH~ COiJ~CIL DID
AGREE WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION. IN SPITE Of THIS; EVE'N THE REGI-ST'ER':GUARD URGED
THE REJECTION OF THE ZONING. THE TWO CASES HAVE LITTLE SlMILAR~T~~-OU~-ONLY POINT
IS THAT THE ptANNING COMMISSION, EVEN AFTER CAREfUL STUDY, CAN ~~KE A RECOMMENDATION
WITH WHICH EITHER THE NEWSPAPER OR THE COUNCIL CAN DISAGREE. THAT'S THE wAy IT
SHOULD BE.
(D) SOME OF THE OFfiCIALS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE UNivERSIT~-O~ 'O~EGON HAVE BEEN
UNDULY AROUSED IN OPPOSITION TO THE ZONING BY STATEMENTS suc~AsfHISliDITORIAL
3/10): "THIS IS AN AREA VIRTUALLY IN THE UNIVERSITY Of" OREGON FRONT YARD".
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THE RECORD WILL SHOW THAT THE EUGENE COUNCIL HAS CONSISTENTL~ BEEN FRIENDLY TO,
AND COOPERATED WITH, THE UNIVERSITY. CAREfUL, ON-THE-SPOT EXAMINATI'ON Of-THE AREA
CONVINCES US THAT THERE WOULD BE NO DAMAGE TO THE CAMPUS. PRESENT STATUTES ADEQUATELY
PROTECT THE CI TY AND THE UNI VERSI TY fROM NUl SANCES SUCH AS SMOKE, ODOR, GAS;' NOI SE AND
V I BRATI ON fROM THE AREA PROPOSED fOR M-3. THE TYPES Of" INDUSTRY PERMdTED UNDER M-2
ARE ALL NON-NU I SANCE I N CHARACTER. THEY WI LL NOT BE DETR I MENTAL TOTHE'UNI VERS I T~.
MOST OF THIS AREA CANNOT BE SEEN FROM THE tAMPUS, 'EXCEPT'fROMTHEUN'I'VERS'iTY'SHEATlNG
PLANT AND WAREHOUSE, WHICH IS AN M-3 TYPE Of STRUCTURE. HAVING PUT 'AN M-3 TYPE BUILD-
ING IN THE AREA" THE UNIVERSITY, IN OUR OPINION, IS NOT JUSTifiED IN OB~ECTING TO THE
SAME USE, OR MORE RESTRICTED USES, BY OWNERS OF PRIVATE PROPERTY ADJOINING, UNLESS
IT CAN SHOW VERY SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.
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(E) THE FUTURE Of THE MILLRACE HAS BEEN DRAGGED INTO THIS 'CONTROVERSY TO AROUSE
MANY CITIZENS WHO HAVE NO DIRECT INTEREST IN THE ZONING. (EDITORIALS 2/8 AND 3/10)
THE RESTORATION Of THE MILLRACE IS IN NO WAY AFfECTED BY THIS ZONING. M-2 WOULD BE
AS APPROPRIATE AS M~I SINCE THE BANKS OF THE MILLRACE ARE PRIVATE PROPERTY, PROTECTED
BY LAW FROM TESPASSERS. ONLY THE CHANNEL IS ,OPEN TO LEGAL USE BY THE PUBLIC.
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To SUM UP: ATTACKS ON TRADITIONAL METHODS Of ARRIVING AT CITY COU~CI.L DECISIONS;
MISLEADING STATEMENTS ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP Of THE COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING COMMIS-
SION; fALSE STATEMENTS ABOUT WHAT M-2 ZONING PERMITS; UNWARRANTED CONCLUSIONS THAT
THE UNIVERSITY WOULD BE INJURED; AND INJECTION Of AN UNRELATED MILLRACE PROBLEM INTO
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A ZONING QUESTION--ALL THESE HAVE BEEN USED DELIBERATELY TO BECLOUD THE TRUE ISSUE,
TO CONFUSE THE CITIZENS OF EUGENE, AND TO DI,SCREDIT THE CITY COUNCIL, fOR THE PURPOSE
Of PROMOTING A REfERENDUM.
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Now, WITH THE SIDE ISSUES CLEARED UP, IT IS OUR DUTY TO REVIEW THE REASONS WHY
THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO ZONE THE AREA AS IT DID.
THE COUNCIL ACTED UNDER THE MANDATE OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE WHICH PROVIDES THAT
THE BASIS Of ZONING SHALL BE "To ENCOURAGE THE MOST APPROPRIATE USE Of THE LAND" TO
THE BEST INTEREST Of THE CITY OF EUGENE. THE COUNCIL'S DECISION WAS NOT HASTY OR
ARBITRARY. IT STUDIED THE PROBLEM fOR MANY WEEKS. THE COUNCILMEN MADE NUMEROUS
TRIPS OVER THE AREA, SINGLY AND IN COMMITTEE. ONE JOINT fiELD TRIP WAS MADE WITH
MEMBERS Of THE PLANNI NG COMMI SSI ON. THE COUNCI L HELD HEARl NGS. I T' TOOK INTO
ACCOUNT EVERY ARGUMENT ADVANCED BY OPPONENTS AND PROPONENTS. IT STUDIED THE REPORT
or iHE PLANNING COMMISSION. IT CHECKED WITH RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS WHO HAD NO PERSONAL
INTEREST IN THE MATTER. IT HAD DEfiNITE AND POSITIVE REASONS fOR THE CO~CLUSIONS
REACHED:
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REASONS fOR ZONING AREA BETWEEN RAILROAD TRACKS AND THE RIVER, ZONED M-3, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL
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I. fOR MANY YEARS, THE M-3, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING HAS EXISTED ALONG THE SOUTH-
ERN PACifiC TRACKS FROM A POI~T NEAR THE FERRY STREET BRIDGE EAST TO THE UNIVERSITY
WAREHOUSE AND ,HEATING PLANT. THIS INDUSTRIAL STRIP IS OCCUPIED BY SU~H S~BSTA~TIAL
INDUSTRIES AS LOVEGREN LUMBER COMPANY, FORMERLY WALTER BUSHONGS LUMBER COMPANY; MIDGLEY'S
PLANING MILL; EUGENE TRUCK AND MACHINERY COMPANY; EUGENE WATER ANDELEtTR~C BOARD OFFICES,
WAREHOUSE, SHOPS AND POWER PLANT; EUGENE fRUIT GROWERS' ASSOCIATION; NORTHWEST CITIES
GAS COMPANY; EUGENE SAND AND GRAVEL COMPANY AND THE CENTRAL HEATING COMPANY PLANT. THE
CONTINUATION Of THIS AREA TO THE EAST AND NORTH OF THE TRACKS APPROXIMATELY 2,000 FEET
AS M-3, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL IS A LOGICAL EXTENSION OF THIS PRESENT HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONE.
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2. THE ONLY ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY IS FROM THE EAST END OF 8TH AVENUE THROUGH
THE EXISTING M-3 AREA. THE TRACT IN QUESTION IS NARROW, ROCKY, ROUGH AND IRREGULAR IN
SHAPE AND IS THEREFORE UNSUITABLE fOR ANY USE EXCEPT FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF WHATEVER
INDUSTRY IS MAKING USE OF THE OTHER HALF OF THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST. THIS ENTIRE AREA
HAS LONG'BEEN IN USE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRY NOW CLASSifiED AS M-3.
3. UNDER M-3, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING, NORTH Of THE TRACKS, THE UNIVERSITY OF
OREGON WILL NOT BE IN ANY WORSE POSITION THAN IT IS AT THE PRESENT TIME WITH THE EXIST-
ING M-3 ZONE RUNNING A fEW FEET NORTH OF THE UNIVERSITY HEATING PLANT. IT IS THE
COUNCIL'S POSITION THAT THE PROPER PROCEDURE IS TO ZONE THE LAND IN THIS AREA M-3 AND
COOPERATE FULLY IN THE PREVENTION OR ELIMINATION OF EXISTING OR FUTURE NUISANCES IN
THIS AREA.
4. THE COUNCIL FEELS THAT THE ADDITION OF INDUSTRIAL TAX BASE WITHIN THE CITi
LIMITS IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO THE GENERAL WELFARE Of THE CITY, AND THAT THIS
LOGICAL EXTENSION Of AN EXISTING INDUSTRIAL ZONE WILL ASSIST IN ACCOMPLISHING THIS
OBJECTI VE.
REASONS FOR ZONING
AREA BETWEEN THE RAILROAD AND THE MILLRACE, ZONED M-2, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL
I. THIS AREA WAS WITHOUT ZONING UNTIL THE CITY COUNCIL RESTRICTED IT TO USES
PERMITTED UNDER M-2. PRIOR TO PASSAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE, ANY USE WAS POSSIBLE IF NOT
IN VIOLATION OF STATUTES PROHIBITING NUISANCES.
2. A CONSIDERABLE PART OF THIS AREA HAS FOR SOME TIME BEEN PLANNED AND USED FOR
WAREHOUSING WHICH IS PERMITTED UNDER ,M-2 BUT PROHIBITED UNDER M~I. BECAUSE OF THE
EXTREME SHORTAGE OF WHOLESALE AND WAREHOUSE SITES IN EUGENE, THE COUNCIL fELT OBLIGATED
TO GIVE SERIOUS THOUGHT TO AUTHORIZING THIS USE.
~. THE UNIVERSITY Of OREGON'S HEATING PLANT HAS A RAILROAD SIDETRACK, AND IT IS
FEASIBLE TO HAVE OTHER SIDETRACKS IN THIS AREA, ONE OF THE FEW AREAS IN EUGENE WHERE
THIS IS POSSIBLE.
4. IT IS NOT FELT, IN VIEW OF THE NEARNESS OF THE RAILROAD, WHICH AT NO POINT
IN THIS AREA IS MORE THAN 800 FEET DISTANT, THAT THE ADDITIONAL INDUSTRIES PERMITTED IN
M-2 ARE IN ANY WAY DETRIMENTAL. No INDUSTRY LISTED IN M-2 WOULD BE AS OBJECTIONABLE
fROM A NUISANCE STANDPOINT AS THE RAILROAD ITSELf.
5. ~HE UNIVERSITY Of OREGON HEATING PLANT, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE AREA IN
QUESTION, IS A USE WHICH WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED IN THIS AREA EXCEPT BY A PUBLIC BODY.
IT IS THE STUDIED OPINION OF THE COUNCIL THAT THIS HEAVY INDUSTRY SETS A PATTERN FOR
THE AREA. AFTER THE UNIVERSITY HAS PUT IN A HEAVY INDUSTRIAL TYPE OF PLANT, THE,
COUNCIL BELIEVES I,T UNREASONABLE TO FORBID LESS OBJECTIONABLE USES TO OWNERS Of ADJACENT
PROPERTY.
6. MOST OF THIS AREA CANNOT BE SEEN FROM THE CAMPUS AND NO PART Of THIS AREA IS
ADJACENT TO THE UNIVE~SITY CAMPUS, EXCEPT WHERE IT JOINS THE HEATING PLANT PROPERTY.
THE COUNCIL fAI~S TO SEE' ANY DETRIMENT TO THE UNIVERSITY Of OREGON WHICH WOULD JUSTifY
THE CONfiSCATION OF RIGHTS Of LAND OWNERSHIP IN THIS AREA.
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7. THE COUNCIL REJECTED THE M-I ZONING CLASSifICATION BECAUSE M-I WAS DESIGNED
fOR AREAS ALONG STREETS AND HIGHWAYS WITH HEAVY VEHICULAR TRAfFIC. IT EXISTS IN ONLY
TWO AREAS IN EUGENE--ALONG BOTH SIDES Of FRANKLIN BOULEVARD AND ON BOTH SIDES OF HIGH-
WAY 99 NEAR THE WEST CITY LIMITS. THE SECLUDED AREA BETWEEN THE MILLRACE AND THE RAIL-
ROAD TRACK EAST OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON HEATING PLANT IS ENTIRELY UNSUITABLE FOR M-I
USE. IT IS DESIRABLE FOR WAREHOUSE AND WHOLESALE PLANTS AND OTHER NON-NUISANCE INDUSTRIES
AS PERMITTED IN THE M-2 CLASSlfICATIQN.
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ZONING IS A COMPLICATED PROCEDURE, AND ITS EFFECTS ARE fAR-REACHING. IT IS THE
SUBJECT Of EXTREME PRESSURES fROM INTERESTED PARTIES--~ND rROM THOSE wHO HAVE NO DIRECT
INTEREST BUT ARE INfLUENCED BY OmHERS. WE THEREfORE URGE EVERY CITIZEN TO INSPECT THE
AREAS IN QUESTION; STUDY THE COUNCIL'S REASONING AND COMPARE IT TO THE ARGUMENTS
ADVANCED BY THE OPPONENTS OF THIS ZONING."
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IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE BE
ADOPTED. ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED.
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IMMEDIATELY fOLLOWING THE ADO~T~ON O~ THE RE~~RT; M~. W~'~~IAM T~~MA~;
EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD REQUESTED AND WAS GRANTED THE fLOOR fORA STATEMENT.
WAS AS FOLLOWS:
EDITOR OF THE
HIS STATEMENT
"I HAVE C6ME TO YOUR MEETING TO-NIGHT BtCAUS~ YOU HAVE RAfsED"CtRt~tNISSUES
AffECTING ME PERSONALLY AND IN MY CAPACITY AS THE EDITOR OF THE REGISTER-GUARD, AND
IT IS MY BELIEf THAT THESE ISSUES SHOULD BE DISCUSSED PUBLICLY IN A PUBLIC PLACE AND
FACT TO FACE.
IN MY OPINION THIS CONTROVERSY fALLS INTO THREE PHASES WHICH SHOULD BE "KEPT
SEPARATE AND DISTINCT:
I. THE "REZONING Of THE AREAS A~FECTED BY THE RIVERVltW iNNtXAT~6N IN W~ICH
YOU ALTERED SOME Of THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF YOUR PLANNiNG COMMISSlci~, AN ACTION WITH
WHICH 1 HAVE VENTURED TO DISAGREE,. THIS ACTION HAS-NOW BEEN REFERRED TO THE PEOPLE AND
THE PEOPLE ALONE 'WILL DECIDE WHEN THEY VOTE ON MAY 21.
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2. THE METHODS BY WHICH THE CITY COUNcil H~S ARR~VEDAT ITS'"6tCISI~~S IN THIS
RIVERVIEW ZONING AND ALSO IN CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS. IN MY tDITORI~(s'l HAVE ACCUSED
YOU Of REACHING YOUR DECISIONS IN SECRET OR PRIVATE MEETINGS, AN ACCUSATION'FROM
WHICH I DO NOT RECEDE BECAUSE IN MY OPINION IT IS SUSTAINED BY THE ~~C6~D" AS-FOUND
IN YOUR OWN MINUTES AND BY THE COMPLETE ABSENCE THEREIN OF ANY RECORD OF PUBLIC
EXPRESSIONS BY YOU AS ~O THE REASONS W~Y YOU UNANIMOUSL~ TOOK THi'ST~~D ~O~"T~OK,
ALTHOUGH AMPLE OPPORTUNITY AffORDED DURING THE MEETING AT WHICH ARGUMENTS FROM
INTERESTED CITIZENS WERE HEARD.
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3. YOUR NUMEROUS ALLEGATIONS THAT I HAVE BEEN GU1.LTY OF MAKING FALSE OR MIS-
LEADING STATEMENTS TO THE PUBLIC ON THIS ZONING MATTER.
ALL OF YOUR CHARGES HAVE BEEN PRINTED IN FULL AND PROMINENTLY IN OUR NEWSPAPER.
SHOULD LIKE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION ALSO TO THE FACT THAT ON SUNDAY, APRIL'I I, BEFORE
THIS CONTROVERSY AROSE, I PRINTED AN EDITORIAL WHICH HAS THIS CLOSING PARAGRAPH:
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"As HAS BEEN OUR CUSTOM IN ALL Of THESE CONTROVERSIES, WE SHALL INVITE BOTH
SIDES TO MAKE,A FRONT PAGE PRESENTATION OF THEIR ARGUMENTS BEFORE ELECTION,
POSSIBLY ON"THE SUNDAY BEFORE THE VOTING. IT IS OUR HOPE THAT THE ISSUE CAN
BE DECIDED ENTIRELY ON THE BASIS OF PRINCIPLE - THE VOTE SERVING TO SHOW THE
KIND Of ZONING POLICY THE PEOPLE WANT."
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THAT OFfER WAS MADE TO YOU AND ALL OTHERS THEN AND IT IS REAFFIRMED NOW. ALL
OF THE STATEMENTS WHICH YOU HAVE MADE TO-NIGHT, AFFECTING THE ZONING ISSUE ITSELF
OR YOUR CONTROVERSY WITH ME, WILL RECEIVE THE CUSTOMARY FULL AND FAIR TREATMENT.
YOUR QUARREL WITH ME AND WITH THE REGISTER-GUARD WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION
TWO WEEKS AGO, JUST AS I WAS GETTING READY TO CATCH A PLANE fOR THE EAST. IT IS NOT
MY PURPOSE IN THIS BRIEF STATEMENT TO TRY TO ANSWER 'ALL OF THE ALLEGATIONS MADE EITHER
IN THE LETTER fROM SIEGENTHALER OR IN THE SUBSEQUENT STATEMENTS MADE BY SOME OF YOU
AT YOUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING. BUT I WISH TO SAY THIS MUCH. I HAVE BROUGHT WITH ME
THE ENTIRE FILE Of REGISTER-GUARD EDITORIALS, GOING BACK TO LAST AUGUST. To THE BEST
OF MY KNOWLEDGE, I HAVE NEVER WRITTEN ALLINE WHICH IMPUGNS THE PERSONAL MOTIVATION
OF ANY MEMBER Of YOUR COUNCIL. IF I HAD 'WANTED TO DO THAT, I WOULD HAVE MADE A CLOSE
EXAMINATION OF YOUR PERSONAL BUSINESS CONNECTIONS AND THE INfLUENCES TO WHICH YOU
MIGHT BE SUBJECT.
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I HAVE CRITICIZED VIGOROUSLY THE OVERRIDING OF PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS
AND THE METHOD Of REACHING DECISIONS AT TIMES AND PLACES OTHER THAN YOUR STATED PLACE
OF MEETING, HERE AT CITY HALL, WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN KNOW WHY. I CAN PROMISE YOU TO
CONTINUE THIS CRI~IGISM.
AT YOUR LAST MEETING; MR. CRUMBAKER STATED THAT "MR. TUGMAN MADE A HEATED ARGU-
MENT TO THE COUNCIL OVER ZONING BEING CONSIDE~ED FOR THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE AREA, ENDING
WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN ULTIMATUM OR THREAT." COUNCILMAN WATSONWI"LL TESTIFY THAT
I CAMETTO THAT MEETING RELUCTANTLY AND ONLY BECAUSE Of HIS URGENT-AND REPEATED REQUEST
FOR PERSONAL SUPPORT. I SPOKE VERY BRIEFLY AND AS ANY OTHER CITIZEN MIGHT,SPEAK
EXPRESSING MY DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE COUNCIL'S POLICY AND THEN I WENT HOME - BECAUSE
IT WAS PERFECTLY OBVIOUS THAT THE MATTER HAD BEEN DECIDED BEFORE I OR ANY OF THE OTHERS
SPOKE.
THIS IS NOT MAKING THREATS NOR IS IT EXERCISING ANY UNDUE PRESSURE, EVEN THOUGH
'I HAPPEN TO BE AN EDITOR.
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THERE IS NOT A MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL NOR ANY OTHER PUBLIC OffiCIAL WHO CAN SAY
TRUTHfULLY THAT I EVER URGED HIM OR ASKED HIM TO VOTE THIS WAY OR THAT. IF MEMBERS OF
THE COUNCIL RESENT LEGITIMATE CRITICISM OR DIFFERENCE Of OPINION AND TAKE IT AS A
PERSONAL REfLECTION, IT IS UP TO EACH ONE Of THEM'PERSONALLY TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR
HIS ACTS.
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ALL OF YOU ARE MEN WHOM THE REGISTER-GUARD HAS RECOMMENDED IN THE PAST.
YOU ARE MEN WHOM I HAVE R~GARDED AS FRIENDS AND HOPE STILL TO HOLD IN ESTEEM.
ISSUES Of THIS CAMPAIGN ARE OBSCURED BY PERSONALITIES, THAT WILL NOT BE OF MY
AT NO TIME HAS ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL TALKED WITH ME OR ATTEMPTED TO ARGUE
ON ANY OF THE POINTS WHICH ARE NOW IN DISPUTE, ALTHOUGH I THINK YOU MUST KNOW
DOORS ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO ANY CITIZEN.
ALL QF
IF THE
MAKING.
WITH ME
THAT THE
IT HAS BEEN ALLEGED THAT THE REGISTER-GUARD WILLfULLY AND PURPOSELY MISREPRESENTED
OR DISTORTED THE TYPES OF BUSINESS TO BE ALLOWED IN THE RIVERVIEW AREA UNDER YOUR PRO-
POSED ZONING. WE ARE ALWAYS GLAD TO CORRECT MISTAKES AND If WE HAVE MADE MISTAKES OF
f~CT, WE SHALL CERTAINLY SET THEM RIGHT.
THE PERSONAL I TI ES WHI CH HAVE BEEN RAI SED IN THI.S CONTROVERSY ARE T.HE LEAST I MPORT-
ANT PART Of THE SITUATION. THE QUESTION OF SOUND ZONING POLICY IN THE RIVERVIEW AREA
OR ANY GTHER PART OF TOWN IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. THE QUESTION OF PUBLIC PROCEDURES
IN DECISIONS AFFECTING THE PUBLIC INTEREST IS Of EVEN GREATER IMPORTANCE.
I HOPE I HAVE MADE I~ PLAIN WHERE I STAND AND WHERE THE REGISTER-GUARD STANDS
AND T.HAT WE ARE NOT MOTIVATED BY MALICE. IT IS MY HOPE THAT SOME OF THESE UNFORTUNATE
MISUNDERSTANDINGS CAN BE CLEARED UP HERE AND NOW, FACE TO FACE, BEFORE THE PUBLIC."
f.OLLOWING THE STATEMENT COUNCILMAN CRUMBAKER SPOKE INoBEHALf Of THE COUNCIL. STATE-
MENTS WERE MADE AND QUESTIONS WERE ASKED BY THE MAYOR AND THE OTHER COUNCILMEN. REPLIES
WERE MADE BY MR. TUGMAN ANSWERING SPECifiC QUESTIONS AND MAKING ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
A TABULATION OF BIDS OPENED APRIL 8, 1954 FOR A STREET SWEEPER WAS SUBMITtED AS FOLLOWS:
PROPOSAL I
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2 PROPOSAL 3
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FEENAUGHTY WAYNE 8,752.00. 9,540.00 230.00 8,982.00 .9, 770.00 ,20 DA.
COLUMBIA AUSTI N-WESTERN 9,239.00 9,909.00 NOT AVAIL. 2 WK.
NELSON ELGIN 9,175.00 10,325.00 325.00 9,500.00 10,650.00 20 DA.
AIR MAC I NC. MOBIL~SWEEPER 9,287.50. 10,312.50. 400.00 9,687.50 1.0,712.50 3 WK.
· IF HYDRAULIC GUTTER BROOM LifT IS NOT DESIRED, DEDUCT $150.00 FROM PROPOSAL I AND $300.00
FROM PROPOSAL 2.
ALL BIDS WERE IN PROPER ORDER, AND THE CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED THE BID OF FEENAUGHTY
MACHINERY COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,770.00 BE ACCEPTED.
IT WAS MOVED BY SIEGENTHALER, SECONDED BY OWEN THAT THE BID OF FEENAUGHTY MACHINERY
COMPANY, BEING THE BEST AND LOWEST BID SUBMITTED, BE APPROVED IN THE AMOUNT Of $9,770.00.
ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED.
THIS BEING THE DATE SET FOR THE AWARD OF CONTRACTS FOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, THE
FOLLOWING BIDS WERE TABULATED, AS OPENED ON APRIL 21, 1954 AT 10:00 A.M.
PAVING
NAME OF BIDDER
7" CONCRETE
3i" ASPHALT
VAN BUREN FROM 2IST.TO 22ND AVE.
$
$
T. C. WILDISH
STANTON PAYNE
LANE STEEL
FRED STUBBERT
5,266.40
5,026.85 (LOW)
6,832.00 (lOW)
7,392.35
ALL BIDS WERE IN PROPER ORDER AND ACCOMPANIED BY A CASHIERS CHECK OR BIDDERS BOND. THE
CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED THAT THE BID OF STANTON PAYNE BE ACCEPTED.
IT WAS DULY MOVED AND SECONDED THAT. THE BID OF STANTON PAYNE, BEl NG ,THE BEST AND LOWEST
BID SUBMITTED, BE APPROVED AND THE PROPER CITY OFfiCERS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT
WITH STANTON PAYNE FOR THE PAVING OF VAN BUREN STREET FROM 21ST TO 22ND AVENUE IN ~HE AMOUNT
OF $5,026.85. ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED.
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NAME OF BIDDER
3t" ASPHALT
21ST AVENUE fROM EMERALD TO AGATE STREET
$
T. C. WILDISH
INTER-CITy.SAND & GRAVEL
STANTON PAYNE
LANE STEEL
FRED STUBBERT
4,878.40
4,965.20
4,674.60 (LOW)
7" CONCRETE
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6,686.40
6 , 273. 02 (L OW )
6;737.52
ALL BIDS WERE IN PROPER ORDER AND ACCOMPANIED BY A CASHIERS CHECK OR BIDDERS BOND. THE
CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED THAT THE'~ID OF STANTON PAYNE BE ACCEPTED.
IT WAS DULY MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE BID OF STANTON PAYNE, BEING THE BEST AND LOWEST
BID SUBMITTED, BE APPROVED AND THE PROPER CITY OFFICERS AUTHORI~ED TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT
WITH STANTON PAYNE FOR THE PAVING Of 21ST AVENUE FROM EMERALD STREET TO AGATE STREET IN THE
AMOUNT OF $4,674.60. ROLLCALL VOTE.' MOTION CARRIED.
21ST AVENUE FROM POTTER TO UNIVERSITY STREET
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STANTON W. PAYNE
LANE STEEL
FRED STUBBERT
4,462.25
4,253.80 (LOW)
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5,744.90
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED THAT THE BID OF STANTON PAYNE BE ACCEPTED.
IT WAS DULY MOVED AND SECONDED THAT
BID SUBMITTED, BE APPROVED AND THE PROPER
WITH STANTON PAYNE fOR THE PAVING OF 21ST
~HE AMOUNT OF $4,253.80. ROLLCALL VOTE.
THE BID OF STANTON PAYNE, BEING THE BEST AND LOWEST
CITY OfFICERS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT
AVENUE FROM POTTER STREET TO UNIVERSITY STREET IN
MOTION CARRIED.
PAVING ALLEYS
6" CONCRETE
BET. 12TH.AND 13TH FROM HILYARD TO -EAST LINE,
OF LOTS 2 AND 9, BLOCK 3, SHAWS SECOND ADDIT~ON
LANE STEEl: CORP.
C. M. KEMP
FRED STUBBERT
CHRISTIANSON
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$ 2,013.60
1,967.20 (LOW)
2,051.60
3,090.80 '
ALL BIDS WERE IN PROPER ORDER AND ACCOMPANIED BY A CASHIERS CHECK OR BIDDERS BOND. THE
CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED THAT THE BLD OF C. M. KEMP BE ACCEPTED.
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BID -SUBMITTED, BE APPROVED AND THE PROPER CI,TY OFfiCERS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT
WITH C. M. KEMP fOR PAVING THE ALLEY BETWEEN 12TH AND 13TH AVENUE FROMHILYARD.TO THE EAST
LINE OF LOTS 2 AND 9, BLOCK 3, SHAWS SECOND ADDITION IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,967.20. ROLLCALL
VOTE. MOTION CARRIED.
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LANE STEEL CORP.
C. M. KEMP
FRED STUBBERT
4,628.30 (LOW)
4,729.00
5,024.20
ALL BIDS WERE IN PROPER ORDER AND ACCOMPANIED BY A CASHIERS CHECK OR BIDDERS BOND. THE
CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED THAT THE BID OF LANE STEEL CORPORATION BE ACCEPTED.
IT WAS DULY MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE BID OF LANE STEEL CORPORATION, BEING THE BEST
AND LOWEST BID SUBMITTED, BE APPROVED AND THE PROPER CITY OffiCERS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER INTO
A CONTRACT WITH LANE STEEL CORPORATION FOR PAVING THE ALLEY B~TWE~N PEARL AND HIGH STREET
FROM 7TH TO 8TH AVENUE AND BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH AVENUE FROM PEARL TO HIGH STREET IN THE
AMOUNT Of $4,628.30. ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED.
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A REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER - RE: MONTHLY REPORTS, ETC. WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS
FOLLOWS:
"THE VALUE OF THE BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED DURING. THE MONTH OF MARCH AMOUNTED TO I
$1,071,400.00 FOR NEW BUILDINGS, AND $47,705.00 FOR REPAIRS, GIVING' A TOTAL OF $1,1 19,105.00i
FOR THE MONTH. THIS IS $773,302.00 MORE THAN THE VALUATION OF $345,803.00 REPORTED IN I
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THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ANSWERED 49 ALARMS DURING MARCH, 40 IN THE CITY AND NINE RURAL
CALLS. THE ESTIMATED LOSS AMOUNTED TO $305.00. THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT FIRE ENGINE WAS
RE~~IRED AND PAINTED BY THE FIREMEN AT THE MAIN STATION.
You WILL NOTE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT fOR MARCHi ~ COpy OF WHICH I~ ON
YOUR DESK THAT CRIMINAL CASES REPORTED AND TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND ENFORCEMENT SHOWED A
SLIGHT INCREASE OVER THE PRECEDING MONTH. rHE NEWS LETTER WHICH IS PUBLISHED BY THE
UNITED STATES BUREAU OF PRiSONS SELECTED FOR HONORABLE MENTION THE EUGENE CITy JAIL AS
DESCRIBED IN THE MARCH ISSUE. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RECENTLY RECEIVED A LETTER
FROM THE PRINCIPAL Of THE WILLAGILLESPIE SCHOOL, COMMENDING SGT. SMARTT FOR HIS OUT-
STANDING JOB Of INSTRUCTING THE PUPILS OF THAT'SCHOOL IN TRAfFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
THE GOLDEN AGE CLUB, ON APRIL 3RD, PURCHASED AND PRESENTED TO THE CITY, 15 CHAIRS
TO BE USED AT THE WASHI NGTON 'PARK RECREATI ON CENTER. THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT I S DULY
THANKFUL FOR TH IS GI FT AND HAS SO' I NFORM'ED THE GOLDEN AGE CLUB.
THROUGH THE FINANCE OFFICER, WE HAVE BEEN CARRYING ON SOME CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE
SECRETARY Of THE STATE, DISCUSSING THE MATTER OF HAVING A CENSUS TAKE~ Of THE NEWLY
ANNEXED SECTIONS TO THE CITY SINCE 1950. WE FEEL THIS SHOULD BE DONE IN ORDER THAT THE
CITY CAN HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF THE STATE-SHARED REVENUES WHICH ARE PROPORTIONED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE POPULA~ION AND AMOUNTS TO APPROXIMATELY $8.00 PER CAPITA. WE
ESTIMATE THE COST OF THECCENSUS TO BE APPROXIMATELY FIVE TO SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS. PER-
MISSION TO MAKE THIS CENSUS IS REQUESTED."
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY SIEGENTHA~ER THA~ THE REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER
BE ADOPTED. ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON MARCH 24TH - RE: PAVING OF HARRIS
AND KINCAID STREET; AND REQUEst FOR VARIANCE - CHARLES E. WOLFF WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS
FOLLOWS:
"PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER~GODLOVE, KOPPE AND SIEGENTHAt.ER;
CITY MANAGER; CITY ENGINEER; CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY RECORDER.
THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MET ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24TH TO DISCUSS SEVERAL MATTERS
REfERRED TO IT. ACTION WAS TAKEN AT THIS MEETING WITH' RESPECT TO TWO SEPARATE SUBJECTS.
I. PETITION FOR IMPROVEMENT OF HARRIS AND KINCAID FROM 30TH TO 32ND AVENUE _ THIS
,PETITION WAS DISCUSSED BY THE COMMITTEE. THE POINT IN QUESTION WAS THAT THE LAND ABUT-
TING THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT IS NOT NOW IMPROVED BUT IS RAW LAND.
IT IS THE RECOMMENDATioN Of THE COMMITTEE THAT THE PROJECT BE APPROVED AND THE ORDI-
NANCE PASSED PROVIDED THE PETITIONER OR OWNER GIVE FINANCIAL AS~URANCE THAT THE ASSESS-
MENTS WILL' BE PAID. THE ASSURANCE TO BE BY A CASH DEPOSIT OR SURETY BOND.
2. REQUEST FOR VARIANCE, CHARLES E. WOLFF, 1860 WILLAMETTE STREET - THIS REQUEST FOR
VARIANCE FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE WAS CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE.
IT WAS NOTED THAT THE SPECifiC USE WAS NOT INDICATED, BUT THAT THE VARIANCE WAS REQUESTED
FOR "PROFESSIONAL OFfICES~"
IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE PETIT10NER BE REQUESTED TO AMEND
THE REQUEST TO PROVIDE fOR A SPECIFIC USE, SUCH AS DOCTORS OFFICES, LAWYERS OFFICE6,~TC.,
PRIOR TO FURTHER CONSIDERATION. IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT A VARIANCE CAN BE CONSIDERED
FOR A SPECIFIC USE ONLY."
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE REPORT Of THE PUBLIC WORKS
COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING HELD MARCH 26TH - RE: REQUEST Of SOUTHERN
PACIFIC COMPANY; AND REQUEST bF MR. ANTON JENSEN WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER, GODLOVE, KOPPE, SIEGENTHALER; CITY
MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; CITY ENGINEER AND CITY RECORDER. THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
MET ON FRIDAY, MARCH 26TH. Two SUBJECTS WERE GIVEN CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE.
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I. REQUEST Of THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY FOR A' ~RANCHISE FOR AN ADDITIONAL TRACK
CROSSING AT 5TH AND HIGH STREET - THE COMMITTEE GONSIDERED THIS REQUEST AT ITS MARCH
24TH MEETING, AND INSPECTED THE INTERSECTION AT 5TH AND HIGH STREET. FURTHER CONSIDER-
ATI ON WAS WI THHELD AT THAT TI ME.
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THE SUBJECT WAS AGAIN DISCUSSED AT THE MARCH 26TH MEETING AfTER ASSURANCE HAD BEEN
GI VEN BY T,,!E SOUTHERN PAC I F I C COMPANY THAT THE fOR,M AND CONTENT Of TH,E fRANCHI SE PRO-
POSED BY THE CITY WAS ACCEPTABLE.
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IT IS THEREfORE THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE COMMITTEE, SINCE IT IS AN URGENT MATTER,
THAT THE SOUTHERN PACI FI C COMPANY' BE. I S,SUED A REVOCABLE PERMI T TO CONSTRUCT T,HE TRACK
ACROSS HIGH STREET PENDING JHE APPROVAL AND PASSAGE Of THE fRANCHISE ORDINANCE.
2. REQUEST Of MR. ANTON JENSEN FOR A VARIANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION AT 18TH AND HIGH
STREETS - THIS REQUEST WAS ALSO CONSIDERED AND IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE
COMMITTEE THAT THE VARIANCE BE GRANTED."
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE fEPORT Of THE PUBLIC WORKS
COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
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A REPORT Of THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON APRIL 1ST - RE: REQUEST Of
WARREN AND JULIA KORSTAD; REQUEST Of GENERAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION; REQUESTS OF AEROLITE
NEON COMPANY; REQUEST OF MARTIN BROT~ERS FOR SIGN VARIANCE; TRUNK SEWER TO SERVE RIVERVIEW
AREA; SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTI?N ON EAST 23RD AVENUE; P.U.C. COMMUNICATION WAS SUBMITTED AND
READ AS fOLLOWS:
"PRESENT: COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER, GODLOVE, KOPPE AND SIEGENTHALER; CITY MANAGER;
CITY ENGINEER AND CITY RECORDER. THE PUBLI~ WORKS COMMITTEE MET ON THURSDAY, APRIL I,
1954 TO CONSIDER A NUMBER OF REQUESTS WHICH HAVE BEEN PLACED BEfORE THE COUNCIL, AND
WHICH HAVE BEEN REfERRED BY THE COUNCIL TO THE COMMITTEE. THE SUBJECTS CONSIDERED
AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ARE AS fOLLOWS:
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I. REQUEST Of WARREN M. & JULIA KORSTAD fOR ANNEXATION TO THE CITY - THE COMMITTEE
REVIEWED THE REQUEST OF MR. & MRS. KORSTAD FOR ANNEXATION 'Of THEIR PROPERTY TO THE
CITY OF EUGENE AND INSPECTED THEIR PROPERTY ~HICH IS LOCATED AT CREST DRIVE 'ND
LINCOLN STREET. IT WAS NOTED THAT IT IS RATHER UNLIKELY THAT PERMANENT STREET
IMPROVEMENTS OR SEWER IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE MADE FOR THIS PROPERTY FOR SOME TIME.
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AFTER ~URTHER DISCUSSION Of THE REQUEST, IT WAS THE COMMITTEE'S DECISION THAT
IT RECOMMEND TO THE COUNCIL THAJ IT PROCEED WITH THE ANNEXATION PROCE~URE ON THIS
PROPERTY.
2. REQUEST Of GENERAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION FOR A VARIANCE fROM SIG~ REGULATIONS
AT 24TH AND Ht!LYARD ST~EETS - THE COMMITTEE STUDIED THIS REQUeST AND ALSO VISITED
THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED SIGN AT 24TH AND HILYARD STREET IN EUGENE. IN VIEW OF
A LETTER fROM THE GENERAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION DATED MARCH 30, 1954, WHICH AMENDS
THE REQUEST, AND WHICH STATES THAT. THEIR PLANS COULD BE REVISED SO T~AT THE POLE AND
THE SIGN WILL BE ON OR OVER PRIVATE PROPERTY, IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE
COMMI TTEE THAT THE VARI ANCE fROM THE PROVI SI ONS Of THE SI GN ORDI NANC-ES BE GRANTED,
PROVIDED THE POLE AND SIGN WILL BE LOCATED pN OR OVER PRIVATE PROPERTY AS INDICATED.
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3. REQUEST OF AEROLITE NEON fOR A VARIANCE fOR A S1GN ON THE A. B. SCARLETT
BUILDING AT 7TH AND WASHINGTON STREETS - THIS REQUEST WAS REVIEWED BY THE COMMITTEE
AND THE DESIGNED LAYOUT WAS ALSO REVIEWED. AfTER OBSERVING THE LOCATION OF THE PRO-
POSED SIG~ AND DISCUSSING THE PLAN FURTHER, IT IS THE RECOMMENDA!ION Of THE COMMITTEE
THAT THE VARIANCE BE GRANTED fOR THE CONSTRUCTION Of THE SIGN AS PROPOSED.
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4. REQUEST Of MARTIN BROTHERS FOR A SIGN VARIANCE FOR THE TEXAN MOTEL AT 750 WEST
7TH AVENUE - THE LOCATION Of THIS PROPOSED SIGN INSTALLATION WAS ALSO INSPECTED BY
THE COMMITTEE AND THE DESIGN fURNISHED WITH THE REQUEST W~S ALSO REVIEWED. IT IS
THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE VARIANCE BE GRANTED ON THIS SIGN CON-
STRUCTION AS PROPOSED.
5. REQUEST OF'THE AEROLITE NEON COMPANY FOR A SIGN. VARIANCE fOR THE CAPISTRANO MOTEL,
586 WEST 6TH AVENUE - THE PLANS fOR THIS SIGN AND THE REQUE~T WERE ALSO STUDIED BY THE
COMMITTEE, AND IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITT~E THAT THIS VARIANCE ALSO BE
GRANTED.
6. TRUNK SEWER TO SERVE RIVERVIEW AREA - THE GENERAL PLAN Of CONSTRUCTION Of THE
TRUNK SEWER TO SERVE THE RIVERVIEW AVENUE AREA WAS EXPLAINED TO THE COMMITTEE BY
THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ENGINEER, AND THE ROUTE.Of THE PROPOSED LINE WAS
POINTED OUT TO THE COMMITTEE ON ITS VISIT TO THE AREA. AfTER A DISCUSSION Of THE
PROJECT ON THE SITE AND FURTHER DISCUSSION IN THE COMMITTEE MEETING WHICH fOLLOWED,
IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF. THE COMMITTEE THAT THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITy'ENGINEER
~UBMIT THEIR PROPOSED PLAN fOR THE RIVERVIEW AVENUE TRUNK,SEWER TO THE COUNCIL fOR ITS
CONSI DERATI ON.
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7. SIDEWALK CONSTRUC~ON ON EAST ,23RD AVENUE - IT WAS POINTED OUT TO THE COMMITTEE
BY THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ENGINEER THAT CERTAIN SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION SHOULD
BE UNDERTAKEN ON EAST 23RD AVENUE BETWEEN HILYARD STR~ET AND UNIVERSI~Y STREET. THE
COMMITTEE INSPECTED 23RD AVENUE BETWEEN THESE TWO STREETS, AND REACHE~ THE CONCLUSION
THAT PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE FOR A CONTINUOUS SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE or THE
STREET AND ALSO THAT A CONTINUOUS WALK SHOULD BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE SOUTH SIDE or
23RD AVENUE BETWEEN ONYX AND EMERALD STREETS.
IT IS THERErORE THE RECOMMENDATJON or THE COMMITTEE THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE
CONSTRUCTION or THE SIDEWALK NEED~D ON THE NORT~ SIDE Of 23RD AVENuE fROM HILYARD
STREET TO UNIVERSITY STREET TO MAKE A CONTINUOUS SIDEWALK ALONG 23RD AVENUE rOR
THESE FIVE BLOCKS, AND THAT ~HE COUNCIL APPROVE THE CONSTRUCTION or THE SIDEWALK
NEEDED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 23RD AVENUE BETWEEN ONYX AND EMERALD STREETS TO PROVIDE
FOR A CONTINUOUS SIDEWALK IN THAT BLOCK. IT IS ALSO A RECOMMENDATION, or THE COMMITTEE
THAT THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY ABUTTING THIS PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT BE NOTIFIED OF THE
COUNCIL'S INTENTION TO AUTHORIZE THE:PROJECT.
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8. P.U.C. COMMUNICATION - RE: SOUTHERN PAClrlC COMPANY CROSSING AT 5TH AND HIGH -
A COMMUNICATI:ON rROM THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONER REGARDING THE APPLICATION or
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY rOR AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT AN ADDITIONAL TRACK ACROSS
HIGH STREET AT ~TH AV€NUE WKS REVIEWED BY THE COMMITTEE. THE COMMUNICATION REQUESTED
THAT THE P.U.C. BE INrORMED PRIOR TO APRI:L 18TH WHETHER THE CITY or EUGENE WISHED TO
riLE ANY rORMAL OBJECTIONS TO THIS PROJECT.
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UTILITIES COMMISSIONER THAT THE CITY or EUGENE WILL riLE NO OBJECTIONS TO THE PROJECT
PROVIDED THERE WILL BE NO INTERRUPTION AT ANY:TIME IN THE OPERATION Of THE WIG-WAG
SIGNAL, AND PROVIDED THE TERMS Of THE REVOCABLE PERMIT AND THE PROPOSED fRANCHISE
ARE CARRIED OUT."
IT WAS MOVED BY GODLOVE AND DULY SECONDED THAT THE ITEM No. ONE OF THE ,REPORT - RE:
REQUEST or KORSTADS BE AMENDED STATING THAT SEWER SERVICE TO THE PROPERTY WOULD BE DEfERRED
AT LEAST UNTIL A SEWER WOULD, BE CONSTRUCTED DOWN LINCOLN STREET NORTH rROM CREST DRIVE.
MOTl ON CARR I ED.
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IT WAS MOVED ~ CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY: BOOTH THAT THE REPORT or THE PUBLIC WORKS
COMMITTEE AS AMENDED, BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
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A REPORT Or TH€ PUBLIC SArETY AND HEALTH & RECRE'TION COMMITTEES MEETlNG HELD ON
APRIL 2ND - RE: GARBAGE HAULERS LICENSE; REQVEST or HUMANE SOCIETY; DISPENSERS LICENSE rOR
CLUB CIGAR STORE; AND PROPOSED TRAfrlC ORDINANCE WAS SUBMITTED ~ND READ AS rOLlOWS:
"PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN BOOTH, GODLOVE, SIEGENTHALER, WATSON, CONE
AND OWEN; CI TY MANAGER 'AND CI TY RECORDER.
THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH & RECREATION COMMITTEES MET ON fRIDAY, APRIL 2,.1954
AND DI SC,USSED AND TOOK ACT! ON ON THE rOLLOWI'NG:
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I. GARBAGE HAULERS LICENSE - PACIFIC GARBAGE SERVICE - THE COMMITTEES DISCUSSED THE
MATTER or GARBAGE HAULERS AND GARBAGE COLLECTION AND IN CONNECTION WITH IT THE PRO-
VISIONS or THE ORDINANCES AND THE CHARTER.
IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION or THE COMMITTEES THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE tHE ISSUANCE
or A GARBAGE HAULERS LICENSE TO PAClrlC GARBAGE SERVICE.
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2. REQUEST OF LANE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY FOR USE OF AN AIRPORT HOMES BUILDING - IT
WAS THE RECOMMENDATION or THE COMMITTEE THAT THE CITY LEASE ONE OF THE TWO BEDROOM
BUIL~INGS TO THE HUMANE SOCIETY rOR $I~OO PER YEAR.
3. ApPLICATIONS fOR CLASS A DISPENSERS LICENSE FOR CLUB CIGAR STORE~ REX CArt AND
CHUNG'S CArE - THESE THREE LICENSE APPLIClTIONS WERE DISCUSSED BY THE COMMITTEES BUT
ACTION ON THEM WAS DErERRED UNTIL A rUTURE MEETING.
4. PROPOSED TRArFIC ORDINANCE ~ THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE MOTOR VEHICLE
LAWS IN THE OREGON REVISED STATUTES AND ADOPTING STREET SIGN, STOP SIGNS AND TRAffiC
SIGNAL INSTALLATIONS, AND REGULATING OPERATION OF VEHICLES AND PARKING, INCLUDING
PARKING METERS, WAS STUDIED BY THE COMMITTEES. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE DRAfT Or THE
ORDINANCE DID NOT CONTAIN ANY NEW REGULATIONS BUT MERELY CO~SOLIDATED THE PROVISION
OF PREVIOUS ORDINANCES IN ADDITION TO ADOPTING CERTAIN TRAffiC SIGN DEVICE INSTALLATIONS.
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IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION or THE COMMITTEES THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE AND ADOPT THE
BILL AS PROPOSED."
IT WAS MOVED BY SIEGENT~ALER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE REPORT or THE PUBLIC SAFETY
AND HEALTH & RECREATION COMMITTEES BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
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A REPORT Of THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON APRIL '5, 1954 - RE: COMMUNICATION
FROM LE I GH FI SHER & AssoCI AlES WA-S SU-SMI TTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
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o "PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN SIEGENTHALER, WATSON, CITY MANAGER; AND
CITY RECORDER.
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THE' COMMITTEE MET ON MONDAY,' APRIL 5, 1954 TO DISCUSS THE COMMUNI~ATION RECEIVED
FROM LEIGH FISHER AND ASSOCIATES REGARDING AN AIRPORT STUDY FOR THE CITY_ 9f EUGENE.
THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE LETTER FROM MR. FISHER AND THEN DISCUSSED THE GENERAL
AIRPORT PROBLEM IN TERMS OF EUGENE'S FUTURE NEEDS.
IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT MR. FISHER'S OFFER TO MEET WITH
THE CITY COUNCIL- ON HIS NEXT TRIP TO PORTLAND BE ACCEPTED PROVIDED THAT THE CITY WILL
I NCUR NO OBLI GAT IONS UNDER TH,I S ARRANGEMENT,."
I T WAS MOVED BY WATSON, SECONDED BY BO,OTH THAT THE REPORT OF THE AI RPORT CO~MI,TT,EE
BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
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A REPORT Of- THE PUBL1C WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON APRIL 7TH - RE: INtERSECTION OF
MISSION STREET AND 23RD AVENUE; IMPROVEMENT OF 17TH BETWEEN AGATE ~ND FAIRMOUNT; RIGHT OF
WAY FOR LINCOLN STREET BETWEEN 27TH AND 29TH AVENUE; MCKy VACATION; AND EMERGENCY WORK ON
AMAZON CREEK WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS, FOLLOWS:
"PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER, GODLOVE AND SIEGENTHALER; C~TY
MANAGER; CITY ENGINEER AND CITY RECORDER. VARIOUS MATTERS PERTAINING TO PUBLIC WORKS
WERE CONSIDERED AT THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON APRIL 7TH. THE ACTION
TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE IS AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION OF 23RD AND MISSION STREET TO OBSERVE THE CONDITION OF THE BANK ON THE NORTH-
:EAST CORNER. THE CITY ENGINEER EXPLAINED THAT THE BANK WAS SLIDING AND THAT THE OWNER
Of THE ABUTTING PROPERTY HAD AGREE,D TO CONSTRUCT A RETAINING WALL AND SIDEWALK ON THE
S.TREET RI GHT-OF-WAYPROVI OED THE COUNCI L WI LL GI VE APPROVAL. _ RECOMMENDATION OF THE
COMMITTEE IS THAT APPROVAL BE GIVEN TO THE PROJECT PROVIDED THE WALL CON~ORMS IN
HEIGHT AND GENERAL APPEARANCE TO THE WALL ON THE NORmH SIDE Of THE PROPERTY AND PRO-
VIDED A REGULATION WIDTM, CURB SIDEWALK IS INSTALLED.
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2. IMPROVEMENT OF 17TH AVENUE BETWEEN AGATE AND FAIRMOUNT BOULEVARD - IT WAS EX-
PLAINED BY THE CITY MANAGER THAT THE MAJORITY OF PROPERTY OWNERS (55.55%) ALONG THIS
PROJECT WERE IN f~VOR Of THIS IMPROV€MENT. THI~ WAS DETERMINED BY A CHEQK BY THE
PUBLI~ WORKS DEPARTMENT.
IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE COMMITTEE THAT ~HE PROJECT BE A~PROVED AND THAT
THE IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE BE PASSED TO INI~IATE THE PROJECT.
3. RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR LINCOLN' STREET fROM APPROXIMATELY 27TH TO 29TH AVENUE ~ THE
COMMITTEE INSPECTED THIS STREET FRO~ THECCORNER Of 29TH AND LINCOLN STREET. IT WAS
NOTED AT THE TIME THAT THIS STREET SHOULD BE ACQUIRED AND MAY HAVE TO BE IMPROVED
TO SERVE A NEW GRADE, SCHOOL, TO BE BUILT AT 29TH AND LINCOLN STREET. IT WAS EXPLA)NED
BY THE CITY MANAGER THAT THE PROPERTY ON THE EAST SIDE IS OWNED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
AND THE PROPERTY ON THE WEST SIDE IS ALL PWNED BY A PRIVATE PARTY.
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IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE COUNCIL AGREE TO ACCEPT A 60
FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR LINC~LN STREET BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY 27TH AND 29TH AVENUE IN
LINE WITH THE PRESENT LINCOLN STREET TO THE NORTH.
4. MCKy REQUEST fOR VACATION OF ALLEY - THIS REQUEST WAS AGAIN DISCUSSED BY THE
COMMITTEE AND IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF TH~ COMMITTEE THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE
PREPARE A REPORT SHOWING THE HISTORY OF THE READJUSTMENT or THE PROPERTIES IN QUESTION
AS SHOWN IN THE RECORDS IN 1924.
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5. EMERGENCY WORK ON AMAZON CREEK, - THE EROSION ,Of THE AMAZON BANKS BETWEEN WILLAMETTE
AND CHARNELTON STREETS WAS REVIEWED IN THE LIGHT Of THE FACTS FROM THE MOST RECENT
ENGINEERING AND LEGAL INVESTIGATIONS ON THE MATTER.
IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZE EMERGENCY
WORK AT SPECIFIC POINTS ON THE AMAZON. 'BETwEEN WILLAMETTE AND CHARNELTON IN THE AMOUNT
Of APPROXIMATELY $1,000.00 ON THE BASIS Of IMPROVEMENT AND REPAIR Of THE STORM SEWER
ANP DRAINAGE S~STEM AND FURTHER THAT THE COST BE CHARGED TO THE EMERGENCY FUND."
IT WAS MOVED, BY CRVMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS
COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
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THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED REGARDING THE MCKy PROPERTY AND IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER,
SECONDED BY OWEN THAT THE CI TY START RROCEEDI NGS TO VACATE THE ALLEY I iii BLOCK "c" TO .
COMPLETE THE CITY'S OBLIGATION IMPLIED BY ACTION IN THE RECORDS Ot 1924.
IN CONNECTION WITH THE MATTER, IT WAS EXPLAINED BY THE CITY ENGINEER THAT THE ALLEYS
I N BLOCK "B" Ot THE OR I GI NAL PLAT Ot EUGENE HAD BEEN VACATED. BY COUNC I L ACTI ON IN 1924, BUT
NOT BY ORDINANCE AND THEREfORE THE COUNTY RECORDS DO NOT SHOW THESE ALLEYS AS VACATED.
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY OWEN THAT OtrlCIAL VACATION PROCEEDINGS 'ALSO
BE STARTED ON THE NORTH-SOUTH AND EAST-WEST ALLEYS IN BLOCK "B". MOTION CARRIED.
A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SArETY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON APRIL 8TH - RE: ApPLICATIONS
FOR DISPENSER LICE~SES AND POLICIES THAT MIGHT B~ ADOPTED WITH RESPECT TO APPROVAL OF
APPLICATIONS; PROPOSED TRAFrlC ORDINANCE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ A~ fOLLOWS:
"PRESENT: COUNCILMEN SIEGENTHALER, GODLOVE AND CON€; AND CITY RECORDER. THE
PUBLIC SArETY COMMITTEE MET ON THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1954 TO CONSIDER VARIOUS APPLICATIONS
FOR LIQUOR DISPENSER LICENSES, AND TO CONSIDER A PROPOSED TRArrlC ORDINANCE.
I. LIQUOR DISPENSERS LICENSES - THE COMMITTEE DEVOTED. SOME TIME PRIOR TO THE CON-
SIDERATION Or SPEClrlC APPLICATIONS TO A DISCUSSION OF RULES OR POLICIES THAT MIGHT
BE ADOPTED WITH RESPECT TO THE APPROVAL Or LIQUOR DISPENSERS LICENSES.
IT IS. THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPT A RULE WHICH
WOULD PRESCRIBE THAT AN APPLICATION rOR A LIQUOR DISPENSERS LICENSE WILL NOT RECEIVE
CONSIDERATION Or THE COUNCIL UNLESS IT INCLUDES PLANS tOR" RESTAURANT SERVICE IN JHE
FRONT PART OF THE ESTABLISHMENT.
AFTER SOME DISCUSSION Or,IND1VIDUAL DISPENSERS APPLICATIONS, IT IS THE RECOM-
MENDATION THE APPLICATIONS tOR REX CArE, CHUNG'S CAFE AND,ESQUIRE CArE BE APPROVED.
THE APPLICATION OF THE QSBURN,HoTEL rOR A CLASS "B" DISPENSERS LICE~SE WAS GIVEN
SEPARATE CONSIDERATION SINCE THE HOTEL ALREADY HOLDS A CLASS' "A" DISPENSERS LICENSE.
THE DifFERENCE IN THE TWO LICENSES IS THAT DANCING AND ENTERTAINMENT ARE PERMITTED
WIJH THE CLA~S "B" LICENSE.
IT IS ALSO THE RECOMMENDATION Or THE COMMITTEE THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE
ENDORSEMENT Or THE APPLICATION rOR THE OSBURN HOTEL~
2. PROPOSED TRArflC ORDINANCE - IT WAS EXP.LAINED BY THE CITY MANAGER THAT THE PRO-
POSED TRAFrlC ORDINANCE, rlRST PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL AT ITS SPECIAL MEETING ON
MARCH 29TH, WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RECONSIDERED AND THE PROVISIONS OF ITS INCORPORATED
INTO COUNCIL BILL 1710 WHICH WILL BE BErORE THE COUNCIL AT ITS APRIL 12TH MEETING.
IT IS THEREFORE THE RECOMMENDATION Ot'THE COMMITTEE THAT ANY tURTHER CONSIDERA-
TION or THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE at DROPPED."
IT WAS MOVED BY SIEGENTHALER, SECONDED BY GOQLOVE THAT THE REPORT Or THE PUBLIC SArETY
COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SArETY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD APRIL 9TH - RE: PRINCIPLES TO BE
USED AS GUIDE rOR PASSING ON rUTURE LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATIONS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS
rOLLOWS:
"PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER, KOPPE, SIEGENTHAL~R, WAT~ON, CONE
AND OWEN; CITY MANAGER AND CITY RECORDER. ALSO PRES~NT BY INVITATION WERE MR. DONALD
DUSHANE REPRESENTING THE UNIVERSITY Or OREGON AND MESSRS. VIRGIL CAMERON AND CLARENCE
HINES REPRESENTING SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.4, LANE COUNTY.
THE PUBLIC SArETY COMMITTEE 6r THE COUNCIL MET ON APRIL 9, 1954 TO DISCUSS THE
MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF CERTAIN PRINCIPLES TO BE USED A~ ~ GUIDE rOR.P~SSING ON
rUTURE LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATIONS AS A FOLLOW-UP ON THE MEETING WITH THE OREGON'
LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION MARCH 31ST. REPRE~ENTATIVES OtTHE UNIVERSI-TYOr OREGON
AND SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.4, LANE COUNTY WERE INVITED TO ATTEND THE MEETING IN OROER
THAT A CONSULTATION COULD BE ,HAD WITH THEM ON THE SUBJECT AS IT ArrECTS SCHOOL
PROBLEMS.
As A RESULT-Or THE DISCUSSIONS WHICH TqOK PLACE AT THE MEETING, THE PUBLIC SAFETY
CO,MMITTEE MAKES THE FOLLOWI NG RECOMMENDATI ONS TO THE COUNC I L:
I. THAT THE COMMON COUNCIL APPROVE IN PRINCIPLE THE ZONE .ESTABLISHED AROUND THE
UNIVERSI,TY or OREGON BY THE OREGON LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION, AND THAT THE COUNCIL
NOT RECOMMEND THE GRANTING OF A LICENSE AT NEW LOCATIONS WHICH WOULD TEND TO DErEAT
THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE ZONE WAS ESTABLISHED.
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DISTRICT POLIC~ OF DI~APPROVING T~E lSSUANC~ OF A LIQUOR LICENSE TO ESTABLIS~MENTS
AT NEW LOCATIONS WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FEET OF SCHOOL PROPERTY, AND THAT THE
COUNCIL TAKE NO ACTION WHICH WOULD DEfEAT THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THIS POLICY HAS BEEN
FORMULATED AND ESTABLISHED.
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THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE ABOVE WERE DRAFTED WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE REPRES-
ENTATI VES O'F THE UNI VERSI TYOf OREGON AND SCHOOL DI S'TRl CT WHO WERE PRESENT A'T THE
MEETI NG. "
IT WAS MOVED BY SIEGENTHALER, SECONDED ~Y GODLOVE THAT THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC
SAfETY COMMITTEE,BE ADOPT~D. RbL(CALL VOTE. KOPPE AND WATSO~VOTED "N6". CRUMBAKER
ABSTAI NED. MOTl O'N CARRIED.
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A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING'HELD ON APRIL 15TH _: RE: DISPENSER
LICENSE FOR CLUB CIGAR STORE; PARKING AND'TRAFflC PROBLEMS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"PRESENT: COUNCILMEN GODLOVE, SIEGENTHALER, AND CONE; CITY MANAGER; TRAfFIC
ENGINEER AND CiTY RECORDER. THE PUBLic SAFETY COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL MET ON THURS-
DAY, APRIL 15TH TO INVESTIGATE AND DISCUSS A NUMBER OF MATTERS PERTAINING TO PUBLIC
SAFETY. THE-MEETING WAS CONFIN~D LARGELY TO DISCUSSION OF A' CURRENT APPLICATION FOR
A CLASS "A" LIQUOR DISPENSER'S LICENSE, VARIOUa TRAFFIC ~ND PARKING PR?BLEMS. THE
ITEMS DI~CUSSED AND THE RtcdMMENDATIONS'OF THE COMMITTEE ARE AS FO'LLOWS:
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I. CLASS "A" DISPENSER'S LICENSE - CLUB CIGAR STORE - IT WAS EXPLAINED BY ~HE CITY
MANAGER THAT THE APPLICATION HAD BEEN REVISED AND R~-SUBM1TTED'FOR CONSIDERATI6N. THE
REVISION INVOLVED A PROPO'SED CHANGE IN THE PHYSICAL ARRANGEMENT Of THE ESTABLISHMENT.
THIS RE-ARRANGEMENT WOULD PROVIDE FOR THE SALE OF CANDY AND TOBACCO AT THE EXTREME
-FRONT COUNTER FOLLOWED BY A LUNCH Cb~NTER AND FOOD SERVING AREA, AND THEN BY THE BAR.
THE AREA WHERE FO'OD IS PREPARED AND SERVED WOULD BE SEPARATED FROM THE BAR BY A
PARTITION. THE PLANS ALSO INCLUDE SOME ~EVISION'TO THE fRONT Of THE STORE SO THAT
THE FRONT WILL BECOME A PERMANENT INSTALLATION.
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THE REVISED PLAN WAS REVIEWED BY THE COMMITTEE AND" IT WAS AGREED THAT THE REVISIO'N
WOULD COMPLY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN PREVIOUSLY SUGGESTED BY THE CO'MMITTEE. IT IS THERE-
FORE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE REVISED APPLICATION BE ENDORSED BY
THE COUNCIL.
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IT IS ALSO A RECOMMENDATION Of THE :COMMITTEE THAT A LETTER BE WRITTEN TO THE
OREGON LIQUO'R CO'NTRO'L COMMISSIO'N INDICATING THAT IT IS THE DESIRE OF THE CO'UNCIL THAT
IF ANY LICENSES ARE GRANTED THAT NOT MORE THAN THREE BE GRANTED DUTOF THE FIVE APPLI-
CATIONS THAT ARE BEING CURRENTLy CON~IDEREb. IT IS THE EXPRESSED INTENT'OF THE COM-
MITTEE IN MAKING THIS RECOMMENDATION THAT NO INDICATION BE GIVEN AS TO THE PRIORITY
DESIRED FOR THESE APPLICATIONS. ON THIS LATTER RECOMMENDATION, COUNCILMAN CONE
INDICATED THAT HE PREFERRED THE ISSUANCE'OF TWO LICENSES RATHER THAN THREE.
2. PARKING AND TRAFfiC PROBLEMS - A. 13TH AVENUE BETWEEN tERRY AND PATTERSON STREETS -
IT WAS EXPLAINED BY THE CITY MANAGER-AND THE TRAfFIC ENGINEER THAT'THERE ARE NUMEROUS
PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON EAST 13TH AVENUE BETWEEN tERRY AND PATTERSON STREETS. ON THE
NORTH SIDE O'F 13TH THE fiRST HALF BLOCK EAST OF tERRY STREET IS DESIGNATED TWO-HOUR
PARKING, THE LAST HALF IS GIVEN OVER TO A TRUCK LOADING ZONE AND 30-MINUTE PARKING
FROM 3:00 P.M. TO 6:00 P.M. THE SOUTH SIDE OF 13TH AVENUE EAST Of tERRY IS ONE~HOUR
PARKING FOR THE fiRST HALF BLOCK, AND THE REMAINDER IS 30-MINUTE PARKING FROM 3:00 P.M.
TO 6:00 P.M. THIS SAME 30-MINUTE PARKING RESTRICTION EXTENDS 100 fEET NORTH ON THE
WEST-SIDE Of PATTERSON STREET.
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IT WAS FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT THESE CURRENT ARRANGEMENTS ARE VERY DiffiCULT fROM
THE STANDPOINT Of ENfORCEMENT AND IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE ONE-HOUR SECTION BE
CHANGED TO TWO-HOUR, AND THE THIRTY-MINUTE ZONE BE CHANGED TO THE MORE UNifORM HOURS
OF 9:00 A.M. TO 6:00P.M. IT WAS INDICATED THAT IF THIS RE~OMMENDAJION WAS APP~OVED
THAT THE CHANGE COULD BE INCLUDED IN THE REVISED TRAFFIC ORDINANCE UNDER DESCRIPTIONS
OF TWO-HOUR ZONES AND 3D-MINUTE ZONES.
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IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE THAT APPROVAL BE GIVEN
TO THE CHANGES AS OUTLINED ABOVE.
B. PARKING RESTRICTION ON ALMADEN STREET - THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMITTEE WAS
CALLED TO THE RESTRICTION OF TRkFF-~DU'E'TO -C~RS PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF ALMADEN
STREET BETWEEN 9TH AND 11TH AVENUES. THIS SECTIO~-~F ALMADEN STREET BETWEEN THESE TWO
STREETS IS 24 FEET WIDE. IF AN ~LLOWANCE OF SIX fEET IS ~ADE FOR PARKING ON EACH SIDE
OF THE STREET, ITS USABLE WIDTH IS REDUCED TO 12 FEET, O'R ONE TRAFFIC LANE. iT IS
THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY MANAGER THAT PARKING BE RESTRICTED ON THE EAST SIDE Of
ALMADEN STREET FROM 8TH TO PITH AVENUE AT ALL TIMES. By so RESTRICTING THE PARKING,
WE WILL BE IN A POSITION TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE LAW WHICH REQUIRES THAT 16 FEET OF
UNOBSTRUCTED WIDTH BE LEFT FOR FREE PASSAGE Of MOVING VEHICLES.
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PARKING ON ALMADEN' STREET BETWEEN 8TH AND 11TH AVENUES.
C. PARKING ON 10TH AVENUE WEST ~ AN INVESTIGATION Of THE PARKING ON 10TH AVENUE
WEST BETWEEN GRANT AND HAYES STREET DISCLOSES THAT PARKING CONDITIONS ON THIS STREET
EACH SATURDAY ARE ANYTHING'BUT DESIRABLE. IT SEEMS THAT THE WEST END AUCTION MART
HOLDS AN AUCTION EACH SATURDAY, AND SINCE THE MART IS SITUATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
THE STREET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK, THE STREET HAS PARKED CARS ON IT ON BOTH SIDES
OF THE STREET., THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET IN THE EASTERLY HALF OF THE BLOCK IS
GRANT PARK, THE WESTERN HALF IS A VACANT LOT. THE STREET ITSELF IS'OF PENETRATION
MACADAM, 16 FEET IN WIDTH, WITH TWO FOOT SHOULDERS AND NO CURBS. A 2-1/2 FOOT DITCH
RUNS ALONG JHE NORTH SIDE. WITH CARS'PARKED ON BOTH SIDES, TRAVEL ON THE STREET,IS
RESTRICTED TO ONE DIRECTION. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS CALLED UPON EACH SATURDAY TO
UNTANGLE THE SITUATION.
IT IS THE RECOMMENDAT10N OF THE CITY MANAGER THAT PARKING BE PROHIBITED ALONG
THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET FOR THE BLOCK BETWEE~ GRANT AND HAYES STREETS. 'THIS
WILL ENABLE THE CITY TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF LAW WHICH ARE THAT. 16 FEET OF
UNOBSTRUCTED PAVEMENT BE LEFT OPPOSITE PARKED VEHICLES. AT ,THE SAME TIME, IT
ELIMINATES THE POSSIBILITY OF CHILDREN COMING OUT OF THE PARK AND RUNNING BETWEEN
THE PARKED CARS.
IT lS THE RECOMMENDATION.OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS RESTRICTION BE APPROVED.
D. PARKING ON 4TH AVENUE WEST - IT WAS EXPLAINED BY THE CITY MANAGER THAT 4TH
AVENUE WEST BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN STREETS SERVES NUMEROUS WAREHOUSES AND
TRUCK TERMINALS, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE NORTH Of 4TH AVENUE. THE PROBLEM HERE
IS THAT If ANY TRUCKS ARE PARKED ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET ON 4TH, AND ANOTHER
VEHICLE IS PARKED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET,.THEN MOVING TRAFFIC IS RESTRICTED
TO ONE DIRECTION. IT WAS EXPLAINED FURTHER THAT SEVERAL COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED
IN THE PAST MONTHS IN REGARD TO THIS CONDITION. FOURTH AVENUE IS 30 FEET WIDE AND
RESIDENCES PREDOMINATE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET.
IT WAS SUGGESTED BY THE CITY MANAGER THAT PARKING BE PROHIBITED ON THE NORTH
SIDE OF 4TH AVENUE fROM A POINT 60 FEET WEST OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE WEST LINE
~or LINCOLN STREET WEST TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE EAST LINE OF WASHINGTON STREET.
THIS WOULD LEAVE 35 FEET IN FRONT Of THE OREGON SUPPLY COMPANY WHIC~ HAS NO OTHER
AREA WHERE. CUSTOMERS CAN PARK. BY KEEPING THE PARKING OFF THE NORTH SIDE TRUCKS WILL
HAVE A 'BETTER AND SAFER MOVEMENT IN AND OUT OF DRIVEWAYS TO THE TERMINALS.
IT IS THE.RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S
OFFICE CONTACT THE TRUCKING CONCERNS AND REQUEST THAT THEY REFRAIN FROM PARKING TRUCKS
ON 4TH AVENUE BETWEEN THESE STREETS.
E. REQUEST FOR PARKING ZONE AT 1260 HILYARD STREET - A REQUEST HAS BEEN RECEIVED
FROM THE TONE REAL ESTATE COMPANY, 1260 HILYARD STREET FOR SOME ACTION TO PREVENT ALL
DAY PARKING IN FRONT OF THEIR PLACE OF BUSINESS AT THIS LOCATION. THE OFFICE IS
SITUATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF HILYARD JUST SOUTH OF THE ALLEy BETWEEN 12TH AND 13TH
AVENUES. THIS HALF BLOCK'IS ZONED AS C-3.
IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM FOR ISOLATED BUSINESSES LOCATED
IN ALL-DAY PARKING ZONES SUCH AS THIS IS TO ESTABLISH ONE-HOUR OR 30-MINUTE ZONES FOR
APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING IN QUESTION.;
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COMPANY BE DENIED fOR THE REASON THAT IT IS CONTRARY TO POLICY TO PROVIDE RESTRICTED
PARKING ZONES IN THE CITY FOR ISOLATED BUSINESSES OF THIS TYPE."
IT WAS MOVED 'BY SIEGENTHALER; SECONDED BY CONE THAT ITEM No. I ON CLASS "A" DISPENSERS
,LICENSE BE SEGREGATED AND CONSIDER~D SEPARATELY. MOTION CARRIED.
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ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
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CLASS "A" DISPENSERS LICENSES BE ADOPTED.
IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY OwEN THAT THE PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION REFERRING
TO A LETTER TO BE WRITTEN TO THE OREGON LIQUOR CONTROL COMMiSSION ON THE NUMBER OF LICENSES
TO BE GRANTED, BE DELETED FROM THE REPORT. ROLLCALL VOTE~ CONE VOTED NO. ALL OTHER
COUNCILMEN VOTED YES. MOTION CARRIED.
THE MOTION WAS THEN MADE AND DULY SECONDED TO ADOPT ITEM I OF THE REPORT AS AMENDED.
ROLLCALL VOTE. CRUMBAKER AND CONE VOTED NO. MOTION CARRIED.
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A REPORT Of THE HEALTH AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON APRIL 21ST - RE:
PURCHASE 'Of LOTS IN AMAZON PARK AREA; EXCHANGE 'OF PROPERTY IN AMAZON pARK AREA; VACATION
Of STREETS AND ALLEYS IN AMAZON PARK AREA AND CONCESSIONS IN SKINNER'S BUTTE PARK WAS SUB-
MITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
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"PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN'BoOTH; WATSON, OwEN AND SiEGEN~HALER; CITY
MANAGER; DIRECTOR Of THE BUREAU" OF PARKS AND RECREATION; AND THE CITY RtCORDER~ THE
HEALTH AND RECREATION'COMMITTEE MET ON' WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21ST FOR THE PURPOSE OF, DIS-
CUSSING VARIOUS MATTERS PERTAINING'TO PARK'DEVELOPMENT AND TO THE PARK AND RECREATION
PROGRAM FOR THE SUMMER. THE ITEMS DISCUSSED AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS.OF THE COMMITTEE
ARE AS FOLLOWS:
I. PURCHASE OF'LOTS'IN' AMAZON PARK AREA -' IT WAS EXPLAINED BY-THE CITY MANAGER AND
THE DIRECTOR Of PARKS AND RECREATION THAT, ACTING UNDER THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL, THE CITY IS STILL NEGOTIATING FOR THE PURCHASE OF LOTS 16 AND 17 IN BLOCK
33 Of THE FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION. THE LAST WORD FROM THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IS THAT
HE ,IS WILLING TO ACCEPT $550.00 FOR THESE TWO LOTS. IT ~AS EXPLAINED FURTHER THAT THE
AMAZON CREEK PASSES THROUGH THE WEST-ONE~HALF OF THE TWO LOTS, 'AND fURTHER THAT THE
FIGURE OF $275.00 FOR EACH OF THESE" 25' LOTS IS A HIGH'FIGURE CONSIDERING THE PRICES
PAID fOR, SIMILAR LOTS IN THE AREA~
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OFFER OF $550.00 BE MADE FOR THE PURCHASE OF THESE TWO LOTS, PROVIDED THAT THE OWNER
FURNISH THE CITY WITH'TrTLE INSURANCE AT HIS EXPENSE.
2. EXCHANGE OF, PROPERTY IN THE AMAZON PARK AREA - IT WAS EXPLAINED BY THE.CITY
MANAGER THAT AN EXCHANGE ARRANGEMENT HAD BEEN WORKED OUT WHICH WOULD ENABLE THE CITY
TO SECURE LOTS 20, 21, AND 22'OF BLOCK 35 FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION. 'THESE LOTS ARE
LOCATED AT THE CORNER Of 27TH AVENUE AND ALBANY STREET, WHICH' IS JUST 'ONE-HALF BLOCK
WEST OF 27TH AND HILYARD STREET. THE ARRANGEMENT THAT HAS BEEN WORKED OUT IS-THAT
THE CITY Of EUGENE TRADE FOUR 25 FOOT LOTS, WHICH ARE LOTS 4, 5, 6, AND 7 OF BLOCK
28 IN FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION FOR T~E LOTS 20, 21 AND 22 OF BLOCK 35, FRASIER-HYLAND
ADDITION.
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APPROVE THE EXCHANGE OF PROPERTIES AS SET FORTH ABOVE.
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3.' VACATiON OF STREETS AND ALLEYS IN THE AMAZON PARK AREA -- A REQUEST WAS MADE BY
THE CITY MANAGER fOR THE VACATION OF THE STREETS AND. ALLEYS IN THE AMAZON PARK AREA.
THE AREA.IN QUESTION IS THE "AREA INCLUDING BLOCKS 29 THROUGH 36 INCLUSIVE, ALL IN
FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION. IT WAS INDICATED THAT PLANS ARE UNDERWAY FOR THE GRADING
AND DEVELOPMENT Of THIS AREA DURING' THE' 1954-55 CONSTRUCTION SEASON.
THE STREETS AND ALLEYS TO BE VACATED ARE AS FOLLOWS:
A. DOUGLAS AVENUE, PRESENTLY DESIGNATED AS E~ST 27TH AVENUE; FROM THE EAST MARGIN
OF HIGH STREET TO THE WEST MARGIN Of' THE COUNTY ROAD, PRESENTLY DESIGNATED AS
HILYARD STREET.
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ALBANY STREET FROM THE NORTH LINE Or. THE FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION TO THE SOUTH
LINE Of THE FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION.
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C. CORVALLIS STREET, PRESENTLY DESIGNATED AS PATTERSON STREET, FROM THE NORTH
LINE OF THE FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION TO THE SOUTH LINE OF FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION.
D.
JUNCTION STREET, PRESENTLY DESIGNATED AS FERRY STREET, FROM THE NORTH LINE OF
THE FRASIER-HYLAND 'ADDITION TO THE SOUTH LINE OF FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION.
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OREGON CITY STREET, PRESENTLY DESIGNATED AS MILL StREET, FROM THE NORTH LINE OF
FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION TO THE SOUTH LINE OF FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION.
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F. THE ALLEYS TO BE VACATED ARE ALL OF THE NORTH-SOUTH ALLEYS LOCATED WITHIN THE
FOLLOWING BLOCKS; THEY ARE BLOCKS 29i 30, 31j 32, 33, 34, 35, AND 36. ALL
STREETS AND ALLEYS ARE WITHIN THE FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION.
AFTER'DISCUSSION AND EXAMINATION Of THE MAP SHOWING THIS GENERAL LAYOUT, IT WAS
RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE THAT THE COUNCIL P.ROCEED WiTH THE VACATION OF THESE
STREETS AND ALLEYS OUTLINED ABOVE.
4. CONCESSIONS tN SKINNER'S BUTTE PARK - THE SUBJECT OF CONCESSIONS IN SKINNER'S
BUTTE PARK WAS AGAIN BROUGHT UP BY THE CITY MANAGER AND'THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND
RECREATION. THE MATTER OF CONCESSIONS HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REFERRED BACK TO THE CITY
MANAGER'S OfFICE fOR A REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION.
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, THE RECOMMENDATION OF'THE'CITY MANAGER'S OFfiCE WAS THAT TWO CONCESS,IONS BE.
ALLOWED IN SKINNER'S BUTTE PARK ON A TRIAL BASIS FOR THE SUMMER OF 1954. ONE Of
THESE TO BE A CONCESSION TO SELL CANDY, SODA POP, POPCOR~, GUM AND TOBACCO, ETC.,
AND THE OTHER TO BE A PONY RING. THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL
REQUEST BIDS FROM PERSONS INTERESTED IN 0PERA~ING,SUCH CONCESSIONS AND THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL MAKE THE AWARD ON THE BASIS OF THE BID THAT WOULD BE TO THE BEST
INTERESTS Of THE CITY Of EUGENE. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT PERHAPS THE BID SHOULD
INCLUDE THE MAXIMUM RATES OR PRICES, THAT WOULD BE CHARGED FOR THE SALE OF COMMON-
ITEMS, FOR THE PONY RIDES, AND ALSO A LUMP SUM FIGURE THAT THE CONCESSIONAIRE
WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY TO THE CITY FOR THE OPERATION FOR THE SEASON.
AFTER DISCUSSING THE MATTER, IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE THAT THE
COUNCIL GIVE FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION TO GRANTING TWO CONCESSIONS IN SKINNER'S BU~TE
PARK FOR THE SUMMER OF 1954."
IT WAS MOVED' BY BOOTH"SECONDED BY GODLOVE THAT THE REPORT OF THE HEALTH & RECREATION
COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED.
A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON APRIL 22ND - RE: BIDS ON STREET
AND ALLEY PROJECTS; REQUEST fOR VARIANCE BY DOROTHY ALDERMAN; REQUEST FROM U. S. DEPARTMENT
OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SURfACE WATER BRANCH; REQUEST FOR OPENING OF ELINOR
STREE~ IN 2600 BLOCK; E.W.E.B. OFFER TO PURCHASE LAND UNDER FERRY STREET OVERPASS AND RIGHT
OF WAY FOR 23RD AVENUE fROM ADAMS TO VAN BUREN STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"PRESENT: COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER, KOPPE, SIEGENTHALER; CITY MANAGER; CITY ENGINEER
AND CITY RECORDER. THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE ME~ ON APRIL 22ND TO CONSIDER THE STREET
AND SEWER BIDS WHICH WERE OPENED ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21ST AND TO CONSIDER OTHER REQUESTS
INVOLVING PUBLIC WORKS AND LAND USE. THE ITEMS CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE ARE AS
fOLLOWS:
I. BIDS ~N STREET AND ALLEY PROJECTS - THE COMMITTEE STUDIED THE TABULA~ION or BIDS
OPENED ON APRIL 21ST ON THREE STREET PAVING PROJECTS AND TWO ALLEY PROJECTS. IT WAS
NOTED THAT THE BIDS ON THE 34 FOOT STREETS TO BE PAVED WITH ASPHALTIC CONCRETE RANGED
FROM $6.15 PER FOOT TO $6.50 PER fOOT IN THE LOW BIDS FOR'THE THREE STREET PROJECTS.
THE LOW BIDS fOR PAVING WITH SEVEN INCHES OF CONCRETE AVERAGED APPROXIMATELY $8.40
AMONG THE LOW BIDS. THE LOW BIDS FOR PAVING Of THE ALLEYS AVERAGED AT $4.00 PER FOOT~
IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE THAT THE THREE STREET
IMPROVEMENT JOBS BE AWARDED TO STANTON W. PAYNE WHO SUBMITTED THE LOWEST AND BEST
BID FOR THE CITY. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT'THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE ALLEY BETWEEN 12TH
AND 13TH AVENUE P-ROM HILYARD STREET TO THE EAST LINE OF LOTS 2'AND- 9, BLOCK 3 SHAW'S
SECOND ADDITION BE AWARDED TO THE LOW B.IDDER, C. M. KEMP, AT $1,967.20, WHICH IS A
LINEAL FOOT COST OF $4.10. IT IS RECOMMENDED- ALSO THAT THE IMPROVEMENT O~ THE ALLEY
BETWEEN PEARL STREET AND HIGH STREET FROM 7TH AVENUE TO 8TH AVENUE, AND BETWEEN 7TH
AVENUE AND 8TH AVENUE FROM PEARL STREET TO HIGH STREET BE AWARDED TO ~HE LANE STEEL
CORPORATION AT $4,628.30 WHICH I. $3.90 PER LINEAL fOOT.
2. REQUEST FOR VARIANCE BY DOROTHY ALDERMAN AT 141-1/2 W. 17TH AVENUE - THIS REQUEST
WAS REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED BY THE COMMITTEE- AND IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE
COMMITTEE THAT THE REQUEST BE REfERRED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION fOR A RECOMMENDATION
TO BE CONSIDERED AT THE MAY 10TH MEE'TlNG OF THE COUNCIL.
3. REQUEST fROM THE U. S. DEPARTMENT Of THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SURFACE WATER
BRANCH -' A COMMUNICATION fROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY, S~RfACE WATER BRANCH, RELATIVE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STREAM-FLOW GAUGING
STATION ON THE AMAZON CRE~K' ABOUT 2bo FEET ABOVE THE TRAXLER ROAD CROSSING WAS READ
AND DISCUSSED BY THE COMMITTEE. IT IS THE OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE RECORD
OF FLOW IN THE AMAZON CREEK WOULD BE OF VALUE TO THE CITY OF EUGENE, AND SINCE THE
ESTABLISHMENT Of THE STATION WOULD NOT IN ANY WAY INTERFERE WITH ~UTURE MAINTENANCE
WORK, IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE PROPER
CITY OFfiCIALS TO EXECUTE AND RETURN THE PERMIT FORM ATTACHED TO THE LETTER.
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SIDERED THE REQUEST OF FIVE FAMILIES FOR THE OPENING OF ELINOR STREET IN THE 2600
BLOCK. ~HE COMMITTEE REVIEWED ALSO THE HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY
ABUTTING THIS STR~ET WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ENGINEER.
IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF
FOR THE OPENING OF THIS STREET.
THAT THE PETITIONERS BE INFORMED
ACQUISITION OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY fOR
THE COMMITTEE THAT THE CITY AGREE TO ACCEPT DEEDS
IT IS THE FURTHER RECOMMENDATION Of THE COMMITTEE
THAT THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE ANY FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR
RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
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5. E.W.LB. OFFER TO PURCHASE LAND UNDER THE FERRY STREET OVERPASS - THE PUBLIC WORKS
COMMITTEE READ AND blSCUSSED WRITTEN OFFER FROM THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD
TO. PURCHASE LAND UNDER THE FERRY STREET OVERPASS FOR THE AMOUNT OF $10,901.25. IT
NOTED IN THE OfFER THAT THE SALE WOULD IN NO WAY BE RELATED TO ANY PAST nlSCUSSIONS
OR AGREEMENTS CONCERNING THE E.W.E.B. LOT AT 2ND AND HIGH STREETS.
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IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE' THAI THE CI~Y ACCEPT THE OFFER OF THE
E.W.E.B. TO PUR~HASE TKIS PROPERTY FOR $10,901.25 ON THE TERMS SET FORTH IN THE OFFER,
AND THAT THE.COUNCIL AGREE THAT THE COMPLEUON OF THIS TRANSACTION WILL CLOSE ANY
PREVIOUS NEGO~IATIONSTHAT WERE UNDERWAY:,IN WHICH THE CITY WAS INTERES~ED IN ACQUIRING
THE PROPERTY AT 2ND AND HIGH STREETS fROM THE EUGENE WATER AND ELECTRIC BOARD.
6. RI GHT-OF-WAY FOR 23R'D AVENUE FROM ADAMS STREET TO VAN BUREN STREET - A, COMMUNI-
CATION fROM SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.4 WHICH STATES THAT THE BOARD WOULD BE. WILLING TO
DEDICATE 30 FEET OR ONE-HALF OF THE STREET PROVIDED THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE STREET OR THE CITY OF EUGENE WOU~D PROVIDE THE OTHER HALF. IT WAS NOTED
THAT THE CI TY OF EUGENE HAS ALREADY SECURED THE SOJJTH 10 FEE,T FROM. THE SUNSET HOME.
IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE CITY MANAGER CONTACT THE SUNSET
HOME REGARD~NG ACQU1S1JION AND DEDICATION OF THE REMAINING 20 FEET, AND ALSO SCHOOL
DISTRICT Np. 4 REGARDING T-HE DEED' TO THE NORTH 30 FEET.",
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FOLLOWING THE READING OF 'THE REPORT IT WAS INDICATED BY THE C)TY MANAGER THAT MRS.
ALDE~MAN HAD WITHDRAWN HER REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE.
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKE~, SECONDED BY GODLOVE THAT THE R€PORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS
COMMIJTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
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A REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ApPEALS MEETING HELD ON APRIL 8TH - RE: REQUESTS OF ALVIN E.
MI LLER; DEL R. PARKER AND MR. AriITON ,JENSEN WASSUBMI TTED AND READ AS, fOLLOWS:
"THE BOARD OF ApPEALS HELD A SCHEDULED MEETING IN THE CITY HALL, APRIL 8, 1954
TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS OF THE ZO.NING ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS
AS. TO AREAS AND COVERAGE.
I. MR. ALVIN E. MILLER OF 55 PRALL LANE OWNS A PARCEL OF LAND EXTENDING FROM PRALL
LANE TO PORTLAND STREET WITH HIS RESIDENCE ON THE ~EST END FRONTING ON' PRALL LANE.
HE HAS ASKED FOR A WAIVER OF AREA IN ORDE~ TO CREATE TWO PIECES OF P~OPERTY. THE
UPPER LOT WI TH RESI DENCE fRONT I NG ON PRALL LANE AND THE LOW VACAN,T HALF TRONTI NG
PORTLAND STREET. THE LOT HAS A WIDTH OF 58 fEET AND AN AVERAGE DEPTH OF 163 fEET,
THEREBY CREATIMG TWO LOTS OF 5a FE~T BY 86.5 fEET IN D1MENSION AND 5017 SQ. fEET
I N AREA. FROM PORTLAND STREET WEST THI S PROPERTY HAS QUJ TE, AN UPHI LL: SLOPE AND MR.
MILLER FEELS IT WOULD BE TO AN ADVANTAGE TO HAVE A RESIDENCE ON THE LOWER HALF OF
HIS PROPERTY. HE HAS PRESENTED LETTERS fROM THE ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS WHEREIN
THEY VOl CE NO OBJECTIONS T.O THE PROPOSED PROJ,ECT.
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THE BOARD fELT THI~ REQUEST WAS NOT UNREASONABLE AND IT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS
TO USE 'THIS LAND FOR BUILDING PURPOSES. THEREFORE, THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED.
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2. REQUEST fROM MR. DEL R~ PARKER Of 1840 E~ 17TH,STREET fOR WAIVER Of THE fRONTAGE
REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL LOTS. MR. PARKER OWNS A PARCEL Of LAND 110' BY 124'
WITH THE 110 fOOT FRONTAGE ON 17TH STREET. HE ASKS FO~ A PIVlS10N OF THIS PARCE~ TO
CREATE TWO LOTS EACH HAViNG 55 FOOT fRONTAGE AND 6820 SQUARE fEET IN AREA. THE
PROPERTY HAS A RESIDENCE ON THE EASTERLY ONE HALf AND TO JHE REAR AND MR. PARKER
WISHES TO CONSTRUCT A RESIDENCE ON THE WESTERLY ONE HALF. SAID, RESIDENCE WILL COMPLY
WITH ALL SETBACK AND COVERAGE REQU I REMENTS OF THE O.RDI NANCE.
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lHE BOARD FELT THIS WAS A REQUEST TO ALLEVIATE A HARDSHIP OF PROPERTY USE AND
GRANTED THE REQUEST TO CREATE TWO 55 FOOT LOTS.
3. MR. ANTON JENSEN WHO OWNS A PARCEL OF LAND AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 18TH AND
HIGH STREETS HAS REQUESTED A WAIVER OF THE UNIT COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS. THIS PROfERTY
IS 98' X 157' IN SIZE AND CONTAINS 15,386 SQUARE FEET IN AREA AND BASED ON THE REQUIRED
1200 SQUARE FEET Of LAND AREA PER APARTMENT, MR. JENSEN IS ENT~TLED TO 12~8 ~PARTMENTS
AND HE WAS ADVISED THAT THIS OFFICE WOULD APPROVE 13 APARTMENTS. HOWEVER, IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF HIS PLANS OF THE APARTMENT AND STRUCTURAL LAYOUT OF HIS GARAGES IT WAS
BEST SUITED TO ACCOMMODATE I~ UNITS. MR. JENSEN IS COVERING LESS THAN THE 500_ ALLOWED
FOR THE R-3 ZONING AND WILL PROVIDE GARAGE SPACE F~R HIS TENANTS.
THE BOARD WAS RELUCTANT ~O GRANT ,THIS WAIV€R SINCE MR. JENSEN HAS NOT SHOWN A
HARDSHIP UNLESS IT BE ECONOMIC. THEREFORE, THE BOARD REFERRED THE MATTER BACK TO
THE BUILDING INSPECTOR TO SECURE FROM MR. JENSEN PROOF SHOWING ECONOMIC HARDSHIP IF
HE WERE NOT ALLOWED THE FOURTEEN APARTMENTS.
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IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY SIEGENTHALER THAT THE REPORT OF THE BOARD Of
ApPEALS BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
18 A REPORT Of THE BOARD Of ApPEALS MEETING HELD ON APRIL 22ND' - RE: REQUESTS OF ANTON
JENSEN; VICTOR EVONIUK WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"THE BOARD Of ApPEALS HEL'D A MEET! NG AT THE' CI TY HALL, APR I L 22ND, 1954, TO
CONSIDER THE fOLLOWING REQUESTS fOR WAIVER OF THE ZONI~G ORDINANCE.
I. MR. ANTON JENSEN, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE BOARD'S REQUEST TO fURNISH FURTHER
PROOF Of HARDSHIP, PRESENTED A LETTER WHICH DID NOT MEET THE SATISfACTION Of THE
BOARD TO PROVE AN ECONOMIC HARDSHIP If DENIED THE RIGHT TO BUILD THE 14 UNITS. THE
MATTER WAS CONTINUED TO GIVE MR. JENSEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT MORE fACTS.
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2. MR. VICTOR EVONIUK'S REQUEST T'O CONVERT A 22' X 24' ONE STORY STORAGE BUILDING
TO A RESIDENCE UNIT. THIS STRUCTURE WAS USED AS A WORKSHOP DURING THE CONSTRUCTION
Of SEVERAL HOMES ON ADJOINING LOTS OWNED BY MR. EVONIUK. THE BUILDING IS LOCATED ON
A LOT 30 fEET BY lOa fEET AND HAS ACCES~ TO AN ALLEY. THE LOT WAS CREATED BY TAKING
THE REAR 30 fEET Of TWO 50 FOOT LOTS WHICH fRONT ON McMILLAN STREET. THIS PROPERTY
DOES NOT CONfORM TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE ON TWO POINTS:
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FIRST, IT IS LESS THAN THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS fOR fRONTAGE (60;FOOT) AND AREA
(6000) SQUARE fEET.
SECONDLY, THE LOT DOES NOT HAVE STREET FRONTAGE, THE ACCESS BEING BY WAY OF AN
ALLEY RUNNING NORTH fROM 26TH AVENUE AND EAST OF McMILLAN STREET. THE ADDRESS WOULD
BE TO THE REAR Of 55 WEST 26TH AVENUE.
A SEPARATE PETITION BY fiVE PROPERTY OWNERS INCLUDING THE TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL
WHICH CONGREGATION OWNS A WELL DEVELOPED PROPERTY TO THE EAST Of MR. EVONIUK'S
PROPERTY, OBJECT! NG TO 'THE PROPOSED PROJECT.
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THE BOARD AGREED UNANIMOUSLY THAT THE PROPERTY VALUES IN THE BLOCK WOULD BE
SERIOUSLY AffECTED SHOULD THIS PROJECT BE ALLOWED AND THEREfORE DENIED THE REQUEST."
FOLLOWING THE READING Of THE REPORT MR. EVONIUK PRESENTED HIS CASE AND APPEALED TO
THE COUNCIL fOR CONSIDERATION.
IT WAS MOVED BY SIEGENTHALER, SECONDED BY OwEN THAT ITEM 2 Of THE REPORT CONCERNING
MR. EVONIUK'S PROJECT BE SEGREGATED fROM THE REPORT AND REfERRED TO THE PUBLIC'WORKS
COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED.
IT WAS MOVED BYCRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE BALANCE Of THE REPORT BE LAID
ON THE TABLE. MOTION CARRIED.
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A PERMANENT REPORT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION - RE: ZONING CLASSifiCATIONS Of SOUTH
SUNNY HOLLOW AREA; PROPERTIES ON BOTH SIDES Of 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES fROM MJDWAY BETWEEN
TYLER AND POLK WEST TO THE EAST LINE Of TAYLOR; VARIANCE Of HENRY KORN; DENIAL Of REZONING
PROPERTY ONE-HALF BLOCK NORTH AND ONE-HALF BLOCK SOUTH Of 5TH AVENUE fROM A LINE MIDWAY
BETWEEN TYLER AND POLK STR€ETS WEST TO THE EAST BOUNDARY OF THE M-2Z0NE wAS SUBMITTED AND
READ AS fOLLOWS:
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"As A PERMANENT REPORT, PURSUANT TO THE RESOLUTION Of THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY Of EUGENE, DIRECTING THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION TO PREPARE A REPORT UPON
CERTAIN REQUESTS FOR CLASSIFICATION AND RECLASSifiCATION Of"ZONING WITHIN THE CITY,
THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION HER(BY ADOPTS AS ITS PERMANENT REPORT, THE FOLLOWING:
THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR CLASSIfiCATION
OF ZONING Of PROPERTY IN THE CITY BE APPROVED:-
INITIATED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION
AREA ANNEXED BY VOTE - DECEMBER 2, 1953
LOTS 12 TO 16 INCLUSIVE, WEST HILLSIDE DRIVE AND THAT PORTION Of LARCH STREET
WEST Of THE WEST LINE Of LOT I I EXTENDED IN FIRST ADDITION TO SUNNY HOLLOW AS
RECORDED IN BOOK 12, PAGE 31 OF LANE COUNTY PLAT RECORDS; AND ALL Of. THE SECOND
ADDITION TO SUNNY HOLLOW AS RECORDED IN BOOK 12 PAGE 32 OF LANE COUNTY PLAT.
RECORDS, ALL IN LANE COUNTY, OREGON.
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GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH Of LARCH STREET AND BETWEEN WEST HILLSIDE DRIVE AND
DILtARD ROAD
REQUEST ZONING TO RA OUTER RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
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AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS. THAT THE FOLLOWING PETITIONS FOR REC(ASSIFI-
CATION OF ZONING Of PROPERTY IN THE CITY BE APPROVED:-
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LOTS 4, 5, 7, 8 AND 9 IN BLOCK 2 CAMPBELL'S ADDITION
THE BLOCK BOUNDED BY POLK,: TAYLOR, 6TH AND 7TH AND' AREA BOUNDED BY THE EAST'
LINE OF TAYLOR STREET EXTENDED NORTH, THE NORTH LINE OF 6TH AVENUE AND THE
SOUTH LINE OF THE ALLEY IN BLOCK 6 OF CAMPBELL'S ADDITION AND SAID SOUTH LINE
OF ALLEY EXTENDED WEST.
REQUEST CHANGE OF ZONE fROM C-I LIMITED COMMERCIAL TO C-3P COMMERCIAL
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LOTS 4, 5, AND 6 IN BLOCK 3 CAMPBELL'S ADDITION
LOTS I, 2, 3, 4 AND ~ IN B~OCK 4 CAMPBELL'S ADDITION
LOT' I, BLOCK 4 GORDON'S ADDITION
LOTS 8, 9, 10 IN BLOC~ 6 CAMPB~LL'S ADDITION
LOTS 7, 8, AND 91 N BLOC'/(' 7 CAMPBELL'S AODI TI ON
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REQUEST CHANGE OF ZON~ FROM C-3 CENTRAL BUSINESS TO C-3P COMMERCIAL DISTllCT
THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTIES BEING ALL OF THE PROPERTIES ON BOTH SIDES OF
6TH AND 7TH AVENUES FROM MIDWAY BETWEEN TYLER AND POLK STREETS WEST TO THE EAST
LINE OF TAYLOR STREET
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BE APPROVED:
HENRY KORN
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF' 14TH AND MI LL. STREET - 160' X 132' BE I NG LOTS 4 AND 5
BLOCK 7 SCOTT'S ADDITION TO EUGENE
To ALTER AND REMODEL AND CHANGE THE EXISTING STRUCTURES FOR THE USE Of A
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS GROUP.
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AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT THE FOLLOWIN~ PETITION FOR RECLASSIFICA-
TION OF ZONING OF PROPERTY IN THE CITY BE DENIED:
INITIATED BY THE COUNCIL
ONE HALF BLOCK NORTH AND ONE HALf BLOCK SOUTH OF 5TH AVENUE FROM A LINE MIDWAY
BETWEEN TYLER AND POLK STREETS WEST TO THE EAST BOUNDARY OF THE M-2 ZONE (MIDWAY
BETWEEN ALMADEN AND FILLMORE STREETS).
REQUEST CHANGE OF ZONE fROM R-2 Two FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO M-2 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL
DISTRICT."
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IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY SIEGENTHALER THATTTHE PART Of THE REPORT RE-
LATING TO THE REQUEST OF HENRY KORN BE SEGREGATED FROM THE REPORT. MOTION CARRIED.
AFTER AN EXAMINATION OF THE PLANS SUBMITTED BY MR. KORN IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED
BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE COUNCIL GRANT A'VARIANCE FOR THE PROJECT AS PLANNED. MOTION CARRIED.
IT WAS MOVED BY SIEGENTHALER, SECONDED BY GODLOVE THAT THE BALANCE OF THE REPORT Of
THE PLANNING COMMISSION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED.
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PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS
A PETITION WITH SIGNATURES OF 94 CITIZENS OF EUGENE WAS SUBMITTED, REQUESTING THE
ENLARGEMENT OF THE BUILDING AT WASHINGTON STREET PARK.
IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY GODLOVE THAT THE PETITION BE REFERRED TO THE HEALTH
AND RECREATION COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED.
PETITION FOR APPLICATION FOR SEGREGATION OF ASSESSMENT LIEN AT 70 EAST 31ST AVENUE
WAS SUBMITTED.
IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY GODLOVE THAT THE APPLICATION BE, REFERRED TO THE
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED.
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ApPLICATION FOR LICENSE TO OPERATE FIVE CARD TABLES WAS SUBMITTED BY LEON'S CIGAR
STORE, AS APPROVED BY THE POLICE CHIEF.
IT WAS MOVED BY KOPPE, SECONDED BY GODLOVE THAT THE APPLICATION BE REFERRED TO THE
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED.
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THE FOLLOWING IMPROVEMENT PETITIONS WERE SUBMITTED:
PAVING ALLEY BETWEEN 22ND AND 23RD AVtNUE FROM'ALDER TO KINCAID STREET - 74.87%.
PAVING ALLEY BETWEEN PEARL AND HIGH STREET FROM 6TH TO ALLEY BET. 6TH & 7TH AVE _ 62.5%
PAVING ALLEY BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH AVENUE fROM CHARNELTON TO LINCOLN STREET _ 47.49%.
PAVING PORTLAND STREET FROM 24TH AVENUE TO N. LINE OF FRASIER-HY~AND ADDITION _ 25.65%.
PAVING 16TH AVENUE WEST FROM FRIENDLY TO VAN BUREN STREET - 36.99%.
IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY GODLOVE THAT THE PETITIONS BE REFERRED TO THE
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED.
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PETITION BY CONSENT TO ANNEXATION WAS SUBMITTED BY MARY V. MERRILL, AND ROBERT M. D.
AND MAXINE B. SCOTT.
IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY GODLOVE THAT THE PETITION BE REfERRED TO THE PUBLIC
WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED.
THE CITY ATTORNEY, IN COMMENTING ON THE PETITION TO ANNEX, POINTED OUT THAT THE
ANNEXING Of PROPERTY BY ONE OR TWO LOTS WAS GENERALLY UNSATISfACTORY FOR SEVERAL REASONS
!, AND RECOMMENDED THAT A DEfiNITE POLICY ON ANNEXATIONS BE ESTABLISHED.
COMMUNICATION fROM E. W. GRAHAM - RE: ZONING Of PROPERTY BETWEEN TAYLOR AND POLK AND
6TH AND 7TH AVENUES WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"I OWN THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT.SEVENTH AND TAYLOR STREETS, OF WHICH
ATTACHED A DRAWING fOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.
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THIS PROPERTY WAS ZONED ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO IN THE CLASSifiCATION AS CENTRAL
BUSINESS. IN THE PAST fOUR MONTHS, I HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO CONSTRUCT A BUILDING ON PART Of THIS PROPERTY TO BE USED AS A WEST
SIDE POST OfFICE.
Now I UNDERSTAND THIS:PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN'THE ZONING Of THE PROPERTY
BETWEEN TAYLOR AND POLK AND SIXTH AND SEVENTH STREETS. If MY PROPERTY IS INCLUDED,
IT WILL COMPLETELY DISQUALifY MY BID WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. HAVE SPENT
CONSIDERABLE MONEY AND TIME IN THIS MATTER AND ASK YOU TO EXCLUDE MY PROPERTY
fROM THE C-3P ZONING AND LEAVE IT AS CENTRAL BUSINESS."
IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE REFERRED TO
THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED.
COMMUNICATION fROM ARTHUR C. JOHNSON - RE: VARIANCE AT NORTH END OF JACKSON STREET
WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
"AT THE PRESENT TIME THERE IS NO METAL PLATING PLANT OR BUSINESS IN EUGENE OR
IN THE VICINITY. ALL SUCH WORK IS NECESSARILY SENT BY THE LOCAL BUSINESSMEN TO
PORTLAND, AND ,NOT WITHOUT CONSIDERABLE COST AND DELAY. THE EQUIPMENT FOR SUCH AN
OPERATION IS HERE, HOWEVER, AND COULD BE PLACED IN fULL OPERATION WITHIN A fEW DAYS.
THIS EQUIPMENT: GENERATORS, MOTORS, RUBBER-LINED TANKS, TOOLS, ACCESSORIES, AND
MATERIALS, ARE PRESENTLY STORED IN A BUILDING CONSTRUCTED AS A DAIRY BARN WITH A CONCRETE
fLOOR, SEWER, AND WIRED FOR ELECTRIC POWER. ,IT 'IS LOCATED BE~OND THE NORTH END OF JACKSON
STREET IN VIRTUALLY THE CENTER OF A NINE-ACRE TRACT OWNED BY MR. WILBUR HYLAND, WHICH TRACT
fRONTS ON THE W1LLAMETTE RIVER. IT IS PROPOSED AND HERE REQUESTED TH~T THIS COUNCIL GRANT
A TEMPORARY PERMIT OR VARIANCE FOR OPERATION Of THIS EQUIPMENT IN THIS BUILDING fOR A PERIOD
NOT EXCEEDING TWO YEARS.
THE ENTIRE AREA INVOLVED IS NOW ZONED AS TWO-UNIT RESIDENTIAL AND THE BARN HAS
APPARENTLY BEEN A NON-CONFORMING USE. ~HE CHANGE IN USE TO A METAL PLATING PLANT WOULD NOT
APPEAR TO BE A CHANGE WHICH WOULD BE PREJUDICIAL NOR OBJECTIONABLE TO SURROUNDING LAND OWNERS
FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS:
I. THE OPERATION IS NOT NOISY, SMELLY, NOR PHYSICALLY OffENSIVE.
2. THE CLOSEST RESID~NCE WOULD APPEAR TO BE AT LEAST SEVENTY YARDS DISTANT.
3. THE' fUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS AREA IS SOMEWHAT INDEfINITE BECAUSE Of ITS PROXIMITY
TO THE RAILROAD, RIVER, AND THE PROPOSED RIVER LEVEL HIGHWAY.
BECAUSE Of THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT Of THIS AREA, THE PERMIT OR
VARIANCE MIGHT WELL BE LIMITED, AND WE SUGGEST ffiRAT IT BE LIMITED fOR A PERIOD Of TWO YEARS.
UPON THE TERMINATION Of THAT TIME, THE OPERATION WOULD BE PREPARED AND OBLIGED TO MOVE TO
ANOTHER LOCATION UNLESS THE COUNCIL WOULD THEN CHOOSE TO RENEW THE PERMIT.
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REMAIN IDLE UNTIL THE COUNCIL G~VES RESPONSE, WE ASK THAT THIS REQUEST BE CONSIDERED
AND DET~RM1~ED AS QUICKLY AS IS REASONABLY POSSIBLE. BUT WE RECOGN.IZE THE CONSTANT
PR~SSURES ON ANY LEGISLATIVE BODY, AND SO WISH TO THANK THE COUNCIL NOW FOR ITS
CONSIDER~TION OF THIS MATTER, WHAT€VER BE THE ULTIMATE DISPOSITION."
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IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKE~, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE REQUEST BE REFERRED TO THE'
PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED.
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COMMUNICATION FROM C. E. McLEAN - REQUEST FOR V~RIANCE AT 1224 WILLAMETTE STREET WAS
SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR PERMISSION TO ERECT A GLASS PARTITION,ON THE.FRONT OF
OUR BUSINESS AT. 1224 WILLAMETTE STREET. THIS PARTITION WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY
TWELVE FEET IN LENGTH, AND WOULD COME OUT fROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE.BUILDING FOUR
FEET. I AM ENCLOSING A SKETCH TO SHOW THE TYPE AND LOCATION OF THE ADDITION.
WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS AT SOME LENGTH, WITH BOTH THE CITY BUILDING INSPECTOR
AND PLANNING CONSULTANT, AND'IT WAS THEIR SUGGESTION THAT WE REQUEST PERMISSION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE THE ADDITION. THE PARTITION COULD EASILY BE REMOVED,
AND WE AGREE TO TAKE IT DOWN AT ANY TIME IN THE EVENT OF STREET WIDENING. IT WOULD
NOT BE A SUPPORTING PARTITION, AND WOULD SET BACK A FOOT UNDER OUR PRESENT ROOF
OVERHANG. IT WILL BE AN ATTRACTIVE ADDITION TO THE BUILDING AND BECAUSE IT WILL
BE MADE OF LARGE PANELS Of GLASS IN TWO BY FOUR FRAMES, IT WILL NOT OBSTRUCT THE
VIEW Of CARS COMING ON AND OFF THE PARKING LOT.
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THANKING YOU FOR YOUR COURTESY IN CONSIDERING THIS REQUEST, AND TRUSTING THAT
YOU WILL SEE FIT TO~GRANT IT~ 'I AM"
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IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY GODLOVE THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE REFERRED
TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED.
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COMMUNICATION FROM THE VERY REV. EDMUND ,J. MURNANE - RE: SEWER ASSESSMENT ACROSS
CATHOLIC CEMETERY PROPERTY WAS SU.MITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"REGARDING THE COLLECTION OF THE SEWER ASSESSMENT ACROSS THE CATHOLIC CEMETERY
PROPERTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,000.00 PLUS, PLEASE BE INFORMED THAT WE SHOULD LIKE TO
PAY THE ASSESSMENT AT THE RATE Of SIX (6) ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS OF $1,000.00 PLUS
,INTEREST AT THE RATE OF THREE PER CENT PER ANNUM ON BALANCES REMAINING FROM TIME TO
TIME UNPAID.
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THE FACT IS, WE HAVE NO MONEY WITH ~HICH TO PAY SAID ASSESSMENT IN FULL, AND THE
PAYMENT Of $1,000.00 PER YEAR PLUS INTEREST WILL TAX QUR FI~ANCIAL RESOURCES.
WE WOULD LIKE TO CALL YOUR ATT€NTION TO THE FACT THAT WE UNHESITATINGLY GRANTED
THE CITY AN EASEMENT ACROSS OUR CEMETERY, WELL KNOWING THAT WE WOULD NE~ER TAP THE
SEWER AND THAT IT WOULD BE OF LITtLE USE TO THE OCCUPANTS OF OUR PROPERTY. ACCORD-
ING~Y, WE WOULD LIK€ XOUR FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION, THIS BEING THE ONLY APPARENT WAY
TO SETTLE OUR INDEBTEDNESS."
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IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE REFERRED TO THE
CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY. MOTION CARRIED.
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COMMUNICATION FROM THE CENTRAL LANE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION - RE: WATER DISTRICTS
WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
"UNTIL A SHORT TIME AGO IT WAS ASSUMED THAT PORTIONS OF WATER DISTRICTS ANNEXING
TO EUGENE HAD TO CONTINUE TAX PAYMENTS TO THEIR WkTER DISTRICTS UNTIL THE BONDED OBLIGA-
TI,ONS (AS OF THE DATE OF ANNEXATION) ARE RETIRED. JHIS PLACES A SEVERE LOAD ON AN
ANNEXED AREA, SINCE IN JOINING THE CITY THE AREA ASSUMES CITY OBLIGATIONS AND PAYS
FULL CITY TAXES IN ADDITION TO THE WATER DISTRICT rAX. THE PI~E LINES AND OTHER ~ATER
DISTRICT FACILITIES IN AN ANNEXED AREA BECOMES THE PROPERTY OF THE CITY AND ARE
OPERATED BY THE EYGENE WATER AND ELECTRIC BOARD, BUT THE PEOPLE CONTINUE TO PAY ON
THE BOND ISSUE UNDER WHICH THE FACILITIES WERE INSTALLED. HAD THE AREA JOINED THE
CITY W)THOUT WATER SERVICE (RIVE~ VIEW SECTION), THE E.W.E.B. WOULD HAVE INSTALLED
THE WATER SYSTEM AT NO COST TO THE PROPERTIES SERVED, OR IF AN ENTIRE WATER DISTRICT
HAD ANNEXED TO THE CI-TY (SOUTH WILLAMETTE WATER DISTRICT) THE E.W.E.B. WOULD HAVE.
ASSUMED THE OBLIG~TION FOR THE OUTSTANDING BONDS.
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SECT. 222.520 ANNEXATION OF LESS THAN ENTIRE DISTRICT; ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITIES
BY CITY OPTIONAL. WHENEVER A PART LESS THAN THE ENTJRE AREA OF ,A RURAL FIRE
PROTECTION DISTRICT, A WATER DISTRICT OR A SANITARY DISTRICT BECOMES INCORPORATED
IN OR ANNEXED TO A CITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW, THAT PART SHALL, FROM THE
EFFECTIVE DATE Of THE INCORPORATION OR ANNEXATION, BE SEPARATED AND WITHDRAWN
FROM THE DISTRICT. THE PART THUS WITHDRAWN SHALL NOT mHEREBY'BE RELIEVED FROM
LIABILITIES AND INDEBTEDNESS PREVIOUSLY CONTRACTED BY THE DISTRICT.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF PAYING SUCH LIABILITIES AND INDEBTEDNESS OF THE DISTRICT,
PROPERTY IN THE AREA INCORPORATED OR ANNEXED SHALL CONTINUE TO BE SUBJECT TO
ASSESSMENT AND TAXATION UNIFORMLY WITH PROPERTY IN THE AREA REMAINING IN THE
DISTRICT. THE ~ITY OF WHICH IT BECOMES A PART MAY, HOWEViR, IN THE SOUND
DISCRETION OF ITS GOVERNING BODY, ASSUME SUCH OBLIGATIONS IF THE OBLIGATIONS
ASSUMED DO NOT BRING THE TOTAL OF THE CITY'S OBLIGATIONS ABOVE ANY APPLICABLE
LIMITATIONS PRESCRIBED BY LAW OR ITS CHARTER. WHEN THE CITY ASSUMES SUCH OBLI-
GATIONS IT SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE DISTRICT fOR THE AMOUNT OF TAXES WHICH OTHER-
WISE WOULD BE EXTENDED EACH YEAR THEREFOR AGAINST THE INCORPORATED OR ANNEXED
PROPERTY.
IT SEEMS REASONABLE AND FAIR FOR THE CITY OF EUGENE THROUGH ITS E.W.E.B. TO
ASSUME THE PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF T~E BONDED INDEBTEDNESS OF A PART OF A WATER
DISTRICT, SUCH AS THE FRIENDLY STREET AREA UPON ANNEXATION TO THE CITY. IN THIS
WAY, PEOPLE LIVING ON THE fRINGE OF THE CITY MAY ANNEX TO ~VAIL THEMSELVES OF
ESSENTIAL URBAN SERVICES WITHOUT SUBJECTING THEMSELVES TO DOUBLE TAXATION FOR A
SINGLE SERVICE OR WAITING UNTIL AN ENTIRE WATER DISTRICT DEVELOPS URBAN PROBLEMS.
YOUR EUGENE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE E.W.E.B.
ADOPT A POLICY OF ASSUMING THE OBLIGATIONS Of A PORTION OF A WATER DISTRICT U~ON
ANNEXATI~N TO THE CITY AND THAT STEPS BE TAKEN TO RELIEVE PORTIONS Of THE COLLEGE
CREST WATER DISTRICT AND THE GLENWOOD WATER DISTRICT NOW ANNEXED TO THE CITY, FROM
FUTURE TAXATION BY THEIR RESPECTIVE WATER DISTRICTS."
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE REFERRED TO THE
JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED.
COMMUNICATJON FROM THE WESTMORELAND IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION - RE: REQUEST TO GO ON
RECORD AS BEING IN FAVOR OF PLACING A SCHOOL SOUTH OF 13TH AVENUE BETWEEN POLK AND
CHAMBERS STREET WAS SU~MITTED AND READ~
IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY KOPPE THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED
ON fiLE. MOTION CARRIED.
COMMUNICATION FROM CLYDE BEATTY CIRCUS - RE: REQUEST TO HOLD TWO P~~FORMANCES OF
CIRCUS AT LANE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS ON MAY 27TH WAS SUBMITTED.
Ii WAS MOVED BY KOPPE, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THIS REQUEST BE GRANTED AND THAT THE
CIRCUS OFFICIALS BE NOTIFIED THAT THEY WILL BE EXPECTED TO SHOW PROMPTLY AT SCHEDULED
TIME AND OTHERWISE MEET ALL CITY REQUIREMENTS. MOTION CARRIED.,
COMMUNICATION FROM THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF EUGENE - RE: CITy'COUNCIL-REGISTER-
GUARD CONTROVERSY ON ZONING WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"THE LEAGUE OF WOME. VOTERS WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL A STATE-
MENT IN REGARD TO THE RECENT COUNCIL-REGISTER-GUARD CONTROVERSY. WE BELIEVE SOME
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD WHY THE LEAGUE HAS TAKEN THE STANDS IT HAS
OVER V~RIOUS ZONING QUESTI~NS. WE FEEL IT IS TO THE LEAGUE'S INTEREST TO EXPLAIN
FURTHER.
THE LEAGUE Of WOMEN VOTERS BEGAN ~N 1920 AS A NON-PARTISAN ORGANIZATION TO
ENCOURAGE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT IN THE FIRM BELIEF THAT A DEMOCRACY
DEPENDS FOR ITS STRENGTH ON MEN AND WOMEN ASSUMING POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH
INFORMED AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT. THE LEAGUE, THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY,
HAS SUPPORTED THOSE MOVES AIMED AT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF CITIZENS WHO TAKE A PART
IN GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITY AT THE LOCAL, STATE OR NATIONAL LEVEL. BECAUSE OF THIS
BELIEf, THE LEAGUE GAVE ITS STRONG APPROVAL TO THE SETTING UP OF CITIZENS COMMITTEES
IN EUGENE TO AID THE COUNCIL IN SOLVING THE VARIOUS MUNICIPAL PROBLEMS FROM CROSSTOWN
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STREETS, PARK AND RECREATION DEVELOPMENT, STREET LIGHTING, PLANNING AND ZONING, ETC.
,REGARDLESS OF HOW ABLE ARE THE MEN WHO SERVE AS COUNciLMEN, AND EUGENE HAS BEEN
EXTREMELY FORTUNATE IN HAVING MEN OF INTELLIGENCE AND INTEGRITY SERVE ON ITS COUNCILS,
THE PROBLEMS OF THE CITY ARE BETTER SOLVED IF THEY ARE AIDED BY A WIDE GROUP Ot
INTERESTED CITIZENS WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THE SOLUTION OF THESE PROBLEMS.
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THAT THE COUNCIL IS NARROWING THEFFIEL~ OF CITIZEN PARTICIPATtON. THE LEAGUE RECOGNIZES
mHAT THE COUNCIL HAS NO LEGAL OBLIGATION TO SET UP THESE CITIZENS COMMITTEES, AND ONCE
THEY ARE SET UP, THE COUNCIL HAS NO LEGAL OBLIGATION TO ACCEPT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE COUNCIL COULD DISMISS ALL THESE COMMITTEES--THAT IT HAS NOT DONE: THIS IS TO ITS
CREDI T. I T,CAN" HOWEVER, OVERR,ULE THE RECOMMENDATl ONS OF THE COMMI TTEES TO THE POI NT
OF MAKING I'T DIFF"ICULT TO GET INTELLIGENT CITIZENS TO SERVE.
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WI~H INCREASING F"REQUENCY, THE COUNCIL HAS BE~N DOING THIS TO THE PLANNING
COMMISSION. THE rUTURE DEVELOPMENT or EUGENE IS INVOLVED IN THE PROBLEMS OF
PLANNING AND ZONING. THE LEAGUE STUDIED THESE PROBLE~S IN 1950 AND CONCLUD€D THAT
THE CITIZENS PLANNING COMMISSION WAS THE AGENCY TO SOLVE THEM. THE ~EAGUE FEELS
THA"T TH~'EUGENE PLANN'"NG COMMISSIO~ "IS COMPOSED OF ABLE PERSONS WHO ARE WORKING FOR
THE BisT FUT~RE FOR EUGENE. IT, T~EREFORE IS BAC~ING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
PLANNING COMMISSION BEFOR'E -TH:E CI'TY COUNCIL. THIS IS NOT A BLANKET APPROVAL or
THE PLANNING COMMISSION, SINCE ALL RECOMMENDATIONS ~RE CONSIDERED AS THEY COME UP.
Ir THE COUNCIL FEELS THAT )TS PLANNING COMMISSION IS MISDIRECTED OR rOR SOME
REASON IS DOING A BAD JOB THEN THE LEAGUE F"EELS IT IS THE DUTY or THE COUNCIL, IN
fAIRNESS TO THE CITIZENS OF EUGENE TO STATE SO fRANKLY, GIVING ITS REASON AND ASKING
FOR THE RESIGNATION or THE PLANNING COMMISSION. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THESE TWO
GROUPS OF CrT~ZENS, ONE THE LEGAL AGENCY or GOVERNMENT AND THE OTHER A VOLUNTARY
AGENCY, WORK IN HARMONY.
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WHILE INDIVIDUAL LEAGUi MEMBERS HAVE PASSED PETITIONS O~ THE MILLRACE ZONING,
THE LEAGUE TOOK NO ACTIVE PART ALTHOUGH IT HAD EXPRESSED ITSELF" AT THE COUNCIL
MEETINGS AS BACKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN ZONING THIS
AREA. fT MADE ITS DECISION WITHOUT 00TSIDE iNrLutNcE AND IT DISLIKES THE IMPLICA-
TION THAT IT IS SO INFLUENCEDi IT STAND ~ERE IS ON A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE. THE-
rACT THAT MR. -TUGMAN HAPPENS TO AGREE WITH THIS STAND DOES NOT MAKE THE STAND ANY
MORE OR LESS DESIRABLE.
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WHEN, IN THE COURSE Of DISCUSSION, (ON ZONING PROBLEMS) THE CITIZENS MAKE CLEAR
THAT THEY rAVOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS or THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO THOSE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL THEN THE COUNCIL SHOULD ACCEPT THIS WITH GOOD GRACE AND NOT DEMEAN THEMSELVES
WITH PERSONAL ATTACKS 'ON THOSE WHO DISAGREE WITH THEM. THEY SHOULD RECOGNIZE THAT
THEIR JOB IS MADE EASIER WHEN CITIZENS LET THEIR WISHES BE KNOWN. A DEMOCRACY IS
STRONGEST WHERE THE CITIZENS ARE fREE TO CRITICIZE THEIR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES.
UNrORTUNATELY THEY ARE NOT AS QUICK WITH THEIR THANKS AS WITH THEIR COMPLAINTS.
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THE LEAGUE, VERY MUCH, APPRECIATES THE LONG HOURS DEVOTED 'TO CITY AF"F"AIRS BY
THE COUNCILMEN.
WE TRUST THAT THIS LETTER WILL CL~RIFY THE LEAGUE'S POSITION ON THIS ISSUE
FOR YOU. THANK YOU rOR TAKING MORE or YOUR TIMEjTO GIVING IT YOUR CONSIDERATION."
IT WAS MOVED BY GODLOVE, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE ~OMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED
AND PLACED ON rILE AND A LETTER OF" ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BE SENT ENCLOSING A COpy or THE
COUNCIL'S STATEMENT. MOTION CARRIED.
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COMMUNICATION rROM MRS. ANDY W. GRIENER - PURCHASE or LAND WAS SUBMITTED AND READ
AS fOLLOWS:
"I SPOKE TO YOU RECENTLY ABOUT 1-8.9 ACRES OF" LAND LYING NORTHEAST OF" THE
AMAZON CANAL ON THE FIR BUTTE ROAD, AND WAS TOLD TO PLACE A BID ON IT. IT LIES
NEXT TO OUR TEN ACRE PLACE, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO BUY'IT WITH "WATE~ RIGHTS".
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WE FEE~ THAT $1,100.00 IS THE MOST WE CAN ArFORD TO BID ON IT, AND WE WOULD
WANT AN ABSTRACT TITLE, OR AN INSURED TITLE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT PAYMENT MUST BE
MADE IN CASH.
PLEASE LET US KNOW AS SOON AS'POSSIBLE WHETHER OUR BID TAKES IT, AS WE WOULD
LIKE TO USE IT FOR PASTURE THIS SUMMER."
IT WAS MOVED BY KOPPE, SECONDED BY SIEGENTHALER THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE REFERRED
TO THE PUBLIC WORKS AND FINANCE COMMITTEES. MOTION CARRIED.
COMMUNICATION FROM C. E. GORDINIER AND SON DRILLING Co - RE: REQUEST FOR rRANCHISE
TO DRILL AND INSTALL WATER WELL rOR EUGENE HOTEL WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"WE WISH TO REQUEST A FRANCHISE rROM THE CITY TO DRILL AND INSTALL A WATER WELL
FOR-THE EUGENE HOT~L.
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WAY BUS TERMINAL APPROXIMATELY ACROSS rROM HOTEL KITCHEN ON SOUTH SIDE OF HOTEL IN
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GO AHEAD ON THIS WORK IN MONDAY NIGHTS SESSION."
IT WAS'MOVED BY KOPPE, SECONDED BY. CRUMBAKER THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE REFERRED TO
THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED.
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COMMUNICATION FROM SCHOOL DISTRICT #4 - RE: DEEDING STRIP OF LAND TO PERMIT OPENING
OF 23RD AVENUE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"YOUR PROPOSAL UNDER DATE OF APRIL 6 THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.4 DEED TO THE
CITY A STRIP OF LAND 50 FEET WIDE ALONG THE LINE OF 23RD AVENUE FROM ADAMS STREET
TO VAN BUREN STREET TO PERMIT THE OPENING OF 23RD AVENUE WAS CONSIDERED BY THE
SCHOOL BOARD AT ITS MEETING LAST NIGHT. AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF ~HIS MATTER,
THE BOARD DECIDED TO ADHERE TO ITS ESTABL~SHED POLICY OF BEING WILLING TO DEDICATE ONE
HALF THE WIDTH OF ANY STREE,T WHICH IN THI~ INSTANCE WOULD BE 30 FEET, THE OTHER HALf
TO BE DEEDED BY PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF T~E STREET. IT IS RECOGNIZED FROM
THE MAP THAT YOU SUBMITTED THAT TO ACCEPT ANOTHER 20 FEET FROM THE SUNSET HOMES PROPERTY
ON THE SOUTH WOULD MAKE THE LINE OF THE STREET IRREGULAR. FOR THIS REASON, THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL SELL TO SUNSET HOMES OR TO THE CITY A STRIP 20'FEET WIDE TO MAKE
THE REQUIRED 50 FOOT STRIP NEEDED."
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE LETTER BE RECEIVED AND PLACED
ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED.
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COMMUNICATION FROM THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD - RE: REQUEST TO PURCHASE LAND
UNDER THE FERRY STREET OVERPASS WAS SUBMITTED. AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD, AT ITS REGULAR: MONTHLY MEETING HELD APRIL 12,
1954, AGREED TO PAY THE CITY OF EUGENE THE SUM. OF $10,901.25 FOR THE LAND UNDER THE
OVERPASS. As A PART OF THE MOTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE, THERE WAS INCLUDED THE
PROVISION THAT THIS SALE IS IN NO WAY RELATED TO ANY PAST DISCUSSIONS OR AGREEMENTS
CONCERNING THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD LOT AT SECOND AND HIGH STREETS. THAT
IS, THE BOARD CONSIDERS THAT IT NOW HAS NO FURTHER COMMITMENT TO THE CITY WITH
RESPECT TO THE LATTER PROPERTY."
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER; SECONDED BY KOPPE THAT THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE PUBLIC
WORKS COMMITTEE .IN ITS REPORT OF APRIL 22ND BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
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COMMUNICATION - RE: REQUEST TO OPEN 2600 BLOCK ON ELINOR STREET WAS SUBMITTED, AS
SIGNED BY TEN RESIDENTS OF THE AREA.
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY SIEGENTHALER THAT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE IN THEIR REPORT OF APRIL 22ND BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
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PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION APPLICATION OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY FOR AUTHORITY TO
CONSTRUCT AN ADDITIONAL TRACK AT GRADE ACROSS HIGH STREET WAS SUBMITTED.
IT WAS MOVED BY SIEGENTHALER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE APPLICATION BE RECEIVED AND
PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED.
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COUNCIL BILL No.. 1626 - RE: REZONING BYRNES PROPERTY AT 2ND AND HIGH STREET TO M-2,
INTRODUCED AND GIVEN FIRST READING ON OCTOBER 12, 1953 WAS BROUGHT ON FOR CONSIDERATION.
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY KOPPE THAT THE BILL BE INDEFINITELY POSfPONED.
MOTl ON CARRI ED.
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COUNCIL BILL No. 1708 - RE: LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR MISCELLANEOUS.SIDEWALK REPAIR,
INTRODUCED AND GIVEN FIRST READING ON MARCH 22, 195~ WAS BROUGHT ON FOR CONSIDERATION. CITY
MANAGER REPORTED NO WRITTEN PROTESTS ON FILE.
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY
TITLE ONLY, ~TH UNANIMOUS CONSENT Of THE COUNCIL~ MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL
WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL
BE READ THE 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 CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE COUNCIL BILL BE APPROVED AND
GIVEN FINAL PASSAGE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE. THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND
NUMBERED 10418.
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COUNCIL BILL No. 1710 - RE: TRAFFIC ORDINANCE, GIVEN FIRST READING ON MARCH 22, 1954
WAS BROUGHT ON fOR CONSIDERATION.
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IT WAS MOVED BY SIEGENTHALER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE BILL BE READ THE 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 MOVED BY SIEGENTHALER, SECONDED ~Y BOOTH THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE
BILL BE READ THE 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 SIEGENTHALER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE COUNCIL BILL BE APPROVED AND
GIVEN FINAL PASSAGE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE. THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND
NUMBERED 10419.
COUNCIL BILL No. 1711 - RE: INSTALLATION OF SIDEWALK ON NORTH srDE OF 23RD AVE-NUE -
HILYARD TO UNIVERSITY AND SOUTH SIDE OF 23RD, ONYX TO EMERALD WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE
FIRST TIME IN FULL.
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TITLE ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE
BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONLY.
I T WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THA T THE RULES BE, SUSPENDED AND THE
BILL BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION
CARRI ED UNANI MOUSLY AND THE B:I LL WAS READ'THE THI RD TI ME BY TI TLE ONLY AND TABLtD UNTI L
NEXT MEETING, AND NOTICE TO BE GIVEN TO OWNERS. MOTION C-ARRIED.
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COUNCIL BILL No~ 1712 - RE: PAVING 17TH AVENUE FROM AGATE TO FAIRMOUNT BOU~EVARD WAS
SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TJME IN FULL. IT WAS ANNOUNCED- ~ THE CITY MANAGER THAT NO
REAL OBJECTIONS WERE RECEIVED TO THIS PROJECT.
IT WAS MOV€D BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE BILL BErREAD THE SECOND T1ME 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 MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL
BE READ THE 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.
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IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE COUNCIL BILL BE APPROVED AND
GIVEN FINAL PASSAGE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE. THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED
AND NUMBERED 10421.
COUNCIL BILL No. 1713 - RE: ADOPTING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR PAVING 17TH AVENUE
FROM AGATE TO FAIRMOUNT BOULEVARD WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE BILL BE READ THE 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.
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IT WAS MOCD BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL
BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. -MOTION
CARRIED UNAN1MOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY tiTLE ONLY.-
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE COUNCIL BILL BE APPROVED AND
GIVEN FINAL PASSAGE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE. THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND
NUMBERED 10422.
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COUNCIL BILL No. 1714 - RE: LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR MISCELLANEOUS SIDEWALK REPAIR WAS
SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN fULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE BILL BE LAID OVER AND PROPER
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT BE GIVEN AfFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS. MOTION CARRIED.
COUNCIL BILL No. 1715 - RE: REZONING BOTH SIDES.OF 6TH AND 7TH MIDWAY BETWEEN-TYLER
AND POLK WEST TO TAYLOR STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED' BY BOOTH THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY
TITLE ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF T~E COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL
WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONLY.
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IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY KOPPE THAT THE HEARING BE CONTINUED AND THE
BILL BE REfERRED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED.
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COUNCIL BILL No. 1716 - RE: ZONING OF SUNNY HOLLOW AREA ANNEXED,TO CITY DECEMBER 2, 1953
WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
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IT WAS MOV~D BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE BILL BE READ THE 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 MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL
BE READ THE 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 CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE COUNCIL BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN
FINAL PASSAGE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE. THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED
10423.
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COUNCIL BILL No. 1717 - RE: VACATION OF PORTION OF OAK GROVE DRIVE WAS SUBMITTED AND
READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
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IT WAS MOVED BY KOPPE, SECONDED BY SIEGENTHALER THAT THE COUNCIL BILL BE LAID OVER AND
THE HEARING BE CONTINUED. MOTION CARRIED.
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COUNCIL BILL No. 1718 - RE: REGULATION OF MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS BY CHANGING LICENSE
FEE fOR P~ODUCERS WHO ARE NOT REGULARLY INSPECTED WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN
fULL.
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IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY KOPPE THAT THE COUNCIL BILL BE REFERRED TO THE
HEALTH AND RECREATION COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED.
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COUNCIL BILL No. 1719 - RE: SOUTHERN PACIFIC FRANCHISE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE
FIRST TIME IN FULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE BILL BE READ THE 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.
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IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKERi SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL
BE READ THE 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 CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE COUNCIL BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN
FINAL PASSAGE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE. THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND
NUMBERED 10424.
RESOLUTIONS
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RESOLUTION - RE: ANNEXATION Of KORSTAD PROPERTY WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
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"WHEREAS, THERE HAS BEEN FI LEO WI TH THE CI TY OF EUGENE, A WRI TTEN PETI TI ON FOR
ANNEXATION OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED AREA, TO-WIT:
BEGINNING AT AN IRON PIPE, SAID PIPE BEING 960 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHEAST
CORNER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 18 SOUTH, RANGE 3
WEST OF WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN, RUN THENCE WEST ALONG COUNTY ROAD 90 FEET,
THENCE SOUTH 160 FEET, THENCE EAST 91.80 FEET, THENCE NORTH 160 FEET TO THE
PLACE Of BEGINNING, LANE COUNTY, OREGON,
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WHEREAS, THE CITY CHARTER OF THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES NOT EXPRESSLY PROHIBIT THE
CITY fROM DISPENSING WITH SUBMITTING THE QUESTIONcOf ANNEXATION TO THE REGISTERED VOTERS
OF THE CITY;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE THAT
A PUBLIC HEARING SHALL BE HAD AT 7:30 P.M. ON THE 24TH DAY OF MAY, 1954, IN THE
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, EUGENE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, BEFORE THE COMMON COUNCIL
or THE CITY OF EUGENE, AT WHICH TIME AND PLACE THE REGISTERED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF
EUGENE MAY APPEAR AND BE HEARD ON THE QUESTION OF SAID ANNEXATION, AND WHETHER OR
NOT THE COMMON COUNCIL SHALL DISPENSE WITH SUBMITTING THE QUESTION TO THE R~GISTERED
VOTERS OF THE CITY, BUT SHALL PROCEED BY HAVING AN ANNEXATION ELECTION ONLY WITHIN
THE AREA HEREINBEFORE LEGALLY DESCRIBED.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT NOTICE OF THIS HEARING SHALL BE PUBLISHED ONCE EACH
WEEK FOR TWO SUCCESSIVE WEEKS PRIOR TO THE DAY OF THE HEARING IN THE EUGENE REGISTER-
GUARD, A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE CITY OF EUGENE, AND THERE SHALL ALSO
BE NOTICES OF THE HEARING POSTED IN 'OUR PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THE CITY Or EUGENE FOR
A LIKE PERIOD Or TIME. SAID NOTICES SHALL BE SIGNED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EUGENE.
RESOLUTI ON ADOPTED TH I S 26TH DAY Or APR I L, 1954."
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IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. MOTION
CARRIED.
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RESOLUTION - RE:, FIRST NATIONAL BANK WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
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"RESOLVED THAT HENRY F. BEISTEL, RECORDER-TREASURER OF THIS CORPORATION BE AND
HE IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED ON ITS BEHALF TO ENTER INTO A SPECIAL DEPOSITORY AGREEMENT
WITH THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND (ORE) UPON ITS FORM SD-160, A COPY OF WHICH
HAS BEEN EXHIBITED'TO AND READ BY THIS BOARD.
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"RESOLVED FURTHER THAT HENRY F. BEtSTa, RECORDER-TREASURER AND ERNESTINE
SCHAFFNER, ASSISTANT TREASURER OF THIS CORPORATION BE AND EACH Of THEM IS DESIGNATED
AS I~UTHORIZED AGENT" Of THIS CORPORAtiON, WITH FULL POWER AND AUTHORITY to ACT ON
ITS BEHALF AS IN PARAGRAPH 7, OF SAID AGREEMENT SD-160 PROVIDED.
"RESOLVED FURTHER THAT THESE RESOLUTIONS SHALL REMAIN IN 'FULL.fORCE AND EFFECT
UNTIL WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE TERMINATION THEREOF SHALL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY SAID
BANK AT EUGENE, OREGON.
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I, HENRY F. BEISTEL, RECORDER-TREASURER OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, A CORPORATION
ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF OREGON, DO HER~BY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING
RESOLUTIONS WERE DULY ADOPTED AT A MEETING OF THE BOARD' OF DIRECTORS OF THE SAID
CORPORATION DULY AND REGULARLY CALLED AND HELD ON THE 26TH DAY OF APRIL, 1954; THAT
THE SAME HAVE BEEN DULY RECORDED IN THE MINUTES OF THE SAID MEETING; AND THAT THE'
SAME HAVE NOT BEEN REVOKED OR MODIfiED IN ANY RESPECT WHATSOEVER.
WITNESS MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE SAID CORPORATION THIS
(SECRETARY)
DAY OF
1954.
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IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY SIEGENTHALER THAT THE RESOLUTioN BE REFERRED TO
THE JVDICIARY AND FINANCE, COMMITTEES. MOTION,CARRIED.
UPON MOTION DULY MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIED, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
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ROBERT A. FINLAYSON,
CITY MANAGER.
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