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COUNCIL CHAMBERS,
- EUGENE, . OREGON,' ,
FEBRUARY 28, 1955.
THE' REGULAR MEETING'Or THE C~MMON COUNCIL OF' THE CITY OF' EUGENE WAS HELD ON FEBRUARY 14TH
AND ADJOURNED TO FEBRUARY 28, 1955 AT'7:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. 'THE MEETING WAS-'CALLED
TO ORDER BY HIS HONOR, ' MAYOR V~ E. JOHNSON WITH THE rOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: MR. GODLOVE,
MR. KOPPE, MR. WATSON, MR. OwEN, MR. HARTMAN, AND MR. SHISLER. MESSRS. BOOTH AND SHEARER WERE
ABSENT.
THE MINUTES OF' THE LAST REGULAR MEETING HELD FEBRUARY f4, 1955 AND ADJOURNED TO FEBRUARY
28, 1955 WERE READ AND APPROVED.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS
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A REPORT OF' THE CITY ~NAGER - RE: IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, ET CETERA WAS SUBMITTED AND READ
AS F'OLLOWS:
"ALL CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE RIVERVIEW SE~ER HAS BEEN COMp~EtED EXCEPT rOR THE'
INSTALLATION OF' THE PUMP AT THE RIVERVIEW PUMPING STATION. 'IT~ IS EXPECTED THAT THE
PUMP WILL ARRIVE SOMETIME THIS WEEK.
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THE ONLY 'OTHER PROJECT WITHIN THE CITY UNDER CONSTRUCTION IS THE S~UTH SIDE FIRE
STATION. THE CONTRACTOR HAS LEVELED THE SITE, AND IS,NOW MAKING PREPARATION rOR
PUTTING IN THE rOUNDATION.
TODAY THE .CITY OF' EUGENE HAS GONE 525 DAYS WITHOUT A TRAF"F'IC F'ATALITY.
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ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD, THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF' THE STATE STARTED
THE PERSONNEL STUDY, THE Joe ClASSIF"ICATION, AND A RECOMMENDED PAY PLAN rOR THE C.-TY
OF' EUGENE. IT IS EXPECTED THAT PRELIMINARY REPORTS or THE STUDY WILL BE GIVEN TO US
BY AP.R I L 1:5TH. tt
IT WAS ORDERED BY THE MAYOR, THERE BEING NO OBJECTIONS, THAT THE REPORT OF" THE CITY MANAGER
BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON F'ILE. MOTION CARRIED. ,'.,
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REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
2 A REPORT 'OF' THE PUBLI CSAF'ETY COMMI TTEEMEETI NG .HELD ON IFEBRUARY 16, 1955 -' RE:, ApPLI CATIONS
F'OR PACKAGE STOREI,' CL'A$S: A l:.1 CENSES;COMMUNI CATION F'ROM COLLARD MOTORS,; REQUEST OF' GtORGEW. '
KLENK; REQUEST OF' OREGON"E'GG",pRODUCERS; AND REQUEST or THE: NATI'ONAL CASH REGI SvE:R' COMP'ANY~/'AS':
SUBMITTED AND READ AS F'OLLOWS:
"PRESENT:
'('I TV RECORDER.
COUNCILMEN WATSON AND HARTMAN; CITY MANAGER; TRAF'F'IC
ENGINEER; AND THE
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SEVERAL 'MATTERS WERE 'CONSI.DERED BY THE PUBLI'C S'AF'ETY COMMI TTEEAT'THI S MEET! NG
PERTAINING TO APPROVAL or LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATIONS, AND ALSO TO TRAFF'IC AND STREET
PARKING MATTERS. THE SUBJECTS DISCUSSED AND THE ACTION TAKEN AT THIS MEETING WERE AS
F'OLLOW,S:
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I. ApPLICATIONS F'OR PACKAGE STORE, CLASS A LICENSES F'OR MARK'S MARKET, 495 WEST 8TH
AVENUE, AND B.oe's SUPERETTE AT 595 EAST 13TH AVENUE. ';THE APPllCATrON or MARK'S MARKE-T
WAS MADE NECESSARY BECAUSE ,OF' 'A CHANGE or OWNERSHI P. THE F'ORMER TRADE NAME OF' THI S :
ESTABLISHM~NT WAS KEN'S MARKET. THE APPL1CATION SUBMITTED HAD THE APPROVAL or THE
EUGENE PO~ICE DEPARTMENT.
THE APPLICATION OF' BOB'S SUPERETTE WHIC~ IS LOCATED AT 13TH AVENUE AND PATTERSON
STREET IS rOR A PA LICENSE F'OR AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY LICENSED. THE
F'ORMER TRADE ,NAME or THIS .BUSINESS WAS ELLIOTT'S GROCERY. THIS APPLICATION ALSO BEARS
THE ENDORSEMENT OF' THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
': -I T -I S' -.THE' RECOMMENDATION, OF' THE:PUBLI C SAF"ETY COMMI TTEE THAT, 80TH APPLl.C'ATI ONS BE'
ENDORSED B,Y'THE COMMON COUNC'I L. '-' " - '.
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2. COMMUNI CA'r1 ON rROM COLLARD MOTORS, 1711' WI LLAMETTESTREET, REGARDI NG TRAF''' C CONGES-
TrON AT 17T~ AND WILLAMETTE' STREET.
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THIS COMMUNICATION WHICH CALLS ATTENTION TO [HE TRAFrlC CONGESTION AT 17TH AND
WILLAMETTE $TREET BETWEEN THE HOURS OF' 4:30 P.M. AND 6:00 P.M. DAILY WAS CONSIDERED
AND DISCUSSED BY THE COMMITTEE IN DETAIL. THE COMMITTEE ALSO HEARD A REPORT or THE
TRArF'1 C [NGI NEER ON HI'S- S.TUDY OF' THI S I NTERSECTI ON SUBSEQUENT TO THE DATE OF' THI S
LETTER. THE TRAF'F:I C ENGINEER ,I NO' CATE;D I,N,-Hl S REPOR-T THAT THE BACK. NGUP OF' TRAF'F'-I C-,
AT THIS CORNER IS CAUSED MAINLY BY THE INA~LLITY or SOUTH BOUND WILL~METTE:STREET
TRAF'~IC TO MAKE RIGHT AND LErT TURNS ON 18TH. HE EXPLAINED FURTHER THAT THE WIDENING
OF' WI,LLAMETTE STREET F'ROM 17TH TO 19TH WILL TAKE PLACE THIS SUMMER AND THAT IT WILL
THEN BE POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE TURNING LANES WHICH WILL ALLEVIATE THE SITUATION.
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IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF' THE PUBLIC SAnTY COMMITTEE THAT MR. COLLARD BE IN-
F'ORMED THAT A STUDYWAS.MADE or THIS INTERSECTION AND THAT THE SITUATION DESCRIBED IN
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HIS LETTER WILLBE.CORRECTED ~HEN WI LlAMETTE STREET IS WIDENED.
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3. REQUEST OF MR. GEORGE W. KLENK, 336 EAST BROADWAY. IT WAS EXPLAINED BY TH~ CITY
MANAGER AND THE TRAf'F'I.C ENOl NEER THAT A REQUEST HAD BEEN RECEI-VED-F'ROMMi:t:-KLENK OF'
336 EAST BROADWAY ASKING THAT,THE PARKKING ~E TAKEN:OF'F IN F'RONT-OF'Hfs' P~OpiR~Y iT
33~ EAST B~OADWAY. THE TRAF'F'IC ENGINEER INDICATED THAT HE HAD 6ISCUSSE~' iH~'S ~EijU~ST
WI TH MR. KLENK' AND 'TI:/AT:HI S MAl N, CONCERN WAS THE CLUTTER I NG UP OF' THE PARK....iG stRIP
BY PERSONS IN PARKED CARS THROWING PAPERS, PAPER BAGS, ET CETERA OUT OF' PARKED CARS.
IT'IS THE RECOMMENDATION ,OF' THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS REQUEST BE DENIED FOR'THE
REASON THAT IT IS CONTRARY TO THE POLICY OF' THE COUNCIL.
4. REQUEST OF'OREGON EGG PRODUCERS, 315 MADISON' STREET, FOR REMOVAL OF' PARKING FROM
ONE SIDE OF' MADISON STREET BETWEEN 4TH AVENUE AND THE SOUTHERN PACIF'IC RAILROAD. IT
WAS EXPLAI NED BY THE ,TRAF'F'I'C ENGI NEER THAT MADISON STREET IS 30 F'E~T I N WIDTH I'N, THI S
BLOCK AND THAT ON THE WEST SIDE - NORTH OF' 4TH - THE VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OCCUPIES THE,
F'IRST HALF' or THE BLOCK AND THE PAClrlC FRUIT AND PRODUCE OCCUPIES THE SECOND HALF' OF'
THE BLOCK. ONlHE EAS~:SIDE~ NORTH OF' 4TH - A 'HOUSE F'RONTING ON ,4TH AVENUE 0CCUPIES
THE F'IRST HALF' OF' THE ,BLOCK AND THE OREGON EGG PRODUCERS OCCUPIES THE SECOND: HALF'.
IT IS tHE RECOMMENDATION OF' THE ,CITY ~~~AGE~ AND THE TRAFrlC ENGINEER AND THE
PUBLI~CSAF'ETY COMMIT,TEE THAT THE PARKING BE 'R,EMOVED ON THE WEST SIDE OF' THIS:BLOC'K
TO COINCIDE WITH TH.' IN THE NEXT-BLOCK TO THE SOUTH.
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5. REQUEST OF' THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, 364 WEST 7TH AVENUE. THIS REQUEST
IS THAT A 0NE HOUR PARKING RESTRICTION BE EXTENDED TO LAWRENCE STREET ON 7TH ~VE~UE.
THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER OF'F'ICE WAS RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED AT THIS LOCATION, AND WHILE
THEY HAVE PROVIDED OF'F'-STREET PARKING F'OR THEIR TRUCK~ IN, THE REAR Or-THE PROPERTY, ALL
DAY PARKERS KEEP THECU~B SPACE IN F'RONT OCCUPI~DMOST OF' THE DAY. '
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IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION or THE C~MMITTEE THAT LIMITED PARKING BE EXT(NDED ON WEST
7TH TO LAWRENCE, BUT THAT THE TIME LIM~TATION BE TWO HOURS INSTEAD OF' ONE HOUR."
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. WATSON, THAT THE REPORT OF' THE PUBLIC SAF'ETY
COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
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A REPORT or THE PUBLIC W0RKS COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON FEBRUARY 17, 1955 - RE: PETITION
or THE ,UNI VE~S I TV OF' OREGON "TO ,VACATE EMERALD STREET BETWEEN 14TH AND 15TH AVENUES; ApPL I CA-
TION FOR SEGREGATI ON OF' ASSESSMENT, L I EN-'; REQUEST F"OR ANNEXATI~ON UNDER 100_ CONSENTr PrTI TlON
rOR ANNEX'ATI'ON,' OF'OARU SOUTH"OFiT23RO AVENUElV ANDr-:WEST- OF'SeHAMElfRs' :STREETjr PET~ TraN' FOR:'ANNEXA-
TION OF' A 13 ACRE TRACT RUNNING ACROSS WEST 2ND AVENUE; AND ANNEXATION,Gr'THE BETHEL AREA
WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS rOLLOWS:
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"PRESENT: COUNCI LMEN KOPPE AND BOOTH; CI TV MANAGER; CI TY ENGI NEER;CI TV ATTOR'NEY;
FIRE CHIEF''; PLANNING CONSULTANT; AND CITY RECORDER. MR. LINDSTROM AND MR. WRIGHT WERE
PRESENT'IN BEHALF' OF' THE,UNIVERSITY OF',OREGON, AND MR. TOM JAQUES REPRESENTED THE
EUGENE REG'I STER-GUARD,.
'THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MET ON FEBRUARY 17TH TO CONSIDER THE SIX SUBJECTS ~OR'
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL.
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I. PET!'Tl ON OF' THE UNI\VERSI TY OF' OREGON TO VACATE EMERALD STREET BETWEEN 14TH ',AND
15TH AVENUES. THE PROPOSAL ~F' THE UNIVERSITY O~ OREGON TO'CONSTRUCT DORM1T0RY HOUSING
IN TH I S AREA WAS EXPLA I NED TO THE COMMI TTEE BY MR. Li-NDSTROM, AND POI NTED OUT IN
SKETCHES OF' THE PROPOSED 6EVELOPMENT. IT WAS EXPLAINED ALSO,THAT EMERALD STREET
BETWEEN 13TH AND 14TH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY VACATED AND THAT THE PLANNED CONSTRUCTION
WOULD NECESSI TATE USE or -THE GROUND' NOW I N THE STREET RI GHT or WAY.
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I TI.S THE RECOMMENDATl ON or tHE 'COMMI TTEE THAT THE COUNCI L APPROVE THI S VAtATI ON'
AND THAT STEPS BE TAKEN TO INITIATE THE PROCEDURE. ~
2. ApPLICATION F'OR S~GR~GATION OF' ASSESSMENT'LIEN. THIS APPLICATrON WAS 'I'LED BY
MARV IN L. Dow WI TH RESPEC T TO AN ASSESSMENT AGAt NST LOTS 12 AND 13 IN BLOCK 3 or THE
FIRST ADDITION TO FAIRMOUNT HEIGHTS. IT WAS EXPLAINED TO THE COMMITTEE THAT SINCE THE
TWO LOTS,'WERE UNDERTHE,S'AME OWNERSH' P ,THEY WERE ASSESSED T.OGETHER "AND THAT NOW 'I TIS
THE DES I RE OF MR. Dow TO SELL ONE-HALF' OF' HIS HOLDI NGS AND TO SECURE A SEGREG-ATION OF'
THE TOTAL ASSESSMENT.
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I T IS ',THERECQMMENDATI,ON -OF: THE COMMI TTEt: THAT TH IS SEGREGATION BE APPROVED.
3. REQUEST F'OR AN.NEXATION UNDER 100% CONSENT. THI S PETITl ON WAS rl LED I N OcTOBER OF'
1954, 'AND SI'GNED BY JAMEsE. LEACH, LLOYD H. EDMAN:, AND GEORGE N. AL~ENBAUGH.'
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cr IT W~S' EXPLAINED BY,THE CITY MANAGER ~HA~~THE COUN~IL DID NOT ACCEP~ tHI~ PETITiON
IN OCTOBER F'OR THE REASON THAT IT DID NOT INCLUDE THE ENTIRE TRACT OWNEO'Sy:MR., LEACH,
BUT MERELY THE NORTH PART OF' IT. IT WAS ALSO EXPLAINED THAT THE SITUATioN HAS NOW
CHANGED WITH REGARD'~TO THE OWNERSHIP AND THAT THE TRACT IN QUESTION IS'OWNED NOW ENTIRELY
BY M~,. EDMAN AND MR. ALLENBAUGH. THEY ARE I N THE PROCESS OF' DEVELOPI NG THEI R L'ANO" AND
DESIRE THAT IT BE' ANNEXED IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY RECEIVE CITY SERVICES. THE'TRACTIN
QUESTION I S A PI ECE OF' .LANDJUST SOUTH OF' 23RD AVENUE 'AND BETWEENAR:rHUR STREET AND'
GARF'IELD STREET BEING APPROXIMATELY' 300 F'EET BY 120 F'EET.
IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION or THE COMMITTEE THAT THE PETITION'OF' MESSRS. EDMAN AND
ALLENBAUGH BE 'ACCEPTED AND THAT THE PROCEDURE BE STARTED TO ANNEX THIS AREA UNDER THE
100% CONSENJ' RULE..
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4. PETITION F'OR ANNEXATION OF' AN AREA SOUTH OF' 23RD AVENUE AND WEST OF' CHAMBERS STREET.
THE AREA CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY, 155 ACRES. THEPETlT,ION WAS S"'GNED'BY ELEVEN VOTERS
LIVING IN,:THE AREA OUT OF' A POTENTIAL OF' PERHAPS 27 OR,28 RESIDING-'IN THE AREA. IT 'WAS
EXPLAINED TO,THE COMMITTEE THAT A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION INDICATES"THAT ONLY TWO
VOTERS:ARE DEF'IN1TELY OPPOSED, SIX VOTERS ARE UNDECIDED ON THE ISSUE~ AND THAT THt'
BALANCE ARE POTENTIAL VOTERS, aUT NOT REG~STERED AT THE PRESENT~ IT WAS ~OTED BY 'THE
COMMITTEE THAT THIS PROPOSED ANNEXATION INCLUDES ALSO THE EDMAN, ALLENBAUGH TRACT ALSO
~EING PROPOSED UNDER,:rHE 100% CONSENT RULE.
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IT IS THE F'EELING OF' THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS IS A DESIRABLE ANNEXATION, AND IT IS
THE RECOMMENDATION OF' THE COM~ITTEE 'THAT THE COUNCIL AP~ROVE THIS PETI'TIONF'OR ANNEXA-
TION or, THIS,AREA,LESS THE EDMAN-ALLENBAUGH PROPERTY AND THAT THE COONC(L AUTHORIZE AN"
ANNEXATION ELECTION COVERING THIS PROPOSAL.
5. - PETITION F'OR' ANNEXATION OF' A 13,ACRE TRACT, RUNNING ACROSS '2ND AVENUE WEST AND
BETWEEN G,RANT STREET, AND AN 'EXTENSI ON,OF' CHAMBERS STREET'.
IT WAS EXPLAINED TO THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS IS A SMALL AREA WHICH IS COMPLETELY
SURROUNDED BY LAND THAT IS NOW WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND THAT EVERY EF'rORT SHOUlD BE
MADE TO BRING THIS ARmA WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF' THE CITY.
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, I T IS J:HE ,RECOMMENDATION OF' THE PUBLI'C WORKS COMMI TTEE THAT AN EF'F'ORT BE MADE TO
SECURE THE CONSENT OF', 100% or THE, PROPERTY OWNERSHIP -TO THIS ANNEXATION AND THAT Ir. THIS
CANNOT. BE '~CCOMPl;1 SHED, THAT THE ~CI:TY ORDER,:AN ANNEXATl ON ,ELECTl ON WI THI N THE AREA BASED
ON THE, PETl T ION NOW BEF'ORE 'THE' COUNC I L.
6. ANNEXATION OF' THE BETHEL AREA. THE SUBJECT OF' ANOTHER ANNEXATION FOR 'A PORTION 'OF'
THE BETHEL AREA PROPOSED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS CONSIDERED AND DISCUSSED BY THE
COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE INDICATED THAT IT wAs RELUCTANT, IN T~E ABSENCE OF' A F'URTHER
REQUEST F'ROM THE RES I DENTS ,OF' THE 'AREA,' TO RECOMMEND ANOTHER -ELECTION I NTHE 'BETHEL':
DISTRICT AT THIS TIME. THE COMMITTEE'1:HEREF'ORE'REF'ERS THI:S~MATTERBACK TO THE COUNCIL
WITHOUT A SPECIF'IC RECOMMENDATION."
I T WAS MOVED BY' MR ..KOPPE, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE THAT THE -RE PORT OF' -',THE PUBLt C WORKS
COMMI TTEE BE AD,OPTED." MOTION CARRI ED. , (
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A MR.' AMBROSE'SPOKE"I N BEHALF' or HI MSELF' AND OTHERS PRESENT ,RE.GARDJ:NG THE PROPOSED BETHEL
ANNEXIiTION. ,:THE'Y 'F'AVORED AN A'NNEXATl ON OF' 'THE GI LBERT 'HOMES AREAA'ND DESI RED, AN EARLY -'E'LEC-
TION~ MR. CLAIR :MltLER AND MR. A. BERNTZEN~or THE BETHEL WATER DI'STRICT -WEREALloH~ARD ON
THIS SUBJECT; THEY DESLRED,TO STUDY THE SUBJECT MORE THOROUGH(Y ALONG WITH A COMMITTE[ or
THE COUNCIL T~WORK OU~~SOMETHING:~HA~ WOULD.~E REASONABlE TO THE CITY, THE A~EA, AND THE
WATER DISTRICT.
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A REPORT OF' THE JUDICIARy"FI-NANCE, AIRPORT AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMlT,TEE MEETING MELDON
FEBRUARY 18, 1955 - RE: TV ANTENNA FRANCHISE; OF'FER F'ROM SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.4; AND THE
WI DTH OF' GARF.'l ELD STREET PAVI NG WAS SUBMI TTEDAND READ 'AS F'OLLOWS:,
,ttPRESENT: COUNC'I LMEN KOPPE, HARTMAN, OwEN AND SHl'SLERj ~CI Ty."MANAGER;, CITY ENGI NEER;
ACTING AIRPORT MANAGER; DIRECTOR OF' PARKS & RECREATION; AND CITY RECORDER.
FOUR COMBI NED -COUNC'I L COMMI TTEES 'MET ,ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, '18TH,' TO DI SCUSS VARIOUS
~ATTERS." THREE RECOMMENDA'TI ONS ARE MADE AS A 'RESULT or THESE DI.SCUSSIONS. '
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I . TV -,AN'TENNA FRANCHI SE - A, DRAF',TOr:" A PROPOSED "FRANCH I SE WITH ABAR' RAG 10- TV TO PERMIT
USE or:STRE'ETS AND "ALLEYS OF' THE,CI'TY F'OR' A TELEVISION ANTENNA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WAS
REV IEWEDAND .'01 SCUSSED ,BY,THE COMMI TTEE.-. THE COMMI TYEE GENERAL'LY APPROVES THE ORDI NANCE
AS WRITTEN, BUT IS CONCERNED THAT(,ADEQUATE-PROVISION. BE MADE'~F'OR 'REMOVAl'OF',WIRES AND
EQUIPMENT IN THE VENT OF' TERMINATION OF' THE F'RANCHISE. IT WAS AfSO MENTIONED IN THE
CISCUSSION THAT THEPRovrSI ON rORRES,TO.RATI ON OF' ANY STREET AND ALLEY CUTS SHOULD BE
CONSISTENT WITH THE ORDINANCES ANO PRACTICES 0F' THE CITY.
IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF' THE COMMITTEE THAT THE ORDINANCE BE AMENDED TO CONF'ORM
TO THE ~BOVE' AND, 'nfAT THE: 'oRbl NANCE, AS AMENDED, BE'PASSED:
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2;OF'F.'ERrROM~SCHOOL DISTRIC,T NO.4 - RE: "PURCHASE OF' LAND'(,IN A,IRPARK AND SALE or ALL
LI NCOLN SCHOOL S.I TE." , '
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"THE COMMI TTEE REVI EWED THI S MATTER AND 01 SCUSSEI1l I TIN THE LI GHT' OF' THE MOST RECENT
i NfORMATI ON ATHAND_' AND RECOMMENDS THAT THE CI TY SELL. THE LAND. I N. THE' AI RPARK' NEEDED F'OR
S~HOOL~'TOSCHOO(DISTRICT NO.4 F.'OR $2,OOO~OO PER ACRE AND qHATTHE CITY PURCHASE:THE
OLD LINCOLN SC~OOL SITE AT 10TH AND MONROE WITHOUT THE BUILDING F'OR $16,500.00~ AND IN
ADDITION PURCHASE THE F'ENCE AT THE'A5KlNG'PRICE OF"$
3. WIDTH OF' GARF'IELD'STREET PAVING -IT WAS EXPLAINED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY
ENGiNEER THAT IN THEPLANN1NG AND ENGINEERING:F'OR THE OPENING OF' GARF'IE(D STREtT~ ~~ IS
NECESSARY TO KNOW THE WIDTH OF.' PAVING TO BE PROVIDED F'OR ON GARF'IELD'STREET.F'ROM 7TH TO
I I TH AVENUES.
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE F'ACT THAT THIS STREET WILt. BE AN'I.MPORTANT CONNECTOR BETWEEN
TWO HEAVILY TRAVELLED HIGHWAYS,7TH"AvENUE AND'I ITH AVENUE, AND THAT IT WILL BE A ~TREET
NEEDED 'fOR HEAVY COMMERCIAL~USE, ~T IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF' THE COMMITTEE THAT GARFrELD
STREET BET~EEN~7TH ~VENUE'AND ~ ITH'AvENUE, BE PAVED TO A WIDTH 0F'~66 F'EET TO PROVIDE FOR
F'OUR"LANES OF' MO~tNG TRAF'F'IC AND TWO PARKING LANES."
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE THAT THE REP.ORT OF' THE JUDICIARY, FINANCE,
AIRPORT AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEES BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
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A REPORT OF' THE JOI NT MEETI NG:,OF' THE PUBLI C SAF.'ETY AND FI NANCE 'COYMI TTEES AND THE lI,BRARY
BOARD HELD ON'F'EBRtJARY:>21, 1955.. RE: ':PURCHASE OF' A PROPOSED LIBRARY SITE 'WAS SUBMITTED AND
READ AS rOLLOWS: ~ ',_.
"PRESENT: COUNCILMEN'BoOTH, GODLOVE, KOPPE, WATSON, HARTMAN ,AND 'SHISLER; CITY.MANAGER;'
CITY ATTORNEY; ALL MEMBERS OF' THE 'LIBRARY BOARD, CONSISTING OF.' MR. WilLIS WARREN, CHAIRMAN,
MR. JOHN MACKINNON, MRS. HUGH FORD, MR. CLIF'F'ORD STALSBERG, MR. ROBERT LEMON, AND LIBRARIAN
CLARA NASHOLM. ALSO PRESENt WERE MEMBERS OF' THE PRESS~AND 'APPROXIMATELY 35 INTERESTED
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THE PUBL I C SAF'ETY AND F I NANCEi"COMMI;TTEES AND THE LI BRARY BOARD MET ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY
21, 1955 IN THE COUNcrL CHAMBERS or THE CITY.HALL,AT 7:30P;M. THE:MATTER DISC~SSED WAS
THE RECOMMENDATION OF' THE LIBRARY BOARD THAT THE'FISK PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE ,NORTHWEST
CORNER OF' 1'lTH AVENUE ,AND OAK STREET BE PURCHASED 'F'OR THE SITE :OF' THE NE~ LIBRARY TO BE
CONSTRUCTED. THE LIBRARY:BoARD'S RECOMMENDATION WAS PRESENTED,AT THE COUNCfL'MEETING OF.'
FEBRUARY 14, 1955 AND REF'ERRED TO THE ABOVE NAMED COMMITTEES AND LIBRARY BOARD F'OR F'URTHER
RECOMMENDATION TO THE C~UNCIL.
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COUNCILMAN,BoOTH,CHAIRMANO~THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, ,PRESIDED A~D O~ENED THE MEETING
BY .'REQUESTI NG WI LL I S 'WARREN, CHAI RMAN OF' THE 'LI',BRARY' BOARD, TO AGAI N STATE THE ,BOARD'S
ARGUMENT IN F'AVOR,OF' THE FISK'SITE; THE MEETING WAS THEN OptNED F'OR DI~CUSSIONTO'ALL
P~OPLE PRESENT IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
A NUMBER OF".CITizENS, INCLUDING MR. WILLIAM RUSSELL, PRESIDENT OF' THE CIVIC CENTER
DEVELOPMENT, ROSCOE LACKEY, MRS. IRENE BREWER, MR. HERMAN HENDERSHOTT, MR. JOHN LUVAS,
VICE PRESIDENT OF' THE CHAMBER OF' COMMERCE, AND ARCHITECTS' GILMORE AND HITCHCOCK,
PRESENTED ARGUMENTS IN F'AVOR OF"THE SITE PICKED BY ARCHITECT'S COLLABORATIVE, IN THE
NEWLYPROPosED,GIVIC CENTER. MR. KENNETH.NIELSEN; COUNTY COMMISSIONER, EXPLAINED THAT
THE COUNTY COULD NOT SELL OR GIVE,'TO THE CI'TY AS A GIF'T THE .LAND NECESSARY F'OR A LIBRARY
SI;TE AS PI CKED BY ARCHITECT'!S COLLABORATI VE I N, THE EAST PARK ',BLOCK, BUT':DIO EXPLAI N HOW
HEPERSON~tLY THOUGHT':THAT,THECITYCOULD PURCHASE PROPERTY NORTH or THE PR~SENT COURT-
HOUSE CONS I STI NG OF' THREE PI ECES, GENERALLY KNOWN AS THE BABBS, MADSEN, AND lANE "COUNTY .
FEED AND SEED COMPANY PROPERTY, F'OR APPROXIMATELY $180,000.00 AND ErF'ECT AN EVEN TRADE
ON A SQUARE FOOT ~ASIS-WITH CONSIDERATION GI~EN TO LAND viLUES.
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MR. DAVE VAN FOSSEN, RE~L EST,ATE BROKER, TALKED IN F'AVOR OF' THE OLD FRANCI S wr,LLARD
SCHOOL PROPERTY ASA SlrE~EOR THE LIBRARY AS WELL AS A SITE F'OR THE OITY HALL, AND
CENTRAl: FrRE: STATI ON~' ALSO, MR. VAN FOSSEN PRESENTED, A TAX ANAL YSIS CONCERNI NG THE
VARIOUS PIECES OF',PROPERTY UNDER=CONSIDERATION.
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LET-TERS F'ROM THE SOR'OPTIMIST ~CLUB, 'MRS. IRENE BREWER:, MRS. tEE BARLOW, MR. -AND
MRS. WALTER .V. DENNIS, MR. ROSCOE LACKEY, AND MRs. LUCIAWILKINS,MoORE WERE READ - ALL
IN F'AVOR OF' THE PROPOSED CIVIC CENTER SITE. THE, LIBRARY BOARD PRESENTED A REPORT ENTITLED
"CRITERIA FOR SELECTING A LOCATION,'FoR,A CENTRAL:LIBRARY BUILDING". ,'ArTER,'F'ULLuDISCUSSION
OF' THE'MATTER BY AL'LPRESENT, I T WAS MOVED BVCOUNC I LMAN KOPPE', -'SECONDED BY Cou~ic I LMAN
WATSON THAT THE COMMI'TTEES AND THE L, BRARY BOARD RECOMMEND TO' THE COUNC' L, THAT THE MATTER
BE RETURNED'TO THE LIBRARY F'OR rURTHER STUDY. MOTION CARRIED.:
ALL' l:.ETTERS "ANI) REPORTS' ARE ATTACHED HEREWI TH . AND MADE A PART or. THESE' MI NUTES.. "
THERE BEING NO F'URTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED."
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AND FINANCE COMMITTEES AND THE LIBRARY BOARD BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED~
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Fo.l.LOWING THI S: A~TI ON, TWO COMMUNI CATI ONS' WERE READ' SUPP.ORTI NG, THE CI v'lc 'CENTER PLAN'~
THEY'WEREF'ROM THE: EUGENE, CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL AND THE E,UGENERECREAnON COMMISSION. ANOTHER
COMMUNICATION F'ROM tHE WOMAN'S SOCIETY OF' CHRISTIAN SERVICE OF' THE FIRST METHODI'ST-CHURCHWAS
READ. I T POI NTEO:-OUT THAT THE PARK BLOCK F'ORA LI BRARY 51 TE WAS; I NITS OPI NI ON, UNSATI SF'AC- '
TORY BECAUSE ~r THE:~~TURE OF' SOME' BUSINESSES AND ACTIVIT1ES IR AND AROUND THE PARK AND ENCOUR-
AGED THESECU'RI NG OF' A SITE' ELSEWHERE. '
7 A REPORT 9F'THE PUBLIC WORKS CO~MITTEE MEETING HELD ON FEBRUARY 24, 1955 ~ RE:' R. ,E.
LAF'F'ER~Y & SON~ REQUEST f0R A WAIVER; CONSIDERATION OF' LA~REL HILL DRIVE'ANNEXATIONJ CONSID-
ERi~ION OF' iSTH AVENUE ASSESSMENT AND SIEGENTHALER RE~ORT; 18TH AVENUE P~OPOSED STRE:E:~DE:bICA-
TIONJ AND MADSEN RE~UEST TO BUILD TWO HOMES IN PLACE OF', A DUPLEX WAS'SUBM'ITTED AND READ AS
F'OLLOWS:
"PRESENT: COUNCILMEN KOPPE, BOOTH AND GODLOVE; CITY MANAGER; CITY ENGINEER; AND
CI TY RECORDER. ALSO PRESENT WERE MESSRS. R. E..LAF'F'ERTY, E. F. JUDKl NS, STEWART' ',i
McLAUGHLI N AND TOM JAQUES. A SPEC I AL CI TI ZEN '5 COMMI TTEE WAS REPRESENTED AT THE MEETI N,Q,
BY MESSRS. HENRY HOWARD, HAROLD WOODS, RAY SIEGENTHALER, JOHN MCGINTY AND MARK WESTLING.
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,THE PU~LIC WORKS, COMMITTEE OF' THE COUNCIL MEr ON FEBRUARY 24TH TQ GIVE CONSIDERATION
TO F'IVE MATTERS WHICH HAD BEEN REF'ERREDTO IT F'OR STUDY AND A RECOMMENDATION.
I. REQUEST F'OR WAIVER OF' SET BACK BY R. E. LAFF'ERTY & SONS, 340 WASHINGTON STREET~
THIS REQUEST HAS BEEN UNDER STUDY BY THE COMMITTEE AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OrF'ICE F'OR A
NUMBER OF' WEEKS. IT IS A REQUEST F'OR A WAIVER OF' THE SEVEN F'OOT SET BACK ON THE EAST
,SIDE OF' JEF'rERSON STR~ET BETWEEN '3RD AND 4TH AVENUES opeOSITE- THE PROPERTY OF' R~ E.
LAF'F'ERTY & SONS. THE PURP0SE OF' THE WAIVER IS TO PERMIT THE CONSTRUCTION OF' AN ADDI-'
TION TO THEIR WAREHOUSE BUILDING AND TO THE PROPERTY LINE.
T~E-PROPOSED P~OJECT OF R~ E. LAF'F'ERTY & SONS HAS BEEN CLEARED BY THE CITY MANAGER
AND MR~ LAF'F'ERTY WITH THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, AND APPEARS TO"MEETWITH THEIR,
APPROVAL WITH RESPECT TO THE PLANNING FOR THE OVERHEAD STRUCTURE TO SERVE THE RIVER ROAD
AREA.
IT-liS-THE RECOMMENDATION or-THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE THAT THE COUNcrL APPROVE THE
REQUEST'F'OR WAIVER ,or T~E SEVEN,F'OOT SET BACK ON-JEF'F'ERSON STREET.
2.~ PETITION F'OR ANNEXATION OF' LAUREL HILL. THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THE PETITION F'OR
ANNEXATION OF' THE LAUREL HILL DRIVE AR~A 'TO THE CI,TY OF' EUGENE. THE AREA IN QUESTION IS
A 52.58 ACRE TRACT EAST OF' AUQUSTASTREET AND SOUTH OF' HIGHWAY 99. THE PETITION IS
SIGNED BY ELEVEN PERSONS LIVING IN THE AREA, WHICH THE COMMITTEE WAS ASSURED IS THE
MAJORITY OF' THE RESIDENTS AND LEGAL VOTERS IN THE AREA PROPOSED FOR ANNEXATION. THE
COMMI'TTEE HEARD MR. STEWART McLAUGHLIN WHO APPEARED TO BE THE ONLY' RESIDENT OF' THE AREA
WHO OBJECTS TO THE ANNEXATION. HIS OBJECTION WAS MAINLY THAT THE ANNEXATION MOVE WAS
TO BENEF'IT THE SUBDIVIDER WHO DESIRED TO DEVELOP BUILDING SITES.
IT JS THE, FEELING OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS IS A REASONABLE ANNEXATION AND THAT
THE WELF'ARE OF' THE PETITIONERS SHOULD BE,CONSIDERED, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY HAVE MADE
SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO BECOME ANNEXED TO THE CITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF' RECEIVING ALL CITY
SERVI CES,. I,T IS THERErORE THERECOMMENDATI ON OF' THE COMMI TTEE THAT THE COUNC I LACCEPT
THIS PETITION AND PASS THE NECESSARY ORDINANCES TO AUTHORIZE AN ANNEXATION ELECTION.
3. WEST 18TH AVENUE ASSESSMENT - tHE CO~MITTEE MET WITH THE SPECIAL CITIZEN'S ~OMMITTEE
APPOINTED BY WEST SIDE RESIDENTS AND GAVE DISCUSSION TO THE SIEGENTHALER REPORT 'AS WELL
AS TO THE PROBLEM OF' ASSESSING FOR THE COST OF' THE WEST 18TH AVENUE PAVING. THE .SPECIAL
CITIZEN'S COMMITTEE POINTED OUT THEIR OBJECTIVES, AND INDICATED THAT THEY HAD F'ULL
AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE COU~CIL ON THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENT.
IT WAS THE F'EELING OF' THE COMMITTEE THAT PERHAPS A SMALLER AND MORE REPRESENTATIVE
COMMITTEE SHOULD BE APPOINTED TO STUDY THIS PROBLEM, AND THERE~ORE RECOMMENDS THAT THE
COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO APPOINT A COMMITTEE Of' CERTAIN MEMBERS OF' THE CITY COUNCIL,
THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND LAY CITIZENS TO STUDY THE PROBLEM OF' STREET ASSESSMENTS AND
REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL.
4., DEDICATION OF PROPERTY F'OR STREET ~IGHT OF'~AY - IT WAS EXPLAINED 70 THE COMMITTEE
BY THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY THAT SEVERAL PROPERTIES PURCHASED F'ORSTREET '"
RIGHT OF WAY F'OR THE OPENING or 18TH AVENUE WEST HAD NOT HERETOF'ORE BEEN F'ORMALLY DEDI-
CATED FOR -,STREET'-PVRPOSES., ,I T WAS EXPLA'I NED 'FURTHER THAT_THESE 'PI ECES OF'-PROPERTY -HAD
BEEN SPEClrlCALLY SECURED F'OR THE OPENING OF' WEST 18TH, BUT :NOT WI.THSTANDING THIS, THAT
IT WOULD BE BETTER PRACTICE TO FORMALLY DEDICATE THIS PROPER TV rOR STREET PURPOSES SO
THAT IT BECGMES A MATTER OF' PUBLIC RECORD.
IT IS THEREF'ORE THE RECOMMENDATION or THE COMMITTEE THAT THE COUNCIL GIVE APPROVAL
TO THIS TO,THIS PROCEDURE AND PASS THE NECE,SARY ORDINANCE TO INITIATE THED~DICAT10N.
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HOUSE ON THE REAROF"'HER~L,OT IN LIEU OF' CONVERTING THE EXISTiNG RESIDENCE TO A OUPLEXUNIT.
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I TWAS EXPLAI NED TO THE COMMI TTEE THAT THt'S REQUEST HAD BEEN PREst N1T.ED, TO THE BOARD
or ApPE~LS'A~ A ~Et~INGHE(D ON FEBRUA~Y ~, 1955'A~D THAT THE" BOARD OF' ApPE~Ls' ~AD iN~f-
CATED APP~OVAL OF' THI S REQUEST I NITS REPORT PRESENTED' TO THE COUNtl L ON FEBRUA~Y '14TH.
THIS REPORT WAS ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL ON THAT DATE. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT WAS DETERMINED
THAT THIS REQUEST wAs NOTA SijBJECT TO BE PRESENTtD TO THE BOARD OF' ApPtALS, BUT SHOULD
HAVE GONE DIRECTLY TO tHE COUNCIL.
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IT' IS THEREF'ORE THE RECOMMENOAT'I ON~; or niE COMMI TTEE: THAt THE COU'NC I L RECONS I DERTHE:
REPORT OF' THE BOARD OF' ApPEALS AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST AND RErER THE-'
MATTER TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE F"OR STUDY AND A RECOMMENDATION."
I T WAS MOVED BY MR."KOPPE, ,SE'CONDED BY MR. GODLOVE THAT THE 'REPORT OF' THE PUBLI C W0RKS
COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
WIT~ RESPECT TO ITEM NUMBER 3 OF' THE REPORT, IT WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE MAYOR THAT THE SPEciAL
STREET COMMITTEE ~OULD CONSIST OF' C~UNeILMAN KOP~t"AS CH~iRMAN; COUNCILMAN B06TH, ME~SRS. URE~
AND MACKiNNON-REPRESENTING THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND MESSRS. MCGINTY AND HOWARD REPRESENTING
THE CITIZEN'S COMMITTEE. HE INDICATED THAT HE WOULD APPOINT ANOTHER LAY MEMBER AT A LATER DATE.
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A REPORT" OF''' THE BOARD' OF' ApPEALS - RE: REQUESTS' OF' 'MR'. StAN BECK ANO' THE~'BoARi:> - or TRUSTEES
OF' THE BEREAN BAPTIST CHAPEL:F'O~'WAIVER O,'SET BACK RE~UIRtMENTi WERE SUBMITTED AND RE~i:> AS
rOLLOWS:
"THE BOARO"OF' ApPEALS HELD'A REGULAR MEETING AT THE CIT~-HALL FEBR~A~Y 24, 1955 TO
CONSIDER THE rOLLOWING,REQUESTS F'OR 'WAI'VER OF SET BACK REQUIREME~Ts. "
MEMBERS PRESENT: MR. VAALER, MR. MOYER, AND MR. BALZHISER.
I. MR. STAN BECK OF' 2531 CHULA ViSTA STREET REQUESTS A WAIVER OF' THE 20 F'OOT'"SET BACK
F'OR GARAGES IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT" A CARPORT, THE 'RONT OF' WHICH WILL BE 9 F'EET,FROM THE
SIDEWALK.
THIS INVOLVES REMODELING OF HfS"DRIVEWAY BY EXCAVATING TO SIDEWALK lEVEL, CONSTRUCT-
ING RETArNING WALLS,AND'A F'LAT ROOF'. SINCE THE SKETCH PREStNT~D WAS"NOT TOO CLEAR THE
BOARD TABLED 'THE MATTER FOR rURTHER INVESTIGATION~
2. REQUEST FROM THE BOARD OF' TRUSTEES OF'THE BE~EAN BAPTIST CHAPEL LOCATED AT THE
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF' 12TH AND CHAMBERS STREETS F'OR A WA I VER OF' :niE 50 F'00T SET BACK F'ROM
INTERIOR PROPERTY LINES F'OR THE CONSTRUCTioN OF' AN ~DUCATIONAL UNIT.
THE PROPOSED SJRUCTURE WILL ADJOIN THE EXISTING CHURCH ON THE-SOUTH SIDE AND WILL
BE 8~ F'EET F'RO~ ~~AMBERS-STREET WITH A SIDE ~YARD'SET BACK OF' '20 F'EET. ~
THE'BOARD DID 'NOT F'EEL THE ADJOI~iNG PROPE~TY TO THE SOUTH WOULD BE JEOPARDIZED BY
THE ERECTION OF THE EDUCATIONAL UNIT IF' IT WERE B~ILT WITHIN 20 F'EET OF' THE SOUTH PROP-
ERTY LINE AND 81 F'EET rROM CHAMBERS STREET.
THEREFORE THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED.
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THERE BEING ~O F'URT~E~ BUSINESSi MEETiNG WAS ADJOURNED."
THERE BEING NO OBJECTIONS, THE'REPORT WAS ORDERED ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR.
PETITIONS-AND-COMMUNltATIONS
10 PETITION FOR PAVING 2rST AVENUE WEST F'ROM LINCOLN TO LAWRENCE -:STREET, WITH SIGNA'TURES OF'
100% OF' TOTAL F'RONT FOOTAGE WAS SUBMITTED.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. KOPPE, SECONDED BY MR. HARTMAN THAT THEPET(TloliI'BE REF'ERRED TO THE
PuBLIC WORKS COMMI TTEE. MOTrON CARRI'ED.
II PETI'TION rOR-PAVrNG KNOB HILL' LANE F'ROM"~5TH TO 36TH AVE'NUE" WITH SIGNATURES OF', loo%:or
TOTA'L F'RONT FOOTAGE 'i/AiSSUBMITTED.
I T WAS MOVED BY MR. KOPPE, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE THAT THE,: PETI TI ON BE RE'F'ERRED TO THE
PUBLIC ~ORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED.
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COMMUNICATION FROM VI'CTOR W. :LI NOEEN ;.: RE~:REPORT OF'ANTI -AIR POLLUTION COMMI TYEE S'UB-
MITTED AND READ ~T THE COUNCIL MEETING ON FEBRUARY 14, 1955 WAS SUBMITTED AND:,READ AS F'OLLOWS:
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"As A MEMBER OF' THE AIR POLLUTION COMMITTEE I REQUEST OF THE COM~ON C~UN~IL OF' THE
CITY OF' EUGENE, OREGON TO STRIKE F'ROM THE RECORDS THE STATEMENT PREPARED BY MR. WESTLING
(CHA I RMAN OF' COMMI TTEE ), AND READ BY' THE CITY MANAGER" FEBRU'ARY 14,. 1955.
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No VOTE WAS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON THE ABOVE: MENTIONED STATEMENT TO AUTHORIZE
MR. WESTLING TO'SUBMIT THE STATEMENT TO THE COUNCIL AND THEREFORE I DO NOT BELIEVE IT TO
BE THE EXPRESSED. VIEWS OF' THE COMMITTEE.
FURTHERMORE I REQUEST OF THE COMMON COUNCIL TO INSIST OF' THE COMMITTEE TO ACT'AS
PREVIOUSL~ REQUESTED BY tHE COUNCIL AND THAT 1S (TO TAK~ ACTION F'OR IMMEDJATE RELIEF'
OF THE SAW DUST AIR POLLUTION THAT EXISTS ON THE WEST SIDE OF' EUGEN~) OR REVERT THE
PROBLEM BACK TO" THE COUNC,I L. "
I T WAS MOVED BY MR. KOPPE, ~ECONDED BY, MR., GODLOVE- THAT THE COMMUNI CAT! ON BE RECr..'VED :AND
PLACED ON F'ILE. MOTION CARRIED.
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COMMUNICATION FROM MR. ,AND MRS. L. E. SEVERSON - RE:PROPERTY AT 2176.AGATE STREET, THE
SOUTH r.IVE F'EET OF' WHICH IS OWNED BY THE CITY, WAS ~UBMIJTED ~ND READ AS F'OLLOWS: ,
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"SOME' MONTHS AGO WE PURCHASED, THE HOUSE 2176 AG~TE ST~EET. :THE REAL_'ESTAJE~ MAN
TOOK US OUT AND SHOWED US THE PROPERTY, AND LINE F'EN~ES.
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AF'TER PURCHASING WE F'IND OUT THAT F'IVE F'EET ON TH~,~OUTH BELONG~ TO THE CITY, AND
THAT TAKES ABOUt HALF' OUR BACK DOOR STEPS, LEAVES ME ABOUT ONE F'OOT TO GET OUT THE DOOR,
ALSO OUR GRAPE ARBOR SITS ON CITY PROPERTY. T~FIVE_F'EET.HAS 'BEEN,F'ENQED WITH THIS
PROPERTY r.OR OVER 2Q YEARS. WE WOULD.~IKEfOR SOM~ONE TQ P~EASE COME AND LOOK. THINGS,
OVER AND LET US KNOW WHAT WILL BE DONE ABOUT IT OR ~~AT wE CAN ~O TO OBTAIN THIS F'IVE
F'EET.
WE~T~RTED SPADING THE GARDE~ AND P~UNED THE ARBOR 'AND. TREES 'BEF'ORE WE KNEW ABOUT
THIS."
IT ,WAS MOVE~ ~r,MR. KOP~E, SECONDED BY,MR. GODLOVE TH~T THE COMMUNICATION BE REFERRED TO
THK PUBLIC ,WO~KS COMMITTEE~ MOTIQN CARRI~D.
14 COMMUNICATION rROM EUGENE WATER AND ELECTRIC BOARD - RE: DEED TO BE EXECUTED WAS SUBMITTED
AND READ, ~S FOLLOWS:
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"UNDER DATE OF' JUL~! 13, 1953, THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD AUTHORIZED:THESALE
OF' F'IVE LOTS SURROUNDING THE COLLEGE HILL RESERVOIR. THE LOCATION AND ELEVATION Or.
THESE LOTS IS SUCH THAT THERE APPEARS TO BE NO F'URTHER NEED F'OR THEM IN CONNECTION WITH
THE STORAGE 'OF; . WA TER. . ,
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THESE LOTS WERE APPRAI SED BY MR. C. A. BARNES AND ,HAVE BEEN DULY ADVERT I SED 'F'OR
SALE. THE ENCLOSED DEED FOR LOT Ie, BLOCK 33, COLLEGE HILL PARK ADDITION TO EUGENE,
TRANSF'ERS THIS LOT TO MR. AND MRS. BYRON L. MILLER.
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THE BOARD HERE8Y REQUESTS THAT THE (OUNCIL APPROVE THIS SALE ~ND AUTHORIZE~THE
SIGNING OF' THE DEED BY THE MAYOR AND RECORDER."
IT WAS ~OVED BY ~R. KOPPE, S~CONDED BY MR. GODLOVE ,THAT r~E~PRO~E~,CITt OF'F'ICER' BE'
AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE THE DEED AS REQUESTED. MOTION CARRIED.
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'MR. fRANK'.FoSTER OF ,THE CITY TRANSIT LINES ADDRESSED,THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL REGARDING THE
PROPOSED CHANGES'iN THE BUS ~OUTES. HE WAS INF'ORMED THAT A F'ORMAL REQUEST SHOULD BE F'ILED ~ITH
THE CITY MANAGER FOR PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL.
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COMMUNICATION"SIGNED BY SIX RESIDENTS OF THE BETHEL WATER DISTRICT - RE: DESI~E F'OR'
ANNEXATION TO THE CITY OF' EUGENE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ ~S F'OLL9WS:
"THIS LETTER 'IS TC? INF'ORMYOU THAT WE WISH TO EXPRESS OUR DESIRE TO BECOME A PART
,OF' THE CITY OF' EU9ENE AND WOULD APPRECIATE AN ELECTION ~EING HELD, AS THE COUNCIL ~EES
F'I T, TO ANNEX THE PARTS OF' THtS DIl?TRI CT. WHO ARE IN F'AVOR OF' BECOMI ~G A PART OF"EUGEINE. " '
WE FEEL THAT WE WILL BE BENEFITTED IN SEVERAL WAYS BY AN~EXATION .S THIS DI~TRICT
1.5 BEING ~ORE DENSELYPOPULArED EVER~ DAY A~D THE SANITATION CONDITION,MUS~ BE TAKEN
CARE OF' IN THE NEAR F'UTURE. WE HAVE ,COMPLETE CONF'IDENCE IN THE EUGENE CITY COUNCI~ AND
PLANNING COMMISSION DOING EVERYTHI.NG IN THEIR POWER TO HAVE THESE CONDITIONS TAKEN CARE
GF'AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE F'EEL THAT THE BUSINEss DISTRICT AND THE PRIVATE HOMES ARE
EQQ~LLY ENDANGERE~ UNDER THE ~RESENT CONDITIONS.
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THE LACK OF' TIME PREVENTS MORE SIGNATURES TO THIS LETTER, BUT WE F'EEL SURE THAT WE
ARE IXPRESSING THE F'EEL1NGS OF' A LOT OF' OUR NEIGHBORS AND ,BUSINESS ASSOCIATES WHO HA~E
EXPRESSED ,~HEMSELVES AT MEETINGS BEF'ORE." "
IT WAS ORDERED BY THE MAYOR, THERE BEING NO OBJECTIONS, THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED
AND PLACED ON F'ILE.
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touNel L BI LL No.' 1820' - RE: ,LEVYI NG ASSESSMENTS~ F'OR PAVI NG 18TH AvENUE- F'ROM WASHI N'GTON TO
CHARNELTONSTREET, INTRODUCED AND GIVEN FIRST READING ON JANUARY 24, 1955 WAS BROUGHT ON FOR
CONSIDERATION.
I T WAS MOVED BY MR. KOPPE, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE TH'AT ACTI ON ON THE BI LL BE" I NDEF'I NI TELY
POSTPONED. ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED.
18 COUNC I L BI LL No. 1832- RE-: FRANCHI SE ~OR ABAR RAD 10- TV WAS SUBMI TTED AND READ THE F'I RST
TIME IN F'ULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME
BY TITLE'ONLY, WITH UNAN~MOUS CONSE~T OF" T~E COUNCIL~ M~TIO~ CARRIED UNiNI~OUSLY AND THE BILL
WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONLY.
IT'~A~ ~~VED BY MR: GOD(OVE, SECO~DE6 BY-M.. KOPPE THAT THE BILL BE. LAID OVER-UNTIL THE
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8TH TO WEST BROADWAY, AND NORTH SIDE OF WEST BROADWAY, CHARNEL TON TO ALLEY EAST or CHARNEL TON,
INTRODUCED AND GIVEN F'IRST READING ON FEBRUARY 14, 1955 WAS BROUGHT ON F'OR CONSIDERATION. CITY
MANAGER REPORTED NO'WRITTEN PROTESTS ON FILE.
IT WAS MOVED BY' MR. GODLGVE,"SECONDED BY MR; KOPPE THAT THE BI'LL BE READ THE SECOND-'TlME
BY TITLE ONLY, WITH UNANiMOUS CONSENT OF tHE COUNCI~. -MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL
WAS READ'THE SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONLY.
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL
BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY TIT(E ONLY, WIT~ UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF' T~E GOUNcfL. -MofION"CARRIED
UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED-BY MR. KOPPE THAt:THE:COU~CIL BILL BE APPR0VED AND
GIVEN FINAL PASSAGE. ALL COUNCILME~ PRESENT VOTING'AYE. MESSRS. BOOTH AND SHEARE~ ABSENT.
THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED 10534.
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COUNCIL BILL No. 1834 - RE: LEVYING ASSESSMENTS F'OR SIDEWALK ON WEST SIDE-O'"WiLLAMETTE -
25TH TO 29TH AND NORTH SIDE or 29TH, WILLAMETTE TO LINCOLN, INTRODUCED AND GIVEN F'IRST READING
ON FEBRUARY 14, 1955 WAS BROUGHT,ON-F'OR CONSIDERATION. CITY MANAGER REPORTED NO WRITTEN PROTESTS
ON F'ILE~
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE THAT THE BILL-BE READ THE SECOND TIME
BY TITLE ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF' THE COUNCI~. MOTION CARRIEDIUNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL
WAS READ'THE SECOND TrME BY'TtTl.E ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED-BY MR. KOPPE 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 ,READTHETHIRD"TIME'BYTITLE ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE THAT THE COUNCIL BILL BE APPROVED AND
GIVEN F'INAL PASSAGE;' AL( COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE. ME.SRS~ BOOTH AND!HEARER ABSENT.
THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED'AND NU~BER~D'10~35.
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AVENUE WAS SUBMI TTED AND'READ-THE F'I RSTTI ME IN F'ULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME
BY TITLE"~NLY~ WIT~ UNAN~~OUS CON~ENT O~T~E COUNcfL. MOTION"CARRltD UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL
WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY TIT(E-O~LY. "
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I T WAS MOVED BY MR. 'GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE THA'T THE RULE"S -BE SUSPENDED AND THE BI LL
BE READ THE THliD TIME BY TITLE ONLY, :WIT~ ~NANIM6us CONSENT"O~ THE C.UNtjL.--M~TION CARRIED
UNANIMOUSLY'AN~ THE 'BILL WAS RtAD fHE'THIRD TIME BY:TITLE ONLY.
I T WAS MOVED BY MR.G0DLOVE, SEC"ONDE'D BY MR. Kopp'E" THAT THE COUNCI L 81 LL Bf APPROVED AND
GI VEN F'1 NAL' PASSAGE. '':'ALL COUNCILMEN PRE-SENT VOTI NG AYE. MESSRS. BOOTH AND SHEARER ABSENT.
THE BILL WAS DEC~ARED PAS~ED AND NUMBEREO 10536.,
22 COONCIL BILL No. 1:837 - RE:' DESIGNATING AND ESTA'BLfSHI'NG CERTAIN DE-SCRIBED REAL".PR'OPERTY
AS A PUBLIC ~TREET AND DECLARING IT TO BE ~HAT PORTION OF' WEST 18TH AVENUE rROM CHA~NE"tON TO
WASHINGTON STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE F'IRST TIME IN F'ULL.
I T WAS MOVED BY -MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE' THA T ",THE BILL BE READ THE SEC'OND T I ME
~y TITLE ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF' THE COUNCI,L. MOTION CARRIEO UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL
WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONLY.
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED'BY MR. KOPPE THAT THE COUNCIL BILL BE APPROVED AND
GIVEN F'INAL'PASSAGE. ON'A;R6LLCA~L VO~E, -ALL COUNCILMEN VOTED AYE EXCEPT MR~~W TSON WHO
VOTED "NO";~ MESSRS. BOOTH AND SHEARER"ABSENT.: THE BILL WASDEClARE~ PASSE~ AND NUMBERED 10537.
23 COUNCIL BILL No. 1840 ~ RE: LEVYING ASSESSMENTS F'OR SiDEWALK REPAIR AT 990 EAST 21ST
AVENUE WAS SUBMITTED ~ND READ ~HE F'IRST TIME IN F'ULL.
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IT-WAS-:MOVED,BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE THAT THE BILL-BE LAID OVER AND PROPER
NOTICE OF' ASSESSMENT 'BE GIVEN AF'F'ECTED PROPERTY OWNERS. MOTION CARRIED.
COUNCIL BILL No. 1841 - RE: LEVYING ASSESSMENTS F'OR SANITARY SEWER - HILYARD STREET BETWEEN
25TH AND 26TH AVENUES WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE F'IRST TIME IN F'ULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE THAT THE BILL BE LAID OVER AND PROPER
NOTICE or ASSESSMENT 'BE GIVEN AF'rECTEU PROPERTY OWNERS.
RESOLUTIONS
RESOLUTION - RE: PARKING AND STOP SIGN RESTRICTIONS WAS SUBMITTED ANti REA~ AS F'OLLOWS;
'~HEREAS, ORDIN~NCE No. 10419, PASSED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF' THE,CITY or' EUGENE
ON APRIL 26, 1954, AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR ON APRIL 27, 1954, PROVI~ES- THAT PARKING
RESTRICTIONS AND STOP SIGN RESTRICTIONS ON THE STREETS or THE CITY OF' EUGENE WHICH'ARE
ESTABLISHEDAF'TER THE DATE OF' THE PASSAGE or SAID ORDINANCE SHALL BE ESTA8LISHED 8Y
RESOLUTION, AND
WHEREAS, THE. COMMON COUNt'1 L, ArTER I NVESTI GATI ON, CON.SUL TATI ON AND STUDY, HAS DETER- '
MINED THAT ADDITIONAL PARKING REGULATJONS ANO STOP SIGN RESTRICTIONS SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED,
No..J, THEREFORE, BE; ,IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE AS
FOLLOWS:
I. No PERSON SHALL PARK A VEHICLE F'OR A PERIOD OF' TIME LONGER THAN TWO HOURS,
BETWEEN THE HOURS OF' 9:00 A.M. AND 6:00 P.M. OF' ANY DAY EXCEPT SUNDAY AND LEGAL
HOLIDAYS ON_WEST SEVENTH_AvENUE BETWEEN LINCOLN STREET AND,lAWRENCE STREET.
2. No PERSON SHALL PARK A VEHICLE ON THE WEST SIDE OF' MADISON STREET F'ROM WEST
FOURTH AVENUE TO SOUTHERN PAClrlC RAILROAD RIGHT or WAY.
THIS RESOLUTION AboPTED THIS 28TH DAY OF' FEBRUARY,' 1955."
IT WAS. MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY-~. KOPPE TKA_T THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. MOTION
CARRIED.
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RE50LUTI~N - RE: SETTING HEARJNG rOR ANNEXATION OF' THE AREA SOUTH OF' 23RD AVENUE AND
WEST or CHAMBERS TO CITY VIEW STREETS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS F'OLLOWS:
"WHEREAS, THERE HAS BEEN F'ILED WITH THE CITY OF' EUGENE, A WRITTEN PETITION F'OR
ANNEXATION Of THE F'OLLOWING DESCRIBED AREA, TO-WIT:
BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER or SECTION ,I, TOWNSHIP 18 SOUTH, RANGE 4 WEST,
OF' THE W,I LLAMETTE MERI 01 AN,' AND RUNNI NG ,THENCE, NORTH 1308.6 F'EET) 'THENCE S0UTH,
89020' EAST 262 F'EET) THENCE NORTH 165.2 rEETJ THENCE SOUTH 89020' EAST 262 'EET)
TH~NCE NORTH TO A LINE BEARING NORTH 89020' WEST F'ROM A POINT THAT IS SOUTH 89020'
EAST AND SOUTH 2405 F'EET F'ROM THE NORTHWEST'CORNER or SECTION I, TOWNSHIP 18 SOUTH,
RANGE 4 WEST, W.M.,; THENCE SOUTH 89020' EAST TO A POINT THAT IS SOUTH 89020' EAST
AND SOUTH 2405 rEET-F'ROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER or SAID S~CTION I, SAID LAST MEN-
TIONED POINT BEING ON THE PRESENT CITY LIMITS OF' EUGENE, OREGON; THENCE F'OLLOWING
THE CITY LIMITS SOUTH 8902~1 EAST 400 F'EET; THENCE NORTH 98 F'EET; THENCE EAST
ALONG, THE SOUTH LINE OF' LOT 29 AND LOT 30 OF' PROSPECT PARK AND SAID SOUTH LINE
OF' LOTS 29 AND 30, IF PROJECTED WEST TO THE WEST LINE OF' CHAMBERS ST~EET~ THENCE
SOUTHERLY ALONG THE WEST LINE OF' CHAMBERS STREET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF' THE NORTH
,HA.LF' O.F' SECTI,ON I, TOWNSHI P -18 ,SOUTH, -RANGE 4 WEST, W.M.; THENCE LEAVI NG THE
CITY LI MI TS OF' EUGENE, RUNNI N,G SOUTHERLY 'ALONG THE WESTERLY .LI NE OF', CHAMBERS
STREET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF' SECTION I~ TOWNSHIP 18 SOUTH, RANGE 4 WEST, W.M.;
THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF' SAID SECTION I TO THE POINT OF' BEGINNING,
ALL IN LANE COUNTY, OREGON, AND
WHEREAS, THE CITY CHARTER Of THE CITY OF' EUGENE DOES NOT EXPRESSLY PROHIBIT THE-CITY
F'ROM DISPENSING WITH SUBMITTING THE QUESTION Of ANNEXATION TO THE REGISTERED VOTERS Of
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N~, THEREFO~E, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE'-,~OMMON COUNCIL,OF THE CITY OF EUGENE THAT A
PU~~IC HEARING'SHALL BE H~D'ATj:30'P.M~ON tHE 28TH ~AY or MARCHi 195~, IN THE COUNCI~
CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, EUGENE, 'LANE COUNTY, OREGON, BEFJORE THE COMMONCOUNcrL OF' THE CITY
OF' EUGENE, AT WHICH tiME AND PLACE THE REGISTERED VOTERS OF' THE ,CITY OF' EUGENE MAY
A~ptAR A~D BE-~EARDONTHE QUESTION or SA~D ANNEXATIONS A~D WHETHER OR 'NOT THE COMMON
COUNCI~~SHALL tiIS~EN~E WI"TH S~BMITTING THE-QUEST~ON TO THE REGISTERED VOTERS OF',THEc
Clt~, ~UT SHALL PROCEED BY,HAVI,NG AN ANNEXATION ONLY WITHIN THE AREAS HEREINBEF'ORE
LEGALLY DESCRIBED.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT NOTICE-or THIS HEARING SHALL BE PUBLISHED ONCE EACH
WEEK 'F'OR TWO SUCCESSI VE WEEK"SPR lOR TO THE DAY OF' THE HEAR I NG I N THE EUGENE REGI STER-
BUARD, A NEWSPAPER OF', GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE CITY or EUGENE, AND THERE SHALL ALSO
BE NOTICES OF' THE HEARING IN F'OUR PUBLIC PLACES POSTED WITHIN THE CITY OF' EUGENE F'OR
A LIKE PERIOD OF' TIME. SAIO NOTICES SHALL BE SIGNED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF' THE
CITY OF' EUGENE.
RESOLUTION ADOPTED THIS 28TH DAY OF' FEBRUARY, '955."
I T WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR~ KOPPE THAT THE RE80LUTION BE. ADOpTED'.' M9T10N
CARRIED.
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27 RtSO(UTIO~ - RE: SETTING HEARING F'OR ANNEXATJON OF' WEST 2ND AVENUE AREA WAS SUBMITTED AND
READ AS- F'OLLOWS:
''WHEREAS, THERE HAS BEEN F'I LED WI TH':THE CITY OF' EUGENE, A WRI TTEN PETI T,I ON F'OR ANNEXA-
TION OF' THE F'OLLOWING DESCRIBED AREA, TO-WIT:
8EG-INNING'AT THE- INTERSECTION OF' THE' NORTH~LINE or_McLAREN'S PLAT'WITH A L.iNE"
RUNNING DUE NORTH F'ROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER or JAMES HUDDLESTON'S D.L.C. #37
SAID INTERSECTION BEING ON THE. PRESENT CITY LIMITS or EUGENE, OREGON, AND
RUN'NI NG THENCE WESTERLY: TO THE, NORTHWEST COR-NER: or McLAREN'S PLATj THENCE
SOUTHERL~ TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER or THE BLAIR STREET ADDITJON; THENCE EAiTERLY
ALONG THE SOUTH BOUNDARY or BLAIR STREET ADDITION TO A LINE RUNNING DUE NORTH
F'ROM THE- NORTHWEST' C'ORNER OF' JAMES HUDDLEs'tON D. L C. #37; THENCE- NORTH TO THE
POINT OF' BEGINNING, IN LANE COUNTY, OREGON,
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WHEREAS,' THE: CI TY CHARTER OF ,THE CITY OF' EUGENE DOES NOT EXPRESSLY PROHI.B-I T THE CI TY
F'ROMDISPENSING WITH SUBMITTING THE QUESTION or ANNEXATION TO THE REGISTERED VOTERS 0F' THE
C I TYj
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- NOW,- THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMoN COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE THAT A
PUBLIC' HEARING SHALL BE HA'D AT 7:30 'P.'M." ON'THE 28TH DAY ~F MARCH,' 195_5, I.N THE' COUNCIL
CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, EUGENE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, BEF'ORE THE COMMON COUNCIL or THE C'TY
or EUGENE, AT WHICH ~IME AND PLACE THE REGISTERED VOTERS OF' THE CITY OF' EUGENE, OREGON
'MAY-APPEAR AND BE HEARD ON THE QUESTION OF' SAID ANNEXATIONS, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE
COMMON COUNCIL SHALL DISPENSE WITH SUBMITTING THE QUESTION TO THE REGISTERED VOTERS or
THE CI TY, BUT SH-ALL PROCEED 'BY HAV-I NG 'AN ANNEXATION ONLY WI THI N THE AREAS HEREI NBEF'ORE
LEGALLY DESCRI,BED.:
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BE- IT F'URTHER RESOLVED THAT ~OTICE OF' THIS HEARING SHALL BE PUBLISHED ONCE EACH WEEK
F'OR TWO SUCCESSIVE WEEKS PRIOR TO ~HE DAY OF' THE HEARING I.N TH~ EUGENE'REGISTER-GUARD,
A NEWSPAPER OF' GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE CITY OF EUGENE, 'AND THERE SHALL ALSO BE
NOTl CE'S OF' THE HEARl NG IN F'OURPUBLI C PL-ACES-' POSTED WI THI N THE CI TY OF'EUGENE F'OR A
LfJKE PERIOD OF'TiME". SAID NOTI:CES :SHALL BE SIGNED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF' THE CITY
OF EUGENE.
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RESOLUTI ON ADOPTED THIS' 28THD-AY OF' FEBRUARY, 1955. II
I T WAS MOVED BY MR.' GODLOVE, SEC.ONDED BY- MR. KOPPE THAT THE RESO-LUTION BE ADOPTED. MOTl ON
CARR I ED. -
28 RESOLUTI ON- - RE: SETTI NG HEAR I NG F'OR ANNEXATI ON OF' LAURtL HI LL AREA WAS SUBMI TTED AND
READ AS F'OLL'OWS:
"WHEREAS,- THERE HA'S BEEN F'l LED WI TH THE Cl TY OF' EUGENE, A WR ITTEN PETl noON F'OR
ANNEXATION or THE' FOLLOWING DESCRIBED AR~A, TO~WIT:
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BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF' THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT or WAY LINE OF' THE ~ACI~~~
HIGHWAY U.s. 99 WITH A LINE PARALLEL TO AND 320 F'EET EASTERLY ~ROM THE EASTERLY
LINE OF' KINCAID PAR~ ADDITION, SAI~ INTERSEtTI~N BEING ON THE PRESENT CITY
LIMITS or EUGENE, OREGON, IN SECTION 33, TOW~SHIP 17 SOUTH, RANGE 3WESl, W~M.,
AND RUNNING THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT or WAY LINE OF' THE PACIF'IC
HIGHWAY #99 TO THE WEST LINE OF' CHARLES B. SWEET D.L-C. #38 IN TOWNSHIP 17
SOUTH, RANGE 3 WEST, W.M.,j THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE WEST LINE OF'SAID D.L.C.
#38 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER THEREor; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTH LI~E OF'
SAID D.L.C. #38, Ir SAID SOUTH LINE WERE EXTENDED WESTERLY TO A LINE BEARING
SOUTH 0040' WEST rROM A POINT, SAID LAST MENTIONED POINT BEING S0UTH 89020'
EAST 500 F'EET AND SOUTH 0040' WEST 19.41 F'EET F'ROM THE NORT~EAST CORNER OF' LOT
I I IN THE PLAT OF' OVERLOOK AS PLATTED AND RECORDED ~N BOOK 4, PAGE 9, LANE
COUNTY PLAT RECORDS; THENCE SOUTH'0040' WEST TO A POINT 812.41 rEET SOUTH
0040' WEST AND 500 F'EET SOUTH 89020' EAST F'ROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF' LOT I I
OF' THE PLAT O~ OVERLOOK; THENCE NORTH 800'20' WEST TO A POINT 320 ~EET EAST OF'
THE EAST LINE OF' KINCAID PARK ADDITION EXTENDED SOUTHERLY; THENCE NORTHERLY
PARALLEL TO AND 320 F'EET EASTERLY rROM THE EASTERLY LINE OF' KINCAID PARK
ADDITION EXTENDED SOUTHERLY TO THE POINT OF' BEGINNING, IN LANE COUNTY,
OREGON, AND
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WHEREAS, THE CITY CHARTER OF' THE CITY OF' EUGENE DOES NOT EXPRESSLY PROHIBIT THE
CITY F'ROM DISPENSING WITH SUBMITTING THE QUESTION OF' ANNEXATION TO THE REGISTERED VOTERS
OF' THE CITY;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE'THAT A
PUBLIC HEARING SHALL BE HELD AT 7:30 P.M. ON THE 28TH DAY or MARCH, 1955~ IN THE COUNCIL
CHAMBERS, CI TY HALL" EUGENE, LANE 'cOUNTY, OREGON, BEF'ORE THE COMMON COUNCI L OF' THE CI TY
OF' EUGENE, AT WHICH TIME AND PLACE THE REGISTERED VOTERS OF' THE CITY or EUGENE MAY
APPEAR AND BE HEARD ON THE QUESTION OF' SAID ANNEXATIONS, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE
COMMON COUNCIL SHALL DISPENSE WITH SUBMITTING THE QUESTION TO THE RE~ISTERED VOTERS
OF' THE CITY, BUT SHALL PROCEED BY HAVING AN ANNEXATION ONLY WITHIN THE AREAS HEREINBEF'ORE
LEGALLY DESCRIBED.
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BE IT F'URTHER RESOLVED THAT NOTICE OF' THIS HEARING SHALL BE PUBLISHED ONCE EACH
WEEK F'OR 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 or THE HEARING IN F'OUR PUBLIC PLACES POSTED WITHIN THE CITY OF' EUGENE F'OR
A LIKE PERIOD OF' TIME. SAID NOT~CES SHALL BE SIGNED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF' THE CITY
or EUGENE.
RESOLUTION ADOPTED THIS 28TH DAY OF' FEBRUARY, 1955."
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE THAT THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. MOTION
CARRIED.
UPON MOTION DULY MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIED, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED.
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ROBERT A. FINLAYSO~
CITY MANAGER.
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