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COUNCIL CHAMBERS, I
EUGENE, OREGON,
DECEMBER'27, 1955.
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THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL'OF~THE CITY ot EU~ENE wAs HkLb oN-DECEMBER 12,
1955 AND ADJOURNED'TO DECEMBER 27, i955 AT 7:30~P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE MEE-T I NG i
WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY HIS HONOR, MAYOR V. E. JOHNSON WITH THE fOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT:
MR. BOOTH, MR. GODLOVE, MR.~KoPPE, MR. WATSON, AND MR. OwEN. MR. SHt~~ER'TOOK HIS ~EAT AT
7:3B P.M.; MR. HARTMAN TOOK HIS SEAT AT B:OO P.M.; AND MR. SHISLER WAS ABSENT.
THE MI NUTtS OF niE. LAST R-EGULAR MEET! NG HELD ON 'DECEMBER 12, 1955'WERE READ AND APPROVED.
I THIS BEING THE DATE SET FOR THE AWARD Of CONTRACTS rOR GASOLINE AND 01L.REQ~).EMENTS FOR
THE CALENDAR 1956, THE rOLLOWING BIDS WERE TABULATED AS OPENED ON DECEMBER 21, 1955 AT
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MOTOR FUEL DIESEL OIL P. S. 100 P. S. 200 P. S. 300 e
ETHYL MQTOR STOVE. OIL STOVE.OIL STOVE OIL
EUGENE FARMERS CO-OP .2sA . I 38A .153A . I 38A -------
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GUSTArSON FUEL COMPANY ." ------- ------- . I 365A . -------
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TIDEWATER ASSOCIATED OIL .219BRAD .131 BAD .1555AD . I 428AD - I
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. 2368EAD
STANDARD OIL Of CALifORNIA . 260AD -------- ------- -------
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SHELL OIL COMPANY .2157RAD' -------- ------- ------- -------
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AUTOMATIC HEAT COMPANY .151 BA . I 368A $4.50 -1700 GAL.
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OR LESS A 3.54B65
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MORE fOB EUGENE
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RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION .21 24RAD ------- . 152AD . I 37AD -------
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SIGNAL OIL COMPANY .2IBBRAD . I 57AD . I 73AD . 15BAD -------
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PETRO-LANE OIL COMPANY . 244A .410A .155A .140A -------
R. L. ANGST & SON ------- ------- .150A .139A -------
FLETCHER OIL COMPANY .222RAD . I 43AD . I 70AD . I 43AD -------
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GENERAL PETROLEUM CORP. .252AD . I 47AD .162AD . I 47AD -------
FRED HUSE ------- . I 425A .162A . I 365A -------
McKENZIE OIL COMPANY . 247A .136A .146A .136A -------
CENTRAL HEATING COMPANY ------- .137A .150A .137A 3.49 FULL T & T e
QUANTI TV A 3.90
LESS THAN T & T
QUANTI TI ES A
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UNION OIL COMPANY . 235RAD . I 47AD . 162AD . I 47AD -------
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C PCUS NORMAL DlrrERENTIAL rOR DELIVERIES LESS THAN 400 GALLONS
0 SUBJECT TO INCREASE IN TAXES
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ALL GASOLINE BIDS ARE EXCLUSIVE or TWO CENTS FEDERAL TAX, BUT INCLUDE SIX CENTS
STATE MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX I
PREVIOUS BID: 1955 BID AWARDED TO RICHrlELD OIL CORPORATION AT .2244 PER GALLON BASED , I
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ON TANK WAGON
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT THE LOW BIDDERS BE AWARDED
CONTRACTS - ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS or THE BIDS SUBMITTED AND THAT THE PROPER CITY
orrlCIALS BE AUTHORIZED TO eNTER INTO CONTRACTS ON THIS BASIS. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN
PRESENT VOTING AYE. MESSRS. SHEARER, HARTMAN, AND SHISLER ABSENT. MOTl ON CARR I ED.
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i REPORTS OF OFFICERS
2 I A REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER - RE: RECENT RAIN STORMS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS,
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! "THE CITY HAS EXPERIENCED, WITHIN THE LAST TEN DAYS, A SERIES OF RAIN STORMS WHICH,
~CCORDING TO THE RECORD, HAVE NO PARALLEL. FOR THE TWENTY-FOUR Hri~R ~ERIOD, 10lOO A.M.,
SUNDAY, ,DECEMBER 18TH, TO le:OOA.M., MONDAY, DECEMBER 19TH, THE AVERAGE RAINFALL WAS
TWO INCHES. THIS AMOUNT IS NOT UNCOMMON, BUT DUE TO THE PREVIOUS GROUND SATURATION It
i AS WELL AS THE AMAZON CREEK. DURING THE TWENTY-FOUR
: OUR SEWERS FILLED TO OVERFLOWING,
, HOUR PERIOD, 6:~0 P.M., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20TH, TO 6:00. P.M., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21ST,
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THE.AVERAGE RAINFALL WAS 4~86 INCHES WHICH WAS GREATER THAN ANY.ON RECORD AT THE'
WEATHER STATION FOR THIS AREA, AND AGAIN FOR THE PERIOD FROM 10:30 A.M., SUNDAY,
i DECEMBER 25!H, TO 10:30 A.M., MO~DAY, DECEMBER 26TH, WE HAD AN AVERAGE or, 3.53 INCHES.
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I THE LARGER STORM CAUSED WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF OUR STREETS, ESPECI~LtY ON EACH SIDE'~
OF THE AMAZON. HOWEVER, I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT LESSER AMOUNTS OF RAINrALL CAUSE A
e GREATER AMOUNT OF,FLOODI~G WITHIN THE CITY WHICH LEADS ME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE
WORK ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED ON THE AMAZON HAS HELPED THE CITY MATERIALLY. THIS IS~ I
ESPECIALLY NOTED IN THE TIME IT TAKES FOR THE WATER TO DRAIN FROM THE STREETS AFTER THE
, RAIN HAS CEASED~ ALSO, EV~RY EFFORT SHOULD BE .MADE FOR THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT
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~ I I HAVE ASKEO'.THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO REVIEW THE FACTORS THEY USED 'IN .TH~'~
I DESIGN OF OUR STORM SEWERS WI1H THE THOUGHT THAT THE SEWER SIZES CAN BE INCREASED'AND
STILL REMAIN WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF BEING ECONOMICAL. WI THOUT A DOUBT, THERE ARE CERTAIN
SECTIONS ,OF THE CITY THAT STORM SEWERS WILL HAVE TO BE SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL
RELIEF SEWERS." , '
THE MAYOR ORDERED, IN THE ABSENCE OF OBJECTIONS, THE REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER TO BE
'I RECEIVED .AND :PLACED ON ~ILE.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
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3 A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SArETY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE'S MEETING HELD DECEMBER 15, 1955 - RE:
COMMU~I CATI ON F:ROM THE PUBLI C EMPLOYEE'S RETI REMENT SYSTEM; REQUEST FOR "NO PARKI NG" AREA .AT
I ST. FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL; ,REMOVAL OF LOADING ZONE SOUTH or 8TH AVENUE ON ,WEST PARK STREET;
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'I ,I HOTEL LOADING ZONE TO SERVE THE WINSTON HOTEL; REQUEST BY MRS. JAMES REESMAN .FOR A THIRU'
MINUTE PARKING AREA; AND EXTENSION OF TWO HOUR PARKING ZONE AT 14TH AVENUE AND OAK STREET WAS
:1 SUB~ITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: ,
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., MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN GODLOVE, WATSON, HARTMAN, BOOTH; KOPPE,
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I ~SHEARER; CITY MANAGER; POLICE CHIEF; TRAFrlC SIGNAL MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN; AND THE CITY
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I . COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE'S RETrREMENT SYSTEM REGARDING P9LICE AND fiRE
RETIREME'NT OPTIONS - T,HE CITY RECORDER EXPLAINED THAT BY AN ACT OF THE 1955 LEGISLATURE
I THE CI TY COULD ELECT TO ALLOW I T:S, POl,.l CE AND F-I RE' DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES TO REDUCE THE I R .
i CONTRIBUTION RATE TO THAT OF OTHER EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF EUGENE WITH THE
. I UNDERSTANDI NG THAT THE CI TY WOULD HAVE 1:)' MAKE A~Y' ADDI T1'ONAL CONTRI BUTI ONS NECESSARY TO
ALLOW THEM, NORMAL RE;T1,REMENT &ENEFI T~. " : . , ' . , to: 1
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,I IT WAS ALSO EXPLAINED THAT A LETTER FROM THE PuBLIC EMPLOYEE'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM HAD
STATEDt'HAT THERE WOULD BE. NO ADDI TI ONAL_ COST TO THE; CI'TY OF', [UGENE F'OR THE NEX!' F'O:UR
YEARS, A:~D THEREAfTER THERE WOULD BE ONLY MINUTE ADJUSTMENTS.
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IT WA& ALSO EXPLAINED THAT THE 1955 LEGI SLATURE HAD MADEl T .POSSI BLE FOR POL'tC,E ~AND
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FIRE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL $10.00 INCREMENTS OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS
I WHICH WOULD BE REPAID BETWEEN THEIR NORMAL RETIREMENT DATE AT AGE SIXTY AND THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF SOCIAL SECURiTY AT AGE 'SIXTY-FIVE~ THESE INCREMENTS WOULD BE PURCHASED BY THE
POLICE AND ,FIRE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES AT A RATE DETERMINED BY THEIR AGE AT THE TIME THEY
MAKE APPLICATION FOR SUCH ADDIT10NAL CUVERAGE. THEIR CONTRIBUTION WOULD BE MATCHED 100
PER CENT, B~THE CITY. IN NO EVENT WOULD THE EMPLOYEE REC~IVE ANY OF THE C1T~'S CONTRIBU-
'TI'ON TOWARD SUCH .1 NCREMENTS AFTER HE REACHES AGE SIXTY-FIVE, WITH A MAXIMUM OF ,FIVE SUCH
INCREMENTS TO BE PURCHASED BY THE EMPLOYEE.
2. REQUEST FOR "NO PARKING AREA" IN FRONT OF' ST. FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL - THE CITY MANAGER
I EXPLAI NED HE ,HAD A. LETTER FROM MR. VERN HAWN REQUEST I NG THAT. A "NO PARK I NG AREA" BE'
I INSTALLED ON WEST 18TH AVENUE BETWEEN THE TWO CURB CUTS WHICH SERVE ST. FRANCJS HIGH
'I SCHOOL, WHICH WOULD ELIMI~ATE APPROXIMATELY FOUR PARKtNG SPACES. MR. HAWN FURTHER
REQUESTED THAT THIS AREA BE DESIGNATED AS A LOADING ZONE FOR SCHOOL BUSSES. AND PRIVATE
VEHICLES LOADING OR UNLOADING STUDENTS.
I MR. HAWN'S REQUEST WAS CONCURRED IN BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND IT WAS THE RECOM-
MENDATION OF- THE COMMITTEE THAT THE.REQUEST, AS OUTLINED, BE GRANTED, AND THE NECESSARY
STREET SIGNS AND MARKINGS BE INSTALLED.
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3. REMOVAL OF LOADING ZONE SOUTH OF 8TH AVENUE ON WEST PARK STREET NEAR THE REAR OF THE I' I
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UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK - THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED THAT SOME TIME IN THE PAST A
TWENTY MINUTE LOADING ZONE HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED ON WEST PARK STREET TO SERVE A TELEVISION
REPAIR SHOP LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK. THE BUSINESS HAS NOW '7
MOVED AND THE NEED FOR THE ZONE HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
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THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE TWENTY~FOUR MINUTE LOADING ZONE METER BE REPLACED
WITH A 120 MINUTE METER TO CONFORM TO THE REMAINDER-OF THE METERS IN THE AREA. .,
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4. HOTEL LOADING ZONE-TO SERVE-THE WI NSTON,HoTEl - THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT HAp. NOTED THE HOTEL LOADING.ZONE IN FRONT O~ THE WINSTON HOTEL.WAS BEING USED
AS A PARKING AREA .BY THE MANAGEMENT or THE HOTEL IN VIOLATION or tTSINTENDED USE.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDED THAT THE HOTEL LOADING ZONE BE REPLACED WITH'~
METERED LOADING ZONE WHICH WOULD SERVE THE HOTEL,'AS WELL AS OTHER BUSINESSES IN TH~ AREA.
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THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT. THE HOTEL LOADING BE REPLACED WITH A TWELVE MINUTE e
LOADING ZONE METER.
5. REQUEST BY MRS. JAMESREES~AN, 451 WEST 11TH AVtNUE; rOR A THIRTY MINUTE PARKING
AREA - THE CITY MANAGER INDICATED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD A REQUEST rROM MRS. JAMES
REESMAN, WHO OPERATES A NURSERY SCHOOL AT 451 WEST 11TH AVENUE rOR A THIRTY MINUTE
PARKING ZONE IN rRO'NT or THAT ADDRESSi' THE SCHOOL HAS :NO DRIVEWAY rOR LOADING AND
UNLOADING, AND ALL DAY PARKING IS PREVALENT IN THE AREA. I
THECOMMI~tEE RECOMMENDED THAT:THE REQUEST FOR A THIRTY MINUTE PARKIN. ZONE I N r'RONT
or THE ADDRESS INDICATED BE GRANTED.
6. EXTENSION or TWO HOUR PARKING ZONE .- .THE ,CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED THE POLiCE" DEPARTMENT
HAD NOTED AN INTERSECTION AT 14TH AVENUE AND OAK STREET WHICH HAD (IMITED VISIBILITY DU~~ ,
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TO THE PRESENCE or ALL DAY PARKERS, AND THAT THE ACCIDENT RATE AT THIS INTERSECTION WAS I:
HI GH, DUE I N PART TO POOR VI SI BI LI TY.. . .'
To AID THIS SITUATION, I,T WAS THE RECOMM'ENDATioN OF--THE COMMI TTEE THAT PARKI NG BE
LIMITED TO TWO HOURS ON THE WEST SI,DE' OF' OAK STREET !FRO'M.14TH 'AVENUE SOUTH TO THE ALLEY,
AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE or 14TH AVE~UE rROM OAK ~TREET WEST TO THE-A(LEY,AND THAT THE ..
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PROPER SIGNS'TO THIS ErrECT BE I NS'TALLED." . ;
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT ITEM NUMBER ONE OF THIS REPORT i
BE SEGREGATED AND THAT IT BE APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL
COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE. MR. SHISLER ABSENT. MOTION CARRIED.
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. WATSON, THAT THE BALANCE OF THE RrpORT OF THE :
PUBLIC SAFETY AND FINANCE COMMITTEES BE ~DOPTED. MOT! ON CARR I ED.
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4 A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE or THE WHOLE MEETING HELD DECEMBER 19, 1955 - RE: ~DISCUSSION
OF POTENTI AL LI BRARY SI TE' WAS SUBMI TTED AND READ AS F'OLLOWS':
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"PRESE NT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNC I LMENBooTH, GOPLOVE, KOPPE, WATSON, OwEN, SHEARER,
AND SHISLER; CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; CITY RECORDER; AND MR. DAN WYANT or THE EUGENE
REGI STER-GUARD.
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DISCUSSION or POTENTI'AL LIBRARY SITE - COUNCILMAN KOPPE REPORTED'THAT HE HA~ INVES~IGATED
THE COST or THE TOTAL ONE-QUARTER BLOCK AREA FROM BROADWAY TO WEST PARK, AND rROM OAK
STREET TO THE ALLEY BETWEEN OAK AND PEARL STREETS, AND HE BELIEVED THE COST or THIS AREA
WOULD BE APPROXJMATELY $225,000.00, WHI~H H& BELIEVED TO BE A PROHIBITIVE rIGUR~ rOR! -
LIBRARY SITE.
'MEMBERS or, THE COMM~TTEE THEN DISCUSSE~ VA~IOUS'OTHER SITES INCLUDI~G THE ~NE-QUARTER
BLOCK BETWEEN EAST PARK AND PEARL STREETS AND 8TH AVENUE EAST AND THE ALLE-Y BETWEEN 8TH
. -AVENUE AND BROADWAY, 'AND ALSO THE.. AREA BETWEEN BROADWAY' AND SaUTH PARK STREET- rROM THE
EASTSI D'E' or THE LUMBERMENS', BUI LDING TO THE AL,LEY 8ETWEEN OAK AND PEARL STREETS, WI TH A
POSSIBL~.EXTENSION or THE SIT~TO THE NORTH WHICH COULD ~E AtCOMPLISkEDBY CLOSI~G THt
EASTERLY PORTION or SOUTH PARK STREET. .
ON A MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE 11TH AVENUE .A'ND WI LLAMETTE STREET SI TE-: (PRESENT SI 'TE)
F'OR THE LI BRARY,. A ROLLCALL VOTE WAS TAKEN AND THE MOTION W'AS DEF'E-ATED BY A VOTE OF FOUR .
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TO THREE.
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SINCE THE COMMITTEE WAS'UNABLE TO AGREE ON THE I I TH AVENUE- AND WI LLAMETTE STREET
SITE, THEY REQUESTED A MEETING WITH THE LIBRARy.BoARD TO SEE I~ AN ALTERNATE SITE,
ACOEPTABLE TO THE LIBRARY BOARD, COULD BE F'OUND.- 1 I
THE MAYOR ORDERED, IN THE ABSENCE OF OBJECTIONS, THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
TO BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE.
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5 A REPORT ;OF THE COMMI TTEE or THE WHOLE AND LI,BRARY BOARD MEETI NG HELD DECEMBER 26, ':955 -
RE: DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL SITES FOR A LIBRARY LOCATION WAS SUBMIT1ED AND READ AS FOLLQWS:
',,"PRESENT:, MAYOR .)OHNSON; COUNC I LMEN' BOOTH, WATSON, OWEN, SHEARERfAND H~RTMAN;
LIBRARY BOARq MEMBERS WARREN, FORD, MACKINNON, LEMON, STALSBERG; CITY MANAGER; CITY
RECORDER};CITY LIBRARIAN; AND MR. DAN WYANT OF', THE EUGENE REGI~STER-GUARD.
,I COUNC I L PRESI:DENT, AND COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, ROBERT BOOTH, REVIEWED THE MEETING OF
i\ THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HELD DECEMBER 19, 1955. HE INDICATED THE COMMITTEE WAS
I INTERESTED IN THE AREA BETWEEN BROADWAY AND SOUTH PARK, EAST OF THE LUMBERMANS'
BUILDING, TO THE ALLEY ,BETWEEN OAK AND PARK STREETS. THIS AREA WAS DISCUSSED WITH
REFERENCE,TO ITS p.RESENr SIZE, THE POTENTI'AL SIZE OF, THE EASTER!:.Y PORT! ON OF SOUTH ,PA'RK
IF I T WERE VACATED, ITS STRUCTURAL ~NVIRONMENT, GENERAL SUITABILITY AND THE AVAIL-
ABILITY OF PARKING ADJACENT TO THE AREA.
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i THE JOINT COMMITTEE ALSO DISCUSSED THE LIBRARY BOARD'S CRITERIA FOR A SITE AND
e DETERMINED THAT A CORNER LOCA~ION, WHILE NOT ABSOLUTELY I,MPERATI VE, DID HAVE A'NUMBER
OF ADVANTAGES BY REASON OF MORE 'NATURAL VENTI LATI ON, LIGHT, INCREASED PEDESTRIAN AND
VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, AND ADDITIONAL SIDEWALK DISPLAY ROOM. -,
VARIOUS OTHER SIif,ES WERE THEN DISCUSSED ,INCLUDING THE FISK PROPERTY, THE FISK
PROPERTY WITH THE WESTERN AUTO STORE, .THE PRESENT SITE AS PROPOSED BY THE LIBRARY BO~RD,.
AND WI TH THE ,ADDUI ON, OF THE CRUM PROPERTY LOCATED I MMEDI ATELY SOUTH OF THE SI TE PRQPOSED
I BY THE LIBRARY B~ARD.
IN A DISCUSSION OF ALL THE AREAS PROPOSED, THE LIBRARY BOARD INDICATED THE ~R~~DWAY
51 TE, EXCLUDING THE LUMBERMANS' BUILDING, WOULD NOT BE OF SUfFICIENT SIZE.
:! MEMB,ERS OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE 'WHOLE INDICATED THEY DID NOT,BELIEVE THE ,11TH ~AVENUE
AND WILLAMETTE STREET SITE OR THE FISK PROPERTY ~ITE WERE DESIRAB~E FROM THE STANDP.OINT OF
!I POTENTIAL ~RAFFIC ON 11TH AVENUE.
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IT WAS GENERALLY AGREED ~HAT FOOT TRAFFIC, SIZE OF AREA TO BUILD ON, AND PARK lNG"
FACILITIES WERE ESSENTIAL.
THE MEETING ADJOURNED WITH NO ACTION BEING TAKEN."
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TH~ MAYOR~ORDERED, IN THE ABSENCE OF OBJECTI~NS, THE REPORT OF' -,THE 'COMMI TTEE OF THE WHOLE
I AND THE LIBRARY BOARD TO BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE.
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6 ,) A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS AND HEALTH AND RECREATION COMMITTEE'S MEETING HELD DECEMBER
22, 1955 - RE: REQUEST FROM T. C. WILDISH FOR EXTENSION OF TIME ON SANITARY SEWER PROJECT;
REQUEST BY THOMAS C. WINN FOR A VARIANCE; GASOLINE AND OIL BIDS O~ENED ON DECEMBER 21, 1955;
REQUEST rROM RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION TO WIDEN 18TH AVENUE; AND REQUEST OF SANITARY ENGINEERS
FOR, INCREASE IN RErUSE HAULI NG RATES WAS SUBMI TTED AND READ A,S rOLLOWS:
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, IIRRE SE NT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN KOPPE, BOOTH, GODLOVE, OWEN, SHEARER, AND
I HARTMAN; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; CITY ENGINEER; AND MESSRS. WINN AND SHEPPARD.
I . ' ,REQUEST rROM, T. C.WILDISH rOR EXTENSION or TIME ON SANITARY SEWER CONSTRUCTION ON
DONALD STREET rROM 39TH TO 40TH AVENUES, ON THE SOU~ SIDE OF' 40TH AVENUE EAST BOO FEET
FROM DONALD STREET, AND WEST 400 FEET - A COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED AND REFERRED TO
THE COMMITTEE FROM MR. WILDISH STATING THAT DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER, JHE WET CONDI~~ON
OF THE GROUND, AND OTHER HANDICAPS, HE HAD NOT rOUND IT POSSIBLE TO COMPLETE THE ABOVE
CONTRACT BY DECEMBER I~T 1955 AND BE REQUESTED AN EXTENSION or TIME.
e ArTER DISCUSSION, THE COMMITTEE RECOMME~DED THAT THIS CONTRACT BE EXTENDED TO ' ,
FEBRUARY I, 1956. .
2. REQUEST BY THOMAS WINN AND H. C. SHEPPARD FOR A VARIANCE FROM THE C-I ZONE TO ALLOW
AN AUTOMOBILE SALES AGENCY TO BE LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 8TH AVENUE AND .,
FRANKLIN BOULEVARD - THIS REQUEST HAD BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL B~.THE PLA~NING'
COMMISSION, AND IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE,REQUEJT FOR THJ~
VARIANCE, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BE APPROVED. ' :;-)
il 3. GASOLINE AND OIL BIDS OPENED ON DECEMBER 21, 1955 - THE CITY M,ANAG,ER EXPLA INE.D 'T/'IAT
\1 THE CITY HAD CALLED FOR BIDS ON ITS GASOLINE AND FUEL OIL REQUIREMENTS F~R THE CAL~NDAR'
:1 YEAR, 1956, AND SUCH BIDS HAD BEEN OPENED AT 2:00 P.M. ON DECEMBER 21, 1955.
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I HE RECOMMENDED THAT THE: LOW BI DOERS BE AWARDED CON;rRACTS AS FOLLOWS:
I RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION - MOTOR FUEL ETHYL ~ .-2354 PER GALLeON
TIDEWATER ASSOCIATED OIL COMPANY - DIESEL OIL MOTOR - .1318 PER GALLON
McKENZIE OIL COMPANY - P. S. 100 (STOVE OIL) -..f46 PER GALLON
P. S. 200 JHEA~ING & DIESEL) - .136 PER GALLON
CENTRAL HEATING COMPANY - P. S. 300 (HEATING OIL) - 3.49 BBL IN TRUCK AND TRAILER QUAN.
! 3.90 BBL IN LESS THAN TRUCK AND
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TRAILER QUANTITIES
IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION or THE COMMITTEE THAT THE LOW BIDS BE APPROVED AND CONTRACTS
e BE ENTERED INTO BASED ON THE LOW BIDS.
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4. REQUEST rRO. R oc.n E LD 0 I L CORPORA TO DH TO W I DE H 18TH ":A VE HUE" AT THE NORTHWEST COR.ER I I
or ~8TH AVENUE AND WILLAMETTE STREET - THE ~ITY MANA~ER EXPLAINED tHAT HE HAD A REQUEST:
FROM THERICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION TO WIDEN ISTH AVENUE AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ISTH
AVENUE AND WILLAMETTE STREET AN ADDITIONAL FOUR FEET WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR A 42 rOOT
STREET ~HEN SUCH STREET IS INSTALLED; THIS WIDENING ~~ULD ~E ALON~ THE ieTH A~ENtiE SIDE ,.
OF THEIR PROPERTY AND WOULD EXTEND 100 FEEt 'BACKFROM THE INTERSECTION orWILLAMETTE
STREET AND WOULD BE DONE AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE.
IT WAS THE RECOMM~NDATION or THE C'OMMITTEE THAT THIS REQUEST BE APPROVED.
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5. REQUEST OF 'SANITARY ENGINEERS FOR INCREASE IN REFUSE HAULING'RATES - A REQUEST' FROM
THE SANITARY ENGrNEER's'AssOCIAt"ION FOR AN I NCRtAsE IN RATES rORREFUSE HAULING HAO'BEEN
RECEIVED BY THE COUNCIL AND .ErERRED TO COMMITTEE. ,IN THEIR COMMUNICATION THEY REQUESTED
AN INCREASE rROM $1.05 PER MONTH rOR A ONE CAN PICKUP, ONCE PER WEEK, TO A RATE OF
$1.25 PER MONTH rOR SUCH SERVICE.
AFTER FULL '01 SCUSSI ON, THE,COMM(TTEE I NDI CATED '.THEY T'HOUGHT SO'ME iNC'REASE' :WAS e
JUSTIFIED AN6 RECOMMEN6ED A ~IFiEEN CENi I~CRE~SE IN RATES ~HICH WOUL~ MAiE THE RATi
$1.20 PER MONTH rOR A ONe CAN PI CK'UP ONCE' PER WEEK. ' , I'
INASMUCH . 'AS 'niE RATES FOR ADDI nO'NAL PI'C'KUPS PER WEEK 'AND THE RATES' rORTHE PI CKUP
OF TWO 'CANS PER WEEK WAS BASED ON THE RATE SET FOR A ONE CAN PICKUP PER WEEK, THE CITY
MANAGER WAS iNSTRUCTED TO I NTERVI EW THE PRESI,DENT or THE SANI TARY DRI'VER'S ASSOCI ATI ON TO I
DETERMINE IF THE SANITARY DRIVERS EXPECTED THE REQUESTED INCREASE IN RATES OF THE ONE CAN
PICKUP PER WEEK TO APPLY TO THE RATE OF THE MULTIPLE PICKUPS, AND/OR TWO CAN PICKUPS PER
WEEK." "
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. OwEN, THAT ITEM NUMBER FIVE IN REGARD TO AN
INCREASE IN REFUSE HAULING RATES BE WITHDRAWN FRciM'THE REPORT AND ~EFERRED BACK TO THE HEALTH
AND RECREATION COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRI'ED.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR.GODLOVE, THAT THE BALANCE OF THE REPORT OF THE !:
PuBLIC WORKS AND HEALTH AND RECREATION C'OMMITTEES BE ADciPTED. MOTION CARRIED. I II
REPORTS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
7 A REPORT or THE BOARD OF ApPEALS MEETING HELD DECEMBER 21, 1955 - RE: REQUEST TO CONSTRUCT
A RESIDENCE ON A PART or 'LOT 'A, CHERRY GROVt ADDITION WAS SUBMITTED AND READ 'AS FOLLOWS:
llA MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ApPEALS WAS HELD DECEMBER 21, 1955 AT THE BUILDING
DEPARTMENT, 'CITY HA(~.
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ALL MEMBERS PRESENT.
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A REQUEST BY MR~. . AND' MRS. HI CKS TO CONstRUCT A RESIDENCE ON A PART 'OF LO'T A, CHERRY'
GROVE ADDITION, 4,318.60 SQUARE FEET IN AREA. THIS LOT HAS BEEN PLATTED PRIOR TO JULY I
1948. : . : ., I I
MR. GILLILAN MADE THE MOTION THAT THIS BE GRANTED. MR. MORRIS SECONDED THE MOTION.
MOTION CARRI EO BY ALL MEMBERS OF THE' B-OARD, PRO'V'I 01 NG MR. HICKS. OB'TAI N A-:: LETTER FROM"j'THE
NEIGHBOR NORTH OF THIS PROPERTY STATING f~AT THEY DO' NOT OBJECT TO T~k 'STRUCT~RE ~EING 'i
ERECTED, ALSO THAT THE MAIN BUILDING AND ACCESSORY BUILDINGS DO NOT EXCEED THIRTY PER'CENT
or THE LOT AREA. - ,
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THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED."
I T WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH', SECONDED in MR. GODLOVE,' THAT' THE REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ApPEALS II -
BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. '
. ' PETI TlONS 'AND COMMUN I CA TI ONS
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S AN APPLICATION FOR 'RENEWAL O'F A RETAIL MALT BEVERAGE LICENSE, CLASS "B1l,WAS SUBMITTED BY
ROBERT F. SNEDDON, DBA JONES FI NE FOODS, 47 EAST 10TH AVENUE, AS APPROVED BY THE' POLl CE
DEPARTMENT.
IT WAS' MOVED BY MR. WATSON, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT THIS APPLICATION rOR A LICENSE
RENEWAL BE GRANTED. MOTION CARRI~D. -
9 THE rOLLOWING APPLICATIONS WERE SUBMITTED FOR RENEWAL OF ROOMING HOUSE LICENSES, AS
APPROVED BY THE POl.!CE" fiRE, BUILD'ING, AND HEALTH DEPARTMENTS:
BUCKI NGHAM APARTMENTS, 823 PEARL STRE't'T - W~ C. 'GRE'ENUP I
CAPI STRANO MOTEL, 566 WEST 'M'H; AVENUE' - BYRON' A.. CAMPBELL
L. H. COLLINS, 754 EAST 14TH AVENUE
FLAGSTONE MOTEL, 1601 FRANKLI N BOUL'E'VARD - FRANCI S H. Dt"tolNY
.H. H. HOLTON, 560 EAST IlTH AVENUE .
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PARK HOTEL, 731 WILLAMETTE STREET - HAZEL CLARK.
THE P~INT, 767 EAST 15TH AVENUE - JAMES A. RODMAN, JR.
MILLIE STROUD, 1263 PATTERSON STREET :
TOWN HOUSE MOTEL, 584 LAWRENCE STREET - NAN GRILLETTE
VIRGINIA A~ARTMENTS, 928 OAK STREET - EUGENE INVESTMENT COMPANY , ,
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. WATSON, THAT THESE APPLICATIONS FOR RENEWAL OF
ROOMING HOUSE LICENSES BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. '- '
10 COMMUNICATION FROM SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR - RE: DIRECT SEWER CONNECTION rROM NEW
: HIGH SCHOOL TO THE CITY'S SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANT WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS F"OLLOWS:
i , "As YOU DOUBTLESS KNOW, THE DISTRICT 4 SCHOOL BOARD IS NOW WELL ALONG IN THE-
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DEVELOPMENT OF PLANS FOR THE NEW-NoRTH EUGENE HIGH SCHOOL, THROUGH ITS ARCHITECTS,
FRE~MAN, HAYSLIP, TUFTS AND HEWLETT. ONE.OF THE MATTERS ABOUT WHICH A DECISION MUST
e SOON BE REACHED IS THE DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE FROM THE NEW SCHOOL. AT ITS MEETI NG
DECEMBER 12, THE BOARD-YOTED TO REQUEST THE CITY COUNCIL TO GRANT PERMISSION TO'THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MAKE A DIRECT SEWER CONNECTION FROM THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL TO THE CITY'S
, SEWAGE.DISPOSAL PLANT ON RIVER AVENUE. THE SITE OF THE SCHOOL IS ON SILVER LANE, WHICH
:I IS IN EFFEC1 AN EXTENSION OF RIVER AVENUE WESTWARD F"ROM RIVER ROAD.
THE SCHOOL BOARD'S PROPOSAL IS'THAT THE DISTRICT SHALL INSTALL A DIRECT SEWER LINE
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I TO THE DISPO~AL PLANT, ASSUMING ALL COSTS rOR THE I NSTALLATI ON, AND SHALL PAY THE CLTY
AN ESTABLISHED MONTHLY OR ANNUAL FEE, TO BE AGREED UPON,IN ADVANCE. INSTALLATION"O;~HE
LINE AND CONNECTION TO THE CITY PLANT WOULD, OF COURSE, BE MADE ACCORDING TO ENGINEERING
SPECIFICATIONS TO ,MEET CI,TY REQUIREMENTS.
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THE ~EASON FOR THE REQUEST IS APPARENT. ALTHOUGH IT IS ALTOGETHER POSSI'BLE '~ORI
THE DISTRICT TO CARE FOR SEWAGE AT THIS SITE, THE ADVANTAGES OF CONNECTION TO AN
'I ESTABLISHED SEWAGE DISPOS~L SYSTEMcFROM THE HEALTH STANDPOINT ARE MANIFEST. THE STATE
SANITARY AUTHORITY SUPPORTS THIS POSITION AND WILL FURNISH ITS RECOMMENDATION IF . :", . ':
II REQUESTED TO DO SO.
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IN GIVING CONSIDERATION~TO THIS REQUEST, ~H~COUNCIL IS ASKED TO BEAR CERTALN"POINTS
IN MIND.- THE NORTH EUGENE HIGH SCHOOL WILL SERVE PUPILS FROM MANY AREAS OF DISTRICT 4
OTHER THAN RI VERRo,AD AND SANTA CL.ARA. ALL PUPILS rROM THE WHITEAKER ARtA, LOCATED
WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, WILL ATTEND THIS SCHOOL, AND FROM THIS SOURCE ALONE SOME 150
PUPILS CAN BE EXPECTED WHEN THE SCHOOL IS FULLY OCCUPIED. FURTHERMORE, ALL THE AREAS
ACROSS THE FERRY STREET BRIDGE WILL BE SERVED BY THIS SCHOOLF"OR A PERIOD OF" AT LEAST
: FIVE YEARS. ' IN THE LIFETIME OF' THIS BUILDING, THE CITY LIMITS OF EUGENE MAY WELL BE
II EXTENDED TO INCLUDE. A PART OR ALL OF THE 'TERRITORY TO BE SERVED BY-THE NEW HIGKSCHOOL.
IT I~ ALTOGETHER LIKELY, TOO, THAT IN BALANCING THE ENROLLMENT BETWEEN THE PRESENT
EUGENE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE NEW SCHOOL, THE DIVIDING LINE MAY BEED TO BE AS FAR SOUTH AS
11TH AVENUE WEST, INSTEAD OF SIXTH, AS NOW TENTATIVELY PLANNED. AN EVEN LARGER NUMBER
OF "CITY" PUP~LS THAN THE ESTIMATED 150 MAY BECOME A PART OF THE NEW SC~OOL. AT SUCH
FUTURE TIME AS ','THE AREA,S SERVED BY THIS SCHOOL BECOME ':A"PART OF" THE CITY, SEWERS WILL BE
I : PROVIDED. IF, PERMISSION I S NOT GRANTED TO 'CONNECT WHEN THE SCHOOL IS' BU-I L.T, THE TAX-
PAYERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF WHOM'RESIDE WITHIN THE' CITY, WILL
BE PUT TO DOUBLE EXPENSE.
PERHAPS THE MQST VITAL POINT 'TO CONSIDER,IS THAT' IN SERVING THE PUPILS AND PATRONS
, OF THE NORTH [UG~NE 'AREA, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ALSO SERVES THE PUP1LS AND PATRONS I~ THE
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CllY. BY FAR THE GREATER PQRTION OF THE COST QF THIS BUILDING WILL BE BORNE BY TAXPAYERS
OF THE CITY OF EUGENE. IN BUILDI NG THE NEW S,C.HOOL AND SO REDUCI NG THE ENROLLMENT AT THE
e PRESENT EUGENE HIGH SCHOOL, THE DlsrrRICT OBVIOUSLY. CAN PROVIDE BETTER HIGH SCHOOL,EDUCA-
TION FOR THOSE CONTINUING TO BE SERVED BY THE PRESENT BUILDING. IT IS APPARENT THAT THE
PEOPLE: or EUGENE FEEL,' THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE SERVED BE'TTER BY A SCHOOL OF ,1,,500 OR
FEWER PUPILS, AND ONE THAT I S NOT SO CROWEDED THAN AN EXTENDED DAY OR DOUBLE 'SESS:IO.NS'
SCHEDULES BECOME NECESSARY. TaE PEOPLE or THE CITY DEMONSTRATED THIS BY THEIR APPROVAL
I OF THE BOND ISSUE TO FJNANCE THE, NEW SCHOOL. IN THIS YERY IMPORTANT SENSE, THEN,' THE:
NEW HIGH SCHOOL SERVES ALL OF THE PEOPLE AND ALL or THE PUPILS OF THE EUGENE AREA.
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MEMBERS, OF- THE BOARD WII,.L APPREC I ATE HAVI NGTHE MATTER PLACED BEFORE THE COMM,ON.'
COUNCIL OF THE CITY'OF EUGENE FOR EARLY CONSIDERATION. COMPLETION OF' ENGINEERING PLANS
FOR THE BUILDING IS DEPENDENT ON A DECJSION CONCERNING THIS MATTER. THE BOARD WILL BE
GLAD TO MEET:WITH THE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THE MATTER IF IT IS ~EQUESTED TO DO SO."
IT' WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE~ THAT THIS COMMUNICA~ION BE REFERRED
TO THE PUBLIC,WORKS COMMI~TEE. MOTION CARR.I ED.
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I II ~COMMVNICATION FROM ROBERT D. CLARK -,RE: SURFACE WATER AND SANITARY SEWER PROBLEM IN THE
VICINITY OF 24TH AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"SHORTLY AFTER YOU CAME TO EUGENE I CALLED AT THE CITY HALL TO REPOR~ SURFA~E WATER
AND SEWAGE TROUBLES IN THE VICINITY Of 23RD AND UNIVERSITY STREETS. THE FOLLOWING
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SUMMER THE CITY CLEANED AND DEEPENED THE AMAZON"CHANNEL AND WE HAD ONLY M'INORTROUBLES I
LAST WI NTERj THE REASON, I NOW JUDGE, IS TH~T WE HAD LESS HEAVY AND BETtER DI~TRIB0TED
RAINS THAN IS NORMALLY THE CASE. THIS WINTER WE HAVE AGAIN HAD SERIOUS DiFFICULTIES IN
OUR NEIGHBaRHOOD. THESE ARE OF TWO SORTS:
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I . THE MAJOR PROBLEM IS THE FLOODING OF THE STREETS WITH RAW SEWAGE. IT IS AN
INCIDENTAL, ALTHOUGH VERY IRRITATING, FACT THAT ON THREE OR FOUR OCCASIONS IN THE PAST
,THREE YEARS THE SANITARY SEWER HAS BACKED UP INTO THE LOWER LEVEL QF MY OWN HOUSE~- AND
THAT Of SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS AS WELL.
Of MUCH MORE 'SERIOUS CONSIDERATION IS THE OVERFLOWING OF THE SANitARY SEWER INTO I
THE STREETS. ,ON MONDAY MORNINGTOF THIS WEEK MY NEIGHBOR AND I STOOD IN THE ALLEY NEAR
24TH STREET, BETWEEN UNIVERSITY AND ONYX, AND WATCHED THE SPOUTING Of A GEYSER OF
SEWAGE. IT SPREAD,'IN THE SURFACE WATER-AND WAS CARRIED DOWN THE STREET TO THE PLAY-
GROUND; SOME OF IT DRAINED INTO THE STORM SEWERS ONLY TO REAPPEAR AGAIN IN THE GEYSERS
ON HILYARD STREET NEAR THE ROOSEVELT SCHOOL. \-
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THE SEWER OVERFLOWS IN'THIS MANNER ONLY WHEN WE HAVE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. " IT BACKS UP I
INTO HOUSES. AND YARDS MUCH MORE FREQUENTLY. My NEr~HBOR AND I HAVE INSTALLED BACKCH~CK II
VALVES, BUT THEY WORK IMPERFECTLY.\ WHEN THE WATER RISES I HAVE THE-CHOICE OFLETTI~~
THE SEWAGE INTO MY,HOUSE OR OF OPENING THE VALVE IN MY BACK YARD AND RUNNING THE
OVERFLOW INTO THE STORM SEWER. I CHOOSE THE LATTER. IN EITHER EVENT THE RESULT TO TH~
CITY IS THE SAME. I F I LET- IT RUN INTO MY HOUSE I SHOULD HAVE to SWEEP"ll OUT I NTO THE BACK
YARD, AND THENCE TO THE STORM, SEWER AND CONTAMiNATE,THE WAfER WH'-CH BUBBLES 'OUT OF THE I
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THE PROBLEM IS NOT THAT THE TRUNK LINE SEWER AND THE BRANCHES ARE INADEQUAT'E. THE
CITY ENGINEER TELLS ME THAT THEY ARE SUFFICIENTLY LARGE TO MEET NORMAL NEEDS. THE
DIFFICULTY IS THAT THE CITY PERMITS THE DRAINAGE OF RA'-NWATER I NTOTHE 'SANI TARY SEWER.
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2. THE SECOND PROBLEM--THAT OF,DRAINAGE SURFACE ~ATER FROM THE STREET I NTO OUR
YARDS-",: IS MORE LOCAL AND MUCH MORE EASILY SOLVEO. 'WHEN THE CITY CONSTRUC'TED"23RD STREET
IT PUT THE LOW POINT, AND THE STORM SEWER DRAIN, NOT AT THE INTERSECTION BUT BETWEEN THE
ALLEY AND ONYX STREET. THE DRAIN IS INADEQUATE, THE WATER OVERFLOWS AND COURSES INTO
THE BACK YARDS OF PROPERTY ON UNIVERSITY STREET BETWEEN 23RD AND 24TH. A MORE ADEQUATE
DRAIN MIGHT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE GRADING OF THE ALLEY WOULD, AT LEAST, 01 VE'RT 'THE'
OVERFLOW T~?24TH STREET, AND PREVENT ITS FLOODING O~ PRIVATE PROPERTY.
THE C!'TY CANNOT PLEAp UNAWARENESS :OF ,THESE PROBLEMS.' I FIRST DISCUSSED THEM WITH
MR. OREN KING, AND I CALLED ON YQU THE FIRST MONTH,AF'TER YOU CAME T~ EUGENE AND ~GAIN
SOME WEEK& LATER TO REPORT THE SITUATION. WHEN, NEARLY THREE YEARS A'GO, I 'FI RST SAW 'THE
AREA FLOODED, I TELEPHONED THE CI TY 'ENGI NEER IS OFFI CE AND HE SENT OUT ,MEN TO CHECK AND
REPORT. THEY .WERE THE ONES, WHO POI NTED OUT TO ME THE OVE,RFLOWI NG OF THE SANITARY SEWER
ON 24TH STREET.
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THE C.l.TY'S ACTIVITY MAY BE DUE ErTHER'TO NEGLECT OR TO A BELIEF THA'T THE ,PROBLEM
IS NOT SERIOUS. I 'CAN~CARECELY BELIEVE THAT IT IS'THE LATTER. A CITY ~O MUCH CONtERNED
WI TH THE SANI TARYCONDI TI ONS OF OUTLYI NG COMMUNI TI ES AND WI TH TH'E CONTAMfNATl'ON of THE I
WI LLAMETTE -RI VER CAN HARDLY BE r'NDI FFERENT T'O THE SPREAD I NG OF SEWAGE ON I TS "OWN STREETS
AND PLAYGROUNDS.
NOR DO ,I BELIEVE THAT CITY OFFICIALS ARE GUILTY ~F' INTENtiONAL NEGLECT. I THINK,
RATHER, THAT WE WHO HAVE BEEN ~OST IMMEDIATELY AFEECTED HAVE NOT SUCCEEDED IN IMPRESSING
UPON YOU HOW SER I OUS' ,THE PROBLEM IS. I DOUBT THAT COUN'C I L MEMBERS -ARE EVEN AWARE' of"
WH.AT IS HAPPENING IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. J HOPE THAT ,I T WILL NOT REQU '-RE ii.' MI NOR
EPIDEMIC TO MOVE THE CITY TO ACTION~ I, e
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MAY I, ~HEREF'ORE, RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOU TO PRESENT THIS ~ETiER TO TH~'CITY
COUNCIL?" - I
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"LAST WEEK, IN REPORTING TO YOU THE SURFACE WATER AND SANITARY SEWAGE OVERFLOW
PROBLEM AT 24TH 'AND UNI VERSI TY STREETS, I WROTE JUST BEFORE THE BIG STORM. ,THE WIDE
DEVASTATION CAUSE'D BY THAT HEAVY. DOWNPOUR MAY SE,EM TO MAKE MY COMPLAI NT -PETTY, .AND MAY,
THEREFORE, CAUSE IT. TO BE OVERLOOKED. CERTAINLY,,~E HAVE'SUFFERED NONE O~'THE DAMAGE~
WROUGHT I~ OTHER ~ARTS OF THe CITY. BUT J DO WANT TO EMPHASIZ~ THAT OUR PROBLEM IS A
SERIOUS AND CONTINUING ONE BROUGHT ON BY MINOR STORMS AS WELL AS BY NEAR-CLOUDBURSTS.
EVERY WINTER F'OR AT LEAST THE LAST fOUR YEARS THE SANITARY SEWER IN.OUR'AREA HAS-BACKED
UP INTO THE STORM SEWER, AND THIS YEAR I T HAS PONE SO F'OUR OR. F'I VE TI MES, I NCLUD,I NG ..
TODAY, DECEMBER 25. WHAT I MEAN TO BE SAYING IS THAT HERE IS A PROBLEM OF CONCERN NOT
ONLY BECAUSE OF' INCONVENIENCE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE, BUT BECAUSE IT MENACES THE HEALTH OF' I
OUR COMMUNI:TY.
J SHALL APPRECI ATE, YOUR ATTACH I NG THI S NOTE TO MY PREVIOUS LETTER."
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. GODCOVE, THAT THESE COMMUNICATIONS BE REF'ERRED
TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED.
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12 CQU.NC'IL BI LL No. 2003 ..., RE :' VACATI NG CERTAI N AREAS WI THI N THE RI GHT OF WAY ON WEST,"ISTH
AVENUE FROM LINCOLN TO WASHINGTON STREETS, INTRODUCED AND GIVEN FIRST AND SECOND READINGS ON
DECEMBER 12, 1955 WAS BROU.GHT ON FOR CONSI DERATI ON. " . ;
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR~ BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. OWEN, THA~'THIS-'COUNCIL BILL BE REFERRED BACK
TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, AND THE HEARING BE CONTINUED. MOTION CARRIED.
13 I COUNCIL BILL No. 2004 - RE: LEVYING ASSESSMENTS. FOR PAVING MADISON STREET FROM 5TH TO
6TH AVENUES, INTRODUCED AND GIVEN FIRST READING ON DECEMBER I
12, '1955 WAS BROOGHT ON FOR
CONSIDERATION. THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED NO WRITTEN PROTESTS ON FILE.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR4 GODLOVE, THAT THE'BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME
BY TITLE ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE SILL
WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONLY.
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IT'WA~ MOVED BY MR~ BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE
I BILL BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION
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I CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY.'
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY ,MR. GODLOVE, THAT THE COUNCIL BILL BE APPROVE6 AND
GIVEN FINAL PASSAGE~ ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE. MR. SHISLER ABSENT.
I ; THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED 10701.
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13TH AVENUES, INTRODUCED AND GIVEN FIRST READING ON DECEMBER 12, t955 WAS BROUGHT ON FOR
CONSI DERATI ON. THE CITY.MANAGER REPORTED NO WRITTEN PROTESTS ON FILE.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND'TIME
BY TITLE_ ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE B~LL
WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY TITLE.ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTHj SECONDED BY M~.GODLOVE, THAT THE RULES BE,StiSPENDED AND~THE
BILL BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY'TITLE ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTI ON .~ ,.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY. '~t
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IT WAS MOVED BY:MR. BOOTH, SECONDED By:MR. GODLOVE, A'v- ,
THAT THE COUNC I L BE APPROVED' AND}
GIVEN FINAL PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE. MESSRS. SHISLER AND
OWEN ABSENT. THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED 10702.
15 COUNCIL BILL No. 2006 .. RE: LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR PAVING JACKSON ,STREET FROM 24TH TO
26TH AVENUES, INTRODUCED AND GIVEN FIRST READING ON DECEMBER ,12, 1955 WAS BROUGHT,ON FOR
CONSIDERATION. THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED NO WRITTEN PROTESTS ON FILE.
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT 'THE BILL BE READ THE.SECOND TIME
BY TITLE ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. AND THE BIl.L'
I WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE
BILL BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. Mo TI 0 N
I CARRI'ED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY TITL:.E O.NLY.-
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I T WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, ,SECONDED BY' MR. GODLOVE, THAT THE COUNCIL BILL BE APPROVED AND
GIVEN FINAL PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. 'IALL 'COUNCILMEN,'PRESENTWOTING-AYE. MESSRS~ SHISLER 'AND
e OwEN ABSENT. THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED-10703. .~
COUNCIL BILL No. 2007 - RE: LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR PAViNG CHESHIRE AVENUE FROM ASH TO
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ADAMS STREETS, I NTRODUCED AND GI VEN .F IRST READI.NG '.ON DECEMBER 12, .,1955 WAS BROUGHT ON FOR
CONSIDERATION. THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED NO WRITTEN PROTESTS ON FILE.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND ~~ME
BY TITLE ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT 0; THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL
WAS READ THE SECOND T-I ME BY TI TLE :ONL Y.' '"
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE
BILL BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY TI~LE ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS 'CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION
CARRI ED UNANI MOUSLY AND ,THE BILL WAS READ THE THI.RD TI'ME BY TI TlE ONLY. ' r
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> . IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR; GODLOVE, THAT THE COUNCIL BILL BE APPROVED AND
GIVEN FINAL PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE. MESSRS. SHI SLER AND
I OWEN ABSENT. THE BI'LL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED 10704. :
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17 COUNCIL BILL No. 2008 - RE: LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR SIDEWALK ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDES O~ ,I
POTTER STREET ~ROM 28TH TO 29TH AVENUES, iNTROD~CED AND GIVEN ~tRST READING ON DECEMBER 12, 1955 I
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WAS BROUGHT ON FOR CONSIDERATION. THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED NO WRITTEN PROTESTS ON fiLE. I
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BY TITLE O~LY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT O~ THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL
WAS READ THE SECOND TIME, BY TITLE:ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, 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 4ND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE'ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT THE COUNCIL BILL BE APPROVED AND
GIVEN FINAL PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE. MESSRS. SHISLER AND
OwEN ABSENT. THE BI LL WAS DECLARED PASSED. AND NUMBEREDc: 10705.
18 COUNCIL BILL No. 2009 - RE: LEVYING ASSESSMENTS fOR PAVING THE ALLEY BETWEEN CHARNELTON e
AND OLIVE'STREETS fROM BETWEEN 8TH'AND 9TH AVENUES TO WEST 9TH AVENUE, INT~ODUCEbANDGIVEN
f~RST READING ON DECEMBER 12, 1955 WAS BROUGHT ON'FOR.CONSIDERATION. THE CITY MJliNAGER
REPORTED NO WRITTEN PROTESTS ON'fILE~
IT WAS MOVED BY MR~-BoOTH, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME
BY T~TlE ONLY, WITH.UNANIMOUS CONSENT O~ THE COUNCIL~ MOTION CARR~ED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL
WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY-TITLE ONLY. I
IT WAS MO~ED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED~BY MR. GODLOVE,THAT THE RULEa; ~E'SUSptNDEDAND THE
BILL BE READ THE THIRD'TIME BY TITLE ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT O~, THE COUNCIL~ ,MOTION
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE-BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY.':
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY 'MR. GODLOVE, THAT THE COUNCIL BILL BE APPROVED AND
GIVEN FINAL PASSAGE~: ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNC1LMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE. MESSRS. ,SHISLER AND~
OWEN ABSENT. THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED 10706.
19 COUNCIL BILL No. 2010 - RE:-- ADOPTING VIEWER'S REPORT UPON THE PROPOSED OPENING'O~ GARFIELD
STREET BETWEEN -7TH AND II TH' AVENUES WAS"SUBMI THO' AND READ THE FI RST TI ME I N FULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR~ GODLOVE, THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME
BY TITLE ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT Or. THE COUNCIL: MOTION CARRfED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL
WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY TITtE ONLY. . - --
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BACK TO THE BOARD Of VIEWERS TO MEET WITH THE COUNCIL ONFRIDAYj DECEMBER 30, 1'955 AT 7:30
P.M. IN THE COUNCI L CHAMBERS., ~OTI ON CARRI ED. -
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SOUTH LINE Of CHESHIRE AVENUE TO THE SOUTH LINE OF LEWIS AVENUE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE
F1I3ST il'IME IN ~ULL.
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NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT BE GIVEN AfFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS. -MOTION CARRIED. I,
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TO CHESHIRE AVENUES WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE fiRST TIME IN FULL.
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NOTICE O~ ASSESSMENT BE GIVEN A~FECTED ,PROPERTY OWNERS. MOTION CARRIED. e
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COUNCIL BILL No. 2014 - 'RE: LEVYI NG ASSESSMENTS FOR 'PAVI NGo 16TH AVENUE ~ROM FRI'ENOLY TO I
VAN BUREN STREETS WAS SUBMITTED'AND READ THE fiRST TIME IN'FULL. I
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT THE BILL BE LAID OVER AND PROPER
NOTl CE OF ASSESSMENT BE GI VEN AfFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS. MOTl ON GAR R lED."
23 / COUNCIL BILL tt>. 2015 - RE: LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR 'PAVING LINCOLN STREET fROM 26TH AV~~UE
TO THE SOUTH BOUNDARY OF FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME I N FULL.
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IT WAS MGVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE,' THAT THE'~ILL BE LAID OVER AND PRO~ER
NOTICE O~ ASSESSMENT BE GrVEN AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS. MOTl ONCARRI ED.
RESOLUTI,ONS I
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24 RESOLUTI ON - RE: GRANTING A VARIANCE TO THOMAS AND LEOLA WINN TO PERMIT AUTO SALES AGENCY I
AND USED CAR LOT IN A C-I ZONE LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER Of 8TH AVENUE EAST AND HIGHWAY r
No. 99 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS ~OLLOWS:
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PROPERTY AND DUE DELIBERATION UPON THE REQUEST OF THOMAS AND LEOLA E. WINN FOR A VARIANCE
TO ALLOW, ,FOR THE: OPERATI ON OF A USED CAR L:OT AND AUTOMOBI LE SALES AGEN,CY J N T.HE FOLLOWI NG
DESCRIBED AREA WHICH IS LOCATED IN A C-I COMMERCIAL ZONE:
BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SW CORNER OF COUNTY SURVEY #-202, SAID POINT
BEING INOWN AS THE SE CORNER Of' THE EUGENE SKINNER DLC #64 IN Twp 17S, R3W,
W.M., IN LANE COUNTY, ORE., SAID POINT BEING A ROCK WITH A CROSS THEREON SET,
8 INCHES BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND AND BEARING EAST 271.47 FEET AND SOUTH
" 30.67 EEET FROM A STANDARD CITY MONUMENT AT THE I NTERSECT I ON OF' THE CENTER: LINES
OF HIGH S~REET AND EI~HTH AVENUE EAST; THENCE WEST 43.0 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH
LINE Of' SAID CLAIM #64 TO A CROSS ON CONCRETE SIDEWALK; THENCE SOUTH 98 FEET;
THENGE EAST 109 FEET TO A ONE-HALF INCH IRON PIPE ~.5 FEET LONG; THENCE NORTH 98
FEET TO A ONE-HALF INCH IRON PIPE ONE FOOT LONG; THENCE WEST 66 FEET TO THE
POINT OF BEGINNING, ALL IN EUGENE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON
e EXCEPT: A PARCEL or LAND LYING IN THE CITY OF EUGENE, (UNPLATTED) HILYARD SHAW
DLC #56 I N' SECT 32, Twp 17 S, R3W,' W.M., 'LANE, COUNTY" OREGON AND BE rNG' A PORTI ON
OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY; THAT TRACT OF LAND WHICH WAS CONVEYED BY
THAT CERTAIN DEED TO OSMAN O. SULLIVAN AND MARGARET SULLIVAN RECORDED IN BOOK 242
AT PAGE 185 OF LANE COUNTY DEED RECORDS, THE SAID PARCEL BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
I BEGINNING ON'THE SOUTH LINE OF 8TH AVENUE EAST, CITY OF EUGENE, AT A POINT 26 FEET
I i DISTAN~ WESTERLY FROM (WHEN MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES) TO THE RELOCATED L3 LINE
; (THE' BROADWAY 7TH STREET CONNECTION IN THE CITY or EUGENE) OF THE PACIFIC HIGHWAY
II AT ENGINEER'S CENTER LINE'STATlON:L3 3190.43; SAID POINT ALSO BEING 285.54 FEET
SOUTH S9056'30" EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF SAID SOUTH LINE AND THE EAST LINE OF
HIGH STREET; THENCE SOUTH 89056'30" EAST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE OF STH AVENUE A
DISTANCE OF 18.9 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTY; THENCE SOUTH
OOI5t,WEST ALONG SAID EAST LINE A DISTAffCE OF 98.68 FEET TO'THE SOUTH LINE THEREOF;
I THENCE NojiH 89056'3011 WEST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE OF SAID PRO~ERTY A DISTANCE Of
16~1 I,'FEET; THENCE PA~ALLEL T&,AND 26 FEET DISTANT WESTERLY FROM SAID L3 LINE OF
, SAID HIGHWAY NORTH 1022130" WEST A DISTANCE OF 98.71
FEET TO THE PLACE OF
BEtH NN,I NG, IN LANE COUNTY, OREGON. " --
LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 8TH AVENUE EAST AND HIGHWAY No. 99 HAVE DETERMINED
THAT SAID USE IS NOT UNDULY DETRIMENTAL TO OWNERS OF ABUTTING PROPERTIES AND IS NOT
CO~TRARY TO THE BASIC CONCEPTS or THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING LAW."
NOW, THEREfORE, THE CITY OF,EUGENE'DOES GRANT A VARIANCE TO THE SAID THOMAS AND
LEOLA E. WI~N TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE THE SAID USED CAR LOT AND AUTOMOBILE SALES AGENCY,
I PROVIDING THAT ANY CONSTRUCTION, THE RIGHTS FOR WHICH ARE HEREBY GRANTED, WHALL BE
I STARTED WITHIN A PERIOD OF NOT TO EXCEED SIX ~6}'MONTHSAND SHALL BE COMPLETED WITHIN A
I PER 100 OF ONE ( I) YEAR, AND FURTHER THAT ACCESS WILL BE LIMITED TO 8TH AVENUE, AND THAT
THERE'SHALL BE N9 CURB CUT TO THE HIGHWAY AND THAT NO'PARKING SHALL BE"ALLOWED ALONG;THE
HIGHWAY.
I RESOLUTION ADOPTED THIS 27TH DAY OF DECEMBER" 1955. II
IT WA&,MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT THE RESOLUTION BE ADOP7ED. MOTl ON
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25 R~SOLUTIO~ - RE: TRANSMITT1NG REZONING AND VARIANCE PET1TIONS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION
FOR HEARING AND REPORT WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
e llBE IT RESOLVED BY JHE COMMON COUNCIL or THE CITY OF EUGENE, OREGON THAT THERE IS
HEREBY TRANSMITTED TO THE CITY PLANNING COM~ISSION OF'SAID CITY~ THE FOLLOWING PETITIONS
FOR REZONING PROPERTY IN THE SAID CITY, TO-WIT:- "
INITIATED BY PLANNING'COMMISS.lON
ALL or C-3 CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT EXCEPT THE BELOW DESCRIBED AREA:
'I BEGINNING ON 11TH AVENUE MIDWAY BETWEEN OAK AND PEARL STREETS'AND RUNNING THENCE WEST
TO THE CENTER Of THE ALLEY BETWEEN OLIVE AND CHARNELTON'STREETS, THENCE NORTH, ALONG THE
:1 CENTER or THE ALLEY AND THE ALLEY EXTENDED TO 7TH AVENUE; THENCE EAST TO OAK STREET; THENCE
I SOUTH TO STH AVENUE; THENCE EAST TOMIDWAY BETWEEN PEARL AND HIGH STREETS; THENCE SOUTH TO
MI DWAY BETWEEN BROADWAY AND 10TH AVENUE; THENCE WEST TO"MIOWAY BETWEEN PEARL AND OAK
STREETS; THENCE SOUTH TO,IITH AVE~UE AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
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REQUEST CHANGE FROM C-3 TO C-3P COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
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LOTS 6 AND 7, BLOCK 6, SKINNER'S ADDITION TO EUGENE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON
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LOCATED AT 675 CHARNELTON STREET
REQUEST VARIANCE TO ZONING .ORDINANCE TO OBTAIN PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT TANKS ON THE ROO~
FOR WAXING MILK CARTONS AND FOR A NON-CONFORMING USE IN A C-3 ZONE
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LOCATED BETWEEN ALMADEN AND FILMORE STREEYS rROM 7TH TO 8TH AVENUES
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RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT Ii
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THE NORTH BY THE" SOUTH L rNEar II TH AVENUE; ON THE 'EAST BY THE "WES-T LI NE or ALDER STREET;
AND ON THE SOUTH BY 'THE EAST-WES:T ALLEY BETWEEN II TH AND 12TH 'AVENUES.
LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE Of 11TH AVENUE BETWEEN HILYARD AND ALDER STREETS
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RUBY M. STEWART
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LOTS II AND 12, BLOCK I, OPHUS ADDITION TO EUGENE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON
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LOCATED ON SOUTHEAST ~ORNER O~ 22ND AVENUE AND MONROE 'STREE~' I
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" REQUESTS A' VARI ANCE TO CONSTRUCT A THREE fAMI LY DWELLI NG I N AN RA ZONE
CENTRAL PRESBYTE-R I AN CHURCH' , ,
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LOTS 6, 7, 8, AND 9, BLOCK 8, 'SCOTT IS ADDI TI ON ,TO EUGENE, LANE' COUNTY,; OREGON
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LOCATED BETWEE'N 'FERRYANr> PATTERSON STREETS fROM 15TH AVENUE TO THE -ALLEy'NORTH
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REQUESTS A VARIANCE fROM PARKING RESTRICTIONS REQUIRED fOR CHURCHES IN AN R-3
MuLTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
AND DIRECTING'THE PLANNING COMMI~SION ~O ADOPT A TENTATIVE ~EPORT AND HOLD A HEARiNG
THEREON IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER IN THE CITY HALL Of SAID CITY ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 3,
1956 AT 7:30 P.M. AfTER GIVING DUE NOTICE BY PUBLICATION ONCE IN THE REGISTER-GUARD; I:
AND A HEARiNG IS HEREBY CALLED TO BE HELD IN THE CITY HALL AT THE NEXT ENSUING COUNCIL
MEETING, NOTICE or WHICH SHALL BE GiVEN THREE TI,MES IN THE REGISTER-GUARD.
RESOLUTION ADOPTED THIS 27TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1955. " -,
IT WAS MOVE~ BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. MOTl ON
CARRIED.
26 RESOLUTION - HE: PARKING AND, STOP SIGN RESTRiCTIONS WA~ SUBMITTED AND READ AS rOLLOWS: I
YWHEREAS, ORDINANCE No. 10419, PASSED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY or E~GENE
ON APRIL 26, 1954, AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR ON APRIL 27, 1954, PROVIDES THAT PARKING
RESTRICTIONS AND STOP SIGN RESTRICTIONS ON THE STREETS OF THE CITY or EUGENE WHICH ARE
ESTABLISHED ArTER THE DATE OfGTHE PASSAGE OF S~ID ORDINANCE SHALL BE tSTABLISHED, BY
RESOLUTION, AND
WHEREAS, THE COMMON COUNCI~, ArTER lNV~STIGATION, CONSULTATION AND STUDY, HAS e
DETERMINED THAT ADDITIVNAL PARKING REGULATIONS AND $TOPSIGN RtSTRICTIONS SHOULO BE
ESTABLISHED,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL Of THE CITY OF EUGE~E AS
rOLLOWS:
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A LOADING ZONE rOR SCHOOL BUSSES AND PRIVATE VEHICLES LOADING OR UNLOADING STUDENTS II
IS HEREBY DESIGNATED ON WEST 18TH AVENUE BETWEEN THE TWO CURB CUTS WHICH SERVE THE
ST. FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL.' ..
THE LOADING ZONE SOUTH OF, 8TH AVENUE ON WEST PARK STREET NEAR THE UNITED STATES
NATIONAL BANK IS HEREBY REMOVED AND THE PRESENT 24 MINUTE METER IS HEREBY DESIGNATED
TO BE REPLACED BY A 120 MINUTE'METER TO CONFORM TO THE REMAINDER OF THE METERS IN
THIS AREA.
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THE HOTEL LOADING ZONE IN fRONT Of THE WINSTON HOTEL IS HEREBY REPLACED WITH A I I
METERED LOADING ZONE OF 12 MINUTES.
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THERE IS HEREBY'ESTABLISHED A 30'MINUTE PARKiNG ZONE IN FRONT Of 451 WEST 11TH
AVENUE.
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I 14TH AVENU~ SOUTH TO THE ALLEY AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 14TH AVENUE rROM OAK STREET
,I WEST TQ THE ALLEY.
THIS RESOLUTION ADOPTED THIS 27TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1955."
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IT WA~ ~OVED:BYMR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. MOTION
CARRIED.
I T WAS MOVED BY MR. OWEN., SE'CO~DED BY MR. BOOTH, THAT A V,OTE F,OR THE LI.BRARY Sl TE BE
THE FIRST ORDER or BUSINESS AT TH.E ,CONTINUED MEETING or THE COUNCIL TO BE HELD FRID.AY AT
7:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS (DECEMBER 30TH).
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~T WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT THE MEETING CONTINUE TO FRIDAY,
DECEMBER 30, 1955 AT 7:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL.CHAMBERS. MOTION CARRIED.
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CITY MANAGER.
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