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COUNCIL CHAMBERS, I.'
EUGENE, OREGON,
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THE REGULAR MEETING Of" THE COMMON COUNCIL Of" THE CITY Of" EUGENE WAS HELD ON JUNE II AND
ADJOURNED TO JUNE ,25, 1956 AT, 7:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. 'THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO
ORDER ,BY HIS HONOR,..:MAYOR,V. E., JOHNSON, 'WITH THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: MR. GODLOVE,
MR. KOPPE, MR. WATSON, MR. SHEARER, MR. HARTMAN, AND MR. SHISLER. MR;OwEN TOOK HIS SEAT IN
THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 7:40 P.M.
THE MINUTES OF THE LAST REGULAR MEETING HELD ON JUNE II,' 1956'WERE 'READ AND APPROVED.
I THIS BEING THE DATE SET rOR THE AWARD Of" THE BID f"OR THE SALE Of" LOT 3, BLOCK 5, PARK-AIRE I
SUBDIVISION, LOCATED AT:THE NORTHEAST C:ORNEROF 18TH AVENUE AND CHAMBERS'STREET, THE FOLLOWING [,
BI DS WERE TABULATED AS OPENED OIl..'JUNE 21, ~1956 AT 10:00 A.M.' I
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NORMAN D.POHLL $ 71,000.00
MCKAY'S MARKETS 67,500.00'.'
RODMAN AND UREY 20,000.00 (FOR A FRONTAGE or 150 FEET BY 150 FEET,
NOT ENTERED rOR THE WHOLE, LOT)
2 COMMUNICATION FROM NORMAN D. POHLL - RE: 'BID SUBMITTED FOR NORTHEAST CORNER Of" 18TH AV~NUE I
AND CHAMBERS STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS rOLLOWS:
"MY wrFE AND ,I ESTABLISHED A 'GROCERY "STORE AT 'THE "NORTHWEST 'CORNE'R OF CHAMBERS AND
WEST 18TH I N EUGENE, OREGON, .ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO, AT'A ,TI ME WHEN THE f"OUR ' CORNERS' Of"TtfE I
ABOVE MENTIONED INTERSEctiON, WAS SIMPLY PART or A LARGE BARREN AREA. AT THE BECINNING I
OUR BUSI NESS WAS .EXCEEDI NGL Y SMALL. .'THE F'I RST YEARS MY wi F'E ~A\lIIO I WORK f'ROM7:00 A.M. :
TO 9:00 P.M. SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND ONLYMADE'A BARE-'LIVI'NG. As THE COMMUNITY BUILT 'UP OUR
BUSINESS INCREASED. WE EN~ARGED O~R BUILDING, WHICH WE HAVE SINCE,06NE FOUR.iIMES, UNTIL
WE NOW HAVE"A SHOPPING CENTER CONSISTING OF AN UP-TO-DATE MEAT MARKET, BAKERY, BARBER SHOP
AND GROCERI,ES. :Bont OUR SONS AND SON-IN-LAW AND' OURSELF ARE 'WORKfNG 'IN THE'GROCERY i
DEPARTMENT. My WiFE AND I ARE SUBSTANTIAL TAXPAYERS I NEUGENE. ONE OF .OUR "SONS AND oUR "
SON-IN-LAW EACH OWNS HIS OWN HOME .AND"THEY ARE TAXPAYERS IN THE CITY O~ EUGENE. 'WE HAVE I'
TRI ED TO BUY BOTH COR.NER LOTS, LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST CORNERS OF 18TH AND
CHAMBERS, 'f',ROM THE CI TY OF EUGENE'- .
ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I WAS ONFORMED BY ONE OF YOUR COUN~I~MEN'THAT 'THEY WERE GETTING ~
READY TO SELL THE TWO LOTS AND HE ASKED ME If" I WAS WILLING TO PAY $80,000.00, rOR THE TWO ,
CORNER LOTS COMBI'NEO. I TOLD HrN, YEs.-,'HE SAID HE WOULD LET ME KNOW FR'OM TIME TO ..TIME. I
A SHORT TIME LA1:ER,' HE CAME OUT TO SEE ME, HE THOUGHT $55,000:0'0, COULD BUY IT THEN, AND I
FOR ME TO WRITE A LETTER TO T-HE CITVCOUN'cIL AND TELL THEM wE: WERE INTERESTED IN BUYING '
BOTH CORNER LOTS, WHICH I DID, EXCEPT STATING THE PRICE. SEVERAL DAYS LATER I WAS INVITED
TO COME TO A COMMITTEE' J14EETfNG, WHICH I- ATTENDED. THEY DECIDED THE 'ONLY RIGHT WAY WAS TO
PUT THE LOTS UP .rOR SALE, SEALED -BIDS. ' , .' I
SE YEO A L .ONTH5 LATE. I "I O.OYE TO THE H O.E O' THE. e OUHe '. L.A. . -HE GAY E .; A PL OT .. THE .
?ARK-AI RE LAND~,. HE' SA'ID HE HAD JtiS'TRECEI VED 'I T AT 'THAT NOON. HE ALSO 'STATeD THAT ANOTHER \
COUNCILMAN SAID THAT' THEY WOULD GET $130,000.00 FOR THE NORTHEAST CORNER L.OT. 'THAT IS WHEN
I DECIDED TO STAY AWAY, BECAUSE I WAS JUST BEING USED rOR A SUCKER, WHICH I HAVE DONE. I
HAVE NOT HEARD A WORD FRO~~IM SINC~~" .
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THE CI TY COUNCI L ADVERTI SED FOR BIDS FOR THE NORTHEA-5'r' CORNER OF"'.THE II NTERSECTI ON. hi' ...
RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST FOR BIDS, I SUBMITTED A SEALED BID OF $71,000.00. MR. MAYOR AND ..,
MEMBERS 0,. THECI TV COUNCIL,' MY BID WAS FAI R -AND HONEST. : :THERE VERE- OTHER BIOS, BUT MY
BID WAS SUBSTANT.I,ALL Y MORE ,THAN ANY OTHER BI D. I 00 NOT "DES I RE TO BUY THE PROPERTY FOR THE
PURPOSE OF' ATTEMPTING to' MAK~ MONEY ~Y RE~S~LLING IT. I' bESIRE TO BbY I~ F~R THE'~~RP~SE
OF PRGTECJING ~HE MEMBERS Of' MY FAMILY IN THE MERCANTILE BUSINESS, WHICH WE HAVE AT THE
NORTHWEST CORNER . Of"" THE ~I NTE-RSECTION." . ,
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I SUBMI T TO YOU, THAT .1 N ALL rAIRNESS, THE 'CI TY or EUGE'NE SHOUI,;O' AC.CEPT MY 81 D."
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IT VAS MOVED BY MR~ KOPPE, SECONDED BY MR. SH~ARER, THAT THE BIDS BE' REJECTED, AS RECOMMENDED "
BY THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMIT~EE. MOTION DEf"EATEO.
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT THE BIDS BE REFERRED BACK TO THE i:
PUBLI C WORKS COMMI TTEE F'OR' f"URTHER CONSI b'ERATI ON. MOTION CARRI ED. '. "
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REPORTS Of OFFICERS I
3 A REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER - RE: IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, ET CETERA WAS SUBMITTED AND READ
AS rOLLOWS:
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I "~ RECE~VED OFFICIAL.NOTICE FROM THE CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION THAT THE'CI~Y OF
EUGENE HAS BEEN TENTATIVELY ALLOCATED AN:ADDITIONAL $15,493.00 FOR IT$ AIRPORT PROJECT.
THIS SUM, COUPLED WITH THE CITY'S SHARE AMOUNTIN~ TO $12,182.00 FOR A TOTAL OF $27,675.00
WILL BE ~SED FOR THE ACQU~SITION OF.LAND FOR THE CLEAR ZONE, FENCING, AND THE ACQUISITION
OF RI GHT,OF WAY FOR THE RELOCATI ON (>F ~ ROAD WHI CH, IN ITS PRESENT LOCATION, WOULD CROSS
THE RUNWAY WHEN EXTENDED. ALSO, I RECE I VED THE GRANT AGREEMENT fOR THE LARGE ;'RROJECT;'A T
! THE AIRPORT WHICH HAS BEEN APPROVED 8Y THE CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION AND NOW HAS
i TO BE EXECU!ED BYRESOLUTIONiOF THE COUNCIL WHICH WILL COME UP LATER IN THIS MEETING.. :THE
I TOTAL FEeE_AL rUNDS:SE~ UP.IN THIS AGREEMENT AMOUNTS Tot252,770.00; T~E CITY SHARt W~~L
I BE APPROXIMATELY $179.500.00, FOR A TQTAL PROJECT OF $432,270.00. ' THI S PROJECT AL.ONG<,wl TH
I THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED PROJECT WILL AMOUNT TO A TOTAL AIRPORT PROJECT OF $460;000.00.
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! THE CITY, SINCE THE MONTH or APRIL, HAS LET 51 CONTRACTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION or
STREETS, SEWERS, AND ALLEYS. Or THIS NUMBER, II HAVE BEEN COMPLETEDi 18 HAVE BEE.
STARTED ".AND ARE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF COMPLETION RANGI,.NG rROM 75 PER CENT TOOlUST STARTlED,
AND 22 REMAIN TO BE STARTED. THE RAINY WEATHER, IN GENERAL, HELD UP THE PLACING OF ,
e B~ACKTOP ON SOME CONTRACTS, HOWEVER, IF THE PRESENT WEATHER HOLDS, THESE CONTRACTS CAN
BE COMPLETED IN A VERY SHORT TIME. ;
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THE THREE PROJECTS ,THE BUREAU (!)F' PARKS AND RECREATt ON HAVE UNDER CONTRACT, CONSI,STI NG
"OF THE GRADI NG AND THE PLAC I NG OF AN I RR I GATt ON SYSTEM AT THE SPORTS FIELD AT THE 'CORNER
OF 15TH AVENUE AND CHAMBERS STREET, AND THE PLACING OF CHAIN LINK rENCING AND BASEBALL
BACK STOPS AT MONROE PARK, AMAZON PARK, AND THE AIRPARK AREA, WILL BE COMPLETED WITHIN
I TWO WEEKS. ,
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I AM REQUESTING ALL COUNCILMEN TO HOLD THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 5TH, OPEN.FOR A SHORT
MEETING OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WHICH WILL BE HELD AT 7:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS."
,THE "MAY()R ORDERED, IN THE :ABSENCE OF OBJECTIONS, THE REF!ORT OF THE CITY MANAGER TO BE,'\I
RECE I VED AND ,PLACED "'ON "F'I'LE.~ -....,., ",..., ',,, ',' ", :1;. ;', ~ -;
REPORTS or COMMITTEES ' f j ( .. ~ . ,,'
4 A REPORT OF THE .PUBt:1 C WORKS COMMITTEE MEETI NG HELD JUNE 15, f956 - RE: PROPOSED ANNEXA-
TION OF AREA SOUTH, OF 23RD AVENUE AND WEST OF CITY VIEW STREET; COMMUNICATION rROM THE EUGENE
HOTEL REQUES~IN~:P~RMISSION TO CONSTRUCT FOOTINGS; AND'REQUEST FOR RENEWAL OF FRANCHiSE, BY
CENTRAL HEATING COMPANY WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"PRESENT: COUNCI LMEN WATSON, OwEN, AND SHEARER; CITY, MANAGER; CI TV 'ENGINEER';
PLANNING ,CONSUL TAtH; CI TV RECORDER; AND MR.R. P. 01 XON OF THE CENTRAL HEATI NG COM'PANY'~
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I.' "PROPOSEO'ANNF:XATtON OF AN AREA SOUTH"OF 23RD-AvENUE 'AND WEST 'OF Crn VI,EW STREET-
THE COMMtTTEE'DROVE THROUGH AND VIEWED AN AREA SOUTH OF 23RD AVENUE AND WEST or CITY V1EW
STREET, CONTAINING'SOME 40'ACRES, ON WHICH ANNEXATION TO THE'CITY HAD BEEN REQUESTED BY
CONSENT orl~o PER CENT OF THE 'PROPERTY HOLDERS INVOLVED.
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I AFTER VIEWING THE AREA, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE APPROVAL or THE ANNEXATION
AND FURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT THE-NECESSARY LEGAL'STEPS BE TAKEN TO'INSTITUTETHE ANNEXA-
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2. .COMMUNICATION FROM THE EUGENE HOTEL REQUESTING PERMISSION.TO'CONSTRUCT rOOTINGS UNDER
ALLEYS ADJACENT TO THEIR PROPERTY - A COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM THE EUGENE HOTEL IN WHICH
THEY REQUEST P.ERMI SSI ON ,TO CONSTRUCT FOOTl NGSUNDER 'THE. ALLEYS' AT TH[JUNCTI ON BETWEEN,
BROADWAY AND I,OTH AVENUE, PEARL 'AND --HI GH STREETS,,' NORTHWEST CORNER, SUCH rooTl NGS wouLD
PROJ~CT .INTOTHE :ALLEYAPPROXIMATELY~3 1}2 FEET AND. WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 3.1/2 r~ET':
e THICK, AND WOULD BE LOCATED AT A DEPTH AT THE~R BASE or 9'FEET,' 8 INCHES BELOW THE'ALLEY
GRADE.
THE COMMITTEE VIEWED.THE AREA AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUEST, AS OUTLI~tDABdVEf BE
APPROVED SUBJECT TO THE EUGENE HOTEL FURNISHING TO lHE CITY OF EUGENE A BOND GUARANTEEING
THAT THE BACKFILL TO AND ABOVE THE ALLEY FOOTINGS WOULD BE DONE TO THE SPECIFICATIONS OF
THE CITY ENGINEER, THE ~LLEY .TOBE'REPLACED INA MANNER EQUAL WITH THAT WHICH CURRENTLY
EXISTS AND FURTHER PROVIDING THAT IF ANY PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICES ARE DISRUPTED BY REASON
OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH FOOTINGS OR SETTLING WITHIN ONE'YEARS' TIME THAT SUCH ~EPAIRS
AND/OR REPLACEMENTS WOULD BE MADE AT THE EXPENSE OF THE EUGENE HOTEL. \
3. REQUEST :FOR RENEWAL OF 'FRANCH ISE': BY CENTRAL 'HEA,TI NG COMPANY ~:..I TWAS' 'EXPLA I NED THAT
CENTRAL HEATING COMPANY HAD REQUESTED THAT THEIR FRANCHISE, WHICH WILL EXPIRE ON AU'GUST
23, 1956 BE RENEWED. THE COMMITTEE AND MR. R. P. DIXON DISCUSSED THE PROPOSED FRANCHISE
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IN GENERAL TERMS BUT CAME",TO NO'CONCLUSI-ON AND-RECOMMENDED'THAT THE ITEM BEHELD I,N
I COMMITTEE'rOR 'URTHER'STUDY."
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IT WAS MOVED, BY MR. KOPPE, ,SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT THE REPORT ,O~ THE PUBLIC'MoRKS
COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTl ON CARR I ED.
5 A REPORT or ,THE ,PUBLI,C ,WORKSCOMMI TrEE; MEETING, HELD' JUNE 22, 1956,-RE:" REQUESTSY ROLLING
PIN BAKERY FOR SECOND CURB CUT AT 1663 WEST 6TH AVENUE; REQUEST FOR CONTINUATION OF FRANCHISE 8Y
~ CENTRAL HEATING COMPANY; REQUEST BY SCHOOL DISTRICT #504 TO CLOSE AN ALLEY; REQUEST BY ALLEN G.
AND FLORENCE T. LARSON FOR PAYMENT OF A PORTION OF A STORM SEWER; BIDS ON LOT 3, BLOCK 5,
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PARK-AIRE SUBIH VI SI ON; AND ~ 01 SCUSSI ON REGARDI NG PROPOSED ACCESS ROAD' F'ROM AUGUSTA STREET TO I
LAUREL. HILL DRIVE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS F'OLLOWS:
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"PRESENT: CO~NCILMEN GODLOVE, WATSON, SHEARER, AND SHISLER; CITY MANAGER; CITY
ENGINEER; 'CITY'RECORDER; PLANNING CONSULTANT; MR. K. M TAYLOR, ROLLING PIN BAKERY; AND
MR. DAN WYANTOF'THE EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD.
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I . . REQUEST'B~ ROLLING.'PIN BAKERY 'OR StC~ND'CURB CUT AT I 663:WEST 6T~ AVENUE ~T~E
REPRESENTATIVES OF' THE ,COMMITTEE VltWED THE LOCATION W~ERE THE ROLLING PIN BAKERY ~Aci
REQUESTED A SECOND CURB C\:IT AND I'T WAS THEI R CONCLUSION THAT THERE IS INADEQUATE SPACE
TO PROVIDE F'OR A SECOND CUT AND A TURNING AREA W~ICHWOULDBE ADEQUATE TO ALLOW CUSTOMER I
SERVICE FROM AN AUTOMOBILE. I
MR~ K; M. TAYlOR'OF' THE ROLLING PIN BAKERY WAS PRESENT'AND ti,SCUSSED THE SITUATION
WITH THE COMMITTEE AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE MATTER BE HELD IN COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER
STUDY. .
2. REQUEST FOR CONTINUATION OF' F'RANCHISE BY CENTRAL.HEATING COMPANY - THE SUBJECT OF AN It
EXTENSION OF THE F'RANCHISE F'OR CENTRAL HEATING COMPANY FOR STEAM SERVICE WAS AGAIN
DISCUSSED BY THE COMMITTEE. THE CITY MANAGER INDICATED THAT THE COUNCIL, SOME YEARS AGO"
HAD SET A BASIC FRANCHISE FEE OF APPROXIMATELY TWO PER CENT FOR ALL FRANCHISES IN THE CITY
AND FURTHER INDICATED THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'WAS OF THE OPINION THAT IT WAS NECESSARY TO
CHARGE A FEE, BUT THAT. THERE WAS NO NECtSSITY OF ~ESTRICTING THE OPERATIONS OF THE F'IRM TO I
THE DOWNTOWN AREA IF' THEY DESIRED AN UNRESTRICTED FRANCHISE. IT WAS LIKEWISE .POINTED OUT
THAT IN THE OPINION OF THE CITY ATTORNEY A TEN YEAR FRANCHISE WAS THE LONGEST WHICH SHOULD
BE GRANTED.
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THE COMMI TTEE 01 SCUSSED THE MATTER AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE CENTRAL HEAT! NG COMPANY
BE GRANTED A TEN YEAR FRANCHISE, SUCH FRANCHISE TO BE UNRESTRICTED AS ,TO AREA AND THAT THE
FRANCH~SE PAYMENT BE BASED ON ONE PER CENT OF THE GROSS REVENUE OF SUCH COMPANY. ' ,
3. REQUEST BY SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 504 TO CLOSE THE ALLEY BETWEEN PEARL AND HIGH STREETS
FOR A DISTANCE OF ONE-HALF BLOCK FROM 7TH AVENUE NORTH - THE REQUEST BY SCHOOL DISTRICT
NUMBER 504 (SCHOOL,DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR) WAS DISCUSSED BY THE COMMITTEE.
No 'COMCLUSI ON WAS REACHED AND I T WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THI SMATTER 'BE'HELD IN
COMMITTEE.
4. REQUEST BY ALLEN G. AND FLORENCE T. LARSON ~OR PAYMENT OF A PORTION OF A STORM SEWER,
INSTALLED PRIVATELy,-:UNDER THE SIDEWALK AT. 2581 HI LYARD STREET -'A COMMUNI CAT! ON FROM ALLEN
G. AND FLORENCE T. LARSON WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE IN WHICH THE PETITIONERS REQUESTED
THAT THE CITY RET~'BURSE THEM FOR 'THE COST OF STORM SEWER PIPE INSTALLED UNDER THE SIDEWALK
AT THE ABOVE, ADDRESS WHICH HAS 'NOW BEEN INCORPORATED AS ONE END OFA STORM SEWER. THE
REQUEST MADE BY THE LARSONS'IS THAT THE CITY REIMBURSE ,THEM FOR THE COST OF THE PIPE WHICH
WAS INSTALLED PRIVATELY PRIOR TO THE TIME THAT THE CITY STORM SEWER SYSTEM WAS EXTENDED TO
THE AREA.
THE COMMITTEE DtSCUSSED~THE MATTER AND- INDICATED THAT THE WORK, AS DONE BY THE LARSONS, I
WAS DONE AT THE CONVENIENCE OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED AT THE TIME IT WAS DONE AND THAT THE'
COMMITTEE DID NOT FEEL THAT THE GENERAL TAXPAYER COULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR A PRIVATE
CONVENIENCE ATTHfS-TIME. ITWAS THEREFORE RECOMMENDEP THAT THE REQUEST BE :OENIED.
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5. BIDS ON LOT 3, BLOCK 5,PARK-AIRE SUBDIVISION - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT BIDS HAD BEEN
RECEIVED ANDcOPENED ON JUNE 21, 1956 FOR THE SALE OF LOT 3, BLOCK 5, PARK-AIRE SUBDIVISION,
BEING THE COMMERCIAL LOT CONTAINING APP.ROXIMATELYFIVE ACRES,' LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST'
CQRNER OF ISTH AVENUE AND CHAMBERS STREET. -
THREE elDS WERE RECEIVED FOR THIS PROPERTY FROM THE FOLL.WING, IN THE AMOUNTS
INDICATED: .
NORMAN.D. POHLL $,71,000.00
McKAY',S MARKETS' 67,500.00
_RODMAN AND UREY 20,000.00, , .
.TH IS BID BE I NG FOR A F'R.ONTA,GE OF' 150 FEET BY 150 FEET AND WAS NOT ENTERED FOR THE
WHOLE LOT.
THE COMMI TTEE ''1)1 SCUS.SED THE BIDS AND RECOMMENDED THAT -THE BIDS BE REJECTED AS BE I.NG
TOO LOW. ' '
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6. 01 SCUSSI-ON REGARDING PROPOSED ACCESS ROAD FROM AUGUSTA STREET TO LAUREL HI LL DRI VE TO
BE LOCATED I N THE VI C I NI TY OF LAUREL HI LL SCHOOL - THE COMMI.TTEE AGAI N DfsCUSSED THE MATTER I
OF' THE ACCESS ROAD WHICH WOULD EXTEND FROM THE SOUTH END OF AUGUS1A STREET IN THE VICINITY
OF THE LAUREL HI LL SCHOOL TO LAUREL HI LL .DRI VE. AND WHI CH WOULD BE DES'I GNAT ED A's"'EAST' 25'TN
AVENUE. "
AFTER THIS OLSCUSSION I~WAS RECOMMENDED THAT EAS~ 25TH AVENUE BE OPENED.~
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I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. KOPPE"SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT I,TEM NUMBER fiVE BE EXCLUDED'FROM
THE REPORT OF THE PuBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE INASMUCH AS THE MATTER WAS PREVIOUSLY ACTED ON. MOTION
CARRIED.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. KOPPE, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT THE BALANCE or THE REPORT OF THE
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. ,-'
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6 A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD JUNE 21, 1956 - RE: MISCELLANEOUS
PARKING AND TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN GODLOVE, WATSON, SHEARER, AND SHI'SLER; CITY
MANAGER; 'CHIEF OF POLICE; TRAFFIC ENGINEER; AND THE CITY RECORDER. --~r
A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER WERE PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE
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WHICH WERE ,CONSIDERED 'AND DISCUSSED INDIVIDUALLY, AS FOLLOWS: .'i,
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a I. IT WAS EXPLAI NED ,THAT THE TRAFFI C [NGI NEER HAD CONTACTED THE MANAGER OF THE CI TY: 'I,'
_ TRANSIT LINES REGARDING THE LENGTH OF BUS ZONES AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN THE DOWNliOWN AREA.
THESE RECOMMENDATI.NS ARE ' ~
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('A) THE,B"'S ZONE AT BROADWAY AND WILLAMETTE STREET, CURRENTLY 95 FEET I'N LENGTH, BE
REDUCED TO A 75 FOOT ZONE WITH ONE PARKI NG METER TO BE I NSTALLED AT THE NORTH END, 'OF THE
ZONE. ' I ':' ; ,
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I (B) THE BUS ZONE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 5TH AVENUE BETWEEN WILLAMETTE AND OLIVE
STREETS, CURRENTLY 71 FEET'. I N LENGTH, BE REDUCED TO 51 HET AND A METER TO BE I NST:ALL'ED~
AT THE EAST END OF THE EXrSTING ZONE.
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(C) THE BUS ZONE ON OLIVE STREET AT BROADWAY, NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTERSEC'T'IO'N,
AS, IT NOW EXISTS IS 71 FEE-T IN LENGTH BUT DUE TO THE NUMBER or BUSSES USING THE~ZONE 'THERE
ARE rREQUENTLY TWO BUSSES'WHICH MAKES THE ZONE INSUfFICIENT IN LENGTH ANID CONSTITUTES A,
HAZARD BECAUSE ~fTHE PROX1MITY or ONE BUS TO THE CROSSWALK. Ir WAS THERErORE RECO~MENDED
THAT ONE METER BE REMOY,ED IMMEDIATELY, NORTH Of THE EXISTING BUS ZONE WHI,CH WOULD ALLOW AN
ADDITIONAL METER SPACE fOR BUS ZONE USAGE.
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(D) THE REMOVAL ~f THE COBURG BUS ZONE FROM THE NORTH SIDE or 8TH AVENUE' I~MEDIATELY
EAST Of ~ILLAMETTE STREET wAS RECOMMENDED. THIS ZONE WbULD BE SHifTED TO SOME OTHER BUS
ZONE, WITH TWO PARKING METERS TO Bt INSTALLED-AT THE NOW EXISTING ,ZONE.'
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2. THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER RECOMMENDED THAT TWO HOUR PARKING LIMITS BE INSTALtED ON
I CHARNELTON STREET BETWEEN 12TH AND 13TH AVENUES AND ON 12TH AVENUE BETWEEN CHARNELTON AND
: LI NcaLN STREETS AND ;THAT ONE HOUR PARKI NG BE, I NSTALLEDON 13TH AVENUE BETWEEN OLI VE AND
CHARNEL TON STREETS. THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD EXTEND THE LI NI TED PARKING AREA IN nit:
VICINITY OF THE BUSINESS AREA Of THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
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3. THE TRAfFIC ENGINEER INDICATED THAT METER #84-A, LOCATED AT THE SOU~HWEST CORNER or
I BROADWAY AND OLIVE STREET WAS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED TO SERYE A BUILDING THAT HAS.SINCE BEEN
I RAZED. SINCE THIS METER IS NO LONGER REQUIRED AS'~ TWELVE MINUTE METER IT WAS RECOMMENDED
I THAT A SIXTY MINUTE METER, PENNY-NICKLE, BE INSTALLED AT THIS LOCATION.
:1 4. THE TRAfF'l C ENGI HEER _I NDVCATED THAT- THERE ARE THREE METERS ,EXI STI NG 'ON THE NORTH: :5'; DE
OF 10TH AVENUE BETWEEN THE ALLEY EAST Of WILLAMETTE STREET AND THE CURB CUT WHICH SERVES
THE MONTGOMERY WARD fARM STORE AND THAT THE PARKING AREAS ~OCATED THERE ARE LESS THAN
THE RECOMMENDED STANDARD. IT.WAS RECOMMENDED THAT METER #610 BE REMOVED AND THA:r THE
REMAINING TWO METERS BE REARRANGED SO THAT ONLY TWO SPACES. WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN ~HIS AREA.
~ 5. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT ~N THE SOUTH SIDE Of 6TH AVENUE BETWEEN OLIVE AND CHARNEL:rON
STREETS THERE ARE TWO METERS INSTALLED IN A SPACE THAT IS 28 fEET IN LENGTH"WHICH IS ~INE
'I FEET LESS' THAN RECOMMENDED STANDARDS, CAUSI NG VEHI CLES TO OVERHANG INTO THE ALLEY OR THE
, CURB'CUT. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT METER #890 BE REMOVED AND METER #889 BE MOVED SO ONLY ONE
CAR CAN USE THIS SPACE.
; 6., 'IT WAS INDICATED THAT NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS HAD BEEN RECEIVED,T"AT MOTORISTS NORTH BOUND
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I ON COLUMBIA STREET, PROGRESSING DOWN THE HILLtAND CROSSING 26TH AVENUE, ,WERE TRAVELLING-AT
AN EXCESSIVE RATE OF SPEED~ To CORRECT THIS SITUATION, IT.WAS'RECOMMENDEDiTHAT A:STOP SIGN
BE ERECTED ON COLUMBIA STREET STOPPING NORTH/BOUND TRAFfiC ENTERING THE INTERSECTlON,SUCH
STOP SI GN TO BE PLACED ASiA SPEED CONTROL MEASURE. " ,. ,.
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7. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE LANE THEATRE IS NOT NOW AND, AS IT APPEARS, WILL NOT IN THE
NEAR FUTURE'OPERATE AS A FULL TIME THEATRE, BUT IS BEING USED ONLY ON A RENTAL BASIS FOR
I NDI VI DUAL GROUPS FOR SPEC I AL SHOWS OR OTHER OCCAS IONS. I T WAS THEREfORE RECOMMENDED T'HAT
I I A SIXTY MINUTE, NICKLE ONLY, METER BE INSTALLED IN THE PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF THE LANE
THEATRE AND THAT WHEN THE THEATRE IS OPEN THAT APPROVAL BE GRANTED TO HOOD THE METER FOR
I NO PARKI NG. .
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ZONE.FROM IN FRONT OF THE I.,o.o.r. ,BUILDING LOCATED ON THE NOR1H SIDE OF BROADWAY AND WEST,'
OF OAK STREET. SINCE THAT TIME THE BUILDING MANAGER HAS COMPLAINED THAT HIS RENTERS.NOW
HAD NO PLACE FOR THEIR PATRONS TO LOAD OR DISCHARGE MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES. IT WAS POINTED
OUT THAT THERE,'ARE LOADING ZONES ON THE ~LLEY.~N BROADWAYAND,ON SOUTH PARK STREET THAT
COULD BE USED, AND RECOMMENDED THAT NO CHANGE BE MADE FROM.THE CURRENTLY,EXISTING METERED
SPACE.
9. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT A R~QUEST ~AD BEEN MADE BY MRS. ELIZABETH ROMANE, 1852
WILLAMETTE STREET, FOR A LIMITED PARKING AREA TO ALLOW BETTER ACCESS TO THE GIFT SHOP AT
THIS ADDRESS. A SURVEY INDICATE~ THAT NO MORE THAN SIXTY'PER CENT OF THE:PARKING SPACE
BETVEEN 18TH AND 19TH AVENUES ,ON THE WEST SIDE OFWILLAMETTE STREET WERE OCCUPIED AT ANY
TIME. IT WAS THEREFORE RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUEST BE DENIED.
10. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT:THE.O~EGON liQUOR CONTROL CONMISSIONHAD BEEN CONTACTED, TO
DETERMINE THE PROBABLE DATE THEY WOULD MOVE FROM THEIR RRESENT QUARTERS TO QUARTERS BETWEEN
7TH ~ND 8TH AVENUES ON THE EAST SiDE OF OLIVE STREET AND THAT ~HEY HAD-I~DICATEDSUCH .MOVE e
WOULD TAKE PLACE ON .OR ABOUT JULY IST~ IT WA'S THEREFORE SUGGESTED THAT THE FOLLOWI NG METER
CHANGES BE APPROVED TO TAKE CARE OF THE TRAFFIC WHICH WILL BE GENERATED TO THIS AREA.
THAT METER #563, #564, AND #565, LOCATED AT THE PRESENT QUARTERS OF THE liQUOR CONTROL
COMMI 551 ON,' BE CHANGED 'FROM TWELV,E MI NUTE PENNY-NI CKLE MACHI NES TO SI'XTY MI NUTE NI CKLE ONLY'
MACHI NES AND THAT.METER #178-A BE CHANGED FROM TWELVE MI NuTE PENNY' TO TVELVE MINUTE PENNY-
NICKLE AND THAT METERS #178 AND #177 BE CHANGED FROM SIXTY MINUTE PENNY-NICKLE TO ~WELVE
MINUTE PENNY-NICKLE MACHINES. I
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II...,IT WAS INDIC~'TEO THAT THE AMERICAN RED CROSS WILL SHORTLY BE M0VING FROM THEIR:C-tJRRENT
LOCATION AND THAT THE RESERVED PARKING SPACE ON TH~ NORTH SIDE OF 8TH.AvENUE BETWEEN
WILLAMETTE AND OLIVE STREETS, JUST EAST OF THE ALLEY, WILL NO LONGER BE REQUIRED. IT WAS
LIKEWISE 'INDICATED 'tHAT; FIVE FIRMS jN'THIS AREA HAD REQUESTED THAT A TWENTY-FOUR MINUTE
METER BE '1 NSTALLED I~ THIS AREA FORc1HE CONVENIENCE OF THE PUBLIC AND THE BUS1NESSME~. A
SURVEY OF THE AREA I NOI ~ATES ';THAT THERE ARE THREE TWELVE MI NUTE METERS NOW EXI STI NG, TWO
OF THESE BEl NG LOADlrNG ZONES"WHICH SHOULD BE ADEQUATE TO'SERVE THE AREA. IT WAS
RECOMMENDED THAT A, SI XTY MI NUTE M,E,TERi,"NI CKLE ONLY, BE INSTALLED.
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12. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THERE WAS NO EXISTING TURN LANE rOR TRAF~IC, NORTHBOUND, ON
OLI VE STREET WHO DESI RED TO MAKE, A R,IGHT TURN ONTO 7TH AVENUE AND, ,I N ORDER TO FAC,I LI TATE
THE INSTITUTlON,OF A '~'IGHT TU~N 'LANEI AT THIS I,NTERSECTlON, IT WOULD Bt NECESSARY TO REMOVE
THE FOUR PARKI NG M.ETERS ON THE EAST SI,DE OF OLIVE STREET I MMEDI ATELY SOUTH OF 7TH AVENUE
WHICH WOULD GIVE A TURN LANE EXTE~DING 93 FEET SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF 7TH AVENUE ON
THE EAST Slc~E OF PLI VE STREET.
THE PuSLIC' SAFETY COMMITTEE, AF~ERCONSIDERING THESE CHANGES, RECOMMENDED THAT THE
RECOMMENDATIONS 'OF THE rRA~FIC ENGINEER BE APPROVED."
I T WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE,. SECONDED BY MR. WATSON, THAT THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTE~ BE ADOPTED. M01;ION CARRIED.
RE PO~TS or BOARDS AND CO...,ISS IONS I
7 A REPORT OF THE BOARD or ApPEALS MEETING HELD JUNE 15, 1956 - RE: MISCELLANEOUS REQUESTS
FOR V~RIANCES TO' THE SI~N CODE AND SET BACK REQUIREMENTS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ 'AS rOLLOWS:.
"THE ~OARD or ApPEALS HE,LD A MEETI NG AT THE CI TY HALL JUNE 15, 1956. MEMBERS PRESENT
WERE MR.' HENDERSHOTT, MR. MOYER, MR. MORRIS AND MR. VAALER. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO/
ORDER BY MR., VAALER,$:30 A.M.
I . THE SIGNAL OIL COMPANY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF VAN BUREN STREET AND 7TH e
AVENUE WEST" REQUESTED ~VARI~NCE TO ER~CT,A SIGN ON THEIR PROPERTY. THE PROPOSED SIGN'
IS A STANDARD SIGNAL,OIL SIGN, 28 SQUARE FEET IN AREA, AND IS IN A C-I ZONE. THIS SIGN
'IS EIGHT SQUARE FEET OVER SIGN REGULATIONS "OR THAT ZONE.' MR. ,HENDERSHOTT MADE. A MO,T.1 :ON
THE REQUEST BE APPROVED. MR. MOYER SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN F.AVOR, MOTION CARRIED.
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2. A REQUEST BY TH~ PLEASANr VALLEY NURSI~G HOME, LOCATED AT 315 WEST 29TH AVENUE IN.
AN RA. ZONE, FOR A VARIANCE FOR A SIGN SIX FEET, THREE INCHES BY EIGHT,rEE~~ WHICH EXCEEDS
SIGN LIMITATIONS I. ~flAT ZONE.' THIS SlGN:WASERECTED SOME TIME BACK WITHOUT A' PERMIT. IN
VIEW OF THESE FACTS, MR. ,MORRIS MADE A MOTION THIS REQUEST BE DENIED. MR. HENDERSHOTT I
SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED. j
3. A REQUEST BY C. DALE CARSON,AND RUTH C. CARSON'TO TURN lOTS I AND: 2, BLOCK 3, SPENCER
VI EW ADDI T,I ON. THE LOTS NOW FACT EAST 39TH AVENUE AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM FACE ON
DONALD STREET. MR'. MOYER MADE A MOTl ON TH IS REQ,UEST BE APP.ROVED. MR'. MaRRI S SECONDED THE
MOTl ON. ALL MEMBERS AGRE~O. I
4. A REQUEST BY MR. E. SCHULTZ, 2061 1/2 ONYX STREET, Te CONSTRUCT A RESIDENCE'ON THE WEST
'PART OF lOT 6, BLOCK 12, COLLEGE HILL PARK ADDITION, DIMENSIONS BEING 56 FEET BY 60 FEET.
AFTER CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION, THE BOARD MEMBERS UNANIMOUSLY AGREED THAT IN COMPARISON
WITH PRESENT LOT REQUIREMENTS THE PROPERTY WAS TOO SMALL FOR A'RESIDENTIAL LOT. MR. MORRIS
MAOE A MOTION THE REQUEST BE DENIED. MR. VAALER SECONDED THE: MOTION. ALL MEMBERS WERE IN
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I Of LAND, THE EAST 90 fEET. Of A 200,fQOT BY 60 fOOT STRIP, AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER Of 15TH
AVENUE AND TYLER STREET. MR. HENDERSHOTT MADE A MOTION THE REQUEST BE GRANTED. MR. MOYER
SECONDED J;HE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED.
6. A RE~UEST fOR A SIDE LINE SET BACK VARIA~CE BY MRS. fLORENCE HANSEN, !3a9 fERRY STREET,
I TO CONSTRUCT A CAR PORT. THE PROPOSED CAR PORT WOULD COMPLY WITH fRONT PROPERTY LINE SET
BACKS. "
,MR. VAALER MADE A,MOTION THIS MATTER BE REfERRED TO THE CITY COUNCIL 'fo. THEIR ACTION.
ALL MEMBERS Of THE BOARD WERE IN AGREEMENT.
THERE BEING NO fURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED."
I TWAS MOVED..BY MR. WATSON, SECONDED En MR. GODLOVE, 1HAT THE I TEMS I N THE REPORT Of THE
I BOARD Of ApPEALS BE SEGREGATED. MOTION CARRIED.
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REPORT, A REQUEST BY SIGNAL OIL COMPANY fOR A VARIANCE TO THE SIGN CODE, BE REfERRED TO THE
PuBLIC SArET~ COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED.
IT WAS 'MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER, THAT ITEM Two OF THE.BoARD or ApP,EALS
REPORT, A REQUEST BY PLEASANT VALLEY NURSING HOME fOR A VARIANCE TO THE SIGN CODE, BE REfERRED
I TO THE PUBLIC SAF'ETY COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED.
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON; SECONDED BY MR. OWEN, THAT ITEM THREE or THE BOARD Of ApP'tALS
REPORT, A REQUEST BY DALE CARSON TO TURN LOTS, BE APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED. MOTION CARRIED.
I T WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER, THAT I TEM fOUR Of THE ,BOARD Of ApPEALS
REPORT, A REQUEST TO CONSTRUCT A RESIDENCE ON PART OF A LOT BY E. SCHULTZ, BE DENIED AS RECOMM-
ENDED. MOTION CARRIED.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WA~SON, SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER, THAT ITEM fiVE OF THE BOARD ,OF ApPEALS
REPORT, A REQUEST BY MRS. RUPPLE TO CONSTRUCT A RESIDENCE AT 15TH AVENUE AND TYLER STREET, BE
A PPROVED AS" RECOMMENDED., MOTION, CARR I ED.
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IT ,WAS MOVED BY ,MR. WATSON, SECONDED, BY MR. SHEARER,THAT ITEM SIX Of THE BOARD Of ApPEAUS
REPORT, ,A REQUEST BY MRS. FLORENCE HANSEN TO ERECT A C~R PORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.'
PElirTlONS AND COMMUNICATIONS " '
BAN, APPLICATI.ON fOR. A RESTAURANT, CLASS "A", (LIQUOR) LICENSE WAS SUBMITTED BY TE,D MARINEAU,
DBA MORENO'S .MEXI CAN KI TCHEN, AS APPROVED ,BY ,THE POLl CE DEPARTMENT. '.
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE, THAT THE APPLICATION BE REfERRED TO, THE
PUBLIC SAfETY COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED.
I · AN APPLICATION 'OR A DISPEN'ER'.,lICENSE,CLA" ,"A", WA', SUB.,TTED BY EDWARD C. ADA.' AND
I EDWARD DONOHO, DBA ED'S PIT ~ARBEQUE GRILL, 959-969 PEARL STR~ET.
I I T ,WAS MOVED BY MR., GODLOV~, SECONDED BY MR. OwEN, THAT THE ,APPLI CATION BE REfER,RED TO THE
PUBLIC SAfETY COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED.
loAN AP,PLI CATI ON ~OR A RETAI L MALT BEVERAGE LI CENSE, CLA,SS "B", WAS SUBMl TTED, BY ACCE G. AND
HAZEL R. MILLER, DBA COLLEGE S~DE INN, 8B9 EAST 13TH, AVENUE.
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II ,I "ENCLOSED I SOUR CGMPL'ETED APPLI CAli ON WI TH SUPPORTI NG PAPERS, fOR A RETAI L MALT BEVER-
, AGE CLASS B LICENSE. WE PRESENT IT WITH OUR REQUEST TO YOU fOR fAVORABLE ENDORSEMENT ON
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THE COLLEGE SIDE INN, WHICH WE HAVE OWNED AND OPERATED fOR Mo~E THAN TWO, YEARS, ~~ST
ITS BEER LICENSE ON DECEMBER 31, 1951 AS A RESULT or THE ESTABLISHMENT or A "DRY ZONE" BY
THE OREGON LI~UoR CONTROL COMMISSION.
THE PERPETUATION Of THIS ZONE, HOWEVER, IS .NOW UP TO THE CIT-,Y COUNCIL., ,THE OLCC),HAS
DENIE~ ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ~HE BOUNDAR~ES. MR. w. H~ BAILLE, THE OLCC ADMINISTRATOR ON
MARCH 20, 1956~ ~ROT~ TO OUR ATTORNEY AS rOLLOWS:
SEV[,RAL YEARS AGO THE, COMMI 5S1 ON,: COOPERATI NG WI TH THE CI TV. .Of EUGENE AND THE
I orrlCIALS OF THE UNIVERSITY or OREGON, DESCRIBED THE BOUNDARY MENTIONED IN YOUR
LETTER, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING, THAT RETAIL OUTLETS WOULD NOT BE GRANTED INSIDE
THE BOUNDARY. A SUBSEQUENT COMMISSION, HOWEVER, HAS CHANGED THE POLICY TO A
MI~OR DEGREE IN ORDER ,TO Er~ECT UNI~ORMITY IN 1TS OPERATION ON A ~TATEWIDE BASIS.
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IT HAS BEEN THE STEADFAST POLlCY OF THE COMMISSION TO REQUIRE FAVORABLE ENDORSE-' I
MENT BY THE CITY COUNClt (OR t~E COUNTY COURT, IF OUTSIDE'LIMITS OF AN INCORPORATED I
CITY) BEFORE FAVORABLE ACTION'I! TAKEN ON AN' APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE. THIS POLICY I
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WAS BASED ON itHE BELIEF THAT THE LOCAL GOVERNtNG BODY WOULD BE'IN A BETTER POSITION I
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TO DETERMINE THE NEED FOR AN OUTLET IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO KNOW THE SENTIMENTS OF I
THE PUBLIC THAN WOULD THE COMMISSION. THI SIN EFFECT, 'SO FAR AS THE CITY OF EUGENE I
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I S CONCERNED, ftIM"NA~ES ANY FURTHER RESPONSIBILITY ON THE 'PART OF THE COMMISSION I
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FOR THE BOUNDARY THAT HAD BEEN DRAWN ABOUT THE CAMPUS. THE COMMISSION HAS FELT" I
THAT ANY MODIFICATION OF THAT BOUNDARY SHOULD RIGHTLY BE AT THE INSTIGATION OF THE i
CITY COUNCIL, AFTER WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL OUTLET FOR WHICH APPLICATION IS MADE WOULD
THEN BE CONSIDERED ON ITS OWN MERITS FROM A COMMISSION POINT OF VIEW.. I
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I UNDERSTAND THAT THE COLLEGE SIDE INN DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE AN APPLICATION BEFORE ,
THE COMMISSION. I F ONE I
IS RECEIVED IT WILL OF COURSE NEED TO HAVE FAVORABLE ENDORSE-
MENT BEFORE BEING CONSIDERED. IF FAVORABLE 'ENDORSEMENT IS OBTArNED, THE APPLICA-
TION WILL BE CONSIDERED ON ITS OWN MERITS.
WE FEEL THAT WE 'ARE A RESPONSIBLE PART-OF THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNrTY AND THAT OUR BEING e
ALLOWED TO SELL BOTTLED BEER AT THE COLLEGE SIDE INN WOULD NOT BE HARMFUL TO OTHER MEMBERS
OF THAT COMMUNITY. THE OREGON LAW PROVIDES THAT BEER MAY NOT BE SOLD TO MINORS, TO INTOXI-
CATED PERSONS, OR TO ,INTERDICTED PERSONS. ENFORCEMENT IS STRICT AND THE PENALTIES SEVERE. I
"'E REALIZE THAT BECAUSE OF OUR LOCATION WE WOULD BE POLICED CLOSELY.' i
IF THE LICENSE IS GRANTED WE INTEND TO GO BEYOND THE LETTER OF THE LAW BECAUSE WE I
REOOGNIZE THAT OUR PLACE IS HANDY TO MANY UNDERAGED STUDENTS. WE INTEND TO ENFORCE THESE
RULES:
I . No SALES OF BEER UNTIL AFTER THREE O'CLOCK P.M. No SALES AFTER II :00 0 'CLOCK
P.M. .
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3. No MINORS ALLOWED IN BOOTHS ON AISl:E WHERE BEER SERVED.
ACCORDING TO THE REGISTER-GUARD, NOVEMBER 2, 1950, UNIVERSITY POLICY HAS BEEN THAT
NEAR-CAMPUS RESTAURANTS SHOULD NOT BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST SOLELY BECAUSE OF LOCATION"
BUT SHOULD''8E REQUIRED, AS ALL OTHERS, TO ENFORCE ALL LAWS STRICTLY - PARTICULARLY WITH
R~SPECT TO THE SAL~ OF BEER TO MINORS. ' .
WE BELIEVE THIS POLICY IS CORRECT. .
IT WA'S CHAN-GED A FEW WEEKS LATER BECAUSE OFF! C IALS CONCLUDED THAT "WHOLESALE _VI OLAT IONS"
WERE INEVITABLE FOR PLACES SO CLOSE TO THE UNIVERSITY. THE OLCC AGREED AND ESTABLISHED THE
"DRY ZONE" EF'FECTIVE JANUARY I, 1952, BOUNDED BY PATTERSON STREET ON THE WEST, 21ST AND
fAIRMOUNT ON 'THE SOUTH, VILLARD ON THE EAST,' AND THE WILLAMETTE 'RIVER ON THE NORTH; BO'TH
SIDES OF THE STREETS INCLUDED. ' "'
WE ARE DETERMI'NED THAT NO VI'OLATIONS OF THE LAW WI LL TAKE PLACE AT THE' COLLEGE SI DE INN I
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MUCH LESS "WHOLESALE VI OLATI'ONS." OREGON STATUTES PROVI DE FOR THE DETECTI ON, TRI AL AND
PUNISHMENT OF VIOLATORS OF' THE LAW. WE DO NOT ASK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ANY SPECIAL CON~ID-
ERATI ON. ALL THAT WE DO ASK IS TO BE TREATED ON THE SAME BASIS AS OTHER APPLICANTS FOR
BOTTLED BEER LICENSES.
WE SHALL WELCOME AN OPPORTUN~TY TO AP~EAR 'PERSONALLY BEfORE THE COUNCIL IN SUPPORT OF'
OUR APPLICATION AND TO HAVE OTHERS fROM THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY JOIN US IN PRESENTIN'G
EVIDENCE TO YOU GENTLEMEN THAT THE "DRY ZONE" POLICY IS UNNECESSARY, INEF'FECTIVE AND UNF'AIR, It
AS WELL AS OF' DOUBTFUL LEGALITY NOY THAT THE Olec HAS ABANDONED RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT AND
LEF'T ITS BOUNDARIES UP TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITIES.
YOUR I MMEDI-ATE ATTENTI ON"1I" LL BE APPREC I ATED. " .
12 THE FOLLOWING COMMUNICATION TO MR. WILLIAM H. BAILLIE, ADMINISTRATOR, OREGON LIQUOR CONTROL
COMMISSION, FROM WILLIAM C. JONES, DEAN OF' ADMINISTRATION, UNI VERSITY OF OREGON, 'WAS READ: ,
t~E HAVE BEEN TARDY IN THANKING YOU FOR THE RE~SSURANCE WHICH YOU GAVE US IN YOUR
LETTER Of' illHE 19TH OF JUNE. HOWEVER, THERE HAVE, BEEN SOME DISQUIETING DEVELOPMENTS
SUBSEQUENTLY. THI'S' EVENI NG, I N THE ABSENCE OF' PRESI DENT WI L~U)N FROM THE STATE, MY
COLLEAGUES AND I SHALL APPEAR BEFORE TttE EUGENE CITY COUNCIL TO OPPOSE A REQUEST FOR A
LICENSE TO SELL BEER BY THE GLASS AT AN ESTABLISHMENT WITHIN ONE'HUNDRED FEET OF THE MAIN
ENTRANCE TO THIS CAMPUS. IT IS TO BE PRESUMED THAT OTHER SUCH APPLICATIONS WILL BE
SUBMITTED SUBSEQUE~TLY. 'THIS APPLICATION, ACCO~DING TO THE STORY IN YESTERDAY'S LOCAL
NEWSPAPER WILL QUOTE YOU AS DISCLAIMING "--ANY FURTHER RESPONSIBILITY ON THE PART OF' THE I
COMMISSION FOR THE BOUNDARY THAT HAS BEEN DRAWN ABOUT THE CAMPUS".
I TIS UNTHI NKABLE TO US TH"AT THE OREGON lI'QUOR CON'TROL COMMI SSIO",
THE STATE AGENCY
GIVEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF SUCH CONTROLS, WILL ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY
TO GUARANTEE THE INTEGRITY OF THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF' OREGON, ANOTHER STATE AGENCY~
BY UNILATERALLY TERMINATING REGULATIONS IT MADE rOR ITSELF.
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I THE RESTAURANTS ADJACENT TO THI S CAMPUS EXI ST ON,LY BECAU.SE ,Of STUDENT TRADE. Two-
JHIRDS Of au. ST~DENTS ARE MINORS AND NOT ELIGI.LE TO PURCHASE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. To
CONTROL THE SALE Of BEER UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES HAS PRESENTED INSURMOUNTABLE DiffiCULTIES
ONLY TOO CLEARLY IN THE PAST. MOST Of THE SERIOUS DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS WE HAVE HAD WITH OUR
STUDENTS IN YEARS PAST HAVE ARISEN BECAUSE Of THE USE Of ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. 'THE ZONE
AROUND THE ~AMPUS HAS BEEN MOST HELPfUL ,IN ELIMINkTING MANY OF' ~HESE PROBLEMS~ To PUTe
UPON OUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAff AGAIN THE UNPLEASANT BURDEN Of COPING WITH THESE PROBLEMS
CANNOT BE JUSTlfIE~. To PERMIT THE SALE or SUCH BEVERAGES ON THE VERY DOOR-STEP Of THIS
UNI VERSI TY, IS OF. GRA,VEST CONCERN TO' us. 'I:' t -;
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WE 'SHALL NOT PERMIT THIS CAMPUS TO BECOME RINGED ABOUT WITH BEER JOINTStWITHOUT
EARNEST PROTEST. WE WOULD THUS RESPECTfULLY REQUEST THAT, AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE
'MOMENT, WE BE GIVEN THE OPPORJUNITY .Of A PUBLIC HEARING BEfORE THE COMMISSION, UPON THE
DESIRABILITY Of THE CONTINUATION Of THIS ZONE UNIMPAIRED. AT THAT TIME WE WOULD REVIEW
THE INTOLERABLE SI TUATI ON THAT LED THE COMMI SSI ON" UPON I TS OWN MOTl ON, TO SET UP THE
ZONE, THE CONTINUED POLICY Of THE,UNIVERSITYIN RESISTING ANY VIOLATION Of' THE ZONE"AND
e OUR SATISfACTION WITH ITS OPERATION. WE SHALL THUS BE ABLE PUBLICLY TO ASSURE THE PARENTS
Of, OUR STUDENTS, fROM ALL OVER THE STATE Of OREGON Of OUR EARNEST DES.. RE TO PREVENT THE
SALE Of ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THIS CAMPUS~ WE SHALL ALSO BE'~BLE
, TO PREVIEW THE VIOLATIONS AND fAILURES Of ENFORCEMENT, WHICH, If EXPERIENCE MEANS ANYTHING,
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': I SHALL APPRECIATE YOUR EARLY WORD AS TO THE TIME WHEN THIS HEARING WILL BE ARRANGED."
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECGNDED BY MR. SHEARER, THAT THE APPLICATION BE LAID ON THE
TABLE UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE PROPER CITY OfFICIALS RECEIVE A CLARifiCATION FROM THE OREGON
LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION AS TO THEIR POSITION WITH RESPECT TO THE "ZONE" AROUND THE UNVVERSITY
OF OREGON. MOTION CARRIED.
13 THE FOLLOWING APPLICATIONS fOR RENEWAL or ROOMING HOUSE LICENSES WERE SUBMITYED, ,AS APPROVED
BY THE POLICE, fiRE, BUILDING, AND HEALTH DEPARTMENTS:
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MRS. C. R. BoYD, 630 EAST 13TH AVENUE
SRI SKO BOA"RD'I NG HOUSE, 234 EAST II TH AVENUE
BUCKIN~HAM APARTMENT, 823' PEAR,L STREET - W. C. GREENUP "!
MRS. 'CASANDRA HiLL, 975 ALDER STREET
HARRIS B. HOLTAN, 560 EAST 11TH AVENUE 1
MANOR MOTEL, 599 EAST BROADWAY -ROBERT'O. DAVIS
MOTEL fLAGSTONE, 1601 fRANKLIN BOULEVARD - fRANCIS H. D~NNEY
LUCRETIA NELSON, 574 EAST 14TH AVENUE
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IT WAS'MOV,EDBY,.MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE, THAT THE APPLICATIONS FOR RENEWA~~Of
THESE ROOMING'HOUSE LICENSES BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
14 THE fOLLOWING APPLICATIONS fOR RENEWAL OF GARBAGE HAULER LICENSES WERE SUBMITTED. THE
REQUIRED BOND AND fiNANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE LAST CALENDAR YEAR ARE ON FILE IN THEorFICE Of
THE C,TY RECORDER.
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A.:;q GARBAGE SERVICE, 3841 SOUZA DRIVE - NICHOL~S SCHUELL I'
HARRY'S GARBAGE SERVICE, 445 EAST 39TH AVENUE - HARRY L. BUMGARNER
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR,. KOPPE, THAT THE APPLI CATI ONS FOR RENEWAL ,OF
THESE GARBAGE HAULER LICENSES BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
15 COMMUNICATION fROM THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS.- RE: AIR POLLUTION ORDINANCE WAS,SUBMITTED
e AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"ON BEHALF Of THE LEAGUE OF' WOMEN VOTERS, I 'WISH TO EXPRESS OUR ,THANKS fOR :THE AIR
POLLUTION ORDINANCE YOU RECENTLY ENACTED.
THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS Of EUGENE HAS HAD A LO~G TIME INTEREST IN THIS IMPORTANT
ORDINANCE AND WE rEEL THAT A GOOD START HAS BEEN MADE IN CONTROLLIN9 AIR POLLUTION. WE
REALIZE THAT AS THE CITY GR~WS SUCH AN ~RDINANCE WILL NEED RE-EVALUATION AND RE~CONSIDERA-
TION fOR POSSIBLE AMENDMENT TOKEEP APACE WITH CHANGING CONDITIONS. fOR TH~S REASON. THE
LEAGUE HAS PLACED THE AIR POLLUTION ITEM ON ITS CONTINUING RESPONSIBILITIES LIST. THIS
WILL KEEP OUR MEMBERS INrORMED ON CURRENT CONDITIONS IN THE FIELD AND IN THIS WAY WE HOPE
TO KEEP INTEREST ALIVE IN THIS IMPORTANT SUBJECT.
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YOUR INr~REST AND COURTEOUS COOPERATION HAS BEEN GREATLY APPRECIATED,"
IT WAS MOVED BY ,MR. GODLOVE, SEGONDED BY, MR~KoPPE, THAT THE COMMUNI~ATION BE RECEIVED!AND
I PLACED ON F"ILE. MOTl ON. CARRI ED. ' "
16 COMMUNICATION F"ROM 20-30 INTERNATIONAL - RE: PERMISSION TO PROCEED WITH ffKEYS IN THE CAR"
PROJECT WAS SUBItITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"THE MEMBERSHIP OF" THE NEWLY F'ORMED 20-30 CLUB or EUGENE, DESIREOUS TO PUT THE BEST
FOOT fORWARD IN STARTING ITS PROJECTS, WISHES TO OBTAIN PERMISSION TO PROCEED WITH OUR
"KEYS IN THE CAR" PROJECT. THIS PROJECT HAS THE INTEREST OF" SAF"ETY AND THE~~REVENTION OF"
JUVENILE CRIMES AS ITS PRIMARY PURPOSE.
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APPROXI MATELY 400 20-30 CLUBS THROUGHOUT THE 20-30 I NTERNATI ONAL ORGANI ZATI ON I N THE .U.S.
ALONE;.
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THROUGHOUT EUGENE AS WELL ASA PROSPECTUS TO ACQOAINT YOU WIT~20-30 ITSELF. 1
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SHIP AND SAfETY AND TO HELP YOUNG MEN BETTER THEMSELVES, AS A RESULT, BETTERING THEIR ,
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COMMUNITY.
WE ASK YOUR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION OF'THI~ WORTHY PROJEC~ AND TO HAVE THE ORPORTUNITY
TO PRESENT IN PERSON THE MANY ADVANTAGES OF' THIS (NDEAVOR.
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OUR MEMBERSHIPW1SHES TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF' THIS MATTER ~ND ANXIOUSLY !
AWAI TS YOUR I NVI TATI ON TO 'APPEAR PERSONALLY BEF'ORE THE EUGENE COUNCI L. It
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. KOPPE, SECONDE~BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE REF'ERREO TO e
THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRI E'D.
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17 COMMUNICATION F'ROM SAVE THE McKENZIE RIVER ASSOCIATION - RE: BEAVER-MARSH PROJECT WAS
SUBMITTED AND READ AS F'OLLOWS:
"ENCLOSED IS A COPY OF' A LETTER TO THE EUGENE WATER AND ELECTRIC BOARD, FOR YOUR I
I NFORMATI ON. MAY WE ASK OF YOU THAT IF A PROPOSAL TO PUT ON THt BALLOT ~NOTHER MEASUR~
ON BEHALF' GF THE BEAVER MARSH PROJECT SHGUtlD COME'TO THE COUNCIL, THAT WE'BE GIVEN NOTICE
OF' THE DAn WHEN ITW'ILL BE CONsiDERED AND OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD AT THAT TIME~"
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. OwEN, THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND
PLACED ON FILE. MOTl ON CARR I ED.
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18 COMMUNICATION FROM DONALD D. BARNES - RE: PERMISSION TO ESTABLISH A NEWSPAPER STAND WAS
SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
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"I WGULD LIKE TO HAVE PERMISSIGN FROM THE CITY OF EUGENE TO ESTABLISH A NEWSPAPER
STAND ON THE FOLLOWING STREET CORNERS. I WOULD LIKE A FRANCHISE ON THE CORNER OF TENTH
AND,W'LLAMETTE, IN FRONT OF SEYMOUR'S CAFE WITH OPTIONS ON THE FOLLOWING TWO -- THE
NORTHEAST CORNER AT OLIVE AND BROADWAY AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER 'AT BROADWAY'AND WILLAMETTE,
NEXT TO THE fiRST NATIONAL BANK.
I BELIEVE A GROWING TOWN LIKE EUGENE NEEDS A PROGRESSIVE NEWS STAND F'OR THE DAILY
NEWSPAPERS. THE' IDEA CAME TO' ME WHEN-I HAD.A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF DIFFICULTY TRYING'
TO BUY A NEWSPAPER IN THIS CITY. ,THE SELLING OF' OUT OF TOWN PAPERS WOULD ALSO BE OF
SERVICE TO MANY PEOPLE.
I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR PROMPT CONSIDERATION OF' THIS MATTERw"
IT WAS~MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE, THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE REFERRED TO I
THE PuBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED.
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19 COMMUNICATION FROM fLORENCE V. HANSEN AND THOMAS P. HANSEN - RE: BUILDING or GARAGE AT I
1389 fERR:'I STREET WAS, SUBMI TTEO: AND READ',AS F'OLLOWS':
f~E WISH TO THANK ALL OF' YOU FOR THE VERY GREAT HELP YOU RENDERED US RELATIVE TO
OUR BUILDING PROBLEM AT 1389 fERRY STREET.'
WE APPRECIATE HOW CONSCIENTIOUS YOU WERE IN THE HANDLING OF THIS LARGE MATTER TO It
US AND MOST SMALL MATTER TO THE CITY OF EUGENE~
WE ALSO REALIZE HOW MUCH VALUABLE TIME YOU SPENT AWAY F'ROM YOUR BUSINESSES TO HELP
SETTLE A NEIGHBORHOOD~bIFF'ERE~CE."
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THE MAYOR ORDERED; IN THE ABSENCE or OBJECTIONS; THE COMMUNICAT~ON TO BE RECEIVED AND PLACED
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202'; COUNCIL BILL No. 3080 - RE: LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR SIDEWALK ON THE WEST SIDE OF' HILYARD
STREET FROM 22ND TO 23RO' AVENUES'WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE, THAT THE BILL BE'HELD OVER AND PROPER
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT BE GIVEN AF~ECTED PROPERTY OWNERS. MOTi ON'CARRI ED. ,I
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21 RESOLUTION - RE: ApPROVING GRANT AGREEMENT TO OBTAIN FEDERAL AID,f'OR MAHLON SWEET AIRPORT
IMpROVEMENT WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS f'OLLOWS:
"RESOLUTION ADOPTING AND APPROVING THE EXECUTION Of' THE GRANT
AGREEMENT TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE A~MI~ISTRATOR Of' CIVIL
AERONAUTICS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT Of' COMMERCE, TO OBTAIN
fEDERAL AIR IN AND f'OR MAHLON SWEET fiELD AIRPORT, PROJECT
NUMBER 9-35-044-0604, CONSISTING Of' LAND ACQUISITION, CONSTRUC-
i TION Of' EXTENSION Of' ~RTH/SOUTH RUNWAY, AND RECONSTRUCTION Of'
I THE NORTH/SOUTH RUNWAY" CONSTRUCTION Of' TERMI NAL APRON, AI RCRAf'T '
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j PARKI NG APRON, TAXI WAYS, 'HI GH I NTENSI TY LI GHTI NG, RELOCATION Of'
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e SECTION I. THAT THE SAID CITY Of' EUGENE, OREGON SHALL ENTER INTO A GRANT
AGREEMENT rOR THE PURPOSE Of' OBTAINING FEDERAL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF' MAHLON SWEET
FIELD AND THAT SUCH AGREEMENT SHALL BE AS SET F'ORTH BELOW.
SECTION 2. THAT V. E. JOHNSON, MAYOR, 15 HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO EXEC~TE
SAID GRANT AGREEMENT IN QUINTUPLICATE ON BEHALF' OF' THE SAID CITY OF' EUGENE AND THE CITY
I RECORDER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO IMPRESS THE OF'f'ICIAL SEAL Of' THI$, SA~D'(ITY
Of' EUGENE, OREGON, AND TO ATTEST SAID EXECUTION.
SECTION 3. THAT THE GRANT AGREEMENT REf'ERRED TO HEREIN SHALL BE AS f'OLLOWS:
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SECT! ON 4'. THAT ALL STATEMENTS, REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, COVENANTS, AND AGREE-
MENTS CONTAI NED I N THE ,PROJECT ApPL I CATION f'OR fEDERAL AID I N THE DEVELOPME,NT Of' MAHLON
SWEET FIELD ARE SPECIf'ICALLY RATIf'IED AND ADOPTED.
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DATED THIS 25TH DAY Of' JUNE, 1956.."
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. KOPPE, SECONDED BY MR. OwEN, THAT THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. MOTION
CARRIED.
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22 RESOLUTION - RE: TRANSMITTING REZONING PETITIONS' TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION f'OR HEARING
AND REPORT WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS f'OLLOWS:
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"BE I T RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNC I'L OF' THE CI TY OF' EUGENE, OREGON, THAT THERE IS
HEREBY TRANSMITTED TO THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION OF' SAID CITY, THE f'OLLOWING PETITIONS
f'OR REZONIN~ PROPERTY IN SAID CITY, TO-WIT:
I GEORGE MYRMO AND SONS
LOT 3, BLOCK 33, FA1RMOUNT AMENDED ADDITION TO EUGENE, AS PLATTED AND RECORDED IN
BOOK 2, PAGE 12, LANE COUNTY OREGON PLAT RECORDS, IN LANE COUNTY, OREGOH.
LOCATED AT 1952 GARDEN AVENUE,
e REQUEST CHANGE OF' ZONE F'ROM R-3 MULT,IPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO M-I. LIMITED
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
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LOT 7, BLOCK 2, BREEDEN'S REPLAT TO EUGENE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON.
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LOCATED AT 2875 HARRIS STREET
REQUESTS VARIANCE TO RA ZONE TO PERMIT A TWO f'AMILY DWELLING
JOHN E. SCOFIELD
LOTS I AND 2 AND THE NORTH TEN f'EET OF THE WEST 100 f'EET OF LOT 3 IN THE AMENDED PLAT
OF HENDRICKS ADDITION TO EUGENE AS PLATTED AND RECORDED AT PAGE 52 Of' VOLUME 2, LANE
COUNTY OREGON PLAT RECORDS, IN LANE COUNTY, OREGON.
I LOCATED AT 14TH AVENUE ANDCHARNELTON STREET
REQUEST CHANGE Of' ZONE F'ROM R-2 Two FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO R-4 MULTIPLE FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
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LOT 10, BLOCK-2,:AMENDED PLAT OF HENDRlCKS ADDITION TO EUGENE, LANE COUNTY; OREGON I
LOCATED AT 1364 tlNCOLN STREET
REQUEST CHANGE OF 'ZONE FROM R-2 Two fAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO R-3 MULTIPLE fAMILY
RESIDENTIAL DISTRI'CT
LOTTIE WILSON
BEGINNING AT ~HE ~NTERSECTION~F ~HE NORTH LINE OF BTH AVENUE WEST AND THE EAST LINE
OF ALMADEN STREET AND RUNNING THE~CE EAST 31.4 FEET; -THENCE NORTH 125 FEET; THENCE WEST I,
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31.4 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 125 FEET TO-BEGINNING; ALSO BEGINNING AT:A POINT IN THE NORTH LINE i
or BTH AVENUE WEST 31 FEET NORTH AND 711 1/2 FEET EAST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF HUDDLE-
STON DLC #54, Twp 17 SOUTH, RANGE 3 WEST O~ THE WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; THENCE NORTH 125
FEET; THENCE WEST 50 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 125 FEET; THENCE EAST 50 rEET TO BEGINNING. e
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LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF BTH'AvENUE AND ALMADEN STREET
REQUEST CHANGE OF ZONE FROM R-2 Two fAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO M-2 LIGHT INDUS-
TRIAL DISTRICT !
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LOT I, BLOCK 9, DRIVERTON ADDITION TO EUGENE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON
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LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 18TH AVENUE AND HILYARD STREET
REQUEST CHANGE OF ZONE FROM R-3 MULTIP~E;fAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO C-2 NEIGH- I
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BORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT I
AND DIRECTING THE PLANNING COMMISS10M T~ ADOPT A TENTATIVE REPORT AND HOLD A ~EAR1NG THEREON
IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER IN THE CITY HAL:L OF SAID CITY ON TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1956 AT 7:'30 P.M.
AFTER GIVING DUE NOTICE BY PUBLICATION ONCE IN THE REGISTER-GUARD; AND A HEARING IS HEREBY
CALLED TO BE HELD IN T.HE CITY HALL AT THE NEXT ENSUING COUNCIL MEETING, NOTICE or WHICH
SHALL BE GIVEN THREE TIMES IN THE REGISTER-GUAR~.
RESOLUTI ON ADOPTED THI S 25TH DAY OF JUNE, 1956."
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. KOPPE, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. MOTION
CARRIED.
23 PROCLAMATION - RE: CANVASS OF VOTES ON CITY MEASURES ON THE BALLOT OF THE MAY IB, 1956
FRIMARY ELECTION WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"WHEREAS, AT A SPECIAL ELECTION DULY AND REGULARLY HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
REGULAR PRIMARY ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF EUGENE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, ON THE IBTH I
DAY OF MAY, 1956, nlE rOLLOWI NG MEASURES WERE SUBMI TTED TO THE ELECTORS, TO-WI 1:
I . A MEASURE ON OFFICIAL ~ALLOT No. 51, ENTITLED: "AMAZON PARK SWIMMING POOL
BOND, ISSUE"
2. ON OFFICIAL BALLOT No. 52, ENTITLED: "LIMITiNG TAXING POWER TO STATE LAW"
3. ON OFFICIAL BALLOT No. 53, ENT~TLED: "AMENDMENT COMPELLING ELECTION ON --
LIBRARY SITE" AND
4. ON OFFICIAL BALLOT No. 54, ENTITLED: "FIREMEN 56 HOUR WEEK TAX LEVY" AN~
WHEREAS, THE COMMON COUNCIL, AT A REGULAR MEETING, HELD ON JUNE 25TH, 1956 HAS DULY
ANO REGULARLY CANVASSED THE RETURNS OF SAID ELECTION AND HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE
CAST FOR MEASURE No. 51,
AFFI RMA TI VE 7271
NEGATIVE 4349
FOR MEASURE No. 52, Af"n RNA T I VE 7059
NEGATI VE 3497
FOR MEASURE No~ 53, Af"n RMATI VE 6839
NEGATI \IE 4560
AND f"OR MEASURE No. 54, , AFFlRNA T I VE ' 5082 I
NEGATIVE 6459
THAT AN I TEMI ZED ABSTRACT OF VOTES, SHOWI NG THE VOTE BY PRECI,NCTS, AND ALSO A TOTAL
SUMMARY HAS BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE CITY OF EUGENE.
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BY THE VOTERS OF THE CITV or EUGENE AND SHALL BE IN FULL FORCE AND ErrECT AND THAT
MEASURE No. 54 WA~ REJEC1ED BY SAID VOTERS AND IS HEREBY DECLARED LOST.
DATED THIS 25TH DAY or JUNE, 1956."
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECOND~D BV MR. KOPPE, THAT THE PROCLAMATION BE ADOPTED.'
MOTION CARRIED.
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24 COUNCILMAN KOPPE RECOMMENDED THAT MR. HAROLD EDMUNDS BE APPOINTED TO riLL THE VACANCY LEFT
BY THE RESIGNATION OF ROBERT P. BOQTH, WARD NUMBE~ ONE.
UPON MOTION DULY MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIED, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED.
RESPECTrULLY SUBMITTED,'
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