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Home My WebLink About09/24/1956 Meeting "2 7 !~, It . COUNCI L CHAMBERS, I' . .EUGENE, OREGON, . . SEPTEM~ER'24, 1956. THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE ~AS HELD ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1956 AND ADJOURNED TO SEPTEMBER 24, 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 FOLLOWI~G COUNC~LMEK PRE.t~T: MR. GODLOVE, MR. WATSON, MR. OWEN, MR. SHEARER, MR. SHI SLER, AND MR.: EDMUNDS. MR. KOPPE' AND MR. HARTMAN WERE ABSENT. THE MI NUTES OF THE -LAST REGULAR MEET! NG HELD, ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1956 WERE READ AND APPROVED. I THIS BEING THE DATE SET FOR THE AWARD OF A $80,000.00 BOND ISSUE FOR AMAZON CHANNEL I MPROVEMENT, THE FOLLOWiNG BIDS WERE TABULATED AS OPENED ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2'4, 1956 AT 10:00 A.M. PURCHASE PRICE PER NET INTEREST EFFECTIVE ~ BIDDER $100.00 OF PAR VALUE COST To CITY INT. RATE ~ EUGENE MAIN BRANCH BONDS DUE 1958-60 - 3.75% THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK $ 100.19 BONDS ~UE 1961-64 - 3.50% $23,200.50 3.314% OF PORTLAND BONDS DUE 1965-71 - 3.25% BLYTH & COMPANY AND 1 EUGENE BRANCH OF THE $ 100.07 BONDS DUE 1958-61 - 4..00% $23,219.00 3.317% U. S. NATIONAL BANK OF BONDS DUE 1962-71 - 3.25% PORTLAND, OREGON I T WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDE-D BY MR. WATSON, THAT THE BID BE AWARDED TO EUGENE MAl N BRANCH OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND BASED ON THE BID RECEIVED, WITH A NET INTEREST COST OF $23,200.50 AND AN EFFECTIVE RATE OF 3.314 PE~ CENT. ROLLCALL VOTE. A~L COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE. MESSRS. KOPPE AND HARTMAN ABSENT. MOTION CARRIED. REPORTS OF OFFICERS 2 A REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER - RE: IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, ET CETERA WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: I, "A~L PROJECTS IN THE STREET DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED EXCEPT wiDENING 18TH AVENUE l FROM MILL TO FERRY STREETS, AGATE STREET FROM 24TH TO 27TH AVENUES, AND THE 30TH AVENUE I- INTERSECTION. THESE PROJECTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED BY OCTOBER 1ST. THERE ARE ALSO SOME PRIVATE CONTRACTS THAT REMAIN. TO BE COMPLETED; HOWEVER, THE CITY HAS NO C9NTROL OVER THE COMPLETION DATE ON THE PRIVATE CONTRACTS. THE SIDEWALKS IN THE AREA BETWEEN 24TH TO 30TH AVENUES FROM HILYARD TO UNIVERSITY STREETS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE 75 PER CENT COMPLETE. REMAINING SEWERS UNCOMPLETED ARE THE RIVERVIEW SEWER, THE STORM SEWER THROUGH THE OLD I AIR PARK, AND THE FRIENDLY STREET SEWER. COMPLETION DATES FOR THESE SEWERS ARE SET AT OCTOBER 31ST. THE AIRPARK PROJECT IS PROGRESSING, BUT NOT AS FAST AS EXPECTED. WHEN THE I DRAINAGE HAS BEEN COMPLETED, IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE PROJECT WILL PROGRESS MUCH FASTER. 1 ALL OUTSTANDING PARK CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, EXCEPT THE AMAZON PARK SWIMMING POOL, HAVE I BEEN COMPLETED. THE LAWN SEED SOwN ON THE BALLFIELD IN AMAZON PARK AND ON THE TWO BALL- i FIELDS AT 15TH AVENUE AND CHAMBERS STREET IS UP AND GROWING VERY WELL. THE PARK CREW wILL I START FRAMING THE DEER AND ELK SHELTERS IN HENDRICKS PARK TODAY. - PROGRESS ON THE AMAZON PARK SWI MMI NG POOL HAS BEEN GOI NG ALONG VERY WELL. THE ,: GENERAL CONTRACTOR, J. M. STEINMULLER, HAS INSTALLED ALL CAST IRON RE-CIRCULATION LINES I ~ IN THE THREE POOLS AND IS WELL ALONG WiTH THE INSTALLATION OF FORMS AND STEEL FOR THE POOL I ~ FOOTINGS AND SLABS. THEY ARE POURING CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS FOR THE BATHHOUSE TODAY. i,.' CONCRETE FOOTINGS AND SLABS WILL BE POURED IN THE BEGINNER'S POOL THIS WEEK. ATTENDANCE DURI NG THE PAST SUMMER'S RECREAT! ON PROGRAM SHOWED ASLI GHT I NCREASE OVER , LAST YEAR. IN 1955 THE TOTAL SUMMER'S ATTENDANCE WAS 158,180 COMPARED TO 162,550 THIS l YEAR. THE INCREASE WAS UNDOUBTEDLY DUE TO THE FINE SUMMER WEATHER. ATTENDANCE AT THE SwiMMING POOL INCREASED FROM 46,288 LAST YEAR TO 71,157 THIS SUMMER. THESE FIGURES INCLUDE RECREATIONAL SWIMMING, lEARN-TO-SWIM CLASSES, AND SPECTATORS. l RECREATIONAL SwiMMING, OR PAID ADMISSIONS, INCREASED FROM 35,783 TO 46,259. FINANCIALLY, THIS MEANT AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $1,000.00 OVER LAST YEAR. PLAYGROUND ATTENDANCE DROPPED SLIGHTLY, POSSIBLY DUE TO MORE SWIMMERS, MORE BEAN PICKERS, OR MORE VACATIONERS OUT OF TOWN. SOFTBALL PARTICIPATION AND ATTENDANCE REMAINED ABOUT THE SAME AS LAST YEAR. PRO- I rESSIONAL' BASEBALL HAS CUT DEEPLY I NTO SOFTBALL ATTENDANCE. I ~ e ~ ~ ~ ~ 2'~ e , - . >. - - ... .. , ., , .. ~ ,- . . _.. I :1 II TH~ ~UMBER pB ~O~'S BASEBALL TEAMS INCREASED FROM 39 LAST YEA~ TO'58 THIS'YEAR. ~~HERE IS A'GOOO,POSSIBILITYTH,AT NEXT YEAR THIS NUMBER WILL INCREASE TO 65 OR,70. THE, Ii'AR,i<-,: DEF~AR{J:MENT .WAS CAUGHT SHORT OF BALLFI ELDS TH I S YEAR, BUT WI TH CONSTRUCTI ON OF F I VE.ADD;I- TIONAL FIELDS THIS SUMMER, W~ MAY BE ABLE TO MEET THIS DEMAND NEXT SUMMER. :,,'f.I(' JH...E'SUMMER MUSIC CLINIC WAS .AGAI~ VERY SUCCESSFUL WiTH ABOUT 150 CHILDREN ,REGISTERED. Two FINE CONCERTS WERE PERFORMED BY THIS GROUP. , r ;'. ~ : THERE WERE NO BAND CONCERTS SPONSORED BY THE PARK DEPARTMENT THI S YEAR. THE DEP..A:RT- M,ENT. DID ASSIST THE LOCAL MUSICIAN'S UNION IN PRESENTING THREE ,CONCERTS IN THE PAR!<"B!-OCKS. . . I PICNICKING AT SKINNERS BUTTE, SLADDEN, AND HENDRICKS PARK WAS A VERY POPULAR ACTIVITY WITH AN ESTIMATED 25,000 PEOPLE USING THESE FACILITIES. ADDITIONAL PICNI~ AREAS ARE pEING PLANNED fOR AND DEVE_LOPED W.HI CH WI LL HELP TAKE THE LOAD OFF THE EXI STI NG AREAS. IN CON,cLU610N, THE PARK DEPARTMENT FEELS THE CI TY HAS HAD. A VERY SUCCESSFU.L SUM~ER e PROGRAM AND BELIEVE THAT NEXT YEAR THE ATTENDANCE wiLL BE EVEN GREATER. . . , THE P:ARK AND. RECREATI ON DEPARTMENT wi SHES TO THANK THE COUNCI L FOR PLACI NG THE '/ SWI~MING POOL BOND ISSUE ON ,THE MAY BALLOT AND FOR THEIR ASSISrANCE IN PLANNIN~ FOR ~HE NEW AMAZON PARK SWIMMING POOL. THEY KNOW THI S FACI LI TY WI.LL ADD GREATLY TO EUGENE'S: RECREAT40NAL ENJOYMENT. . . . I I HAVE RECENTLY RETURNED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CITY MAN.AGERS' ASSOCIATION CONF:EJI~:rNCE AT BANFF, ALBERTA, CANADA, AND I HAVE SEVERAL PROGRAMS WHICH ARE AVAILABLE TO ANY COUNCILMAN WHO wiSHES TO SEE THE SUBJECTS DISCUSSED AT THIS CONFERENCE. ALSO, I WAS HONORED,BY ~EING ELECTED AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSO~IATION TO REPRESENT THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF THE UNITED STATES. ".. " " "...r ~ I, IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE,. SECONDED BY MR. OWEN, THAT THE REPORT OF THE CITY MAN~G~alBE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTl ON CARRI ED. . REPORTS Of COMMITTEES . ,'f a 1;. REPORT OF ,THE PUBLI C WORKS COMMI TTEE MEETI NG HELD SEPT~MBER 19, 1956 - RE: PETI'TI ON' FOR SEwER IMPR9VEMENT ON SPRING DRIVE; AND REQUEST FOR CURB CUT AT 160 EAST 5TH AVENUE wAS ;SUBMtITTED AND READ AS FOLLOwS: " " J ~. "~~' I , "PRESENT: COUNCILMEN "'ATSON AND OWEN; ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER; CITY RECORDER; AND '4 THE ADMINISTRATIVE INTERN. ji.' 'Z " :" ,,:. I . PETITION FOR SEWER IMPROVEMENT ON SPRING DRIVE - THE COMMITTEE VIEWED THE SITE IN . WHICH RESIDENTS OF THE AREA HAD PETITIONpD THAT A SEWER LINE BE INSTALLED. THE LINE WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 2,000 FEET LONG. THE PETITlON.CONTAINED SIGNA.TURE~ REPRESENTING ,I,~(n FEET OF THE PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED OR 60.35 PER CENT. . , r . ' IT wAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SANITARY SEWER LINE BE INSTALL~D AND THAT. THE NECES~A~Y I ORDINANCES INITIATING THIS IMPROVEMENT BE PASSED. 2. RE~~EST FOR CURB CUT AT 160 EAST 5TH AVENUE - THE COMMITTEE VIEWED THE SITE AT; WHICH MR. L. H..COLLINS, CONTRACTOR FOR PRESTON BROTHERS, HAD REQUESTED A 41 FOOT CURB CUT., THIS CUT WOULD BE MADE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING INGRESS AND EBRESS TO A GARAGE-WAREHOUSE TYP~ BUILDING CONTAINING DOUBLE DOORS ON THE 5TH AVENUE SIDE. . . ,; TH~ C~MMI TTEE, IN VIEwiNG AND DISCUSSING THIS ITEM, COULD NOT SEE THAT, THE,EXTENDED e CURB CUT WOULD CREATE ANY PROBLEMS IN THIS AREA A~D THEREFORE RECOMMENDED THAT THE CURB CUT IN THE LENGTH OF 41 FEET BE APPROVED." ", . . IT WAS MOVED BY MR. OwEN, SECONDED BY MR. WATSON, THAT THE.REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WO~KS ,: COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTl ON CARR I ED. . RE~ORTS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS . . It" 4 A REPORT OF THE BOARD O( ApPEALS MEETING HELD SEPTEMBER 12, 1956 - RE: REQUESTS FOR VARIANCES TO SET BACK REQUIREMENTS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOwS: , ! 'I r "THE BOARD OF ApPtALS HELD A MEETlt:!IG A~ THE CITY HALL, SEPTEMBER '12, '1956 AL9:;OQ,;'A.M. MEMBERS PRESENT WERE MR. MORRIS, MR. MOYER, AND MR. HENDERSHOTT. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER,.BYMR. I:\ENDERSHOTT. . . , . tr . .,.. ~ , , .....;! I . A REQUEST BY THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH LOCATED AT 1020 EAST 23RD AVENUE FO~\~ ,. I I VARIANCE OF FRONT PROPERTY LINE SET BACK, IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY CONSTRUCT A BREEZEWAY AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE CHURCH FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROTECTING PEOPLE IN RAINY WEATHER. AFTER DISCUSSING THE MATTER TO SOME EXTENT, AND IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THE PROPOSED BREEZEWAY WOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH TRAFFIC VISION, MR. HENDERSHOTT MOTIONED THAT THE REQUEST BE GRANTED. MR. MOYER SECONDED, AND THE MOTION WAS CARRIED. e ..... 2 '(140 ~, ~ , 1-"" \t.' _ 2. ' A REQUEST,FOR' VARI ANCEOF $1 DE PROPERTY L'I NE SE,T BACK BY MR1. c. P. SCHLEICHER, 2685 I COLUMBIA STRtET;'TOCONSTRUCT A 'GARAGE TEN (10) rEET FROM THE SIDE LINE FACING 27TH AVENUE EAST. AN I NSPECYI ON OF TH~ PROPERTY WAS MAD~ AND IT WAS ~ETERM1NEb THAT MR. SCHLEICHER HAD AMPLE ROOM TO COM'PLY WI TH THE REGULATIONS FOR GARAGES. MR. HENDERS'HOTT: M'OVED THE REQUEST BE DENI ED. MR. MORRIS SECONDED THE MOTION. REQUEST I DENI ED. . I. 3. ENGLAND FUNERAL HOME' REQUESTS A SIX (6) INCH VAR lANCE IN FRONT PROPERTY ~INE SET BACK l: . AT 220 EAST 18'TH AvfNUE. ; I N VI EW' OF THE FACT THE ER:ROR IN MEASUREMENT' WAS' DUE TO ANGLES, MR. HENDERSHOTT MOVED THE VARIANCE BE GRANTED. ALL MEMBERS AGREED. 4. GOLDIE D. HALLEN, 1422 FERR~ ST~EET REQUESTS A VARIANCE IN SIDE PROPERTY LINE SET BACK TO CONST~UCT A CARPORT ON THE PROPERTY AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS. THE LOT BEING UNDER SIZE AND IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THE STRUCTURE STILL WOULD BE TEN (10) FEET FROM THE HOUSE ADJOINING HER ON THE SOUTH, ALL MEMBERS' WERE IN AGREEMENT THAT THE REQUEST BE GRANTED. . '- 5. MR. HARRY E. SEELEN, 2275 PIERCE STREET REQUESTS A VARIANCE IN ZONING REGULATIONS IN LOT AREA REQUI REME'NTSI TO CONSTRUCT A RESIDENCE LOCATED ON ARTHUR STREET AT 14TH AVENUE WEST, BLOCK 20, BACK 'HALF OF LOT' 8 AND 9, CHA~BERS AbDI TI ON, WI TH AN ALLEY ENTRANCE. AFTER TA~.~G INTO CbNSIDERATION THAt THtR€' IS A ~MALL HOUSE 6N ~HE BACK OF LOT ~ AND ~HE ONLY ENTRANCE TO THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE WOULD BE BY THE ALLEY. ALSO,' THE LOT DOES NOT MEET RRESENT LOT REQUIREMENTS. MR. HENDERSHOTT MADE A MOTION THE REQUEST BE DENIED. MR. MORRIS SECONDEO. MOT! efN CA'RR I ED. I' I , : 6. MR. CARL A. WUORINEN REQUESTS A VARIANCE IN FRONT PROPERTY LINE SET BACK TO CONSTRUCT A GARAGE ON: LOT 2, BLock 3, MALABAR HILL ADDITION~ I N 0 I SC'USS I NG THE MAHER I TWAS' EXPLAINED TO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THE EXISTING TOPOG~APHY OF THE SAID PROPERTY AT THAT LOCATION AND THAT THE CONTOURS OF THE LAND BREAK VERY SHARPLY CAUSING A DEFINITE HARDSHIP IF HE WERE TO COMPLY wiTH SET BACK REGULATIONS FOR GARAGES.' , I MR. MOYER MOTIONED THE REQUEST BE GRANTED. ALL MEMBERS WERE IN FAVOR. 7. MR. W. C. LOVELESS, PASTOR~ SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, ASKED FOR A VARIANCE OF FRONT PROPERTY LINE SET' BACK, TO CONSTRUCT AN ADDITION ON THE SCHOOL AT 1404 WEST 13TH AVENUE. ; AFTER REVIEWiNG THE!FLOOR PLAN~ FOR THE PROPOSED ADDITION 1T ~AS AGREED UPON BY ALL MEMBER~ . THAT REDESIGNING THE PLANS, THE SAME RESULT COULD BE OBTAINED. . IT WAS ALSO'CALLtb TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD THAT 13TH AVtNUE'WAS LISTED IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR FUTURE WIDENING AND ALL STRUCTURES HEREAFTER ERECTED'SHALL SET BACK 52 FEET MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE CENTER LINE OF THE STREET. . TAKI N'G THESE FACTS INTO CONSIDERATION, MR. HENDERSHOTT MOVED THE_REQUEST BE DENIED. MR. MORRIS SECONDED. .' ALL WERE IN f,;AVOR. . . . 8. A REQUEST FOR A FRONT PROPERTY LINE SET BACK TO CONSTRUCT A GARAGE AT 2145 FRIENDLY STREET BY MR. LEON Ross~ I AFTER VIEwiNG THE PLANS ALL MEMBERS AGREED THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE TO MEET ZONING REQUIREMENTS SETBACK BY SHIFTING THE 'GARAGE TEN (10) FEET FARTHER EAST ON THE PROPERTY AT, THE ABOVE ADDRESS AND'THAT THE REQUEST FOR THE TWO FOOT SET BAGK BE DENIED.' , To , 9. MR. JOHN W. ROBERTS REQUESTS A SIGN VA_lANCE IN SIGN REGULATIONS IN A C-I' ZONE. COMPLY WITH ZONING REGULATIONS, SIGNS IN A C-I ZONE CANNOT EXCEED TWENTY (20) SQUARE FEET I N AREA. ALSO, DUE TO THE, FACT'THAt A C-I ZONE IS'IN FIRE ZONE NUMBER I, ALL SIGNS MUST BE MADE OF A NON-COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL. ~ e . THE PROPOSED SIGN IS 135 SQUARE FEET IN AREA, ALSO IS FACED WITH PLASTIC ,AND DOES NOT I: ' . COMPLY WIT~ CODE REGULATIONS. . I: . . l. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, TAKING THIS INTO CONSIDERATION, MR. MOYER'MADE A MOTION THE REQUEST BE DENIED. MR. MORRIS SECONDED. MOTl ON CARRI ED. j THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED~" , , IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDeD BY MR. OwEN, THAT THE REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ApPEALS BE ADOPTED, EXCLUDING ITEM NUMBER-8 '- RE: LEON Ross. MOTION CARRIED. . . . , IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. OWEN, THAT THE REQUEST BY MR. Ross, AS I REPRESENTED, BE GRANTED PROVIDING A ONE HOUR FIRE wALL ON THE SOUTH IS CONSTRUCTED. MOTION - " CARRIED. , I: I , . . . e ~ ~\ 27'~ e , - --~.~-- - - -- - -- - I I , I I PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS , 5 THEYOLLOWING APPLICATJONS FOR RENEWAL OF ROOM~NG HOUSE L~~ENSES WERE SUBMITTED AS ~PPROVED BY THE ,POLICE, FIRE, BUILDING,: AND HEALTH, DEPARTMENTS: i i; CARL;i>_ON tiOUSE, 715 EAST I ,3TH AVENUE - MRS. HAZEL FREDRI CKSONj OWNER S. E. E~ERSON, 637 WEST 7TH AVENUE - SARAH E. EMMERSON, MANAGER TOWN HOUSE MOTEL, 584 LAWRENCE STREET - NAN GRILLETTE) MANAGER , IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. WATSON, THAT THE APPLICAT~ON BE APPROVED. MOTl ON CARRI ED. , ' ' , , 6 A PET~'T~ON FOR VACATION OF A PORTION OF ~ PLAT wA~ SUBMITTED BY RESIDENTS OF THE AREA. " , . . , I TWAS t10VED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. OWEN, THAT THE PETITION BE REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC ~ORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIE:D. e . . ;~ ~'I,;' I ORDINANCES , ,i .....: , 7 , COUNCIL BILL No. 4004 - RE: GRANTING SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY A FRANCHISE TO MAINTAIN A RAILWAY TRACK AND TO OPERATE CARS THEREON AND TO TRANSPORT EXPRESS AND FREIGHT TH~REON, OVER AND ACROSS MCKINLEY STREET, INTRODUCED AND GIVEN FIRST READING ON AUGUST 27, 1956 WAS BROUGHT ON FOR CONSI DERATION. I , if ,I ~~ IT wAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. WATSON, THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONLY, wITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY,AND THE BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONLY. I IT wAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. WAT~N THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY. IT WA;r~OVED BY MR. GODLO~E, SECONDED BY MR. WATSON, THAT THE ~OUNCIL BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN FINAL PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE. MESSRS. KOPPE AND HARTMAN ABSENT. THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED 10911. , 8 COUNCIL BILL No. 4012 - RE: LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR SANITARY SEWER IN AREA BETW~EN(25TH AND 29TH AVENUES FROM LINCOLN TO LAWRENCE STREETS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL. - IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR: WATSON, THAT THE BILL BE LAID OVER AND PROPER NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT ,BE GIVEN AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS. MOT!ON CARRIED. : , -- ,RESOIJUTIONS, . / . 9 RESO':UTlON - RE: TRANSMITTING REZONING AND VARIANCE APPLICATIONS'TO PLANNING COMMISSION FOR HEARING AND REPORT WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: I "BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CO~MON C~UNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, OREGON, THAT THERE IS 1 HER~BY TRANSMITTE~ TO THE CITy,PLANNING COM~ISSION OF SAID CITY, THE.FOLLOwING PETITIONS I FOR ZONI NG, REZONING AND VARIANCES IN SAID CITY, TO-WIT: . i ,/ I . , , INITIATED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION . r'" I . . . ,LOTS 9 TO 16, BLOCK.18, STOREY SUBDIVISION OF COLLEGE CREST ... i, LQTS I TO 8l BLOCK ~7, STOREY SUBDIVISION OF COLLEGE CREST _I! . e ,LOT, "A" , STOREY SUBDIVISION OF COLLEGE CREST, 1 ' , ' 'I ' , I I B~~NG(THE AREA SOUTH OF LOTS 8 AND 9 OF BLOCK 18, STOREY SUBDIVISION OF ,COLLEGE CR~ST, NORTH OF KREATZ ROAD (28TH AVENUE) AND WEST OF HOFFMAN AVENUE (MONROE ~TREET) , RECOMMEND ZONING AS C-2,NEIGHBORHOOD COMM~RCIAL DISTRICT AND RE~OMMEND ZONING AS ~A OUTER RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, ALL THE AREA A~NEXED TO EUGENE ~Y VOTE ON JULY 17, 1956 EXCEPT THE AREA DESCRIBED AS C-2 ZONE. VIGGO A~ PETERSEN ,....,\ ~I', , ,~LOCK 16, AMENDED PLAT OF HENDRICK'S ADDITION TO EUGENE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON. "I,'j ._, . '. : . , ,AREA.BOUNDED,BY OLIVE STREET ON THE EAST, 17TH AVENUE ON THE SOUTH, CHARNELTON"SlREET ON THE MEST~ AND 16TH AVENUE, I F EXTENDED, ON THE NORTH. I REQUEST CHANGE OF ZONE FROM R~2 Two FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ,DISTRICT TO R-3 MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL,DISTRICT. / : . e ..... r27t] tit - ~ :- _-0,._- ... __- -> -- -. . , , - i FLOYD D. STAPP I I i::':.,,:A PARCEL Of LAND LYING IN SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 18 SOUTH, RANGE 3 WEST, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS fOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT WHICH I~ THE INTERSECTION Of THE SOUTH LINE Of THAT TRACT Of LAND CONVEYED BY THAT CERTAIN DEED TO HAWKINS AND ROBERTS, INC., RECORDED IN BOOK 174, PAGE 374, LANE COUN'Y OREGON DEED RECORDS, WITH THE EEASj' LlfiE Of THE COUNTY ROAD NOW KNOWN AS WILLAMETTE STREET) SAID POINT ALSO BEING 335.5 fEET SOUTH' AND, 976.6 fEET wEST Of THE I NI TI AL POI NT OF AMENDED PLAT Of ROSEDALE ADDI TION TO EUGENE, AS PLATTED AND RECORDED AT PAGE 8t: OF. VOLUME 4, LANE COUNTY OREGON PLAT RECORDS, THE",CE NORTH 8g0 461 WEST A 01 ST-ANCE Of 70 fEET 'TO THE EAST LI NE Of WI LLAMETTE STREET; THENCE NORTH A DISTANCE Of 38.45 fEET TO THE POINT Of BEGINNING, IN LANE COUNTY, OREGON - . . BEGINNING A~ A POINT SOUT~ 00021 EAST 648.63 fEET SOUTH Of A POlfiT NORTH 890461 EAST 1291 fEET fROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER Of THE JAMES M. BREEDING AND wifE DLC No. 51 IN TOWNSHIP I 18 SOUTH,' RANGE 3, WEST, Of THE WI LLAMETTE MER 101 AN, SAID POINT ~EIN~ THE INTERSECTION Of , I' THE SOUTH LINE Of THE ALLEY ON THE SOUTH Of BLOCK I AS SHOWN BY THE AMENDED PLAT Of ROSE'DALE, I wiTH THE EAST LINE OF W,LLAMETTE STREET; RUNNING THENCE EAST TRACING THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID tit ALLEY 200 fEET; THENCE SOUTH 84.25 cFEET'; THENCE ~EST 200 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF WILLAMETTE STREET; THENCE NORTH 84.25 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, IN EUGENE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON. , , : . LOCATED A'r T~E NORTHEAST CORNER Of 32ND AVENUE AND WI LLAMETTE STREET . REQUEST CHANGE Of ZONE FROM RA OUTER RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO C-2 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT I . . ROY E. WI NT'ER " ' . - i . I, LOT 6, BLOCK I, ALTA VISTA TRACT, EUGENE, OREGON I, . LOCATED A~ Z920 WILLAMETTE S~REET _'~' . . REQUEST CHANGE OF ZONE fROM RA OUTER RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO C-3 CENTRAL BUSINESS 01 STRI CT - ' i _ . . t , - . . . . WALTER H. PLANK . ' , . ~i4 MADISON StREET . ~ , REQUESTS VARIANCE fROM R-2 ZONE TO OP~RATE A BEAUTY PARLOR IN RESIDENCE . ! . " AND DIRECTING THE PlANNING COMMisSION.TO ADOpT A TENTATIVE REPORT AND HOLD A HEARING THEREON IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS IN THE CITY HALL Of SAID CITY ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 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 THE CITY HALL AT THE NEXT ENSUING COUNCIL MEETING, MONDAY, OC;rOBER 22, 1956, NOTICE OF WHICH SHALL'BE GIVEN THREE TIMES IN THE REGiSTER-GUARD. , - ! RESOLUTION ADOPTED THIS 24TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1956." I IT'WAS MOVED BY, M~.'G6DLOVt, StCONDtD BY MR. WATSON, THAT:tHE RESOLU~ION'BE ADOPTED. MOTl ON CARR I ED. . 10 JOHN L. BARBER, MUNICIPAL JUDGE Of THE CITY Of EUGENE, REQUESTED THAT THE COUNCIL APPOINT MR. GORDON COTTRELL AS ASSISTANT MUNICIPAL JUDGE. JUDGE BARBER EXPLAINED THAT HE ALSO DESIRED THAT THE CITY RECORDER BE RETAINED AS, AN ASSISTANT MUNICIPAL JUDGE:IN CASE,It BECAME 'NECESSARY fOR THE MUNICIPAL JUDGE AND HI:S PRIMARY ASSISTANT'TO DISQUALifY THEMSELVES. THIS:ACTION WAS EXPLAINED AS BEING NECESSARY SINCE THE CITY RECORDER DID NOT HAVE LAW TRAINING AND HE DID NOT - BELIEVE IT WAS fAIR TO THE LOCAL ATTORNEYS NOR TO THE CITY RECORDER FOR A PERSON UNVERSED IN ~/ .. .. -- . . LEGAL BACKGROUND TO BE:REQUIRED'TO SIT~ON THE BENCH AND HEAR CASES wHERE A LEGAL BACKGROUND MIGHT BE MOST HELPfUL. IT WAS MOVED BY MR~ OWEN, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT MR . GORDON COTTI~ELL BE APPOI NTED AS THE ASSISTANT~M~NICIPALJUDGE. 'MOll ON CARRI ED. n - I I A RROPOSED STATEMENT IN REGARD TO THE LIBRARY SITE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: I: ~ 1 "THE VOTERS, IN THE MAY PRIMARY ELECTION, DETERMINED THAT THE LOCATION Of THE PROPOSED I NEW LtBRA~Y fO~ 'THE CITY Of EUGENE wOULD ~E SELlcTED fROM'ONE Of THREE SITES B~ THE VOTERS IN THE GENERAL ELECT~ON ON NOVEMBER 6, 1956. THE THREE SiTES ARE REfFIRRED TO AS THE 11TH AVENUE AND ~ILLAMEtTE STREET OR PRESENT'SITE OF THE LIBRARY WITH'ADJOINING PROPERTY INCLUDED, THE OLD FRANCES WILLARD SCHOOL SITE; AND THE SOUTHWEST PARK BLOCK. rrHE'COUNCIL, IN ORDER TO HAVE SOME IDEA AS TO TAE COST OF EA~H SITE, HAD TH~EE I 'I INDEPENDENT APPRAISERS MAKE APPRAISALS Of EACH SITE. IN ORDER TO GIVE THE VOTERS AS MUCH iNfORMATION AS POSSIBLE AND THUS HELP THEM IN MAKING A SELECTION, THE fOLLOWING TABULATION Of THE APPRAISALS IS PRINTED BELOW: I , i' e 1 ~ 21~ e - - - - -- - - -' , - - - - -- , I PROPERTY ApPRAISING FIRMS - liTH AND WILLAMETTE SITE BURBEE ROBERTSON RODMAN .CRUM}ROrERTY, 48' X 160' $ 67,000.00 $ 63,875.00 . $, 67,~!50.00 , , GRAY ~OPERTY, 2i' X 100' . , ' . , 30,00O~00 3p,140.pO 27,,950 ~ 00 WATSON" PROPERTY, 59' X 100' 62,000.00 64,250.00 6-O,POO.00 . '.- TOTAL $159,000.00 $158,2'65.00 $155,600.00 '. . ~ PARK BLOCK EXCHANGE SITE / e " BABB PROPERTY, 80' X 114' $ 48,000.00 $ 73,243.00 $ 60,000.00 I , SAWYER-YATES PROPERTY, 75' X'80' 33,000.00 55,700.00 45,060.00 .,MADSON PROPERTY, 38.5' X 80' , 28,000.00 30,270.00 30,000.00 , I TOTAL $109,000.00 $159,213.00 $135,000.00 - , ~', ~ I . I -'OLD FRANCES WILLARD SITE , $257,500.00 $292,032.00 ,$3~5,OOO:;00 , . ! . . . , . N.E. ~/4 FRANCES WILLARD SITE $139,500.00 $ 98,865.50 $121,:500.00 . . '.' . , - ' " , EACH OF THE APPRAISERS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE-AMONG THE BEST APPRAISERS IN THE CITY, _ AND THEIR APPRAISALS, WHI~H ARE ON FILE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IN THE CITY HAU~~J 1 . SHOW THAT A LARGE AMOUNT OF TIME WAS SPENT IN I"/GURING AND ARRIVING AT THE APPRAISED'VAl.UE " OF EACH SITE. HOWEVER, IT IS POINTED OUT THAT THE HIGHEST COST FOR EACH SITE I~ NOT" ~I { .~NECESSARILY WHAT THAT SITE, IF SELECTED BY THE VOTERS, WOULD COST THE CITY. I N ALL 1 PROBABILITY, BEFORE THE,CITY ACQUIRED THE SITE SELECTED, IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO INSTITUTE . CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS AND, IN THAT CASE, A JURY WOULD SET THE AMOUNT THAT THE C1TYJWOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE SITE. , .' ..' . ,I . THE EN~IRE OLD FRANOES-WILLARD SCHOOL SITE IS CONSIDERED TO BE TOO LARGE FOR A LIBRARY :1 . SI TE ALONE. EACH APPRAISER WAS.REQUESTED TO APPRAISE THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THt SI'TE , WHICH IS CONSIDERED TO BE APPROXIMATELY ONE-QUARTER OF THE BLOCK BETWEEN 13TH AND 14TH, . AVENUES, OLIVE TO CHARNEL TON STREETS. 1 ~ -'. , I . I I ' , THE CRUM PROPERTY, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THEollTH AVENUE AND WILLAMETTE STREET SITEJ I ' WOULD BE USED FOR PARKING,PURPOSES FOR THE NEW LIBRARY IF THIS SITE IS SELECTED BY THE VOTERS. WITH PROPER INGRESS AND EGRESS, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE CRUM PROPERTY WIL~PARK . TWENTY-FOUR CARS. ALSO~ IT IS PLANNED TO PROVIDE A SPACE OFF THE ALLEY ALONG THE REA~ OF . THE SITE FOR PARKING AN ADDITIONAL SIX CARS. IT-SHOULD BE FORTHER POINTED OUT'THAT THE . ENTIRE COST OF THE 11TH AVENUE ANDMILLAMETTE STREET SITE SHOULD INCLUDE THE VALUE O~ THE :1 PRESENT LIBRARY SITE, NOW OWNED BY THE CITY, WHI~H HAS BEEN APPRAISED AT $80,000.00~ -, , " I THE WORD "EXCHANGE" I S USED I N THE SOUTHWEST PARK BLOCK EXCHANGE SI TE AS THE PARK e BLOCK IS OWNED BY LANE COUNTY, AND THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WOULD REQUIRE THE CITY TO . PURCHASE THE BABB, SAWYER-YATES, AND THE MADSON PROPERTY FOR WHICH THEY WOULD EXCHANGE :1 THE PARK BLOCK. IT IS THE GENERAL OPINION THAT A DECLARATORY JUDGMENT SUIT WOULD BE ^~ - , ,'NECESSARY TO DETERMINE IF A MERCHANTABLE TITLE TO THIS SITE COULD BE PASSED TO THE CITY.'!. -- , . . .,IT WAS MOVED BY,MR. SHEARER, SECONDED BY MR. WATSON, THAT THE STATEMENT AS AMENDED BE ' i RELE;.ASED. MOTION CARRIED. J . . UPON MOTION DULY MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIED, THE-MEETING WAS ADJOURNED. , ~ " . ~ R~SPECTFULLY.SUBMITTED, , .,\ ~~~<<~ I.; i 4~ ' I It ,', . ROBERT A. FINLAYSON, . I CITY MANAGER. . . 1 " . . , I RAF :,EB . e - - ~