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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/26/1957 Meeting 54((, e COUNCIL CHAMBERS I EUGENE, OREGON AUGUST 26, 1957 THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE C,TY OF EUGENE WAS HELD ON AUGUST 12, 1957 Ij AND ADJOURNED TO AUGUST 26, 1957 AT 7:30 PM IN T.fiE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY HIS HONOR, MAYOR J. J. MCGINTY, WITH THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: MR. WATSON, MR. SHEARER, MR. SHISLER, MR. EDMUNDS, MRs. LAURIS, MR. BRIGGS AND MR. LINDEEN. MR. HARTMAN WAS ABSENT. I, THE M'NTUES OF THE LAST REGULAR MEETING HELD ON AUGUS~ 12, 1957 WERE READ AND APPROVED. I THE MAYOR AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE PRESENTED SAFE DRIVING AWARDS TO SEVERAL CITY TRANSIT LINES DRIVERS -AND .COMMENDED; THEM ON THEIR RECORDS OF DR,IVING FOR VARYING PERIODS OF TIME WITHOUT ACCI- DENT. . . 2 MR. JAMES f. JOHNSON OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES OF THE STATE OF OREGON AWARDED CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL SAFETY COUNClL TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR I MPROVE- e MENT OF TRAFFI C DEATH RECORD AND SCHOOL TRAFFI C SAFETY EDUCATI ON :1 N CONN-ECTI<ON WI TH THE 56TH TRAFFIC INVENTORY AWARD PROGRAM. 3 MONTHLY PAYMENT ESTIMATE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: . A'B C PLUMBING & IRRIGATION CO. 1ST - INSTALLATION IRRIGATION SYSTEM AMAZON PARK SWIMMING POOL $ 1,615.50 i I , IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE ESTIMATE, AS SUBMITTED AND READ, I BE APPROVED AND THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS BE INSTRUCTED TO DRAW THE NECESSARY WARRANT. ROLLCALL VOTE .. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTIN~ AYE, MOTION CARRIED. 01 4 THIS BEING THE DATE SET FOR THE AWARD OF CONTRACTS FOR THE PURCHASE ~F EQUIPMENT FOR THE PUBLI C WORKS DEPARTMENT,: THE FOLLOWI NG BIOS WERE TABULATED AS OPENED ON AUGUST 22, 1957 AT 10:00 AM: I: " I Two 4-CUBIC YARD DUMP TRUCKS I . COMPANY CYLINDERS BODY PRICE SCARLETT - GMC 8 SCHE-TKYDUMP BODY $ 8,126.00 - $400~00 = $ 7,726.00 ANTHONY DUMP BODY 8,156.00 - 400.00 = 7,756.00 ANTHONY SUPER HOIST 8,246.00 -. 400.00 = 7,S46.00 SILVA - CHEVROLET 8 fREHAUF OR SCHETKY 7,261.30 DUMP BODY . ED LAWRENCE CO. 6 SCHETKY DUMP BODY 7,380.90 I NTERNATI ONAL ANTHONY BODY 7,500.90 TRUCKSTELL BODY 7,410.90 , BECK MOTOR CO~' - DODGE ' SCHETKY 4,224.50 - 540.50 . 3,684.00 (ONLY BID ON ~ TRUCK) I 2 UNITS -- $8,449.00 - $540.50 = $7,908.50 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR.. BRIGGS THAT THE BIDS BE REJECTED AND READVERTISED AND MORE SPECIFIC SPECIFICATIONS BE MADE. MOTION DEFEATED. . IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED SY MR. LINDEEN THAT THE NECESSARY CONTRACTS BE DRAWN AND SIGNED AND AWARDED TO THE LOW BIDDER. ROLLCALL VOTE. COUNCILMEN WATSON, SHISLER, EDMUNDS, LAURIS AND LINDEEN VOTING AYE, COUNCILMEN SHEARER AND BRIGGS VOTING NAY, MOTION CARRIED. e 5 THIS BEING THE DATE SET FOR THE AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR THE SEAL COATING OF RUNWAY AT MAHLON- SWEET AIRPORT, THE FOLLOWING BIOS WERE TABULATED AS OPENED ON AUGUST 26, 1957 AT 10:00 AM: , LABOR AND MATERIAL FOR SEAL COATING MAHLON-SWEET NE/SW RUNWAY CENTRAL HEAT $ 6,763.08 (Low) WILDISH CONSTRUCTION 6,949.28 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE NECESSARY CONTRACT BE DRAWN AND , SUBJECT TO NEGOTIATION OF COMPLETION DATE BY CITY OFFICIALS. 1 SIGNED AND AWARDED TO THE LOW BIDDER, ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED. . REPORTS Of OffiCERS 6 A REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER - RE: MONTHLY DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS, IMPROVEMENTS, ETC., WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: I "ON AUGUST 13, 1957 YOU WERE PROVIDED WITH A REPORT ON THE PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS WHICH HAD BEEN AWARDED UP TO THAT DATE. SINCE THAT TIME ONE STORM SEWER PROJECT SOUTH OF 34TH PLACE FROM HIGH STREET TO THE EAST HAS BEEN COM- PLETED; HOWEVER, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS HAS INFORMED ME THAT THE CON- TRACTS ARE BEING PURSUED VERY DILIGENTLY AND MUCH PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE TO- WARDS THE COMPLETION OF MANY OF THE PROJECTS. e ~ 5P~r _ i I T~E COUNTY ASSESSOR REPORTS THAT THE VALUATION OF THE CITY OF EUGENE FOR 1957-58 INCREASED TO $50,891,107 WHICH IS $3,869,020 MORE THAN THE 1956-57 VALuATION, MAKING OUR MiLLAGE FOR THE PRESENT YEAR 20.1 MILLS, I MILL HIGHER THAN'THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THE LEAGUE OF OREGON CITIES CONVENTION WILL BE HELD AT THE MULTNOMAH HOTEL IN PORTLAND STARTING SUNDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 20, WiTH A'RECEPTlON, AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23. THE GENERAL SESSION AT THIS YEAR'S tONVENTION'WILL BE DEVOTED TO POLICIES AND PUBLIC RELA~IONS PROBLEMS OF MAYORS AND COUNCILMEN. IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED iF EACH COUNCILMAN WOULD SUB- MIT TO ~i OFFICE ANY SU~GE~TIONS HE HAS FOR TOPICS TO BE DIStUSSED AT THE CONVENTION. THIS SHOULD BE DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER THAT THE PRO- GRAM CAN BE MADE UP. You~ ~UGGESTED TOPICS WILL BE: FORWARDED TO THE LEAGUE I OFFICE WITH ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE CONCERNING THE CONVENTION. THOSE INTERESTED IN GOING PLEASE HOL~ THESE DATES OP~N ON Y~UR CALENDAR." '_ IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT'THE REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. 7 ;I THE RETAIL MERCHANTS AND AD CLUB REQUESTED PERMISSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO PLACE NATIVITY SCENE ON SKINNERS BUTTE DURING CHRISTMAS SEASON, SERIES OF SCENES TO BE COMPLETED IN FUTURE YEARS. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR.SHEAR:ER THAT PERMISSION 8E GRANTED AND THAT THESE I ORGANIZATIONS BE GIVEN EVERY ENCOURAGEMENT IN THEIR PROJECT. MOTl ON CARRI ED. Y , REPORTS OF COMMITTEES A REPORT OF THE COMMIT~EE MEETING HELD ON AUGUST 16, 1957 - RE: COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE - CONSIDERATION OF THE VACATION OF A PORTION OF KINCAID'STREET AND PEDESTRIAN WAY IN THE AMAZON AREA; COMMUNICATION FROM GORDON BURBEE, ET AL, CONCERNING THE REQUEST FOR REZONING OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 19TH AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY' STREET; CONSIDERATION'OF COMMUNI- CATION FROM GATEWAYS ASSOCIATION REGARDING JUDKINS POINT TRAFFIC CIRCLE; WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: , ' I ,> 8 "PRESENT: COUNCILMEN WATSON, SHISLER, EDMUNDS, 'LAURIS,BRIGG$'AND LINDEEN; 'CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; CITY ATTORNEY; DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS; PLANNING CONSULTANT; PARKS & RECREATioN SUPERINTENDENT; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; GORDON BURBEE; JACK CRAIG, KERG; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER- I GUARD. i COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE I. CONSIDERATION OF THE:VACATION'OF A PORTION OF KINCAID STREET AND PEDESTRIAN WAY IN THE AMAZON AREA - 'IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT'THE COUNC1L HAD'APPROVED AN EXCHANGE OF PROPERTY BETWEEN THE CITY OF EUGENE AND THE'CENTURY FUND WITH 'THE UNDERStANDING T~AT THE CENTURY FUND WOULD DISPOSE OF SUCH PROPERTY AND WOULD PURCHASE: WITH FUNDS SO RECEIVED,LoTS 22 AND 23 IN BLOCK 5,' SUNNY HOL- LOW ADDITION,rOR PARK PURPOSES, AND IT WAS FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT TO PRO- I PERLY CARRY OUT'THE PLAN WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN APPROVED, IT IS NECES- SARY THAT A PORTION OF KINCAID STREET CONTIGUOUS TO THE PARK PROPERTY AND TO SCHOOL PROPERTY BE VACATED AND THAT A 50' RIGHT-OF-WAY BE DEDICATED FOR STREET PURPOSES BETWEEN KI NCAI 0 STREET AND EAST AMAZON DRI VE' ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF LOT 22. IT WAS INDICATE~ THAT THE CITY HAD RELEASED PRO~ERTY TO THE CENTURY FUND, THE CENTURY FUND HAD DISPOSED OF THE PROPERTy AND HAD PURCHASED THE PROPERTY _ I IN THE SUNNY HOLLOW AREA FOR PARK PURPOSES, AND IT WAS NOW NECESSARY THAT ,I KINCAID STREET BE VACATED ADJACENT TO LOTS 22 THROUGH 25 IN BLOCK 5 OF SUNNy-HOLLOW ADDITION, THAT A PEDESTRIAN WAY LOCATED BETWEEN LOTS 22 AND 23 SHOULD LIKEWISE BE VACATED~AND THAT'A 50' STREET ALONG THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF LOT 22 SHOULD BE DEDICATED FOR STREET PURPOSES IN ORDER TO PROPERLY CARRY ouT THE PLAN PREVIOUSLY: PROPOSED. VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE' COMMITTEE I NO I CA TED THEY DES I RED AN OPPOR'TUNI TY TO, OBSERVE THE AREA. I T WAS HOWEVER RECOMMENDED THAT THE NECESSARY, TRANSAC- TIONS~ VACATE AND DEDICATE THE NECESSARY STREET PROPERTIES BE COMPLETED. COUNCILMEN SHISLER, BRI'GGS AND LAURIS VOTING AYE, COUNC1~MEN EDMUNDS AND WATSON VOTING NAY, COUNCILMAN LINDEEN ABSTAINING, MOTION CARRIED. : .1 } . ",... , I 2. COMMUNICATION/FROM'GORDON BURBEE, ET Al,CONCERNIN~ THE REQUEST'FOR REZON- ING OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 19TH AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY STREET - A LETTER FROM MR. BURBEE DATED AUGUST 9, 1957 AND ADDRESSED TO THE I MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL REQUESTING FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE REZONING OF PROPERTY AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 19TH AVENUE AND UNIVERSiTY STREET WAS I PRESE~TEb 10 THE COMMITTEE. I ' , , , , : . I IT WAS EXPLAINED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY THAT THE PREVIOUS HEARING AND ACTION TAKEN HAD BEE~'~LOSED AND' A VOTE HA~ BEEN TAKEN ON THE SUB~ECT. THE CITY ATTORNEY FUR'I"HER EXPLM NED 'THAT THE ONLY MEANS OF GETTI NG THI SMATTER' BE- FORE THE COUNCI~ WOULD' B~ FOR THE PE~ITIONERS TO"FILE' A NEW APPLICATION WHICH I-N TURN WOULD HAVE' TO GO TO THE PLANNI NG COMMI 551 ON AND' AFTER DUE _ HEAR1NG BY THE PLANNING COMMISS10N WOULD BE REFER~Eb e~CK' TO T~E COUNCIL FOR HEARING AND CONSIDERATION. ~ ~5&~ )', ~ - . -- 1 'I MR. BURBEE 1NDICATED TO THE COMMITTEE THAT, HE HAD 1NVESTIGATED THE ZONING I REQUIREMENTS FOR GROUP LIVING ORGANIZATIONS' IN OTHER UNIVERSITY CITIES, AND IT APPEARED FROM HIS. STATEMENTS THAT SO,ME OTHER CliTIES ALLO~ED SORORITIES AND FRATERNITIES TO BE BUILT IN ZONES OF GREATER R~STRICTION ITHAN THAT IN THE CITY OF EUGENE. IT WAS ALSO INDICATED THAT IN SOME CITIES A BELT WAS CREATED ~ROUND THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IN WHICH SORORITY AND FRATERNITY HO~E CONSTRUCTI ON WAS ALLOWED. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ENGAGED IN DISCUSSIO~ REGA~DING POTENTIAL AREAS IN WHICH THESE LIVING ORGANIZATIONS MIGHT BE ALLOWED, A~D IN, A GENERAL DISCUS- S,ION WI TH- REGARD TO THE REQUI REMENTS CONTAINED I N, THE R-3 AND R-4. ZONI NG IN ,EUGENE. AS. IT WOULD AFFECT, SOROR1TYAND FRATERNI~Y HOUSE CONSTRUCTION THE j' I . -. <) THOUGHT WAS EXPRESSED, THAT P~RHAPS THER-3 -ZONI NG SHOU!-D ALLOW FRATERNI TY A~D SORORI TY HOUSES I N THE VA!'H OUS CATEGORI ESOF,BUI LDI NGS WHI CH MI GHT: BE II BU}LT.IN THI-S ZONE. THERE WAS ALSO-DISCUSSION REGARDING. THE PROPRIETY OF I REZONING THE PARTICULAR CORNER AT 19TH AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY STREET TO R-4 TO ALLOW FRATERNITY USE. . e . ,. FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION IT WAS MOVED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION BE RE- QUESTED TO GIVE:CONSIDERATION AT ITS SEPTEMBER MEETING OF ANY APPLICATION TO REZONE WHICH IS FILED BY THE OWNE~ OF THE PROPERTY LO~ATED ON THE SOUTH- WEST CORNER OF 19TH AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY STREET. MOTION CARRIED WITH .COUNCILMAN EDMUNDS, VOJINGNNA~. ~ , . ' - " I I 3. CONSIDERATION OF COMMUNICATION FROM GATEWAYS ASSOCIATION REGARDING JUDKINS POINT TRAFFIC CIRCLE - A COMMUNICATION FROM THE JUDKINS POINT COMMITTEE OF THE EUGENE GATEWAYS ASSOCIATION REQUESTING CONSIDERATION OF A MODIFIED TRAFFIC , CIRCLE NEAR JUDK1N~ POINT WAS, PRESENTED TO'THE COMMITTEE. THE PLANNI NG CONSULTANT EXPLAI NED' THE PROPOSED TRAFn C ROUTI NG FOR THE' RE- LOCATED PACI n c, HI GHWAY 99 AS ~UCH RELOCATION IS PRESENTLY SET FORTH BY THE I ! STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION. HE ALSO EXPLAINED A MODIFICATION,OF THE PLAN WHICH INVOLVED A TRAFFIC CIRCLE NEAR JUDKINS POINT AND INDICATED THAT THE: TRAFFIC CIRCLE HAD RECEIVED APPROVAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE GATEWAYS ASSOCIATION, AND FURTHER THAT. THE GATEWAYS ASSOCIATION HAD MET WITH,REPRESENTATIVES OF THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REGARDING THIS , , MATTER. : THE PLANNING CONSULTANT INDICATED HE BELIEVED THE TRAFFIC C)RCLE WHICH HAD THE APPROVAL OF THE GATEWAYS ASSOCIATION WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA TO GET ON AND OFF PACIFIC HIGHWAY 99 NORTH' AT , JUDKINS POINT. HE ALSO STATED HE BEll EVED I T WOULD TEND TO BE LESS CON-. I FUSING TO THE MOTORISTS SINCE THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE COULD BE EASILY S,GNED I AND WOULD REQUIRE A REASONABLE MINIMUM OF MOVEMENT TO GET ONTO AND OFF OF I t THE HIGHWAY,. THE COMMITTEE,DISCUSSED THE PLAN~HICH HAD BEEN PROPOSED AND I , J RECOMME!IIDED I T BE: FORWARDED TO THE PROPER LOCAL AUTHORl TI ES FOR PRESENTA- i . TIONTO THE ~IGHWAY DEPARTMENT, AND FUR,THER I NDI CATED THI S PLAN, APPEAR,ED I TO BE MORE PRACTICAL AND ADEQUATE FOR THE ~EEDS OF THE CITY THAN THAT PRO- : I POSED BY ,THE: STATE HI GHWAY DEPA~TMENT AT THIS TI ME-. It IT WAS MOVED BY MR. EDMUNDS- SECONDED BY MR. LI NDEEN T!",AT I TEM. I OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE I REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. . I ; IT WAS, MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE BALANCE OF THE COM~ITTEE REPORT 1 BE APPROVED. -- MOTl ON CARR lED. I A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON AUGUST 23, 1957 - RE: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE - I ,e RECONSI DERATI ON ,OF REQUEST FOR PAYMENT FOR SEWER REPAI RS BY EAGLES LODGE AND R.H.CHAPMAN COMPANY; 1 CONSIDERATIONOF'BIDS FOR TWO DUMP TRUCKS FOR PUBLIC WORKSDEP~RTMEN~; RECONSIDERATION OF PARKI~ ON NORTH SIDE OF 13TH AVENUE BETWEEN W1LLAMETTE AND OAK STREETS; DISCUSSiON ;OF PAVING OF INTER- SECTION AT 23RD AVENUE AND WILSON STREET; AIRPORT COMMITTEE - DISCU~SION REGARDING PROPOSED LEASE TO EATON-YOUNG LUMBER COMPANY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF MULTIPLE T HANGARS AT MAHLON-SWEET AIR- PORT; COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE - DISCUSSION REGARDIN~GROUND WATER PROBLEM IN VICINITY OF 26TH AVENUE AND ONYX STREET; PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE BUILDI NG CODE; WA:3 SUBMI TTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:' ! . ' ; 9 "PRESENT: MAYOR MCGI,NTY; COUNCI LMEN WATSON, SHEARER, HARTMAN, SHISLER, EDMUNDS, : ~AURIS~ BRIGGS AND LINDEEN; CITY RECORQER; CITy\ATTORNEY; DIRECTOR OF i PUBLIC WORKS; TRAFFIC ENGINEER; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; MR. BROOK, i DUNHAM MOTORS; JERRY URHAMMER, E~GENE.REGISTER-GUARD. , PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE ; I. RECONSI DERATION OF REQUEST FOR PAYMENT, FOR SEWERREPAI RS BY EAGLES LODGE . I ' AND R. H. CHAPMAN COMPANY - THE COMMITTEE AGAIN GAVE CONSIDERATION TO THE REQUEST FOR PAYMENT OF A BILL IN THE AMOUNT pF $487.73 FOR WORK DO~E BY THE l: R. H. CHAPMAN COMPANY FOR REPAIRING A SEWER MAIN AT THE EAGLES LODGE BUILDING. i IT WAS R~PORTED THAT THE PLUMBING INSPECTOR AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, I MAINTENANCE DIVISION, HAD RUN DYE TESTS ON THE C1TY SEWER ~ETWEEN 5T~ AND I 6TH AVENUES I N THE ALLEY EAST or WI LLAMETTE ST,REET. TH,E' :DYE TESTS I NDI CATED II I THAT THE CARPENTERS BUILDING, LOCATED A~ THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF 5TH, AVENUE AND WILLAMETTE STREET, THE EAGLES BUILDING AND THE ESQUIRE RESTAURANT WERE e ..... I 5~)~ _ I CONNE,C,TED TO .A ~" P,R,' VA,T,E SEWER ~' ~E W,H},CH R~,NS ~~ONG, ,THE, ~EST, ,SI ~E .o~F 'TH,E ALLEY TO A 36" einCK SEW'ER WH I CH RUNS EAST AND WEST THROUGH THE BLOCK APPROXIMATELY 100" NO'RTHOF '6TH AVE'NUE:. THE CITY'S ~ESPONSI~BIL,"'TY FOR RE- PAl RS TO A PRI VAlE: SEWER LI NE' WAS 01 SCUSSED 'AND A- BREAKbO~JN or THE "EXPENSES INCURRED F"OR REPA I R OF THE'SE:E'd~ L I N'E WA'S G I V'E'N TO: THE COMMITTE:E.' THE COMMI TTEE RECOMMENDED: THAT NO Rtl'MBURSEMENT BE' MADE F'OR THE REPAI R OF' THE ", I' , ".. : r 1 ~ r ~ " : \ . ',' 1 " SEWER. ~ . i ' ' , 2. CONSIDERATION OF BIDS F'OR TWO DUMP TRUCKS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT BIDS ~AD BEEN OPENED ON AUGUST 22, 1957 F'OR THE PUR- . .. .. ~ . '.' ' . . . . , t' . .., I 'J' CHASE OF' TWO 4-CUBIC YARD DUMP TRUCKS. FOUR BIDDERS ENTERED BIDS F'OR SUCH VEHI CLES, T_HE LOWES:TBI 0: OF", WH,I cH WAS EN!ERED_ BY SI LVA, CHEVR~LET, CO~'pANY BIDDING ON AN 8-CYLINDER CHEVROLET TRUCK WITH A FREHAUF" OR SCHETKY DUMP . ". J'~ . ., ,'" - . .., ~. 1 ~ p" ... . , BODY AT A NET PRI CE AFTER TRA'DE' I -N OF $7261.30. THE COMMI TTEE 'CONSIDERED - .. ',' "; I} ~ ' . .. j " . , . _. , . , .'. J' . . . ). .. -. ,. ~ t .- THE BIDS AND DISCUSSEO THE BID ITEMS WITH THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND _ RECOMMENDED' 'THE: 8" 0' BE AWARDED TO'THE SI ~V'A CHEVR,?LET COMP~NY:AT A NET ~ PRICE OF $7261.30. 3. RECONSI DERATI 0;"" OF 'PARK'I NG ON THE NORTH SI DE OF 13TH AVENUE BETWEEN WI LL"A- METTE AND OAK STREETS - THE TRAF"F"IC ENGINEER INDICATED HE HAD RESTUDIED THE POSSIBLE INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF' 13TH AVENUE BETW'E'EN WI L.LAMET'rE AND OAK STREET:S." HE I NDI CATED HE HAD' OR I GI NALL Y I ! PLANNED THE USE OF TWO 17" P~RKIN~ SPACES IMMED,IATELY WE~T OF" THE ALLEY AND BETWEEN THE ALLEY AND AN EXISTING CURB CUT WITH THE THOUGHT IN MIND THAT . . ." ~ -j I . . ~.' , , t. . f ' ., : THE ALLEY ENTRANCE AND THE CURB CUT GAVE VEHICLES ROOM ENOUGH IN WHICH TO PARK O~ UNPARK AND THAT THERE WOULD BE NO OVERHANG OF VEH~CLES IN~O ~HE ALLEY ENTRANCE OR THE CUR~ CUT BY THE USE OF" SUCH ;7"ST~L~S. HE' A~so IN- DICATED THAT IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE ALLEY AND THE CURB CUT EAST OF THE . , . . .' . . , '. ' '. ,~ .., .. . . I ALLEY THERE ,I S SUF"~I CI ENT ~OOM, rOR ONE~ARK:I NG, STALL AN~ THAT THERE, I S, AN i ADDITIONAL PARKING STALL AVAILABLE WEST OF" THE CURB CUT WHICH IS LOCATED i WEST OF" THE ALLEY.' Tt.1I S' WOULD 'P~O\" DE F"OR A TOTAL OF", FOUR PARK'I'NG SPACES i IN THI S AREA. 'MR. BRoo~, A, REPRESENTATI VE or DUNHAM MOTORS, I NDI CATED I HIS F"IRM IS INTERESTEO IN ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACE EAST OF' THE ALLEY IF" I ' ,',' .. " , " " '" " - , , "., ' I THIS IS AT ALL POSSIBLE AND THERE WAS GENERAL DISC~~SION'AS TO THE POSSI- i BILITY OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PARKING EAST OF" THE ALLEY. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAt THE'RE~bMMEND~TION OF THE TRAF"F"IC'ENGINE~R' F"OR THE IN~ STALLATION OF" F'OUR PARKING SPACES AS INDICATED ABOVE BE APPROVED ON A I "... .... '1:' /," i TRIAL BASIS. THE COMMITTEE ALSO ASKED THAT THE TRAF'F"IC'ENGINEER TAKE A I ,.' , ,I TRAFFIC COUNT OF" CARS IN THis AREA AND REPORT BACK ON THE POSSIBILITY OF' I I ADDING ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACE EAST OF' THE ALLEY. , I i 4. DISCUSSION OF" PAVIN GOF' INTERSECTION AT 23RD AVENUE AND WILSON STREET - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT MR. BRYCE NOSLER AND ONE OTHER PARTY HAD EXPRESSED CONCERN TO THE CITY MANAGER,'S,OFF'ICE BECAUSE THE CITY DID NOT CONTEMPLATE THE PAVING OF THE INTERSECTION 'AT 23RD AVENUE AND WILSON STREET DURING THIS CONSTRUCTION SEASON~IT WAS ALSO EX~LAINED THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC Ii WORKS HAD EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT A F'ILL IN THE INTERSECTION RANGING TO : 10' IN DEPTH WHICH APPARENTLY C.ONTAINED MISCELLANEOUS DEB,RIS INCLUDING TREE TRUNKS, LIMBS, ~OOTS, ETC., AND THAT THE F"ILL HAD NOT BEEN COMPACTED TO CITY ~piCIFICA~ION~' A~ THE ~IME' OF ~~~ 'INS~ALLA~ION~ THE DIREC~OR OF' i PUBLIC WORKS AGREEb THAT THE PAVING OF THE INTERSE~TION SHOULD BE ACCOM- J PLISHED BUT F'URTHER INDICATED HE WAS NOT WILLING TO SEE IT PAVED WITH THE ! EXISTING FILL SINCE IT APPEAREP T~ HI~ THE GROUND WOULD TAKE A CONSIDERABLE TIME'TO SETTLE AND THE PAVEMENT WOULD NOT HOLD. THE DIRECTOR O~ PUBLIC WORKS FURTHER INDICATED THE INTERSECTION COULD BE PAVED IF" THE PROPER BASE _ WERE INSTALLED ACCORDI ~G TO CI TY SPECI FI CATIONS AND PROVI 01 NG THE' CON-, TRACTOR'WHO WOULD DO THE WORK WOULD SIGN A WAIVER WHICH WOULD RELEASE THE J CITY FROM ~NY LIA~ILI~Y F'O~ PAYMENT' F'bR ANY ~6RK OR MATERIALS NECESSARY TO I THE CONSTRUCTION OF' THE INTERSECTION AND THE NORMAL ONE YEAR MAINTENANCE BOND ON THE INTERSE~TION WERE PROVIDED TO THE CITY. THE COMMITTEE RECOM- ~ MENDED THAT THE PAVING OF" THE INTERSECTION BE APPROVED AT THE EXPENSE OF" I THE SUBDIVIDERS TO THE SPECIFICATIONS AS DETERMINED BY THE CITY ENGINEER i . . _" . ... : SUBJECT TO THE OBTAINING OF T~E WAIVE~ FROM THE' CONTRACTOR AND THE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE BONO. ' 10 AIRPORT COMMITTEE I I. DISt:USSI'ON REGARDING' PROPOSED lEASE TO EATON-YOUNG LUMBER COMPANY, F'OR CON- STRUCTION OF MULTIPLE T HANGARS AT MAHLON-SWEET'AIRPORT ~'IT'wASEXPLAINED THAT THE CITY HAD ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT MR. EATON TO GET HIS OPINION AS TO THE LE-ASE" PROPOSED F"OR HANGARS' 'AT MAHLON-SWEET AI RPORT BUT THAT MR. EATON I HAD BEEN OUT OF TOWN SINCE THE" LEASE DOCUMENT HAD BEEN AVAILABLE. THE PRO- POSED LEASE WAS REA~ IN I~S'ENT)RETY,' A~D' THECOMMI~TEE' DiSCUSSED CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE LEASE, INDICATED" GENERAL AGREEMENT ON THE TERMS OF THE i ~EASE WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT THE INSURANCECERTIF"ICATE SHOULD PROVIDE F'OR 'I ' , . ' '". , '. ,. . ., . " .. , : AT LEAST $20,000 PROPERTY DAMA,Gf: A~D $100,000 PERSONAL LIABIL"ITY,. AND RE'- I COMMENDED THAT, THE CITY ~DMI~ISTRATION PROCEED ~ITH THE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE LEASE, ANY M,NORCHANGES ~AV'NG THE AfPROVAL OF' T~E CITY ATTOR~EY BEFORE SUCH DOCUMENT IS EXECUTED. . .. . 1 . _ .....i E ~1.j1, V.l'. e I 0 COMMI TTEE or THE WHOLE I I. DISCUSSION REGARDING GROUND WATER PROBLEM IN VICINITY OF 26,TH AVENUE AND I . ONYX ST~EET - COUNClkMA~ LAURIS INDICATEb THAT MR. E~ F.. RAMSEIER OF 2620 ~, :'€MERALD STREET AND MR. RAL,PH MAR'TI N OF ,2635 ONYX STREET HAD I NDI CATED TO HER THAT THE SOlL IN THEIR BACK YARpS WAS OVER SAWURATED WITH WATER, APPARENTLY RISINi FROM THE GROUND. AT T~IS LOCATION. IT WAS. INDICATED THAT IB ONE CASE CONSIDERABLE MOISTURE DAMAGE HAD BEEN DONE TO A HOME AND IN ANOTHER CASE ' . I POOLS AND MARSHY PLACES WERE CREATED BY SUCH WATER AND WERE A BREEDING PLACE j FOR MOSQUITOES AND OTHER INSECTS~ THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WO~KS, INDICATED I THAT, IN THE PAST THEY HAD'CONDUCTED TEST BORINGS IN THE AREA IN AN ATTEMPT ! I , '. . TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE WATER AND THAT IN HIS OPINION THE CITY HAD NO 1 : '. '. LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY TO INDIVIDUALS AS IT WAS FELT THE WATER WAS A NATURA( OCCURENCEAT THESE PLACES. IT WAS ALSO POINTED OUT THA~ riTH~R RESI- I DENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS IN' THI S SAME AREA HAD FOUND I T NECESSARY TO TI LE I; THEIR PROPERTIES TO RELI~vi EQUIVALENT S~TUATIONS. iT WAS THE CONSENSUS OF OPINION OF THE COMMITT~E THAT THE'CITY HAD NO~ES~b~SIB~LITY WITH RESPECT i TO TH I S PROBLEM. No FORMAL AC'TI ON' WAS TAKEN. " , , _ I 2. PROPOSED, AMENDMENT TO THE BUILDING CODE- COUNCILMAN LAURIS REFE~RED ~ACK ; TO PREVIOUS' :ACTI ON OF. THE, COUNCI L' WHI ci{ W.OULD REQUI RE' THE COUNTY 'TO APPL-Y : FOR A BUILDI~G PERMIT F~b~ TH~'CIT~ FOR' THE ~ONSTR~ci)~N OF TH~ NE~ CbUNTY I . .." , . t COURTHOUSE AND TO. PA~ THE FEE FOR ~UCH A PERMIT. IT WAS HER THOUGHT THAT : THE FEES FOR SUCH A. BUI LDI NG "SHOULD BE )tIAI VED. THE CI'TnATTORiNEY EXPLAI NED I THAi HE HAD SENT INQ~IRIES TO T~REE OTH~R CITIES IN WHICH NEW COUN~Y COURT- HOUSES ~AD RECENTLY BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND THAT IN ONE CASE THE COpNTY HAD i PAID FOR A ~UILD~NG PERMIT~ IN ONE CASE THEY WERE EXEMPTE~ BY ORDINANCE, AND I N ONE CASE TH'E ORDI NANCE WAS OVERLOOKED. , , THERE WAS GENERAL DISCUSSION AMONG REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMITTEE AND VARIOUS IDEAS EXPRESSED AS TO THE PROPRIETY OF EXEMPTING OR NOT EXEMPTING THE COUNTY FROM THE. PAYMENT OF. A BU,I LDI NG PERMI T FEE. AMONG THE SUGGESTIONS MADE WERE THESE: (A) THAT NO PERMIT' BE REQUIRED AND .THATNO SERVICES' BE RENDERED; (8) THAT NO PERMI T BE REQUI RED BUT TH~T THE' NORM'Al I NSpECTI ON SER- VICES BE RENDERED; (C) THAT SUCH SERVICES A~ WERE NEEDED BE RENDER~D AT COST. I TWAS SUGGEST"EDTHAT BEFORE ANY ACTI O,N. I S TAKEN TO SPECI FI CA~LY EXEM~T ALL Ii OR ANY PORTI ON OF THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT, A DETERMI NATION SHOULD BE MADE AS I: TO HOW FAR REACHI NG THE EXEMPTI ON WOULD BE ALLOWED. I T WAS RECOMMENDED THE I: ITEM BE REFERRED, TO THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR INVESTIGATION AND REPORT BACK TO I t ' THE COUNCIL." : IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. BRIGGS THAT THE COMMITTEE REPORTS BE ADOPTED. I~ MOTION CARRIED. . REPORTS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS 12 A REPORT OF THE BOARD. OF ApPEALS MEETING I-!ELD ON AUGus'T. 14,1957 - R.E: VARIOUS REQUESTS FOR I VARIANCES WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: t "THE BOARD OF ApPEALS. HELD A ME~TING A~- THE CIJY HALL A~GUST 14, 1957. MEMBERS PRESENT WERE MR. HENDERSHOTT, MR. MORRIS AND MR.. MOYER. I. MR. DREXEL THRAPP', 2370 MISSION BLVD.~ REQUESTS A' ,VAR'IANCE IN, LAND, USAGE TO CONSTRUCT A DUPLEX ON' A LOT 80' X 150'" AT 1405 JEFFERSON STREET. IT WAS EXPLAI NED TO MEMBERS' OF THE BOARD THAT A BUI LOI NG, PERMi T HAD. BEEN ISSUED BY THE BUI LDI NG DEPT. AND AT A LATER DATE FOUND IT, TO BE IN VIOlATI,ON OF THE _ ZONING ORDIN~NCE. MEMBERS WERE ALSO TAKEN TO THE BUILDING SITE. AFTER VIEW- ING THE,LOCATION, AND EXISTlNG,BUILDINGS IN THE. NEIGHBORHOOD IT WAS AGREED UPON BY ALL MEMBERS OF T~E BOARD THAT THE STRUCTURE WOULD. BOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ~ND THAT, THE MATTER BE REFERRE~ TO THE CITy,COUNCI~ FOR THE I R ACTI ON. 2. MR. ROBERT. HELLI NG, 29.78 HI GH STREET, REQUESTS A VARI ANCE I N FRONT PROPERTY LINE TO CONSTRUCT A GARAGE WHICH WOULD NOT EXTEND BEYOND THE PRESENT SET BACK OF THE RESIDENCE NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTI ON AT 225 EAST 29TH PLACE.' AFTER I' VIEWING THE PLOT PLAN AND TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE TRIANGULAR SHAPED ' LOT, MR. HENDERSHOTT MADE'A MOTION THAT THE REQUEST BE GRANTED~ MR. MORRIS SECONDED, MO:rJONCARRIED. .",-- .. 3. MR. WALTER DENNIS,1633 FRANKL~N BLVD., HAS REQUESTED A VARIANCE FROM THE 25' SET BACK FOR STRUCTURES ON FRANKLI N BLVD. TO' ERECT A SI GN AT THE SAME AD- I; I DRESS. MR. MORRIS MADE A MOTION AND MR. HENDERSHOTT SECONDED THAT THE MATTER BE REFERRED TO THE CITY COUNCIL. ! 4. MR. ROY N. STANDLEY, 2515 ONYX STREET, REQ~ESTS A VARIANCE FROM THE 20' SET BACK FOR' GARAGES TO ENLARGE HIS GARAGE 9' FROM THE CURB LI~E. AFTER VIEWING ~ THE DRAWING .AND TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE LoCATION OF THE, EXISTING GARAGE IN RELATION TO ONYX STREET, MR. HENDERSHOTT MADE, A MOTION AND MR.' MOYER SECONDED' THAT THE REQUEST BE GRANTED. ALL MEMBERS WERE IN FAVOR. i I e ~ 5~~'" _ - ~ . _..- . ., I 5. MR. HE I ZELMAN, 2510 WASH'I NGTON STREET) IS ASKI NG'FOR A'VAR-r'ANCE; 'F'ROM' THE 20' SET BACK F'ROM THE F'RONT PROPERTY LINE TO BUILD A GARAGE. AFTER SOME 01 SCUSSION AND DUE TO THESE f"ACTS':. I. THE ~CONTOUR' Of" 'THE' LAND;. 2,. THE EX1STING RESIDENCE BEING SET BACK IS' f"ROM THE PROPERTY LINE;. AND 3.: THE PROPOSED GARAGE WOULD NOT EXTEND BE.YOND THE 18' , ALL'MEMBERS WERE IN. AGREEMENT THE REQUEST BE GRANTED. THERE BE I NG NO F'URTHER BUS I NESS THE MEETI NG WAS ADJOURNED'." ., I T WAS MOVED BY MR. EDMUNDS SECONDED BY MR. BRIGGS THAT THE: REPORT Of". THE BOARD Of" ApPEALS BE REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTl ON CARR' ED. IT WAS SUGGESTED BY MR'. BRIGGS THAT THIS COUNCIL MEETING BE ADJOURNED TO FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1957, AT I :30 PM I N ORDER TO TA,KE ACTION ON THE BOARD Of" ApPEALS REPORT. ' , _ PETITIONS, AND COMMUNICATIONS. 13 AN APPLICATION F'OR RENEWAL Of" LICENSE AS AMBULANCE OPERATOR WAS SUBMITTED ay CECIL C. HUNT, DBA EUGENE AMBULANCE SERVICE, VALLEY AMBULANCE SERVICE AND SPRINGf"IELD AMBULANCE SERVICE, P.O. I Box 49, EUGENE, OREGON, AS APPROVED By THE' HEALTH OFF'ICER. 'I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED ay MR. ,BRJGGS THAT THE APPLICATION aE APPROVED. MOTION I CARRIED. 14 THE FOLLOWI NG APPLI.CATI ONS FOR RENEWAL. OF' ROOMI NG HOUS.E LICENSES, WERE. SUBMI TTED AS APPROVED BY THE POtrCE, FI RE, BU,I LDI NG AND HEAL TH DEPAR,TMENTS': .. . , DINNER BELL, 1040 HIGH STREET - E. J. HASKELL . . HAMILTON'S STUDENT HOUSE, 1410 Moss STREET --MARTIES E. HAMILTON MARTIN'S ROOMI NG HOUSE, 774 MI LL RACE DR'VE -. MRS. C. E. MARTI N . WARREN ROOMING HOUSE, 715 EAST 16TH AVENUE - DENNIS. L.' AND AVIS WARREN I I TWAS MOVED BY MR'~' WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE APP.LI CA.TI ON BE .APP.ROVED'. 'MOTl ON ,r I CARRIED. d ' ., - , ~. , ' ' . ~ 1 :' ~ : I I - , 15 ApPLICATIONS FOR RETAIL MALT BEVERAGE CLASS ,"A" AND':PACK'AGE .sTORE CLASS'''B'' LICE'NSES WERE i SUBMITTED BY JOHN F. BROWN, DBA TINY TAVERN, 394 BLAIR BOULEVARD, AS APPROVED BY THE POLICE I DEPARTMENT. ! IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE: APPLI CATI ONS BE APPR'OVED. MOTl ON CARRIED. I '6 ,i :A PETITION CONTAINING' SIGNATURES OF' RESIDENTS OF WILSON STREE'T'CONCE,RNING CO.NDITI:ON. OF, RESIDENCE OF' OSWALD f., MIX, 1489 ,WI LS'ON STREE T; WAS ,PRESENTED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE PETITION BE REF'ERRED TO THE I CITY MANAGER FOR ACTION. MOTl ON. CARR I ED. 'I . , " I , ,",' 17 'j . COMMUNICATION DATED AUGUST 5,' 1957'F'ROM'THE.L~AGUE'OFi WOMEN VOTERS Of. EVGENE EXPRESSING I i APPRECfATION F'OR INCLUSION Of POSITION OF AIR POLLUTION INSPECTOR IN CURRENT BUDGET WAS PRE- I SENTED AND READ AS f"OLLOWS: ' , . . "THE LEAGUE Of WOMEN VOTERS Of EUGENE WISHES TO EXPRESS ITS APPRECI~TION TO YOU AND THE CITY COUNCIL fOR INCLUDING IN YOUR CURRENT BUDGET MONEY F'OR AN AIR"POLLUTION INSPECTOR. . _ WE fEEL THAT WITH THIS ACTION YOU HAVE TAKEN AN IMPORT~NT STEP TOWARD EfFECTI VE AI R POLL,un ON CONTROL." . . i ' IT WAS MOVEDB~ MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON F'ILE. MOTION CARRIED. . . . , 18 COMMUNICATION DATED AUGUST 20, 1957 fROM KEITH D. SKELTON REGISTERING COMPLAINt ON RAILROAD CROSSING AT SENECA BOULEVARD WAS PRESENTED AND READ AS f"OLLOWS: : . "THE WRITER HAS .BEEN ENGAGED TO'REPRESE'NT THE'PERSONS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN A RAILROAD CROSSING ACCIDENT ON THE EVENING Of AUGUST 6TH, 1957, ON SENECA BOULE'ARD IN THE CITY Of EUGENE, OREGON. :", - I My CLIENTS WISH ME TO MAKE A COMPLAINT WITH YOU, AND THEY ALSO REQUEST I THAT YOU FORWARD THE COMPLAI NT TO THE PUBLI C UTI'LI TY COMMI:SSI ONER, 'TO THE EF'fECT THAT THIS-C~OSSING IS UNSAFE. OUR INSPECTION OF THE CROSSING INDICATES THAT IT IS AN AREA WHERE SEVERAL TRACKS CROSS THE HIGHWAY. HOWEVER, THERE IS NO ELECTRIC SIGNAL ON THE ROAD AND THE STOP SIGNS THAT ARE AT -THE.CROSSING ARE UNIf"ORMLY IGNORED BY TRAFF'ICWHICH CROSSES THE TRACKS. . - '1- , IN ADDI TI ON, THE LUMBER COMPANY WHICH IS OPERATING ON BOTH SIDES Of THE ROAD JUST SOUTH Of THE MAIN TRACK HAS P~LED 'ITS LUMBER SO CLOSE TO THE ROAD AND I' N SUCH HI GH STACKS THAT 'THEY :HAVE CRE;ATED A 'VERY DANGEROUS' SI TUATI ON. _ IT IS IMPOSSIBLE fOR A DRIVER Of A VEHICLE PROCEEDING NORTHWARD ON THIS ROAD TO SEE EITHER TO THE LEF'T OR THE RIGHT BEfORE HE IS PRACTICALLY UPON THE RAIL- ~ 54.~ - ROAD TRACKS WHERE. MY CL.I ENT, WAS, STRUCK,'BY' ,THETRA,I,N... ' " I . . - . . ~ _..~ . . .~ . i I T WOULD BE VERY MUCH, APPREC I A TE,D I:F TH I S MATTER. WO.ULD BE BROUGH.T UP I I AT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNt'IL AND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD TAKE I ACTION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ORS 763.170." . . " I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. MOT.ION CARR I ED. 19 COMMUNICATION DATED AUGUST 20, 1.957 fROM KEI.TH D. SKELTON RELATIVE T.O POSSIBILITY Of REQUEST- ! I NG LANDOWNERS fENC I NG ALONG BANKS OF ,MI LLRACE WAS PRES.EN:rED AND i READ AS f.OLLOWS: , I "I REPRESENT FRED' AND LOI S,MEYERS, PARENTS Of, 'A SMA'LL C.HI LD WHO DROWNED, ; IN THE MILL RACE NEAR GARDEN WAY A COUPLE Of MONTHS AGO. THESE PARENTS WERE UNDERSTANDABLY VERY UPSE-T. OVER TH IS OCCURENCE AND THEY e BELIEVE THAT THE MILL RACE , IS A PLACE OF DANGER AND IS Of LITTLE BENEfiT TO I ANYONE'. ~ ' . THEY HAVE ASKED THAT I WRfTETO THE CITY COUNCIL Tn REQUEST THAT YOU EX- PLORE THE POSSIBILITY Of REQUIRING LANDOWNERS TO fENCE ALONG THE BANKS Of THE MILL RACE. .1 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE CONTEMPLATING A SIMILAR ORD~NANCE'WITH REFERENCE TO PRIVATE POOLS. ,. , . I My CL I ENTS ARE PLANNI NG ON PRESENTI NG A PETnl ONTO :THE C I TV. COUNC.I L .RE.-. GARDING THIS MATTER. THIS LETTER IS PRELIMINARY, SO THAT YOU WI LL HAVE AN,. , OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER THE MATTER fROM A LEGAL VIEWPOINT BEfORE THE PETITION IS PRESENTED TO YOu." , . i .0. . ; . , . , .. . . , , .. , . , IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED B~ MR. SHEARER THAT ,THE COMMUNI CAT! ON, BE REF"ERRED, TO THE PUBLIC SAfETY COMMITTEE.,. MO~ION C.ARRI~D. 20 I TWAS MOVED BY MR,S. LAUR,I S SECONDED BY. MR. SRI GGS THAT THE C.I TyMANAGER' BE REQUES:T.ED TO WRITE TO SPRINGFIELD CITY OffiCIALS AND SPRINGFIELD CHAMBER Of COMMERCE CONGRATULATING TKEM. ON THEIR BOLD EXPERIMENT IN CLOSING MAIN STREET FOR THE SHOPPERS PAR~DISE AND ASKING fOR A REPORT Of THE RESULT Of THE EXPERIMENT. MOTION CARRIED. ORDINANCES 21 COUNCIL SILL No. 4231 _ RE: CALLING HEARING DISPENSING' WITH ELECTION FOR ANNEXATl:ON. Of NORTH 116 fEET Of LOT 5, SLOCK 2, ARCADIA PARK (EKSTROM) WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME .I,N f,ULL. i I T WAS' ,MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE BI LL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT Of T-HE- COUNCI.L. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. . . IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER .THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL I BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT Of THE~COUNCIL. MOTl ON CARR I ED UNANI MOUSL Y AND THE BI LL WAS READ THE THI RD TI ME, BY COUNC I t:. ',BILL NUMBE,R. O.NLY. ,. . I T WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE BI LL :BE AP'PROVED AND GI VENFI.NAL PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND Ii NUMBERED I II 19. . II 22V COUNCIL BILL No. 4232 - RE: LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR PAVING ALLEY BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH AVENUES I FROM WASHINGTON STREET TO JEffERSON STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME I N FULL. I, e II , - .. . " _0. . .. .. .4 _. ..- . . . .., . Ii I T WAS MOVED BY MR. WATS:ON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT, THE' BI LL BE LAID ,OVER AND, PROPER NOTICE Of ASSESSMENT BE GIVEN AffECTED PROPERTY OWNERS. MOTION CARRIED. I: . . II 23V COUNCIL BILL No. 4233 - RE: LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR TRUNK S6WER ON VACATED PORTION Of 25TH 1: I AVENUE fROM TYLER STREET TO WEST BOUNDARY Of ELLENDALE ADDITION WAS SUBMITTED AND READ. THE fIRST , r TIME IN fULL. ' . 11 . ~ 4 . i IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE BILL BE LAID OVER AND PROPER I' NOTl CE Of ASSESSMENT BE GIVEN AFfECTED PROPERTY OWNERS. MOTl ON CARR I ED. I; I , ' .' ' '" .. , ' ~,- .. I 24 V COUNCIL BILL No. 4234 - RE: LEVYING ASSESSMENTS fOR PAVING TAYLOR STREET FROM 9TH TO 10TH , AVENUE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE fiRST TIME IN FULL. ( I I, I T WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR.' SHEARER THAT THE .BI LL BE, LAID OVER AND PROPER i I NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT BE GIVEN AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS. MOll ON CARR lED. I. I' I 4235-RE: 'LEVYING ASSESSMENT fOR SANITARY SEWER BETWEEN 34TH AVENUE AND II 25 COUNCIL BILL No. l' 34TH PLACE AND SOUTH BOUNDARY Of.CRESTWOODTERRACES ADDITION:FROM HIGH TO ,FERRY' STREET WAS SUB- " MITTED AND READ THE fIRST TIME I N FULL. I, IT WAS MOVED 'BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT'THE BI'LL BE 'LAID 'OVER 'AND PROPER NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT BE GIVEN AfFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS. MOTION CARRI'ED. , e I ~ 541~ e - -- - ~ . ~ !I : I 26 I COUNCIL BILL No. 4236 - RE:: LEVYING ASSESSMENTS rOR PAVING 29TH PLACE rROM WILLAMETTE TO OAK STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THt rlRST TIME IN FULL. , . , IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSO~ SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE BILL BE LAID OVER AND PROPER , NOTI CE or ASSESSMENT BE 'Gi"vEN' AFTECTED PROPERTY OWNERS. MOTION CARRIED. 27 il COUNCIL BILL No. 4237 - RE: LEVYING ASSESSMENTS rOR PAVING JACKSON STREET rROM 9TH TO 10TH AVENUE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE rlRST TIME IN FULL. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE BILL BE LAID OVER AND PROPER NOTICE or ASSESSMENT BE GIVEN ArrECTED ~ROPERTY OWNERS. MOTION'CARRIED. . <3D RESOLUTIONS . ..) . 28 RESOLUTION - RE: TRANSMITTING TO PLANNING COMMISSION REQUEST FOR REZONING LOTS I AND 2, BLOCK II, GROSS ADD I n'ON,WAS SUBMI T'TED AND READ AS rOLiows: e "BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL or THE CITY or EUGENE, OREGON, THAT THERE IS HEREBY TRANSMITtED io THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION or SAID CITY, THE rOLLOWING REQUEST rOR REZONING IN SAID CITY, TO-WIT: GORDON W. BURBEE LOTS I & 2, BLOCK 'II; GROSS ADbliION, EUGENE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON I LOCATED AT 1910 UNIVERSITY STREET REQUEST CHANGE or ZONE rROM R-3 MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO R-4 MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND DIREuTING THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO ADOPT A TENTATIVE REPORT AND HOLD A HEARING THEREON IN~THE COUNCIL CHAMBER IN THE CITY HALL or SAID CITY ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1957, AT 7:30 PM ArTER GIVING DUE NOTICE BY PUBLICA- TION ONCE IN THE REGISTER-GUARD AND A HEARING IS HEREBY CALLED TO BE HELD IN THE CITY AT THE NEXT ENSUING COUNCIL MEETING AT 7:30 PM, NOTICE OF WHICH SHALL BE GIVEN THREE TIMES IN THE REGISTER-GUARD." IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. 29 RESOLUTION - RE: EXPRESSING GRATITUDE TO WILLIS WARREN rOR SERVICE ON LIBRARY BOARD WAS SUB- MITTED AND READ AS tOLLOWS: "WHEREAS, wfLLlS WARREN HAS, FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, SERVED DILIGENTLY AND WELL AS A MEMBER or THE EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD, AND I WHEREAS, DUE TO THE TRANSFER OF MR. WARREN rROM EUGENE TO THE CITY OF 'I PORTLAND, IT HAS BEEN NECESSARY FOR MR. WARREN TO RESIGN HIS POSITION ON THE I EUGENE LIBRARY BOARD; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL or THE CITY OF EUGENE, THAT THE HEARTrELT THANKS AND GRATITUDE OF THE CITIZENS or THE CITY or EUGENE BE, AND IT IS HEREBY EXPRESSED TO MR. WARREN rOR HIS SERVICES AS A MEMBER or THE EUGENE LIBRARY BOARD. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT A COPY or THIS RESOLUTION BE DELIVERED TO e MR. WARREN AND A COpy RETAINED IN THE PERMANENT RECORDS or THE CITY or EUGENE. 1957." THIS RESOLUTION UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED THIS 26TH DAY or AUGUST, I T WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON, SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. MOTl ON CARRIED. 30 I RESOLUTION - RE: PARKING ON NORTH SIDE Ot 13TH AVENUE BETWEEN WILLAMETTE AND OAK STREETS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS rOLLOWS: '~HEREAS, CHAPTER 28, EUGENE CITY CODE ENTITLED MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC PROVIDES THAT PARKING RESTRICTIONS AND STOP SIGN RESTRICTIONS ON THE STREETS OF THE CITY or EUGENE WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED ArTER THE DATE OF THE ADOPTION or SAID CODE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION, AND I WHEREAS" THE COMMON COUNCIL, ArTER INVESTIGATION, CONSULTATION AND STUDY, HAS DETERMINED THAT ADDITIONAL PARKING AND TRAFrlC REGULATIONS AND STOP SIGN RESTRICTIONS SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, AS FOLLOWS: I. THAT THERE SHALL BE INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED FOUR PARKING SPACES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 13TH AVENUE BETWEEN WILLAMETTE STREET AND OAK STREET AS FOLLOWS: e ...... ~4fl e . :.1 ONE SPACE ON THE NORTH SIDE O~ 13TH AVENUE BEGINNING THREE ~EET I . ' -. ~ . fROM THE EAST LINE OF THE NORTH-SOUTH ALLEY fOR A DISTANCE Of TWENTY fEET TO,THE EAST. , ! Two SPA~ES ON THE NORTH plDE Of 13TH AVENUE BEGINNING THREE fEET fROM THE WEST LINE OF THE NORTH-SOUTH ALLEY fOR A DISTANCE Of 34 FEET TO THE WEST. : ONE SPACE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 13TH AVENUE BEGINNING THREE FEET ! ,FROM THE WEST ~DGE Of ~HE EAST CYRB CUT TO DUNHAM MOTORp fOR A 01 STANC.E Of TWENTY-TWO ffET TO THE WEST. It I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. MOTl ON , CARRIED. UPON MOTION DULY MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIED, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED TO FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1957, AT I :30 PM. e i - , ! - , RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, , ' '~~ \ i I . ROBER'T A. F, NLAYSON :. CITY MANAGER I " ' D . ' ~ ': I - - , - I: I - , .. '0' 'p - , , "\ l ~ . ...- I ~ . - . . i: " ,. il . . - . . ! . . I Ii I I , I I ; I I ,: I ' - ~ ~ . . , I - . " - . e . , . ., r l: . I , ' I I i , , . ~ . I , I i e ~