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COUNCIL CHAMBER
EUGENE, OREGON
FEBRUARY 24, 1959
THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE WAS HELD ON FEBRUARY 9, 1959 AND
ADJOURNED TO TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1959, AT 7:30 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. IN THE ABSENCE OF HIS
HONOR MAYOR E. E. CONE, THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT C. F. SHEARER WITH THE
fOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: MRS. LAURIS, MR. LINDEEN, MR. MOLHOLM, MR. MCGAFFEY, MR. CHATT,MR.MOYER
AND MR. WILSON.
THE INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY DR. CARROLL C. ROBERTS.
PRESENTATION OF THE NEW 49-STAR< UNITED STATES FLAG ,WAS MADE TO THE CITY BY CAPTAIN STANARO AND
GUNNERY SGT. JUUL OF THE U. S. MARINE CORPS AND U. S. MARINE CORPS RESERVE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT SHEARER
ACCEPTED THE fLAG ON BEHALf:Of THE. CITY. MARINE CORPS-REPRESENTATIVES STATED THAT A COLOR GUARD WILL
BE AVAILABLE ON JULY 4" 1959 TO RAISE THE fLAG, THIS BEING THE fiRST DAY, THE fLAG MAY BE fLOWN.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WILSONSE~~~DED BY MR. LINDEEN THAT A LETTER Of APPRECIATION BE SENT TO THE
MARINE CORPS AND MARINECORPS-REstRVE.: MOTION CARRIED.
THE MINUTES Of THE REGULAR: MEETING Of FEBRUARY 9, 1959, AS MAILED TO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, WERE
APPROVED.
INTRODUCTION OF NEW BUSINESS
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COUNCILMAN LINDEEN INDICATED THAT BIDS HAD BEEN OPENED fOR THE PURCHASE Of RADIO EQUIPMENT fOR THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS AGO AND '-T- IS HIS UNDERSTANDINGdTHAT THE EQUIPMENT HAS NOT
AS YET BEEN INSTALLED. HE INDICATED THAT HE HAD OBJECTED TO THE AWARD Of THIS BID AT THE TIME AND THAT
THE COUNCIL HAD ACCEPTED THE HIGHER Of TWO BIDS ENTERED. HE FURTHER STATED HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE RE-
PRESENTATIVES Of THE:MoTOROLA,COMPANY,AND.GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY. PRESENT AT A COMMITTEE MEETING.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. LINDEEN SECONDED BY MR. WILSON THAT THE MATTER Of BIDS ON RADIO EQUIPMENT FOR
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BE SUBMITTED TO THE COMMITTEE'-Of TH~ WHOLE. . MOTION CARRIED.
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COUNCILMAN MCGAFFEY SUGGESTED THAT OVERTIME PARKING:fINES BE REDUCED TO 50~ If PAID WITHIN 24
HOURS fROM THE TIME OF RECEIPT Of AN OVERTIME PARKING TICKET, AfTER WHICH TIME THE fiNE WOULD BE $1.00.
AfTER SOME DISCUSSION ON THE SUBJECT, IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MCGAffEY SECONDED.BY MR. LINDEEN THAT THIS
MATTER BE REfERRED TO COMMITTEE fOR STUDY. MOTION CARRIED. '
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COUNCILMAN WILSON INDICATED THAT IN THE LAST fEW WEEKS HE HAD RECEIVE~ ?EVERAL: C~MPLAINTS REGARD-
ING fEES CHARGED fOR THE USE Of VARIOUS BUILDINGS IN CITY PARKS. IT' APPEARS THAT THE PRESENT NEW fEES
ARE OVERLY INFLATIONARY AND ARE TOO HIGH AS THEY NOW STANO., COUNCILMAN WILSON INDICATED THAT A NUMBER
Of GROUPS USING THESE fACILITIES ARE PERfORMING A COMMUNITY FUNCTION OR ARE COMPOSED Of PEOPLE WHO ARE
UNABLE TO PAY A HIGH RENTAL. HE fURTHER STATED THAT IN HIS BELIEf THE fACILITIES ARE MADE AVAILABLE
BY THE TAXPAYESS FOR GENERAL USE, AND THE FEES SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED NOT TO PAY THE TOTAL COST BUT TO
PAY ONLY SOME PORTION OF THE TOTAL COST~
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WI~SON SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE FEES BE REDUCED FROM..THOSE EXISTING
AT THE PRESENT TIME TO $5.00 fOR SKINNERS BUTTE AND WASHINGTON PARK RECREATION CENTERS, $3.00 fOR FRED
LAMB COTTAGE AND $2.00 FOR THE MONROE STREET PLAYSHED.
1. THERE WAS SOME OBJECTION TO THIS BY COUNCILMAN LINDEEN WHO FELT THAT THE RENTALS SHOULD PAY,THE
TOTAL COST Of OPERATION.,
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MCGAFFEY SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN THAT THIS MATTER BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE
Of THE WHOLE. MOTION DEFEATED.
A VOTE WAS THEN TAKEN ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO ESTABLISH THE NEW FEES, AND THE MOTION CARRIED BY
A VOTE OF 4-3.
COUNCILMAN WILSON MADE INQUIRY AS TO WHETHER
DEFENSE PROGRAM IN OPERATION, AND HE WAS INfORMED
GRAM AND THAT THIS SUBJECT HAD BEEN D,ISCUSSEDWITH
DEfENSE ORGANIZATION ARE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR.
THE CITY HAS AN ACTIVE, PROPERLY ORGANIZED CIVIL
THAT AT THIS TIME THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE SUCH A PRO-
THE MAYOR SINCE THE PERSONNEL COMPRISING THE CIVIL
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WILSON SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN THAT THIS SUBJECT BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE
OF THE WHOLE TO DETERMINE THE' STATUS Of THE CIVIL DEFENSE PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF EUGENE. MOTION CAR-
RIED 5-2.
THE MATTER OF THE MAYOR'S PRESIDING AT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETINGS, HELD OVER fROM THE COUNCIL
MEETING Of FEBRUARY 9, 1959, WAS BROUGHT ON FOR CONSIDERATION.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. LINDEEN SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFfEY THAT THE MAYOR PRESIDE OVER MEETINGS Of THE
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MOTION CARRIED.
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THIS BEING THE DATE SET FOR THE AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR INSTALLATION OF IRRIGATION 'SYSTEM FOR THE
NEW LIBRARY GROUNDS, THE fOLLOWING BIOS WERE :r:~BULATED AS OPENED fEBRUARY 20, 1959 AT 10:00 AM:
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IRRIGATION SYSTEM - COPPER
RAMSEy-WAITE
O. HENKE
EVERGREEN LANDSCAPING
ABC PLUMBING, SALEM, OREGON
fERRANTE, PORTLAND, OREGON
$ 2,105.00
1,942.00
1,925.00
1,885.00
4,277.50
ALSO, THE FOLLOWING REPORT fROM THE PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT WAS SUBMITTED AND READ:
"THE BUREAU OF PARKS AND RECREATION HAS INVESTIGATED THE BIOS RECEIVED ON
PLASTIC PIPE FOR THE LIBRARY IRRIGATION SYSTEM AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE BASIC QUESTION RAISED IN~REGARD TO THESE BIOS WAS - Is KRALASTIC
PLASTIC PIPE EQUAL TO POLYVINYL CHLORIDE PIPE? IN ORDER TO ANSWER THIS QUES-
TION AND OBTAIN INFORMATION WHICH WOULD SUBSTANTIATE IT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER,
WE CONTACTED SEVERAL FIRMS: TILLMAN AND BOOTH COMPANY, EUGENE WATER AND
ELECTRIC BOARD, CONSOLIDATED SUPPLY COMPANY, RAMSEy-WAITE COMPANY, UNITED
PI PE COMPANY, PORTeO CORP., VANCOUVER., WASHI NGTON (MANUFACTURERS OF, EACH
TYPE PLASTIC PIPE IN QUESTION) AND CORNELL, HOWLAND, HAYES & MERRYFIELD,
CONSULTING ENGINEERS. IN ADDITION THE RAMSEy-WAITE COMPANY REQUESTED
DONALD A. HOGAN Of NATIONAL IRRIGATION CONSULTANTS, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, TO
SEND TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT A STATEMENT ON THIS QUESTION. EACH Of THESE
fiRMS FURNISHED VARIOUS INfORMATION AND OPINIONS. THE RESULTS FRANKLY,
UNFORTUNATELY, 010 NOT SHOW ANY CONCLUSIVE' EVIDENCE. MOST OF THE INFORMA-
T I ON OR 0 PI N IONS RECE I VED TEND TO I NO I C,ATE THAT KRALAST I C WAS NOT EQUAL TO
POLYVINYL--CHLORIDE PIPE. HOWEVER, THE.EVIDENCE WAS NOT UNANIMOUS OR CON-
CLUSIVE.
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THEREfORE, WE FEEL SINCE THERE IS,NO CLEAR CUT ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION
THAT (I) THE CITY NOT CONSIDER ANY BID ON PLASTIC PIPE UNTIL SUCH TIME AS IT
HAS SUFFICIENT DATA UPON WHICH~TO CALL'FOR BIOS (2) THAT THE C1TY ACCEPT
THAT BID ON COPPER TUBING WHICH IT FEELS IS IN THE BEST lNTEREST'Of THE CITY
OF EUGENE."
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MCGAFFEY SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE'CONTRACT BE AWARDED TO EVERGREEN
LANDSCAPING ON THEIR BID PRICE OF $1,925.00. ROLLCALL VOTE. COUNCILMEN LAURIS, SHEARER, MOLHOLM,
MCGAHEY, CHATT AND MOYER VOTING AYEj COUNCILMEN LINDEEN AND WILSON VOTING NAY; MOTION CARRIED.
IT WAS STATED THAT THE LIBRARY BOARD IN COMPLETING THE FURNISHING OF THE NEW LIBRARY BUILDING
HAD A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL:',ITEMS TO PURCHASE, BEING:.SUCH' ITEMS AS CURTAINS, FILM EQUIPMENT, RECORD
EQUIPMENT, CLOAK RACKS, ETC., AND THAT THEY W.ISHED TO DETERMINE IF EACH OF THESE ITEMS SHOULD BE PUR-
CHASED ON A BID BASIS OR,IF THE BOARD WOULD,.BE ALLOWED SOME DISCRETION IN THE PURCHASES.
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IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE LIBRARY BOARD BE ALLOWED AN EXPENDI-
TURE TO A MAXIMUM:OF $1500.00 FOR ANY SPECIF,IC, ITEM.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOYER SECONDED BY MR. WILSON TO AMEND THE MOTION TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH
EXPENDITURE WOULD NOT:'HAVE TO COME BEFORE..THE COUNCIL BUT MUST BE SUBMITTED TO VARIOUS FIRMS fOR QUO-
TATIONS, PREFERABLY THREE"AND THAT PURCHASE BE MADE FROM THE FIRM QUOTING TH~ LOWEST PRICE FOR EQUAL
MERCHANDISE. MOTION. CARRIED.
A ROLLCALL VOTE WAS THEN TAKEN ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION AS AMENDED. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING
AYE, THE MOTION AS AMENDED CARRIED.
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REPORTS Of OffiCERS
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A REPORT FROM_ THE CITY MANAGER -; RE :"IMPROVEMENTS, ET.C.., WAS PRESENTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
liTHE ONLY TWO PROJECTS BEiNG PURSUED IN THE CITY AT THIS TIME ARE THE MILL-
RACE PUMPJNG STA,TION AND" NEW CITY LIBRARY. lHE DIRECTOR: OF PUBLIC WOR.KS ~EPORTS
THAT THE FINAL WALL POURS,WtRE MADE ON JHE MILLRACE PUMPIN~_STATION AND APPROXI-
. MATEL Y 90%:. O~F THE I NLET' C,I:lANNEL HAS, BEEN' EXCA;VATED AND WILL BE READY: TO' RECE I VE
THE STONE_ REVETME,NT BLANKET I N THE NEAR; FUTURE";,.I T. APPEARS 'Tt;tAT THE .PUMP I NG
STATION WILL BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED DELIVERY DATE OF PUMPING EQUIP-
MENT WHICH IS TENTATIVELY SET IN THE LATTER PART .OF MARCH.
THE LIBRARY IS CONSIDERED TO BE 68% COMPLETE CASHW,ISE AS OF FEBRUARY 1,1959.
TODAY THEY ARE PUTTING IN THE LIGHTING ON THE MAIN FLOOR AND FINISHING THE
PLASTERING ON THE SECOND FLOOR; ALSO PREPARING THE FLOOR FOR THE FINAL PLASTIC
TILE.
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; THE!. PARKS & RECREAT;ION DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT PREPARAT ION; HA.S: BEEN MADE
FOR PLANT.I NG OF 2000:. ,HEATHER PLANTS IN HENDR LCKS PARK RHODODENDRON GARDEN';
ALSO ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO FILL THE BASEMENT OF tHE OLD LINCOLN SCHOOL
AND THIS WORK WILL BE COMPLETED NEXT WEEK.
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I HAVE RECEIVED COPIES OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT AND IT
WILL BE, NECESSARY FOR THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY TO MEET. NOTICES HAVE BEEN DE-
LIVERED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE URBAN RENEWAL GENCY OF A MEETING TO BE HELD AT
1:15 PM ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1959."
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IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFFEY THAT THE REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER BE
RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON FEBRUARY 3, 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, LAURIS, LINDEEN, MOLHOLM, MCGAFFEY, CHATT,
MOYER AND WILSON; CITY MANAGER;,CITY ATTORNEY; CITY RECORDER; ASSISTANT.
CITY RECORDER; DIRECTOR OF PARKS & RECREATION; DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS;
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTj DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD; JACK CRAIG, KERG.
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COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
$. PETITIONS FROM PROPERTY OWNERS IN THIRD AND'FOURTH WARDS REGARDING,ACTION TO
RECTIFY SANITARY,SEWERCOND~TtONS,~N POLK STREET SEWER LINE- THE CITY MANAGER
INFORMED THE,COMMITTEE:THAT HE HAD 'RECEIVED PETITIONS WITH APPROXIMATELY ,120
SIGNATURES OF CITIZENS WHO LIVE IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH WARDS IN'THE VICINITY"'
OF POLK STREET BETWEEN,6TH AND 10TH AVENUES REQUESTING THAT ACTION BE TAKEN TO
RECTIFY~SANITARY SEWER CONDITIONS IN THAT. AREA.
THE DIREC10ROF PUBLIC WORKS REPORTED THAT THERE IS. NO EASY SOLUTION TO THE
PROBLEM ,AND THAT'THE ENTIRE SEWER SYSTEM IN AN AREA ROUGHLY BETWEEN ALMADEN'
AND VANBuREN AND 6TH AND 12TH AVENUES IS SUBSTANDARD WITH THE SEWER LINES TOO
SHALLOW AND,WITHOUT ADEQUATE GRADE OF FALL. ON THE SEWER.LINE ON ONE 2-BLOCK
SECTION OF 10TH FROM POLK TO ALMADEN IT WAS FOUND THAT 2 OUT OF 7 BASEMENTS
ARE ACTUALLY BELOW THE fLOW LINE OF THE SEWER; 5 OUT OF THE 7 WOULD FLOOD ANY
TIME THE IS" LINE ON POLK REACHED CAPACITY. THIS SEWER'S A,6"LINE INSTALLED
IN 1927 AT A COST OF $600. FURTHER ~NVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT WATER: INFIL-
TRATES INTO,THE LINE AND MANY HOUSES, IN THE AREA HAVE ROOF DOWNSPOUTS, ,SUMP
PUMPS OR. OTHER DRAINS.EMPTYING INTO THE LINE~
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AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCILMAN LINDEEN THE COMMITTEE AGREED TO DELAY DISCUSSION
. ,OF THE'SEWER PROBLEM UNTIL THE COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 24, 1959. No
,OTHER ACTION WAS TAKEN."
A PETITION SIGNED BY 120 PROPERTY OWNERS RESIDING IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH WARDS IN THE
VICINIT~ OF POLK STREET BETWEEN 6TH AND 10TH AVENUES WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"THIS,PETITION BEARING THE SIGNATURES OF PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE 3D,AND 4TH
WARDS ASK,THAT THE C,Ty,COUNCIL TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION AND RECTIFY THE.SANITARY
SEWER CONDITIONS IN THE. POLK STREET SEWER LINE AND PROPERTY ADJACENT THEREOF.
THIS"CONDITION HAS EX~STED FOR MANY YEARS AND HAS BECOME WORSE AS NEW"
HOMES AND BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE LOAD ALREADY ON THE
LINE.
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THE CITY HAS: GRANTED MANY. NEW PERMITS TO AN ALREADY OVERLOADED SEWER AND
SAID PROPERTY OWNERS ARE ASKING FOR REL~EF FROM SUCH UNSANITARY CONDITIONS.
WE FEEL THAT NO FURTHER ASSESSMENTS SHOULD BE LEVIED AS PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED
BEYOND THE CAPACITY OF THE LINE.
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SIGNATURES OF 120 PROPERTY OWNERS.
THIS PETITION CONTAINS THE NAMES OF 120 PROPERTY OWNERS. WE KEPT THE
SIGNATURES OF PROPERTY OWNERS ONLY, ,B,UT ,DOUBL.E THE, ,NUMBER ABOVE ASKED TO
SIGN, AND BASED THEIR CONTENTION ON THE FACT THAT THEY PAID SEWER TAXES AND
WERE COMPELLED TO: LIVE OVER BASEMENTS THAT WERE AT'TIMES NOTHING BUT POOLS OF
FILTH BACKED UP BY THE SEWER.
THE RENTAL PROPERTIES WERE WORSE THAN TH~ ONES OCCUPIED BY THE OWNERS.
THE STOR I ES ARE NOT PLEASANT, RAW SEWERAGE FORCED UP THROUGH THE OPEN I NG .1 N
THE MANHOLE COVERS"RATS CRAWLING THROUGH TOILET SEATS AND ENTERING EVEN
THE BETTER HOMES, HEPATI TI S ,I N THE I DA PATTERSON SCHOOL. ALL THE PEOPLE
CONTAC~ED CONDEMN THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR STAND ON THE WAY W,LLAMETTE STREET
WAS TO BE LIGHTED WHEN SUCH CONDITIONS AS THOSE STATED ABOVE EXIST.
WE WAIT DEVELOPMENTS."
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FOLLOWING THE READING OF THE PETITION A NUMBER OF CITIZENS FROM THE AREA WERE HEARD AND ESSEN-
TIALLY THEY ALL STATED THAT THEIR PARTICULAR AREA HAS HAD A LONG HISTORY OF SEWER PROBLEMS WHICH HAVE
BECOME INCREASINGLY WORSE. IT WAS FURTHER STATED THAT THESE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO THE ATTEN-
TION OF INDIVIDUALS IN, THE CITY GOVERNMENT FOR A PERIOD RANGING BACK 25 YEARS BUT THAT NO SOLUTION
HAD BEEN GIVEN TO THE PROBLEMS., FOUR RESIDENTS OF THIS AREA WHO WERE HEARD ALL INDICATED THAT IN
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TIMES OF HEAV~ RAINS THE SEWER BACKS UP INTO THEIR BASEMENTS, ONE ~NDIVIDUAL"STATING THAT THIS HAD
OCCURRED THREE TIMES SINCE JANUARY I, 1959 AND A SECOND INDICATING THAT THIS HAD OCCURRED TWICE IN A
TWO WEEK PERIOD. CERTAIN SPECIFICS OF THE SEWER INSTALLATION AS IT NOW EXISTS IN THE AREA WERE DIS-
CUSSED AS THEY RELATE TO THE SPECIfiC SYSTEM SERVING THE AREA AND AS THEY RELATE TO MA~OR INTERCEPTOR
SEWERS PASSING NEAR THE AREA.
COUNCILWOMAN LAURIS SUGGESTED THAT IT APPEARS SEWERS WILL HAVE TO BE AN ITEM TO COME FIRST IN
ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS. COUNCIL PRESIDENT SHEARER' AGREED WITH THIS AND INDICATED THAT SOME TYPE OF
CRASH PROGRAM MAY HAVE' TO BE UNDERTAKEN SUB~ECT,TO BUDGETARY LIMITATIONS. SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD
AS TO WHAT WOULD BE'THE PROPER METHOD OF FINANCING A NEW LINE IN THE AREA, AND IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT
THERE ARE BASICALLY THREE METHODS WHICH'MIGHT BE USED: (I) THE CITY PAYING THE TOTAL COST, (2) THE
TOTAL COST BE.,NG ASSESSED TO THE' PROPERTY HOLDERS, OR (3) THE CITY PAYING,A PORTION OF THE COST AND
THE PROPERTY HOLDERS PAYING A PORTION OF THE COST.
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COUNCILMAN LINDEEN SUGGESTED THAT SINCE THE PROPLE CURRENTLY H~E A 6" LINE IN THE AREA AND IT
APPEARS AN B" LINE SHOULD BE INSTALLED,THE DIFFERENCE OF 2~ IN SI~E OF LINE" SHOULD BE ASSESSED TO THE
PROPERTY HOLDERS. HE FURTHER SUGGESTED THAT THE CITY CURTAIL FURTHER ANNEXATIONS UNTIL THE PROBLEMS
WITHIN THE CITY ARE SOLVED.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT SHEARER THEN INDICATED THAT THIS ,'s NOT THE ONLY AREA ,IN:WHICH PROBLEMS OF
THIS NATURE ARE TO BE FOUND - THAT IT 'IS TRUE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND WITH THE INEVITABLE BREAKDOWN
OF SOME OF THE OLDER SEWER SYSTEMS A GREAT AMOUNT OF WORK MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED TO GET THE SEWERS IN
PROPER ORDER.
DISCUSSION WAS THEN HAD AS TO HOW SOON AND BY WHAT PROCESS THE NECESSARY STUDY COULD BE MADE FOR
SOME RELIEF TO THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN; THIS INCLUDES POSSIBLE STUDY BY OUTSIDE SOURCES, WHAT PLANS ARE
PRESENTLY KNOWN BY THE VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER EQUIVALENT ITEMS.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. LINDEEN SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT THE SEWERS BE CONSIDERED A MATTER OF
FIRST PRIORITY, THAT THIS IS A MATTER OF GREAT CONCERN AND FIRST PRIORITIES SHOULD BE GIVEN TO DIS-
TRESSED AREAS IN THE CITY; FURTHERMORE THAT THIS BE MADE AS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
MOTION CARRIED.
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'I A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD FEBRUARY 13, 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS" FOLLOWS:
"PRE.SENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, LAURIS, LINDEEN, MOLHOLM, MCGAFFEY, CHATT,
MOYER AND'WILSON; CITY MANAGERj CITY RECORDER; PLANNING CONSULTANT; DIRECTOR
OF PUBLIC WORKSj ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; FRED BRENNE, EUGENE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE; WENDY RAY, KUGN; DAN WYANT AND DoNN BONHAM,' EUGENE REG.I STER-GUARD.
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I. DISCUSSION OF LEASING AND CONTROLLING PRIVATELY OWNED PARKING LOTS - IT WAS
EXPLAINED'THAT AT A COMMITTEE MEETING ON FEBRUARY 6,' 1959 THE POSSIBILITY OF THE'
CITY'S LEASING AND OPERATING A PRIVATE PARKING LOT AT' BROADWAY AND CHARNELTON'
STREET WAS DISCUSSED, AND THIS WAS REFERRED BACK FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AT THIS
MEETING. SINCE THAT TIME THE LESSOR OF THE PROPERTY WHO IN TURN WOULD LEASE IT
TO THE PRIVATE BUSINESSMEN HAS 'INDICATED HE IS NOT INTERESTED IN SEEI.NG THE
CITY OPERATE THE LOT, AND SINCE HE RAS FINAL CONTROL OVER THE PROPERTY IT APPEARS
THERE I S NO BA'S I S FOR CONT I NUED D I SCUSSI ON.' '
fOLLOWING THIS THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AS TO WHAT POLICY. THE CITY SHOULD
ESTABLISH REGARDING THE OPERATION OF PRIVATE PARKING LOTS UNDER C,7Y ~NFORCE-
MENT." WITH'THIS"ALSO WASDI'SclisSED WHAT POLl'CY THE CITY MIGHT T'AKE'ASTO
OWNERSH'IP OF PARKING FACILITIES, AND A WIOE'VARIETY OF' PROS AND CONS' ON. THIS
SUB~ECT WAS DISCUSSED. DURING THIS DISCUSSION IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT PRIVATE
FACILITIES HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED IN 7HE ~AST TEN YEARS, AND IF THE' CITY
WERE TO ENGAGE IN THE PARKING OPERATION BY LEASE OR BY OWNERSHIP IT MIGHT BE
DETRIMENTAL I~FlUENCE TOWARD PRIVATE OPERATION.
FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION IT WAS'RECOMMENDED THAT THE' CITY NOT ENTER INTO ANY
OFF-STREET PARKING AGREEMENTS ON LOTS IN PRIVATE OWNERSHIP AT THIS TIME OR
IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD 'NOT BE
POTENTIALLY ACCEPTABLE TO ADDITIONAL LOTS BEING CREATED BY -PARKING DISTRICTS
UNDER STATE. L'AW OR' PRIVATE' OWNERSHIP'.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. WILSON THAT ITEM I OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
BE RECEIVED AND PL'ACED' ON 'FILE. MOTION CARRIED.. .,
2. REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF EXISTING SEWER' BETWEEN 24TH AND 25TH AVENUES WEST or
GRANT STREET - I T' WAS EXPLA'I NED THAT A REQUEST' HADBEE'N RECE I VED FROM RES I";'
DENTS I N THE AREA' BETWEEN 24TH AND 25TH AVENUES :WE'ST .OF' GRANT. STREET' FOR 'AN' ,
EXTENSION OF THE SEWER SYSTEM 'IN THI"S AREA:.: THIS SYSTEM WOULD SE'RVE SIX. LOTS
AND WOULD 'BE AN EXTENSION OF THE EX'ISTING SEWER SYSTEM WHICH WOULD -EMPTY' INTO
THE CHAMBERS STREET SEWER. THIS EXTENSION WOULD PRESENT NO PROBLEMS TO THE
CITY. BASED ON THIS REPORT IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUEST FOR AN EXTEN-
SION OF THE SEWER SYSTEM BE APPROVED AND THAT THE NECESSARY ORDINANCES
INITIATING THE PROJECT BE PASSED.
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IT WAS MOVED ~Y.MRS. ~~URIS ~~C9NDED Br M~. ,WILSON THAT ITEM 2 Of" THE REPO~T.Of" THE COMMITTEE
BE APPROYED.: MOTlpN C~RRIED. " ' , ' "
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3. REQUEST f"OR EXTENSION Of" SEWER SYSTEM BETWEEN 30TH AND 31ST AVENUES f"OR LOT 2,
BLOCK 4, AMENDED PLAT OF ROSEDALE - A PETITION SIGNED BY OWNERS Of" 100% Of" PRO-
PERTY, TO BE ASSESSED REQUESTING THAT A SANITARY SEWER BE INSTALLED ON THE EXTEN-
SION Of" CHARNEL TON' STREET' SOUTH OF 30TH AVENUE WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. .
IT WAS EXPLAINED'THAT THIS PARTICULAR SEW'ER SYSTEM WO'ULD BE AN EXTENSI()N' Of" THE
CHARNELTON STREET SYSTEM'WHICH WAS DESIGNED f"OR AND CAN READILY HANDLE SUCH AN
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EXTENS I ON. THE PROPOSED SEWER WOULD SERVE A CUL-DE-SAC CON'TA I N I NG S 1',( LOTS.
. B~SEi; ON' T'HE "R'E:POR'''' THE COMM I TrEE RECOMMENDED THAT" THE:' SEWER - SYSTEt.t BE. APPROVED
AND THAT THE' NECESSARY ORDINANCES INITIATING THE PROJECT BE PASSED.
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4. RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING BUDGETING FUNDS f"OR UNANTICIPATED PROPERTY ACQUISITION -
IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE COMMON COUNCIL AT THEIR MEETING ON JANUARY 12, 1959 HAD
ADOPTED A COMM I TTEE Of". :THE: WHOLE: REPORT CONCERN I NG THE POSS'; i31 LI T'Y Of" BUDGET'j NG "
f"UNDS f"OR UNANTICIPATED PROPERTY ACQUISITION. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THIS
ACTION BE REf"ERRED TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
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BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
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5. DISCUSSION REGARDING STUDY Of" PROPOSED ORDINANCE REGULATING STORAGE,Of" JUNK AND,
OTHER ITEMS ON PROPERTY - IN THIS INSTANCE IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY
HAD NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITIES Of" DEVELOPING AN:
ORDINANCE REQUIRING INDIVIDUALS WHO STORE JUNK OR OTHER ITEMS ON THEIR PROPERTY
TO CLEAN UP THEIR PROPERTY. DURING THE DISCUSSION IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT IN
ADDITlON'TO TH'E STUDY O'f"" ANORDINANCE THE'MAYOR P'R'OCLAIM A"'CIT"Y BE'A'UTIf"i'CATION
PEa~OD HAVING IN MIND THAT THIS IS THE OREGON CENTENNIAL YEAR ~ND THE CITY WILL
HAVE A NUM'BE~ OF G,UESTS'" VISITORS AND OTHE~RS W,HO, WILL BE~ COMING THROUGH'THE CITY
AND THAT THIS PROGRAM BE COORDINATED WITH THOSE Of" OTHER CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS.
A SUGGESTEDS'LOGAN WA'S GIVEN - "SHINE IN '59'11'.: '
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURi.S SECONDED BY 'MR. MOLHOLM' 'THAT ITEM 5 'Of" 'THE REPORT Of" THE 'CoM-
M I TTEE BE APP"ROV,ED . MOT-I,9N ,CARR lED.
6. DISCUSSION OF CROSS TOWN" STREET PROGRAM - THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED. THAT THE
CITY OF EUGENE .I S NOW I NTHE EIGHTH YEAR o'r '~:. TEN .YEAR C'ROSS TO~IN STREE:TPRO-
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GRAM, AND THAT THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY $4.19,000 WORTH Of" JOBS TO BE, COMPLETED
BASED ON THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM BUT WITH' ONLY APPROXIMATELY $250,000 'ANTJ'CIPATED
INCOME TO 00 SUCH WORK. HE f"URTHER STATED THAT SOME Of". THE RECOMMENDATIONS
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MADE, ,F'OR THE ,TEN YEAR PR9GRAM HAVE BEEN CONTROVERS I AL AND I N SOME CASES I TWAS
QUESil~NE~ ~H~THER ~UC~ PROJECT~ ARE ~OW NEEDED. THE, P~OGRAMS WHICH HAD, NOT.
BEEN COMPLETED AS OF TH 1ST I'ME WERE THEN EXPLA I NED I N', GENERAL. THESE INCLUDE':
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A. 1ST TO 4TH CONNECTOR - OR IG I NA,U. Y EST IMATE~ TO CO,ST $118',000 WH I,CH COST
INCLUDED THE PURCHASE OF RIGHTS-Of"-WAY f"ROM THE RAILROAD WITH AN ASSESS-
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MENT TO THE RAILROAD FOR THE COST Of" THE STREET PAVING. 'T WAS EXPLAINED
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THAT THE RAILROAD HAS BEEN APPROACHED. WITH THE IDEA THAT SUCH A STREET
WOULD BE Of" BENEf"IT TO PROPERTY IN THEIR OWNERSHIP AND THAT THE RAILROAD
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HAD OF~EREp TO DEpIC~~~ ~HEPRO~ERJY BUT WITH THEU~~~RSTANDING ~HAT,,~O
A~SES.SMENT WOULD ~BE MADE. SOME DISCUSSION, WAS .HA,D A,S TO WHETHER..IT ,WOULD,
BE f>OSSIBLE TO DEVELOP A LOW ,STAN~ARD,ST"REET THROUGH THI,S A~EA"A~, A
POSSIBLE MEANS OF DRAWING SOME Of" THE TRAFFIC OFf" 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES
AND PROVIDING ACCESS f"ROM RIVER ROAD TO THE"fERRY STREET BRIDGE. fT' WOULD
ALSO SERVE AS A MEANS OF DISCOURAGING TRAFFIC THROUGH SKINNERS BUTTE PARK.
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INSTANCE THE WIDENING Of" 11TH AVENUE FROM WILLAMETTE TO KJNCAIOSTREET
WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE ORIGINAL COMMITTEE TO BE 56' IN WIDTH WITH A 5'
SIDEWALK ON BOTH SIDES Of" THE STREET WHICH WOULD USE THE ENTIRE ,RIGHT-
OF~WAY-Of" 66'. ":THIS WI~ENI'NG P~OJECT WOULD'REQUIR'E.~THROUGHOUT,MOST:.':Of"
ITS LENGTH THAT THE WHOLE STREET BE REPAVED AND THAT THE ~IDEWALKS BE~
RECONSTRUCTED. THE QU~STION Of" ,TRE.E~, IN THE AR,EA,:AND POT:.ENTIA.L REPLANT-
ING OF, TRE,ES UNDER A PRO~RAM WHI:CH MIGHT B.~, WORKED OUT WAS BROU~~iT- UP.
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C. PAVING or GARrlELD STREET rROM 5TH TO 7TH'AvENUE - IN THIS INSTANCE THE
ORIGINAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT GARrlELD STREET
TO 7TH AVENUE WHICH HAS NOT YET BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.
RECOMMENDATION THIS CARRIED THE PAVING TO THE NORTH
COMMITTEE I~ THIS INSTANCE rELT THAT THIS SHOULD ~E
iST AVENUE: OR TO THE: PRESENT NORTH CITY LIMITS. .
BE PAVED rROM 5TH
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CITY LIMITS. THE
EXTENDED TO AT LEAST
D. PAVING or CHAMBERS STREET rROM 18TH TO 24TH AVENUE - THIS AGAIN IS ONE
or THE PROJECTS WHICH HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED BUT. WHICH IS ANTICIPATED
TO' BE BUDGETED lN THE 1959-60 rlSCAL YEAR AT A~ ESTIMATED COST TO THE
CITY or $24,000 SINCE ONE SIDE ABUTS UPON THE PARK-AIRE SUBDIVISION IN
CITY OWNERSHIP, AND THIS CAN BE EXPECTED TO BE COMPL~TED WITHIN THE
TEN YEAR PROGRAM.
E. 24TH AVENUE rROM JErFERSON TO TYLER STREET - THIS AGAIN IS ANOTHER PROJECT
WHICH HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED AS or THIS DATE. THE CITY'S COST IN THIS
INSTANCE PAST PARK PROPERTY WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $35,000. IT WAS ALSO'
EXPLAINtD THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME THE PAVING OF 25TH AVENUE AND ITS
,EXTENSION FROM CHAMBERS STREET TO 29TH AVENUE IS BEING CONSIDERED WHICH
IS A PART OF THE OVERALL CHAMBERS STREET, 25TH TO 29TH AVENUE AND BLOOM-
'BERG ROAD PROJECT.
r. PAVING or PEARL STREET rROM 19TH TO 24TH AVENUE - THIS ITEM WAS ORIGINALLY
BUDGETED IN THE 1958-59 rlSCAL YEAR BUT WAS REMOVED FROM. THE BUDGET BY
THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. IT WAS rURTHER EXPLAINED THAT THE CITY'S COST IN
THIS INSTANCE WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $35,500" or WHICH ONE-HALr COULD BE
SAVED Ir THE PROJECT WERE" PUT orr UNTIL 1962 WHEN BY AGREEMENT THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT COULD BE ASSESSED.
G. EXTENSION OF 30TH AVENUE rROM ALDER STREET TO BETWEEN ONYX AND AGATE'
STREETS CONNECTING WITH BLOOMBERG ROAD - AGAIN IT WAS INDICATED THAT
THIS IS A NECESSARY CONNECTION TO CONNECT THE CITY'S ARTERIAL SYSTEM
TO THE PROPOSED COUNTY ROAD WHICH WOULD IN TURN CONNECT WITH HIGHWAY
99 SOUTH."
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ALL OF ITEM 6 OF THE REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE BE REFERRED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION' TO BE" REVISED IN LIGHT or THE PRESENT
DAY SITUATION. MOTION CARRIED.
A REPORT or THE COMMITTEE'MEETING HELD FEBRUARY 20, '1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"PRESENT: COUNCILMEN'LAURIS, LrNDEEN, MOLHOLM, McGArrEY, CHATT AND WILSON; CITY
MANAGERj CITY RECORDER; CITY ATTORNEY; DIRECTOR OF PUBL.IC WORKS; ADMINI-
'STRATIVE ASSISTANT; PARKS &~ RECREATION SUPER I NTENDENTr CITY LIBRARIAN;
LIBRARY BOARD MEMBERS LEMON, ATKINSON AND CAMPBELL; MR. CRAMERj FRED
BRENNE, EUGENE CHAMBER or COMMERCEj DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD;
WENDY RAY, KUGN.
I. A TELEGRAM rROM THE TRIANGLE CONDUIT & CABLE CO., INC., PLASTIC PIPE DIVISION,
WAS 'RE~D TO THE COMMITTEE. ' THE TELEGRAM CON'CERNED THE LIBRARy'SPRINKLING
SYSTEM AND STATED "WE ARE SENDING DATA WHICH-WE FEEL WILL CONVINCE YOU KRALASTIC
SEMI-RIGID PIPE MEETS SPECifiCATION AND IS EQUAL IN EVERY RESPECT TO POLYVINYL
CHLORIDE PIPE rOR THIS SYSTEM". IT WAS INDICATED THAT TO DATE THE CITY MANAGER'S
OFFICE HAD NOT RECEIVED THE INFORMATION REFERRED TO IN THE ~ELEGRAM.
No ACT I ON WAS' TAKEN ON ITEM lor' THE REPORT or THE COMM I TTEE.
2. REQ'UEST FOR 'INCREASE IN GARBAGE RATES BY SANITARY LOCAL DRIVERS No. 57 - THIS
ITEM WAS NOT BROUGHT TO THE COMMITTEE fOR ACTION BUT A RESUME OF THE PRESENT
RATE AND REQUESTED RATE WAS GIVEN TO THE COMMITTEEFfjOR THEIR THOUGHT AND FOR
FUTURE ACTION.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 2 OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
BEl APPROVED. Mon ON CARR I ED.
3. REQUEST rOR EXTENSION Of PAV'ING ON 32ND AVENUE rROM UNIVERSITY STREET TO ONYX
STREET AND REQUEST FOR STORM SEWER - I.T WAS STATED A PET I T ION HAD BEEN "RE- .
CEIVED CONTAINING SIGNATURES or OWNERS OF 74.539% Of THE TOTAL rRONT FOOTAGE
Of PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED. WITH THIS PETITION IT WAS FURTHER REQUESTED THAT
THE 'STORM SEWER BE EXTENDED 'FROM THE R't:AR 'OF-BLOCK B, MIL TON-RE I 0 ADD I T ION,
TO THE REAR Of" BL.OCK' 9 -fN T.HE' PROPOSED 4TH ADDITION TO KNOB Hlu:. ON QUESTION
THE DfREC"TOR OF PUSL'le WORK'S fNDICATED'THAT THISE.XTENSIDN TO TH:: STORM SEWER
WOULD COST BETWE'EN '$2000 AND. $3000. THE' COMM I TTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THe' ST.REeT
BE PAVED' AND' THE- STO'RM SEWER BE I NSTAllED "AS REQUESTED AND THAT THE NECESSARY
ORDINANCES INITIATING THE STRE~T PAVING PRO~ECT B~ PASSED.
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IT WAS MOVED BY,MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 3 OF THE REPORT or THE COMMITTEE
BE APPROVED. Me>T I ON CARRI ED.
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AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BROADWAY,AND CHARNELTON STREET - MR. CRAMER WAS PRE-
SENT AND INDICATED HIS FIRM HAS ENTERED INTO A 15-YEAR CANCELLABLE LEASE-WITH
OWNERS OF PROPERTY AT THE NpRTHWEpT CORNER,or,BROADWAY,AND,CHA~NELTON STREET.
IT WAS STA,!,ED ,!,HAT.. TH I S LEASE IS CANCELL,ABLE BUT 5UB.JECTTO "RE: IMBURSEMENT 'or ANY'
COSTS INCURRED IF IT IS SO ~ANCELLED. RE~E~ENCE WAS.MADE T~ iHE C~~~ITTEE'~EET-
ING OF F'EBRUARY' 13, 1959~iN i-1H-ICH,IT_WAS~ INDICATED THAT THE TI'TLE HOLDERS OF THE
PROPERTY DO NOT \''-1 SH TO "SEE: THE C ITV' SUBLEASE PR()PERT.Y" FOR", CONTROL OF PARK I NG AT
THIS LOCATION OR AT OTHER LOC'ATIONS." IT' WAS S'TATED, .HOWEVER, THAT IN THIS 'IN-'
STANCE IT IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR PRIVATE OWNERSHIP TO POLICE SUCH" A PARKING LOT,'
AND WITH,PROPER POLICING THEIR,COSTS WOULD BE REDUCED. .IT IS THEIR PROPOSAL,
TO PAY ALL POTENTIAL EXPENSES.TO THE C'Ty"INCURRED 'rNTHE-poLicING oF-suCH A'--
LOT WITH THE IDEA THAT THE LOT WILL BE OPEN'TO THE PUBLIC', wOULD NOT BE IDENTiFIED
~STA PRIVATE,BUSINESS ENTERPRISE, AND WITH THE IDEA IT_ WOULD BE AN ASSET'T'o
BUS I NESSES IN' THE AREA'-, I T WAS SUGGESTED THAT-- THE C-, TY' NEE'DS MORE Off-STREET
PARKING..AND THAT TH'IS: IS A MEANS TO ACQUIRE SUCH PARKING. IT WAS ALSO' SUGGESTED
THAT OTHER ~ERCHANTS IN THE AREA BE CONTACTED TO DETERMINE IF THEY WOULD PARTICI-
PATE IN SUCH A VENTURE.
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IT WAS' RECOM~ENDED THAT. THI'S MATTE.R 'BE REFERRED',TOTHESPEf'IAL' COMM'ITlEE,AP;' ,
POINTED BY THE, MAXO~ TO STUDY' TRAFFIC ON 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES, AND THAT,THEY
STUDY WHETHER OR NOT .1T IS J:'OSSIBLE BY SOME,MEANS TO DETERMINE WHAT, MAY BE
DONE LEGALL Y~O . THA'T . THE CITY MAY PROV I DE POL-I CE PRO.TECTION AND SERV I CES FO~
FOR PR I VATE PARK I NG-- 'L'OTS. 'I T WAS SUGGESTED THE V USE ALL NECESSARV LEGAL.. ADV I CE
AND REQUESTED THAT THEY REPORT WITHIN 45 DAYS. MOTION- CARRIED WITH MR.McGAFFEY
VOTING NAY.
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IT WAS MOVED BV MRS.. LAURIS" SECONDED BY MR. LINDE'EN ,THAT ITEM 4 OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
BE APPROVED. MOTION CAR'R'IED.'. -
AT THIS POINT MR. MCGAHEY LEFT. T~"~: MEETI,NG.
5. PURCHASE OF WARREN H. DAUGHERTY PROPERTY FOR EXTENSION OF CHAMBERS STREET BETWEEN
6TH AND 7TH AVENUES - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE CITV NOW HAS AN OPTION IN HAND
TO PURCHASE PROPERTY ON THE NORTH SIDE or 7TH AVENUE WHICH IS NECESSARY -POR THE
EXTENSION OF CHAMBERS STREET BETWEEN 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES. THE OPTION PRICE
STAT,~D IS $2,368'.75 TO BE'PA'ID TO, WARREN H. .[)AUGHER"TY. "IT WAS ,FURTHER INDICATED
THAT 'I.T"HAS TAKEN SOME TIME "TO CLOSE TH(S T.RANSACTI'ON S'INCE MR.' DAUGHE-RTVHAD
THE PROPERTY LEASED "TO I N'TER-NAT, I O-NAL PAPER 'COM"PANY. IT WASRECOMMEN"DED. THAT
THE PROPER CrTY" OFFICIALS B'E- AUTHORIZED T~ E'XERCISE iHE O"PT'-ONAT A PRICE O-F
$2,368.75. '
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IT WAS MOVED BY MRs". LAUR'IS SECONDED BY' MR; WILSON THAT ITEM 50F THE REPORT OF THE COMM'ITTEE
BE APPROVED. ROL"LCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCII.M'EN 'PRESEN'T VOTING AVE, MOTIO'N .CARRIED.
6. CONSIDERATION OF BIDS ON I'RRIGATION SY'STEM FOR, THE NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY GROUNDS -,
IT WAS INDICATED THAT BIDS HAD BEEN OPENED AT 10:00 AM ON fRIDAY, F'EBRUARY 20, 1959,
FOR COPPER PIPE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE IRRiGATION SYSTEM FOR THE EUGENE
PUBLIC LIBRARY GROUNDS. A TABULATION OF THE BIOS WAS GIVEN TO THE COMM.lTTEE,
AND THE LIBRARY BOARD RECOMMENDED THAT THE ABC ~LuMBING COMPANY Or SALEM, OREGON,
WHO ENTERED A LOW BID.OF $1,B85.00, BE AWARDED THE BID. A MOTION WAS MADE THAT
THE COMM.ITTEE ACCEPT THE LOWEST LOCAL BID fROM EVERGREEN LANDSCAPING COMPANY AT
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A PR I CE OF, $1,"925.00...,
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AT THIS POINT THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION REGARDING 'THE NEED FOR COPPER PIPE AND
AN INDICATION THAT IF PLASTIC PIPE MET SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE F'EDERALAND
STATE GOVERNMENTS AND FOR PRIVATE CONCERNS, IT SHOULD BE ADEQUATE FOR THE IRRI-
GATION SYSTEM FOR .T,HE, LIBRARY. tHERE WAS ALSO SOME DISCUSSION AS TO THE PRO-
PRIETY OF LIMITI'NG 'B'I'DS' TO LOCAL 'fiRMS. IN 'THIS PARTICULAR INS'TANC'E IT WAS':
INDICATED THAT SINCE ABC PLUMBING COMPANY IS A SALEM CONCERN, IT 'WOULD BE
POSSIBLE TO SPEND THE DifFERENCE IN THE COORDINATION OF THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM
WITH THE LANDSCAP I NG. PROGRAM. UPON A V:OTE ON THE MOT ION TO AWARD "THE. BID TO .
THE EVER_GREENlANDSCA.P I NGCOMPANY AT A -PR I CE OF $1,925..00, THE Moil ON-WAS 'DE--"
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THE LOWEST EnD, BEI'NG fR'OM ABC PLuMBING COMPANY, AT A PRICE OF $\ ,as"s:oo BE .
ADOPTED. THIS MoilON WAS DEF:'E:ATED'ON A V'OTE ~OF 4-2. ' I'T WAS TH'EN RECOMMENDED
THAT"THE ~O,W BID ON PL'ASTI'C ,il'PE AT A' PRIC'E OF' $1,251.00 BEA'CCE'PTED. No 'VOTE" "
ON THIS MOTION WAS TAKEN SINCE Ii 'WAS :RECOMM'ENDED THAT THE ITEM" BE"" HE-LD OVER
UNTIL THE COUNCIL MEETING ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1959.
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No ACTION WAS TAKEN O~ ITEM 6 Of THE REPORT Of THE COMMITTEE SINCE THIS MATTER WAS
HANDLED UNDER BID OPENINGS EARLIER IN THE MEETING!
7. CONSIDERATION Of ~EPORT FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING CONDITIONAL ANNEXA-
TION OF A PORTION OF LAURELWOOD GOLF COURSE - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE
COUNCIL HAD RECOMMENDED THAT A PORTION Of LAURELWOOD GOLf COURSE BE ANNEXED
SUBJECT TO SPECIAL CONDITIONS. THE CITY ATTORNEY INDICATED THAT IN HIS
OPINION AREAS CANNOT BE ANNEXED WITH RESTRICTIONSj THAT SUCH AREAS ARE
EITHER ANNEXED OR THEY ARE NOT ANNEXED.
WITH RESPECT TO THIS SOME QUESTIONS WERE RAISED AS TO WHY SEWERS HAD NOT
BEEN INSTALLED ON WEST 11TH AVENUE, AND THE QUESTION WAS ALSO RAISED AS TO
WHETHER UPON ANNEXATION PEOPLE WERE ENTITLED TO SEWERS. IN ESSENCE' IT WAS
INDICATED THAT THESE MATTERS WERE SUBJECT TO POLICY CONSIDERATIONS AND
BUDGETARY CONSIDERATIONS TO BE MADE BY THE COUNCIL.
IT WAS FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT THE PRESENT GOAL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE IS TO
ALLEVIATE THE SEWER PROBLEMS AND THAT TO DO TH1S 1T MAY REQUIRE SPECIAL
FINANCING OR BOND ISSUES.
FOLLOWING THIS IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE ANNEXING ORDINANCE WOULD BE BROUGHT
TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING WITHOUT RESTRICTION, AND IT'WAS RECOMMENDED THAT
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT BE ACCEPTED.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 7 OF THE REPORT OF THE COM-
MITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
B., COUNC I LWOMAN LAUR I S' SUGGESTED 'THAT LAURELWOOD GOLF COURSE SHOULD BE SAVED
FOR A PARK. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS &'RECREATION EXPLAINED THAT iN
1949 IT HAD BEEN SUGGESTED THAT LAURELWOOD GOLf COURSE BE PURCHASED BUT
THAT IT DID NOT SEEM DESIRABLE FOR AN IB-HOLE GOLF COURSE SINCE THE PRO-
PERTY IS STEEP AND COULD NOT BE OPERATED ECONOMICALLY. IT WAS, HOWEVER,
SUGGESTEDR THAT TIME THAT THE CITY ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY, THAT THEY SUB-
DIVIDE A PORTION Of IT AND THAT A SHORTENED COURSE MIGHT BE OPERATED.
THE PRESUMED COSTIN THE RECOLLECTION OF THE PARKS & RECREATION SUPERIN-
TENDENT FOR THE PROPERTY IN 1949 WAS $150,000. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT IT
STILL MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY AND'THAT A ~ILLAGE LEVY
MIGHT BE PASSED TO ENABLE THE CITY TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR SUCH ACQUISITION.
IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT AN INVESTIGATION BE MADE AS TO THE POSSIBILITY Of
PURCHASING THE LAURELWOOD GOLF COURSE.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM B Of THE REPORT O~ THE COM-
MITTEE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
9. CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATIVE, BILLS BEFORE THE OREGON STATE LEGISLATURE -
A. S8 13B - To INCREASE THE SHARE OF NET LIQUOR REVENUES TO CITIES- FROM
10% TO 15% - IT WAS INDICATED THIS ITEM WAS TO GO BEFORE A LEGISLATIVE
COMMITTEE ON FEBRUARY 24, 1959 AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ENDORSE-
MENT OF THIS BILL.
B. H8 138 - To AUTHOR I ZE AND DIRECT PUBLI C EMPLOYE.ES TO ENTER I NTO COL-
LECTIVE B'ARGAINING CONTRACTS WIT.., UNIONS' REPRESENTING THEIR EMPLOYEES -
THE CITY ATTORNEY I ND I CATED HE HAD I NVEST I GATED -THE LEGAL- BACKGROUND
OF SUCH A STATUTE AND INDICATED THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT UNLESS IT IS
SPECIFICALLY SET UP BY CHARTER OR STATUTE THAT A CITY BE FORCED TO
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. ,THE COMMITTEE INDICATED THAT T-HIS IS THE ONLY
TOOL 'THE EMPLOYEE HAS AND HE SHOULD NOT B~ ENJOINED FROM THE SAME PRO-
CESSES AS THOSE OF PRIVATE INDUSTRY. THERE WAS SOME OPPOSITION TO
THIS IDEA AND IT WAS INDICATED IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE IT COULD BE CHANGED
TO PERMISSIVE LEGISLATION RATHER THAN MANDATORY -LEGISLATION.
C. HB 379 - WOULD REQUIRE APPORTIONMENT OF'MARKET ROAD fUND LEVIES TO
CITIES UPON THE SAME BASIS AS COUNTY GENERAL ROAD FUND LEVIES ARE
APPORTIONED - THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ENDORS~ENT OF T~IS BILL.
D. HB 43 - CONCERNING CIVIL SERVICE FOR f'IREMEN - A RESUME Of' THE LEGIS-
LATION WAS GIVEN AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION REGARDING RECOMMENDED
OPPOSITION. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT EACH CITY SHOULD RETAIN THE RIGHT
TO CONTROL ITS bWN DE~TINY, iHAT T~IS BILL IS A VI6LATION Of TH~ ~OME
RULE PROVISION, BUT IT WAS fiNALLY AGREED THAT COPIESCF THE BILL SHOULD
BE SECURED AND THAT NO ACTION BE TAKEN."
I T WAS MOVED BY MRS'. LAUR I S 'SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 9 Of' THE REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
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AN APPLICATION FOR PACKAGE STORE CLASS B (PB) LiQUOR LICENSE (CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP) WAS SUBMITTED
BY ALTON D. AND HAZEL M. JOHNSON DBA BUDDIES GROCERIES, 557 WILLAMETTE STREET, AS APPROVED BY. THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT!
IT WAS MOVED".BY MR. Ln.D,EEN SECONDED BY MR. MOYER .THAT THE APPLICATION BE APPROVED. MOTION
CARRIED.
2 AN APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF ROOMING HOUSE LICENSE WAS SUBMITTED BY FRANK BEAVER DBA BEAVER
COURT, 1666 WEST 6TH AVENUE, AS. APPROVED BY THE POLICE, FIRE, BUILDING AND HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOLHOLM ~ECONDED,BY MR. CHATT THAT THE-APPLICATION BE APPROVED. MOTION
CARRIED.
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COMMUNICATION DATED fEBRUARY. 16, 1959 F'ROMEUGE~E_BUSINESS AND. f>ROF'ESSION~L WOMEN'S CLUB REGARD-
ING MEETING OF' FEBRUARY, 26, ~9~9 WAS p'RESENTED,AND READ..AS F'OLLOWS:
"EUGENE BUSINESS AND PROF'ESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUB HAS TENTATIVE PLANS FOR OUR
AMAZON"PARK I~PROVEMENrPROJECT, WHJCH WIL~ BE,.DISCUSS~DAT AN EVENINGMEETI~G
FEBRUAR,Y 26,1~59.:"MR...W. RILE;Y MATSLER,S~PERIN,.ENDENT Of"',f>ARKS & REC~~ATION
F'OR THE CITY OF' EUGENE, I S THE SCHEDULED S~E~KE~. WE TH I NK" THE' M~MBERS OF' THE
CITY COUNCIL WILL BE INTERESTED IN THESE PLANS AND CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO
ATTEND THE MEETING.
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THIS(WILL BE A NO HOST BUF'F'ET DINNER AT THE EUGENE HOTEL, FEBRUARY 26, AT
7:00 P.M. PLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS DI~E~TLY WITH THE HOTEL."
IT WAS MOVED BY MR.: LINDEEN_S~CONDED BY MR. MOXER JHAT THE COMMUNICATIDN, BE RECEIYED AND PLACED
ON F'I LE AND ACCEPTANCE or I NV:I TAT 10,N BE LE fT :r~ I NO I V Il?UAL COUNC I LMEN. __ ; MoT ION CARR I ED.
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4 COMMUNICATION DATEp FEBRUARY. 24,. 1959 F',ROM GUY A~',R~GER~ REGARDING SPECIAL ELECTION WAS PRE-
SENTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"I HEREBY, CHARGE-r~~T'~Y IMPROPER STUDY OF' THE PROPOSED SPECIAL ELECTION
THEREBY C9NSPIRE AND PROPOSE TO MORTGAGE THE LIVES OF UNBORN CHILDREN 10NE;OF
THE MOST HIDEOUS CRIMES,OF MODERN TIMES)."
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MR. ROGERS APPEARED BEFORE THE, COUNCIL TO AUGMENT HIS.LETTER AND INDICATED HE" HAD TALKED WITH
PERSONNEL OF BoNNEVILLE POWER AOMINISTRATION AND EUGENE WATER' &' ELECT'Rle BOARD AND" WITH INDIVIDUAL
COUNCILMEN. IN THE PRESENTATION MR. ROGERS WAS CRITICAL AS TO THE COSTS OF. A PROJECT SUCH AS
CARMEN-SMITH AND WAS ALSO CRITICAL OF THE TIME ELEMENTS AS HE SAW THEM BEFORE THE PROJECT CAN BE
PLACED ON A PAYING PROPOSITI9N. IT ~AS MOV~D BY MR. ~ILSON SECONDED BY MR. ~OYER THAT THE COMMUNICA-
TION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED.
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COUNCIL BILL No:. 4533,-- ~E:, AME.NPING SECT.ION 27.4 OF' EUGENE CITY CODE BY D~!-E!I,NG THAT PORTION
SETTING MAXIMUM OF $50 PER MONTH FOR MILK DISTRIBUTORS, INTRODUCED AND G~VEN F'IRST AND. SECOND READ-
INGS IN FULL ON FEBRUARY 9, 1959, WAS BROUGHT ON FOR CONSIDERATION AND READ THE THIRD TIME IN FULL.
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PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. COlINC,1 L;M,ENL.SHEARER~jt:L.AlJENS)i<CHAT.lt' AND WI LSON VpT I NG AYE; COUNC I LMEN LI NDEEN,
I,MOLHOLM AND MOYER VOTIN~, NAY; MO.TIO:N ,~A.RRI,ED AND THE BILL ,WAS DECLARED ,P::S~ED AND NU:MBERED 11413.
6 V COUNC I L BI LL No. 4535 - RE: LEVYI NG ASSESSMENTS F'OR PAV ING ALDER STREET FROM BETWEEN 32ND AND
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35TH AVENUES TO 35.TH AV,ENUE, INTRODUCE,D AND RE.AD THE FIRST T-'ME IN Fl.!LL pN fEBR~ARY 9, 1959, WAS
BROUGHT ON FOR CONSIDERATION. . TH~ C:.I.TY MANAGERREPO,RTED NO WR.lTTEN PROTE,STS !)N FILE.
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IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LA,URIS. SECON~ED BY MR. CHATT. THAT,THE BIL,L BE~EA.o iTHE; ;SE,COND TIME BY COUNCIL
BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS
READ THE SECOND TIME BY. CO,UNCJL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
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BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS
READ THE TH I RD T IME- BY COUNC f L B l.lL N,UMBER. ONL X.
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PASSAGE. ROL[;CAlL ,VOrE. ALL COUNCI LMEN PRESENT VOTI NG AYE, THE B I;LL WAS DECLAREp PASS~D AND NUMBERED
11414.
7 COUNCIL BILL No. 4536 - RE: CALLING HEARING TO DISPENSE WITH ELECTION IN CITY ON ANNEXATION OF
LAURELWOOD GOLF" COURSE AREA WAS SUBMITTED AND READ, THE FIRST TIME IN F"ULL.
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COUNCIL BILL NUMBE.R ONLY, ,WITH UNANIMOUS CO,NSENT Of'. THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED, UNANIMOUSLY AND THE
BILL WAS READ THE._SECOND TI.ME BY COUNCIL, BILL NUMBERONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. 'LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT. THAT THE RULES BE SUS~ENDED AND THE BILL BE
READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH U~ANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CAR-
RIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBERONL'Y.
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PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, T.HE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED
11415.
COUNCIL BILL No. 4537 - RE: INITIATING VACATION OF 24TH AVENUE BETWEEN COLUMBIA AND VANNESS
STREETS, RESERVING SEWER, WATER, LIGHT EASEMENT, WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. WILSON THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY,WITH.UNANIMOUS' CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE
BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
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READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNC'IL. MOTION CAR-
RIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCILBILL NUMBER ONLY.
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PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED
11416, EXCEPT MR. LINDEEN VOTING NAY.
COUNCIL BILL No. 4538 - RE: SANITARY SEWER IN AREA FROM BETWEEN 28TH AND 29TH AVENUES TO BETWEEN
30TH AND 31 ST AVENUES FROM BETWEEN LI NCOLN AND WASH I NGT,ON STREETS TO WEST BOUNDARY BOUNDED BY LORANE
HIGHWAY WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN f.ULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCI.... MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE
,BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
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READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF T~E COUNCIL. MOTION CAR-
RIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE,BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT THE BILL BE APpROVED AND GIVEN FINAL
PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED
11417. "
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COUNCIL BILL No. 4539 - RE: ADOPTING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR SANITARY SEWER IN AREA FROM
BETWEEN 28TH AND ,29TH AVENUES TO BETWEEN 30TH AND 31ST AVENUES FROM BETWEEN LINCOLN AND WASHINGTON
STREETS TO WEST BOUNDARY BOUNDED BY,LORANE HIGHWAY WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FUL~.
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IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOL HOLM THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY; WITH UNANIMOUS. CONSENT OF,THECOUNCIL. MOTION 'CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE
BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
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READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS. CONSENT 'OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CAR-
R I ED UNAN IMOUSL Y AND THE BILL" WAS READ. THE TH I RD TIME BY COUNC I L B I L'L NUMBER ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN FINAL
PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMENPRESENT, VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED
11418.
COUNCIL BILL No. 4540 - RE: SANITARY SEWER IN AREA BETWEEN.24TH AND 25TH AVENUES fROM BETWEEN
GRANT AND CHAMBERS STREET TO HAYES STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FI RST TIME I N FULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY,MR.:WILSON THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE
BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. WILSON THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL BE
READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT'OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CAR-
RIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY'COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
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PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING. AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED
11419. .
COUNCIL BILL No. 4541 - RE: ADOPTING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR SANITARY SEWER IN AREA BETWEEN
24TH AND 25TH AVENUES FROM BETWEEN GRANT AND CHAMBERS STREET TO HAYES STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ
THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
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COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE
BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
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IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. WILSON THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL BE
READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CAR-
RIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD T~ME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY~
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I PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING.AYE, ,THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED
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I~ COUNCIL ,BILL No. 4542 - LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR SANITARY SEWER ON EAST SIDE Of KINCAID STREET
fROM NORTH LINE Of LOT 18, BOOCK 5, MILTON-REID ADDITION, TO 35TH AVENUE; ALSO BETWEEN~LDER STREET
AND KINCAID STREET FROM NORTH LINE OF LOT 30, BLOCK 4, MILTON-REID ADDITION, TO 35TH AVENUE WAS SUB-
MITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS'SECONDEDBY MR. MOLHOLM~THAT,THE BILL BE HELD OVER AND PROPER NOTICE
VO,. ASSESSMENT GIVEN AFFECTED PROPERTY HOL~ERS. MOTION CARRIED.
2 COUNCIL BILL No. 4543 - RE: LEVYI,NG ASSESSMENTS fO~ SIDEWALK ON WEST SIDE Of HiLYARD STREET FROM
25TH TO 29TH AVENUE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
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OF ASSESSMENT GIVEN AFfECTED PROPERTY HOLDERS. MOTION CARRIED.
3 ~. COUNCIL BILL No. 4544 - RE: LEVYING ASSESSMENT FOR SANITARY SEWER ON ALDER STREET FROM BETWEEN
32ND AND 35TH AVENUES ,TO 35TH AVENUE WAS S'UBM I TTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME. I N fULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE HELD OVER AND PROPER NOTICE
OF ASSESSMENT GIVEN AFfECTED PROPERTY HOLDERS. MOTION CARRIED.
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WEST AMAZON DRIVE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE fiRST TIME IN FULL. '
IT:WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT:THE BILL BE HELD OVER AND PROPER NOTICE
Of ASSESSMENT GIVEN AffECTED PROPERTY.HOLDERS. MOTION CARRIED.
RESOLUTIONS
5 RESOLUTION -RE: ESTABLISHING LOADING ZONE ON EASTPARK:STREET WEST Of OSBURN.HoTELAND VACATING
fUEL DUMPING ZONE ON PEARL ,STREET BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH AVENUES WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
'''WHEREAS; CHAPTER 2801'" THE EUGENE CITY.CODE, ENTITLED MOTOR"VEHICLES AND
TRAFfiC, PROVIDES THATAREA$ WHERE P~RKI~G I~ PROHIBfTED OR RESTRICTED ON THE
STREETS Of THE CITY OF EUGENE WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED AFTER THE DATE OF THE
ADOPTION OF SAID CODE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION; AND
WHEREAS, THE-COMMON COUNCIL Of THE CITY Of EUGENE AfTERAN'INVESTIGATICON"
CONSULTATION AND STUDY HAS DETERMINED THAT AREAS Of STREETS WHERE PARKING
SHOULD BE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED. BY THE COt+1ONCOUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EUGENE AS fOLLOWS: . . "
I. THAT'A CERTAIN LOADING,ZONE LOCATED.ON THE WEST SIDE OF PEARL
'STREET BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH AVENUES AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED
AS' fOLLOWS, TO-WIT: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTH LINE Of THE ,EAST/WEST
ALLEY BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH AVENUES, WHICH ALLEY RUNS BETWEEN PEARL
STREET AND EAST PARK"STREET, AND RUN THENCE SOUTH ON THE WEST SIDE
Of PEARL STREET 35 fEET TO THE NORTH ,END-Of A PRESENTLY EXISTING
25 fOOT LOADING ZONE, AND RUN THENCE SOUTH 25 ~EET TO THE END OF
THE PRESENTLY EXISTING LOADING ZONE, BE, AND THE SAME IS HEREBY
ABANDONED ASA (OADING"ZONE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY DECLARED TO BE
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STREET BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH AVENUES BE DESIGNATED AS "PARKING
PROHIBITED AT ALL riMES RESERVED FOR LOADING ZONE" AND:SAID AREA
TO'BE USED AS A LOADING ZONE IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT:
BEGINNING AT THE SOUTH LINE Of THE EAST/WEST ALLEY ON THE EAST
SIDE OF EAST PARK STREET BETWEEN 7TH AVENUE AND 8TH AVENUE, '
BETWEEN EAST PARK STREET AND PEARL STREET, AND RUN THENCE SOUTH
fROM SAID POINT OF BEGINNING 64 fEET TO THE POINTOF BEGINNING .,
OF THE "PARKING PROH1l8ITEDAT ALL TiMES RESERVED FOR LOAClING ZONE" -
AR~A; ~ND CONTINUING SOUTH 29 fEET fOT~E EN~ OF SAID AREA."
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. WILSON THAT THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
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RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED;
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