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COUNCIL CHAMBER
EU~ENE, OREGON
APRIL 27,1959
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THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COM~ON CO~NCIL OF THE' CITY Of EUGENE WAS HELD O~APRIL '13, 1959
ADJOURNED TO APRIL 27, 1959 AT 7:30 PM'IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. THE MEETING WAS CAl.LED TO ORDER
HIS HONOR MAYOR E. E. CONE WITH THE 'fOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: MR. SHEARER, MRS. LAU~IS,
MR. LINDEEN, MR. MOLHOLM, MR. MCGAffEY, 'MR. CHATT, MR~ MOYER AND MR. WILSON.
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THE INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY REV. 'H.' MILTON PETERSON.
THE MINUTES Of THE REGULAR MEETING OF APRIL 13, 1959, AS MAILED TO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, WERE
APPROVED~'
INTRODUCTION OF NEW BUSINESS
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IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOYER, CONCERNING THE CLEANUP PROGRA~, THAT THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS &RECREATIO~ BE CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF 'INSTITUTING A C~EAN UP AND
PLANTING Of TWO AREAS ALONG FRANKLIN BOULEVARD - ONE AT APPROXIMATELY THE JUNCTION OF KINCAID STREET,
THE MILLRACE AND FRANKLIN BOULEVARD, WHI~H AREA IS OVERGROWN WITH WEEDS, AND THE SECOND APPROXIMATELY
THREE BLOCKS EAST Of ~HAT AREA JUST DESCRIBED WHICH IS OVERGROWN WITH BLACKBERRY VINES~ 'MOTION
CARRIED.
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COUNCILMAN WILSON ALSO SUGGESTED THAT CITIZENS BE URGED TO PLANT TREES INSIDE THE SIDEWALK AREA
SO TAHT WHEN THE EXISTI'NG TREES IN THE PARKING STRIP HAVE TO BE REMOVED BY REASON Of AGE"STREET
WIDENING, OR OTHER CIRCUMSTJ\NCES, THERE WILL BE NEW TREES IN PLACE.
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COUNCILMAN SHEARER SUGGESTED THAT MEDfORD HAS A STREET TREE PROGRAM IN EXISTENCE,- AND THE MAYOR
REQUESTED THE CITY RECORDER TO OBTAIN A REPORT ON MEDFORD'S STREET TREE PROGRAM fOR CONSIDERATION BY
THE COUNCIL.
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. LINDEEN SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE COUNCIL LOOK 'INTO THE POSSIBILITY
OF GETTING MORE REVENUE FROM THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD AND THAT THE MATTER BE REfERRED TO
COMMITTEE fOR fURTHER STUDY. MR. LINDEEN ADVANCED THE IDEA THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY'ARE STOCK-
HOLDERS IN THE COMPANY, BEING EUGENE WATER' & ELECTRIC BOARD, AND SINCE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD
SERVES A WIDE AREA, THIS WOULD BE A "MORE fAIR" WAY TO GET ADDITIONAL REVENUES. COUNCILMAN SHEARER
SUGGESTED THAT THE EXISTING fEES PAID BY THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD WERE RECENTLY RENEGOTIATED,
AND HE BELIEVES THEY ARE PAYING ABOUT AL~ THAT COULD BE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME; HE fURT~ER POINTED
OUT THAT THE EUGENE WATER & El.ECTRIC BOARD PAYS MORE TAXES NOW THAN THEY WOULD If THEY WERE A PRIVATE
UTILITY. MOTION CARRIED.
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CHARGING A "TRANSPORTATION FEE" TO THE EUGENE FRUIT GROWERS ASSOCIATION fOR SEWAGE DISPOSAL SINCE
THEY ARE A HEAVY USER OF THE SEWER SYSTEM. IT WAS THE INTENT THAT A REVIEW Of THE CHARGES CURRENTLY
BEING MADE BE GIVEN TOWARD POSSIBLE INCREASE IN SUCH CHARGES. 'MOTION CARRIED.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS
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A REPORT fROM THE CITY MANAGER - RE: 'IMPROVEMENTS, ETC., WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
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"THE PUBL I C WORKS DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT THE MI LLRACE PROJECT IS
PRACTICALLY COMPLETE. THE PUMPS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AND, IN ACCORDANCE
WITH A LETTER fROM CORNELL, HOWLAND, HAYES & MERRYFIELD, HAVE BEEN TENTA-
TIVELY ACCEPTEDiHOWEVER, fINAL ACCEPTANCE WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE UNTIL THE
MILLRACE IS fiLLED TO THE PRESCRIBED LEVEL AND THE PUMPS HAVE BEEN OPERATED
UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS.
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THE CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS THAT THE ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE OF THE REMOVAL'
Of THE o~ti AND DELAPIDATED BUILDING AT 1608 EAST 19TH AVENUE HAS BEEN HELD
IN ABEYANCE AS IT ISHIS BELIEf THAT HE WIl.L BE ABLE TO HAVE THE OLD BUILDING
REMOVED~ITHOUT INVOKING THE CITY CODE.
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THE CITY ATTORNEY fURTHER REPORTS THAT IN THE CASE Of THE CITY OF EUGENE
VS PAUL W. CAMPBELL REGARDING THE CONDEMNATION Of PROPERTY FOR THE AMAZON
PROJECT, A JUDGMENT WAS 'RENDERED I N FAVOR Of PAUL W. CAMPBELL I N THE AMOUNT"
OF $24,000.00 PLUS COSTS. THE ORIGINAL TENDER BY THE CITY WAS $2000;00' WHI'CH
LEAVES "A BALANCE Of $22,000.00 PLUS COSTS. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS'
CASE CAN BE APPEALED TO A HI~HER COURT IF THE COUNCIL SO DESIRES.
THE CITY HAS RECEIVED $8i421.00 FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO CONDUcT
OUR FIRST 'STUDY Of THE CITY'S URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT. THE URBAN RENEWAL
DIRECTOR REPORTED ON THE 16TH OF APRIL, AND WE HAVE SET UP AN OffiCE FOR HIM
ON THE TH I RD FLOOR I N THE CITY HALL."
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WILSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE MATTER OF THE CONDEMNATION SUIT
AGAINST PAUL W. CAMPBELL BE REFERRED TO COMMITTEE fOR fURTHER STUDY AND REPORT OF THE CITY ATTORNEY.
MOTION CARRIED.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BALANCE OF THE REPORT OF THE CITY
MANAGER BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED.
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REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
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A REPORT Of THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD APRIL 17, 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
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"PRESENT: COUNCILMEN SHEARER, LAURIS, LINDEEN, MOLHOLM, MCGAffEY, CHATT, MOYER AND
WILSON; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS; CITY ATTORNEY;
PLANNING CONSULTANT; SUPERINTENDENT Of PARKS & RECREATION; ASSISTANT CITY
ENGINEER; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; DR. OSTERUD, CITy-COUNTY HEALTH DEPART-
MENT; BYRON PRICE, SUPERINTENDENT-SECRETARY Of EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD;
HAROLD EDMUNDS; FRED BRENNEj RALPH RODERICK Of CORNELL, HOWLAND, HAYES &
MERRYf"IELD; DAVE VANfoSSEN; MRS. JONES; DR. EARL PALLETT; JOHN LUVAAS; DAN
WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD; AND A NUMBER Of OTHER INTERESTED CITIZENS.
I. PETITION fOR PAVING 9TH PLACE fROM CHAMBERS TO GRANT STREET - A PETITION CONTAINING
SIGNATURES Of OWNERS OF 57.2% OF THE PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED fOR STREET PAVING OF
9TH PLACE fROM CHAMBERS TO GRANT STREET WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. SINCE THE
PETITION CONTAINED SIGNATURES Of A MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY HOLDERS TO BE ASSESSED,
IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT 9TH PLACE FROM CHAMBERS TO GRANT STREET BE PAVED AND THE
NECESSARY ORDINANCES INITIATING THE PROJECT BE PASSED.
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2. PETITION fOR PAVING, SANITARY SEWERS AND STORM SEwERS ON 38TH AVENUE FROM WILLA-
METTE STREET 765' WEST - A PETITION CONTAINING SIGNATURES Of 62% OF THE PROPERTY
TO BE ASSESSED FOR PAVING, SANITARY SEWERS AND STORM SEWERS ON 38TH AVENUE FOR A
DISTANCE Of 765' TO THE WEST OF WILLAMETTE STREET WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE.
A MRS. :JONES APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, STATED SHE REPRESENTED HER MOTHER
WHO IS A PROPERTY HOLDER AT APPROXIMATELY THE PROPOSED END Of THE STREET AND wHO
IS OPPOSED TO SUCH STREET PAVING BECAUSE IT WOULD CREATE A DEAD END STREET WHICH
IS UNDESIRABLE IN HER OPINION fOR A NUMBER Of REASONS. IT WAS STATED THAT If 38TH
AVENUE WERE EXTENDED TO THE WEST TO WATKINS ROAD, THERE WOULD BE NO OPPOSITION.
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM I Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
AFTER SOME DISCUSSION OF THE PROBLEM IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE ITEM BE HELD
IN COMMITiEE UNTIL ADDITIONAL ~ROPERT~ OWNERS COULD BE CONTACTED TOWARD EXTEND-
ING 38TH AVENUE WEST TO WATKINS ROAD.
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 2 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
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3. REQUEST BY THE COMMON COUNCIL TO HAVE MR. PRICE OF THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC
BOARD AND DR. OSTERUD, HEALTH OFFICER, APPEAR BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS
WATER - DR. O~TERUD, HEALTH OfFICER, BEGAN THE PRESENTATION CONCERNING THE
C,TY'S WATER SUPPLY AND, ON QUESTIONS BY COUNCILMAN WILSON, AGREED THAT HEPA-
TITIS IS CAUSED BY A VIRUS, THAT ,IT CAN BE CONTRACTED BY CONTACT WITH OTHER
PERSONS OR BY CONTACT IN A VARIETY OF OTHER WAYS. IT WAS LIKEWISE STATED THAT
HEPATITIS IS EASILY SPREAD. IN THE PRESENTATION, DR. OSTERUD MADE AVAILABLE
TO EACH MEMBER Of THE COMMITTEE AND TO OTHERS INTERESTED A SHEET SHOWING THE
NUMBER Of CASES OF INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS BY AREA AND BY YEAR STARTING WITH 1953
AND EXTENDING TO 1959, THE CURRENT DATE. HE STATED THAT INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS
IS OREGON'S MOST COMMON INTESTINAL DISEASE, AND THAT OREGON HAS APPROXIMATELY
FIVE TIMES THE NUMBER OF CASES OF SURROUNDING STATES.
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DR. OSTERUD SHOWED A MAP WHICH GRAPHICALLY SET FORTH THE INCIDENCE Of INFECTIOUS
HEPATITIS IN EUGENE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION CON-
CERNING CASES Of INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS FIRST CONTRACTED AT IDA PATtERSON SCHOOL
HE STATED THAT THIS WAS NOT A WATER BORNE OUTBREAK BUT THAT IT WAS A PERSON-
TO-PERSON TYPE OUTBREAK. HE DEFINED A WATER BORNE OUTBREAK AS EXPLOSIVE IN
NATURE WITH A NUMBER OF CASES OCCURRING AT THE SAME TIME, WHILE A PERSON-TO-
PERSON OUTBREAK REQU1RES AN INCUBATION PERIOD AND IS ONE CASE ON TOP Of
ANOTHER. WITH RESPECT TO EUGENE'S WATER SUPPLY, DR: OSTERUD STATED THAT THERE
IS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE WATER SUPPLY IS NOT SAFE IN ALL
RESPECTS. HE fURTHER STATED THAT WITH THE KNOWLEDGE Of VIRUS THAT WE NOW POSSESS,
AND UPON CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE HgALTH DEPARTMENT, THE CHLORINATION Of THE
EUGENE WATER SUPPLY HAD BEEN HEAVILY INCREASED. HE FURTHER INDICATED THAT WITH
THE ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE OF VIRUS, THE SUPER-CHLORINATION Of THE WATER SUPPLY WOULD
PROBABLY BE:MAINTAINED. RECOGNITION WAS ALSO GIVEN'TO T~E FACT THAT EUGENE HAS
SOME SEWAGE PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY IN WEST EUGENE, BUT THAT THE HEPATITIS CASES OF
RECORD WERE NOT CONTRACTED BY THE SPREAD Of SEWAGE BUT WERE CONTRACTED ON A
PERSON-TO-PERSON BASIS. HE FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT THE ONLY ADEQUATE METHOD OF
CONTROL Of INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS IS AN ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY AND ADEQUATE SEWERS.
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IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION HE EXPLAINED THAT WE DO NOT CONTROL A DISEASE SUCH
AS INfECTIOUS HEPATITIS BY QUARANTINE, BUT DO CONTROL BY CONSULTATION WITH THE
INDIVIDUAL AFFECTED AND INSTRUCTION IN THE DISPOSAL Of BODY 'WASTES.
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MR. BYRON PRICE, SUPERINTENDENT-SECRETARY OF EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD, THEN
SPOKE TO THE COMMITTEE. HE STATED THAT EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD HAS MET
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THE PROBLEM Of MAINTAINING A PURE WATER SUPPLY AND IS NOW SUPER-CHLORINATING. HE
fURTHER STATED THAT IF THE MEANS Of REMOVING CHLORINE fROM THE WATER SUPPLY HAD
BEEN AVAILABLE WHEN SUPER-CHLORINATION BEGAN, THEY WOULD NOT BE ,CONCERNED WITH
THE CHLORINE PROBLEM AS IT NOW STANDS.
HE INDICATED THE PRESENT CHLORINE DOSE IS MORE THAN ADEQUATE TO KJLL THE VIRUS
Of THE MOST RESISTANT HEPATITIS, AND A SYSTEM Of CHLORINATION HAS BEEN DEVELOPED
WHICH IS MANY TIMES OVER THE, REQUIRED DOSAGE. THEY NOW PROPOSE AFTER THE
CHLORINATION HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED TO RETURN THE CHLORINE LEVEL TO A PALATABLE
STAGE.
IN RESPONSE TO SOME SPECifiC QUESTIONS ASKED BY MEMBERS Of THE COMMITTEE, MR.PRICE
INDICATED THE BACTERIA COUNT fOR THE PAST fiVE YEARS HAS BEEN SPOTTED AND THAT
IT SHOWED A RAPID INCREASE IN THE PERSISTENCE OF BACTERIA AND THE TIME REQUIRED
TO EffECTIVELY KILL SUCH BACTERIA, BUT THAT THE LEVEL Of THE COUNTY AVERAGE HAS
NOT CHANGED MATERIALLY. WITH RESPECT TO THE COST OF CHLORINATION HE STATED THAT
$10,918.00 HAD BEEN SPENT OVER A PERIOD Of fiVE YEARS, ENDING IN 1958, AND THAT
THIS COST HAS DROPPED DUE TO AN ARRANGEMENT WITH THE CITY Of EUGENE fOR LARGER
PURCHASES Of CHLORINE.
WITH REGARD TO THE COST Of THE CHLORINE REMOVAL EQUIPMENT SO THAT .2 PARTS PER
MILLION Of CHLORINE WILL BE RETAINED, THE EQUIPMENT WILL COST FROM $10,000.00
TO $13,000.00 AND THE OPERATIONAL COST Of THE EQUIPMENT WILL APPROXIMATE $780.00
PER YEAR.
A REPORT or THE COST Of THE EXTENSION Of THE WATER SYSTEM UPSTREAM WAS MADE AND
MR. PRICE STATED THAT TO GO TO THE OLD INTAKE WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY 1-1/2
MILLION DOLLARS, TO GO TO WALTERVILLE BY PIPE, $2,880,000, AND THAT AN INVESTI-
GATION IS CURRENTLY BEING MADE TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT Of A POWER P~TENTIAL AT
HAYDEN BRIDGE WHICH WOULD BRING WATER FROM UPSTREAM BY CANAL DOWN TO HAYDEN
BRIDGE AND WOULD ALLOW A POSSIBLE GREATER CONTROL Of THE BASIC WATER SOURCE.
IT WAS FURTHER INDICATED THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME THE SURfACE WATER EfFLUENT
WHICH HAD BEEN FOUND ABOVE THE EXISTING INTAKE IS BEING DIVERTED INTO THE
WEYERHAEUSER OUTFALL LINE AND THAT THIS PRESENTS NO PROBLEM AT THE PRESENT
TIME ALTHOUGH WORK IS CONTINUING TO ALLEVIATE THE SITUATION ON A MORE PERMA-
NENT BASIS.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 3 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
4. PRESENTATION Of PLANS AND SPECifiCATIONS fOR TRICKLING fiLTER AT SEWAGE TREAT-
MENT PLANT BY RALPH RODERICK OF CORNELLJ HOWLAND, HAYES & MERRYfiELD - MR.RoDERICK
APPEARED BEfORE THE COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THE PLANS AND SPECifiCATIONS fOR THE
TRICKLING fiLTER ADDITION TO THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. HE STATED THAT THE
BASIC REASON fOR THE CONSTRUCTION Of THIS TRICKLING fiLTER WAS THE LARGE AMOUNT
OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE WITH HIGH CHLORINE DEMAND COMING TO THE PLANT WHICH MADE IT
NECESSARY TO ADD A BIOCHEMICAL PROCESS. To GIVE A PROPER ANALYSIS fOR THE CON-
STRUCTION Of THIS TRICKLING fiLTER, A PILOT PLANT TO AID IN PLANNING WAS BUILT
AND OPERATED IN THE SUMMER Of 1958, AND THE TRICKLING fiLTER DESIGN IS PLANNED
AS A MEANS OF REDUCING BACTERIA fOLLOWED BY A CONTACT CHLORINE BASIN WITH A fiLTER
DESIGNED TO REDUCE BY 85% THE OXYGEN DEMAND AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE. HE FURTHER
STATED THEY ALSO PROPOSE CONVERSION Of THE EXISTING DIGESTERS TO INCREASE CAPACITY
AND THE ADDITION Of A DEWATERING PROCESS FOR SLUDGE.
IT WAS MR. RODERICK'S ANALYSI~ THAT THESE ADDITIONS WILL MAKE THE PLANT ~VAILABLE
TO 75,000';TO 80,000 PEOPLE PLUS INDUSTRIAL WASTES WHILE AT PRESENT IT IS AVAIL-
ABLE TO 50~OOO PEOPLE PLUS INDUSTRIAL WASTES.
FOLLOWdNG THIS SOME GENERAL QUESTIONS WERE ASKED OF MR. RODERICK AS THEY RESPECT
THE OVERALL SEWER PROBLEM IN EUGENE. IN MR. RODERICK~S REPLIES HE INDICATED
THE BASIC PROBLEM EUGENE HAS IS IN ITS COLLECTION SYSTEM. HE fURTHER STATED
THAT wE WILL HAVE TO SEPARATE OUR STORM AND SANITARY SEWERS AND ,THAT WE MUST
BEGIN fACING THE SANITARY SEWAGE PROBLEM NOW, ESPECIALLY AS THE INTERCEPTORS
ARE CURRENTLY DESIGNED ON A COMBINATION BASIS.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION MR. RODERICK STATED THAT THE EXISTING SEWAGE DISPOSAL
PLANT IS SO CONSTRUCTED THAT WITH ADDITIONS TO POPULATION IT NEED NOT BE
COMPLETELY REBUILT BUT ONLY NEEDS ADDITIONS.
AGAIN IN REPLY TO SPECifiC QUESTIONS, MR. RODERICK STATED THAT A STORM SEWER
SYSTEM CANNOT BE DESIGNED TO SERVE MASIMUM RAINfALL AS OCCURRED IN EUGENE
IN JANUARY 1959.
IT WAS STATED THAT THE CITY OF CORVALLIS HAS RECENTLY COMPLETED A STUDY TO
SERVE A CONSIDERABLE AREA AROUND THE PRESENT CITY AND TO SEPARATE THE COM-
BINATION SYSTEM IN THE,CITY, AND THE ESTIMATED COST Of THIS IS 2-1/2 MILLION
DOLLARS TO BE SPENT OVER A PERIOD OF 15 YEARS.
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MR. RODERICK ALSO INDICATED THAT THE ENGINEERS' ESTIMATES fOR THE ADDITION TO
THE C1TY'S TRICKLING FILTER IS $500,000.00.
IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE REPORT OF CORNELL, HOWLAND, HAYES & MERRYfIELD BE
ACCEPTED AND THAT EUGENE APPLY TO THE fEDERAL GOVERNMENT fOR A GRANT.
As AN ADDENDA TO THE DISCUSSION, THE QUESTION WAS RAISED AS TO HOW MUCH ADDI-
TIONAL CAPACITY IS REQUIRED AT THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT BY REASON Of THE
fRUIT GROWERS PROCESSING ACTIVITY. MR. RODERICK STATED THAT THE PROBLEM IS
NOT VOLUME, BUT IS ORGANIC LOAD, AND THAT IT IS THIS ORGANIC LOAD AND THE HIGH
SUGAR CONTENT AND CHLORINE DEMAND THAT CAUSES THE PROBLEM AT THE TREATMENT
PLANT.
WITH RESPECT TO A QUESTION Of WHAT THE ANTICIPATED COST OF, THE SEPARATION OF
THE STORM AND SANITARY SYSTEMS IN EUGENE MIGHT BE, MR. RODERICK INDICATED HIS
"SHOTGUN ESTIMATE" WOULD BE $10,000,000.00.
WITH RESPECT TO A QUESTION ON WHETHER THE CITY ~N A 5-YEAR PLAN WOULD DO BETTER
TO CONCENTRATE ON THE WEST SIDE MAIN OR TO SEPARATE THE COMBINATION SYSTEM,
MR. RODERICK STATED THE CITY IS IN A BAD SITUATION AND THAT jN HIS OPINIO~ A
PLAN SHOULD BE DEVELOPED TO TAKE CARE OF THE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND AT THE
SAME TIME DEVELOP A COMPLETE PLAN THAT WILL IN THE LONG RUN SOLVE iTHE PROBLEM
TOGETHER WITH THE ABILITY TO FINANCE THE JOB. IT WAS HIS OPINION THAT WE MUST
DEVELOP SOME PLAN TO RELIEVE THE SITUATION AS BEST WE CAN fOR THE NEXT WINTER
PERIOD.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 4 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
5. BOARD OF ApPEALS REPORT - APRIL 8, 1959
A. REQUEST BY fIRST EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH FOR VARIANCE IN RE-
QUIRED SETBACK AT 8TH AVENUE AND MONROE STREET TO CONSTRUCT ADDITION TO
BUILDING - A REQUEST fOR A VARIANCE FROM THE 20' SETBACK TO A 3' SETBACK
ON THE WEST PROPERTY LINE TOGETHER WITH A PROPOSED PLOT PLAN WAS PRE-
SENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. MR. CORNER, CHAIRMAN Of THE CHURCH BUILDING
COMMITTEE, WAS PRESENT AND STATED THAT THE OWNER TO THE WEST HAD NO OB-
JECTION TO THE ADDITION TO THE CHURCH AND THAT THE ALLEY PROJECTED ON
THE SOUTH. THE BOARD OF ApPEALS REPORT POINTS OUT THAT THE PROPOSED
BUILDING WOULD BE DIRECTLY ON THE ALLEY LINE ON THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE
AND fURTHER STATES THAT A 10' SETBACK fROM THE PROPERTY LINE ON CORNER
LOTS IN AN R-2 ZONE, WHICH IS THE ZONE, IN THIS AREA, IS REQUIRED, AND,
THAT AN R-2 ZONE ALLOWS ONLY 40% COVERAGE OF THE LOT AREA. IT WAS 'ALSO
POINT~D OUT THAT NO PROVISION HAD BEEN MADE FOR OFf-STREET PARKING, AND
THE BOARD'Of ApPEALS RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF _THE REQUE~T. MR. C9RNER
POINTED OUT THAT THE CHURCH HAS CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS WITH ABUTTING
BUSINESSES AND WOULD BE, RAZING THE PARSONAGE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH Of
THE CHURCH WHICH WOULD ALLOW ADEQUATE OFF-STREET PARKING.
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TO THIS PROBLEM OR WHETHER THE AREA SHOULD BE ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL USAGE
WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE CHURCH TO BUILD TO THE LINE AT ALL SIDES. IT WAS
MOVED BY MR. CHATT SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN THAT THE VARIANCE BE GRANTED
ON THE WEST BOUNDARY LINE- AS REQUESTED WHICH WOULD ALLOW fOR A 3' SET-
BACK ON THE WEST BOUNDARY. fOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS SUBJECT,
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MCGAffEY SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT THE MATTER BE
TABLED UNTIL A REVISED PLAN WAS RECEIVED. MOTION TO TABLE WAS DEFEATED.
ON VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION APPROVING THE VARIANCE, THE MOTJON CARRIED.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 5A OF THE COMMITTEE ,REPORT
BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
6. DISCUSSION-REGARDING PROPOSAL TO VACATE ALLEY BETWEEN PEARL AND HIGH STREETS AND
BETWEEN 17TH AND 18TH AVENUES - THE CI,TY ATTORNEY STATED THE PENDING CONDEMNA-
TION SUIT Of THE CITY Of EUGENE VS PAUL W. CAMPBELL CONCERNING CONDEMNATION
Of PROPERTY FOR THE AMAZON RIGHT-Of-WAY LOCATED BETWEEN PEARL AND ,HIGH STREETS
AND BETWEEN 17TH AND 18TH AVENUES WAS NOW SET fOR HEAR I NG. THE CITY ATTORNEY
STATED THE CITY WOULD BE IN A MORE ADVANTAGEOUS POSITION IF THEY AGREED TO
VACATE THE NORTH/SOUTH ALLEY RUNNING BETWEEN PEARL AND HIGH STREETS fROM 17TH
TO 18TH AVENUE SINCE THE PROPERTY HOLDER, MR. CAMPBELL, WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE
BETTER USE or HIS PROPERTY. THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THIS MATTER, AND ON
MOTION BY MR. MOLHOLM SECONDED BY MR. CHATT, RECOMMENDED THAT THE ALLEY
VACATION AS STATED ABOVE BE INITIATED, M~SSRS. LINDEEN AND WILSON VOTING NAY.
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7. DISCUSSION REGARDING PIONEER MEMORIAL CEMETERY AND SB 304 - MR.HAROLD EDMUNDS
AND OTHERS APPEARED BEfORE THE COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS WITH THE COMMITTEE THE
EffECT Of sa 304 AND ACTION TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL AT THEIR MEETING Of APRIL 13,
.~S~ WITH REGARD TO SB 304. MR. EDMUNDS STATED THAT THE DIRECTORS OF PIONEER
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Of APRIL 13, 1959 BE RESCINDED. IT WAS THEN MOVED BY MR. LINDEEN SECONDED
BY MR. MCGAffEY THAT THIS MATTER BE TABLED UNTIL THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING,
APRIL 27, 1959. ON VOTE ON THE MOTION TO TABLE, THE MOTION WAS DEFEATED 5-3.
A VOTE WAS THEN TAKEN ON THE MOTION TO RESCIND THE ACTION OF THE COUNCIL AND
THIS MOTION WAS DEfEATED 4-4.
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Of THE UNIVERSITY. HE SAID HE DID NOT BELIEVE THIS CEMETERY SITUATION IS STRICTLY
A UNIVERSITY PROBLEM BUT IS A COMMUNITY PROBLEM AND A ENIGHBORHOOD PROBLEM, BUT
THAT If THE DIRECTORS WERE DOING THE BIDDING OF THE UNIVERSITY, HE WOULD BE PROUD
BECAUSE OF THE POSITION THE UNIVERSITY HA~ IN THE COMMUNITY BOTH CULTURALLY AND
ECONOMICALLY. MR. EDMUNDS ALSO STATED THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET
APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS VETERANS' ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER GROUPS BECAUSE OF THE
NATURE Of THE MATTER BEING DISCUSSED, BUT THAT HE fELT THE PROGRAM OF REINTER-
MENT EITHER AT THE PRESENT SITE IN A REDUCED AREA OR AT ANOTHER SITE IS WORTH
WHILE, AND THE PROGRAM BEING CONSIDERED IS THE ONLY ONE WHICH HAS MADE PROGRESS
AND IS FELT TO BE PRACTICAL AND BENEfiCIAL.
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AND THE OREGON STATE BOARD Of HIGHER EDUCATION WAS SURPRISED AT THE COUNCIL'S
ACTION. HE ALSO INDICATED THE PIONEER MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION HAS A PROGRAM
BENEFICIAL TO THE UNIVERSITY, TO THE CITY, TO THE PIONEER MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION
AND TO THE STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION WHO IS INTERESTED IN THE SITUATION.
HE EXPOUNDED THE, THESIS THAT EUGENE IS A RAPIDLY GROWING COMMUNITY AND THAT
THE UNIVERSITY WILL GROW ALONG WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND IN TEN TO FifTEEN YEARS
THE UNIVERSITY EXPECTS AN ENROLLMENT OF 10,000 TO 12,000 STUDENTS. BECAUSE Of
THIS POTENTIAL ENROLLMENT, THE UNIVERSITY IS CONCERNED WITH LAND ACQUISITION
AND TH I S AREA I S ONE Of THE MOST HAS I BLE fOR UN I VERS I TY EXPANS I ON /!"ROM/:ASCOST
SWANOPOINT. UNDER THE ARRANGEMENT WHICH IS CONTEMPLATED IF THIS PROPERTY IS
ACQUIRED THE OREGON STATE BOARD Of HIGHER EDUCATION WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE
COST OF REINTERMENT Of THOSE BODIES BURIED IN THE CEMETERY.
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TO DO WOULD BE TO PROHIBIT BURIALS IN THE CEMETERY; THESE BURIALS HAVE BEEN
LIMITED IN THE PAST YEARS.
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IN THE COUNCIL'S ACTION AND FURTHER STATED THAT IN 1943 AT THE REQUEST OF THE
COUNCIL HE SPENT A MONTH BRIEfiNG THE STATUS OF THE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION AS
THEN EXISTED. MR. LUVAASSTA'iTED THAT AFTER EXTENSIVE RESEARCH THE PIONEER
MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION BELIEVES THERE ARE 4000 BODIES BURIED IN THE CEMETERY;
OF THESE 4000 THEY HAVE THE NAMES OF 1,986 BUT DO NOT KNOW WHERE THE REMAINDER
ARE BURIED AND IT IS POSSIBLE THERE IS A TOTAL OF 6000 BURIED IN THE CEMETERY.
HE fURTHER STATED THAT THE CEMETERY HAS BEEN IN A STATE Of DISREPAIR FOR SOME
TIME AND IS DANGEROUS TO THE ~ORALS AND MORALE Of STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY.
WITH REGARD TO THE PROGRAM OUTLINED BY SB 304, IT WOULD TAKE A LONG PERIOD TO
COMPLETE AND THE MAJOR,OPPOSITION IS fROM WIDOWS AND SPOUSES OF THOSE BURIED
IN THE CEMETERY WHO THEMSELVES WISH TO BE BURIED ALONGSIDE THEIR LOVED ONES.
fOLLOWING THESE STATEMENTS THERE WAS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF DISCUSSION fROM
MEMBERS Of THE COMMITTEE WITH REGARD TO THE ACTION TAKEN AT THE COUNCIL MEET-
ING ON APRIL 13, 1959 TO OPPOSE THE PASSAGE OF SB 304. ALSO DISCUSSION WAS
HAD AS TO THE PLANS Of BOTH THE GROUPS COMPETING FOR CONTROL OF THE CEMETERY
AND WHAT THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE IF THE PLANS TO BE INTUATEO BY SB 304 WERE
STARTED. IN THIS DISCUSSION, IT WAS REITERATED THAT SB 304 WOULD ALLOW THE
COUNCIL TO STOP BURIALS ONLY. IT WAS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THIS COULD BE
ACCOMPLISHED UNDER EXISTING LAW PROVIDING NO BURIALS HAD BEEN MADE fOR A
PERIOD or riVE YEARS, BUT THAT A LIMITED NUMBER OF BURIALS WERE MADE EACH
YEAR WHICH MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO USE THIS PARTICULAR SECTION OF THE LAW.
THE PROPOSAL NOW IS FOR A PERPETUAL CARE ARRANGEMENT WHERE THESE BODIES ARE
REINTERRED.
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RESPECT TO SB 304 TAKEN AT THEIR MEETING Of APRIL 13, 1959.
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4-3, MR. SHEARER ABSTAINING.
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8. PERMANENT REPORT Of THE PLANNING COMMISSION - APRIL 7, 1959
A. REQUEST BY JOHN SCOFIELD TO REZONE R-2 TO R-3 AREA BOUNDED ON THE NORTH
BY 14TH AVENUE, ON THE SOUTH BY AMAZON SLOUGH, ON THE EAST BY OLIVE STREET
AND ON THE WEST BY LINCOLN STREET - THE REQUESTED REZONING WAS CONSIDERED
BY THE PLANNING COMM1SS$ON AND IT WAS THEIR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE RE-
QUEST BE GRANTED. COMMITTEE MEMBERS VIEWED THE AREA AND RECOMMENDED THAT
THE PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION BE UPHELO GRANTING THE REQUESTED REZONING."
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A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD APRIL 24, 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, LAURIS, LINDEEN, MOLHOLM, MCGAfFEY, CHATT
AND MOYER; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS; PARKS &
RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT; CITY ATTORNEY; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; DAVE
VANFoSSEN; C. I. LANDSVERK; MR. FOSBERG, NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS COMPANY;
DON BROWN; ROGER LEE; MR. FLYNN; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD.
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I. PERMANENT REPORT Of THE PLANNING COMMISSION - APRIL 7,'1959
A. PLANNING COMM~SSION RECOMMENDATION TO REtONE SOUTHEAST CORNER Of I~H AVENUE
AND W,LLAMETTE STREET, BEING THE NORTHWEST QUARTER Of BLOCK 2, SNODGRASS
ADDITION, FROM R-4 TO C-3P - IT WAS INDICATED THIS ITEM HAD BEEN BEFORE THE
PLANNING COMMISSION AND HAD BEEN HELD UP PENDING THE COMPLETION Of THE
AMAZON PROJECT AND, fURTHER, HAD BEEN RECOMMENDED fOR APPROVAL BY THE
PLANNING COMMISSION. THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THt REQUEST AND RECOM-
MENDED APPROVAL OF THE ZONE CHANGE fROM R-4 TO C-3P AS REQUESTED.
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RIVERWOOD SUBDIVISION, fROM R-2 TO M-~ - IT WAS STATED THAT PROPERTY IN
THE OWNERSHIP OF BRIGHTER HOMES ELECTRICAL COMPANY LOCATED AT THE REAR
Of 855 WEST 1ST AVENUE HAD BEEN REQUESTED TO BE REZONED fROM R-2 TO M-2.
IT WAS fURTHER INDICATED THAT SUCH REZONING HAD BEEN APPROVED BY THE
PLANNING COMMISSION. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL Of THE ZONE
CHANGE fROM R-2 TO M-2 AS REQUESTED.
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APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM IB Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
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C. REQUEST BY EUGENE D. THIESSEN, 88 WEST 29TH AVENUE, FOR ZONE CHANGE fROM
RA TO C-3P - IT WAS STATED THAT THE APPLICANT IS CURRENTLY USING HIS RESI-
DENCEAS AN AGENCY fOR AND REPAIR AREA fOR MOTORCYCLE SALES AND SERVICE.
IT WAS FURTHER STATED THAT THE PROPERTY HOLDER IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST HAD
OBJECTED TO THE CHANGE IN ZONING AND THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD
RECOMMENDED DENIAL Of THE ZONE CHANGE. COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES VISITED
THE AREA rmD, IN DISCUSSION, AGREED THAT THE RESIDENCE COULD NOT BE REZONED
AS REQUESTED, aUT RECOMMENDED THAT A VARIANCE BE GRANTED fOR A MOTORCYCLE
SALES AND RERAIR SERVICE AT THIS LOCATION. MOTION CARRIED WITH MR.MoLHOLM
VOTING NAY.
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A. AMAZON EXPRESSWAY RIGHT-Of-WAY AND PAVING,fROM 24TH TO 29TH AVENUE
B. FRIENDLY STREET STORM SEWERS
C. 24TH AVENUE PAVING FROM JEfFERSON TO FRIENDLY STREET
D. 24TH AVENUE PAVING fROM CHAMBERS TO POLK STREET
E. GARfiELD STORM SEwERS
f. GARfiELD STREET PAVING FROM 7TH AVENUE TO NORTH CITY LIMITS
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R-2 TO R-3 - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT MR. RICKMAN, WHO OWNS LOT 5, BLOCK 7,
HENDRICKS AMENDED ADDITION, LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER Of 14TH
AVENUE AND LINCOLN STREET, HAD REQUESTED A CHANGE IN ZONE fROM R-2 TO
R-3 MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THE
REQUEST BE DENIED SINCE THEY LOOKED UPON THE AMAZON AS A BUffER BETWEEN
SINGLE fAMILY AND DUPLEX DWELLINGS AND MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLINGS. COM-
MITTEE REPRESENTATIVES VIEwED THE SITE, AND IN THE DISCUSSION IT WAS
INDICATED THEY BELIEVE THIS AREA BEST SUITED fOR MULTIPLE FAMILY USE.
IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUESTED REZONING FROM R-2 TO R-3 BE APPROVED.
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APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
E. EUGENE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING CROSSTOWN STREET
PROGRAM - CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS ON ROAD BUILDING AND STORM SEWER DRAIN-
AGE PROGRAM fOR THE fISCAL YEARS 1959-60 AND 1960-61 WERE PRESENTED TO
THE COMMITTEE. THESE RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING:
FISCAL YEAR 1959-60:
A. 11TH AND 13TH AS A ONE-WAY COUPLET fROM GARfIELD TO KINCAID STREET
B. AMAZON EXPRESSWAY FROM 19TH TO 24TH AVENUE
C. STORM SEWER PARALLELING POLK STREET fROM 24TH AVENUE TO THE AMAZON
D. CHAMBERS STREET PAVING fROM 18TH TO 24TH AVENUE
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1959-60 AND 1960-61 WAS $254,216.00 WHICH IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT
$16,000.00 COULD BE RECOVERED fROM PARK-AIRE LAND SALES, fOR A NET
COST Of $238,216.00.
THE REPORT LIKEWISE STATED THAT THE 1ST TO 4TH CONNECTOR WAS LEfT
OUT SINCE IT APPEARS A NORTH BANK ROAD WOULD BE PARALLEL TO AND SERVE
THE SAME PROJECT. IT WAS LIKEWISE STATED THAT THOUGHT SHOULD BE GIVEN
TO THE EXTENSION OF THE COUNTY'S PERIPHERAL ROAD SYSTEM AND THAT ROAD
CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHWEST PART Of THE CITY SHOULD BE WITH-
HELD UNTIL A MUTUAL PERIPHERAL ROAD SYSTEM BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND CITY
COULD BE WORKED OUT.
IN CONNECTION WITH THIS, IT WAS RECOMMEN'DED THAT THE EXISTING POLICY
Of ASSESSMENT AND CITY PARTICIPATION IN COST OF THE CROSSTOWN STREET
PROGRAM BE REVIEWED BEfORE ANOTHER CROSSTOWN STREET PROGRAM IS BROUGHT
fORWARD, AND IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAKE SUCH
A STUDY.
IT WAS fURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT THE COUNCIL MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE 6TH AND 7TH AVENUE TRAfFIC COMMITTEE
REPRESENTATIVES ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS PROPOSED.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM IE Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
r. RESOLUTION AND RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING ACQUISITION Of PROPERTY ALONG
NORTHEASTERLY BANK Of THE WILLAMETTE RIVER UPSTREAM FROM THE FERRY STREET
BRIDGE DESIGNATED AS PATTERSON ISLAND PARK - A PLANNING COMMISSION RECOM-
MENDATION AND RESOLUTION WERE READ IN WHICH THE CITY WAS URGED TO ACQUIRE
PROPERTY IN THE OWNERSHIP OF THE EUGENE SAND AND GRAVEL COMPANY fOR EVENTUAL
PARK PURPOSES.
FOLLOWING THIS SOME CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION WAS GIVEN ON THE MATTER Of
JOINT PARTICIPATION AND COOPERATION WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AS
WELL AS THE CITY'S ABILITY TO PAY FOR PROPERTY AND MAINTENANCE OF SUCH
A PARK, AND IN LIGHT Of ITS OTHER PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY SEWERS. IT WAS
RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY Of EUGENE AGREE TO COOPERATE WITH OTHER AGENCIES
ON THE ACQUISITION OF THE PATTERSON ISLAND PARK LOCATED EASTERLY fROM THE
FERRY STREET BRIDGE~ MOTION CARRIED WITH MR. LINDEEN ABSTAINING.'
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM If. OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT
BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED, MR. LINDEEN VOTING NAY.
2. REQUEST BY NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES AND DISCUSSION RE-
GARDING NEW FRANCHISE fOR NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS COMPANY - MR. C. I. LANDSVERK
APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TO R~QUEST A CHANGE IN THE EXISTING fRANCHISE.
HE INDICATED THAT THE NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS COMPANY PURCHASED THE GAS UTILITY
ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO AND NOW PROPOSES TO EXTEND A NATURAL GAS LINE TO THIS AREA.
HE INDICATED THE EXISTING fRANCHISE, WHICH HAS SEVEN MORE YEARS TO RUN, CALLS
FOR A FRANCHISE PAYMENT OF ONE-HALf Of 1% IN THE fIRST fIVE YEARS, 1% IN mHE
SECOND riVE YEARS, AND 2% IN THE THIRD FIVE YEARS, AND THAT THE CITY IS NOW
IN THE SECOND PHASE. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE ADVENT OF NATURAL GAS TO THE
AREA IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND INDUSTRY AND THAT THE GAS COMPANY WILL BE REQUIRED
TO PURCHASE A GIVEN BLOCK Of GAS AND, IN TURN, WOULD SELL EXCESS AND INTER-
RUPTIBLE GAS AT A LOW RATE TO INDUSTRY. IT WAS FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT THE
NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS COMPANY IS NOW ASKING THAT THE fRANCHISE fEE BE INCREASED
TO 2% BUT WITH THE EXCLUSION OF INTERRUPTIBLE INDUSTRIAL GAS SUPPLY fROM THE
FRANCHISE fEE. IT WAS LIKEWISE STATED THAT THIS IS THE TYPE OF fRANCHISE
WHICH THEY HAVE IN MOST CITIES WHERE THEY HAVE INDUSTRIAL ACCOUNTS.
IN THE DISCUSSION WHICH fOLLOWED, IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT A 20-YEAR fRANCHISE
MIGHT BE ENTERED INTO SUBJECT TO REVIEW EACH FIVE YEARS, ESPECIALLY SO FAR
AS THE INTERRUPTIBLE INDUSTRIAL GAS SERVICE IS CONCERNED. THE NORTHWEST GAS
_ REPRESENTATIVE STATED IT IS VERY DESIRABLE FROM THEIR STANDPOINT TO HAVE A
20-YEAR fRANCHISE SINCE IT MAKES IT MUCH EASIER FOR THEM TO BORROW fUNDS
fOR CONSTRUCTION AND EXPANSION PURPOSES. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THIS ITEM BE
HELD OVER fOR fURTHER STUDY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 2 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
3. BOARD Of ApPEALS REPORT - APRIL 8j 1959
A. REQUEST BY JOHN R. AND ELIZABETH J. MCCULLOCH J 2550 HILLSIDE DRIVE,
fOR VARIANCE FROM 20' SETBACK TO CONSTRUCT CARPORT - IT WAS STATED
THESE PROPERTY OWNERS WISH TO CONSTRUCT A CARPORT 5' FROM THE FRONT
PROPERTY LINE AND THAT THIS MATTER HAD BEEN BEfORE THE BOARD OF ApPEALS
AND-HAD BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL
Of THE REQUEST INDICATED ABOVE.
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BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
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QUIRED 20' SETBACK TO CONSTRUCT A CARPORT - IT WAS INDICATED MR. PETERSON
WISHES TO CONSTRUCT A CARPORT 4' fROM THE FRONT PROPERTY LINE AND THAT
THE VARIANCE HAD BEEN RECOMMENDED fOR DENIAL BY THE BOARD Of ApPEALS.
COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES VIEWED THE PROPERTY AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE
REQUESTED VARIANCE BE ,DENIED.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAffEY THAT ITEM IB Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT
BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
C. REQUEST BY FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, LOCATED AT BROADWAY AND HIGH STREET,
FOR VARIANCE fROM THE REQUIRED 40' SETBACK TO CONSTRUCT A MARQUEE AT,
THE EAST ENTRANCE ON HIGH STREET - IT WAS STATED THIS MAT~ER AHD BEEN
BEfORE THE BOARD OF ApPEALS AND HAD BEEN RECOMMENDED fOR DENIAL BY THE
BOARD OF ApPEALS. SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS SUBJECT ENSUED AND THE PLANS
FOR THE MARQUEE WERE VIEWED, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THE VARIANCE BE
GRANTED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IN THE EVENT OF A STREET WIDENING
OF HIGH STREET, THE MA~QUEE BE REMOVED AT NO EXPENSE TO THE CITY, AND,
FURTHER THAT THE MARQUEE BE So CONSTRUCTED SO AS TO BE CLEAR OF ALL
VEHICLES INCLU~ING TRUCKS WHICH MIGHT PARK AT THE CURB OR BACK TO THE
CURB fOR PARKING.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFFEY THAT ITEM IC Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT
BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
D. REQUEST BY JOHN HUMMER, 2655 UNIVERSITY STREET, fOR VARIANCE TO CON-
STRUCT A NEW RESIDENCE ON A 57' LOT - IT WAS INDICATED THAT MR. HUMMER
WISHE~,TO CONSTRUCT A RESIDENCE AT 2655 UNIVERSITY STREET ON A LOT WITH
ONLY A 57' fRONTAGE, BUT WHICH HAS 120' DEPTH AND WOULD HAVE A TOTAL
AREA Of 6840 SQUARE fEET. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE
ACTION Of THE BOARD Of ApPEALS TO GRANT THE ~ARIANCE.
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BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
4. REQUEST BY OTTO SKOPIL, EUGENE CLEANERS, fOR CHANGE IN PARKING METERS AT 925
PEARL STREET - By LETTER MR. SKQPIL INDICATED HI~ BUSINESS ,IS MOVING FROM 245
EAST BROADWAY TO 925 PEARL STREET AND THAT SOME SHORT TIME METERS WERE NECES-
SARY FOR PEOPLE "TO STOP TO PICK UP CLEAN I NG ,AND PRESS I NG; MR. S KOP I L EX-
PLAINED THAT AT HIS PRESENT LOCATION THERE IS ONE 12-MINUTE METER AND ONE
24-MINUTE METER, BEING METER NUMBERS 655-A AND 655-B RESPECTIVELY. HE RE-
QUESTED THAT METER NUMBER 995 AT THE NEW LOCATION BE CHANGED TO A 12-MINUTE
METER AND THE METERS ',AT THE PRESENT LOCATI ON BE ,CHANGED to MEET THE PUBL I C
DEMAND. THE POL I CE DEp~RTME:NT RECOMMENDED THAt, 'PARKI NG METER NUMBER 655-A,
A 12-MINUTE METER LOCATED IN FRONT OF 245 EAST BROADWAY, BE REPLACED WITH A
it-HOUR METER, AND THAT PARKING METER NUMBER 955, A I-HOUR METER LOCATED IN
fRONT OF 925 PEARL STREET, BE REPLACED WITH A 24-M I NUTE METER. THE COMM I TYEE
RECOMMENDED THAT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BE APPROVED.
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APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
5. COMMUNICATION fROM MRS. W. V. OLSON~ 21 EAST 7TH AVENUE, REGARDING PIONEER
CEMETERY,- MRS. OLSON'S LETTER AND REQUEST TO BE BURIED BY HER HUSBAND IN
THE PIONEER CEMETERY IN THE EVENT LEGISLATIVE ACTION ON THE CEMETERY IS
ENACTED, WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE INDICATED TH~T ANY
DECISION ON THIS SUBJECT WOULD BE UP TO FUTURE COUNCILS AND RECOMMENDED THAT
SHE BE SENT A LETTER INDICATING THAT IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT HAPPENS, SHE AND
HER HUSBAND WOULD BE PLACED SIDE BY SIDE, BASED ON THE BEST Of PRESENT,KNOW-
LEDGE. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THE COMMUNICATIO~ BE PLACED ON fILE.
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APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
6. REQUEST FROM BOARD Of COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY THROUGH CITY
OWNED PROPERTY NORTH Of THE WILLAMETTE RIVER IN THE JUDKINS POINT AREA -
SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON A PROPOSED ROADWAY WHICH WOULD BISECT EXISTING
PARK PROPERTY IN AN EAST/WEST DIRECTION AS WELL AS THE POTENTIALITY OF
fUTURE PAR~ DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA. FOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION, IT WAS
RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY Of EUGENE EXPRESS AN INTENT TO ,COOPERATE WITH THE
COUNTY BUT THAT THE PLAN Of PARK DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA SHOULD B~ DETER-
MINED BEfORE ROADS ARE SPECifiCALLY DETERMINED AND THAT THIS ITEM BE HELD
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7. REQUEST BY ROGER L. LEE TO 0 I SCUSS LIGHT I NG Of BASEBALL F'I ELDS AT WESTMORELAND
NEAR THOMAS JEffERSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL - MR. lEE AND MR. BROWN, REPRESENTING
THE EUGENE BOYS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIPN, APPEARED BEfORE THE COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS
THE LIGHTING Of THE BASEBALL fiELDS AT SOUTH WESTMORELAND PARK NEAR THE THOMAS
JEFFERSON 'JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND THE CENTURY fiELD NEAR ROOSEVELT JUNIOR HIGH
SCHOOL. MR. BROWN GAVE A RESUME Of THE ACTIVITIES Of THE EUGENE BOYS ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION INDICATING IT IS STAfFED, WITH ONE EXCEPTION, BY VOLUNTEER PER-
SONNEL, THAT THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 1600 BOYS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM
PLUS 175 ADULTS, AND THAT THE SUPPORT COMES fROM ADULT MEMBERSHIP, JUNIOR
MEMBERSHIP, DONORS, SPECIAL EVENTS, PROMOTIONS, GAMES, ETC. EXPENSES TO THE
ASSOCIATION ARE fOR A PAID SUPERVISOR, fOR OPERATING EXPENSES, AND fOR Offi-
CIALS. THE 1958 BUDGET fOR THE ORGANIZATION WAS $12,000.00, AND THE ANTICI-
PATED 1959 BUDGET IS $15,000.00.
IT WAS INDICATED THE fACILITIES ARE fURNISHED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND PARK &
RECREATION FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE AREA AND THAT A NEED IS FELT fOR BETTER
AND MORE LIGHTED FIELDS SINCE THE EXISTING LIGHTED fiELD IN THE CITY Of
EUGENE IS AT WASHINGTON PARK AND DOES NOT ALLOW fOR A REGULATION DIAMOND AND
IS CURRENTLY BEING USED AS A TWO DIAMOND fIELD fOR YOUNGER PLAYERS. THE OLDER
PLAYERS MUST PLAY SHORT SEASON AND DifFICULTY IS fOUND IN SCHEDULING GAMES
AND COMPLETING GAMES BEfORE DARK; LIKEWISE, ADDITIONAL LIGHTED fACILITIES
ARE NEEDED fOR SPECIAL EVENTS, STATE TOURNAMENTS AND OTHER EQUIVALENTS. BASED
ON COST ESTIMATES, THEY HAVE RECEIVED A SURVEY Of THE MOST APPROPRIATE FIELDS
fOR LIGHTING. SOUTH WESTMORELAND PARK FIELD, ALLOWING fOR TWO DIAMONDS, COULD
BE DEVELOPED FOR APPROXIMATELY $10,000.00, WHILE CENTURY fiELD, WiTH ONE DIA-
MOND, COULD BE DEVELOPED fOR $5000.00. BOTH ABOVE COSTS ARE APPROXIMATE AND
TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ANTICIPATED DONATED LABOR TO INSTALL SUCH fACILITIES.
SPECifiCALLY, THE CITY WAS REQUESTED TO GIVE PERMISSION TO ERECT AND INSTALL
LIGHTS AT THESE FIELDS, SPECifiCALLY SOUTH WESTMORELAND fiELD, AND SECONDLY,
THAT THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT CARE fOR AND MAINTAIN THE fIELD, IN-
CLUDING THE LIGHTING COSTS, AND THIRDLY, THAT THE CITY MATCH $2500.00 ALLO-
CATED BY THE EUGENE Boys ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION WITH AN ADDITIONAL $2500.00
FROM CITY FUNDS fOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION Of SUCH LIGHTING.
TH~ PARKS & RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT INDICATED EUGENE BoyS ATHLETIC ASSOCIA-
TION IS DOING A VERY GOOD JOB, THAT WASHINGTON PARK IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH fOR
REGULATION SIZE DIAMONDS, BUT THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE THE PARK DEPARTMENT
COULD SUPPORT THE GIVING OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO THE PROGRAM. A RESUME OF
THE PROPOSED COSTS WAS' GIVEN IN WHICH IT APPEARED THE SEASON COSTS FOR LIGHT-
ING WOULD RUN APPROXIMATELY $tOOO.OO, THE RELAMPING COSTS WOULD BE APPROXI-
MATELY $267.00, AND THE TOTAL MAINTENANCE COST WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $1300.00
PER YEAR. THESE COSTS wERE DEVELOPED ON A TWO-FIELD PROPOSAL WITH 176 LIGHTS
AND APPROXIMATELY 63-HOUR PER MONTH USAGE.
SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD AS TO THE POSSIBILITIES OF USING THE CIVIC STADIUM
AND IT WAS STATED THIS WOULD POSE SOME DiffICULTIES SINCE THE STADIUM IS
NOT SET UP fOR BASEBALL EITHER IN THE LIGHTING OR THE TYPE OF fiELD. SOME
QUESTIONS WERE ASKED REGARDING THE JOINT PARTICIPATION Of THE SCHOOL DIS-
TRICT AND THE CITY OF EUGENE IN THE RECREATION PROGRAM WITH THE IDEA IN MIND
THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MIGHT PARTICIPATE IN SUCH A PROGRAM MORE HEAVILY.
fOLLOWING SOME CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION ON THIS SUBJECT, IT WAS RECOMMENDED
THE ITEM BE HELD OVER AND REFERRED TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 7 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
8. PETITION FOR RAVING 27TH AVENUE FROM JACKSON TO TYLER STREET - IT WAS EX-
PLAINED THAT A PETITION HAD BEEN PRESENTED CONTAINING SIGNATURES or OWNERS
Of 55% Of THE PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED REQUESTING THE PAVING Of 27TH AVENUE
fROM JACKSON TO TYLER STREET, BUT THAT SINCE THAT TIME A PETITION HAD BEEN
RECEIVED ALSO CONTAINING SIGNATURES Of OWNERS OF 55% Of THE PROPERTY TO BE
ASSESSED OBJECTING TO SUCH PAVING. THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ALSO SUG-
GESTED THAT THE PAVING BE HELD UP BECAUSE Of THE NECESSITY FOR SEwER IN-
STALLATION ON THIS STREET IN THIS AREA. MR. fLYNN, A PROPERTY HOLDER IN
THE AREA, APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, INDICATED A NUMBER Of PEOPLE OB-
JECTED TO IT SINCE IT IS A DEAD END STREET, AND THAT AT THE TIME THE PETI-
TION fOR PAVING WAS ORIGINALLY CIRcuLATED THEY HAD APPARENTLY RECEIVED
SOME ERRONEOUS INfORMATION. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUEST FOR PAVING
BE DENIED."
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 8 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
A REPORT fROM THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR TO STUDY TRAfFIC ON 6TH AND 7TH AVE-
NUES WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
"THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR TO STUDY TRAFFIC AND PARKING
PROBLEMS ON 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES AND OTHER AREAS Of THE CITY, AS WELL AS PARK-
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COMMITTEE IS NOW READY TO RENDER ITS REP.ORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS. THE RECOM-
MENDATIONS CONTAINED HEREIN ARE THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN ARRIVED AT AfTER CAREfUL
STUDY AND CONSIDERATION Of ALL KNOWN fACTORS INCLUDING THE HEARING Of CITIZENS
AND OffiCIALS WHO WISHED TO APPEAR BEfORE THE COMMITTEE OR WHO WERE ASKED BY THE
COMMITTEE TO PRESENT INfORMATION. CAREfUL CONSIDERATION WAS ALSO GIVEN TO THOSE
ITEMS REFERRED TO THIS COMMITTEE BY THE COMMON COUNCIL AfTER THE COMMITTEE RE-
CEIVED ITS ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS.
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CHAMBERS AND KINCAID STREET ON 11TH AVENUE AND CHAMBERS AND AGATE STREETS
ON 13TH AVENUE AS A ONE-WAY COUPLET WITH TRAffiC TO BE WESTBOUND ON 11TH
AVENUE AND EASTBOUND ON 13TH AVENUE, AND FURTHER THAT THIS COUPLET BE
EXTENDED TO GARFIELD STREET WHEN THIS STREET IS COMPLETED.
2. THAT THE CITY Of EUGENE PRESS, fOR ACTION TO ESTABLI SH THE NORTH BANKRoAD
BETWEEN THE fERRY STREET BRIDGE AND THE PROPOSED WASHINGTON-JEFfERSON
STREET BRI~GE TOWARD THE END THAT SUCH ROAD AND BRIDGE BE CONSTRUCTED AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
3. THAT THE PROPER CITY OffiCIALS BE INSTRUCTED TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE
OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT ON THE DESIGN OF THE DOWN RAMP FROM THE
fERRY STREET BRIDGE AT 8TH AVENUE SO THIS DESIGN WiLL BE ACCEPTABLE AND
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4. THAT TANDEM PARKING; THAT IS, T~O 18-FOOT SPACES WITH AN 8-fOOT MANEUVERING
LANE BETWEEN SUCH DOUBLE SPACES, BE INSTALLED ON 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES fROM
LAWRENCE TO HIGH STREETS, AND THAT PARKING METER TIME LIMITS BE STUDIED
TOWARD INCREASING THE PARKING TURNOVER WITH MORE LIMITED METER TIME.
5. THAT ON~STREET PARKING ON 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES fROM LAWRENCE STREET WEST
BE ALLOWED.
6. THAT THE CITY Of EUGENE NOT ENTER INTO THE PARKING BUSINESS AS A MUNICIPAL
fUNCTION AND THAT ALL OffERS fOR THE CONTROL Of Off-STREET PARKING LOTS BE
REJECTED. THE COMMITTEE WISHES TO BE ON RECORD AS APPROVING THE ESTABLISH-
MENT Of Off-STREET PARKING LOTS THROUGH PARKING DISTRICTS AS ESTABLISHED
UNDER THE STATE LAW.
7. THAT ALL MEMBERS Of THE COMMITTEE STANO READY TO SERVE If ADDITIONAL AREAS
Of STUDY ARE THOUGHT TO BE DESIRABLE AND THE MAYOR SO REQUESTS. THE COM-
MITTEE BELIEVES IT HAS COMPLETED ITS MISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH INSTRUC-
TIONS RECEIVED AT THIS TIME AND DOES NOT BELIEVE ITS CONTINUED EXISTENCE
IS NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE UNLESS OTHER AREAS FOR STUDY ARE GIVEN TO IT."
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEAR~R SECONDED BY MR. WILSON THAT A LETTER Of APPRECIATION fROM THE
COUNCIL BE WRITTEN TO THIS COMMITTEE, AND THAT THE REPORT BE REfERRED TO COMMITTEE FOR
STUDY. MOTION CARRIED.
PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS
AN APPLICATION FOR CLASS A DISPENSERS (DA) LIAUOR LICENSE WAS SUBMITTED BY THOMAS AND MARY CHUNG,
CHUNGS CAFE, 165 WEST 11TH AVENUE, AS APPROVED BY THE POLICE DEPAR~MENT.
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CARRIED.
A PETITION fOR SANITARY SEWER IN AREA BETWEEN 23RD AND 24TH AVENUES fROM ADAMS TO VANBUREN
STREET, CONSIDERED IN COMMITTEE REPORT Of APRIL 3, 1959 AT COUNCIL MEETING Of APRIL 13, 1959, AND
HELD OVER TO COUNCIL MEETING Of APRIL 27, 1959, WAS SUBMITTED.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT THE PETITION BE HELD OVER fOR fURTHER
STUDY. MOTION CARRIEb.
COMMUNICATIONS DATED A~RIL 15, 1959 fROM fAIRBANKS, MORSE & CO., AND APRIL ,20, 1959 fROM CORNELL,
HOWLAND, HAYES & MERRYFIELD REGARDING MILLRACE PUMPING STATION WERE PRESENTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
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I1WE ARE WRITING TO GIVE APPROVAL TO THE INSTALLATION AS COMPLETED ON THE
ABOVE PROPELLER PUMPS BY OUR MR. GEORGE HODGSON, WHO ASSISTED IN CHECKING
AND TEST RUNNING THE TWO UNITS (VERTICAL PROPELLER PUMPS - siN P2A4964-5).
WE BELIEVE THIS COMPLETES YOUR REQUIREMENTS FOR MATERIAL OR ASSISTANT ON
THIS ORDER, BUT If YOU fiND YOU HAVE NEED Of ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION MANUALS
OR OTHER MATERIAL WE WOULD APPRECIATE HEARING fROM YOU AND WILL 00 OUR BEST
TO COMPLY WITH ANY REQUEST WE MAY HAVE."
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"THE TWO fAIRBANKS, MORSE' & CO. VERTICAL PROPELLER PUMPS FOR THE EUGENE
MILLRACE PUMPING STATION WERE CHECKED AND TEST-RUN ON TUESDAY, APRIL 14,
1959. ON THE BASIS Of THESE TESTS, THE PUMPS ARE TENTATIVELY ACCEPTED.
fiNAL ACCEPTANCE WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE UNTIL THE MILLRACE IS FILLED TO
THE PRESCRIBED LEVEL AND THE PUMPS HAVE BEEN OPERATED UNDER NORMAL
OPERATING CONDITIONS.
fROM CORNELL, HOWLAND, HAYES & MERRYfiELD:
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COMPLETED BY THEIR MR.HODGSON. THIS COMPLETES THE WORK REQUIRED BY
fAIRBANKS, MORSE & CO. IN CONNECTION WITH THESE PUMPING UNITS.
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UNDER THE TERMS Of THE CONTRACT fOR PURCHASE OF PROPELLER-TYPE eUMeS
FOR THE MILLRACE PUMPING STATION, fiNAL PAYMENT fOR THESE PUMPS IS DUE
WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE ABOVE DATE. THE PERfORMANCE BOND OF THIS CONTRACT
SHALL REMAIN IN EffECT IN THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT fOR A PERIOD
OF ONE YEAR - UNTIL APRIL 14, 1960."
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PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED.
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PRESENTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
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2 , COMMUNICATION DATED APRIL 21, 1959 FROM EUGENE RECREATION COMMISSION REGARDING PURCHASE Of LAND
: NORTH Of WILLAMETTE RIVER FOR PARK PURPOSES WAS PRESENTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
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"THE BOARD Of DIRECTORS OF THE EUGENE RECREATION COMMISSION AT ITS
REGULAR MEETING HELD MONDAY, APRIL 20, REVIEWED THE PROPOSED PLAN TO
PURCHASE THE AREA NORTH Of THE WILLAMETTE RIVER AS A METROPOLITAN PARK.
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CHASE Of THIS AREA WAS RECOMMENDED IN THE ORIGINAL 10 YEAR IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN 1951.
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TO THE CITY IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE IN THE PURCHASE Of THIS LAND."
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TION COMMISSION THANKING THEM fOR THEIR EFfORTS AND OUTLINING THE PROGRAM THUS fAR, AND THAT THE
. COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON fiLE. MOTION CARRIED.
3 ': COMMUNICATION DATED APRIL 23, 1959 fROM EUGENE ROTARY CLUB REGARDING ADOPTION Of ROTARY fOUR-WAY
TEST WAS PRESENTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
"THE ROTARY CLUB OF EUGENE HAS, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, BEEN INTERESTED
IN THE ROTARY INTERNATIONAL EMPHASIS ON WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE "fOUR-WAY TEST".
THIS IS A MOVEMENT FOSTERED BY ROTARIANS BY WHICH THEY HOPE THEY CAN INDUCE
NOT ONLY ALL ROTARIANS, BUT ALL BUSINESS AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS,
TO ADOPT THE PRACT ICE Of THE "fOUR-WAY TEST" I N THE I R OWN SPHERES Of
ACTIVITIES. WE HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED BY THE fINE RESPONSE WE HAVE RECEIVED
IN THE CITY Of EUGENE.
WE NOW TURN TO THE HONORABLE MEMBERS Of THE EUGENE CITY COUNCIL RE-
QUESTING THAT THEY GIVE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE
"FOUR-WAY TEST" IN THE CONDUCT Of THE CITY'S AFfAIRS AND IN THE RELATION-
SHIP OF THE CITY AND ITS EMPLOYEES.
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OR MORE Of THE ROTARIANS WOULD BE GLAD TO APPEAR BEfORE YOUR GROUP TO OUT-
LINE THIS PROGRAM IN GREATER DETAIL AND ANSWER QUESTIONS WHICH YOU WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE ANSWERED BEFORE ARRIVING AT ANY DEfINITE DECISION CONCERNING
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I II COUNCIL BILL No. 4599 - RE: LEVYING ASSESSMENTS fOR SIDEWALK ON LINCOLN STREET FROM 26TH AVENUE
I TO SOUTH MARGIN OF FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION, INTRODUCED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN fULL ON APRIL 13,
II 1959, wAS BROUGHT ON fOR CONS I DERA T ION. THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED NO wR ITTEN PROTESTS ON fiLE.
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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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COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLy,'WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT Of THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE
BILL WAS READ THE TH I RD TI ME BY COUNC IL BI LL NUMBER ONL Y.
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PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCI LMEN PRESENT VOT ING AYE, THE BI LL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED \11
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AT SOUTHEAST CORNER Of 16TH AVENUE AND WILLAMETTE STREET (PLANNING COMMISSION) WAS SUBMITTED AND READ
THE fiRST TIME IN fULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR.
COUNCIL BILL NUMBERONLY,
BILL WAS READ THE SECOND
SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY
WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE
TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN 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.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN FINAL
PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL wAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED
11469.
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COUNCIL BILL No. 4579 - RE: REZONING fROM R-2 MULTIPLE FAMILY TO M-2 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREA AT
REAR Of 855 WEST 1ST AVENUE (BRIGHTER HOMES ELECTRICAL) WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN fULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY
COUNCILfBILL 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 COUNCIL. MOTION CAR-
RIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN FINAL
PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED ii
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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.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN 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-
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HENDRICKS AMENDED ADDITION (SW CORNER 14TH AVENUE AND LINCOLN STREET) (RICKMAN) WAS SUBMITTED AND
READ THE FIRST TIME IN fULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN 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 MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN 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.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN FINAL
PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED
11472.
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PENSING WITH ELECTION IN CITY 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.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN 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
11473.
COUNCIL BILL No. 4602 - RE: ANNEXING NOB HILL AREA WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE fiRST TIME IN fULL.
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PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED
11474.
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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.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS 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, EXCEPT MESSRS. LINDEEN AND MCGAFFEY
VOTING NAY,'THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED 11475.
COUNCIL BILL No. 4604 - RE: VACATING POTTER STREET fROM 23RD AVENUE TO 24TH AVENUE WAS SUBMITTED
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BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY
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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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RIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONpED BY MR. LINDEEN THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN FINAL
PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED
11478.
RESOLUTIONS
RESOLUTION - RE: CHANGING PARKING METERS AT 925 PEARL STREET AND 245 EAST BROADWAY (EUGENE
CLEANERS) WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"WHEREAS, SECTION 28.6 Of THE EUGENE CITY CODE, ENTITLED MOTOR VEHICLES AND
TRAFfIC, PROVIDES THAT AREAS WHERE PARKING IS PROHIBITED OR RE-
STRICTED ON THE STREETS OF THE CITY OF EUGENE WHICH ARE. ESTABLISHED
AFTER THE DATE OF THE ADOPTION Of SAID CODE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BY
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SULTATION, AND STUDY HAS DETERMINED THAT AREAS Of STREETS WHERE PARK-
ING SHOULD BE CHANGED fROM ~ TWELVE,MINUTE PARKING AREA TO A SIXTY
MINUTE PARKING AREA, AND OTHER AREAS Of STREETS WHERE PARKING SHOULD
BE CHANGED fROM A SIXTY MINUTE PARKING AREA TO A ~WENTY-fOUR MINUTE
PARKING AREA;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE,
AS fOLLOWS:
I. THAT THAT CERTAIN PARKING SPACE AND PARKING METER DtSIGNATED
AS METER NUMBER 655-A, AND WHICH PROVIPES fOR TWELVE MINUTES
PARKING AND WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BROADWAY
AVENUE BETWEEN PEARL AND HIGH STREET, SHALL BE REMOVED AND
REPLACED WITH A PARKING METER PROVIDING fOR SIXTY MINUTE
PARKING.
2. THAT THAT CERTAIN PARKING SPACE AND PARKING METER KNOWN AS
METER NUMBER 955, WHICH IS AT PRESENT A PARKING SPACE AND
METER PROVIDING fOR SIXTY MINUTE PARKING, LOCATED ON THE
EAST SIDE Of PEARL STREET AND WHICH IS THE FIRST PARKING
SPACE SOUTH Of THE EUGENE HOTEL LOADING ZONE, BETWEEN BROAD-
WAY AVENUE AND TENTH AVENUE, BE REPLACED AND CHANGED AND
DESIGNATED AS A MAXIMUM Of TWENTY-fOUR MINUTE PARKING METER."
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. MOTION
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MOTORCYCLE REPAIR SHOP WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
"WHEREAS, EUGENE D. THIESSEN HAS REQUESTED A REZONING fROM RA OUTER RESI-
DENTIAL TO C-3 CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT TO OPERATE A MOTORCYCLE
REPAIR SHOP ON THE fOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY:
BEGINNING AT A POINT IN CENTER Of THE LORANE HIGHWAY
1440 FEET NORTH 89055' EAST fROM A POINT ON THE WEST
LINE OF THE WM. BREEDING DlC No. 49, Twp 18S, R3W,W.M.,
SAID LAST MENTIONED POINT BEING NORTH 007' WEST 725.37
fEET fROM THE SOUTHWEST CORNER Of SAID CLAIM, fROM SAID
BEGINNING POINT RUN NORTH 89055' EAST ALONG CENTER OF
SAID HIGHWAY 60 fEET; THENCE LEAVING SAID HIGHWAY AND
RUN SOUTH 005' EAST 105 fT; THENCE SOUTH 89055' WEST 60
fEET; THENCE NORTH 005' WEST 105 fT TO THE PLACE Of
BEGINNING, BEI.NG A PART Of SAID WM. BREEDING DLC IN
SECT.7, TI8S, R3W, W.M., LANE COUNTY, OREGON, EXCEPT
THE NORTH 30 fEET THEREOf.
LOCATED AT 88 WEST 29TH AVENUE; AND
WHEREAS, THE EUGENE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, AfTER A PUBLIC HEARING, HAS
RECOMMENDED IN THEIR PERMANENT REPORT THAT THE REQUEST fOR REZONING
BE DENIED; AND
WHEREAS, THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, AFTER INSPECTION OF THE
PROPERTY, AND DUE DELIBERATION, RECOMMENDS THAT A VARIANCE TO THE
RA ZONE BE GRANTED FOR THE PURPOSE Of OPERATING A MOTORCYCLE
REFlAIR SHOP;
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