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COUNCIL CHAMBER I
EUGENE, OREGON !!
OCTOBER 26, 1959 "
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THE REGULAR MEETING or THE COMMON COUNCIL or THE CITY or EUGENE WAS HELD ON OCTOBER 12, 1959 :1
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AND ADJOURNED TO OCTOBER 26, 1959 IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER AT 7:30 PM. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO 'I
ORDER BY HIS HONOR MAYOR E. E. CONE WITH THE rOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: MR. SHEARER, MRS. LAURIS, II
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MR. MOLHOLM, MR. McGArrEY, MR. CHATT, MR. MOYER AND MR. SWANSON. MR. WILSON WAS ABSENT. Ii
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THE INVOCA_TION WAS GIVEN BY REV. OLAF ANDERSON. ,\
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THE MINUTES or THE REGULAR MEETING Of OCTOBER 12, 1959, AS MAILED TO MEMBERS Of THE COUNCIL,
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INTRODUCTION Of NEW BUSINESS Ii
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MAYOR CONE PRESENTED A DISTINCTIVE MERIT AWARD TO MR. LOREN DOWNEY IN RECOGNITION OF HIS WORK Ii e
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AS CHAIRMAN or THE 1959 UNITED NATIONS DAY COMMITTEE. \1
2 I MAYOR CONE ALSO RECOGNIZED THE PRESENCE IN THE AUDIENCE OF GROUPS OF STUDENTS rROM CAL YOUNG "
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j AND WOODROW WILSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS WHO ARE AT THE PRESENT TIME STUDYING LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN II
THEIR SOCIAL LIVING CLASSES. II
31 THE FOLLOWING PAYMENT ESTIMATE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ: ;1 I
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I LEE-Bull THoMES II
fINAL - COMFORT STATION AT HENDRICKS PARK $ 808.50 r
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS. THAT THE PAYMENT ESTIMATE AS READ BE ALLOWED ~
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AND THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS BE AUTHORIZED TO DRAW THE NECESSARY WARRANT. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL 11
COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED. II
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4 THIS BEING THE DATE SET FOR THE AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR VARIOUS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, THE FOLLOW- ~ .
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ING BIDS WERE TABULATED AS OPENED OCTOBER 26, 1959 AT 10:00 AM: ),
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I SANITARY SEWERS Ii
CONTRACT COST PER AMOUNT il
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I v-eROJECT AND NAME OF BIDDER COST ZONE fOOT CITY COST BUDGETED II
I AREA BETWEEN WHITBECK BOULEVARD AND CHAMBERS II
STREET FROM McLEAN BLVD. TO lORANE HIGHWAY ,I
W'LDISH CONSTRUCTION CO. ( Low) $ 10,822.15 $ 6.02 $ 420 . I 5 $ 2,600.00 jl
JESKE BROS. 11,985.45 ,I
M. J. BUTTS 13,914.26 Ii
DENNIS & PRUETT 17,848. I 3 II
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;AREA fROM NORTH BOUNDARY OF CAPITAL HILL ADDITION I
I TO SOUTH END Of CAPITAL DRIVE AND BETWEEN LOWER I
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W,LDISH CONSTRUCTION CO. ( Low) 11,220.00 5. II II
JESKE BROS. 20,375.00 L
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DENNIS & PRUETT J:7 ,035.00 I
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SUNSET DRIVE FROM EXISTING MANHOLE BETWEEN LOTS !
~23 AND 24, SUNSET TERRACES, TO EASTERLY liNE OF i
LOT 25, SUNSET TERRACES ( Low) I e
M. J. BUTTS I ,435.55
JESKE BROS. 2, I 4 I . 50 I
W,LDISH CONSTRUCTION CO. 2, _0 50 .90 r
/14TH AVENUE FROM PEARL STREET TO ALLEY BETWEEN
PEARL STREET AND HIGH STREET Ii
JESKE BROS. 2,605.00 2,605.00 1,000.00 I'
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE CONTRACT ON THE SEWER IN THE WHIT- I!
BECK BoULEVARD AREA BE AWARDED TO WILDISH CONSTRUCTION CO. ON THE LOW BID Of $10,822.15; ON THE SEWER Il
I IN THE CAPITAL HILL ADDITION AREA TO WILDISH CONSTRUCTION Co. ON THE lOW 610 Of $11,220;00; ON THE II
SEWER ON SUNSET DRIVE TO M. J. BUTTS ON THE LOW BID OF $1,435.55 CONTINGENT UPON THE ACCEPTANCE OF
THIS BID BY THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED WITHIN 48 HOURS; AND THAT THE ONE BID OF JESKE ,
BROS. ON THE SEWER ON 14TH AVENUE BE REJECTED. ROLLCALL!. VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, ,I
EXCEPT MRS. LAURIS VOTING NAY, MOTION CARRIED. II I
REPORTS Of OffiCERS
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5 A REPORT fROM THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOllOWS: II
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"MAYOR CONE HAS ASKED ME TO REQUEST THE COUNCIL'S APPROVAL OF THE APPOINTMENT II
or DONALD DUSHANE TO THE EUGENE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. MR. DUSHANE WILL REPLACE
HERMAN KEHRLI, RESIGNED, WHOSE TERM WOULD HAVE EXPIRED ON JANUARY I, 1960. ))
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q "THE LEAGUE Of OREGON CITIES CONVENTION HELD IN PORTLAND OCTOBER 18 THROUGH
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I' ING TO NOTE THROUGHOUT THE VARIOUS SESSIONS THAT A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT Of THOUGHT
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,I AND DISCUSSI9N TIME WAS GIV~N TO THE SUBJECTS Of INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION AND .1
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li TO PERSONNEL PRO~LEMS RELATI~G TO MUNICIPAL EMPLOYMENT. THERE WERE, Of COURSE, I'
\: MANY DISCUS~ION TOPICS PRESENTED WHICH I BELIEVE WERE A fRUITfUL EXPERIENCE fOR II
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00 THOSE WHO ATTENDED. Ii
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~ !I THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT ALL STREET AND ALLEY PROJECTS HAVE i
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I BEEN COMPLETED AND ALL SANITARY SEWER PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED EXCEPT fOR \,
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ii CLEANUP WORK ON SUCH PROJECTS. THE STORM SEWER PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED EX-
~ CEPT fOR THE STORM SEWER ON 24TH AVENUE BETWEEN POLK AND CHAMBERS STREETS.WHICH I'
'I IS 90% COMPLETED. SIDEWALK PROJECTS HAVE LIKEWISE BEEN COMPLETED EXCEPT FOR II
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THE SIDEWALK ON 13TH AVEN~EBETWEEN VANBUREN AND TYLER ON WHICH THE EXCAVATION 1
HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND THE SIDEEALK ON 24TH AVENUE BETWEEN HARRIS AND AGATE II
e STREETS WHICH HAS NOT YET BEEN STARTED. Ii
I WORK IS PROGRESSING ON THE GARfiELD STREET BRIDGE ACROSS THE AMAZON. To II
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I DATE THE PILING HAVE BEEN DRIVEN, THE CONCRETE CAPS HAVE BEEN POURED AND THE I
;1 DECK BEAMS ARE SCHEDULED fOR DELIVERY ON OR ABOUT OCTOBER 28. IT I
IS EXPECTED i
~ I THAT THE CONTRACT CQMPLETION DATE ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WILL BE MET. I
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;1 THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS NOW ENGAGED IN PREPARING fiNAL ESTIMATES AND
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'I OBTAINING BID OPENINGS fOR THE SIDEWALK PROJECTS SET fORTH IN THE 1959-60 BUDGET. il
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:, THE PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT THE HENDRICKS PARK COMfORT
! STATION PROJECT IS 100% COMPLETE, AND THE WADING POOL PROJECT AT AMAZON PARK
IS 75% COMPLETE. I
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:i THE PARKS CREWS ARE NOW ENGAGED IN REMODELING THE HOUSING UNIT IN SKINNERS
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!I BUTTE PARK fOR STORAGE PURPOSES, AND IT IS ANTICIPATED THIS BUILDING WILL BE
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II READY fOR USE WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS AT WHICH TIME fiNAL ARRANGEMENTS il
:'1 WILL BE MADE TO REMOVE THE OLD BARN AT 29TH AND HILYARD."
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" IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE REPORT OF THE ASSIST~T, CITY MANAGER II
:1 BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. il
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Ii IT WAS MOVED.BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS~ LAURIS,TO CONfiRM THE APPOINTMENT Of' DONALD DUSHANE
'I AS A MEMBER Of THE C I V IL SERV I CE COMM I SS I ON FOR THE TERM EXP I RING JANUARY 1-, 1960, REPLACING HERMAN I
II KEHRLI, RESIGNED. MOTION CARRIED. I
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REPORTS Of COMMITTEES
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:i A REPORT Of THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD OCTOBER 16, 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS': I
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:1 "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN LAURIS, MOLHOLM, MCGAffEY, CHATT, MOYER AND SWANSON; ,/
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I il CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS; CITY ATTORNEY; ADMINI- II
II STRATIVE ASSISTANT; TRAffiC ENGINEER; CHIEF Of POLICE; DIRECTOR Of PARKS & II
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!I RECREATION; PLANNING CONSULTANT; MR. BYRON PRICE, SUPERINTENDENT Of EUGENE
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" WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD; MR. J. O. LINDSTROM, BUSINESS MANAGER OF THE UNI-
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:1 VE:RSfTY OF OREGON; MESSRS. BABCOCK, PO~TER, IRELAND AND STOOP; OTHER INTERESTED
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1'[ CITIZENS; WENDY RAY, KUGN; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD; JACK CRAIG, OREGON
:1 SPECTATOR.
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e I :1 I. AN INVI~ATION fOR MEMBERS Of THE COUNCIL TO ATTEND THE AMERICAN MUNICIPAL ASSOCIA-
,I TION ANNUAL CONGRESS TO BE HELD IN DENVER, COLORADO, NOVEMBER 29-DECEMBER 2, 1959,
:1 WAS READ TO THE COMMITTEE.
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2 :1 2. COMMUNICATION FROM MR. RAY SIEGENTHALER REGARDING RIVER ROAD ANNEXATION AND THE
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d WASHINGTON-JEfFERSON OVERPASS - A LETTER FROM MR. RAY SIEGENTHALER WAS READ TO
," THE COMMITTEE AND COPIES WERE GIVEN TO THE COMMITTEE,
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'I STUDY Of THE POSSIBLE ANNEXATION OF SOME Of THE RIVER ROAD AREA TO THE CITY OF
Ii EUGENE BUT THAT IT APPEARS THE BUILDING OF AN OVERPASS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PACifIC ,
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TRACKS .15 A KEY TO THE PROBLEM. MR. SIEGENTHALER SUGGESTED THAT BEfORE AN ELECTION I
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1'1 I S CALLED IN THE RIVER ROAD AREA, THE CITY SHOULD APPROVE A-BONO ISSUE TO fiNANCE II
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H THE OVERPASS, SUBJECT TO A SUCCESSFUL VOTE ON THE ANNEXATION IN THE RIVER ROAD II
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it AREA. MR. SIEGENTHALER ALSO POINTED OUT THAT WITHOUT SUCH A VOTE APPROVING A II
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'I BOND ISSUE, THE COMMON COUNCIL COULD NOT PROMISE SUCH AN OVERPASS WOULD BE BUILT ~I (
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~ I AREA COULD NOT GUARANTEE A SUCCESSfUL ANNEXATION UNTIL THE VOTE I SIN. VARIOUS I'
I II OTHER FACTORS WITH REFERENCE TO THE POSSIBLE ANNEXATION WERE ALSO ADVANCED IN :1
I. MR. SIEGNETHALER'S LETTER. il
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tl fOLLOWING THE READING Of THE LETTER IT WAS RECOMMENDED THE LETTER BE RECEIVED II
,I AND PLACED ON FILE AND fURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT TK MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER II
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r.; ESTABLISH A PRIORITY LIST AND WORK OUT THE DETAILS Of THE WASHINGTON-JEFfERSON
[\ OVERPASS AND THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE WILLAMETTE RIVER AT WASHINGTON AND JEfFERSON
fl STREETS. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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fi PORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
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I 3. RECONSIDERATION OF LEASE WITH UNIVERSITY OF OREGON ON SKINNERS BUTTE HOUSING PRO- I I
JECT - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT PRIOR TO THIS TIME THE COUNCIL HAD GIVEN APPROVAL OF I
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THE LEASING OF THE SKINNERS BUTTE HOUSING PROJECT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON WITH
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THE PROVISION THAT THE UNIVERSITY WOULD PROVIDE STUDENT PARKING ON THE NORTHERLY Ii
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SIDE OF CH~SHIRE STREET ADJACENT TO THE SKINNERS BUTTE HOUSING PROJECT, AND FURTHER il
THAT THE RENTAL BE INCREASED FROM THE EXISTING $1250.00 TO $2500.00 PER YEAR. Ij
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IT NOW APPEARS THAT THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION AND THAT THE UNIVERSITY DID NOT UNDER- "
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STAND THAT THEY WERE TO MOVE THE FENCENCURRENTLY SURROUNDING THE CHILDRENS' PLAY Ii
AREA TO THE NORTH AND BUILD THE PARKING LOT ALONG THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF CHESHIRE I'
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STREET. IN THE MEETING MR. LINDSTROM'SPOKE AND INDICATED THIS IS NOT A CRITICAL II
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ITEM, AND FOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION OF THE SUBJECT,' IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE II
COST OF MOV1NG THE FENCE AND THE PAVING OF THE PARKING LOT TO THE SPECIFICATIONS II
SET FORTH BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS & RECREATION BE SHARED ON A 50-50 BASIS
BETWEEN THE CITY OF EUGENE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF-OREGON. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. lAUR1S THAT ITEM 3 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE 'I e
APPROVED. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AY~, MOTION CARRIED. \1
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2 4. DISCUSSION BY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS OF SEWER BIDS - THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC,WORKS II
INDICATED THAT AT THE LAST BID OPENING ON ~EWER PROJECTS NO BIDS HAD BEEN RECEIVED. Ii
SINCE THE OPENING IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT FOR VARIOUS REASONS CONTRACTORS DID I:
NOT TURN IN BIDS ON THE PROJECTS ADVERTISED BUT THAT IT IS BELIEVED FUTURE ADVER- II
TISEMENTS WOULD RECEIVE BIDS. No ACTION WAS TAKEN ON THIS' SUBJECT. Ii I
MR. MOLHOLM BROUGHT UP THE SUBJECT OF THE NEED fOR SEWERS INTO THE BRYCLER PARK
AREA IN THE SOUTHWESTERLY SECTION OF EUGENE. HE INDICATED HE BELIEVES THE RESIDENTS ,I
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! OF THIS AREA NEED SOME RELIEf FROM THE SANITARY PROBLEMS, AND FOLLOWING SOME CON- i!
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SIDERABLE DISCUSSION ON THE SUBJECT AND AN EXPLANATION THAT SEWERS COULD BE BUILT
I TO THIS AREA BUT THEY WOULD HELP OVERLOAD THE LINES BETWEEN 24TH AVENUE AND THE "
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PUMPING STATION ON NORTH POLK STREET, IT WAS MOVED THAT SEWERS BE INSTALLED TO Ii
SERVE THE BRYCLER PARK AREA. MOTION WAS DEFEATED WITH COUNCILMEN lAURIS AND MOLHOLM !i
VOTING AYE; COUNCILMEN MOYER, CHATT, MCGAFFEY AND SWANSON VOTING NAY-. II
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, IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT Ii
I ITEM 4 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE 'I
j APPROVED. MOTION' CARRIED, COUNCILMEN MOLHOLM- AND LAURIS VOTING NAY. !I
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5. REQUEST fOR RESTORATION OF CURBS AND SIDEWALKS WHERE DRIVEWAY IS NO LONGER NEEDED 11
ON THE EAST SIDE OF CHARNELTON STREET BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH AVENUES FROM THE ALLEY !I
SOUTH - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE U. S. NATIONAL BANK HAS RECENTLY REMODELED FOR Ii
TEMPORARY QUARTERS A BUILDING LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 8TH AVENUE AND
CHARNEL TON SW-REET, AND THAT THERE ARE EXISTING CURB CUTS WHICH ARE NO LONGER RE- I
I QUIRED AND IN FRONT OF WHICH VEHICLES ARE NOW PARKING BUT ON WHICH NO METERS ARE
I INSTALLED. THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THIS ITEM AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE CURBS AND
SIDEWALKS BE RESTORED AND THAT THE NON-METERED AREAS BE METERED. MOTION CARRIED Ii
UNANIMOUSLY.
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4 6. CONSIDERATION OF CLOSING TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC THE ALLEY BETWEEN BROADWAY AND 8TH J ~
AVENUE RUNNING EAST FROM WILLAMETTE STREET TO WEST PARK STREET - THE CITY ATTORNEY Ii
REPORTED THAT AT THE REQUEST OF THE CIT'Y MANAGER HE HAD EXAMINED THE TITLE TO THE II
I PROPERTY CONCERNING THE ABOVE DESCRIBED ALLEY AND IS OF THE OPINION TH~ SAME IS Ii
DEDICAT&D AS AN ALLEY FOR PUBLIC USE. THE CITY ATTORNEY QUOTED CERTAiN LEGAL 11
I OPINIONS AND STATED I~ ~IS OPINION THE CITY MUST MAINTAIN THIS ALLEY VOR'THE 'I
I PURPOSE FOR WHICH IT WAS DEDICATED, AND AT THE TIME OF THE DEDICATION IT WAS 11
FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, NOW CONSTRUED AS MOTOR VEHICLES, AND IN ADDITION FOR
I PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, IN THE ATTORNEY'S OPINION, HE STATED IF THE'ALLEY IS TO BE (I e
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LIMITED TO PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC ONLY IT WOULD MAVE TO ~E VACATED AND THE HOLDERS OF
ABUTTING PROPERTY WOULD HAVE TO REDEDICATE FOR THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF PEDESTRIAN ,1
TRAFFI C . fOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION INCLUDING THE RECOGNITION THAT THE ALLEY IS
NECESSARY FOR PUBLIC UTILITY PURPOSES AND UTILITY EASEMENTS SHOULD BE MAINTAINED II
IN THE ALLEY, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE ALLE-Y BE" VACATED SUBJECT TO REDEDICA- II
TION AS A PEDESTRIAN WAY BY THE OWNERS OF ABUTTING PROPERTY. MOTION CARRIED II
UNANIMOUSLY.
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5 7. PETI T I ON fOR FENC I NG ALONG AMAZON CREEK BETWEEN TAYL-OR AND GRANT STREETS - A
PET IT ION SIGNED BY 719 INDIVIDUALS REQUESTING THE INSTALLATION OF FENCING ON
BOTH SIDES OF AMAZON CREEK BETWEEN TAya.:OR AND GRANT STREETS WAS PRESENTED TO
THE COMMITTEE. THE PETITION STATED THAT THE PETITIONERS CONSIDER THE fENCING t
NECESSARY FOR SAFETY -OF CHILDREN ATTENDING THE- IDA PATTERSON SCHOOL AND USING
THE CITY PLAYGROUND AREA ADJACENT TO THE IDA PATTERSON SCHOOL. THERE WAS SOME !I
CONSIDERABL'E DISCUSSION ON THE DESIRABILITY OF' FENCING THIS AREA SINCE IT WOULD
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BE POSSIBLE FOR CHILDREN TO GO AROUND THE ENDS A~D GET BETWEEN THE FENCE AND -THE II
AMAZON AS WELL AS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE CHANNEL ITSELF MIGHT BE CONCRETE 11
LINED, IN WHICH INSTANCE IT WOULD BE FENCED AS A PART OF THE LINING PROJECT. II
SOME DISCUSSION WAS HELD BUT THE COMMITTEE INDICATED THEY WISHED TO VISIT THE I
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AREA AT THE TIME OF THE NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING. No FORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. I
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6 8. PETITION FOR ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN AREAS IN THE OAKWAY WATER DISTRICT - MR.GLEN I
PORTER AND MR. HOWARD BUFORD, PLANNING CONSULTANT, EXPLAINED THE MAP I NDI.CAT I NG
THE DESIRED BOUNDARIES FOR AN ANNEXATION ELECTION IN THE OAKWAY WATER DISTRICT. ,I -
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IT WAS EXPLA.lNED THAT THERE ARE MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO THESE BOUNDARIES' OVER
i WHAT HAD BEEN PRESENTED AT THE COUNCIL MEETING HELD OCTOBER 12, 1959, BUT ,
J THAT THESE MODIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO HELP ESTABLISH BETTER SERVICE CON-
TROL FOR WATER AND ELECTRICAL CUSTOMERS. MR. RON BABCOCK APPEARED BEFORE THE
I COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDING TO THE AREA WITH PARTICULAR
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J REFERENCE TO SISTERS VIEW, SUNSHINE ACRES AND VANDUYN Loop AREAS. PETITIONS II
00 \1 WERE ALSO PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE fOR THE INCLUSION OF BREWER, CURTIS, CORUM,
C\-~. Ii, INGLEWOOD AND LINDA IVENUES BEING TO THE NOR+H OF THE MAIN ANNEXATION AREA. II
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~,) P TION AT A SPECIAL MEETING TO DETERMINE THE BOUNDARIES, WHICH' MOTION WAS DEFEATED
~ II WITH COUNCILMEN MCGAFFEY, CHATT AND MOYER' VOTING AYE;..COUNCILMEN SWANSON, LAURIS, II
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CO ~! MOLHOLM AND MAYOR CONE VOTING NAY. IT WAS THEN RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOUNDARIES 'I
BE ESTABLISHED AS AMENDED BY THE PLANNING CONSULTANT AND MR. GLEN PORTER AND AS I,
'" SHOWN ON A MAP DATED OCTOBER 16, 1959. FOLLOWING THIS' RECOMMENDATION IT WAS II
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'I RECOMMENDED THAT AN AMENDMENT BE INCLUDED TO TAKE IN THE SUNSHINE ACRES, SISTERS
e tl VIEW AND VANDUYN Loop AREAS WHICH AMENDMENT CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. ON VOTE ON THE I
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11 ORIGINAL MOTION AS AMENDED IT WAS CARRIED WITH MR. MCGAffEY VOTING NAY.
I ~I 9. REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION OF SMALL TRACT OF LAND SOUTH OF THE CURRENT CITY LIMITS
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~ , JUST SOUTH OF 30TH AVENUE AND ON THE EAST SIDE OF MADISON STREET BY 100% CON-
,;! SENT PETITION - THE PETITION FOR THE ABOVE ANNEXATIO~ BY 100% CONSENT WAS PRE- I
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,I SENTED AS WAS A MAP SHOWING THE PROPOSED AREA. FOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION THE
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I d COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ACCEPTANCE OF THE PETITION FOR ANNEXATION. MOTION CAR-
r1 RIED UNANIMOUSLY. I
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2 il 10. DISCUSSION REGARDING DISPOSAL OF THE FORMER LIBRARY PROPERTY AT THE SOUTHEAST
CORNER OF 11TH AVENUE AND W,LLAMETTE STREET AND ESTIMATED COST OF DEMOLITION -
il I~VAS EXPLAINED THAT AS OF THIS DATE APPRAISALS HAVE NOT BEEN RECEIVED ON
~ I THE LIBRARY PROPERTY BUT THAT THEY ARE EXPECTED IN THE NEAR fUTURE. THE COM-
n MITTEE WAS REQUESTED TO INDICATE BY WHAT METHOD THE PROPERTY SHOULD BE SOLD,
11 , AND IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THIS BE DONE ON A BID BASIS SUBJECT TO THE CITY'S
RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS RECEIVED. A REPORT WAS ALSO HEARD AS TO THE I
II PROBABLE COST Of WRECKING THE BUILDING, AND TWO FIRMS AAD INDICATED A MAXIMUM I
~ ! CHARGE OF $2000.00 PLUS ALL SALVAGE MATERIAL. No fORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN.
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n IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONOED BY MRS. LAUR I S THAT ITEMS 5 THROUGH 10 Of THE COMMITTEE
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I, REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
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3 ~l II. DISCUSSION REGARDING PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE WATER USER CHARGE - A PROPOSED
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I; AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING WATER USER CHARGE ORDINANCE AS PREPARED BY THE CITY I,
I ATTORNEY WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. THIS AMENDMENT INDICATES A RATE FOR
. :1 A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL US~R OF $2.00 PER MONTH, DEFINES A SINGLE FAMILY I'
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" RESIDENTIAL UNIT AS A DWELLING ARRANGED, INTENDED AND DESIGNATED EXCLUSIVELY
~l FOR ONE FAMILY, AND ESTABLISHES RATES FOR OTHER USERS ON A SIX STEP BASIS WITH I
II ALL SUCH USERS TO PAY A MINIMUM OF $2.00. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT FURTHER INDI- I
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J CATES THAT THOSE MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENCES, MOTELS, OTHER BUILDINGS WITH AIR CON- il
I ~l DITIONING SYSTEMS AND/OR IRRIGATION OR WATERING SYSTEMS SHALL BE CHARGED fOR THE
n QUANTITY USED DURING THE MONTHS OF APRIL THROUGH NOVEMBER ON THE BASIS Of THE
tl AVERAGE MONTHLY DELIVERY Of WATER TO THE PREMISES DURING THE MONTHS Of DECEMBER I
:, THROUGH MARCH. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT fURTHER STATES THAT ANY PROPERTY CON- I
't NECTED TO A SEWER WHICH DOES NOT OBTAIN THE ENTIRE AMOUNT Of WATER USED UPON' 'I
II THE PREMISES FROM THE CITY WATER SYSTEM SHALL REQUIRE A METER TO BE
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~ AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE SO THAT THE ACTUAL FLOW Of WATER INTO THE SEWER CAN BE
J DETERMINED. IT fURTHER PROVIDES THAT If WATER IS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE Of
e 11 COMMODITIES FOR SALE OR fOR OTHER INOUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING OR IRRIGATION PUR-
ii POSES AND DOES NOT REACH THE SEWER SYSTEM, THEN THE fLOW INTO THE SEWER SHALL 1
1,1 BE METERED, AND THE RATE SHALL BE BASED UPON SUCH fLOW. THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE I'
'" ALSO CONTEMPLATED THAT THE RATES WILL BE EFfECTIVE AS Of JULY 1959 AND THAT
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,I #11548, SHALL BE CREDITED UPON fUTURE BILLINGS AND SHALL NOT BE REfUNDED IN CASH.
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t/ AS CONTAINED IN THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT PREPARED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY WITH A !i
SINGLE fAMILY RESIDENCE RATE AT $2.00 AND MINIMUM OF $2.00 PER MONTH, BUT CON- \,
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TEMP.LATING THAT COMMERCIAL USERS USING WATER FOR IRRIGATION BE ALLOWED A fLAT :1
RATE DISCOUNT FOR THE MONTHS OF MAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER WITH A RATE TO BE FIGURED
~ i ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE.OF LAWN TO BE IRRIGATED, TO BE: APPLIED FOR BY THE INDI- 11
f VIDUALS, AND FOR PERIODS OTHER THAN MAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER, THE STANDARD RATE BE II
k APPLIED. MR. MOYER .fURTHER SUGGESTED A FLAT RATE DISCOUNT FOR AIR CONDI~IONING I
11 DURING ,THE MONTHS OF MAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER WITH SUCH fLAT RATE DISCOUNT TO BE
I COMPUTED ON THE BASIS Of SQUARE FOOTAGE TO BE COOLED OR THE EXACT fOOTAGE Of I
fl WATER USED FOR OPERATING EACH MACHINE, ANY fUTURE INSTALLATION OF THIS TYPE OF j
AIR CONDITIONING TO BE ON A STRAIGHT COMMERCIAL RATE. ,
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POSED. IN THE DISCUSSION IT WAS STATED THERE IS SOME DANGER Of lOSING SIGHT
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I' Of THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE WATER USER CHARGE AND THE NECESSITY FOR IN-
t STALLATION OF A PROPER AND COMPLETE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM. IT WAS ALSO STATED
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A COMMODITY IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE BUT IS PERFORMING A NEEDED SERVICE.
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DISCUSSED AT THE COUNCIL_ MEETING OF OCTOBER 12, 1959 BE ADOPTED WITH A SINGLE :1
FAMILY RESIDENCE FLAT RATE OF $2.00 PER MONTH AND ALL OTHER WATER USERS TO BE ON
THE FOLLOWI NG SCHEDUJ.,E OfRAJES: - - j
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F)RST 1000 CU. FT. 8 20~ PER C CU.FT. I!
NEXT 4000 CU.FT. 8 15~ PER C CU.FT. II
NEXT 5000 CU.FT. @ 10~ PER C CU.FT. '!
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NEXT 25,000 CU. FT. 8 5~ PER C CU.FT. II
ALL OVER 50,000 CU.FT. 8 3~ PER C CU.FT. i
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ALL WATER USERS TO PAY A MINIMUM CHARGE OF $2.00 PER MONTH AND ADJUSTMENTS FOR I
I AIR, CONDITIONING AND IRRIGATION TO BE MADE ON THE BASIS OF COUNCILMAN MOYER'S ! e
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LETTER AS OUTLINED ABOVE. MOTION CARRIED, MR. CHATT VOTING NAY." I
IT WAS MOVED-BY MR. SHE'ARER-SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFFEY THAT ITEM II OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT II
BE APPROVED. MOTION-CARRIED, MR. CHATT VOTING NAY.
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I AiREPORT ~f THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD OCTOBER 23, 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: Ii I
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I "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, LAURIS, MOLHOLM, MCGAFFEY, CHATT, MOYER, Ii
WILSON-AND SWANSON; CITY MANAGER;- CITY RECORDER; CITY ATTORNEY; DIRECTOR ,I
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OF PUBLIC WORKS; TRAFFIC ENGINEER; CHIEF OF POLICE; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSls-- I
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-- TANT; LT. SMARTT; ASSISTANT CITY RECORDER; RALPH RODERICK OF CORNELL, 11
HOWLAND; HAYES & MERRYfiELD; BVRON PRICE AND RALPH PATTERSON OF EUGENE II
WATER & ELECTRIC 8oARD;fRED BRENNE, EUGENE CHAMBER OF' COMMERCE; PAUL
LAFFERTY; MR. HUGGINS AND TWO ASSOCIATES OF U. S. NATIONAL B~NK; RALPH I'
COBB, WILLAKENZIE ANNEXATION COMMITTEE; JACK CRAIG, OREGON SPECTATOR; II
i DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD; AND OTHER INTERESTED CITIZENS. il
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I I. REPORT ON THE PROPOSED RELOCATION OF REED LANE, BEING 27TH AVENUE, FROM I
AGATE TO COLUMBIA STREET - THE DIRECTOR-OF PUBLIC WORKS -REPORTED THAT HIS DEPART- I
MENT HAD CONTACTED THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE ABOVE DESCRIBED STREET -CONCERNI'NG I
A PROPOSED RELOCATION OF THIS STREET AS PROPOSED BY MR. OPENSHAW. IT WAS FURTHER
EXPLA I NED THAT "DR-. OVERSTREET, ONE OF THE PR I NC I PAL LAND HOLDERS ON THE. SOUTH 1
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SIDE OF 27TH AVENUE, HAD CQNTACT-ED THE PUBLiC-WORKS DEPARTMENT AND INDICATED HE
HAD NO DESIRE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE RELOCATION OF THE STREET SINCE IT WOULD RE- I
QUIRE A DEDiCATION OF A LARGE PORTION Of HIS LAND. THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS Ii .
STATED IN HIS OPINION THIS TYPE OF RELOCATION SHOULD ONLY BE MADE IF 100% AGREE-
I ME NT AMONG THE INDIVIDUALS CONCERNED IS REACHED. SINCE SUCH AGREEMENT IS NOT
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I FORTHCOMING, IT APPEA~S THAT NO FURTHER-ACTION CAN BE TAKEN ON SUCH RELOCATION II
I AND THE STREET SHOULD REMAIN AS ORIGINALLY PLATTED. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED
THE REPORT OF' THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS BE ACCEPTED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. I I
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IT WAS MO~ED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED ~Y MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM I OF THE COMMI,TTEE REPORT BE
APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
2 2. PETITION FOR fENCING ALONG AMAZON CHANNEL BETWEEN TAYLOR AND GRANT STREETS - ~
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMITTEE DROVE TO AND VIEWED THE SITE OF THE PROPOSED
FENCING AS REQUESTED BY PETiTION. SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON THIS INCLUDING-
THE"POSSIBILITY THAT THE AMAZON CHANNEL MIGHT BE LINED BY CONCRETE THROUGH THIS II e
AREA AND, iF-SO~ SUCH FENCING WOULD OF' NECESSITY BECOME A PART OF THE LINING
PROJECT. IT WAS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT IT WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $12,000.00 I;
TO INSTALL SUCH FENCING. fOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT NO I
FENCE BE INSTALLED AT THE PRESENT TIME AND THAT THE CITY MANAGER WRITE A LETTER .
TO THE PETITIONERS EXPLAINING THAT THERE IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY OF CHANNEL LINING .I
AND THIS ACTION HAD BEEN TAKEN fOR THAT REASON. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. I
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I T WAS MOVED BY MR '. SHEARER SECONDED BY. MRS ~ LAUR I S THAT ITEM 2 OF THE COMM I,TTEE REPORT I
BE APPROVED. ,MOTION CARRIED, "MR. McGAHEY VOTING NAY. I
3 2. BoARD OF AppEALS REPORT- OCTOBER 14, 1959: II
I A. REQUEST BY O. O. YOUNG FOR VARIANCE TO CONSTRUCT SECOND RESIDENCE AT 820 WEST
23RD AVENUE - IT WAS tXPLAINED THAT THE BOARD OF-ApPEA6S HAD CONSIDERED A RE- I
QUEST FROM MR. YOUNG TO CONSTRUCT A NEW RESIDENCE ON A LOT 60'XI50' BY DIVID- j
iNG THE PROPERTY INTO TWO LOTS, EACH HAVING AN AREA OF' 4500 SQ.FT. 'THE BOARD
OF ApPEALS IN THIS INSTANCE HAD TAKEN ACTION DEN~ING THE REQUESTED VARIANCE. 1 I
COMMITTEE- REPRESENTATIVES HAD VIEWED THE AREA AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION
REGARDING THE PROPRIETY OF CONSTRUCTING A HOUSE ON THE CORNER LOT CURRENTLY \
VACANT AND ON WHICH IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO ADO PROPERTY. IT WAS POINTED OUT
THAT A HOUSE IN THJS AREA WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY BENEFIT THE AREA AS A WHOLE, AND
IT W~S RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUESTED YARIANCE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED
UNANIMOUSLY.
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B. REQUEST BY ELLEN SCHOONOVER, 1785 WEST 14TH AVENUE, fOR VARIANCE TO CON- il
L STRUCT A CARPORT AT 1327 GRANT STREET, 10' FROM THE fRONT PROPERTY liNE -
f' IN THIS INSTANCE THE BOARD OF ApPEALS HAD RECOMMENDED DENIAL Of THE RE-
'/ QUESTED VARIANCE ON THE BASIS THAT A SECTION Of FENCE CURRENTLY CON- il
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, STRUCTED AND NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE COULD BE REMOVED II
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N h WHICH WOULD GIVE AMPLE ROOM TO CONSTRUCT THE PROPOSED CARPORT AND COMPLY
~ ~! WITH SETBACK REQUIREMENTS. COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIGES VIEWED THIS AND
t,) ~t fOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE REPORT Of THE
~ ~! BOARD OF ApPEALS BE UPHELD DENYING THE REQUESTED VARIANCE. MOTION CARRIED
~ UNANIMOUSLY.
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2 C. REQUEST BY GLEN MART, 1594 RIVERVIEW, FOR VARIANCE IN SETBACK REQUIREMENT
\1 TO CONSTRUCT A CARPORT 3' FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE AND 2' FROM THE
e [\ WEST PROPERTY LINE - THE BoARD OF ApPEALS IN THIS INSTANCE HAD RECOMMENDED
'I THE REQUESTED VARIANCE BE GRANTED SINCE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON A DEAD
II
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'I END STREET AND ON RATHER STEEP TERRAIN. COMMITTEE MEMBERS VIEWED THE AREA
:1 AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD Of ApPEALS REPORT APPROVING I
THE VARIANCE BE UPHELD. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSL~.
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I: CARPORT AT 484 MADISON STREET - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT MR. Ross REQUESTED
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H HE BE ALLOWED TO CONSTRUCT ACARPORT 15 ' FROM THE SIDEWALK ON MADISON STREET
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I' AND THAT THE BOARD Of ApPEALS HAD RECOMMENDED THE VARIANCE BE GRANTED. COM-
f MITTEE MEMBERS DROVE TO THE AREA AND VIEWED THE SITE OF THE REQUESTED VARI-
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I ANCE AND RECOMMENDED THE BOARD OF ApPEALS REPORT GRANTING THE VARIANCE BE
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:1 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEMS 3A THROUGH 3D Of THE COM-
I'! MITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
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I:, E. REQUEST BY THOMAS BALZHISER REPRESENTING LEW WILLIAMS CHEVROLET 'COMPANY FOR
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i,1 VARIANCE IN SETBACK TO ALLOW ERECTION OF A SIGN AT 2000 FRANKLIN BOULEVARD -
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I' IT WAS EXPLAINED THE BOARD OF ApPEALS HAD RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST
"1 PROVIDING LEW WILLIAMS CHEVROLET COMPANY AGREES TO REMOVE THE SIGN AT NO COST
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I' TO THE CITY IN THE EVENT FRANKLIN BOULEVARD IS WIDENED. COMMITTEE'REPRE-
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;,/ SENTATIVES VIEWED THE AREA AND IN THE DISCUSSION IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT
i' FRANKLIN BoULEVARD AT PRESENT IS A GOOD LOOKING STREET WITH A MINIMUM NUMBER
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t-! OF DISTRACTIONS, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THE ITEM BE HELD OVER AND A SKETCH
II OF THE 'PROPOSED SIGN INCLUDING ITS SIZE'AND A PLOT PLAN OF' ITS LOCATION BE II
1:1 RETURNED TO THE COMMITTEE FOR fURTHER CONSIDERATION; MOTION CARRIED UNANI-
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;I MR.BALZHISER; -REPRESENTING LEW WILLIAMS CHEVROLET, SHOWE 0 THE- COUNC IL A MAP AND PLOT OF
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t., THE AREA WHERE THE PROPOSED SIGN IS TO BE PLACED. AfTER SOME- DISCUSSION IT WAS MOVED BY
!'l MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION FOR A VARIANCE TO ALLOW rl
I ~I ERECT I ON Of 'A S rGN AS REQUEsi-'iD AND AS 'APPROVED ByTtiE BOARD OF' ApPEALS. 'MOT I ON CARR I ED.
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~i 4. REQUEST BY PAUL LAfFERTY fOR ACCEPTANCE Of ROADWAY fROM SENECA ROAD WESTERLY
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II fOR SENECA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT MR. LAFFERTY HAS
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j ,PENDING A SALE Of APPROXIMATELY 10 ACRES OF' AN INDUSTRIAL TRACT TO A NATIONALLY
II PROMINENT INDUSTRIAL CONCERN AND THAT HE HAD REQUESTED THE CITY TO ACCEPT UPON
COMPLETION THE DEDICATION OF A 50' RIGHT-OF-WAY PAVED WITH 3" Of' ASPHALT ON TOP
Of' 12" OF CRUSHED ROCK TO~ WIDTH Of' 30' ON THE FOUNDATION AND 24' PAVED SURFACE
e H TO PROVIDE ACCESS fROM THE SENECA ROAD TO A PROPOSED SITE LOCATION. THE ROADWAY
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1'1 WOULD BE AT RIGHT'ANGLES TO THE SENECA ROAD AND WOULD PROCEED IN A WESTERLY
lj DIRECTION fOR A DISTANCE 0 f 960'.' IT WAS ALSO REQUESTED THAT SINCE THIS ROAD-
WAY WILL BE fOR THE 'SOlE USE Of THE ONE INDUSTRY, THE ROADWAY DEDICATION BE AC-
I.i CEPTED'WITH A WAIVER"OF' THE REQUIREMENT ,F'OR CURBS AND GUTTERS.
~! A MAP OF THE PROPOSED ROADWAY AND PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL SILE WAS SHOEN TO THE COM-
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~ 1 MITTEE AND IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THERE WOULD BE A POTENTIAL ASSESSMENT FOR
II STREET PAVING WITH CURBS AND GUTTERS AT SOME FUTURE TIME ON AN ASSESSMENT BASIS
~I WHICH WAS ACKNOWLEDGED BY MR. LAfFERTY. THE COMMITTEE IN DISCUSSING THIS INDI-
II CATED THIS WOUlD BRING MORE INDUSTRY TO THE EUGENE AREA, WOULD PROVIDE MORE JOBS
H AND A "LARGER TAX BASE AND RECOMMENDED ACCEPTANCE OF T'HE PLAN AS PROPOSED. MOT ICN
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I AND BETWEEN WILLAMETTE STREET AND WEST PARK STREET - MR. HUGGINS, MEMBERS OF' HIS
IiI STAfF AND THEIR ARC~ITECTURAL CONSULTANTS APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TO SHOW
A MODEL OF' A PROPOSED BANK TO BE BUILT AT THE ABOVE LOCATION. A SCALE MODEL Of
'I THE BANK WAS SHOWN TO THE COMMITTEE AS WE~E CERTAIN DRAWINGS, AND IT WAS EX-
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" PLAINED THAT THE BANK WOULD PROVIDE PARKING, BUT
, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SUCH PARKING
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/, IT WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR ACURB CUT TO BE INSTALLED fOR INGRESS fROM W,LLAMETTE
i STREET AND A CURB CUT TO BE INSTALLED FOR EGRESS ONTO WEST PARK STREET. INDI-
VIDUAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS EXPRESSED THEMSELVES AS BEING WELL TAKEN WITH THE PRO-
i POSED PLAN AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE PROPOSAL AS PRESENTED BE APPROVED AND
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. McGArFEY THAT ITEMS 4 AND 5 OF THE COMMITTEE RE- Ii
PORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. i
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I 6. PETITION rOR ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN AREAS IN OAKWAY WATER DISTRICT - MR. RALPH COBB I
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AND MR. HOWARD BUFORD APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AND BY AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INDI- II
CATED THE AREAS NOW BEING CONSIDERED FOR ANNEXATION BY THE CITIZENS COMMITTEE IN I
1 THE WI LLAKENZ I E AREA. .1 TWAS EXPLA I NED THAT THE COMM I TTEE I S NOW SUGGEST I NG THE !!
ANNEXATION OF SUNSHINE 'ACRES ROAD, SiSTERS'V,EW AND VANDUYN Loop TO THE EAST OF ;;
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THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED ANNEXATION AREA AND ARE ALSO INCLUDING BREWER, CURTIS, CORUM, Ii
INGLEWOOD AND LINDA AVENUES TO THE NORTH OF THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED ANNEXATION AREA. :!
MR. COBB SUPPLIES THE COMMITTEE WITH A DESCRIPTION OF ~HE AREA TO BE REQUESTED FOR ~.
ANNEXAT~ON AND FOLLOWING SOME SHORT DISCUSSION ON THE SUBJECT IT WAS RECOMMENDED ;1
THE PETITION FOR ANNEXATION BE APPROVED AS PREPARED AND PRESENTED AT THIS MEETING. Ii
MOT ION CARR" ED UNAN I MOUSL Y. :1
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APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. Ii
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2. 7. CONSIDERATION OF LEASE FOR GREEN FLYING SERVICE AT MAHLON-SWEET AIRPORT - A PROPOSED II
I LEASE BETWEEN ,THE CITY OF EUGENE AND ~REEN FL YI NG, SERV I CE WH I CH WOULD AMEND AN E~ 1ST-I
ING LEASE'WAS READ IN FUll .TO THE COMMITTEE. -BAS-,CALLY, THIS PROPOSED LEASE REQUIRES \;
THAT GREEN FLYING SERVI-CE GIVE UP THEIR EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO AIRCRAFT RENTALS AND STU- it I
DENT,lNSiRUCTION AND AS COMPENS~TION FOR THIS THE CITY AGREES GREEN FLYING SERVICE I
WILL,PAY 6N(Y I~ PER GALLON ON THE ~IRST 61,350 ~ALLONS or GASOLINE SOLD PER YEAR WHERE j
THEY FOR~ER(Y ~AID 2~ PE~ G~LLON ON A(L'GASOLINi SOLD. ALSO ASA PART OF THIS LEASE, I
THE EX i ST I-NG ' LEASE' WH I CH WOULD NORMALL Y EXP I, RE ON JUNE 30, 1966, I S EXTE~DED FOR A (I
PER I 00 OF TEN YEARS TO EXP I RE JUNE 30, 1976 ON A NON-EXCL USV I E BAS I SAND WITH A ,i
GASOL I NE TAX OF 2; PER GALLON FOR THE EXTENS I ON PER I 00. ,:i
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IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE FAA HAS ADVISED THAT THIS LEASE MODIFICATION IS NECESSARY II
! IN ORDERT':iAT" PENDING, GR,ANT AGREEMENT~ BETWEEN THE CITY or EUGENE AND THE FEDERAL: II
AVIA,TION AGENCY CAN BE CONSIDERED~ IT WAS ALSO EXPLAINED THAT THE FIRM OF LEIGH ,:
FISHER & ASSOC1ATESARE CONTEMPLATING THE'POSSJ~JLITY-OF HAVI~G"THE AIRCRAFT RENTAL ~
AND STUDENT INSTRUCTION FACETS 'WAIVED BY'THE FAA so THAT SUCH AN"AGREEMENT WOULD NOT I'
BE NECF;_SSARY. .
FOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS SUBJECT IT WAS RECOMMENOED THAT THE PRO~R CITY I
OFrlCIALS BE AUTHORliED TO EXECUTE THE AMENDED LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN GREEN I
II FLYING SERVICE AND TtiE CITY OF EUGENE, AND THAT SUCH AG~~EMENT BE:EXECUTED IRRE- Ii
SPEC~IVE OF ANY REPORT BY THE FIRM OF LEIGH FISHER & ASSOCIATES. MOTION CARRIED I
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I T WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAUR I S THAT ITEM 7 Of THE COMM I TTEE REPORT BE \11
APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. ~
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MEETING Of OCTOBER 16, 1959 WAS MADE AND IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THERE IS SOME QUES- ..
TION AS TO THE FLAT RATE DISCOUNTS WHICH MIGHT BE ALLOWED FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSES I
I AND FOR AIR C~NDITIONING PURPOSES. SOME_ DISCUSSION WAS THEN HAD ON THE PROPOSED j
WATER USER CHARGE WHICH PRESUMES A $2.00 FLAT RATE fOR RESIDENTIAL USERS AND A I
I SIX STEP PLAN FOR ALL OTHER USERS. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT IF THIS PROPOSAL IS I
I ADOPTED THERE IS SOME QUESTION AS TO WHETH~R REFUNDS SHOULD BE MADE, AND IT WAS FUR- I
THER POINTED OUT THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME INCREASES IN CERTAIN AREAS ON THE NEW ,
I RATE STRUCTUR~ OVER THAT Of THE EXISTING RATE STRUCTURE IN EFFECT SINCE JULY 1,1959. I e
I DISCUSSION WAS ALSO HAD ON THE USE OF WATER POWERED SUMP BUMPS Of WHICH IT WAS
ESTIMATED APPROXIMATELY 2500 EXIST IN'THE CITY OF EUGENE, ~ND A SUGGESTION WAS i
MADE THAT THE CITY ADMINISTRATIVE STAff UNDERTAKE TO ELIMINATE THESE SUMP PUMPS II
ON AN INDIVIDUAL CONTACT BASIS. CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION WAS HAD BY THE COM- I
MI~TEE AND INTERESTED CITIZENS AS TO WHETHER A SMALL BUSINESS SHOULD BE BURDENEO I
TO THE EXTENT PROPOSED, AND IT WAS STATED BY INTERESTED CITIZENS THAT IT IS ~E- j
LIEVED THE CITY IS ATTEMPTING TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE SEWER PROGRAM TOO RAPIDLY. I
IN THE DISCUSSION IT WAS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT A NUMBER OF PROPOSED RATES HAVE I
BEEN ADVANCED, SOME Of WHICH WERE COMPUT~D BY THE EUGiNE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD r
BY SPECI'FIC R'EQUEST OF COUNciL MEMBERS AND FOR THE INFORMATION Of' THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. II
FOLLOWING SOME LENGT~Y DISCUSSION ON THIS SUBJECT IT WAS RECOMMENDED THE AMENDED II
RATE SHOWN AS SCHEDULE #4 BE ADOPTED WITH A FLAT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL RATE I(
OF $2.0.0. PER" M<?NTH, AND A ~ I X . STEP, RATE STRUCTURE FOR ALL OTHER USERS" AS FOLLOWS: I
FIRST iQOO CU.FT~ ~ 20~ PER C CU.FT.
NEXT 4000 CU.fT. "@ 15; PER 'C CU.FT.
NEXT 5000 CU. fT. @ 10; PER C CU;FT~
NEXT 15,000 CU.FT. 8 7-1/2~ PER C CU. FT.
NEXT 25,000 CU.FT. 8 5; PER'C CU.FT.
~LLOVtR'50,000 CU.FT~ @ 3~ PER C CU.FT.
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I THAT A FLAT RATE DISCOUNT FOR IRRIGATION BE ALLOWED AND fOR EXrSTING AIR CON-
DITIONING UNITS, TO BE COMPUTED ON AN AREA BASIS FOR IRRIGATION AND ON A
i SWUARE FOOTAGE TO BE COOLED OR ACTUAL WATER USED fOR AIR CONDITIONING. ALL
fUTURE AIR CONDITIONING INSTALLATIONS TO PAY ON THE BASIS Of ACTUAL WATER
~l USED WITH NO DISCOUNT. FURTHER, THAT THE EffECTIVE DATE FOR NE~ BILLIN~S ON
I THE ABOVE RATES BE NOVEMBER I, 1959 AND THAT THE ORDINANCE BE EffECTIVE AS !
0(") 1\ OF THAT DATE. Moi'ON CARRIED WIT~ COUNCILMEN CHATT AND WILSON VOTING NAY."
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C) r~ APPROVED. MOTION WITHDRAWN.
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>~ ~! IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MCGAffEY SECO~DED BY MR. SHEARER THAT DEBATE BE LIMITED TO 15 MINUTES. I
;1 MOTION DEfEATED 3-4.
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, MR. DARLING, REPRESENTING THE MOTEL OWNERS ASSOCIATION, ASKED THE COUNC'IL fOR MORE TIME
I
e I 'BEfORE FINAL ACTION IS TAKEN ON ANY ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH WATER USERS CHARGES. HE fELT
I 'I
~ THAT UNDER THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE THE MIDDLE USERS ARE BEING PENALIZED SINCE IT APPEARS
" THERE IS SOME DEGREE OF UNfAIRNESS BECAUSE RATES fOR HIGH USERS ARE DECREASED CON- I
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" SIDERABLY AND RATES FOR MIDDLE USERS REM41N APPROXIMATELY THE SAME. HE STATED THAT IN
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f, HIS OPINION THERE ARE DANGEROUS LEGAL POINTS IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT WOULD NOT
II STAND UP IN COURT. HE SUGGESTED A 4~ END RATE ON THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE TO REMOVE IN-
fl EQUITIES TO THE MIDDLE USERS CLASS.
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11 MR. SHEARER STATED THAT IT HAD BEEN 'T~E INTENT Of THE COUNCIL TO TREAT MOTELS, HOTELS
AND LIKE BUSINESSES WHERE HUMAN WASTE IS DISCHARGED INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM IN THE SAME
11 MANNER AS RESIDENTIAL USERS.
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II MAYOR CONE STATED THAT THE ENGINEERS EMPHASIZED THE POINT THAT HUMAN WASTE MUST BE I
1\
~. TREATED DUE TO BACTERIA COUNT WHEREAS LARGER INDUSTRIAL USERS WASTE IS NOT IN MOST
11 CASES DANGEROUS WITHOUT TREATMENT.
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\1 AfTER CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION ON VARIOUS RATES WHICH MIGHT TO SOME DEGREE RECTifY THE
,I ALLEGED BURDEN ON THE MIDDLE CLASS USERS, IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY
tl MR. McGAffEY THAT ITEM e Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE AMENDED TO PROVIDE THAT THE LAST
I STEP, OR STEP 6, IN THE RATE SCHEDULE BE CHANGED fROM 3~ TO 4~ PER C CUBIC fEET fOR
,(
H ALL OVER 50,000 CUBIC FEET. MOTION CARRIED, COUNCILMEN MOLHOLM~ CHATT AND SWANSON
H
'I VOTING NAY.
IT WAS THEN MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR.' MOLHOLM THAT THE COMMITTEE REPORT
'I BE fURTHER AMENDED TO PROVIDE THAT CREDITS AND ADJUSTMENTS BE ALLOWED BY THE EUGENE
I
-I WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD ON fUTURE BILLINGS TO ALL WATER USERS WHO HAVE PAID WATER
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,I USER CHARGES DURING THE PERIOD AUGUST I, 1959 TO NOVEMBER I, 1959 IN EXCESS OF THE
~I AMOUNT WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED HAD THE RATE SCHEDULE ADOPTED ABOVE BEEN IN
n EfFECT, BUT THAT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE BE MADE TO ANY WATER USER WHO HAS PAID LE~S
iii
~ THAN THE AMOUNT THE ABOVE RATE SCHEDULE WOULD HAVE REQUIRED. MOTION CARRIED,
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tI MR. MCGAfFEY ABSTAINING.
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f' REPORTS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
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tl A REPORT OF THE BOARD Of ApPEALS MEETING HELD OCTOBER 14, 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READkS FOLLOWS:
I [I "THE BOARD Of ApPEALS HELD A MEETING AT THE CITY HALL, OCTOBER 14, 1959.
[I MEMBERS PRESENT WERE MR. MoRRIS, MR. PERKINS, MR. BALZHISER AND MR. HENDERSHOTT.
. - - .
e 'I I. MR. O. O. YOUNG, 820 WEST 23RD AVENUE, REQUESTS A VARIANCE TO CONSTRUCT
II
II 'A NEW RESIDENCE ON A LOT 60fxI50", 9000 SQUARE FEET. IT 'WAS POINTED
I'
II OUT TO MEMBERS Of THE BoARD THAT A DUPCEX WOULD BE PERMITTED ON A CORNER
f
~I LOT IN THAT AREA. IT WAS ALSO MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A RESIDENCE AL-
'I
;j READY ON THE PROPOSED BUILDING SITE.
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II MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WERE DRIVEN TO THE LOCATION AND AFTER DISCUSSING
"
II THE MATTER IT WAS THE OPINION OF MR. BALZHISER THAT DIVIDING THE LOT I
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l! I-NTO TWO LOTS, EACH LOT WOULD HAVE AN AREA Of ONLY 4500 SQUARE FEET. I
I, DUE TO THESE~ fACTS, MR. MORRIS MADE A MOTION AND MR. B~LZHISER SECONDED :
! THAT THE REQUEST FOR THE VARIANCE BE DENIED. MOTION CARRIED.
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2 II 2. ELLEN SCHOONOVER, 1785 WEST 1.4TH--AvENUE, REQUESTS A VARIANCE IN SETBACK
Ii TO CONSTRUCT A CARPORT AT r3271r::GR~NTCSTF.!EEll~TTltN E'ElElll'd .1.00 F7~QM "He
II F.'RONiI!C;p~OeItRl:1tCEJNEi':f:;,f: ',,<:',... ~,:: '. :'" .~. L ~~ ": C:.o' ':
I
I fl AFTER VIEWING THE PLOT PLAN, IT WAS AGREED UPON BY ALL MEMBERS THAT BY
REMOVING A SECTION OF FENCE, WHICH IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR ZONING I
~I ORDINANCE, THERE WOULD BE AMPLE ROOM TO CONSTRUCT THE PROPOSED CARPORT
;1
:1 AND COMPLY WITH ALL SETBACK REQUIREMENTS. MR. BALZHISER MADE A MOTION
AND IT WAS SECONDED BY MR. HENDERSHOTT THAT THE REQUEST fOR VARIANCE
~I BE DENIED. MOTION CARRIED.
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I 3. MR. GLtN MART, : 594 R I VtRV I tW, RtOut STS A VA. I ANCt IN ScrBACK RtO U I RtMtNTS, I I
TO CONSTRUCT A CARPORT 3' FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE AND 2' fROM THE 1
WEST PROPERTY LINE, AS SHOWN ON THE SKETCH.
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MEMBERS WERE DRIVEN TO THE SITE AND AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE !!
DEAD: END STREET AND THE SURROUNDING LAND, MR. BALZHISER'MADE A MOTION II
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AND IT WAS SECONDED BY MR. MORRIS THAT THE REQUEST BE GRANTED. MOTION r
I CARRIED. II
2 4. MR. VERN C. Ross, 484 MADISON, REQUESTS A VARIANCE FROM THE 20' SETBACK II
,
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REQUIRED FOR CARPORTS AND GARAGES TO CONSTRUCT A CARPORT IS' fROM THE Ii
SIDEWALK ON MADISON STREET.
IT WAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THE PROPOSED CARPORT WOULD NOT INTER- Ii
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FERE WITH TRAFfiC VISION; DUE TO THIS FACT~, MR. HENDERSHOTT MADEA MOTION I:
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AND IT WAS SECONDED BY MR. PERKINS THAT THE REQUEST FOR VARIANCE BE I
GRANTED. MOTION CARRIED. e
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5. MR. THOMAS BALZHISER, REPRESENTING LEW WILLI'AMS CHE-VROLET COMPANY,RE- ,I
3 II
QUESTS A VARIANCE FROM THE 25' SETBACK ON FR*NKLIN BOU~VARD TO ERECT A
SIGN AT 2000 FRANKL IN BoUU:VARD.- II
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As STATED IN THE LETTER, If FRANKLIN BoULEVARD IS WIDENED, MR. WILLIAMS I:
WILL 'REMOVE THE SIGN AT NO' COST TO THE CITY. DUE TO THIS FACT, MR. HENDER- \1 I
II
SHOTT MADE A MOTION AND IT WAS SECONDED BY MR. PERKINS THAT THE REQUEST ;1
fOR VARIANCE BE GRANTED. MOTION CARRIED. II
I
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE !'tEETIN_G WAS ADJOURNED." 1\
I
! IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ApPEALS BE 11
RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. (ACTION TAKEN ON REQUESTS UNDER COMMITTEE REPORT Of II
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OCTOBER 23, 1959 . ) 11
I II
i PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS
I
41 AN APPLICATION FOR MERCHANT POLICE LICENSE WAS SUBMITTED BY EDWARD ERNEST KELLOGG DBA UNITED II
I
AMERICAN DETECTIVE AGENCIES, 'NC., P.O. Box 3335, AS APPROVED BY THE POLl-CE[)[PARTMENT. I
'T WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE APPLICATIDN BE APPROVED. MOTION I
CARRIED. "
5 AN APPLICATION fOR ROOMING HOUSE LICENSE WAS SUBMITTED BY ROSA THOMAS DBA ROSA THOMAS ROOMING II
1;
HOUSE, 441 WEST 7TH AVENUE, AS APPROV~DBY THE POLICE, FIRE, BUILDING -AND HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. j
! -
I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOLHOLM SECONDED BY MR.- SHEARER THAT 'THE -APPLICATION BE APPROVED. MOTION I
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THE fOLLOWING APPLICATIONS fOR RENEWAL Of ROOMING HOUSE LICENSES WERE SUBMITTED AS APPROVED I,
i BY THE POLICE, FIRE, BUILDING AND HEALTH DEPARTMENTS: Ii
MINNIE BELLER ROOMING HOUSE, 739 WEST 5TH AVENUE - MINNIE BELLER II
I
ELOISE CONNER ROOMING HOUSE, 667 WEST 6TH AVENUE - ELOISE CONNER I
S. E. EMMERSON ROOMING HOUSE, 637 WEST 7TH AVENUE '- S. E. -EMMERSON
IT WAS MOVED BvMR. SHEARER SECONQED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE APPLICATION BE APPROVED. MOTION I
I I
CARRIED. il e
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71 THE fOLLOWING APPLICATIONS FOR RENEWAL Of ~IQUOR LICENSES WERE SUBMITTED AS APPROVED BY THE II
POLICE DEPARTMENT: Ii
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RETAIL MALT BEVERAGE CLASS A (RMBA) I
EUGENE PASTIME, 730 WILLAMETTE STREET -ANNIAH G. & LOUISE M. COOK
RESTAURANT (A) .
MORENO'S MEXICAN KITCHEN, 191 -EAST 8TH AVENUE- TED EDMUND MARINEAU
~
PACKAGE STORE CLASS A (PA)
MARK'S MARKET, 495 WEST 8,TH AVENUE - MARK W. & -EDNA E. SMITH I
PRICE'S GROCERY; 107 MONROE STREET - DONALD D~ '& NELL PRICE
PACKAGE STORE CLASS B(PB) I I
BOB'S SUPERETTE, 595 EAST 13TH AVENUE - ROBERT JAMES HAYES, JR.
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CLASS A DISPENSERS (OA) ., .' j:
ROBERTS LUNCH, 147 EAST BROADWAY - CARROLL C. & MABEL C. :ROBERTS I
SEYMOUR'S CAfE, 996 WILLAMETTE STREET - DARLE A. SEYMOUR 'AND GLENN C. FACKRELL
MING'S, 26 WEST 7TH AVENUE - WILLIAM WAH VING & ADA 01 LAN LEE- I
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" II
it IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT THE APPLICATIONS BE APPROVED. MOTION
I
,i CARRIED. II
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00 ;1 ORD I NANCES Ii
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'. COUNCIL BILL No. 4744 - RE: VACATING EASEMENT BETWEEN LOTS 18 AND 19 AND BETWEEN LOTS
U I , 19 AND 20,
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~ 'I BLOCK 5, SUNNY HOLLOW ADDITION, WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL. il
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il IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY II
'I COUNC IL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE
I BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. II
I I
e I
, IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL BE I
'I
'i READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBERONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE CO~NCIL. MOTION CAR-
'i RIEO UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL BAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. I
;1
'1 I T WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAUR I S THAT THE BHL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN F'I NAL I
I i
'I ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND I
PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. I
I NUMBERED 11616. I
COUNCIL BILL No. 4745 - RE: VACATING PLAT AND CERTAIN STREETS 1ST ADDITION TO CAPITAL HILL I
2 IN II
WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL. Ii
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. 'LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY Ii
It
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF' THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANI~OUSLYAND THE II
Ii
I, BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. Ii
'I
I' II
,
1 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE ROLES]BEfISUSPENDED AND THE BILL BE II
,I READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL N~MBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CAR- Ii
I,
'I RIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. II
Ii
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. lAURIS THAT THE BILL BE APPROVEO AND GIVEN FINAL ,I
!i
PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND "
I NUMBERED 11617. II
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, COUNCIL BILL No~ 4746 - 'RE: VACATING ALLEY BETWEEN 13TH AND 14TH AVENUES EXTENDING EASTERLY /,
3 I[
FROM NORTH/SOUTH ALLEY BETWEEN HIGH AND MILL STREETS TO MILL STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST 'I
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TIME IN FUL L . 1\
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY !I
, COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF' THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND Ii
I Ii
'I
I THE BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNC I L BILL ,NUMBER ONLY. 11
I :1
I ,I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. lAURIS THAT THE RULES BE 'SUSPENDED AND THE BILL I
,I
BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION Ii
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. ,I
I
I'
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS~ LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN FINAL II
I'
,; ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING'AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND Ii
, PASSAGE. I'
NUMBERED 11618. !I
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4 COUNCIL BILL No. 4747 - RE: INITIATING VACATION OF PORTION Of INAVALE STREET BETWEEN ONYX I,
STREET AND EMERALD STREET WAS SUBM I TTED AND READ THE FIRST T I,ME I N f" UL L . Ii
H I'
,i IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY :1
" COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT Of" THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND !I
THE BILL WAS READ THE SECO~D TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. "
", I
I' i
I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL
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BE READ THE ~HIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT Of" THE COUNCIL. MOTION "
!i
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. II
I I'
" ,I
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN FINAL I ~
I,
I,
PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND I:
NUMBERED 11619. "
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I 51 COUNCIL BILL No. 4748 - RE: INITIATING VACATION Of ALLEY RUNNING EAST AND WEST BETWEEN 8TH il
I
AVENUE AND BROADWAY FROM WILLAMETTE TO WEST PARK STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME I N f" UL L . I
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY Ii
;i COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT Of THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND "
"
I'
I THE BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. il
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i' IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED 8Y MRS. LAURIS THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL
" BE READ THE ~HIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF' THE COUNCIL. MOTION Ii
I', Ii
e ,! CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. I'
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!,
PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND
NUMBERED 11620, MR. McGAFFEY VOTING NAY. . ,
I
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COUNCIL BILL No. 4749 - RE: ESTABLISHING CHARGES FOR WATER USERS AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO.11548 ,
I ,
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WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL. I
,
I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY 11
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COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND ;1
THE BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. "
:1
IT WAS MOVED BY Mw. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL II
]I
BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. ALL I'
i:
COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, EXCEPT MR. CHATT VOTING NAY, THE BILL WAS HELD OVER FOR THIRD REAO- II
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ING. (SEE ACTION AT END OF MINTUES.) I,
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2 COUNCIL SILL .No.. 4750 - RE: CALLING HEARING TO DISPENSE WITH ELECTION IN CITY UPON ANNEXATION :1 e
OF AREA IN VICINITY OF 30TH AVENUE AND MADISON STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL. il
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY r
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE CO'UNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND I
,
THE BILL WAS READ THE SECONO TIME BY.COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. ,
I
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IT WAS MOVEQ BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL I'
" I
BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION II
I CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME -BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. 'I
"
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE _BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN FINAL ;i
q
PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. . ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND I,
"
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NUMBERED 11622. ;1
3 COUNCIL BILL No. 4751 _- RE: CALLI~G HE~RING TO DISPENSE WITH ELECTION IN CITY UPON ANNEXATION 11
,
OF AREA IN OAKWAY WATER DISTRICT WAS SUBMITTED AND ~EAD THE _FIRST -TIME IN FULL. j
I
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY- il
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND jI
THE BILL WAS READ THE S,ECOND T I ME BY COUNC I L BILL' NUMBE;RONL Y. Ii
II
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THERULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL ,I
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BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION II
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS REAO THE THIR~ TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER 'ONLY. II
"
II
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN FINAL 'I
II
PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND II
NUMBERED 11623.
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I TWEEN 24TH AND 25TH AVENUES FROM CHAMBERS TO GRANT STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL~ I
I . I
. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE HELD OVER AND PROPER NOTICE II
I OF ASSESSMENT GiVEN OWNERS OF AFFECTED PROPERTY. MOTION CARRIED. II
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COUNCIL BILL No. 4753 - RE: LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION:OFSIDEW~LK ON-22ND AVENUE Ij
FROM HILYARD TO ALDER STREET, HARRIS STREET BETWEEN 22ND'AND 23RD AVENUES, AND POTTER STREET BETWEEN!
22ND AND 23RD AVENUES WAS SUBM ITTED' AND READ THE .... RST TIME IN f'ULL. II
II e
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED ~Y MRS. LAUR!S THAT THE BILL BE~LD OVER AND. PROPER NOTICE II
OF ASSESSMENT GIVEN OWNERS OF Af'FECTED PROPERTY. MOTION CARRIED. II
RESOLUTIONS I
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RESOLUTION #652 - RE: AUTHORIZING EXECUTION Of' AMENDMENT TO LEASE AGREEMENT WITH GREEN FLYING I
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SERVICE (MAHLON-SWEET) WAS SUBMITTED AND READ IN FULL. I
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAU~ISTHAT THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. MOTION ;'1
I
CARRIED. I
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7 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MCGAFFEY SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT'A S~ECIAL COUNCIL MEETING BE CALLED ON ,I
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1959, AT 4:00 PM TO CONSIDER THIRD READING AND FINAL PASSAGE Of' WATER USER
ORDINANCE, C.B.4749, MOTION WITHDRAWN. Ii
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. CHATT SE~ONDED BY MR. MOYER TO RECONSIDER THIRD READING Of' C.B.4749. II I
MOTION CARRIED. Ii
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BYMRS. LAURIS THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND C.B.4749 BE Ii
READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOT I ON 'I
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL'BILL NUMBER ONLY.
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