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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/23/1959 Meeting ~236 e '~1/2_3l59 ~ .. ---------,~-- l.._.~ -- -- I 1 CO UNC I L CHAMBER I EUGENE, OREGON NOVEMBER 23, 1959 1 ,I II I THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE WAS HELD ON NOVEMBER 9, 1959 l' t I! I AND ADJOURNED TO NOVEMBER 23, 1959 AT 7:30 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO II ORDER BY HIS HONOR MAYOR E. E. CONE WITH THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: MR. SHEARER, MRS. LAUR I s, Ii MR. MOLHOLM, MR. MCGAFFEY, MR. CHATT, MR. MOYER, MR. WILSON AND MR. SWANSON. II I il j ! THE INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY REV. DON PETERSEN. I: I 'i THE MINUTES Of THE REGULAR MEETING OF NOVEMBER 9, 1959, AS MAILED TO MEMBERS Of THE COUNCIL, I. il WERE APPROVED. I, INTRODUCTION OF NEW BUSINESS Ii II COUNCILMAN WILSON MADE ,I I INQUIRY AS TO WHETHER THE CITY OF EUGENE HAS ANY COMFORT FACILITIES IN II e THE PARK BLOCKS AREA IN THE VICINITY OF THE NEW COURTHOUSE. IN ANSWER TO THIS IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT Ii THE CITY fORMERLY PARTICIPATED WITH THE COUNey IN THE OPERATION OF THE COMfORT STATION BUT THAT WITH I' THE MODERNIZATION OF THE PARK BLOCKS THIS STATION HAD BEEN REMOVED AND COMFORT FACILITIES WERE MADE Ii AVAILABLE IN THE BASEMENT Of THE MEETING HALL STRUCTURE IMMEDIATELY SOUTH Of THE COURTHOUSE. MR. WILSON THEN INDICATED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED SOME COMPLAINTS fROM SENIOR CITIZENS AS TO THE LACK Of Ii COMFORT fACILITIES AND THE FACT THAT THE EXISTING COUNTY fACILITIES ARE LOCKED ON WEEKENDS, EVENINGS I: AND HOLIDAYS AND THAT IT REQUIRES CITIZENS TO GO TO THE BASEMENT LEVEL BY STAIRWAY WHEN THE COUNTY II I I COMfORT STATION IS OPEN. 'I II IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WILSON SECONDED BY MR. MCGAffEY THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE INSTRUCTED TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. REQUESTING THAT THE PUBLIC REST ROOMS LOCATED IN THE Ii BASEMENT Of THE MEETING HALL BE KEPT OPEN ON WEEK ENDS, EVENINGS AND HOLIDAYS ON THE SAME BASIS Ii AS THE OLD COMfORT STATION WAS KEPT OPEN. MOTION CARRIED. I I' ,I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WILSON SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFFEY THAT A STUDY BE MADE TO DETERMINE I F REST II ROOMS: CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA WITH SUCH REST ROOMS TO BE ON THE GROUND fLOOR AND (I EASILY ACCESSIBLE. WITH THIS IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT SUCH A fACILITY COULD BE PLANNED IN RELATION TO Ii " THE PROPOSED NEW CITY HALL. MOTION CARRIED. ii , ,/ 21 ., COUNCILMAN SHEARER THEN REMARKED THAT RECENT EDITIONS Of PUBLIC MANAGEMENT HAVE CARRIED A SERIES l' J/ Of ARTICLES ON ANNEXATION, THE LATEST OF WHICH REfERRED TO NEW STATUTES PASSED IN THE STATE OF NORTH Ii , CAROLINA RELATING TO ANNEXATION. HE SUGGESTED THAT COPIES Of THE NORTH CAROLINA STATUTES BE OBTAINED II 1 TOGETHER WITH COPIES Of PUBLIC MANAGEMENT CONTAINING ARTICLES ON ANNEXATION, AND THAT THESE BE SUP- PLIED TO THE LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION fROM LANE COUNTY fOR THEIR INFORMATION. No FORMAL ACTION WAS I TAKEN ALTHOUGH IT WAS GENERALLY AGREED THAT SUCH ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN. 1 31 1 THE fOLLOWING BILL WAS PRESENTED fOR APPROVAL: I: 11 I \1 I GIFfORD MOTORS - ONE MODEL 1100 fiAT 4-DOOR SEDAN $ I ,240 .30 Ii IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL AS SUBMITTED BE APPROVED AND I) 1 I I THE PROPER CITY OffICIALS BE AUTHORIZED TO DRAW THE NECESSARY WARRANT. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCIL- 11 I MEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED. il 41 !, THIS BEING THE DATE SET fOR THE AWARD Of CONTRACTS fOR VARIOUS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, THE fOLLOW- 'I II ING BIDS WERE TABULATED AS OPENED NOVEMBER 23, 1959 AT 10:00 AM: / I ~ANITARY SEWERS CONTRACT COST PER COST PER I PROJECT AND NAME Of BIDDER COST fRONT f00T ZONE fOOT i e AREA BETWEEN AGATE AND COLUMBIA STREETS fROM BETWEEN I I I 26TH AND 27TH AVENUES TO BETWEEN 27TH AND 28TH AVENUES I i II M. J. BUTTS $ 2,995.0? $ 8.36 /i3~TWEEN 10TH AND 11TH AVENUES' FROM GARFIELD TO HAYES Ii M. J. BUTT S " 537.35 1.57 II I, / Ii I' AIDEWALKS 1 19TH TO 22ND AVENUE; I I BoTH SIDES Of ADAMS STREET FROM ALSO BOTH SIDES Of JACKSON STREET FROM 18TH TO 22ND AVENUE EX- , I CLUDING EXISTING SIDEWALK \. KEMP CONCRETE 4,414.90 $ 2.19 I! IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT BIDS BE REJECTED ON THE SANITARY SEWER II. I PROJECT IN THE AREA BETWEEN AGATE AND COLUMBIA STREETS fROM BETWEEN 26TH AND 27TH AVENUES TO BETWEEN 11 27TH AND 28TH AVENUES, AND THAT THE BID ON THE SANITARY SEWER PROJECT BETWEEN 10TH AND I I TH AVENUES !I I fROM GARFIELD TO HAYES STREET BE AWARDED TO M. J. BUTTS ON THE BID PRICE OF $537.35, AND THAT THE BID II ON THE SIDEWALK PROJECT ON BOTH SIDES OF ADAMS STREET fROM 19TH TO 22ND AVENUE; ALSO BOTH SIDES Of II JACKSON STREET fROM 18TH TO 22ND AVENUE, EXCLUDING EXISTING SIDEWALK, BE AWARDED TO KEMP CONCRETE II ON THE BID PRICE Of $4,414.90. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED. II II II e ,/ Ii " ~\. " . "237~ e 11/23/59 - - -- ---.- - II " ~- -- -- -- - - -- - -. -- - - , ~---- - - --- --- ---::.+ ~ t I I. IiI ,. REPORTS OF OFFICERS (' ,. ~l II I d A REPORT fROM THE CITY MANAGER WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: Ii "THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE AMAZON AT 11 :1 GARFIELD STREET IS 95% COMPLETE. THE SANITARY SEWER IN THEAREA .BETWEEN WHITBECK II I BOULEVARD AND CHAMBERS STREET IS 20% COMPLETE, AND THE fOLLOWING SIDEWALK PRO- II II 11 C10 :\ JECTS ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED: (;\.}: q 'ry' /, 24TH AVENUE FROM HARRIS TO AGATE STREET - 95% COMPLETE 'I U ti 18TH AVENUE fROM CHARNELTON TO CHAMBERS STREET - 40% COMPLETE II ,......,,'Iit, ,1 ~ POLK STREET FROM 11TH TO 18TH AVENUE - 10% COMPLETE CC i'l I II :1 :1 ALL OTHER PROJECTS AT PRESENT UNDER CONTRACT HAVE NOT BEEN STARTED AS OF THIS 11 ;, U DA T E . BEFORE THE GARfiELD STREET BRIDGE IS OPENED'TO TRAFfiC, THE APPROACHES II ;\ WILL HAVE TO BE CONSTRUCTED BY CITY fORCES; THIS WORK IS SCHEDULED TO START I I e f'l TOMORROW. I ! ." i ,1'1 THE PARKS DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT THE COMFORT STATION IN HENDRICKS PARK .\ HAS BEEN COMPLETED, THE WADING POOL IN AMAZON PARK IS 80% COMPLETE, AND THE I :[ ! " REMODELING Of THE GARAGE STRUCTURE AT THE PARKS WAREHOUSE IS 50% COMPLETE. rl (I II 2 ~I I AM IN RECEIPT OF A LETTER FROM THE FEDERAL AVIATION AGENCY DATED I' I I,; NOVEMBER 13, 1959: ,I " I I " 'IN RESPONSE TO YOUR REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FEDERAL-AID AIRPORT 'I I I ;1 PROGRAM, THE ADMINISTRATOR HAS ALLOCATED $59,425.00 fOR A PROJECT AT MAHLON- I ;1 SWEET FIELD AS THE UNITED STATES' SHARE OF ALLOWABLE PROJECT COSTS IN PER- I II " FORMING THE FOLLOWING AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT: II J ~I INSTALL REMOTELY CONTROLLED LIGHTED WIND TEE INCLUDING I I, I ~I ASSOCIATED CABLE AND CONTROLS $ 5,450.00 , 1 11 ACQUIRE LAND fOR INSTALLATION Of ALS 3,023.00 II ! CONSTRUCT N/S TAXIWAY 50,000.00 ii ~i \1 CONSTRUCT APRON FENCE 895.00 I CONSTRUCT FLOOD LIGHTS. 167.00 " I :1 , TOTAL $ 59,425.00 I f, I ,I H YOUR ATTENTION IS INVITED TO THE FACT THAT THIS ALLOCATION Of FUNDS IS II :! :i SPECIFIC AND FIRM INSOFAR AS THE UNITED STATES IS CONCERNED AS LONG AS YOU t ~ PROCEED WITH DUE DILIGENCE AND MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PROJECT APPROVAL BY I II ! THE DATE SPECIFIED HEREIN. THIS ALLOCATION Of FUNDS IS BASED ON YOUR ESTI- :1 MATES OF COSTS OF THE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED PROJECT TO WHICH IT RELATES. ACCORDINGLY, .IF THE ESTIMATES UPON WHICH THIS ALLOCA- II 'I TION OF FUNDS IS BASED LATER PROVE TO BE INADEQUATE, YOU HAVE NO ASSURANCE !, I, I BY VIRTUE or THIS ALLOCATION OF FUNDS THAT ADDITIONAL fiNANCIAL ASSISTANCE :1 I' lj I fROM THE UNITED STATES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO MEET THE DEfiCIENCY. '. I II !, ,I UNDER THE TERMS or THE FEDERAL AIRPORT ACT, A GRANT OFFER CAN BE MADE I 'I .1 ONLY AFTER A PROJECT ApPLICATION AND OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN SUB- I :1 MITTED AND APPROVED. THEREFORE, THIS ALLOCATION OF FUNDS IS SUBJECT TO THE I I PROJECT ApPLICATION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS Of THE ACT AND THE REGULATIONS I, ~I PROMULGATED THEREUNDER. rl ,I II :i THIS ALLOCATION, OR ANY REMAINING PORTION THEREOF, WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY e ~l WITHDRAWN IN THE EVENT A PROJECT Ap~LICATION AND OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS ARE II NOT SUBMITTED ON OR BEfORE APRIL I, 1960. THIS DATE IS ESTABLISHED IN ORDER :'1 THAT A GRANT AGREEMENT MAY BE EXECUTED PRIOR TO JUNE 30, 1960. " 1/ :1 II :i THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY IN THE PROCESSING ~i OF A PROJECT ApPLICATION. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THESE REQUIRE- ~ i MENTS, PLEASE CONTACT MR. CHARLES W. DREW, DISTRICT AIRPORT ENGINEER, FAA I, I il :1 BUILDING, Box 18, BOEING FIELD, SEATTLE 8, WASHINGTON.' fl II ~I THE NEXT MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE ON DECEMBER 14, 1959." ~ I II :! - .1 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER BE RE- :i CEIVED AND PLACED ON fiLE. MOTION CARRIED. ': .1 II !I I' REPORTS OF COMMITTEES d , :'1 I I A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD NOVEMBER 13, 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: I "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, LAURIS, MOLHOLM, MCGAffEY, CHATT, MOYER, i I Ii AND SWANSON; CITY MANAGER; CI.TY RECpRDER; DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS; CHIEF I' I OF POLICE; TRAffiC ENGINEER; PARKS & RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT; CITY , ATTORNEY; PLANNING CONSULTANT; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; LT. SMARTT; RE- ,~j :1 PRESENTATIVES Of LANE HUMANE SOCIETY; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD; I :1 WENDY RAY, KUGN; JACK CRAIG, OREGON SP.ECTATOR; AND OTHER I INTEREST CITIZENS. I 11 e \, I ,I :1 I q 1 " I ,. t " : L..lll I, 238 e -- II /2:~/59 _ --- - --. - ~ -- - ~ . --, -- - -------_.- c I I' I I ' I. REQUEST FROM LANE COUNTY EMPLOYEES COMMITTEE FOR MID-BLOCK CROSSWALK ON OAK I I STREET BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH AVENUES - A REQUEST FROM THE LANE COUNTY EMPLOYEES I COMMITTEE ASKING THAT A CROSSWALK BE INSTALLED CROSSING OAK STREET BETWEEN 7TH I, AND 8TH AVENUES FROM THE COURTHOUSE TO THE PARKING STRUCTURE WAS READ AS WAS A I, II REPORT FROM THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER. THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER INDICATED HE COULD NOT 1\ ,\ RECOMMEND SUCH A CROSSWALK SINCE ITS PRINCIPAL USE WOULD BE UNDER PEAK HOUR II TRAfFIC CONDITIONS, THAT TRAFFIC SIGNALS ARE LOCATED ON BOTH 7TH AND 8TH AVENUES I WHICH ARE LESS THAN 400 FEET APART, AND THAT A MID-BLOCK CROSSWALK WOULD REQUIRE AT II LEAST A PEAK PERIOD TRAFFIC SIGNAL WHICH WOULO INTERCONNECT WITH THE EXISTING il LIGHTS REQUIRING EXTRA TIMING EQUIPMENT WHICH WOULD FIT THE LOCATION AND WOULD BE 11 EXPENSIVE. ALSO, THE SIGNING FOR SUCH A CROSSWALK WOULD BE DIFFICULT. SOME DIS- I CUSSION WAS HAD ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER, AND THE COMMITTEE I I RECOMMENI;>ED THAT IT BE ACCEPTED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. ,I I I 2l 2. REQUEST FROM MCCRACKEN BROS. MOTOR FREIGHT TO ENTER ALLEY BETWEEN BROADWAY AND f ,I II I 10TH AVENUE FROM OAK STREET CONT;RARY TO ~E-WAY GRID SYSTEM AND BLOCK ALLEY FOR Ii ! 3-HOUR PERIOD ONCE A WEEK - A LETTER FROM MCCRACKEN BROS. MOTOR FREIGHT WAS READ !I e INDICATING THEY HAVE A CUSTOMER WHO RECEIVES fULL TRAILER LOADS OF MERCHANDISE !I AND WHOSE SERVICE ENTRANCE OPENS ONTO THE ALLEY RUNNING PARALLEL TO BROADWAY BE- TWEEN BROADWAY AND 10TH AVENUE F~OM WILLAMETTE TO OAK STREET. THE LETTER FURTHER I; EXPLAIN~D THAT THE TRAILER IN WHICH THE MERCHANDISE IS TRANSPORTED HAS A RIGHT SIDE DOOR AS WELL AS A REAR DOOR, AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT BOTH DOORS BE USED FOR (I I! UNLOADING WHICH MUST BE DONE BY MEANS OF AN ENDLESS MOTOR DRIVEN BELT TO THE 11 CUSTOMER'S SECOND FLOOR SroCK ROOM. FOR THESE REASONS THEY REQUESTED THEY BE 'I I 11 ALLOWED TO BLOCK THE ALLEY FRO A 3-HOUR PERIOD AND THAT THEY BE ALLOWED TO ENTER II THE ALLEY FROM OAK STREET SO THE SIDE DOOR COULD BE USED. lj IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE REQUEST WAS IN OPPOSITION TO EXISTING ORDINANCES AL- l I THOUGH IT WAS FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING ORDINANCES I MIGHT BE DRAWN ALLOWING SUCH AN OPERATION ON A LIMITED BASIS SUBJECT,TO DEFINITE 1\ CONTROLS BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SOME DISCUSSION WAS GIVEN TO POSSIBLE ALTER- II NATIVES AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT THE ALLEY WOULD BE BLOCKED FOR EMERGENCY EQUIP- ! MENT AND OTHER PUBLIC USE. THE CITY ATTORNEY INDICATED HE PROPOSES TO DRAWt!AN . ,I II I ORDINANCE WHICH WOULD GIVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SOME FLEXIBILITY IN ENFORCEMENT II : ON THE USE OF ALLEYS. SOME DISCUSSION WAS ALSO HAD ON THE SIGNING OF THE ALLEY (t I I TO INDICATE ,IT WAS CLOSED FOR THE PERIOD OF UNLOADING. il FOLLOWING THIS DISCUSSION IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT PERMISSION BE GRANTED ON A \i I SIX MONTHS' TRIAL BASIS SUBJECT TO REVIEW. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. II I II 31 3. DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED STATE BUILDING SITE IN URBAN RENEWAL AREA - COUNCILMAN Ii , l' I MOLHOLM, CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY, INDICATED IT HAS BEEN REPORTED , ,I i THAT THE STATE OF OREGON ,NOW HAS~ NUMBER OF LEASES FOR OfFICE SPACE WHICH ARE II , I UP FOR-RENEWAL AND THAT THE STATE IS ACTIVELY PURSUING THE IDEA OF BUILDING A STATE OfFICe: BUILDING IN THE CITY OF EUGENE. HE FURTHER INDICATED THAT MR.RoBERT I Ii I ELGIN fROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATE OF OREGON IS II I Ii I CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING THE POSSIBILITY OF BUILDING.SITES IN THE C,TYOf EUGENE. MR. MOLHOLM ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE STATE Of OREGON DOES NOT FEEL IT CAN PAY I I MORE FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION IN THE URBAN RENEWAL AREA THAN FOR WHICH ,I I T COULD I) I ACQUIR~ PROPERTY IN OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT MR. ELGIN I. BE ASKED TO ATTEND THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, ;1 1959, OR AT SOME SUBSEQUENT COMMITTEE MEETING. II '! COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES 'I INDICATED THEY BELIEVE IF IT WERE POSSIBLE FOR THE 11 STATE TO WAIT, PROPERTY COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE STATE OF OREGON AT AS i( GOOD A PRICE AS ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY OF EUGENE. II e 'I I IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE CITY MANAGER CONTACT MR. ELGIN AND ASK HIM TO MEET II WITH THE COUNCIL AS INDICATED ABOVE. No fORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. 'I II IT WAS MOVED' BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAUR I S THAT ITEMS I, 2 AND 3 OF THE COMMITTEE II REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED, MR. WILSON ABSTAINING. " II 'I MRS. LAURIS COMMENTED THERE SHOULD BE A BRIDGE OR A TUNNEL FROM THE COURTHOUSE TO THE PARK- II ING STRUCTURE. MR. WILSON SUGGESTED THAT THE CITY OF EUGENE SHOULD HAVE CROSSWALKS IN MID- II I BLOCK, AND HE FURTHER SUGGESTED IT IS SAFER TO CROSSIN MID-BLOCK. I, 4\ 4. DISCUSSION Of PURCHASE Of MCKy PROPERTY IN THE NORTH BANK PARK AREA - IT WAS RE- Il I PORTED THAT A SERIES OF CONFERENCES HAD BEEN HELD WITH MR. MCKY AS TO THE ACQUISI- I TION OF HIS PROPERTY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE WILLAMETTE RIVER APPROXIMATELY DUE I NORTH OF JUDKINS POINT. AN AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED TO PURCHASE THE 72.5 ACRES I OF PROPERTY IN THE OWNERSHIP Of MR. McKY AT A TOTAL COST OF $135,000 WITH SUCH Ii I PROPERTY TO BE PURCHASED OVER A 5-YEAR PERIOD AND THE ACTUAL ACQUISITION Of THE II PROPERTY TO BE IN FIVE PAYMENTS, ONE PAYMENT EACH YEAR AT A COST OF $27,000 PER YEAR. I A MAP OF THE AREA PROPOSED TO BE PURCHASED WAS SHOWN, AND IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT r I THE PROPERTY IS PARTIALLY GRAZING AND PARTIALLY PRODUCTIVE FARM LAND, THAT-THE i PURCHASE PRICE INCLUDES THE EXTERIOR FENC~NG BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE INT-ERIOR t fENCING OR TWO SILOS. Ii e Ii 1 " Ii I 'I ~\I " 20'Q~ kJ 0 oJ e 11/23/59 -- .. u . . ]1 - ~ -- c . II "I ~ 'I I, ~ IT WAS FURTHER STATED THAT IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO ADD FUNDS'TO THE PARKS & '., ~ i RECREATION BUDGET IN THE SUM OF $2,000 TO ALLOW THE PURCHASE OF SUCH PROPERTY , .'j WHICH WOULD .BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL .' "- IN A SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET. :i q -I II 'I THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ACCEPTANCE OF THE 5-YEAR CONTRACT BASIS FOR THE PUR- !I ,. I ;'1 CHASE OF MR. MCKY'S PROPERTY AT $27,000 PER YEAR, TOTAL PURCHASE PRICE OF II '.1 0C1 I $135,000. MOTION CARRIED. :1 N I ...... ~! IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. lAURIS THAT ITEM 4 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE II '.J .1 U: i APPROVED. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED. /< I' !"V" " I -~. ., c.c I ,: 5. DISCUSSION OF DOG ORDINANCE - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCIL- ii MAN MCGAFFEY THE QUESTION OF THE DoG ORDINANCE HAD BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE THE ,i COMMITTEE. COUNCILMAN MCGAFFEY i INDICATED HE HAD HAD A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS II ,i REGARDING DOGS AND THAT HE WONDERED WHY THE ENFORCEMENT HAD NOT BEEN BETTER II II e 'I AND WISHED TO DISCUSS THIS WITH THE HUMANE SOCIETY SO THAT HE WOULD KNOW BETTER II '" WHAT THE HUMANE SOCIETY'S PROBLEMS ARE. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY i II 'I INDICATED THAT THE ORDINANCE NOW IN FORCE DOES NOT PROVIDE THE METHOD FOR CON- I TROL OF DOGS THAT CANNOT BE CAUGHT. VARIOUS PROBLEMS FACED BY THE HUMANE SOCIETY I' :i WERE DISCUSSED IN GENERAL BY THE COMMITTEE AND IN THIS DISCUSSION IT WAS JillIDlCATED 'I " " THAT THE HUMANE SOCIETY IS NOW IN BETTER SHAPE TO PROVIDE SERVICE SINCE THEY CUR- :1 :I " RENTLY OPERATE TWO TRUCKS AND HAVE RECENTLY ADDED A MAN TO THE STAFF. THE PRINCI- I II PAL COMPLAINT OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY WITH REFERENCE TO THE PRESENT ORDINANCE IS il I THAT THERE IS NO PENALTY FOR TURNING A DOG LOOSE EVEN IF EVIDENCE CAN BE SHOWN d THAT THE DOG IS LOOSE, AND THE ONLY METHOD OF ENFORCEMENT IS THE ACTUAL AND PHYSI- 'I " II I CAL PICKING UP OF THE DOG. I I I FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT A NEW OR AMENDED ORDINANCE BE I ,! , DRAWN TO TIGHTEN THE RESTRICTIONS REGARDING DOGS, AND THE COMMITTEE RECOM- II MENDED THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE HUMANE SOCIETY JOINTLY WORK TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF;AN ORDINANCE OR AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING ORDINANCE TO BETTER !I MEET THE PROBLEM OF DOG CONTROL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. I' 6. AGENDA FOR COMMITTEE MEETING TO BE HELD MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1959 - SOME DIS- II I' CUSS ION WAS GIVEN TO THE ITEMS WHICH SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR THE " , I .COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING TO BE HELD MONDAY, NOVEMBER ~6, 1959. AMONG THE :! 11 ITEMS SET FORTH WERE THE DISCUSSION OF SPACE REQUIREMENTS FOR CITY HALL, THE " I' MATTER OF SELECTION OF AN ARCHITECT, THE DISCUSSION OF A BOND PACKAGE FOR Ii II CITY NEEDS, AND THE STATE OF OREGON BUILDING AREA REQUIREMENTS. Ii '. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. lAURIS THAT ITEMS 5 AND 6 OF THE COMMITTEE RE- i' ,! I' ii PORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. !I (: I :1 'I 7. DISCUSSION ONSPENCER BUTTE EXPRESSWAY INTERCHANGE -MAYOR CONE INDICATED THAT 3 " Ii FOR THE PAST ONE AND A HALF YEARS THE IDEA OF A SPENCER BUTTE EXPRESSWAY HAS II " ,I BEEN DISCUSSED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL AND OTHER AGENCIES. :1 THIS EXPRESSWAY I, WOULD EXTEND FROM APPROXIMATELY BROADWAY AND MILL STREET SOUTHERLY ACROSS THE II I 'I I, 'I CITY TO EVENTUALLY TIE INTO BLOOMBERG ROAD AND TO EXTEND A MAJOR ARTERIAL ii il 'I " INTO THE SOUTH WllLAMETTE AREA. i 1 I, 'f THe MAYOR THEN S~ATED THAT HE HAD RECENTLY LEARNED THAT A SUPER MOTEL IS NOW I :I CONTEMPL'ATED AT MILL STREET AND BROADWAY WH I CH WOULD EFFECT I VEL Y BLOCK THE I, :1 :1 NORTH END OF- SUCH A PROPOSED EXPRESSWA Y . HE STATED THAT THIS PROPERTY' HAS 11 BEEN OPTIONED FOR ~HE MOTEL AND THAT SINCE ~EARNING OF THEPOTENTIAL SALE OF II e THE PROPERTY, HE HAD DISCUSSED WITH THE OWNER THE POSSIBILITY OF THE CITY'S I I ACQUIRING SUCH PROPERTY. IT WAS ALSO STATED THAT APPARENTLY THE MOTEL IS I IN GOOD FAITH DESIROUS OF 'LOCATING AND HAVE APPLIED FOR A BUlDlNG PERMIT. I I ; THE PLANNING CONSULTANT INDICATED THAT IF THE MOTEL IS BUILT AT THE PROPOSED I, LOCATION IT WOULD EFFECTIVELY BLOCK THE PROPOSED EXPRESSWAY AND WOULD REQUIRE II THAT A NUMBER OF AWKWARD TURNING MOVEMENTS BE MADE BY TRAFFIC AND WOULD II fURTHER MEAN THAT TRAFFIC WOULD HAVE TO CONTINUE TO USE THE DOWNTOWN AREA FOR ARTERIAL MOVEMENT. THE PLANNING CONSULTANT FURTHER INDICATED THAT THE II :1 EXPRESSWAY IDEA IS NOW BECOMING THE OPTIMUM DESIGN SINCE CITIES THROUGHOUT I THE NATION ARE GETTING AWAY FROM THE OLD IDEA OF LOCAL STREET USE FOR I ARTERIAL PURPOSES. I II THE MAYOR SUGGESTED THE CITY SHOULD PLAN TO EXTEND THE EXPRESSWAY OVER A I! I PERIOD OF TIME AND THAT HE BELIEVES IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO PURCHASE THE , II ' !I PROPERTY OVER A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS OR MORE. FOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION I " IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY NEGOTIATE FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY I I LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BROADWAY AT MILL STREET ON A 3-YEAR OR LONGER I ;'[ BASIS AT A PRICE COMPARABLE TO THE CURRENT OPTION PRICE. MOTION CARRIED. ii UNAN IMOUSL Y." I , Ii IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. WILSON THAT ITEM 7 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT, iI :i TOGETHER WITH ITEM 6 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT Of NOVEMBER 16, 1959 AND ITEM 4 OF THE I " COMMITTEE REPORT OF NOVEMBER 20, 1959, BE REfERRED BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR i: e ~, ! FURTHER STUDY. MOTION CARRIED. I, I f,1 I I 'I I j '~ " , r"" 2 4 0;::.; e 11/23/59 -. - - - -- _._~ -_. I _.c __ _- .:_ , - ., I 1 I ON QUESTION, MAYOR CONE STATED THE COUNCILHAS NO PLANS FOR HOLDING UP THE APPLICA- i I TION fOR BUILDING PERMIT FOR A MOTEL AT THIS LOCATION. " I! I' I ,I I' " I A REPORT Of THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD N~VEMBER 16, 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: II II "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, LAURIS, MOLHOLM, MCGAFfEY, CHATT, WILSON I) I AND~SWANSON; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS; PARKS II j, I & R CREATION SUPERINTENDENT; CHIEf Of POLICE; FIRECHIEf; ASSISTANT CITY II I I' RECORDER; ASSISTANT CHIEf Of POLICE; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; PLANNING ,: CONSULTANT; OTHER STAff MEMBERS AND INTERESTED CITIZENS; REPRESENTATIVES Ii Ii OF THE PRESS. I I. DISCUSSION REGARDING PROPOSED CITY HALL BUILDING PROGRAM - SOME DISCUSSION WAS il HAD ON THE METHODS WHICH SHOULD BE USED TO SELECT AN ARCHITECT fOR A PROPOSED :i CITY HALL. COUNCILMEN MOLHOLM EXPLAINED THE DETAILS AND METHODS Of SELECTING I! AN ARCHITECT BY COMPETITION. HE INDICATED THERE ARE BASICALLY TWO TYPES Of ii e COMPETITION - OPEN AND CLOSED; THAT THE OPEN TYPE COULD BE LIMITED TO A GIVEN H AREA. OR COULD BE MADE INTERNATIONAL, AND THE CLOSED TYPE WOULD BE LIMITED TO A it II I SPECIfIC NUMBER Of ARCHITECTS WHO ARE ASKED TO'COMPETE~ HE fURTHER EXPLAINED It THAT ENTRIES WOULD BE JUDGED BY A JURY AND THAT UNDER THE RULES Of THE AlA A I MAJORITY Of THE JURY WOULD HAVE TO BE ARCHITECTS. HE fURTHER INDICATED THAT AN I ADVISOR.WOULD BE NECESSA~Y WHO WOULD ASSIST IN LAYING OUT THE PROGRAM AND THERE II WOULD BE CERTAIN COSTS fOR THE ADVISOR, fOR THE JURY AND PRIZES TO BE AWARDED II I TO COMPETITORS. II Ii DEAN GORDON OF THE SCHOOL Of ARCHITECTURE Of THE UNIVERSITY Of OREGON EXPLAINED Ii I THAT THE COMPETITION'S GOAL IS A PRE-PRELIMINARY DESIGN WITH ALL ARCHITECTS COM- I I PETING ON THIS BASIS, AND fOLLOWING THE SELECTION Of A WINNER THIS ARCHITECT THEN I WORKS WITH THE CLIENT TO OBTAIN THE SPECIfiCS. I \1 VARIOUS CONVERSATION? WERE HAD BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES Of THE COMMITTEE AND ARCHITECTS PRESENT IN WHICH SOME OBJECTED TO THE ADDED COST AND THE ADDED TIME :1 I' ELEMENT Of A COMPETITION, fOLLOWING WHICH IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT TIME WOULD BE d , I NECESSARY IN COMPETITION OR ON NORMAL ARCHITECTURAL SELECTION BASIS AND THAT 'I I, I " BY THE COMPETITION METHOD THERE IS THE ADVANTAGE Of MANY MINDS WORKING ON THE 11 I PROBLEM. II l I: i IN RELATION TO THE QUESTION WHETHER ARCHITECTS WOULD' OR WOULD NOT ENTER A COM- i! I PETITION A NUMBER INDICATED THEY WOULD ENTER SUCH COMPETITION If CONDITIONS 'I I WERE RIGHT AND THE PROGRAM WAS CLEAR AND CONCISE. ~ I I !I I Ii I SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD AS TO THE SITE LOCATION AND IT WAS STATED THE COUNCIL II I HAD fORMALLY APPROVED THE SITE BETWEEN PEARL AND HIGH STREETS AND BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH AVENUES. - - II I FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION MOTION WAS MADE BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR.MoLHOLM 1\ THAT THE CITY TAKE THE fiRST STEPS TOWARDS AN ARCHITECTURAL COMPEITION fOR ,I I ! DESIGN Of A CITY HALL AND THAT THIS BE LIMITED TO ARCHITECTS RESIDING IN LANE If COUNTY. FOLLOWING THIS SOME ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON THE COMPETITIVE II METHOD, THE DESIRABILITY Of LIMITING IT TO ARCHITECTS IN LANE COUNTY, AND THE II QUESTION Of ~HETHER THE .COMPETITIVE METHOD SHOULD BE USED IN THIS INSTANCE. I I FOLLOWING SUCH DISCUSSION IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT ! I - , I THAT THE" TEM BE HELD OVER fOR fURTHER STUDY TO FR I DA Y, NOVEMBER 20, 1959, AT I THE REGULAR COMMITTEE SESSION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. I e I . . - il 2 2~ CONSIDERATION Of SPACE REQUIREMENTS fOR CITY HALL - THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED II THAT THE STAff HAD DONE SOME PRELIMINARY WORK WITH RESPECT TO REQUIREMENTS fOR A CITY HALL, AND COPIES Of THE PROPOSED SPACE REQUIREMENTS WERE DISTRIBUTED II TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON THE DETAILS OF THE II I I. SPACE REQUIREMENTS AND ON THE COST OF THE COURTHOUSE. IT WAS INDICATED THAT Ii APPROXIMATELY 20% Of THE TOTAL SPACE OF THE NEW,COURTHOUSE IS IN HALLWAYS IN- i I CLUDING STAIR TOWERS, GENERAL CIRCULATION, fOYERS, PRIVATE CORRIDORS AND. j ELEVATORS. THE COST Of THE COURTHOUSE WAS INDICATED TO BE $17.35 PER SQUARE fOOT, INCLUDING LANDSCAPING AND THE MEETING HALL. No fORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN I' d ON THIS MATTER. il II 3 3. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM PROPOSED BY MAYOR - MAYOR CONE PRESENTED A fORMAL \1 REPORT TO THE COMMITTEE SETTING fORTH IN GENERAL _THE NECESSITY fOR A CITY HALL, I THE URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAM, A SEWER .PROGRAM, IN WHICH HE INDICATED THE CITY IS I CURRENTLY ENGAGED, THE SPENCER BUTTE EXPRESSWAY, OTHER ROAD DEVELOPMENT INCLUD- I ING THE WASHINGTON-JEffERSON OVERPASS AND BRIDGE, A PROPOSED BOND PACKAGE TO I I fI NANCE SUCH IMPROVEMENTS, AND STATING THAT THE ANNEXATIONAROPOSED IN THE \VILLA- r i KENZIE AREA TOGETHER WITH THE CITY'S CURRENT PROBLEMS WOULD PROBABLY REQUIRE I APPROXIMATELY $25 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS. ~ FOLLOWING THE MAYOR~S REMARKS, DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON THE HIGHWAY PROBLEM BEING fACED BY THE CITY, ESPECIALLY AS IT CONCERNS THE WASHINGTON-JEfFERSON STREET II OVERPASS AND THE PROPOSED SPENCER BUTTE EXPRESSWAY. IT WAS STATED THAT THE if I - ~..Ii !I 'I I "2'4t'~ e ____~_~_"____'___ _--'-' 11/23/59 ud -----_---..:....-...- - - -.. - -- - - -- - -. ~- --- .- - -- - - 1'-' - - -- - - -,. -- -- - - --- --- .-. -- --. --- _..- - _._~ - ---._-- -------. ~ ~ 1 \ t CITY OF EUGENE HAS RECEIVED LITTLE HELP fROM THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPART- I ~ MENT, BUT WITH RESPECT TO A PROPOSAL BY THE MAYOR TO PRESENT A BOND PACKAGE r! TO THE PEOPLE TO PROVIDE FUNDS fOR A NUMBER Of PROJECTS, IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT I :.1 THESE SHOULD PROBABLY BE INDIVIDUAL ISSUES. Ii , 'I , \, r! IN THE DISCUSSION IT WAS STATED IT IS BELIEVED THE CITY HAS A STRONG CASE Ii 00 :! WITH RESPECT TO THE WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON OVERPASS SINCE IT NOW APPEARS THAT II ~$ ,I THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT PROPOSES TO BRING TRAFfiC TO THE PERI- ! ~",. '.i METER OF THE CITY AND TO DUMP IT ONTO THE CITY WITHOUT ANY PARTICIPATION ii (.~)' \1 IN FINANCING Of THE NECESSARY ARTERIAL TO MOVE SUCH TRAHIC. FOLLOWING THIS ii =::: ' DISCUSSION IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WILSON SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE COUNCIL i' CC ~i ADOPT A RESOLUTION REQUESTING 100% PARTICIPATION FROM FEDERAL AND/OR STATE fUNDS II '1 I N THE RA I LROAD OVERPASS PROJECT AT WASH I NGTON AND JEHERSON STREETS SINCE IT! , I d APPEARS THAT THE CITY Of EUGENE HAS RECEIVED LITTLE AID FROM FEDERAL OR STATE I :1 FUNDS FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS. MOTl ON CARR I ED UNAN I MOUSL Y . I - ' I ~ I ~! 4. DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE STATE HIGH- I ,; WAY DEPARTMENT fOR NECESSARY ROADS AND STREETS - THE MAYOR STATED IN HIS fORMAL II :: PRESENTATION TO THE COMMITTEE HE BELIEVED IT WOULD BE WISE FOR THE COUNCIL TO il !i APPOINT TWO OR MORE OFFICERS TO ACT AS OffiCIALS REPRESENTATIVES Of THE CITY Of i ;1 EUGENE INNEGOTIATING WITH THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT FOR NECESSARY ROADS AND II I; STREETS. SOME DISCUSSION WAS GIVEN TO THIS MATTER, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT i ii THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER BE DElEGATED AS THE OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVES Of THE I[ I:! C,TY or EUGENE TO NEGOT,ATE W,TH THE OREGON STATE H'GHWAY OEPARTMENT ON MATTERS Iii I! PERTAINING TO ROADS AND STREETS. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. I ~i IT WASFURTHER INDICATED THE MAYOR SHOULD HAVE A fREE HAND IN CHOOSING SUCH I' ~'I: ADDITIONAL PEOPLE AS HE MIGHT DEEM NECESSARY TO DISCUSS ANY PARTICULAR PROBLEM. 1 ' ~ I :1 FOLLOWING THIS RECOMMENDATION IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE WHOLE OF THE MAYOR'S j ',; REPORT BE RECE I VED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOT I ON CARR I ED UNAN IMOUSL Y. II 2 5. PLANNING COMMISSION APPOINTMENT - MAYOR CONE ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT Of I' MR. GLEN PORTER TO FILL THE VACANCY ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THE COMMITTEE i RECOMMENDED THAT THIS APPOINTMENT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. I I 3: 6. DISCUSSION REGARDING SPENCER BUTTE EXPRESSWAY - DISCUSSION WAS HAD AMONG COM- I " MITTEE MEMBERS, THE PLANNING CONSULTANT, MR. UREY OF RODMAN & UREY, AND OTHERS I H INTERESTED IN THE SPENCER BUTTE EXPRESSWAY AND ITS NEED AND POTENTIAL SERVICE II i; TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE. I I I '1 I, MR. UREY OBJECTED TO THE EXPRESSWAY IDEA, INDICATED IN HIS BELIEf THERE ARE . OTHER AND BETTER PLANS AND .THAT HE COULD NOT SEE THE VALUE OF A NORTH/SOUTH I, EXPRESSWAY THROUGH TH~ CITY. HE fURTHER STATED HE BELIEVES THERE ARE OTHER I' AREAS IN WHICH FUNDS OF THIS SIZE SHOULD BE SPENT, REfERRING TO THE SEWER , PROGRAM, CITY HALL PROGRAM AND OTHER NECESSITIES. MR. UREY ALSO RECITED :J I CERTAIN CONCEPTS WITH RESPECT TO TRAFfiC fLOW IN VARIOUS AREAS Of THE CITY I, AND THROUGH THE CITY AND INDICATED AGAIN THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE THE SPEN- II I' eER BUTTE EXPRESSWAY I S A PRUDENT OR NECESSARY ITEM. 'I I., I 'j I , THE PLANNING CONSULTANT I~DICATED IN HIS BELIEF THE EXPRESSWAY, CONCEPT IS ONE I 'i WHICH MUST BE USED AND THAT THERE IS A DEFINITE NEED FOR TRAFFIC WAYS TO MOVE ;, TRAff I C JUST AS THERE I S A NEED fOR SEWERS TO MOVE SEWAGE. HE FURTHER PO I NTED I i OUT THAT EXISTING TRAFf'lC WAYS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE TRAFFIC THEY ., e fl WI LL BE CALLED UPON TO HANDLE AS THE CITY DEVELOPS. HE FURTHER STATED THAT II 'I! THE CITY HAS AN OBLIGATION TO HANDLE THIS TRAfFIC. I i I h . ~ GENERAL nlSCUSSION WAS HAD ON THIS SUBJECT BUT NO FORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. I :1 ' 4 ~ 7. DISCUSSION REGARDING PROPOSED STATE OFFICE BUILDING WITHINTHE URBAN RENEW~L ~i AREA - THE MAYOR STATED THAT HE HAD TALKED WITH THE DIRECTOR Of FINANCE ADMINI- , - :1 STRATI ON fOR THE STATE Of OREGONAND THAT THE STATE DES I RE S TO CONSTRUCT A BU I LD- I 1 ING IN THE URBAN RENEWAL AREA, THAT THEY ARE UP AGAINST CERTAIN LEASE DEAD- :1 LINES BUT THAT HE HAD BEEN PROM I SED THE STATE WOULD NOT ACQU I RE OTHER PROPERTY " .: IN THE CITY WITHOUT FIRST LETTING THEIR NEEDS BE KNOWN TO THE CITYOf EUGENE AND 'I THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY." I' :! IT WAS MOVEOBY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. SWANSON THAT THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE REPORT BE ,j ~; APPROVED, EXCEPT ITEM 6 WHICH WAS REFERRED BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MOTION CAR- 1'1 ~ RIED. (SEE ACTION ON ITEM 7 OF COMMITTEE REPORT Of NOVEMBER 13, 1959.) . ~ Ii! . I !j A REPORT OF ;HE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD NOVEMBER 20, 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: I ii j 'j "PRESENT: MAYOR CONEj COUNC I LMEN LAUR IS, MOLHOLM, McGAHEY, CHATT, MOYER, WI LSON 1 . I :1 AND SWANSON; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDERj tiRE CHIEF; FIRE MARSHAL; ~.rl POLICE CHIEF; DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS; TRAfFIC ENGINEER;ADMINfSTRATIVE \ 'I ASSISTANT; DICK RHODES, ARCHITECT FOR THE FIRE STATION; RICHARD CLARK, 'I " ARCHITECT. FOR THE AIRPORT ADMINISTRATION BUILDING; MESSRS. URn, STEWART, II e li SUMMERS, PAUL, BRENNE, VIKj MR. ELGIN FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AD- II :1 MI-NISTRATION, STATE OF OREGON; MRS. MERRYMAN; MRS. NIVEN; DAN WYANT, d ~ EUGENE REGISTER-GUARDj JACK CRAIG, OREGONSPECTATOR. ~ I ~ ~242 I e ,II ~23,/59 - . .,. , .-- ---_...- IT 11 1 I I. DISCUSSION OF PLAN fOR PROPOSED FIRE STATION AT MCKINLEY STREET AND BROADWAY - MR. RHODES, THE ARCHITECT FOR THE fIRE STATION, PRESENTED A PLAN fOR 'THE fiRE ,I STATION AND EXPLAINED SUCH PLAN TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. THE FIRE CHIEf INDI- CATED THAT THE CITY HAS GIVEN UP THE IDEA OF FEDERAL PARTICIPATION FOR C,VIL- 1\ DEfENSE SINCE TO MEET THE NECESSARY STANDARDS SET UP BY THE FEDERAL CIVIL DEFENSE " AGENCY WOULD MAKE THE BUILDING TOO EXPENS1VE. II MR. RHODES INDICATED THAT THE BUILDING WILL HAVE TRAINING FACILITIES, REPAIR II FACILITIES, AND REGULAR flRESTATION FACILITIES AND IT IS BELIEVED WILL COST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $75,000. HE FURTHER INDICATED THAT IT. WILL BE OF ~RAME AND ,I MASONRY CONSTRUCTION. THE FIRE CHIEF' INDICATED THE PLAN WOlLD NEET THEIR NEE"DS VERY WELL AND WOULD ALLOW FOR COOPERATIVE TRAINING AMONG ALL FIRE DEPARTMENTS 'I IN THIS AREA. I, I I I IT WAS RECOMMENDED THE PLAN RECEIVE PRELIMINARY APPROVAL. MOTION CARR1ED UNANI- MOUSLY. e 21 2. DISCUSSION REGARDING PLANS FOR THE PROPOSED ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AT MAHLON- Ii SWEET AIRPORT - MR. CLARK, THE ARCHITECT FOR THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TO EXPLAIN A SERIES OF SKETCHES AND A PROPOSED I, FLOOR PLAN FOR THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AT MAHLON-SWEET AIRPORT. DURING THE COURSE OF THE DISCUSSION IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE IN II II THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING SINCE IF IT IS TO BE SUBMITTED F'OR FEDERAL AID SUCH II I SUBMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE. ON'OR BEFORE DECEMBER 15, 1959. FOLLOWING I THE PRESENTATION IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT TENTATIVE APPROVAL BE GIVEN THESE PLANS. I MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 3 3. REQUEST BY MRS. MERRYMAN TO ~ISCUSS DRAINAGE DITCH AT MAHLON-SWEET AIRPORT - t MRS. MERR~MAN APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AND EXPLAINED HER PROBLEM AS IT , I, RELATES TO DRAINAGE DITCHES IN THE_ AREA. THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS EX- II PLAINED THAT A DRAINAGE DITCH MEANDERS THROUGH MRS. MERRYMAN'S PROPERTY AND' II THAT THE CITY IS DESIROUS OF CLEANING THIS DITCH AND FURTHER THAT THE. CLEANING \I Ii WILL OF NECESSITY WIDEN THE DITCH AND THAT MRS. MERRYMAN STATES THAT SHE WILL 'I II LOSE SOME PROPERTY AND_ IS DESIROUS OF ACQUIRING SOME PORTION OF PROPERTY CUR- ti RENTLY IN THE CITY'S OWNERSHIP ADJACENT TO HER EXISTING PROPERTY. I TWAS FUR- II THER EXPLAINED THAT THE DITCH WHICH MEANDERS THROUGH THE MERRYMAN PROPERTY II I DRAINS TWO DITCHES ON TWO SIDES Of THE AIRPORT. 11 . ,. FOLLOWING SOME GENERAL D1SCUSSION ON THIS SUBJECT IT WAS RECOMMENDED THIS Ii I MATTER BE HELD OVER FOR VIEWING BY THE COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. II II 4 4. DISCUSSION REGARDJNG PURCHASE OF PROPERTY IN THE OWNERSHIP OF MRS. I RA STEWART. !l , LOCATED AT BROADWAY AND MILL STREET - THE COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES V.lEWED f THIS PARTICULARPRORERTY AND ALSO VIEWED THE PROPOSED, ROUTE OF THE EXPRESSWAY I , FROM BROADWAY TO 29TH AVENUE. SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD BY MR. UREY AND BY THE Ii " PLANNING CONSULTANT ON THE NECESSITY OR LACK OF NECESSITY FOR SUCH STREET. !I MR. UREY REITERATED AS DID MR. STEWART, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, AND MR.SUMMERS, II 1 THE OPTION HOLDER, THAT THEY QUESTION THE NECESSITY FOR A STREET AT THIS PAR- I, I TICULAR LOCATION. THE PLANNING CONSULTANT REITERATED THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN r EXPRESSWAY STREET IS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE CITY AND THAT THE CITY CANNOT CONTINUE TO USE LOCAL STREETS FOR THE MAJOR MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC. HE FURTHER POINTED OUT I THAT THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY AT BROADWAY AND MILL STREET WOULD B.E THE KEY TO II THE POTENTIAL USE OF STREETS ANYWHERE SOUTH OF BROADWAY. CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION WAS HAD _ON THIS MATTER BUT NO FORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. il 5 5. DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED BUILDING PROGRAM BY THE STATE OF OREGON - MR. ELGIN, RE- I e I PRESENTING MR. FREEMAN HOLMER, THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE ADMINI- I I STRATION FOR THE STATE OF OREGON, APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, INDICATED THAT I !' THE STATE WISHES TO BE ABLE TO LOCATE A BUILDING IN THE VICNITY OR IN THE URBAN ,\ RENEWAL AREA, BUT FURTHER. STATED THAT TIME IS THE GOVERNING FACTOR AND REQUESTED II I 't I THE STATE BE INFORMED AS TO THE COST OF LAND IN THE URBAN RENEWAL AREA ,AS SOON AS i, I 11 \ POSSIBLE. MR. ELGIN FURTHER INDICATED THAT THE STATE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PAY i, I MORE FOR PROPERTY IN THE URBAN RENEWAL AREA THAN 1T COULD PAY TO ACQUIRE PRO- II I PERTY IN OTHER AREAS Of THE CITY. HE FURTHER EXPRESSED THE IDEA THAT THE STATE II OF OREGON IS DESIROUS OF WORKING WITH THE CITY OF EUGENE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CIVIC CENTER PROGRAM. IN THE DISCUSSION IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT TWO APPRAISALS I, ARE CURRENTLY BEING MADE OR ARE ABOUT TO BE STARTED, AND THAT THE RE-USE APPRAISAL 'I WOULD PROBABLY BE KNOWN .ABOUT MID-JANUARY AND THAT .THE STATE COULD BE I NFORMED AS I TO THE POTENTIAL COST OF ACQUIRING LAND IN THE AREA BY ABOUT JANUARY 15.. . IT WAS ALSO EXPLAINED THAT THERE IS SOME POSSIBILITY .OF PUBLIC AGENCIES ACQUIRING LAND 11 WITHIN THE URBAN RENEWAL AREA WHILE THE PROJECT IS STILL IN THE PLANNING STAGE, I I BUT THAT THIS SECTION OF THE FEDERAL LAW HAS NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND THE il ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES HAVE NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED. I THERE WAS GENERAL AGREEMENT AMONG COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT THAT AS,MUCH i I INFORMA- l I TION AS IS POSSIBLE SHOULD BE FURNISHED THE STATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. No FORMAL II ACTION WAS TAKEN." .1 I \ I ITEM 4 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT WAS REFERRED BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION F.OR FURTHER ) STUDY. -(SEE ACT ION UNDER ITEM 7 OF COMMITTEE REPORT OF NOVEMBER 13, 1959. ) If e l " ~i,\ :Ii '24C ~ , . _J . U e 11/23/59 -~- - -- -,; - -. - . - - -- --- --- - - - - . I ~l ~, ~l IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFFEY THAT THE BALANCE OF THE COMMITTEE i II REPORT BE.APPROVED. 'I f,i :l MR. RICHARD CLARK APPEARED, INDICATED THAT HE IN CONSULTATION WITH MR. HENRY EATON, 'I CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION, WOULD LIKE PERMISSION TO ENGAGE TWO CON- " I ti TRACTORS TO DEVELOP COST ESTIMATES TO BE BASED ON FLOOR PLAN BRIEF SPECIFICATIONS II :.1 , AND OTHER LIMITED DATA TO BE SUPPLIED BY THE ARCHITECT. IT WAS ESTIMATED T~AT THE Ct') 'I 'I ,j COST OF RETAINING TWO CONTRACTORS SHOULD APPROXIMATEY A FIGURE NOT TO EXCEED $500.00. I: (;\~, " Ii ..-1.' :1 ...., C,J' A VOTE ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT WAS TAKEN. MOTION ,I -..- CARRIED. II .....- 11 cc IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOLHOLM SECONDED BY MR. WILSON THAT THE COST OF ESTIMATING BUILD- I' ING REQUIREMENTS BE REPORTED BY THE ARCHITECT AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING TO BE HELD \1 fRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1959. MOTION CARRIED. I e I PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS II I AN APPLICATION FOR ROOMING HOUSE LICENSE WAS SUBMITTED BY L. L. HANKS DBA THE TIMBERS MOTEL, !I 'I I " 1015 PEARL STREET, AS APPROVED BY THE POLICE, fiRE, BUILDING AND HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE APPLICATION BE APPROVED. MOTION , CARRIED. I I I i I I THE FOLLOWING APPLICATIONS FOR RENEWAL OF ROOMING HOUSE LICENSE WERE SUBMITTED AS APPROVED BY 2 :i 1 I 'i THE POLICE, fiRE BUILDING AND HEALTH DEPARTMENTS: 1 ~I I ,I C. R. BOYD ROOMING HOUSE, 630 EAST 13TH AVENUE - MRS. C. R. BOYD ! I 'i CARLSON ROOMING HOUSE, 1268 CHARNELTON STREET - SELMA A. CARLSON II L. H. & MARTHA COLLINS, 754 EAST 14TH AVENUE -,L. H. & MARTHA COLLINS HOLTAN ROOMING HOUSE, 560 EAST 11TH AVENUE - MRS. HARRIS HOLTAN " CLI HORD R MANERUD ROOMING HOUSE, 771 EAST 14TH AVENUE - CLIFFORD R. MANERUD I , CHRISTINE MILNE ROOMING HOUSE, 342 EAST 13TH AVENUE ~ CHRISTINE MILNE 1 I I SCARLETTS ROOMING HOUSE, 388 EAST 11TH AVENUE - EDWIN C. SCARLETT I I II , WEGEND ROOMING HOUSE - 525 EAST 11TH AVENUE - EMA H. CROFT :I WEGEND ROOM I NG HOUSE,. I 127 fERRY STREET - EMMA H. CROFT :i NOLA WOODS ROOMING HOUSE, 1175 CHARNELTON STREET - NOLA WOODS II i I' ;; IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOLHDLM SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT THE APPLICATIONS BE GRANTED. MOTION ! I , CARRIED. I " I i I 'i , THE FOLLOWING APPLICATIONS FOR RENEWAL OF LIQUOR LICENSE WERE SUBMITTED AS APPROVED BY THE 3 " I "I l.! POLICE DEPARTMENT: I ! I RETAIL MALT BEVERAGE CLASS A (RMBA) , I , 1 fRIENDLY TAVERN, 1667 WEST 6TH AVENUE - MILTON C. SPARKS & RAYMOND L. LIPTRAP I, i\ I THE GOLDEN CANARY TAVERN, 2000 WEST 11TH AVENUE - RALPH AND VIRGINIA GASERUDE Ii THE GABLE TAVERN, 2841 WILLAMETTE STREET - GORDON AND ZELMA EARLE II ,I RETAIL MALT BEVERAGE CLASS A & PACKAGE STORE CLASS B (RMBA & PB) Ii CLUB CIGAR STORE, 814 WILLAMETTE STREET- TAD C. AND MAUDE LUCKEY AND LUCINDA CALLISON 1 BILL Ross TAVERN, 958 OAK STREET - WILLIAM C. Ross II e : TINY TAVERN, 394 BLAIR BOULEVARD - JOHN fRANCIS BROWN II 1 , RETAIL MALT BEVERAGE CLASS B (RMBB) Ii '1 " ,. BEV'S BARBEC UE, /900 WEST 6TH AVENUE - ROWLAND B VANS AND CORYDON JENSEN I' I E I 'I q I ii RESTAURANT (A) ( RA) I : TINO'S SPAGHETTI HOUSE, 1491 WILLAMETTE STREET - SAM J. &, MARY G. TINO , 1 , I ;i PACKAGE STORE CLASS A (PA) I " I ,I EAST BROADWAY MARKET, 125 EAST' BROADWAY - ADRIAN & NINA KRAAL ., i NORTHSIDE MARKET, 158 WASHINGTON STREET - EARL & EMILY GOODMAN I ! PACKAGE STORE CLASS B (eB) ), AMAZON fOOD MARKET, 171 I WEST 11TH AVENUE - VICTOR A. CONE il HOGAN'S GROCERY, 544 EAST 13TH AVENUE - WILLIAM ROGERS & RALPH LITTLE THE LITTLE SUPER MARKET, 2900 WILLAMETTE STREET - ELDON &, GLORIA HUDGINS I :1 SHISLER'S fOOD-MARKET, 304 EAST 13TH AVENUE - WARREN & LORRAINE SHISLER 'I , STop-N-SHOP MARKET, 2480 ALDER STREET - WILLIAM STUART II II 29TH STREET SUPER MART, 2890 SOUTH WILLAMETTE STREET - V. A. ROMAINE &, fRED RATH' I I WELCOME MARKET, 2885 HILYARD STREET - J. RAYMOND &, CAROLINE ZIMMERMAN I ONE O'CLOCK MARKET, 698 WEST 6TH AVENUE - DEETTE fOUNTAIN I CLASS A DISPENSERS (DA) \ BRANDING IRON BROILER, 579 EAST BROADWAY - D-LEE INCORPORATED I, e CATHAY RESTAURANT, 165 WEST 11TH AVENUE - THOMAS AND MARY CHUNG 'I II " !I I! ;:....1 ~244 I e I 1/23/59 -- - , ~ - - - - f - , CLASS BDISPENSERS (DB) 1 CATHAY RESTAURANT, 165 WEST 11TH AVENUE - THOMAS AND MARY CHUNG (GREATER PRIVILEGE) I, 'I CLUB CROSSTOWN, i1797 WEST 7TH AVENUE - ROBERT M. PULLIAM I, OSBURN HOTEL, 191 EAST 8TH AVENUE - Jot AND ANNE EAR~EY AND JOHN BROWNSON II VETERANS MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION, 1626 WILLAMETTE STREET II I I C DISPENSERS ~ LESS THAN 500 MEMBERS (DCA) II COLUMBUS CLUB, 1144 CHARNELTON STREET - COLUMBUS CLUB ASSN. OF EUGENE Ii TOWN CLUB OF EUGENE, 222 EAST BROADWAY - TWON CLUB OF EUGENE, INC. II II C DISPENSERS - 500 TO 1000 MEMBERS (DCB) II fRATERNAL ORDER Of EAGLES, 525 WILLAMETTE STREET - EUGENE AERIE 275 d C DISPENSERS.- 1000 OR MORE MEMBERS (DCe) I! " ELK'S CLUB, 44 EAST 7TH AVENUE - ELKS, BPO #357 II II I - .. II e IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE APPLICATIONS BE APPROVED. MOTION I' Ii 1\ CARRIED. II Ii I I COMMUNICATION (UNDATED) FROM MRS. C; A~ EBERHARDT AND FAMILY WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: il 'I "YOUR KIND EXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY II I IS DEEPLY APPRECIATED AND GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGED." II I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED Ii I ON fI LEo MOTION CARRIED. 11 I !I 2 COMMUNICATION DATED NOVEMBER 16, 1959 FROM L.P. PETERSEN, 225 EAST 33RD AVENUE, WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: I, "IN A RECENT ARTICLE IN THE REGISTER-GUARD I READ A SURVEY WAS GOING TO Ii IN THE DUNN SCHOOL AREA. ' I THINK THATEAST 33RD l' BE MADE CONCERNING SIDEWALKS 'I SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS THERE IS A NUMBEROUS AMOUNT OF SMALL CHILDREN ON THIS II STREET AND SINCE THE STREET HAS BEEN PAVED TO HILYARD, IT HAS BECOME A HEAVY :1 EQUIPMENT HAULING ST. SUCH AS LOGGING TRUCKS, MULTIPLE DIRT HAULING TRUCKS, I, GRAVEL TRUCKS, FOR THE SOUTH EUGENE AREA. I HOPE YOU WILL TAKE HEED OF THIS Ii BEFORE A CHILD IS KILLED." Ii " Ii IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED rj ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. " Ii jl 3 COMMUNICATION RE€EIVED NOVEMBER 20, 1959 FROM MRS. E. J. METSCH REGARDING DOGS WAS SUBMITTED AND II Ij READ AS FOLLOWS: II 1 I! "ALTHOUGH WE HAD BEEN A FORMER DOG OWNER, BECAUSE THE CITY HAD A SLIGHTLY :1 Ii STRONGER REGULATION SIMILAR TO THE ONE EUGENE HAS, AND BECAUSE THE DOG WAS NOT ,I II I OF A NATURE THAT HE WOULD ABSOLUTELY STAY ON OUR PROPERTY, WE FOUND HIM A HOME Ii I ON A FARM. WHILE WE HAD HIM HE WAS A NUISANCE TO OUR SHRUBS, FLOWERS, LAWN AND II I WAS DIRTY AND HAIRY IN THE HOUSE. r: II WE ARE LIVING IN A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD, AND PEOPLE MOVING IN SEEM TO FEEL THAT f' II e NOW THAT THEY HAVE PURCHASED A HOUSE, THEY MUST HAVE A DOG, WHICH THEY ALLOW TO II RUN. I HAVE DEFINITELY LEARNED THAT THEY TURN THEIR ~OGS ~UT AT NIGHT ~ECAUSE l\ THEY HAVE TO KEEP THEM INSIDE ALL DAY,. -- r !1 IN RECENT YEARS MEN HAVE HYBRIDIZED EXPENSIVE SHRUBS AND NOW THEY ARE EVEN II MORE TENDER UNDER URINE-BURN. 11 II IN A MOMENT OF ANGER A HOME OWNER WOULD BE INCLINED TO KILL A DOG. A 1\ GENTLEMAN I KNEW IN SUCH A FRAME OFcMIND ONE NIGHT KICKED A DOG BREAKING ITS LEG. IT' SNOT UNUSUAL FOR DOGS TO FORM A PACK AND AS IN 'MOB RULE' DO SUCH A il , VICIOUS THING AS KILL ACHILD AS HAPPENED IN ST. LOUIS THIS PAST YEAR. (I I - I II , MY SOLUTION FOR YOU GENTLEMEN TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER IS A LEASH LAW. IF Ii I j I THERE IS FEAR THAT THIS MAY RAISE TOO MANY OBJECTIONS AND BRING A PUBLIC VOTE, il THE OTHER REGULATIONS CONCERNING DOGS SHOULD DEFINITELY BE STRENGTHENED. THE DOG LICENSE SHOULD BE RAISED TO THE MAXIMUM. THERE SHOULD BE A SUBSTANTIAL I FINE FOR DOGS TAKEN TO THE DOG POUND AND THE ROOM AND BOARD CHARGES SHOULD ALSO' II BE INCREASED TO AT LEAST MAKE THE OWNER THINK TWICE BEFORE ALLOWNG THE DOG TO I RUN AT WILL AGAIN. I II THIS I'M NOT II IS SUCH A SERIOUS MATTER THAT INTERESTED IN KEEPING UP FRIENDLY II RELATIONS WITH DOG-OWNING NEIGHBORS." 'I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT THE COMMUNICATION at RECEIVED AND I j '" PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. ! - I , Ii ~\ I' Ii " - - '245' ~ e 11/23/59 -. . -- -- . . - - - -- -------- - ,-- . - ---- ___ _n_ - . - - .- - - -- - - - -- - - -- . --- -- - ,-,- - - - - - - ----- . .~! -- . --- - _. - -- - i I Ii I ! COMMUNICATION RECEIVED NOVEMBER 23, 1959 fROM EWEB WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: II "RE:CENT CHANGES IN THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT'S PLANS fOR HIGHWAY i-l IMPROVEMENTS IN THE VICINITY Of JUDKINS POINT REQUIRE ACQUISITION BY THE II STATE Of THREE SMALL PARCELS Of PROPERTY PREVIOUSLY ACQUIRED BY EWEB fOR I' I ,I RIGHT-Of-WAY fOR OUR CURRIN TO ALVEY TRANSMISSION LINE. ,I ,I 00 :1 THE STATE HAS ASSURED US Of A PERPETUAL EASEMENT OR AN UNREVOCABLE I II C\JI :1 PERMIT OVER THESE PROPERTIES FOR OUR TRANSMISSION LINE IN EXCHANGE fOR A II ~ ~I V " TRANSfER Of OWNERSHIP UPON PAYMENT Of A CONSIDERATION WHICH HAS BEEN II ,I 0::" "I AGREED TO. ,[ CO " I I 1 THE STATE PRESENTED THIS MATTER TO US LASi FRIDAY WITH A REQUEST THAT I b '! THE BOARD AND THE CITY COUNCIL GIVE CONSIDERATION TO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ,: THEY PRESENTED US WITH AN OPTION fORM HOPING fOR FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION AT 1 " , THE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, MEETINGS Of THE BOARD AND COUNCIL. I e II 'I ~I OUR BOARD TOOK ACTION AT ITS MEETING AT NOON TODAY APPROVING THE SIGN- II ING Of AN OPTION ON THE THREE PARCELS AND REQUESTING THE CITY COUNCIL TO " ;; ALSO GIVE FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION AND AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF THE OPTION :1 BY THE MAYOR AND CITY RECORDER. Ii i.1 I , ;1 WE WILL APPRECIATE IT IF' YOU WILL PRESENT THIS MATTER TO THE CITY i I tl COUNCIL AT ITS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, MEETING FOR ACTION." i 'I ~ I II ~I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED I' ON FILE, AND THAT PROPER CITY OFFICIALS BE AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. MOTION i :1 CARRIED. rl ~j II 'I II t'i ORDINANCES I, 'I I' .\ 2 li COUNCIL BILL No. 4762 - RE: CONSTRUCTION Of SIDEWALK ON WEST SIDE OF GRANT STREET BETWEEN 22ND Jj AND 23RD AVENUES, ADJACENT TO 2220 GRANT STREET, WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE fiRST TIME I N F UL L . I J I IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE CONSTRUCTION Of THIS SIDEWALK WOULD BE DONE ON A WAIVER BASIS AT THE , ~ : I " REQUEST Of THE PROPERTY OWNER_AND THERE WAS NO OBJECTION FROM THE COUNCIL. ;1 II ~I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. lAURIS THAT (THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY tI I :1 COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT Of THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE ri BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. Ii I 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 f! CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCILBILL NUMBER ONLY. 1 :i IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. lAURIS THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN fiNAL 1 ~i :1 PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND " NUMBERED 11634. I ;1 3 II COUNCIL BILL No. 4763 - RE: RENAMING P,ERCE STREET fROM 4TH TO 8TH AVENUE AS CHAMBERS STREET WAS I SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL. h 'I I 'I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY I h I COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND e :! THE BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. , 'I I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. lAURIS THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL ri BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCilL BILL NJMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION 'I CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNOIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. I r, I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. lAUR'S THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND G'VEN rlNAL II " ''i .\ PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND ! ,) I"; rl NUMBERED I 1635. II i! ~ \ ,I 4 I: COUNCIL -SILL No. 4764 - RE: DISPENSING WITH ELECTION IN CITY ONANNEXATION Of AREA NEAR 30TH AVENUE Ii '1 AND MADISONSTREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE fiRST TIME IN fULL. I ~I ,I ,I , II ,'\ ;, IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE READ THE ~ECOND TIME BY I ,i COUNCIL BILL NUMBERONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT Of THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND j 'I THE BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. I " ;1 t' j 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 il CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COU NCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. \, 'I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN fiNAL 1\ PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND I" NUMBERED I 1636. ('I I e 11 I ,;1 J ~, Ii I( " :~ r- 246 tit 11/23/59, . - -- -.- -- - --- _. -- ~ ---- I COUNCIL BILL No. 4765 - RE: ANNEXING AREA IN VICINITY OF 30TH AVENUE AND MADISON STREET ( 100% 1 CONSENT) WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TI~E I N FULL. I I I I 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 THE BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. I' IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. I' LAURIS THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL I BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY 70UNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT Of THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL ~MBER ONLY. 1 ,I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. " LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN fiNAL ,: PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. AL~ COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND II II NUMBERED 11637. " , - 'I 'I Ij 2 MR. BALZHISER, A RESIDENT Of THE BRYCLER PARK AREA, APPEARED BEfORE THE COUNCIL AND STATED THE II e AREA COVERED BY C. B.4765 ANNEXED TO THE C /TY OF EUGENE APPEA'RS TO BE CONT I NGENT UPON THE AREA PRE- II VIOUSLY ANNEXED TO THE CITY AS fAR AS THE LOCATION Of SEWERS AND OTHER UTILITIES IS CONCERNED. HE INDICATED THAT THE BRYCLER PARK AREA NOW HAS A DEfINITE'SANITATION PROBLEM AND THAT RESIDENTS Of THE ,I II AREA ARE QUITE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. HE STATED HE HAD BEEN INfORMED AS Of THE DATE Of THIS 'I I' MEETING THAT SEWERS TO THIS AREA MAY NOT BE fORTHCOMING fOR THREE TO fOUR YEARS AND WAS Of THE OPINION ,i THAT MORE IMMEDIATE ACTTON SHOULD BE TAKEN TO GET SEWERS TO THE AREA. 1\ I THE DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS EXPLAINED THAT UNDER PRESENT SCHEDULING, SEWERS ARE SCHEDULED TO Ii I I THIS AREA IN THE fALL Of 1960. 11 I' MRS. HOffMAN, ANOTHER RESIDENT or BRYCLER PARK, LIKEWISE APPEARED, INDICATED BRYCLER PARK RESI- II Ii DENTS HAD REQUESTED_ SEWERS I N THE (fALL Of 1958 BUT AT THAT TIME HAD BEEN TOLD IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO II GRANT THEIR REQUEST AND WERE ASSURED THEY HAD A PRIORITY. SHE THEN STATED THAT PERMITS WERE ISSUED I; I fOR ADDITIONAL HOUSES IN THE VICINITY Of 24TH AVENUE BETWEEN ADAMS AND TYLER STREETS THAT WERE NOT ,I BUILT, AND LATER A PERMIT WAS ISSUED fOR A HOUSE LOCATED SOUTH Of 28TH AVENUE AND GENERALLY BETWEEN 1\ POLK AND CHAMBERS STREETS, WHICH WOULD SERVE TO ADD TO THE PRESUMED OVERLOADED SEWER LINE TO WHICH II BRYCLER PARK RESIDENTS HAD BEEN DENIED ACCESS. MRS. HOffMAN ALLEGED' THAT THE COUNC I L WAS GUI L TY I' 'j Of FAVORITISM IN ALLOWING SUCH CONNECTIONS AND THAT RESIDENTS OF BRYCLER PARK ARE QUITE CONCERNED It ABOUT THE HEALTH PROBLEM IN THEIR AREA AS IT RESPECTS THE VARIOUS fAMILIES LIVING THERE. SHE FUR- l' THER STATED THAT RESIDENTS HAD ATTEMPTED TO REMAI,N CALM IN ANTICIPATION Of SEWER CONSTRUCTION, THAT I' ,\ THEY DO NOT WISH TO HOUND THE COUNCIL, BUT THAT THEY ARE NOW QUITE CONCERNED SINCE"THESE ADDI- I! TIONAL CONNECTIONS HAD BEEN MADE. 1\ THE CITY ATTORNEY EXPLAINED THAT IN THE CASE OF THE SEWER LINES ON 24TH AVENUE BETWEEN ADAMS Ii I AND TYLER STREETS, IT HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN AS~~SSED TO THE PROPERTY A~D THE CITY C~ULD NOT LtGALLY I' I DENY ACCESS. SECONDLY, WITH RELATION TO THE ADDITIONAL CONNECTION SOUTH OF 28TH AVENUE BETWEEN POLK II Ii AND CHA~BE~S, THIS ~AS.DONE ON A CONTRA~TUAL BASIS WITH THIS CONNECTION BEING THE ONLY ONE WHICH IS il ! ALLOWED AT PRESENT OR WHICH WILL BE ALLOWED. , , II j COUNCILMEN SHEARER COMMENTED THAT THE COUNCIL IN NO RESPECT HAD APPEARED TO PLAY fAVORITES; I THEY HAD TAKEN INDIVIDUAL SITUATIONS AS THEY APPEARED AND IN LIGHT OF THE PECULIAR CI~CUMSTANCES I: I I OFEACH INDIVIDUAL APPLICATION. II Ii , I MRS. HOffMAN THEN STATED THAT SHE BELIEVES ABSOLUTELY NO ONE SHOULD ~~ ALLOWED TO MAKE .CON- 11 NECTION TO THE SEWER LINE BEFORE SEWERS ARE EXTENDED TO THE BRYCLER PARK AREA. CO~NCILMAN WILSON COMPLIMENTED MRS. HOFFMAN FOR HER STAND, SUGGESTED THAT THE COUNCIL IS AWARE II OF PROBLEMS IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND IN THE CITY ADMINISTRATION, AND IS Of THE BELIEF CHANGES r MAY HAVE TO BE MADE. il e COUNCIL~OMAN LAURIS SUGGESTED THAT THE NEW APPROACH OF PLANNING fOR SEWERS AND OTHER DEVELOP- I! - , . MENTS WOULD ENABLE THE CITY TO SERVE THESE AND OTHER COMPARABLE AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN AN I ORDERLY fASHION. .1 ! COUNCILMAN MOLHOLM EXP.LAINED THAT THE COUNCIL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LACK OF SEWERS SINCE IT IS NECESSARY THAT FUNDS BE PROVIDED AND THAT THIS IS NOT A LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY ON THE PART Of THE I CITY MANAGER NOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. I , IN THE COURSE Of THE CONVERSATION IT WAS fURTHER EXPLAINED THAT FINANCING THIS PROJECT _'S THE II MAJOR PROBLEM AND THAT THE SEWER LINES CAN ONLY BE BUILT AS RAPIDLY AS FUNDS ARE FORTHCOMING. II 'f 3 COUNCIL BILL No. 4766 - RE: DISPENSING WITH ELECTION IN CITY ON ANNEXATION OF WILLAKENZIE AND Ii OAKWAY WATER DISTRICT AREA WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL. II IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY Ii I I COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UN~NIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND i! I' THE BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. tl 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 II I CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. I I I e I; ~\ I, 247i~ e 11/23/59 -, ------.-.-.-------.--- - . _. - - '/' ' - - . - . .~ h - I [I [, ~ , IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. I: LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN fiNAL II PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND I r' I ~l NUMBERED 116a8. " :1 I I I :1 COUNCIL BILL No. 4767 - RE: CALLING AND SETTING DATE fOR ELECTION ON ANNEXSTION Of W,LLAKENZIE II I AND OAKWAY WATER DISTRICT AREA WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE fiRST TIME I N fULL. .. 00 :1 (I " II C\Y: , 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 I " u' , 1\ c:c Ii THE BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. ,I I en IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS.LAURIS THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL II I I BE READ THE THIRD 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. 'i II e .1 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN fiNAL 'I P~SSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND II NUMBERED /1639. II ~I II ,I II 2 :1 COUNCIL BILL No. 4768 - RE: VACATING EASEMENTS IN SUNNY HOLLOW (fLORENCE-BROWN) WAS SUBMITTED [, II I: AND READ THE fiRST TIME IN fULL. , I " IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY I I ..I I :(1 COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT Of THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND 'I I I THE BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. II I , II 'j IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL :1 BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT Of THE COUNCIL, AND THAT I il I i'! THE BILL BE HELD OVER fOR fiNAL PASSAGE PENDING APPROVAL BY CITY ATTORNEY. MOTION CARRIED UNANI- I, MOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCILBILL NUMBER ONLY AND HELD OVER fOR fiNAL PASSAGE PENDING APPROVAL Of THE CITY ATTORNEY. I' Ii 3 COUNCIL BILL No. 4769 - RE: LEVYING ASSESSMENTS fOR SIDEWALK ON EAST SIDE Of UNIVERSITY STREET II "I fROM 29TH AVENUE TO 30TH AVENUE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE fiRST TIME I N fULL. II i' IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE HELD OVER AND PROPER NOTICE I '1 Of ASSESSMENT GIVEN OWNERS Of AffECTED PROPERTY. MOTION CARRIED. II RESOLUTIONS II 'I 1 4 RESOLUTION #650 - RE: ABATEMENT Of NUISANCE AT 2113 KINCAID STREET (CHRISTINE fiSHER), INTRODUCED I BUT NOT READ ON OC~OBER 12, 1959 AND HELD OVER TO THIS DATE, WAS BROUGHT ON fOR CONSIDERATION. I ,! IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WILSON SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT THE RESOLUTION BE HELD OVER fOR ANOTHER I , 60 DAYS (JANUARY 25, 1960 MEETING). MOTION CARRIED. I I :, II 5 ~I RESOLUTION #653 - RE: VARIOUS PARKING AND TRAffiC RESTRICTIONS AND REGULATIONS APPROVED IN COM- MITTEE MEETING Of OCTOBER 30, 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ 11 ,i IN fULL. :1 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. .LAURIS THAT THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. MOTION !I CARRIED. II I 6 RESOLUTION #654 - RE: EXPRESSING COUNCIL'S AND MAYOR'S APPRECIATION fOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO i i e CITY Of EUGENE Of LOUIS A. BORDE(POSTHUMOUS) WAS SUBMITTED AND READ I N f UL L . I, :1 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. MOT ION II :, CARRIED. 11 '; 7 RESOLUTION #655 - RE: REQUESTING 100% PARTICIPATION Of fEDERAL OR STATE fUNDS IN THE RAILROAD II " OVERPASS PROJECT AT WASHINGTON AND JEffERSON STREETS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ IN fULL. II i-I I " ~ 1 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. MOTION II .! CARRIED. 'I 8 ,; RESOLUTION #656 - RE: AUTHORIZING PROPER CITY OffiCIALS TO EXECUTE OPTIONS ON THREE SMALL PARCELS :1 :: I, Of PROPERTY IN JUDKINS POINT AREA TO STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WAS SUBMITTED AND READ I N fULL. r IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. ROLLCALL VOTE. " ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, EXCEPT MRS. LAURIS ABSTAINING, MOTION CARRIED. I I , I " 9 I, MR. BYRON PRICE, SUPERINTENDENT-SECRETARY Of THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD, APPEARED BEfORE I I I ;1 THE COUNCIL WITH REfERENCE TO A PROPOSED MEETING BETWEEN THE COMMON COUNCIL AND THE EUGENE WATER & li ELECTRIC BOARD TO DISCUSS MUTUAL PROBLEMS. HE REQUESTED THAT AN INDICATION BE GIVEN Of AGENDA ITEMS ;, fOR SUCH A MEETING AND PROPOSED TIME Of SUCH MEETING BE ESTABLISHED. AGENDA ITEMS SUGGESTED WERE II (I) JOINT PURCHASING, (2) PROGRESS REPORT ON THE CARMEN-SMITH PROJECT, (3) REPORT ON STUDY OF MOVING I , :1 WATER INTAKE LINES fARTHER UPSTREAM, AND (4) THE POSSIBILITY Of LOCATING POWER STATIONS SO AS TO BE \ ; " INNOCUOUS. II -- ,i \1 'I (I I; ., II I' ~ ; 1~ 2:48 e . 11/23/59 -- - - . - - . ! . ---~~- . - , I' ,I I IT WAS PROPOSED THAT THE MEETING BE HELD IN MID OR LATE JANUARY. No fORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. 1\ II t: I' 1 Ii UPON MOTION DULY MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIED, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED. II I I,: I RESPECTfULLY SUBMITTED, j .L !I II \1 ROBERT A. FINLAYSON h C ITV MANAGER II j I II II II e D ~ I I' r ,I I I: Ii I ,. II Ii " II Ii II II I' :1 11 I, iI II I, ! I' :1 . II II Ii I' II I i' I " Ii II . I: :1 I il 'I 'I " I, Ii I' II , :, I " " " II I , e I ! I II II , 'I I , 1 I I , I I [I I J I \ I , I I , II I Ii Ii li jl I , I I , I: )1 - /1 " Ii '! ~I !: ::