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COUNCIL CHAMBER
EUGENE, OREGON
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THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE WAS HELD JANUARY 9, 1961 AT 7:30 PM
IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY HIS HONOR MAYOR E. E. CONE WITH THE FOLLOW-
ING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: MRS. LAURIS, MESSRS. MOLHOLM, CHATT, MOYER, WILSON, SWANSON, CHRISTENS~N AND
DEVERELL.
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THE INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY REV. GEORGE R. ASHWOOD.
THE MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED MEETING HELD DECEMBER 27~ 1960, AS MAILED TO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL,
WERE APPROVED.
INTRODUCTION OF NEW BUSINESS
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ELECTION OF PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL IN ACCO~DANCE WITH SECTION 33, CHAPTER VI I, OF THE CHARTER OF
THE CITY OF EUGENE AS FOLLOWS:
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AT THE FIRST REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL IN JANUARH IN EACH YEAR, OR AS SOON THERE-
AFTER AS PRACTICABLE, THE COUNCIL SHALL CHOOSE BY BALLOT ONE OF ITS MEMBERS TO PRESIDE OVER THE
COUNCIL AND PERFORM THE DUTIES, OF MAYOR IN THE ABSENCE OF THE MAYOR FROM THE CITY, ORIF HE
BE FROM ANY CAUSE UNABLE TO ACT AS SUCH, SAID PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL SHALL HAVE ~ND EXER-
CISE THE POWERS AND PERFORM ALL THE DUTIES OF MAYOR."
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SWANSON ~BA~NCA~HERINE LAURIS BE NOMINATED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOYER THAT
WALLACE SWANSON BE NOMINATED. A SECRET BALLOT WAS TAKEN, AND IT WAS THEN MOVED BY MR. MOYER
SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT THE RECORDER BE INSTRUCTED TO CAST A UNANIMOUS BALLOT FOR CATHERINE
LAURIS FOR THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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A MESSAGE FROM MAYOR EDWIN E. CONE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
liTHE CONCEPT OF BETTER GOVERNMENT AT THE HEART OF A BETTER CITY HAS MOULDED THE RESULTS
OF ALL OUR EFFORT INTO A PROGRESSIVE YEAR FOR THE CITY OF EUGENE.
FOR MANY YEARS PEOPLE THOUGHT OF EUGENE AS A MEDIUM-SIZE UNIVERSITY TOWN AND LUMBER
COMMUNITY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE W,LLAMETTE VALLEY. IN 1940 IT WAS A CITY OF
20,838 POPULATION. AT THE CLOSE OF WORLD WAR I I EUGENE'S RAPID GROWTH BEGAN. BY 1950
THE POPULATION WAS 35,899 AND THE 1960 CENSUS LISTED OUR POPULATION AS 50,987. OREGON AND
THE ENTIRE NORTHWEST WERE FORCED TO TAKE A LONG,SECOND LOOK AT EUGENE WHICH HAD MUSHROOMED
INTO A METROPOLITAN AREA AND AN IMPORTANT INDUSTRIAL MARKET AND HAD GAINED NATIONAL RECOG-
NITION.
IF EUGENE'S POPULATION CONTINUES AT THE RATE OF THE LAST TEN YEARS AND WITH A NORMAL
AMOUNT OF ANNEXATIONS efl SURROUNDING AREAS (NOT INCLUDING RIVER ROAD), OUR 1970 POPULATION
COULD REACH 85,000. THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON ALONE ESTIMATES THAT ITS ENROLLMENT WILL JUMP
FROM 7,652 STUDENTS IN 1960 TO 13,293 STUDENTS IN 1970. 1960 WILL BE REMEMBERED AS EUGENE'S
VITAL YEAR BECAUSE IT WAS THE YEAR WE REACHED METROPOLITAN STATUS, ONE OF ONLY TWO IN OREGON
AND ONE OF FIVE IN THE NORTHWEST. THE EUGENE METROPOLITAN AREA RANKS ABOUT 160TH OF THE 212
STANDARD METROPOLITAN AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES. IT RANKS 74TH IN A LISTING OF THE 100
TOP INDUSTRIAL MARKETS IN THE UNITED STATES. EUGENE'S ASSESSED VALUATION IN 1940~41 WAS
$12,786,922; IN 1950-5. IT WAS $32,364,033; IN 1960-61 IT IS $63,063,078.
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THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT IS TWO-FOLD .... TO MAKE A BRIEF REPORT OF EUGENE'S pROGRESS
IN THE YEAR 1960 AND TO POINT UP THE CITY'S NEEDS FOR 1961.
THERE WERE SEVERAL IMPORTANT ANNEXATIONS IN 1960, THE MOST IMPORTANT BEING THE WILLA-
KENZIE AREA. ApPROXIMATELY 2.2 SQUARE MILES WERE ADDED TO THE CITY PROPERTY AND ABOUT
5,000 PEOPLE ADDED TO THE CITY!S POPULATION. MOST CITY SERVICES ARE NOW BEING FURNISHED
IN SOME DEGREE IN THE AREA. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE FIRE PROTECTION, POLICE PROTECTION AND
SOME STREET LIGHTING. SOME STREETS IN THE AREA HAVE BEEN PAVED. A DRAINAGE AND SEWER
SURVEY IS UNDERWAY AT PRESENT, PREPARATORY TO THE INSTALLATION OF SANITARY AND STORM SEWERS
IN THE AREA.
THE YEAR 1960 WAS THE FIRST FULL YEAR OF COLLECTIONS UNDER A REVISED WATER USER CHARGE.
WITH THESE ADDITIONAL MONIES A GOOD START HAS BEEN MADE ON REVAMPING THE WEST SIDE SEWER
SYSTEM. DURING THE YEAR 7 MILES OF SANITARY SEWERS AND ALMOST 2 MILES OF STORM SEWERS
HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED. THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN LET FOR COMPLETION OF THE SEWAGE DI~POSAL
PLANT wrn~HAA COMPLETION DATE OF SEPTEMBER I, 196/. COMPL~TION OF THIS PHASE WILL GIVE US
SECONDARY TREATMENT IN LINE WITH THE PROGRAM OF THE STATE SANITARY AUTHORITY. THIS WILL
BE A BIG STEP IN CLEANING UP THE WILLAMETTE RIVER BELOW EUGENE.
DURING THE YEAR THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE ACTIVITY IN STREET AND SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION
WITH 10 MILES OF STREET AND 7.4 MILES OF SIDEWALKS COMPLETED. OF PARTICULAR NOTE' IS THE
FACT THAT HILYARD STREET ~AS PARTIALLY COMPLETED ON A CONTRACT RUNNING FROM 24TH TO 40TH
AVENUE. GARffEED STREET WAS COMPLETED BETWEEN 18TH AVENUE AND THE PACIFIC HIGHWAY AT 6TH
AVENUE. ANOTHER IMPORTANT ARTERIAL COMPLETED WAS A LEG OF THE AMAZON ARTERIAL BETWEEN
19TH AND 24TH AVENUES. THIS LAST IMPORTANT ROADWAY WILL CONNECT DOWNTOWN EUGENE WITH THE
29TH AVENUE ANO BLOOMBERG CUTOFF TO THE PACIFIC FREEWAY SOUTH. THE LATTER IS NOW BEING
CONSTRUCTED BY LANE COUNTY ANO IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN THE FALL OF 1961.
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A MODERN MERCURY VAPOR STREET' LIGHTING SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED IN THE MAIN DOWNTOWN
CORE IN 1960. THIS SYSTEM IS MOUNTED ON PERMANENT ALUMINUM STANDARDS AND HAS BEEN AN
EXCELLENT IMPROVEMENT IN THE OVERALL APPEARANCE Of THE AREA. THIS NEW STREET LIGHTING
SYSTEM HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE COOPERATION Of THE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD WITH-
OUT A BOND ISSUE OR A SPECIAL TAX LEVY.
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SOME PROGRESS WAS MADE IN IMPROVEMENT Of THE CITY'S PARK SYSTEM DURING THE YEAR.
MUCH REMAINS TO BE DONE AND LITTLE MONEY WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE MIDDLE OF 1961
WHEN'THE PRESENT 10-YEAR PARK LEVY EXPIRES. FUTURE PROGRESS IN THE C,TY'S PARK SYSTEM
WILL DEPEND UPON THE VOTERS Of THE C"ITY Of EUGENE AND HOW THEY TREAT THIS MEASURE AT
THE BALLOT BOX IN THE SPRING OF 1961.
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BECAUSE OF THE FINE COOPERATION Of THE OFFICIALS Of SEVERAL LOCAL PUBLIC" AGENCIES
THE LARGE NORTH BANK PARK IS GRADUALLY COMING INTO BEING. THIS PARK WOULD HAVE BEEN
IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT THE AID AND ASSISTANCE OF THE LANE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WITH EX-
CELLENT COOPERATION FROM THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD AND THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON.
ABOUT 230 ACRES OF LAND HAS ALREADY BEEN ACQUIRED fOR THE PARK, IN ADDITION TO PRE-
VIOUSLY OWNED LAND OF APPROXIMATELY 55 ACRES. THE UNIVERSITY Of OREGON HOPES TO CON-
STRUCT ITS NEW FOOTBALL STADIUM IN THE NORTH BANK PARK AREA WITHIN THE NEXT TWO OR
THREE YEARS. THIS WOULD BE BUILT ON THEIR OWN TRACT OF LAND WHICH WAS ACQUIRED FROM
TSE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
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AN IMPORT~NT STEP TOWARD REALIZATION OF EUGENE'S CIVIC CENTER CONCEPT WAS THE
ANNOUNCEMENT IN 1960 BY THE STATE OF OREGON THAT IT PLANNED TO LOCATE A NEW STATE
OFFICE BUILDING ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SEVENTH AVENUE AT PEARL STREET. THE
THREE STORY BUILDING, TO COST $380,000, IS DESIGNED TO HARMONIZE WITH THE ARCHITECTURE
OF THE LANE COUNTY COURTHOUSE. CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN THIS SPRING AND SHOULD BE COM-
PLETED WITHIN A YEAR.
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1960 BROUGHT THE RESIGNATION OF CITY MANAGER ROBERT FINLAYSON AND THE APPOINT-
MENT OF HUGH McKINLEY TO FILL THIS POSITION, ALL EUGENE IS APPRECIATIVE OF THE GOOD
WORK DONE BY MR. FINLAYSON. HUGH MCKINLEY, FORMER CITY MANAGER OF GRANTS PASS, ASSUMED.
HIS DUTIES HERE THE FIRST WEEK IN OCTOBER.
WE HAVE HAD EXCELLENT COOPERATION FROM THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS DURING
THE YEAR. THE TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO WORK WITH THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IN AN OVERALL ATTEMPT TO PREVENT TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. THEIR WORK, PLUS THE
COOPERATION OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, SHOULD DO MUCH TO MAKE DRIVERS MORE SAFETY-
CONSCIOUS IN THE NEW YEAR.
FULL CREDIT SHOULD BE GIVEN TO ALL CITY EMPLOYEES AND TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL FOR THE QUALITY AND KIND OF SERVICE PERFORMED LAST YEAR. WE ALL DEEPLY
APPRECIATE THE THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF WORK PERFORMED BY THE MANY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS
AND COMMITTEES WH"ICH ARE MAKING EUGENE AN EVEN BETTER PLACE TO LIVE AND RAISE OUR
FAMILIES.
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IN 1959 THE MAYOR'S COORDINATING COUNCIL WAS ORGANIZED. THIS GROUP OF PUBLIC
OFFICIALS REPRESENTING TEN LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL BODIES HAS MET REGULARLY TO DISCUSS
MUTULA PROBLEMS AND PLANS AND HAS WORKED FOR THE LONG-RANGE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR AREA.
THE IDEA or THIS COUNCIL PROVED SO SUCCESSFUL THAT A SIMILAR GROUP Of ABOUT 40 CIVIC
LEADERS WAS APPOINTED IN 1960 TO STUDY AREA PROBLEMS.
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A GROWING CITY IS ALWAYS BESET WITH MANY NEEDS. SOMETIMES THE DEMANDS OF ITS
CITIZENS CAN BE MET, SOMETIMES THEY CANNOT. THE COMPARATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT OF FUNDS
AVAILABLE FOR CITIES MUST BE WISELY SPENT SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN OFTEN
VOCIFEROUS MINORITY GROUPS AND THE LESS VOCIFEROUS MAJORITY. IN THE RACE AMONG TAX-
ING GROUPS FOR A SHARE OF THE TAX DOLLAR THE CITIES INEVITABLY COME IN LAST. THE
CAUSE FOR THE DITIES DOES NOT HAVE THE POPULAR APPEAL THAT DOES THE CAUSE OF CERTAIN
OTHER GROUPS. FURTHER, SOME OF THE TAXING GROUPS SUCH AS FEDERAL AND STATE, HAVE
LEGISLATIVE BODIES WITH THE POWER TO TAX. THE CITIES DO NOT HAVE THE POWER -- THEIR
CASE MUST BE PROVEN WITH THE PEOPLE AT THE BALLOT BOX. UNDOUBTEDLY, THE SYSTEM HAS
MERIT BUT MERIT CANNOT BE USED AS CASH IN SOLVING PROBLEMS Of THE CITIES.
THE MANAGEMENT OF A CITY IS BIG BUSINESS, AND BIG BUSINESS MUST LOOK CLOSELY AT
ITS POLICY PROCEDURES. IN MANY INSTANCES THE POLICIES OF EUGENE ARE WELL DEFINED,
AND WHERE SUCH I'S THE CASE, THE EFFECTING Of SERVICES AND IMPROVEMENTS IS EFFICIENT
AND EQUITABLE. A MINIMUM OF CONFLICT ARISES SINCE THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATIVE FORCES
CAN PROCEED UNDER WRITTEN POLICY ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL.
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IN OTHER AREAS OF ADMINISTRATION, HOWEVER, POLI~~HAS EVOLVED BY CERTAIN PRE-
CEDENTS SET BY THE COUNCIL'S ACTION FROM ~IME TO TIME WITHOUT BENEFIT OF SPELLING OUT.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE. IN MANY, IN$TANCES THIS INVOLVES THE QUESTION OF ASSIGNMENT
OF RESPONSIBILITY BETWEEN THE PRIVATE CITIZEN AND CITY GOVERNMENT. IN SOME INSTANCES
IT IS A MATTER Of DETERMINING WHETHER PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE PRIMARILY FOR THE
BENEFIT OF A PROPERTY OWNER, FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, OR TO WHAT DEGREE THE RE-
SPONSIBILITY SHOULD BE DEVIDED.
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DURING'THE COMING YEAR IT IS MY HOPE THAT POLICY ORDINANCES-OF THE CITY OF
EUGENE CAN BE REVIEWED TO DETERMINE THEIR FAIRNESS:AND EFfECTIVENESS IN THE LIGHT
OF PRESENT-DAY THINKING. WHERE POLICY PROCEDURE IS HAZY OR ILL-DEFINED IN SUCH MATTERS
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AS SIDEWALK LOCATIONS, ,RESPONSIBILITY FOR STORM SEWERS, STREET INTERSECTIONAL COSTS,
STREET COSTS FOR EXCESSIVE WIDTHS OR THICKNESS OF PAVING, CULVERTS OR BRIDGES, THESE
MATTERS SHOULD BE SPELLED OUT IN FULL AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
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ANOTHER MATTER OF INTEREST AND CONCERN TO THE THREE PRIMARY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES
IN THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA IS THE ADOPTION OF UNIFORM STANDARDS FOR SUB-
DIVISION DEVELOPMENT. THIS NEED HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BY LANE COUNTY, SPRINGFIELD AND EUGENE
AT THE MAYOR'S COORDINATING COUNCIL. IN FAIRNESS TO ALL PEOPLE -- THE HOME OWNERS, BUILD-
ERS, THE CURRENT OR FUTURE RESPONSIBLE POLITICAL AGENCY, AND THE TAXPAYERS -- LAND BEI~G
SUBDIVIDED FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT, OR ROADS BEING CONSTRUC1ED, SHOULD:BE IMPROVED TO HIGH
STANDARDS UNIFORMLY ADOPTED BY LANE COUNTY AND THE TWO CITIES. IN THIS WAY OWNERS qF
HOMES IN NEW SUBDIVISIONS AND THOSE WHO INVEST IN NEW STREET CONSTRUCTION CAN BE ASSURED
OF A SOUND I NV.ESTMENT AND UN I FORM PUBL I C MA I NTENANCE OF STREETS A~D PUBLI C .UT I LI TIES.
PHYSICALLY, THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD .AREA IS ONE CITY. No PART SHOULD BE MADE SUB-STANDARD
BY INADEQUATE CONSTRUCTION OF:INSUFFICIENT IMPROVEMENT. NEW DEVELOPMENTS CAN AND MUST
PROMOTE A HIGH LEVEL OF HEALTH, SAFETY AND .ECONOMY FOR THE CITIZENRY.
I WISH TO INVITE THE ATTENTION OF THE COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS TO CERTAIN POSSIBLE
PROJECTS FOR THE YEAR 1961.
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ONE OF THE MOST OBVIOUS NEEDS FOR OUR CITY IS A NEW CITY HALL. THE OLD STRUCTURE HAS
SERVED WELL, FIRST AS A HIGH SCHOOL AND SINCE 1915 AS THE CITY HALL. THE BUILDING IS STRUC-
TRUALL Y U"!SOUND AND.. UNDOUBTEDL Y WOULD HAVE :BEEN CONDEMNED YEARS AGO I F . I T WER~ USED BY ANY
GROUP OTHER THAN THE CITY. THE ADMINISTRATION PLANS TO SUBMIT TO THE PEOPLE A BOND ISSUE
FOR A NEW CITY HALL IN 1961 . THE PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY APPROVED OF THE LOCATION EAST OF THE
OSBURN HOTEL IN TH~ RAPIDLY DEVELOPING C,VIC CENTER.
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ALTHOUGH A GREAT DEAL HAS BEEN DONE BY MERCHANTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF DOWNTOWN EUGENE
TO IMPROVE BUILDING, STORE FRONTS, ETC., THERE IS MUCH REMAINING TO BE DONE. THE RECENTLY
ANNOUNCED .5,000,000 SHOPPING CENTER~ COMPRISING 45 STORES IN WILLAKENZIE, SHOULD MOBILIZE
OTHERS INTO ACTION IN THIS REGARD. CUSTOMERS M4ST BE ABLE TO GO DOWNTOWN AND DRIVE FOR THE
MOST PART ON CONGESTION-FREE STREETS AND PARK WITHIN A REASONABLE WALKING DISTANCE OF WELL-
KEPT MODERN SHOPS. IF THIS CANNOT BE DONE MANY PERIMETER SHOPP'NG CENTERS WILL SPRING UP
TO THE DETRIMENT OF DOWNTOWN AND THE CITY GENERALLY. I PROPOSE THAT A COMMITTEE OF INDI-
VIDUALS REPRESENTING THE CITY, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND BUSINESS BE FORMED TO SEEK WAYS
AND MEANS OF PERSUADING ALL DOWNTOW>> RROPERTY OWNERS WH~ HAV~ NOT DONE SO TO IMPROVE THE~R
PROPERT I ES, BOTH ON A SHORT RANGE AND LONG RANGE BAS IS. THE. RESULT I NG I MPROVEMENTS I N AP-
PEARANCE, UPGRADING OF PROPERTY VALUES AND INCREASED BUSINESS WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO THE
ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
To IMPROVE TRAFFIC SAFETY AND MOVEMENT AND THE GENERAL .APPEARANCE OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA,
I PROPOSE AFTER STUDY THAT WE BEGIN IMMEDIATELY A ~ROGRAM OF WIDENING AND IMPROVING STREETS.
IF EVEN A FEW BLOCKS WERE IMPROVED EACH YEAR, THE ENTIRE JOB COULD BE DONE 'IN TEN TO TWELVE
YEARS. ANOTHER PROBLEM WE MUST FACE IS ~HAT SE~ERAL BLOCKS OF DOWNTOWN STREErS ARE BEGIN-
NING TO WEAR OUT AND A REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE SHOULD BE SET UP TO RENEW SUCH STREET~. THE
FINANCING 60R THESE TWO POSSIBLE PROGRAMS SHOULD RECEIVE CAREFUL STUDY.
A PROGRAM OF STREET WIDENING SHOULD BE PRECEDED BY A ST~DY Tq DETERMINE THE MOST ECONOM-
ICAL AND EFFECTIVE WAY OF IMPROVING STREET .CAPACtTY. IN SOME INSTANCES WIDENtNG MIGHT BE
MOST EFFEC11VELY ACHIEVED BY REMOVING ON-STREET PARKtNG. ON ONE OR BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET,
WITH THE MONIES THUS SAVED INVESTED IN OFF-STREET PARKING.
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f FEEL THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE C'~Y GQUNClL SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR THE INTEREST THEY
HAVE SHOWN IN ATTEMPTINq TO WORK OUT A POSSIBLE ORDINANCE INCORPORATING A PARKING AS~ESS-.
MENT DI~TRICT.UNDER SUCH A PROCEDURE PARKING LOTS:MAY BE ACQUjRED AT APPROXIMATELY EQUAL
COSTS TO THE CITY,AND TO THE BENEFITTED PROPERTY OWNERS. By SPLITTING THE COSTS AND SPREAD-
ING THEM OVER A TEN-YSAR PERIOD, UTIL,ZING THE CITylS CREDIT, .NO ONE WOULD BE SERIOUSLY AF-
fECTED. THUS, PERMANENT PARKING COULD ~E PURCHASED ONA GRADUAL BASIS I~ SUCH A WAY THAT
THE FINANCIAL DRA"N' WOULD SCARCELY BE NOTICED. I AM HO~EFUL THAT WE MAY PROCEED ON THE PARK-
ING ASSESSMENT P~OGRAM AS RApiDLY AS POSS'IBLE.
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ALTHOUGH WE HAVE REACHED METROPOLITAN STATUS THERE IS EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THE
GROWTH CYCLE IN THE EMERALD EMPIRE IS ONLY GETTING WELL STARTED. THE EXPERTS TELL US THAT
BY 198Q WE WI~L HAVE OVER A ~UARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE IN THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD AREA.
ASSUMING THIS TO BE TRUE, WE MUST HAVE AT LEA:?T ONE ARTERIAL THAT COULD EVENTUALLY BE
DEVELOPED INTO AN EXPRESSWAY BOTH NORTHAND.SOUTH AS WELL AS EAST AND WEST.
AfTER THOROUGH STUDY OF ALL POSS!BILITIES FOR HANDLING FUTURETRAFFIC,IN THE SOUTH
WILLAMETTE AREA I FEEL THAT THE CITY HAS MADE A WISE CHOICE IN SELECTING THE AMAZON AR-
TERIAL ROUTE AS BEING THE LEAST EXPENSIVE AND MOST PRACTICAL NORTH-SOUTH TRAFFICWAY. IT
IS REGRETTABLE ,THAT THIS TYPE OF PROGF3ESS ME'ANS THE ACQUISI,TION OF PROPERTY. AND THE DIS-
PLACEMENT OF PERSONS.B'!" BEGINNI":IG NOW ON AN8 TO 10 YEAR RIG,HT-OF-WAYACQUISITION PRO-
GRAM, HOWEVER, A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE PRESENT PROPERTY OWNe:RSWILL,:IN THE NORMAL
COURSE OF E~ENTS,DESIRE TO SELL THEIR PROPERTIES AND WILL LITERALLY REQUEST THE CITY TO
PURCHASE THEIR ~OMES IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY BUY MORE MQDERN STRUCTURES WITHIN THE NEWER
RESIDENTIAL SECTION S OF THE CITY OR DISPOSE OF THEIR HOLDINGS TO FOLLOW THEIR TRADES OR
PROFESSIONS IN OTHER AREAS OF EMPLOYMENT. EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT FEW PEOPLE ARE FORCED
FROM THEIR HOMES.: As ~N EXAMPLE, AFTER~ESS THAN TWO YEARS, APPROXIMATELY ONE-THIRD OF
THE PRIVATELY OWNED LAND, INVOLVING SOME 140 ACRES AND NINE HOMES, HAS BEEN ACQUIR~D IN
THE NORTH BANK PARK BY VOLUNTARY SALE.
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THE AMAZONE ARTERIAL, JUST DESCRIBED, SHOULD SUffiCE fOR THE NORTH-SOUTH TRAffiCWAY.
HOWEVER, ADDITIONAL CAPACITY ABOVE PRESENT STREET CAPABILITY UNDOUBTEDLY WILL BE NEEDED
TO SOLVE THE EAST-WEST TRAffiC PROBLEMS. THE RECENTLY PUBLICIZED WEST AMAZON ARTERIAL
STARTING NEAR THE WEST CITY LIMITS PROPOS~S COMING Off THE AMAZON AT ABOUT 15TH AVENUE,
fOLLOWING 15TH AVENUE TO A~DER, INTO A DIAGONAL STREET WHICH WOULD CARRY TRAffiC OVER TO
11TH AND FRANKLIN IS A POSSIBILITY WORTH STUDYING IN DETAIL AS PRESENTLY MUCH Of THE
RIGHT-Of-WAY COULD BE ACQUIRED WITHOUT THE REMOVAL Of HOMES.
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ANOTHER ARTERIAL WHICH IS GOING TO HAVE A TREMENDOUS EffECT ON THE CITY IS THE COUNTY
PERIPHERAL ROAD WHICH IS PLANNED AS A BELT ROAD TO CIRCLE THE METROPOLITAN AREA. SOME
SECTIONS WILL BE COMPLETED IN 1961. THIS HIGHWAY WILL DO MUCH TO EXPEDITE TRAffiC MOVE-
MENT IN AND AROUND THE, AREA. THE LANE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE CERTAINLY TO BE COMMENDED
fOR THEIR RECOGNITION Of THESE SERIOUS TRAFfiC PROBLEMS AND FOR PROVIDING THE AID TO BUILD
THIS BELT SYSTEM. THE PERIPHERAL ROAD SHOULD BE Of MUCH HELP TO ALL LANE COUNTY RESIDENTS
IN VISITS TO EUGENE, AND SHOULD CERTAINLY GREATLY AID THE BUSINESS INTERESTS IN THE PERI-
METER AREAS Of THE CITY.
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O~R PRESENT PARKS LEVY EXPIRES IN MID-1961. AN ATTEMPT IN MAY 1960 TO EXTEND THIS
LEVY WAS DEfEATED AT THE POLLS. HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE LITTLE MONEY fOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS
OR ACQUISITION Of PROPERTY fOR fURTHER PARK EXPANSION UNLESS THE COUNCIL IS WILLING TO CON-
TINUE SUBMITTING SUCH A LEVY TO THE VOTERS ON THE SAME BALLOT AS THE CITY HALL BOND ISSUE.
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN 1961 PLANS AN EXTENSIVE PROGRAM WHICH INCLUDES THE fOL-
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I. COMPLETION Of STAGE I I Of THE WEST SIDE TRUNK SEWER
2. COMPLETION Of STAGE I I I Of THE WEST SIDE TRUNK SEWER
3. COMPLETION Of SECONDARY TREATMENT ADDITION TO SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
4. DESIGN Of TRUNK SEWER fOR OAKWAY-WILLAKENZIE ANNEXED AREA.
5. CONTINUANCE Of SEWER DRAGGING PROGRAM
6. COMPLETION Of COMPREHENSIVE SEWER STUDY FOR ENTIRE CITY Of EUGENE
7. DESIGN Of PEARL STREET fROM 24TH AVENUE TO 29TH AVENUE
8. CONSTRUCTION Of 30TH AVENUE TO BLOOMBERG ROAD CONNECTOR
9. INAUGURATION Of COMPREHENSIVE STREET CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR STREET
MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES
THE CITY Of EUGENE HAS MADE AN EXCELLENT BEGINNING ON A WELL-LOCATED, MODERN AIRPORT.
WHILE THE RUNWAYS AND LIGHTS ARE GOOD, OTHER IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN AT A MINIMUM. RECENTLY,
THE AIRPORT COMMISSION REGOMMENDED AN OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PLAN WHICH WOULD PROVIDE A .NEW
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND SUCH OTHER fACILITIES AS WILL BE NEEDED TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF
THE AIR AGE. WITH SO MANY OTHER PRESSING NEEDS, I DOUBT THAT THE CITY COULD RAISE THE SUM
Of ABOUT ON MILLION DOLLARS NEEDED fOR AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS. SINCE THE AIRPORT SERVES ALL
Of LANE COUNTY, THERE IS MUCH TO BE: SAID IN fAVOR Of LANE COUNTY'S TAKING OVER THE COM-
PLETE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE Of THE fACILITY. EXPLORATORY TALKS ARE NOW IN PROGRESS
WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE.
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THE GREAT MAJORITY OF OUR CITIZENS ARE PLEASED THAT EUGENE HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY
VICE-fREE. As AN AREA GROWS AND BECOMES A MORE LUCRATIVE fiELD fOR VICE INTERESTS, THERE
ARE INCREASING PRESSURES TO "OPEN Up" THE AREA, THE CITY ADMINISTRATION STANDS fiRM IN A
CONTINUED EffORT TO MAINTAIN A CLE!AN .CITY. THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO STUDY THE PROBLEM
Of OBSCENE LITERATURE HAS COMPLETED ITS STUDY AND IS EXPECTED TO REPORT TO THE COUNCIL IN
THE NEAR fUTURE. I AM HOPEFUL THAT WE MAY EFfECT A REDUCTION IN THE AMOUNT Of THIS TYPE
Of LITERATURE SOLD. IN EUGENE BY SOME PRACTICAL MEANS.
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SINCE THE PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN AWAY FROM THE COUNCIL AND BUDGET COMMITTEE THE PREROGATIVE
Of SETTING fiRE DEPARTMENT SALARIES FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS, OUR MAIN CONCERN NOW SHOULD BE
WITH OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES AS FAR AS SALARIES AND WAGES ARE CONCERNED. IT IS DOUBTfUL IF WE
WOULD BE JUSTifiED IN SEEKING A WAGE INCREASE TO THE EXTENT THAT THE fIREMEN WILL RECEIVE.
SINCE IT WILL SOON BE TWO YEARS SINCE THE LAST GENERAL INCREASE, I RECOMMEND WE SEEK fOR
ALL OTHER CITY E~PLOYEES AN INCREASE OF AT LEAST ONE-HALF THE RATE Of THE fIREME~'S IN-
CREASE. IT IS DOUBTfUL THAT THESE fUNDS COULD BE SQUEEZED fROM THE BUDGET. A fAVORABLE
VOTE fROM THE ELECTORATE PROBABLY WOULD BE NEEDED TO fINANCE SUCH AN INCREASE.
THE CITY ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB Of PROVIDING A fAIR LEVEL Of SER-
VICES AT A NOMINAL COST. WE CAN BOAST THAT OUR TAX RATE HAS EVEN DROPPED OVER THE AVERAGE
Of THE PAST fiVE YEARS. IN 1955-56 THE RATE OF 20.8 MILLS; 1956-57, 19.1 MILLS; 1957-58,
20.1 MILLS; 1958-59,21 MILLS; 1959-60,21.8 MILLS; 1960-61, 19.3 MILLS. IT SHOULD ALSO
BE POINTED OUT THAT fOR EACH $100 COLLECTED IN PROPERTY TAXES FROM EUGENE RESIDENTS, ONLY
A LITTLE OVER $20 IS COLLECTED BY THE CITY Of EUGENE. THE BALANCE IS CHARGEABLE TO OTHER
TAXING AGENCIES.
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RESIDENTS SHOULD REALIZE THAT THIS CANNOT LONG CONTINUE IF WE ARE TO fACE UP TO OUR RE-
SPONSIBILITIES. SHOULD THE COUNCIL AND CITIZENS APPROVE Of THE ABOVE OUTLINED PROJECTS,
THEN OUR TAXES ARE GOING TO RISE PROBABLY IN EXCESS OF 25 MILLS. MANY CITIES IN OREGON
ARE ALREADY CARRYING A 25 TO 30 MILL (OAD. A MITI~ATING FACTOR WHICH CANNOT NOW BE ESTI-
MATED IS THE EFFECT IN TERMS OF DOLLARS OF FUTURE NEW CONSTRUCTION, EXPANSION AND ANNEXA-
TION UPON C,TY REVENUES. LAST YEAR THE ASSESSED VALUATION Of THE CITY INCREASED BY MORE
THAN $10,000,000, AN IMPORTANT fACTOR IN HOLDING OU~ MILLAGE TO A fiGURE AS LOW AS 19.3.
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IN SPITE OF EUGENE'S MANY NEEDS, THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT. WE ARE FO~~UNATE TO LIVE IN
SUCH A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY. OUR CITIZENS ARE P.ROUD OF THEIR CITY AND WITH PROPER PLANNING
AND DEVELOPMENT, EUGENE CAN EASILY BECOME THE FINEST CITY IN THE WEST.
IT IS WITH A GREAT DEAL OF
AND BOB DEVERELL. MR. D~VERELL
NORTH OF THE WfLLAMETTE"RrVER.
LAURIS AND WALLACE SWANSON WHO
AND EXPERIENCE OF OUR MEMBERS,
PLEASURE THAT I WELCOME OUR NEW COUNCILMEN, DAN CHRISTENSEN
IS THE FIRST COUNCILMAN IN EUGENE'S HISTORY TO BE ELECTED
I AM ALSO PLEASED TO WELCOME BACK COUNCILWOMAN CATHERINE
WERE RE-ELECTED IN NOVEMBER. WI~H THE E~CELLENT BACKGOUNRS
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO A YEAR OF ACCOMPLISHMENT IN 1961.
TWENTY-SIX MONTHS AGO THE MEMBERS OF EUGENE'S CITY COUNCI'L APPOINTED ME AS MAYOR TO
FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF MAYOR JOHN MCGINTY. I APPRECIATED THE CONFIDENCE THEY EXPRESSEci
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IN ME AT THAT -TIME AND I HAVE TRIED TO JUSTIFY THAT CONFIDENCE BY DEVOTING MOST OF MY TIME'
TO FULFILLING THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE IN THE BEST POSSIBLE ~ANNER. I FURi~ER APPRECIATE
THE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE THE ClilZENS OF EUGENE EXPRESSED IN THE COUNCIL'S CHOICE WHEN THEY
ELECTED ME AS MAYOR OF EUGENE IN NOVEMBER AND RETURNED ME TO OFFICE FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
I AM PROUD TO BE A CITIZEN OF EUGENE. I AM EVEN MORE PROUD TO SERVE AS ITS MAYOR AND OFFI-
CIAL REPRESENTATIVE. I SHALL CONTINUE TO DEVOTE MY TIME AND ENERGY FULFILLING THE DUTIES
OF THE OFFICE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY."
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS.LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE MAYOR'S MESSAGE BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON
FILE. MOTION CARRIED.
BILLS AGAINST THE VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 1960 WERE SUBMITTED AND READ
AS FOLLOWS:
GENERAL FUND
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PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM
CITIZENS BANK
CITIZENS BANK
STATE TAX COMMISSION
AETNA LIFE INSURANCE CO.
PACIFIC HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
EUGENE HOSPITAL &: CLINIC
DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS.
DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS.
DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS.
DANIEL. O.POTTER, TREAS.
EUGENE FIRE FIGHTERS
UNITED ApPEAL - LANE COUNTY
BLUE CROSS PLAN
W,LLAKENZIE VOLUNTEERS
LANE HUMANE SOCIETY
E. E. CONE, MAYOR
STATE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION
ADDRESSOGRAPH-MU[TIGRAPH CORP.
ALBERS FEED &: FARM SUPPLY
ALLEN OFFICE EQUIPMENT
DRS.H.R.ALLUMBAUGHT &: JOHN D. BONZER
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN STEEL &: SUPPLY CO.
ARCH'S MOTOR TUNE-UP
ART'S GARBAGE SERVICE NO.2
ASSOCIATED SUPPLIERS
AUTO BODY &: PAf~T SUPPLY
AUTOMATIC HEAT COMPANY
BEARING SUPPLY COMPANY
BISHOP ELECTRIC
BLUE CROSS ANIMAL HOSPITAL
BLUMENTHAL UNIFORM COMPANY
BOEHNKE PRINTING COMPANY
RICHARD E. BOGGS
F. K. BREWER
BRO-DART INDUST~IES
STANLEY R. BROWN
CHARLES BRUNING COMPANY, INC.
E. H. BURRELL
BURROUGHS CORPORATION
BUSINESS EQUIPMENT CENTER, INC.
BYRNES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
C &: S ELECTRIC CONTRACTORS
GEORGE F. CAKE COMPANY
CAROTHERS SfflEET METAL COMPANY
CARLSON, HATTON &: HAY, INC.
CARSON SAW SHOP
-$ 2,001.00
4,043. "'2
4,690P,10
742.60
13,583.21
825.00
2,593.36
2,048.65
2,/76.00
44.00
215.47
687.50
263.05
56.72
132.00
137.12
88.30
50.00
783.33
100.00
2,071.41
13.93
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46.00
6.00
615.67
37.36
6.60
80.39
183.55
16.45
14.22
. 16.90
12.50
126.85
45.00
35.00
35.45
1/3.75
60.00
73.52
32.76
20.64
25.25
949.28
69.65
18.92
19.60
58.81
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CENTRAL HEAT1NG COMPANY
CENTRAL PLANNING OFFICE
CENTRAL RESTAURANT SUPPLY CO.
CHAMPION FRICTION COMPANY
CHASE COMPANY:
THE CHllDREN'S:BoOKCOUNCI~, INC.
T. V. CLARK
CLARKE ELECTRIC COMPANY
COAK'S RADIATOR SERVICE
CONTINENTAL BAKING COMPANY
HOWARD COOPER
COURTHOUSE COFFEE SHOP
CRESSEYS'
CUDDEBACK BuiLDERS SUPPLY
JAMES C: CURTIS
D~NALTON STEEL COMPANY
DAVIDSON BAKING COMPANY
DEMCO LIBRARY SUPPLIES
DONALD Co DICKEY
DI CK I S MACH-I NE SHOP
D1CTAPHON~ CORPORATION
DOT DOTSON'S
RUBEN H. DONNELLEY CORPORATION
DOUBLEDAY &: COMPANY
EMERALD GARBAGE SERVICE, INC.
EMPIRE GARBAGE SERVICE
EOFF ELECTRIC COM~ANY
Esco CORPORATION
EU~ENE BLUE PRINT tOMPANY
EUGENE BOYS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
EUGENE CANVAS PRODUCTS
EUGENE CONCRETE PIPE &: PRODUCTS
EUGENE FARMERS CREAMERY
EUGENE HIllRDWARE
EUGENE HOTEL
EUGENE LAUNDRY&: DRY CLEANERS
EUGENE OFFICE OUTFITTERS
~UGENE OVERALL LAUNbRY
EUGENE PAINT CENTER
EUGENE RADIATOR'SERVICE
EUGENE ROAD AND DRIVEWAY COMPANY
EUGENE SAND &: GRAVEL, INC.
EUGENE SCHOOL DISTRICT .#4
EUGENE WATER & ELECTRiC-BoARD
EUGENE WATER &: ELECTRIC BOARD'
EUGENE WELDERS SUPPLY COMPANY
EUTECTIC WELDING ALLOYS
FARMER,BROTAERS RESTAURANT SERVICE
FEENAUGHTY MA~HINERYCOMPANY
FLETCHER &: SMARTT
$ 70.00
411.96
7,500.00
6.05
5.74
7.50
19.60
45.00
70.00
6.76
57.80
35.30
6.50
104.25
21.33
60.00
413.00
19.50
17.90
733.33
35.50
106.54
39.81
12.00
249.29
53.75
9.75
10.21
17.40
53.63
12.00-
2.00
"294.94
18.50
'11.84
107.55
135.59
5.50
78.31
3.87
12.00
18.16
2,182.81
125.00
10,748.00
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65.00
65.20
139.80
9,620.00
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PATRICK M. FLYNN
FOLSOM RABBITRY
FRANK'S GARBAGE SERVICE
W. P. FULLER & COMPANY
G. L. CLOCK & WATCH SERVICE
E. G~ GARDNER COMPANY-
GAYLORD BROS., INC.
GOODYEAR SERVICE STORES
GRANT MOTORS, INC.
GRAYBAR ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
GRAY'S FEED & SEED COMPANY
GREENE'S MEAT COMPANY
GUARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
HALLER, T.r./..
GEORGE A. HALTON COMPANY
HAMILTON ELECTRIC
HAMMER LUMBER COMPANY
HARR MOTOR SUPPLY INC.
HEINKE WHOLESALERS
HOW~RD HERIDER
RAY HICKS, SR.
HORN PRINTING COMPANY
H. R. HUNTTING COMPANY, INC.
HYSLOP PAPER & SUPPLY COMPANY
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CO.
THE INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGERS ASSN.
IVERSON PAINTS, INC.
J & W TOWING
JERRY'S SPECIALIZED SALES
JOHNSON FURNITURE COMPANY
JOHNSON PUBLISHING COMPANY
KENDALL MOTOR COMPANY
VIRGINIA KIRKUS SERVICE
KOKE-CHAPMAN COMPANY
EDWARD L. KROPP COMPANY
LANE COUNTY TITLE COMPANY
LANE MEAT COMPANY
LANE PAR~S COMPANY
LATHAM'S
CARL J. LEIBEL, .INC.
AL LINDLEY SHEtL SERVICE
LOOM I S ARMORED CAR SERV I CE, I NC.
ED LORENCE COMPANY, INC.
HENRY LOWRY
MCYEAL'S WARDROBE CLEANERS
MCCRACKEN BROS. MOTOR FREIGHT
MEDICAL PHARMACY
MIDGLEYS ARCHITECTURAL MILLWORK
MILLER & HARVEY SHEET META~ CO.
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG.
MISHLERS
MONTGOMERY WARD
MOTOROLA COMMUNICATIONS & ELECTRONICS
MUNNELL & SHERRILL, INC.
GEORGE MYRMO & SONS
NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY
NATIONAL MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
GEORGE A. MOHRENBERG
NORTHWEST INDUSTRIAL LAUNDRY CO.
NORTHWEST NATURA L GAS COMPANY
NUDELMAN BROTHERS
JA Y F. -OLDHAM
ORCHARD AUTO PARTS CO.
OREGON EGG PRODUCERS
OREGON NEWS COMPANY
OREGON SCREW PRODUCTS COMPANY
OREGON STATE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
OREGON SUPPLY COMPANY
OREGON VOLUNTEER FIREMENS SYNDICATE
OREGON VOTER
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GUSKE REAL ESTATE
ERIC E. LAWRENCE
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73.23
60.00
6.20
10.00
22.76
12.00
226.47
3.35
41.77
45.65
489.21
11.09
13.50
249.57
3.50
337.50
I 1.93
1.65
76.51
14.98
205.72
60.00
35.75
749.89
191.49
21.50
38.50
15.78
25.50
249.75
14.88
302.84
233.74
30.00
184.97
30.53
82.20
57.93
66.51
3.75
37.73
5.24
477.50
166.86
6.60
1.50
7.43
6.57
4.39
2.05
4,660.05
1.40
45.97
52.90
142.63
3.30
53.10
10.00
60.00
8775
130.72
699.49
56.25
30.42
82.80
296.35
15.54
87.57
43.16
122.01
181.80
5.00
$
30.00
35.00
0TIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
PACIFIC AUTO SUPPLY INC.
PACIFIC FLUSH TANK COMPANY
PACIFIC TELEPHONE NORTHWEST
PACKER-SCOTT
PEERLESS PACIFIC COMPANY
PETTY CASH-EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY
PETTY CASH
PETERS - DELAET
PIONEER FOODS, INC.
PITNEy-BOWES, INC.
DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS.
DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS.
DANIEL O.POTTER, TREAS.
J. W. QUACKENBUSH & SON
THE QUICK COMPANY
QUICK SERVICE
ELLIS RACKLEFF
RECORDAK CORPORATION
RETREAD TIRE SHOP
REXIUS FUEL SERVICE
RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION
ROY A. ROE
ROBERTS MOTOR, INC.
RUSSELL'S SUPPLY
FRANK RUST
SAFEWAY STORES, INC.
SANBORN MAP COMPANY
A. B. SCARLETT
A. B. SCARLETT
SCHARPF'S TWIN OAKS BUILDERS
SCOBERT BUILDING MATERIAL, INC.
SEARS, ROEBUCK & COMPANY
SHELL OIL COMPANY
THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
SPRINGFIELD STATIONERY
SMITH RADIO COMMUNICATION
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA
SQUARE DEAL LUMBER COMPANY
STATE DEPT. OF MOTOR VEHICLES
SUPERIOR BODY & FENDER SERVICES
TERRILL AUTO PARTS COMPANY
TEXACO, INC.
TIDEWATER OIL COMPANY
T IFF ANY'S No. I
TILLMAN & BOOTH
TIMBER TRACTOR COMPANY
TOMMY'S PAINT POT
TRAFFIC SAFETY SUPPLY COMPANY
TRI-CITY SERVICE
UNITED PIPE & SUPPLY
UNITED RADIO SUPPLY, INC.
U OF 0 - COLL OF LIBERAL ARTS
U OF 0 PHOTOGRAPHIC BUREAU
U OF 0 LIBRARY
VALLEY IRON & STEEL COMPANY
VALLEY STATIONERY COMPANY
JOHN WARREN HARDWARE, INC.
WARD'S SAW SHOP
WESTERN PLUMBING OFFICIALS ASSN.
WEST SIDE AUTO GLASS,
THE 'WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
DR. HERRICK WHEELER
WENDELL P. WI CK
W,LDISH SAND & GRAVEL
WILLAMETTE STATIONERS
WILLAMETTE VALLEY COMPANY
LEW WILLIAMS CHEVROLET ~
LEW WI L L I AM S
WOOD MOTORS
WYATT'S
YOUNG IRON WORKS OF OREGON
CIVIC EMERGENCY FUND
PETTY CASH
DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS.
$
72.46
11.17
3.05
1,089.12
126.49
404.80
24.58
108.03
100.96
175.04
1.40
8,219.89
173.78
941.46
9.13
26.07
52.25
72.80
50.00
116.60
40.00
8.45
25.00
3.36
12.81
26.76
46.18
66.00
8.00
3.90
72 .80
36.62
23.96
416.24 '
1.51
60.05
37 I .59
145.01
118.00
68.00
77.00
28.54
I ,258.68
828.49
12.50
84.06
5.76
10.00
736.90
37.40
18.83
2.91
965.98
12.50
10.54
69.00
75.45
103.63
5.90
/0.00
10.90
4.50
500.00
16.24
28.75
65.89
6.53
1,466.77
174.41
1,135.61
3.25
4.50
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INTERSECTION PAVING FUND
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DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT FUND
GENERAL DOG FUND
BYRNES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
$ 2,249.92
OLGA FREEMAN, LANE COUNTY CLERK
$
15.60
GENERAL BOND INTEREST,FUND
SEWAGE & DRAINAGE FUND
DANIEL.O.POTTER, TREAS.
DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS.
$
274.23
590.00
CITY OF EUGENE - LIEN DEPARTMENT
J & W TOWING
$
497.75
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AIRPORT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND
STREET,BRIDGE & DRAINAGE C & M FUND
WI~DISH CONSTRUCTION CO.
LANE COUNTY TITLE COMPANY
PITTSBURGH TESTING LABORATORY
$ I I ,945.58
23.70
15.00
EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD
HESS & DEVEREAUX
LANE COUNTY TITLE COMPANY
$
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WEST SIDE FIRE STATION & EQUIPMENT FUND
AM~RICAN STEEL & SUPPLY COMPANY
CAROTHERS SHEET METAL COMPANY
COBURN'S
CONSOLIDATED SUPPLY COMPANY
CORNELL,HoWLAND,HAYES & MERRYFIELD
MILLER & HARVEY SHEET METAL CO.
$
16.98
34.20
1.75
8.51
181.47
2.60
EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD
GRAYBAR ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
ORCHARt:) AUTO PARTS COMPANY
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TURNBULL MANUFACTURING COMPANY
$
5'7.90
68.97
10.53
21.00
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DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS.
$,
4.00
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILLS, AS SUBMITTED AND ,READ, BE
APPROVED AND THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS AUTHORliED TO DRAW THE NECESSARY WARRANTS. ROLLCALL VOTE.
AL'L COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CA,RRIEDj
MONTHLY PAYMENT ESTIMATES WERE SUBMITTED AS, APPROVED BY THE PUBLIC WORK'S DEPARTMENT AS FOLLOWS:
BOLES BUILDERS
1ST - SIDEWALK ON PEARL 'FROM 34TH PLACE TO DONALD
1ST - SIDEWALK ON 36TH AVENUE FROM DONALD TO STAFFORD COURT
1,026.36
1,096.87
~,123.23
JACK BROWN & RALPH MOHLER
1ST - SIDEWALK ON HIGH FROM 34TH PLACE TO 36TH AVENUE
2ND SIDEWALK ON 34TH PLACE FROM DONALD TO FERRY
1ST SIDEWALK ON SOUTH SIDE:OF 39TH AVENU~W.AMAZON DR. TO DILLARD
2ND & FINAL - SIDEWALK ON MILL FROM .34TH PLACE TO 36TH AVENUE
1,721.26
996.60
554.89
220.25
3,493._00
DENN I S & PRU ITT
2ND - SANITARY SEWER AREA EAST AND SOUTH OF WHITBECK BOULEVARD AND
LORANE HIGHWAY AND WEST BOUNDARY VANBUREN STREET AND. SOUTH
CITY LIMITS
2,209.50
2,209.50
SALEM SAND & GRAVEL
2ND - WEST EUGENE SANITARY TRUNK SEWER SECTION #2
9TH - WEST EUGENE SANITARY rRUNK SEWER SECTION #1
94,748.63
33,355.40
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2ND - SEWAGE' TREATMENT PLANT
29,550',05
STANTON PAYNE
4TH & FINAL - PAVING GRANT FROM 6TH TO 7TH
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1ST - SIDEWALK ON ELLIS PARKER SCHOOL
ORDINANCE
7TH &, FINAL - SIDEWALK ON BOTH SIDES
4TH &, FINAL - SIDEWALK ON SOUTH SIDE
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24TH FROM MIAMI LANE TO ONYX
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118.77
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W,LDISH CONSTRUCTiON COMPA~Y
5TH &, FINAL
1ST &, FINAL
- PAVI.NG PEARL,. HIGH &, MILL FROM 42ND TO 4'6TH;
43RD FROM MILL TO DONALD; 42ND FROM PEARL TO MILL;.
SOUTHRIDGE COURT
STORM SEWER 1ST AVENUE AND MONROE STREET AREA
PAVING 39TH PLACE FROM DILLARD ROAD TO W. AMAZON DR.
SANITARY SEWER AREA WEST Of DILLARD ROAD FROM S.
BOUNDARY Of HILYARD STREET ADDITION TO NORTH OF
DILLARD ROAD AND EAST Of SULLIVAN PLAT
PAVING INTERSECTION OF 32ND &, ONYX PLACE AND
INTERSECTION OF ONYX AND ONYX9P~ACE
8,829.75
2,262.28
370.44
4TH &, FINAL
4TH &, FINAL
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967.97
12,857.33
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE ESTIMATES, AS SUBMITTED, BE APPROVED
AND THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS AUTHORIZED TO DRAW THE NECESSARY WARRANTS. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCIL-
MEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED.
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A REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER CONCERNING MONTHLY DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS, ETC., WAS SUBMITTED
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"THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DECEMBER .REPORT WAS DISTRIBUTED WITH YOUR AGENDA. YOUR ATTENTION
IS DIRECTED TO THE "PREVENTION" SECTION WHICH REP.ORTS THE ACTIVITIES IN THIS IMPORTANT
PHASE Of FIRE DEPARTMENT WORK.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CRIMINAL CASE LOAD INCREASED FROM 277 IN NOVEMBER TO 372 IN
DECEMBER. THIS TOTAL INCLUDED 43 BURGLARIES. IT IS BELIEVED THAT RECENT ARRESTS WILL
CLEAR THE BULK OF THESE CASES. DECEMBER UUVENILE TRAFFIC CASES SHOWED A LARGE INCREASE
OVER THE NORMAL MONTH. THERE WAS ONE TRAFFIC FATALITY IN THE ENTIRE 1960 PERIOD AS COM-
PARED WITH FOUR IN 1959.
9533 PEOPLE ATTENDED PARK AND RECREATION ACTIVITIES IN DECEMBER.
STAGE I OF THE WEST SIDE 54-INCH TRUNK SEWER WAS COMPLETED AND TESTED. STAGE I I
HAS REACHED GRANT STREET BETWEEN '13TH AND 14TH AVENUES. OTHER SEWER WORK IS PROGRESSING.
FOUR SIDEW~LK PROJECTS.WERE COMPLETED AND FOUR OTHERS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
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VALUE Of DECEMBER 1959; HOWEVER, THE YEARLY TOTAL FOR 1960 FOR ALL CONSTRUCTION WAS
VALUED AT $13,512,025 AS COMPARED WITH $8,178,433 IN 1959. THE INCREASE WAS ENTIRELY
I~ NEW CONSTRUCTION.
GJ960 LIBRARY ACTIVITIES CONTINUED TO SHOW INCREASE OVER 1959. TOTAL DECEMBER CIR-
CULATION WAS 25,265. THERE WERE 473 VOLUMES ADDED DURING THE MONTH.
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FILE AT MY OFFICE AND WHICH ARE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED.
THE POLICE, FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED PROMPTLY AND Effi-
CIENTLY TO PROBLEMS ARiSiNG FROM LAST SATURDAY'S WINDSTORM. CLEANUP CREWS WORKED SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY TO REMOVE OBSTRUCTIONS AND IMMEDIATE HAZARDS. DESPITE THE TRAGIC
LOSS Of LIFE AND THE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE, THERE COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN MANY MORE SERIOUS
OCCURRENCES."
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE REPORT Of THE CITY MANAGER BE RECEIVED
AND PLACED ON fiLE. MOTION CARRIED.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
A REPORT Of THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD JANUARY 5, 196t WAS SUBMtTTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
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UPRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN LAURIS, MOLHOLM, MOYER, CHATT, WILSON, SWANSON, CHRISTENSEN,
DEVERELL; CITY MANAGER; DEPARTMENT HEADS; INTERES~I~IT.[Z~NSj DAN, WYANT AND DONN
BONHAM, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD.
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I. PETITION FOR SANITARY SEWER ON 7TH: PLACE BETWEEN MCKINLEY AND GARFIELD - A MAP SHOWING
THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF A SEWER LINE IN THE AREA DESCRIBED ABOVE WAS EXHIBITED. IT
WAS EXPLAINED THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE AN ASSESSMENT AGAINST PROPERTY OWNED BY MCCRACKEN
BROTHERS, WHO ,HAVE INSTALLED A PRIVATE SEWER LINE TO SERVE THEIR PROPERTY, If THE PRO-
POSED SEWER WAS TO BE. INSTALLED... ON QUESTION IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT THE SEWER WOULD
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HAVE TO BE BUILT AT SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE AND WOULD BE SO DESIGNED THAT IT WOULD SERVE
THE INDUSTRIAL AREA IN THIS LOCATION. SOME COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES VIEWED THE SITE OF
THE PROPOSED SEWER LINE, AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE SEWER BE CONSTRUCTIONED.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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MOTION CARRIED.
2. ACQUISITION OF ROY F. LOE PROPERTY FOR SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION - IT WAS ,EXPLAINED
THAT THE COUNCIL HAD REQUESTED THAT AN APPRAISAL BE MADE OF THE ROY F. L~E ~ROPERTY ~ITH
THE PURPOSE OF MAKING AN EXCHANGE OF CERTAIN CITY PROPERTY FOR CERTAIN OF MR. LOE'S PRO-
PERTY. THE APPRAISAL INDICATES THAT THE CITY WOULD BE JUSTIFIED IN EXCHANGING CERTAIN
OF ITS PROPERTY PLUS AN AMOUNT OF $5300 FOR THE LOE PROPERTY.
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THE PUBL I C WORKS DEPARTMENT ,RECOMMENDED THAT MR. LOE BE ADV I SED AND THAT THEY- BE
AUTHORIZED TO MAKE AN OFFER OF $5300 PLUS THE EXCHANGE OF CITY PRO~RTY. THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDED THAT. NEGOTIATIONS BE STARTED TO ACQUIRE AN OPTION ON THE ROY F. LOE PROPERTY
AT A SUM OF $5300 PLUS A TRADE OF LAND .IN CITY OWNERSHIP. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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MOTION CARRIED.
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3. REQUEST FOR VACATION OF 2 FOOT EASEMENT IN VICINITY OF LARCH STREET AT EAST AMAZON DRIVE -
IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT MR. RAY LINDBERG HAD REQUESTED THAT THE CITY RELINQUISH THE SOUTH
2 FEET OF AN EASEMENT ON LOT 5, SUNNY HOLLOW ADDITION, IN EXCHANGE FOR MR. LINDBERG'S
GIVING A 2 FOOT EASEMENT ON LOT 6 ADJACENT.TO THE EXISTING EASEMENT. THE REQUEST WAS
MADE TO ALLOW MR. LINDBERG TO ACQUIRE CLEAR TITLE TO THE 2 FOOT SECT'ON INTO WHICH A
HOUSE PROJECTS AS CURRENTLY BUILT.
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THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THIS AND IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THE EASEMENT AREA WOULD NOT
BE REDUtED, BUT ~OULD BE MOVED 2 FEET, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THE VACATION OF THE 2 FOOt AREA
AS REQUEST BE APPROVED SUBJECT TO THE ACQUISITION OF THE ADDITIONAL 2 FEET FROM THE
SECOND PARCEL AS EXPLAINED ABOVE. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. :MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 3 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE ADOPTED.
MOTION CARRIED.
THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED THAT AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING IT HAD ERRONEOUSLY BEEN REPORTED THAT THE CITY
HAD ONLY A 7-FOOT EASEMENT ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 5, SUNNY HOLLOW ADDITION, WHILE IN FACT THERE
EXISTS A 7-FOOT EASEMENT ON LOT 5 AND A 7-FOOT EASEMENT ON LOT 6 WHtCH ARE ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER
MAK I NG A TOTAL OF A 14-FOOT E.ASEMENT. FOR. TH I S REASON I T WAS NOT DEEMED NECESSARY THAT AN ADD I-
T IONAL DED I CAT I ON OF 2 FEET FOR THE PUBL I C UT!U::+TY EASEMENT BE MADE.
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOL80DM SECONDED BY MRr CHATT THAT THE COMMITTEE REPORT ,BE AMENDED AND THAT THE
CITY RELINQUISH 2 FEET OF THE EASEMENT AS REQUESTED WITHOUT A NEW DEDICATION OF ADDITIONAL EASEMENT
AREA. MOTION CARRIED. PRIOR TO THIS MOTION A MOTION WAS:MADE.BY MR. MOLHOLM SECONDED BY MRS.LAURIS
THAT THIS ITEM BE TABLED UNTIL A REPORT ON THE FEE SCHEDULE FOR FEES TO BE CHARGED WHERE PROPERTY IS
VACATED IS COMPLETED. MOTION DEFEATED. ON VOTE TO APPROVE THE REP-.ORT AS .AMENDED, MOTIONCA'RRIED.
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4. REQUEST-F6RCURB CUT AT 2053 FRANKLIN BOULEVARD - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT MR. CLAYTON E.
BRADLEY HAD REQUESTED HE BE ALLOWED TO I NSTALL A 50-FOOT CURB CUT AT 2053 :FRANKL I N BOULE-
VARD TO SERVICE A PROPOSED REAL ESTATE OFFICE TO BE LOCATED AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
IT 'WAS ALSO EXPLA I N'Eo' THAT ANY. ACT ION BY THE COUNC I L: WOUL'D ALSO HAVE TO HAVE TttE APPROVAL
OF THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION. THE COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES VIEWED .THE SITE OF.
THE PROPOSED CURB CUT AND ALSO HEARD A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
WHICH RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT THIS BE RESTRICTED TO NOT MORE THAN'30 FEET IN WIDTH AND THAT,
IF POSSIBLE, IT BE FURTHER:RESTRICTED TO INGRESS. ONLY WITH EGRESS TO BE ONTO THE ALLEY AT
THE REAR or THE PROPERTY.
SOME DISCUSSION WAS. HELD ON THIS FOLLOWING'WHICH 'IT WAS,RECOMMENDED THAT THE 3D-rOOT'
CURB CUT BE ApP~OVED AND THAT THE CITY ENDEAVOR TO ~ORK OUT AN ARRANGEMENT WITH THE
PROPERTY OWNER TO PROHIBIT CUSTOMERS F.ROM BACKING,ONTO FRANKLIN BOULEVARD. MOTION CAR-
RIED WITH MESSRS. MOLHOLM AND CHRISTENSEN VOTING NAY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATTTHAT ITEM.4 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED.
MOTION CARRIED WITH MR. MOLHOLM' VOTING NAY. . -
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5. REQUEST FOR CURB SIDEWALK ON 36TH AVENUE FROM WILLAMETTE TO WEST BOUNDARY OF PARK ACRES
ADDITION - THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS DROVE TO AND OBSERVED THE SITE OF THE REQUESTED CURB
SIDEWALK AND RECOMMENDED:THE REQUEST BE APPROVED ON A-34-FOOT WIDTH STREET. MOTION
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS.SEcoNDED:SY MR. MOLHOLM.THAT ITEM 5 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED.
MOTION CARRIED.
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6. SIDEWALK LOCAnON. POLICY - THE CITY. MANAGER.- S,U,GGESTEip. THAT IF. THE COMMITTEE. SO .DESI,RE,D,.
A POLICY MIGHT BE DEVELOPED REGARD~NG THE LOCATION OF SlDEWALKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY,
SUBJECT TO APPEAL TO THE COUNCIL. THE COMMITTEE SUGGESTED THAT THE ADMINISTRATION
WORK OUT A POLICY STATEMENT ON SIDEWALK LOCATIONS, AND THAT SUCH A PROPOSAL BE BROUGHT
TO THE COUNCIL fo~ T~EIR A~PROVAL AT SOME FuTURE TIME.> No FORMAL ACTION WAS. TAKEN.
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AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED.
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7. PARKING METER.STUDY - SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON THE PARKING METER STUDY THAT HAS
BEEN PROPOSED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND WHERE THE COUNCIL STOOD ON THE STUDY AT THE
PRESENT TIME. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THIS HAD BEEN HELD UP AT THE REQUEST OF THE
RETAIL MERCHANT'S ASSOCIATION OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. SOME DISCUSSION WAS ALSO HAD
ON ADDITIONAL TURN LANES IN THE CORE AREA, WITH SUCH INTERSECTIONS AS 8TH AND OAK,
WILLAMETTE AT 8TH, BROADWAY AND OAK, AND OTHER,COMPARABLES BEING SPECIFICALLY DISCUSSED.
IN THIS LIGHT, SOME DISCUSSION WAS LIKEWISE HAD ON THE NEED fOR PARKING IN THE CENTRAL
CORE AREA, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF POLICE CONTROL OF INTERSECTIONS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA
DURING HEAVY TRAFFIC HOURS. No FORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN ON THIS.
IT,WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 7 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED.
MOTION CARRIED.
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8. RECONSIDERATION OF STATEMENT OF POLICY R5GARDING JOINT ACQUISITION, DEVELOPMENT AND
MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOL SITE PARK AREAS BY THE CITY OF EUGENE AND SCHOOL DISTRICT #4 -
IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE POLICY STATEMENT REGARDING SCHOOL SITE PARK AREAS HERETO-
FORE APPROVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE HAD BEEN REFERRED TO THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD BELIEVED IT TO BE NECESSARY AND DE-
SIRABLE THAT ADDITIONAL COMMENTS BE MADE IN THE RECITALS, WHICH DO NOT IN ANY WAY
CHANGE THE SUBSTANCE OF THE STATEMENT OF P06ICY. THE CHANGES WERE READ IN.THEIR
ENTIRETY, AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE ADOPTION OF THE REVISED PARK-SCHOOL AC-
QUISITION, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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MOTION CARRIED.
ORDINANCES
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COUNCIL BILL No. 5143 - LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS ON ADAMS FROM 19TH TO
22ND ~ND JACKSON FROM 18TH TO 22ND AVENUE WAS INTRODUCED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN"FULL ON DECEM-
BER 27, 1960, AND NOW BROUGHT ON FOR CONSIDERATION AND GfVEN SECOND READING.
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MR. BARR, A PROPERTY OWNER IN THE AREA, APPEARED BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO PROTEST THIS ASSESSMENT.
MR. BARR INDICATED HE HAD PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY IN SEPTEMBER 1960 WITH THE BELIEf AND ASSUMPTION'
THAT ALL IMPROVEMENTS HAD BEEN PAID fOR, WHICH WAS SUPPORTED BY THE TITLE REPORT. MR. BARR ALLEGED
THAT AN UNUSUAL TIME HAD OCCURRED BETWEEN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT AND THE ASSESSMENT Of THE
PROJECT. .
IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE PROJECT HAD BEEN ORIGINALLY STARTED IN MAY 1959 AND HAD BEEN ACCEPTED AND
FINAL PAYMENT MADE IN MAY 1960, AND THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS WAS NOW BEING COMPLETED FOR OTHER WORK
WHICH HAD BEEN DONE IN THE SUMMER OF 1960.
IT WAS FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT THERE WAS NO KNOWN METHOD OF PLACING A TENTATIVE LIEN ON PROPERTY BE-
FORE THE ACTUAL LIEN HAD BEEN MADE, AND THAT THE ACTUAL LIEN WAS DEPENDENT UPON COMPUTATION BASED ON
ACTUAL WORK DONE FOR A PARTICULAR PROJECT.
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IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE
BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
--IT WAS MOVED BY MRS.
PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE.
BERED 120,16.
LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN FINAL
ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUM-
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COUNCIL BilL No. 5144 - LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR PAVING 26TH AVENUE FROM HILYARD TO POTTER, INTRO-
DUCED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL ON DECEMBER 27, 1960, WAS BROUGHT ON FOR CONSIDERATION. THE
CITY MANAGER REPORT NO WRITTEN PROTESTS ON FILE.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE
BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCil BILL NUMBER ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY,MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE
BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN FINAL
PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUM-
BERED 120 170'i'
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COUNCIL BILL No. 5145 - LEVYING ASSESSMENT FOR PAVING PATTERSON FROM BETWEEN 20TH AND 21ST TO 24TH
AVENUE, I NTRODUCED AND READ THE FIRST TIME I N FULL ON DECEMBER 27, 1960, WAS BRO UGHT ON FOR CONS" DERA-
TION. THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED NO WRITTEN PROTiSTS ON FILE.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRAED UNANIMOUSL~ AND THE
BILL WAS READ THE :SECOND T I ME BY COUNC I L BILL NUMBER ONL Y.
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IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE
BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLYr,
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PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE.
BERED 12018.
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ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUM-
COUNCIL BILL No. 5146 - LEVYING ASSESSMENTS 'FOR PAVING HAYES FROM END OF EXISTING PAVEMENT TO
SOUTH BOUNDARY OF STEVENS SUBDIVISION, INTRODUCED AND READ THE FIRST TIME. IN FULL ON DECEMBER 27, 1960,
WAS BROUGHT ON FOR CONSIDERATION. THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED NO WRITTEN PROTESTS ON FILE.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS; LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE ~ILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS,CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED 'UNANIMOUSLY AND THE
BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
IT WAS MGED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE
BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY..
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IT WAS--MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM TiMT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN FINAL
PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE.ALL,COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED. PASSED ~ND NUM-
BERED 12019.
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COUNCIL BIu.No. 5156 - REPEALING ORDINANCE No. 12001 AND, INITIATING VACATION OF.COLUMBIA FROM
NORTH MARGIN OF 15TH AVENUE TO NORTH LINE OF LOT 7, BLOCK 4, AND LOT 16, BLOCK 6, OF FAIRMOUNT ADDI-
TION, AND CALLING A HEARING FOR FEBRUARY 27, 1961,.WAS BROUGHT ON FOR CONSIDERATION AND READ THE FIRST
TIME IN FULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL.
BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
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BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY
MOTION CARRIED UNANiMOUSLY AND THE
FOLLOWING THE READING OF THE COUNCIL BILL'COUNCILMAN DEVERELL ASKED WHAT PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE WITH
REGARD TO THE CITY'S NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED A NUMBER
OF CONfERENCES HAVE BEEN HELD WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNIVERSITY, INCLUDING ACTING PRESIDENT,
BUSINESS MANAGER AND OTHERS, AND THAT THE UNIVERSITY WAS GIVING SOME ATTENTION TO ITS MASTER CAMPUS
PLAN. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT A DISCUSSION 'REGARDING.THE LETTER OF INTENT FOR 18TH AVENUE ~AS NO~
BEING DISCUSSED BY THE OfFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR.
COUNCILMAN 'WILSON QUESTIONED THE NEED FOR CLOSING COLUMBIA STREET;: COUNCILMAN MOLHOLM REMARKED THE
ORDINANCE UNDER CONSIDERATION CALLS FOR A HEARING WHICH WOULD BE A HEALTHY SITUATION SINCE IT WOULD
ALLOW PROPERTY OWNERS TO BE HEARD ON THIS SUBJECT. OTHERS IN THE AUDIENCE AND FROM THE COUNCIL EX-
PRESSED CONFLICTING VIEWPOIN~S INCLUDING THERE IS NO NECESSITY FOR.HURRY SINCE THE UNIVERSITY HAS
LONG KNOWN OF ITS REQUIREMENTS, AND THE OPPOSITE VIEWPOINT, PLANS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. :
MAYOR CONE STATED HE BELIEVES THIS RESOLVES ITSELF TO THE QUESTION WHETHER THE UNIVERSITY SHOULD HAVE
A CLOSED CAMPUS OR NOT, AND IF A CLOSED CAMPUS IS TO BE ALLOWED, IT,WILL NECESSITATE THE CLOSING OF
STREETS.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL
READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF )HE COUNCIL. MOTION CAR-
RIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS.READ.THE THJRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS.
PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE.
BERED 12020.
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LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN FINAL
ALL COVNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE B1L~ WAS D~CLARED PAS~ED AND NUM-
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COUNCIL BILL No. 5157 - INITIATING VACATION OF NORTH 2 FEET OF SOUTH 7 FEET Of REPLAT OF LOT 5,
IST'ADDIT~ON TO SUNNY HOLLOW, WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN. F~LL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM. THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TiME BY
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE
BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TJME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY.MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL
READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CAR-
RIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BJLL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNC]L BILL NUMBE~ ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAUR/S~ECONDED BY MR~ MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN FINAL
PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUM-
BERED 12021.
4 COUNCIL BILL No. 5158 - VACATING 7 FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT IN BLOCK 2, SOUTHSIDE HILLS SUBDIVISION,
WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE fIRST TIME IN FULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THA.T THE'. BILL BE READ THE SE,COND TIME BY
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF' THE COUNCIL. MOTION CAR,RIED UNANIMO!JS,LY AND THE
BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
I T WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAUR I S SECONDED BY MR.. MOL HOLM THA.T THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE 81 LL
READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WI.TH UNANltilOUSCON5ENT Of THE COUNCIL. MOTION CAR.-
R/ED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBERONLY.
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PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL CO~NCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL'
WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUM-
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SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
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OF ASSESSMENT GIVEN OWNERS OF AFFECTED PROPERTY. MOTION CARRIED.
2 COUNCIL BILL No. 5160 - LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR PAVING 25TH AVENUE FROM MONROE TO FtRENDLY WAS
SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE HELD OVER AND PROPER NOTICE
OF ASSESSMENT GIVEN OWNERS OF AFFECTED PROPERTY. MOTION CARRIED.
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COUNCIL.BILL No. 5161 - LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR PAVING 12TH AVENUE WEST FROM CHAMBERS TO GRANT
WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
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OF ASSESSMENT GIVEN OWNERS OF AFFECTED PROPERTY. MOTION CARRIED.
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COUNCIL BILL No. 5162 ~ LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR PAVING 26TH AVENUE FROM LAWRENCE TO WASHINGTON
W~S SUBMITTED"AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN 8ULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE HELD OVER AND PROPER NOT ICE
OF ASSESSMENT GIVEN OWNERS OF AFFECTED PROPERTY. MOTION CARRIED.
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COUNCIL BILL No. 5/63 - LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR PAVING 26TH AVENUE FROM OLIVE TO CHAR~LTON WAS
SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE HELD OVER AND PROPER NOTICE
OF ASSESSMENT GIVEN OWNERS OF AFFECTED PROPERTY. MOTION CARRIED.
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COUNCIL BILL No. 5164- LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR PAVING 27TH AVENUE FROM OLIVE TO LINCOLN WAS
SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE HELD OVER AND PROPER NOTICE
OF ASSESSMENT GIVEN OWNERS OF AFFECTED RROPERTY. MOTION CARRIED.
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COUNCIL BILL No. 5165 - LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR PAVING 27TH AVENUE FROM JACKSON TO TYLER WAS
, SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR~ MOLHO~ THAT THE BILL BE HELD OVER AND PROPER NOTICE
OF ASSESSMENT GIVEN OWNERS OF AFFECTED PROPERTY. MOTION CARRIED.
8 COUNCIL BILL No. 5166 - LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR PAVING 28TH AVENUE FROM HILYARD TO HARRIS;
ALSO 28TH FROM POTTER TO UNIVERSITY WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE HELD OVER AND PROPER NOTICE
OF ASSESSMENT GIVEN OWNERS OF AFFECTED PROPERTY. MOTION CARRIED.
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COUNCIL BILL No. 5167 - LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR PAVING BAKER STREET FROM 28TH AVENUE TO 29TH
PLACE WAS ~UBMI~TED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE HELD OVER AND PROPER NOTICE
OF ASSESSMENT GIVEN OWNERS OF AFFECTED PROPERTY. MOTION CARRIED.
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COUNCIL BILL No. 5168 - LEVYING ASSESSMENT FOR PAVING 29TH PLACE FROM UNIVERSITY TO ONYX WAS
SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
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IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE REnD @VER AND PROPER NOTICE
OF ASSESSMENT GIVEN OWNERS OF AFFECTED PROPERTY. MOTION CARRIED.
I I COUNCIL BILL No. 5169 - LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR PAVING 35TH AVENUE FROM KINCAID TO POTTER; ALSO
HARRIS fROM BETWEEN 32ND AND 35TH AVENUES TO 35TH AVENUE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE HELD OVER AND PROPER NOTICE
OF ASSESSMENT GIVEN OWNERS OF AffECTED PROPERTY. MOTION ~RRIED.
12 COUNCIL BILL No. 5170 - LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR PAVING 38TH AVENUE FROM WILLAMETTE TO 765 FEET
WEST AND SOMERSET COURT AND McDONALD COURT WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE HELD OVER AND PROPER NOTICE
OF ASSESSMENT GIVEN OWNERS OF AFFECTED PROPERTY. MOTION CARRIED.
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COUNCIL BILL No. 5171 - LEVYING ASSESSMENT FOR PAVING 39TH PLACE FROM 40TH AVENUE TO HILY~D
STREET, AND SPENCER COURT, WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE HELD OVER AND PROPER NOTICE
OF ASSESSMENT GIVEN OWNERS OF AFFECTED PROPERTY. MOTION CARRIED.
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COUNCIL BILL No. 5172 - LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR INSTALLATION 06 SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES Of 18TH
AVENUE FROM LINCOLN TO CHAMBERS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE fiRST TIME IN FULL.
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IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILL BE RE~D mVER AND PROPER NOTICE
OF ASSESSMENT GIVEN OWNERS OF AFFECTED PROPERTY. MOTION CARRIED.
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11 COUNCIL BILL No. 5173 - LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR INSTALLATION OF SIDEWA.LKS ON .26TH AVENUE FROM
I LAWRENCE TO WASHINGTON STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED.BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE SILL BE HELD OVER AND PROPER NOTICE
OF ASSESSMENT GI~EN OWNERS OF AFFECTED PROPERTY. MOTION CARRIED.
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COUNCILMAN WILSON REMARKED HE,HAD SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CITY~S SEWER PROGRAM. HE STATED
IT HAD BEEN INDICATED TO HIM THAT BUILDING INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS HAD BEEN HELD BACK DUE TO A LACK OF
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SEWERS. HE SUGGESTED THE CITY MIGHT PROPOSE A BOND ISSUE TO ACQUIRE FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NECES-
SARY SEWER LINES AND PLEDGE A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS qF THE WATER;USER CHA~GE TO PAY SUCH BONDS. HE
FURTHER STATED HE DID NOT BELIEVE A CRASH PROGRAM~AT THIS TIME WOULD COST MORE THAN BUILD~NG THESE
SEWERS OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS~ SINCE IT APPEARS THAT COSTS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE. MAYOR CONE REMARKED
IT HAD BEEN HIS THOUGHT THE WATER USER CHARGE WOULD BE US~D TO RENOVATE ~XISTING LINES IN THE CITY AND
THAT A BOND ISSUE WOULD BE USED FOR FINANCING THE WILLAKE;NZIE AREA. ,COUNCIL~AN WILSON STA"fED HE WAS
NOT REFERRING TO THE WILLAKENZIE AREA BUT WAS REFERRING TO CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE OLDER PART OF THE
CITY~
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AT THIS POINT THE COUNCIL GAVE SOME ATTENTION TO SOME PROPOSED BALLOT MEASURES ON WHICH AN ELECTION
WOULD.BE NECESSARY AT SO~E TIME IN:THE FUTURE. THESE PRO~OSE~ MEASURES iNCLUDED INITIATIVE PETITIONS
REGARD I NG STREET ROUT' NG AND F I NANC I NG~ WH I CH MUST GO ON .ANY BALLOT AFTER MARCH 27 ~ I 96Ql!1 I T FURTHER
INCLUDES A BOND ISSUE FOR CITY HALL CONSTRUCTION, POSSIBLE SERIAL LEVY FOR PARKS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
CONSTRUCTION~ A POSSIBLE BOND' ISSUE FOR'THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD, ~ POSSIBLE ~ERIAL LEVY FOR
SALARIES FOR CITY EMPLOYEES, AND, DEPENDENT ~PON THE OYTCOME OF CERTAIN LITIGATIONS, THE POSSIBILITY
OF A NEW LEVY FOR STREET CONSTRUCTION.
SOME CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION WAS GIVEN AS TO WHETHER THESE ITEMS SHOULD ALL BE CONTAINED ON ONE BALLOT
OR WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE TWO GROUPS OF MEASURES AT DIFFERENT ELECTIONS. ONE THOUGHT EXPRESSED WOULD
PROVIDE FOR AN ELECTION 'ON,PA~KS~ SALARIES~ EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD AND.THE INITIATIVE PETITION
FOR STREET FINANCING~ TO BE HELD IN T~E SPRING OF 1961 .WITH THE CITY HALL MEASURE TO.BE HEL~ IN THE
FALL. VARIOUS OTHER PROPOSALS WERE ADVANCED AND IT WAS GENERALLY AGREED THAT THE ADMINISTRATION SHOULD
MAKE A RECOMMENpATION AS TO WHAT M~ASURES MIGHT APPEARON:THE BALLOT, WI!H_A SUGG~STED DATE OR DATES.
UPON MOTION DULY MADE~ SECONDED AND CARRIED, THE MEKT/NG WAS ADJOURNED.
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