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~ 33 I 1 I 2 I Council Chambers, Eugene, Oregon , January 24, 1938 The minutes of the adjourned meeting of the common council held at the hour of 7:30 0' clock P.M., January 24, 1938. Mayor Large called the meeting to order. Councilmen present were: Lamb, Hendershott, Reid, Page, Hanns, Farrington, Bond, Carlson; absent, none. ~;t': t< , ~~ The first order of business was the appointment of a successor to A.A. Reid, councilman of the second ward, who on January 10, 1938 had submitted his resignation to the council. Upon motion of Councilman Lamb, seconded by Hendershott, Mr. Reid was appointed to succeed himself. This was met with unanimous approval. Councilm,an Reid approached the Recorder's desk and was sworn in to serve until the expiration of his term. Mayor Large reported to the council tlnt Lane County was preparing another tax foreclosure and thought it advisable for the city of Eugene to have a working program in conjunction with theirs. '3 The matter was placed in the hands of the Judiciary Committee and City Attorney. J Councilman Lamb, Chairman of the Judiciary Conmlittee, recommended -that the offer of James Rodman, rejected at the last meeting 'of the council, be now accepted on the condition -that in ad- dition to the $2000.00 payment suggested in his letter that he make his regular payment of $1000.00 plus interest on February 24, 1938 as provided under the terms of his original contract. Upon /4 motion made and duly seconded, the recommendation of the Committee was unanimously accepted. The $400.00 cash offer of B. H. Coffman for property described as "Beginning at a point in the west line of Wladison Street 81 feet south of ihe south line of Broo.dway, running thence south 80 feet, thence west 80 feet, thence north 80 feet, thence east 80 feet to the place of beginning, It was denied by the Finance Committee and a counter-offer of $1100.00 extended. Upon motion made and I 5 duly seconded, the recommendation of the Finance Committee was approved. The ~~'1300.00 cash offer of Burton B. Young fb r property described as "Beginning at the south- west corner of Lot 1, Block 5, Blair Street Addition and run north 160 feet, thence East 85 feet, thence Southeasterly along the west line of the alley 50 feet, thence west 69 feet, thence south 110 feet to the north line of Second Street, thence west along the North line of 2nd Street 50 feet to~e place of beginnlng, being part of Lot 1, Block 5, Blair Street Addition and more commonly known as 155* and 1567 West Second Street, was presented by the Finance Conuni ttee and upon motion, made and seconded, it was ordered that the same be lEld for another two weeks. I ., 6. ! t I ~" \ /7 /8 /9 I / 10 /11 Request of Wilbur H. Hyland for permission to make monthly payments of $10.00 on property known as "Begin 66 feet South of Southwest corner of Lot 6, Block 6, Shelton's Addition to Eugene, run West 174 feet, South 24 feet, East along line of O. and C.R.R. land to a point due South of beginning and North to beginning, in Eugene, Lane County, Oregonll, which he is contemplating pur- chasing from the heirs of J.E. Gray, deceased, was upon motion made and duly seconded, granted by the council. The $600.00 cash offer of Frank Miner for property located at the North\VBst corner of 15th and Mill Streets and more fully described "Beginning at the Southeast corner of Lot 2, Block 6, Scott's Addition, running thence North along the West line of Mill Street 115 feet, thence West to the West line of Lot 2, thence South 15 feet, thence East 15 feet, thence South 100 feet, thence east to the place of beginning", was rejected by the Finance Committee and a counter-offer of $1653.00 extended. Upon motion made and seconded, the recommendation of the Conunittee net with unanimous approval. Ralph Nissen's second offer of $400.00 cash for Lot 2, Block 1, Cherry Grove Addition, rejected by the Finance Committee and a counter-offer of $907.09 extended for consideration. motion made and seconded, the recommendation of the Conunittee was unanimously approved. was Upon The offer of Jens D. Lund calling for cash of $1000.00 or $1200.00 with a cash payment of $600.00 and $10.00 per month on the balance for proper~ described as Lot 6 and the West One-Half of Lot 7, Block 2, Harris Addition, was rejected by t he council and a counter-offer of ~$1800.00 mad . Upon motion made and duly seconded, this recommendation was accepted. Upon motion made and seconded, the council moved to accept not less than $500.00 for the property on which L.C. DeBurgh and Jack Luckey made an offer of $150.00 on December 13, 1937. James'F. Eagan's request to make payments of $10.00 per month on a principal amount of $308. and interest of $127.28 in order to acquire title to property known as Lot 8, Block 2, Kelsay's / 12 First Addition, was upon motion made and duly seconded, accepted by the council. Upon motion made and duly seconded, the council agreed to make the segregation on Irene A. McCuistion's property located at 264 Washington Street. The south nine feet to be released with the city to receive on the assessments not less than $60.00. I ,13 /14 J 15 The Police and Fire &: Water Com.rnittees were requested to report at the next meeting their views and recommendations 'concerning the sale of fireworks during the Fourth of July celebration. The Fire and Water Committee recommended that statements be mailed to the following parties to whom services had been rendered by the Eugene Fire Department on out-of-tmv.n calls: Mrs. Mann, 1220 Grant Street, $8.00; R. C. Crow, 2650 Willamette, $5.00; Robert SChiska, Hendrick's Fark,$8.00; T.T. Parker, Route #3, $6.00; Florence Morton, 1964 Madison, $5.00. Upon motion made and duly seconded, the recommendation of the Committee was duly accepted. ....