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Home My WebLink AboutCM03076741 .,City `Hall ;'250 E. Pine St. March 7, 1967 Geatral Point, Oregon 7:30 p.m. The Common Council met in regular adjourned session with Mayor , -Bartley.. presiding. ,' Roll call found: Ayres, Holbrook, Mushaney, Tonn, Tucker, Walker; . present" Absent; none. Also present: Mason, Mansfield. _-Motion Tucker, second Ayres to approve the minutes of the previous meeting~as mailed to each councilman, with the correction to be made on page 435 the 7th paragraph-"that according to the ordinance, -"there could be. no stock in trade sold." ~ . ` _., " Motion carried. ~ The bills were presented to the council for their audit. Motion Holbrook, second Mushaney that the bills be approved and the recorder ~ ~ - be'instruct~d to draw warrants on the proper funds for paying them. Motion carried. Public Hearing--North First Street improvement: Mrs. Jeannette Marshall appeared before the council representing Mr, and Mrs. Grigsby. She asked if the council would consider moving the-street over to the Westerly side of North First Street, so as to :not make it necessary for the Grigsby's to remove their garage and trees. •. W. Warren, engineer, told the council it would be possible to jog, he .street so as to miss the carport and the trees. He, stated thi's would not interfere with the drainage of the street. Discussion by the councilmen concerning the policy of jogging the street to protect a garage, that was possibly an encroachment on'cty property, was setting a precedent that would have to be .considered in the future. This was in opposition to what had been done in the past, since in other cases, trees had to be removed to.improve streets. . Mr.'M, Gleason then appeared before the council to bring out a couple of points concerning his opposition to the improvement .of 'Nortt.~F-first Street. He said the advertisement in the paper had been :incorrect in that it said to the Northerly City Limits instead of the Most Northerly end of North First Street. Also,: he questioned the attorneys legal descriptions as given for his property., He `said the council had received a letter. from Mrs. Mary Offutt requesting that her name be removed from the N. First Street petition, but the council had not acted on it, He said they had received another letter for this meeting. He said she had come into City Hall and- they had refused to remove. her name from the petition. h Mr.' Mason informed Mr. Gleason, that Mrs. Offutt had come into Hall and wanted to remove her name from the petition. This , City . was after the council had already approved the petition. The letter Mr, Gleason mentioned had been received by the council and. removal 'of'her-name had been denied at the council meeting. /~ ~ `~ `~'~ Discussion on negotiating with the Grigsby's to pay damages to have the garage removed. Motion Ayres, second P~ushaney to instruct the attorney to contact Grigsby's attorney to negotiate to pay damages for garage.. Motion carried. Thomas V. Thomas appeared before the council to again request a stop sign at the intersection of 4th and Laurel Streets. He said the people had petitioned the city council before, but no action had been taken. They felt that since several accidents had occurred here, it was time something was done to eliminate the hazard. Report from Edward Zander, Chief of Police was read. He recommended several stop signs: 4th and Laurel Streets--make Laurel Street a stop. lst and Oak Streets-make South First Street a stop. Chestnut and Freeman Rd.- make Chestnut Street a stop. Motion Mushaney, second Walker to approve the stop signs as recommended. Motion carried. Upon recommendation from the Planning Commission, a Public Hearing will be set for April 4, 1967, to amend Ordinance No. 304, the section pertaining to "Home Occupation." Discussion-Fence Ordinance. Council satisfied as it is written. The following assessment ordinances were read and discussed: Ordinance No. 869, this being an ordinance declaring the assessment. on property benefited for the cost of construction of curbs on both sides, gutters on both sides, and paving of Rostel Street from Bush .. to Cedar Street. Motion Holbrook, second Ayres to approve Ordinance No. 869. Roll cal•1 vote. Motion carried. Ordinance No. 869 declared duly adopted. Ordinance No. 870, this being an ordinance declaring the assessment on property benefited for the cost of construction of curbs on both sides, gutters on both' sides, and paving of West Pirie Street from Amy Street to Haskell S"treet. Motion P~lushaney, second Tonn to approve Ordinance No. 870. Roll call vote. Motion carried. Ordinance No. 870 declared duly adopted. Ordinance No. 8711, this being an ordinance declaring the assessment .on` property benefited for the cost of construction of curbs on both sides,` gutters on both sides, and paving of North Tenth Street between Maple, Street and Hazel Street. Motion Tucker,~second Tonn to approve Ordinance No. 871. Roll call vote. Motion Carried. Ordinance No. 871 declared duly adopted. Ordinance No. 872, this being an ordinance declaring the assessment on property benefited for the cost of construction~of curbs on both sides, gutters on both sides, and paving of North Tenth Street from Manzanita Street to Pine Street. Motion Ayres, second Mushaney to approve Ordinance No. 872. Roll call vote. Motion carried. Ordinance No. 872 declared duly adopted. C Ordinance No. 873, this being an ordinance declaring the assessment on:~property benefited for the cost of construction of curbs on both sides, gutters on both sides, and paving of Cedar Street from 4th°to Freeman Road. .Discussion--letters from Irvine Urie and Vern Stewart. q Motion Tonn, second Holbrook to approve Ordinance No. 873. Roll call vote:: -Motion carried. Ordinance No. 87~ declared duly adopted. _Ordinance No. 874, this being an ordinance declaring the assessment on'property benefited for the cost of construction of curbs//~~ utters and pacing of South Third Street between Oak Street and Ald'ef~ Street. ter'from Mrs. Fleischer was read regarding the alley next to her ~Let ~ , property,. needing to be graded. ~ Motion. Walker, second Ayres to approve Ordinance No. 874. Roll Call ~ -vote.. Motion carried. Ordinance No. 874 declared duly adopted. The'aboxe ordinances to be published in the Medford Mail Tribune. Names are presented to the council for appointment to the Budget Committee. The following were nominated: Gerald Griffeth, Donald E, Faber, C.V. Bowers, Ray George. Secret ballot was taken. Ray Gorge,°and Gerald Griffeth were appointed. Recorder was advised to. write a letter, to each of the nominees and advise them of their appointment and to confirm if they would accept appointment. Discussion-several citizens have complained of the lack of mail ' delivery due to the City of Central Point and Medford having the same zip code. Council decided a letter should be sent to Rep. Dellenback in Washington asking to try_and get the Zip Code 97502 back for Central Point. Harry Torn reported on committee study of eliminating parking. one car<length at the intersections on Pine Street at First, Second, :Third,, and Fourth Streets. Also, eliminate any U turns at these intersections. Suggested that 2 hr. parking be enforced. Mayor Bartley asked that a letter be written to each merchant on Pine Street or any where the 2 hour parking is in front of business. Advise them that the police department is going to enforce the 2 hr. parking, and have them notify their employees so that their cars can be parked off the street. Mason .advised the council that this would take several new 15 min. parking and U turn signs. ' Motion Tonn, Ayres to place 15 minute parking signs at the intersections . -of First, Second, Third, and Fourth Streets with Pine Street. Also no;U turns .at these intersections. (Tonn submit diagram showing ® ~ placement of signs.) Motion carried. .4 ~ 4~4 Motion Tucker, second Ayres to deny the request of the Fire Department for parking on S. Third Street from Pine to Oak for volunteers=to park during afire, since there was ample space behind the Fire~Hall. Motion carried. (Fire Committee to meet with Fire Chief Turner:) Councilman Mushaney asked the council if they would change the sicg leave policy for-City employees to 12 days per year instead of l0 days. Motion Mushaney, second Walker to-change the sick leave from 10 days to 12 days per year. Motion carried. Councilman Ayres reported on meeting in Grants Pass for the Water Resources Board. Discussion of Ordinance No. 860, regarding section 7, Ordinance No. 860 to permit controlled burning of waste paper. AyessS, Nayes 0. Mushaney~abstained. Nita Taylor requested permission from the council to operate a concession at the City Park during the Easter Egg Hunt, Sat. March 25. Request denied. Letter--re: -School District 6 sewer pumping plant. Letter-from Jackson County Court advising they had changed the names of certain streets as requested by the council. Hanley Road from the Westerly City limits of Central Point to the curve at Griffin Creek (changed to West Pine Street). Upton Road from Mazama to the intersection with Scenic Ave. (changed to North Third Street). Scenic Ave. from the intersection at Upton Road to Hazel Street (changed to North Tenth Street). Mr. Mason advised the council of a meeting with Mr, Brenner at 7:30 p.m. on March 16 fora Planning Study on Zoning Ordinance. War. No. 1371 ~ Payroll Account 5,658.40 1372 P.E. R.B. Soc. Sec. Rev. Fund 652.82 ` 1373 First Nat'l Bank of Ore. C.P. Br, 769.50 1374 Oregon State Tax commission 224.50 1375 Aetna Life Ins. Co. 52.76 1376 F.W. Mason 25.00 1377 League~of Oregon Cities Trust 273.86 ]:378 William Mansfield 200.00 1379 Volunteer Firemen 200.00 . 1380 Rogue Federal Credit Union ~ 120.00' 1381 Wilma Grisham 10.00 1382 Kenneth Stewart `- 22,50 1383 ~ Power Transmission Products 25.46 1384 Public Employees Retirement Board 4.00` 1385 Pacific Power and~Light Co. ~ 852.13 ~~ ,:1386 Pacific Northwest Bell Tele. 94.35 ~. 1387 - Rogue Valley Greenhouse, 5.00 1388_. City of Medford 75.00 1389 _ Nudelman Brothers 287.50 T390 McDonald Candy Co. 4.96 ' 13911. ~ Alladin lock and Safe Works 7.50 13.92 S & M Auto Parts 31.03 1393 Dumas Domestic 53.62 1394: American Linen Supply ~o. 38.72 1395- '`'."~ McLa.ren Oil Company 84.11 x:3.96 `_ Alexander Hardware 106.24 1397 Cascade Specialty Co. 11.25 1398;' The Artisan Press 14.90 . 1399 Al Korbol~s Auto Repair 37.95 ~ ~ , -3400. ~ ~ Hubbard Brothers 3.91 ~ _ 1401 Barco Supply Co. 5.95 1402 e Southern. Oregon Stationery 11.76 ~ 1403 Cascade Electric Motor Service 10.00 ~ .'1104 Valley Janitor Service 50.00 14Q5 " Max-Sig ~'ommunications 11.50 1406 Williamette Valley Co. 16.50 1407: Bauman's Fire Equipment Sales 8.00 1408 California Pacific Utilities 14,48 1409' Cecil R. Culbertson 7.50 =1410 Volunteer Fire Dept. 47.50 1411 C.P. Cleaners 13.70 11,.12 Croskell Hardware 10.51 1113 ~ Crater Stationers, Inc. 19.01 141k, VOID Void 1415 General Electric Company 616.91 1416> Texaco, Inc. 11.96 1417. General Tire Service 23.43 1418.:- Northwest Photocopy Corp. 55.34 1419` _ VOID VOID 1420 Howard Cooper Corp. 381.05 1421 ``• Construction Fund 1,233.94 1422 Wilbur L. Warren 110.66 1123 American Steel and Supply Co. 80.06 11{.24 Air Mac Inc . 208.00 ., 1425 ~ Sam Jennings Co. 3.73 142~i` Medford Printing Company 31.35 1427 Concrete Steel Corp. 23.50 ~11,.2g ~ Electric Supply Company, Inc. 57.30 1429 : Petty Cash 39.76 1430 Petty Cash 73.12 1431 - Petty Cash 200.00 ,., 1432 First Natal Bank of Ore, C. P, Br. 8,164.72 _ 1433., `. Jackson County Road Dept. 4.85 ' ••1434 ~ Medford Business Exchange 30.00 •1435.,: Fabers Super Marlaet 2.49 1436 Medford Water Commission 1,332.91. 1437 Payroll Account 100.00 1438• Industrial Air Products 32.05 1439 Truck Insurance Exchange 6.50 ----_--1440 ~ Grisham s Shell Service 66.24 ` 1441". Shell Oil Company 201.34 44~z There being-no further business, motion Mushaney, second Holbrook to adjourn.• Motion carried. Meeting adjourned 10:30 p.m. APPROVED M yor ATTEST: C~J oc~a~-~-- ty Recorder • APPROVED by-me this _~ day of ~~, 1967. , APPROVED M ,yor f 1 1