MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1980
Benson St. Paving
Protested by Area
Property Owners
iive property owners vig
orously protested the proposed
paving of Benson st. at a hear
ing before the Medford city
council last night on the
grounds that they could hot
afford to pay their share of the
cost of paving.
The council had received a
petition bearing the signatures
of property owners represent
ing 55.6 per cent of the prop
erty to be affected by the
paving. They seek to have
Benson st. paved, curbed and
guttered from 10th to Prune
sts.
One woman said, "I would
like to have the paving, but
can't afford it . . . our homes
need more improvement than
the street does.
Following arguments both
pro and con on the proposal,
the council voted 5 to 3 in
favor of paving the street.
However, the vote fell short
of the necessary three-quarters
majority required to pass a
measure when it appears on
the council's agenda for the
first time, and the matter was
automatically continued until
the council's next meeting
Jan. 5.
Challenge Percentage
Several persons at the meet
ing challenged the percentage
of property owners represent
ed on the petition. One man
said several properties have
recently changed hands and it
might be that there are no
longer more than 50 per cent
of the property owners favor
ing the paving.
City Engineer Vernon
Thorpe, however, confirmed
the percentage, and City At
torney Joel Reeder noted that
the signatures have been
checked with a list of the
owners of record in the court
house. This meets the legal re
quirements of the city, he
said.
Another point of contention
appeared to revolve around
three strips of city - owned
property, deeded by the city
council last month to several
property owners, which,
whether intentionally or not,
enabled them to sign the pe
tition favoring the paving. If
the city had not deeded these
three 24-foot wide strips,
which border Benson St., to
the property owners, then
those persons would have
been unable to legally sign
the petition, it was contended.
Seek Low-Cost Paving
Several of the protesting
property owners sought last
night to substitute a low-cost
paving for the high-cost pav
ing which is now planned.
One man opposed this idea,
however, and said if a street
is going to be paved, it should
be paved right. He also con
tended that several city streets
now paved with low-cost pav
ing are in worse shape than
Benson st. which is not paved
at all.
He said "paving Benson st.
Is the greatest step toward
making it a first-class neigh
borhood." He noted too that
the assessment payments can
be made comparatively small
semi-annual installments and
that "we can usually afford
just what we want to."
Councilman Ed Hall, Stan
ley Stark and Jimmy Dun
levy, all voted against the
paving proposal. Dunlevy
said a new up-to-date petition
should be secured, and both
Dunlevy and Hall felt that a
greater majority of the prop
erty owners should be in fav
or of the paving before it is
ordered in by the council.
Home Construction Expected To Get Economy Going in 1961
By HENRY J. BECHTOLD
UPI Financial Editor
New York- (UPU -Housing
starts played a big part in
the failure of the nation's
economy to get rolling this
year.
At the same time, however,
new home construction is
expected to get the economy
moving in 1961.
Housing starts this year ap
proached 1.3 million units, ap
proximately 19 per cent be
low the 1959 figure of 1.6
million, and the Housing In
stitute looks for this figure
to jump to 1,375,000 in the
new year.
The institute said there are
many favorable factors for
Ord inance Asked To
Permit Bus Stop
Benches in Medford
A Crater Lions club pro
posal to install bus stop
benches in the city came one
step closer to reality last
night, when the Medford city
council directed the city at
torney to prepare an ordinance
permitting the benches to be
installed in the city.
The ordinance will be con
sidered and acted upon at the
council's next meeting Jan. 5.
A measure directing the
city attorney to prepare the
ordinance passed by a 6 to 2
vote. It appears, however,
that the ordinance itself will
meet strong council opposi
tion when it is presented at
the next meeting.
Hatfield Opposes
Exclusive Oil Deal
Salem-tliPD-Gov. Mark Hat
field indicated Thursday he
does not favor exclusive nego
tiations with Shell Oil- Co. or
anyone else for a lease to
explore for oil on Oregon's
offshore lands.
He made the comment dur
ing a news conference with
Sen. Maurine Neuberger, (D
Ore.), here.
Shell asked the State Land
Board to do this and the
board, whose chairman is Hat
field, asked Attorney General
Robert Y. Thornton for an
opinion.
. Thornton said Oregon has
no authority to enter any kind
of a lease until the laws are
clarified by the legislature.
As for the negotiations, Hat
field said he personally be
lieves in the open bid system.
"Everyone should be given an
equal opportunity to bid," he
said.
Rogue River Academy
Schedules Open House
Open house at the new
school building at the Rogue
River Junior academy will be
held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
Dec. 17. The school is located
on Old Stage rd.
Patrons and friends of the
school have been invited to
visit teachers and students at
the school.
One councilman, and pos
sibly two, indicated last night,
while voting in favor of pre
paring the ordinance, they
would probably vote against
it when it is presented.
Argues Against Points
Die Walsh, chairman of the
Crater Lions club bench com
mittee, attended last night's
meeting, and argued against
each point the councilmen
could use as reasons to vote
against the measure. It was
obvious, however, that sev
eral councilmen remained un
convinced as to the desirabil
ity of bus stop benches.
Two amendments, appar
ently designed to stall or make
the proposal impractical,
were handily defeated by the
majority of the council last
night.
One of the amendments was
proposed by Councilman Ed
Hall. It would have required
the Crater Lions club board
of directors to submit a letter
to the council stating it backs
the bench proposal. Hall said
he wanted to make sure the
club, not just Walsh, is seek
ing the benches.
Another amendment, this
one proposed by Councilman
Stanley Stark, would have re
quired the, club to pay the
city $30 per bench annually
at the end of the first year
of operation.
Argue to Pay City
As proposed, the club would
agree to pay the city $2.50 per
bench per year to pay for
the cost of a city permit.
Counc i 1 m a n R. L. Van
Sickle noted that the chief
objection of many members
of the council appears to be
the advertising t.hat the
benches will have on them.
He said, "we're the only peo
ple who take exception to
advertising . . . nobody ever
complained to me about it."
Councilman Stark, how
ever, said he has received
several objections to the ad
vertising from persons in his
ward.
Councilman Stark and Don
ald Hansen voted against the
measure directing the city at
torney to bring in the ordinance.
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an upturn in housing starts,
although it may not come
until sometime during the
second quarter. The concen
sus among economists is for
the economy to start picking
up at mid-year. Among the
favorable factors are:
-Disposable personal income
should increase by about $12
billion next year (providing
a higher level for home pur
chases. -Consumers will start the
new year with record liquid
assets and a very favorable
financial position, despite the
large short-term debt.
-A continued increase in
population to more than 181
million should result in in
creased demands for new
homes.
-The number of families in
the middle income group-a
big homo buying category
continues to expand.
Vacancy rates, which show
ed a substantial gain in 1960,
indicate that buyers are be
coming more selective, and
that the supply of new apart
ments is greater than demand.
The institute said the home
building industry is in a posi
tion to capture some of the
market since high rents pro
vide an incentive to the pur
chase of a home.
-A continued easing in the
mortgage market will be more
favorable to the housing mar
ket in 1961 than in 1960.
-There should be . an im
provement in the stock mar
ket, which will result in a
more favorable trend of pub
lic psychology. The institute
regards this as a help to home
building.
-The latest survey of con
sumer intentions, as reported
by the National Industrial
Conference Board, indicates tion. Consumer buvine niansi
an improvement in consumer for new homes showed a 13
confidence following the elec-1 per cent gain from November,
1959, levels.
-In addition to the normal
and expected stimulants to an I
increase in housing activity,
the institute said increased at
tention will be paid in the
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coming session of Congress to
housing for the elderly. Both
parties have staled that they
favor such action, and it is
expected to be one of the first
measures taken up.
Attorney Drops
Alienation Suit
San Francisco -(UPD- Jamie
Kelly Farris Sr., 33, a Port
land, Ore., attorney, Thurs
day withdrew a $300,000 dam
age complaint against two San
Francisco men whom he
charged with alienating the af
fections' of his wife, Barbara.
The defendants were Wil
liam Holznecht and Bruce L.
Jones Jr.
Attorney Richard F. Gerry,
representing Farris in the U.S.
District Court action, said a
reconciliation had brought the
couple, together and divorce
proceedings also were
dropped.
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