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<br /> ~O4 <br /> " <br /> " <br /> ,. <br /> COUNCIL CHAMBERS :1 <br /> EUGENE, OREGON I <br /> JUL Y 26, 1948 <br /> ~~:~i'J I <br /> ~ THE REGULAR MEETING O~ THE COMMON COUNCIL O~ EUGENE WAS HELD JULY 26, 1948 AT 7:30 P.M. THE <br /> ~ <br /> ~ MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY HIS HONOR, MAYOR EA~L McNuTT. P.RESENT AT ROL.LC.ALL WERE COUNCILMEN: <br /> CRUMBAKER, SA I LE.Y, JpHNSON, ALLEN, WELLS, AND HANNS. . COUNC I LMEN HAWN AN 0 DAV I S WERE ABSENT. . <br /> THE MINUTES O~ THE LAST REGULAR SESSION HELD JULY '2. 1948 AND THE SPECIAL SESSION HELD <br /> WEDNESDAY, JUL Y 21. 1948. WERE READ AND APPROVED. <br /> . <br /> REPORTS Of OffiCERS I <br /> I A REPORT ~ROM THE CITY MANAGER - RE: INSTALLATION O~ A ~IRE ALARM. SYSTEM WAS SUBMI~TED AND <br /> READ AS ~OLLOWS: <br /> . <br /> "WITH RE~ERENCE TO THE BID ~ROM THE GAMEWELL ALARM COMPANY ~OR INSTALLATION O~ A FIRE <br /> ALARM SIGNAL SYSTEM WHICH WAS RE~ERRED BACK TO THE O~~ICE O~ THE C I T Y MANAGER, PLEASE BE <br /> ADVISED AS FOLLOWS: <br /> . <br /> THE TRENCH NECESSARY ~OR INSTALLATION O~ THE UNDERGR9UND CONDUIT TOTALS 1500 ~EET IN <br /> LENGTH. A ~IGURE SUBMITTED BY THE MAINTENANCE DEPA RTMENT ~OR THE DIGGING Of THE TRENCH, <br /> BACK~ILLINGAND REPAVING TOTALS #900.00. THIS fiGURE IS PREDICATED ON THE PA YMENT TO THE <br /> MA I NTENAN CE DEPARTMENT ~OR ITS SERVICES ON THE BASIS fOR RENTAL RATES ON GRADER, COMPRESSOR <br /> AND TRUCKS ~OR ALL LABOR INVOLVED. <br /> .' $39,913.60, <br /> THE TOTAL BID ~OR THE INSTALLATION WAS MAKING A TOTAL COST fOR COMPLETE <br /> INSTALLATION O~ THE SYSTEM O~ 840,813.60. If THE INSTALLATION O~ ONE BOX IN THE SY!>>TEM WERE <br /> TO BE ELIMINATED, A SAVING Of $900.00 CAN BE E~~ECTED, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO COMPLETE <br /> THE PROJECT WITHIN THE ALLOWED fiGURE O~ #40,000.00 ~OR THE SYSTEM. <br /> . <br /> I N V I Ell 0 ~ THE fACT THAT OUR INVESTIGATION DISCLOSES THAT THE BID PRICE ~OR INSTALLATION <br /> O~ THE AERIAL SYSTEM IS NOT EXCESSIVE, AND .THAT IT APPEARS TO BE IMPOSSrBLE TO OBTAIN COM- <br /> PETITIVE BIOS ~OR THIS PORTION Of THE WORK, I SHOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT THE BID Of THE <br /> GAME WELL COMPANY BE ACCEPTED WITH THE ELIMINATION O~ ONE BOX AND CONTROL AT 5TH AND OLIVE <br /> STREETS, . <br /> AND THAT WE BE GIVEN AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE GAME WELL COMPANY. <br /> I N THIS CONNECTION MAY I POINT OUT THAT THE ONE BOX TO BE ELIMINATED MAY BE ADDED TO THE S YS TEM I <br /> AT ANY ~UTURE DATE AND THAT TH~S MAY BE MADE POSSIBLE I~ SAVINGS CAN BE MADE I N THE BUILDING <br /> O~ THE TWO PROPOSED FIRE SUBSTATIONS. " <br /> IT WAS MOVED BY BAILEY, SECONDED BY JOHNSON THAT THE REPORT BE APPROVED AND RECOMMENDATION <br /> ADOPTED; AND THE PROPER CITY O~f1CERS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT \III T H T HE GAME WELL COMPANY <br /> ~OR INSTALLATION Of ~IRE ALARM SYSTEM. MOTION CARRIED. <br /> 2 A REPORT RROM THE CITY MANAGER - RE: PRELIMINARY IMPROVEMENT WORK ON THAT PORTION Of THE <br /> AMAZON CHANNEL IN THE CITY BOUNDARIES, WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS ~OLLOWS: <br /> "ACTING UNDER INSTRUCTIONS Of THE COMMON COUNCIL, THE UNDERSIGNED C9N~ERRED WITH <br /> COLONEL o. E. WALSH Of THE U. S. ARMY ENGINEERS ON THURSDA Y, JUL Y 15, 1948, wiTH REf!ERENCE TO <br /> A PROPOSAL THAT THE CITY PROCEED WITH PRELIMINARY. IMPROVEMENT WORK ~N THAT SECTION O~ THE <br /> AMAZON CHANNEL LYING WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARIES. <br /> IN COMMENTING ON THE PROPOSAL, COLONEL WALSH RAISE~ NO OBJECTION TO THE PLAN ON THE <br /> PART O~ THE ARMY ENGI NEERS AND DECLARED THAT IN HIS OPINION THI S WORK WOULD IN NOWISE PREJUDICE <br /> THE LATER COMPLETION O~ THE PROPOSED OVER-ALL f"EDERAL AMAZON PROJECT. <br /> I SHOULD. THEREF"ORE. LIKE TO RECOMMEND TOT HE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME THAT THE O~fICE O~ THE <br /> CITY MANAGER BE GIVEN AUTHORIZATION TO CAL L fOR BIOS AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE TIME F"OR THE <br /> GENERAL CLEANING AND REMOVAL O~ SILT DEPOSIT IN THE PRESENT AMAZON CHANNEL WITHIN THE CITY <br /> LIMITS, SUCH WORK TO BE A C COM P LIS HE 0 IN A MANNER THAT WOULD NOT Ef~ECT fURTHER IMPROVEMENT BY <br /> .' r OVE R-ALL AMAZON PROJE CT <br /> THE ARMY ENGINEERS I ~ AND WHEN THE IS UNDERTAKEN. <br /> I <br /> I SHOULD LIKE TO F"URTHER RECOMMEND AT THIS TIME THAT THE C I T Y MANAGER BE AUTHORIZED TO <br /> APPL Y TO THE PROPER FEDERAL AUTHORITIES fOR REIMBURSEMENT O~ A PORTION O~ COSTS ~OR THIS WO R K, <br /> SUCH REIMBURSEMENT TO BE BASED ON THE PRO-RATED AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE FEDERAL <br /> GOVERNMENT AS SET fORTH IN THE PLANS fOR THE MASTER PROJECT. <br /> IN VIEW O~ THE fACT THAT SEASONAL CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW ONLY A LIMITED PERIOD O~ TIME <br /> I <br /> fOR THE COMPLET ION Of THIS WO RK, I RESPECTF"ULLY URGE THE C OUN C I L TO GIVE THIS RECOMMENDATION <br /> ITS EARLIEST AND ~AVORABLE CONSIDERATION. R <br /> I <br /> IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY WELLS THAT REPORT BE APPROVED, AND THE CITY MANAGER <br /> AUTHORIZED TO CALL fOR BIOS fOR AMAZON IMPROVEMENT. MOTION CARRIED" <br /> 3 A REPORT ~ROM THE CITY MANAGER - RE: IMPROVEMENT Of 18TH AVENUE EAST BETWEEN FERRY AND <br /> PATTERSON STREETS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS ~OLLOWS: <br /> "SOME WEEKS AGO, BIOS WERE TAKEN ~OR THE IMPROVEMENT O~ SEVERAL STREETS AND ALLEYS. <br /> INCLUDING 18TH AVENUE EAST BETWEEN FERRY AND PATTERSON STREETS. <br /> ~ <br />