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<br /> 4 THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY REPORTED ON A MEETING WITH THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY .'
<br /> OffiCIALS AND THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OffiCIALS RELATIVE TO T~E PARTICIPATION Of THE SOUTHERN i I
<br /> .~. ~". PACIFIC COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT Of 10% OF THE COST Of' THE OVERHEAD APPROACH To THE FERRY STREET
<br /> "' .,~.. BRIDGE WHICH WOULD AMOUNT TO 851,000.00 PAYMENT BY THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY IN CONNECTION WiTH ,
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<br /> , , THIS WORK. No AGREEMENT WAS REACHED WITH OFfiCIALS Of' THE SOUTHERN PACifiC COMPANY UNTIL THEY
<br /> ~ HAVE A CHAN CE TO CONTACT THEIR HEAD' Off'ICE, AND A MEETING WILL BE SCHEDULED AT A LATER DA~E. THE
<br /> .....,] PARTICIPATION Of' THIS 10% HOWEVER, IS PREDICATED UPON THE: CLOSING Of PEARL AND HIGH STREETS ACROSS
<br /> ~ THE SOUTHERN PACifiC TRACKS, AND A PU BL I C HE A R I N G W ILL BE HELD TO ASCERTAIN THE OPINION Of THE
<br /> RESIDENTS AND BUS I NESS INTERESTS IN THIS VICINITY RELATIVE TO THE MERITS Of' CLOSING THESE STREETS
<br /> PRIOR TO AN Y A CT I ON BE I NG TAKEN. I
<br /> 5 A REPORT fROM THE fiRE CHIEf' - RE: BIDS fOR FIRE PLU as AND GROUND VALVES WAS S U Bioi I T TED AN D
<br /> READ AS fOLLOWS:
<br /> - "THERE- ARE APPROXIMATELY 415 fiRE HYDRANTS IN THE CITY OF EUGENE.
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<br /> IN THE PAST THE RE WAS NOT MUCH ATTENTION PAID TO THE WA Y THE HYDRANTS OPERATtD. THERE-
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<br /> fORt, SOME Of OUR fiRE HYDRANTS OPEN TO- THE RIGHT AND SOME. OPEN TO THE LEfT.
<br /> AT TH" S T I ME, THE RE ARE IN USE THE fOLLOWING HYDRANTS:
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<br /> CORE Y, EUGENi FOUNDRY, FRAZER 'I AN D #2, GROSS, MUELLER, PACIfiC STATES, RENSSELAER,
<br /> RICH, AND VELTUM."
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<br /> ItTHE ATTACHED SHEETS ARE QUOTATIONS fOR fiRE HYDRANTS.
<br /> THE qUOTATION OF THE MUELLER fiRE HYDRANT f'ROM THE CONSOLIDATED SUPPLY COMPANY, 139 S.W.
<br /> STARK STREET, PORTLAND, OREGON WAS THE LOWEST BID RECEIVED AND I RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY Of
<br /> Eu GENE PURCHASE THE fiRE HYDRANTS LISTED BY CONSOLIDATED SUPPLY COMPANY. It
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<br /> IT WAS MOVED By DAVIS, SECONDED BY ALLEN THAT THE LOW BID Of THE CONSOLIDATED SUPPLY COMPANY
<br /> IN THE AMOUNT Of &2,279.25 BE ACCEPTED. - ROLLCALL VOTE. CRUMBAKER ABSENT. MOTION CARRIED. .
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<br /> 6 A REPORT Of THE JOINT TRAfFIC COMMI'TTEE - RE: ONE-WAY GRI D SYSTEM WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS "
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<br /> "A JOiNT MEETING OF THE CITY AND CHAMBER OF' COMMERCE T~AffIC COMMITTEES WAS HELD ON
<br /> AUGUST 15, 1949. PRESEN T WERE: MA YOR JOHNSON, COUNCILMEN HAWN, ALLEN, WELLS, GODLOVE. BOOTH,
<br /> GILLILAN, C RO S S, ELDON JOHNSON, KOPPE, lUSH, RANSOM, CHIEf JONES, MCCREADY, MCGINTY, MORSE, .
<br /> CITY MANAGER KING AND THE CITY Re:CORDER. ,
<br /> MCLEAN, URE,Y, BRENNE,
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<br /> THE 'MEETING' WAS PRESiDED OVER BY COUNCILMAN HAWN IN THE ABSENCE Of DR. CRUMBA KER AND BY
<br /> WAY Of INTRODUCT I ON IT WAS EXPLAINEO THAT THIS WAS THE fiNAL MEETING fOR CONSIDERATION Of THE
<br /> 'ONE-WAY GR-ID TRAF'FIC AND BUSINESS SURVEY qUESTIONNAIRE. COPI-, S Of THE PROPOSED QUESTIONNAIRES
<br /> WERE DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS PRESENT.
<br /> MR. MCLEAN SUGGESTED THAT SOME fORM Of INTRODUCTION EXPLAINING VERY BRIEfLY THE PURPOSE
<br /> OfT HE SURVEY BE INCLUDED IN THE QUESTIONNAIRE. THE SUGGESTION MET WITH THE APPROV AL Of THE-
<br /> COMMITTEE ~ND WAS ADOPTED. -
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<br /> IT WAS PROPOSED BY MAYOR JOHNSON THAT THE EN TIRE QUESTIONNAIRE BE READ THROUGH PRIOR TO
<br /> DISCUSSION-Of INDIVIDUAL QUEST 10NS.- THIS MET WITH APPROVAL AND THE CITY MANAGER READ THE
<br /> QUESTI ONNA'I RE IN F'ULL. - . .
<br /> MR. McLEAN SUGGESTED fURTHER THAT QUESTIONS I AND 2 BE OMITTED fROM THE QUESTIONNAIRE SINCE
<br /> HE BELIEVED THAT ANSWERS WOULD BE TOO GENERAL OR I N A C CU RAT E TO BE 0 f V A L U E . THIS WAS DISCUSSED
<br /> BUT NO ACT.I{)N WAS TAKEN ON THE POINf.
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<br /> MR. MCCREADY fAVORED REVISION Of QUESTIONS II ON THE: DISBURSEMENT Of PROPE RT Y VALUE S TO '.
<br /> READ SUBST~NTIALLY .wwI6~ SYSTEM WITHIN T HEG RID, ONE-WAY TRAffiC OR TWO-WAY TRAF'fIC, IN YOUR
<br /> OPINION WOULD CONTRIBUTE MOST TO THE SPREADING OUT Of PROPERTY VALUES WI THIN T~E NEXT FIVE
<br /> YEARS - , THE NEXT TEN YEARS ' . . .
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<br /> MR. GILLILAN SUGGESTED THAT ADDRESS AND TYPE Of" BUS INESS SHOULD BE: INCLUDED IN THE
<br /> QUEST I ONNA1'RE AND ALSO A qUESTION AS TO WHETHER THE fiRM IS LOCATED WITHIN THE GRID SYSTEM.
<br /> THE SUGGESTION WAS APPROVED. .
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<br /> A QUESTION WAS RAISED BY CHAIRMAN HAWN AS TO WHO THE qUESTIONNAIRE SHOULD BE CIRCULATED
<br /> TO. I TWAS' DISCUSSED AND IT WAS MOVEq BY MR. CROSS. SECONDED BY MR. WELLS THAT THE qUESTION-
<br /> NAIRE BE SENT TO ALL BUSINESS AND TO ALL' PROfESSIONAL- MEN WITHIN THE C IT Y AND IN ADDITION TO
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<br /> ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF' REAL PROPERTY LOCATEO WITHIN THE GRID. CARRIED.
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<br /> fOLLOWING A DISCUSSION Of QUESTION NO. 3 IT WAS MOVED BY LUSH, SECONDED BY CROSS THAT '1
<br /> QUESTION 3 RELlA I N IN THE qUESTIONNAIRE AS STATED. MOT I ON CARRIED.
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