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<br /> COUNCIL CHAMBERS,
<br /> EUGENE, OREGON.
<br /> NOVEMBER 26, 1951.
<br /> THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, OREGON, HELD IN THE
<br /> CITY HALL ON NOVEMBER 13, 1951 AND ADJOURNED TO NOVEMBER 26TH, 1951 WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY
<br /> HIS HONOR, MAYOR V. E. JOHNSON AT 7:30 P.M. WI TH THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: CRUMBAKER,
<br /> ALLEN, BOOTH, KOPPE, AND SIEGENTHALER. COUNCILMEN GODLOVE, SMITH AND WATSON WERE ABSENT.
<br /> THE MI NUTES OF THE LAST REGULAR MEETING HELD NOVEMBER I 3, 1951 AND ADJOURNED TO I
<br /> NOVEMBER 26, 1951 WERE READ AND APPROVED. I
<br /> REPORTS OF OFFICERS
<br /> I THE FOLLOWING ORAL REPORT WAS GIVEN BY THE CITY MANAGER:
<br /> I. THE REQUEST OF THE EUGENE AMBULANCE SERVICE AND THE VALLEY AMBULANCE SERVICE
<br /> COMBINED, TO I NSTALL A TRANSMI TTER STATION IN HENDRICKS PARK WAS REVIEWED. THE CITY I
<br /> MANAGER EXPLAINED THAT THIS WOULD CONSTITUTE A TRANSMITTER POLE BEING PLACED ON A I
<br /> TREE AT A POINT APPROXIMATELY 200-FEET EAST OF SKYLINE DRIVE, VERY NEAR THE SOUTH
<br /> CITY LIMIT LINE AND THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF HENDRICKS PARK AT APPROXIMATELY 25 I
<br /> I FEET NNE OF EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD POWER POLE #9341. THE CITY MANAGER STATED
<br /> THAT HE HAD INSPECTED THIS SITE AND COULD SEE NO OBJECTION TO PERMITTING SUCH A USE
<br /> AS IT WOULD NOT BE CONSPICUOUS AND WAS IN THE EXTREME SOUTH END OF THE HEAVILY WOODED ,
<br /> AREA. HE ALSO STATED THAT MR. AND MRS. EMIL MYRMO LIVING ADJACENT TO THIS LOCATION I
<br /> HAD NO OBJECTION TO THIS INSTALLATION. THE CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED THAT A MEMORANDUM
<br /> AGREEMENT BE ENTERED INTO WITH THE AMBULANCE SERVICES WHEREIN THEY WOULD BE PERMITTED I
<br /> TO ERECT THIS TRANSMITTER PROVIDED THAT THEY DID NOT INTERFERE WITH RADIO OR TELEVISION
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<br /> RECEPTION AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING DETRIMENTAL TO THE PARK AREA AND THA T
<br /> I PERMISSION AND USE WOULD BE FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME WITH THE CITY RETAINING
<br /> THE RIGHT TO WITHDRAW THIS PERMISSION UPON 30 DAYS NOTICE.
<br /> 2. LETTER WAS READ ADDRESSED TO MR. T. J. SLOWIE, SECRETARY, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
<br /> COMMISSION, WASHINGTON, D. C. , REQUESTING TWO VHF TELEVISION CHANNELS FOR USE IN THE
<br /> CI TY OF EUGENE AND VICINITY IN ADDITION TO THE PRESENT ALLOCATION OF ONE VHF CHANNEL i
<br /> FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. I
<br /> 3. THE PROGRAM FOR INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT 27 I NTERSEC TI ONS THROUGHOUT I
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<br /> THE CITY WAS REVIEWED. 13 OF THESE INTERSECTIONS WERE SIGNALIZED DURING THE PAST I
<br /> YEAR. THE CITY MANAGER READ A LETTER ADDRESSED TO MR. R. H. BALDOCK, AGAIN REQUESTING
<br /> PARTICIPATION OF THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT IN THE INSTALLATION OF THE 14 INTER- I
<br /> SECTIONS INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM WHICH ARE ON STATE HIGHWAYS THROUGH THE CITY OF
<br /> EUGENE. THIS LETTER REQUESTED THE STATE TO APPROPRIATE $17,000 FOR THE STATE'S ONE-
<br /> HALF ESTIMATED SHARE, STATING THAT THE CITY WOULD BUDGET THE REMAINDER OF THE ESTIMATED I
<br /> TOTAL COST OF $49,400. ApPROXIMATELY $15,000 OF THIS WAS BUDGETED FOR STREET INTER- ,
<br /> SECTION SIGNALIZATION DURING THE PAST YEAR.
<br /> 4. THE REQUEST FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON TO ELIMINATE BUS AND TRUCK TRAFFIC ON
<br /> I 13TH AVENUE BETWEEN KINCAID AND UNIVERSITY WAS AGAIN REVIEWED. IT WAS RECOMMENDED
<br /> THAT HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC BE ELIMINATED ON 13TH AVENUE THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY AREA
<br /> BUT THAT BUS TRAFFIC AND SERVICE AND DELIVERY TRUCKS BE PERMI TTED TO UTILIZE THIS
<br /> AREA. IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT THIS WAS THE HEAVIEST BUS ROUTE OF THE CITY AND THAT i
<br /> THE OFFICIALS OF THE CITY Bus COMPANY FELT THAT THE BUSSES SHOULD REMAIN FOR THE
<br /> BENEFIT OF STUDENTS AND OTHER BUS RIDERS IN THIS AREA.
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<br /> THE CITY MANAGER DISCUSSED THE REQUEST OF THE UNIVERSITY TO INSTALL FOUR WAY I
<br /> STOPS AT 13TH AND KINCAID, 13TH AND UNIVERSITY, 13TH AND ONYX AND 13TH AND AGATE, i
<br /> WITH AGATE BEING TREATED AS A THROUGH STREET. ALSO THE REQUEST THAT OFFICIAL TEN i
<br /> MINUTE STOP LIGHTS FOR THE PERIOD BETWEEN CLASSES BE INSTALLED AT 13TH AND KINCAID,
<br /> 13TH AND UNIVERSITY AND 13TH AND ONYX. I
<br /> 5. THE CITY MANAGER ADVISED THAT ALMOST 3,000 PERSONS VISITED THE NEW JAIL DURING I
<br /> LAST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND THAT THEIR REACTION WAS VERY FAVORABLE. ,
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<br /> THE REQUEST OF THE VALLEY AMBULANCE SERVICE, PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED, WAS DISCUSSED AND !
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<br /> A PROPOSED CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EUGENE AND THE VALLEY AMBULANCE SERVICE WAS READ.
<br /> AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT WAS PROPOSED BY DR. CRUMBAKER WHICH WOULD PROVIDE THAT
<br /> I THE CONTRACTOR AGREE TO FURNISH RADIO SERVICE FOR THE TRANSMITTER FOR OTHER AMBULANCE OR
<br /> EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THE AREA ON A REASONABLE FEE BASIS.
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<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY ALLEN THAT THE PROPOSED CONTRACT BE REVISED TO
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<br /> INCLUDE THE AMENDMENT AND THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE AUTHORIZED TO ENTER INTO THE CONTRACT
<br /> WITH THE VALLEY AMBULANCE SERVICE. ROLLCAll.. L VOTE. MOTION CARRIED. I
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