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e -2'9~ r I I II II I ~ ~ 3 ii tf',; I 00 I[ <t II ~ \, c::t il I :1 I 'I I! II Ii I' ,I e Ii II 4 II I, 1\ !I " I " " :1 :! . I 5 'e I e FEDERAL AIRPORT FUND AMAZON CHANNEL SEWER IMPROVEMENT B I C KFORD :CONS TR uc T I'ON- Co. $ 13,528.57 'HENRY F. BEISTEL, TREASURER $ 21.36 IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE BILLS AS SUBMITTED AND READ BE APPROVED AND THE PROPER CITY OFFICERS BE INSTRUCTED TO DRAW UP THE NEGESSARY'WARRANTS. THE FOLLOWING PAYMENT ESTIMATES WERE SUBMITTED: HOFFMAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANT - $21,805.65. BICKFORD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR AIRPORT ADMINISTRATION BUILDING - $9,460.16. CORNELL, HOWLAND, HAYES & MERRYFIELD FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES - $990.25. IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE ESTIMATES BE APPROVED AND THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS BE 'AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE WARRANTS IN PAYMENT OF THE SAME. ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED. REPORTS-OF OFFICERS I. THE CITY MANAGER GAVE A REPORT OF DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT OF A TRAFFIC ENGINEER. MR. LEE D. KIES, GRADUATE OF OREGON STATE COLLEGE WILL GRADUATE FROM THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ,IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR. HE HAS HAD THREE YEARS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH THE TRAFFIC DIVISION OF THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT AND IS WELL QUALIFIED TO ASSIST THE CITY OF EUGENE IN THEIR INCREASING TRAFFIC AND PARKING PROBLEMS. MR. KIES WILL BEGIN WORK WITH THE CITY OF EUGENE ON JULY I, 1953 AT A SALARY OF $375.00 PER MONTH. HE WILL REPLACE ONE OF THE PRESENT ENGINEERS. IN THE ENGINEER1NG DEPARTMENT WHO RESIGNED RECENTLY. 2. THE CITY MANAGER REQUESTED PERMISSION TO CALL FOR BIDS FOR A ONE-HALF TON PICK-UP FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE 1937 DODGE COUPE WHICH IS COMPLETELY WORN OUT, WITH APPROXIMATELY 100,000 MILES. THERE IS MONEY IN THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR THE PURCHASE FOR THIS PURPOSE. 3. THE CITY MANAGER' BR t EPLY OUTLI NED' THE BILLS BE I NG PRESENTED TO THE LEG! SLATURE IN CONNECTION WITH THE UNIVERSITY'S SHARE OF THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND TRUNK ,LINE SEWERS, ADVISING THAT THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE HAD AGREED TO SPONSqR THIS BILL. HE ALSO OUT- LINED'A ~ILL -WHICH IS BEING DRAFT~D WHICH WILL PERMIT FREE BUS TRANSFER~BETWEEN ANY AREA FROM THREE MILES BEYOND EXTREME CITY LIMITS OF EITHER EUGENE OR SPRINGFIELD, REGARDLESS OF WHERE BUS STARTS. PRESENT P.U.C. LAWS CONFINE TRANSFERS TO THREE MILES FROM CITY WHERE BUS ORIGINATES. PASSAGE OF THIS BILL SHOULD BENEFIT THE ENTIRE METROPOLITAN AREA. THE -MATTER OF CALLING FOR BIDS FOR A PICK-UP FOR THE STREET DEPARTMENT WAS REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMrTTEE. IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE BALANCE OF THE REPORT OF THE CITY MANAG~R BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE - RE:' CHANGING PEARL TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC; RIVER- VIEW ANNEXATION; AIR POLLUTION WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: , "Il MEETI NG OF THE PUBL I C WORKS COMMI TTEE WAS HELD ON JANUARY 30, 1953 '<ill TH THE FOLLOWING PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER, GODLOVE, SIEGENTHALER AND KOPPE; CITY MANAGER; MR. WALLY GREIG AND RICHARD BAILEY, RESIDENTS OF FLORAL HILL AND MR. FAITH AND MRS. DAVIS, RESIDENTS OF RIVERVIEW STREET; MR. RICHARD E. HATCHARD, CHIEF ENGINEER, STATE AIR POLLUTION AUTHORITY AND MR. H. W. MERRYMAN OF THE STATE SANITARY AUTHORITY. II II ii 'I II II Ii :1 II II ii I I, II Ii II Ii ;, I' :1 Ii I I I , I. rrHE COMMITTEE A'GAIN STUDIED THE POSSIBILITY, OF' CHANGING PEARL STREET BACK TO TWO- WAY TRAFFIC FROM BROADWAY TO 5TH AVENUE. THIS WOULD PERMIT RIGHT HAND TURNS AT BROADWAY AND 8TH AVENUE. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THIS CHANGE UPON A TRIAL PERIOD, FEELING THAT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE AREA WITHOUT BEING DETRIMENTAL TO THE MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC. DUE TO THE PACT THAT THE PACIFIC HIGHWAY ON 6TH ANO'7TH AVENUE HAS ELIMINATED THE PREVIOUS HIGH VOLUME OP TRAFFIC FROM 6TH TO BROADWAY, IT IS FELT THAT THE ONE WAY SYSTEM IS NO LONGER ADVANTAGEOUS AND THAT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL 'TO EFFECT TWO WAY TRAfFIC, AT LEAST UPON A TRIAL BASIS. 2. THE COMMITTEE DROVE OUT OVER' THE RIVERVIEW AREA WITH MESSRS. GREIG AND BAILEY, AGAI N REVIEWING THE' GENERAL CONTOURS OF THE AREA AND GENERAL SANITATION WITH RELATION TO THE REPEATED REQUESTS FOR ANOTHER ANNEXATION ELECTION. AT THE MEETING, MESSRS. GREIG AND BAILEY BROUGHT OUT THE FACT THAT THEY COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THEIR AREA HAD TO BE ANNEXED. THEY SUGGESTED ANNEXING Of 'ONLY THAT AREA WHICH NEEDED SEWERS ALONG RIVERVIEW AND AUGUSTA STREET AND LEAVING THEIR AREA OUTSIDE Of THE CITY. MRS. DAVIS AND MR. FAITH AGAIN OUTLINED THE SANITARY NEEDS RELATIVE TO WATER AND SEWERS, STATING THAT IT WAS IMPERATIVE THAT THEY HAVE SEWERS AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE FOR HEALTH CONDITIONS. ....1