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3,i8~ e I 3 ('-<> }!':' oa <( '"'""" <r IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY GODLOVE THAT THE ESTIMATES AS SUBMITTED BE A~PROVED AND THE PROPER CITY OFFICERS BE INSTRUCTED TO DRAW UP THE NECESSARY WARRANTS. ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED. THE' Cl TY MANAGER REPORTED THAT ALL OF THE STREET PROJECTS WERE SUSPENDED AT THI S 'TI ME DUE TO THE LOCAL A. F. OF L. TEAMSTERS STRIKE AGAINST SAND AND GRAVEL, CONCRETE AND ASPHALT PLANTS IN THE EUGENE AREA. THE FOLLOWING TWO LETTERS WERE READ IN THIS CONNECTION. Assoc I ATED CONCRETE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURERS, I NC. "IN RESPONSE TO AN INQUIRY FROM YOUR OFFICE REGARDING THE WORK STOPPAGE IN THE SAND AND GRAVEL AND READY MIX CONCRE~E PLANTS IN THIS VICINI TY PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT WE SEE NO PROSPECT OF ANY SETTLEMENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THIS OFFICE HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED SINCE THE UNION STOPPED WORK AT THE PLANTS LAST WEDNESDAY. e AT THIS WRITING THERE IS ONE PLANT KNOWN TO BE OPERATING I N SPRINGFIELD AND WHICH PLANT HAS THREE OR FOUR TRUCKS HAULING READY MIx.' THIS IS IN CONTRACT WITH SOME THIRTY OR MORE TRUCKS TIED UP IN THE OTHER PLANTS BECAUSE OF THE STRIKE OF THE TEAMSTERS UNION~ KNOWI NG OF YOUR INTEREST IN THE MATTER WE SHALL BE HAPPY TO KEEP YOU ADVISED OF ANY PROGRESS THAT IS MADE TOWARDS A SETTLEMENT IN THIS MATTER." THE CENTRAL HEATING CO. I "As OF JUNE 3, 1953, OUR WORK ON THE CITY STREETS I S SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF THE A. F. OF L. TEAMSTERS' STRIKE AGAINST THE SAND AND GRAVEL, CONCRoTE AND ASPHALT PLANTS IN THE CITY OF EUGENE. WE HOPE THAT THE STRIKE WILL BE SETTLED WITHIN A VERY SHORT TIME; WE SHALL RESUME OUR WORK IMMEDIATELY UPON AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNIONS AND THE CONCRETE ASSOCIATION." IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY GODLOVE THAT THE COMMUNICATIONS BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. (' 4 IN REGARD TO THE RIVERVIEW ANNEXATION HEARING, AS PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED IN ACCORDANCE WI TH RESOLUTION DATED MAY II, 1953, A. HEARl NG WAS HELD FOR THE CI TI ZENS' OF EUGENE R!JLATI VE TO WHETHER A VOTE SHOULD BE HELD WITHIN THE CITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANNEXATION OF THE RIVERVIEW AREA. .' MR. FRANK HITCHCOCK, 985 W. 19TH AVENUE SPOKE IN BEHALF OF HOLDING AN ELECTION WITHIN THE CITY, STATING THAT THE STANDARDS OF SEWERS, FIRE AND POLICE PROTECTION, AND ALL CI TY SERVICES SHOULD BE BROUGHT UP TO DESIR8D STANDARDS BEFORE ANNEXING THE RIVERVIEW AREA. IN THIS CONNECTION, HE PRESENTED THE FOLLOWING PETITION CONTAINING 113 SIGNATURES, WHICH WAS RECEIVED BY THE MAYOR IN BEHALF OF THE CITY. "WHEREA.s, THE MATTER OF THE ANNEXATION OF THE RIVERVIEW DISTRICT HAS BEEN TWICE DEFEATED BY THE ELECTORATE WITHIN THE PAST TWO YEARS, I WHEREAS, THERE HAS BEEN MUCH CONTROVERSIAL PUBLICITY ABOUT SUCH ANNEXATION QUEST I ON, WHEREAS, THE PUBLIC WELFARE INDICATES THAT THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF EUGENE SHOULD BE GIVE~ AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION DISTRICT, AND e WHEREAS, T~E MATTER IS NOW PENDING BEFORE THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, NOW, THEREFORE, WE THE UNDERSIGNED RESIDENTS AND LEGAL VOTERS OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, OREGON 00 BY OUR SIGNATURES SUBSCRIBED HERETO INDICATE OUR DESIRE THAT THE VOTERS OF THt CITY OF EUGENE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON SAID ANNEXATION QUESTION AND DO RESPECTFULLY PETITION THE MAYOK AND THE COMMON COUNCIL TO CAUSE AN ELECTION TO BE HELD WI THIN THE CITY OF EUGENE ON THE QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT THE SAID RIVERVIEW DISTRICT BE ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF EUGENE, OREGON." I A NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE RIVERVIEW AREA GAVE THEIR RE~SONS BOTH FOR AND AGAINS ANNEXATION. MR. VICTOR P. MORGAN, COUNTY SANITARIAN WAS CALLED UPON TO OUTLINE THE SURVEY WHICH WAS MADE IN 1949 RELATIVE TO THE SANITARY CONDITIONS IN THIS AREA. MR. MORGAN STATED THAT THESE CONDI TIONS, AS FAR AS HE KNEW, HAD NOT BEEN CORRECTED, AND MORE PEOPLE HAD MOVED INTO THE AREA SINCE THAT SURVEY WAS MADE AND THAT IN A FEW CASES, PEOPLE HAD BEEN ABLE TO SLIGHTLY IMPROVE THEIR SEWAGE DISPOSAL, BUT NO IMPROVEMENT A[ ALL HAD BEEN MADE IN THE WATER SUPPLY. HE AGAIN STATED THAT QUITE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WERE BOILING THEIR \.J ATE R I NTH A TAR EA. I NOR D E R TO 'B E SUR E 0 F S A FEW ATE R, AND T HAT I T WAS A.' V E R Y INS A NIT A R Y CONDI TION. HE STATED THAT THEY MUST BE CORRECTuD BEFORE DRASTIC ACTION IS TAKEN IN CONNECTION WITH THE PUBLIC HE~LTH OF THE AREA. MR. WA~LACE GREIG STATED THAT ,IF THE COUNCIL WOULD POSTPONE THE ELECTION A YEAR FROM THIS TIME, OR THAT AS SOON AS THE CITY CAN GO AHEAD AND FURNISH ~ACILITIES, HE WOULD NOT OBJ ECT TO THE ANNEXATION, BUT SUPPORT IT. e ~~