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<br /> i REPORTS OF OFFICERS
<br /> 2 I A REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER - RE: RECENT RAIN STORMS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS,
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<br /> ! "THE CITY HAS EXPERIENCED, WITHIN THE LAST TEN DAYS, A SERIES OF RAIN STORMS WHICH,
<br /> ~CCORDING TO THE RECORD, HAVE NO PARALLEL. FOR THE TWENTY-FOUR Hri~R ~ERIOD, 10lOO A.M.,
<br /> SUNDAY, ,DECEMBER 18TH, TO le:OOA.M., MONDAY, DECEMBER 19TH, THE AVERAGE RAINFALL WAS
<br /> TWO INCHES. THIS AMOUNT IS NOT UNCOMMON, BUT DUE TO THE PREVIOUS GROUND SATURATION It
<br /> i AS WELL AS THE AMAZON CREEK. DURING THE TWENTY-FOUR
<br /> : OUR SEWERS FILLED TO OVERFLOWING,
<br /> , HOUR PERIOD, 6:~0 P.M., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20TH, TO 6:00. P.M., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21ST,
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<br /> THE.AVERAGE RAINFALL WAS 4~86 INCHES WHICH WAS GREATER THAN ANY.ON RECORD AT THE'
<br /> WEATHER STATION FOR THIS AREA, AND AGAIN FOR THE PERIOD FROM 10:30 A.M., SUNDAY,
<br /> i DECEMBER 25!H, TO 10:30 A.M., MO~DAY, DECEMBER 26TH, WE HAD AN AVERAGE or, 3.53 INCHES.
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<br /> I THE LARGER STORM CAUSED WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF OUR STREETS, ESPECI~LtY ON EACH SIDE'~
<br /> OF THE AMAZON. HOWEVER, I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT LESSER AMOUNTS OF RAINrALL CAUSE A
<br /> e GREATER AMOUNT OF,FLOODI~G WITHIN THE CITY WHICH LEADS ME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE
<br /> WORK ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED ON THE AMAZON HAS HELPED THE CITY MATERIALLY. THIS IS~ I
<br /> ESPECIALLY NOTED IN THE TIME IT TAKES FOR THE WATER TO DRAIN FROM THE STREETS AFTER THE
<br /> , RAIN HAS CEASED~ ALSO, EV~RY EFFORT SHOULD BE .MADE FOR THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT
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<br /> I WITHI.N TME COMING YEAR. ' .
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<br /> ~ I I HAVE ASKEO'.THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO REVIEW THE FACTORS THEY USED 'IN .TH~'~
<br /> I DESIGN OF OUR STORM SEWERS WI1H THE THOUGHT THAT THE SEWER SIZES CAN BE INCREASED'AND
<br /> STILL REMAIN WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF BEING ECONOMICAL. WI THOUT A DOUBT, THERE ARE CERTAIN
<br /> SECTIONS ,OF THE CITY THAT STORM SEWERS WILL HAVE TO BE SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL
<br /> RELIEF SEWERS." , '
<br /> THE MAYOR ORDERED, IN THE ABSENCE OF OBJECTIONS, THE REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER TO BE
<br /> 'I RECEIVED .AND :PLACED ON ~ILE.
<br /> REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
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<br /> 3 A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SArETY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE'S MEETING HELD DECEMBER 15, 1955 - RE:
<br /> COMMU~I CATI ON F:ROM THE PUBLI C EMPLOYEE'S RETI REMENT SYSTEM; REQUEST FOR "NO PARKI NG" AREA .AT
<br /> I ST. FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL; ,REMOVAL OF LOADING ZONE SOUTH or 8TH AVENUE ON ,WEST PARK STREET;
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<br /> 'I ,I HOTEL LOADING ZONE TO SERVE THE WINSTON HOTEL; REQUEST BY MRS. JAMES REESMAN .FOR A THIRU'
<br /> MINUTE PARKING AREA; AND EXTENSION OF TWO HOUR PARKING ZONE AT 14TH AVENUE AND OAK STREET WAS
<br /> :1 SUB~ITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: ,
<br /> , , I'PRESENT:
<br /> ., MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN GODLOVE, WATSON, HARTMAN, BOOTH; KOPPE,
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<br /> I ~SHEARER; CITY MANAGER; POLICE CHIEF; TRAFrlC SIGNAL MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN; AND THE CITY
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<br /> , RECORDER.-. .
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<br /> I . COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE'S RETrREMENT SYSTEM REGARDING P9LICE AND fiRE
<br /> RETIREME'NT OPTIONS - T,HE CITY RECORDER EXPLAINED THAT BY AN ACT OF THE 1955 LEGISLATURE
<br /> I THE CI TY COULD ELECT TO ALLOW I T:S, POl,.l CE AND F-I RE' DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES TO REDUCE THE I R .
<br /> i CONTRIBUTION RATE TO THAT OF OTHER EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF EUGENE WITH THE
<br /> . I UNDERSTANDI NG THAT THE CI TY WOULD HAVE 1:)' MAKE A~Y' ADDI T1'ONAL CONTRI BUTI ONS NECESSARY TO
<br /> ALLOW THEM, NORMAL RE;T1,REMENT &ENEFI T~. " : . , ' . , to: 1
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<br /> ,I IT WAS ALSO EXPLAINED THAT A LETTER FROM THE PuBLIC EMPLOYEE'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM HAD
<br /> STATEDt'HAT THERE WOULD BE. NO ADDI TI ONAL_ COST TO THE; CI'TY OF', [UGENE F'OR THE NEX!' F'O:UR
<br /> YEARS, A:~D THEREAfTER THERE WOULD BE ONLY MINUTE ADJUSTMENTS.
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<br /> IT WA& ALSO EXPLAINED THAT THE 1955 LEGI SLATURE HAD MADEl T .POSSI BLE FOR POL'tC,E ~AND
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<br /> FIRE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL $10.00 INCREMENTS OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS
<br /> I WHICH WOULD BE REPAID BETWEEN THEIR NORMAL RETIREMENT DATE AT AGE SIXTY AND THE EFFECTIVE
<br /> DATE OF SOCIAL SECURiTY AT AGE 'SIXTY-FIVE~ THESE INCREMENTS WOULD BE PURCHASED BY THE
<br /> POLICE AND ,FIRE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES AT A RATE DETERMINED BY THEIR AGE AT THE TIME THEY
<br /> MAKE APPLICATION FOR SUCH ADDIT10NAL CUVERAGE. THEIR CONTRIBUTION WOULD BE MATCHED 100
<br /> PER CENT, B~THE CITY. IN NO EVENT WOULD THE EMPLOYEE REC~IVE ANY OF THE C1T~'S CONTRIBU-
<br /> 'TI'ON TOWARD SUCH .1 NCREMENTS AFTER HE REACHES AGE SIXTY-FIVE, WITH A MAXIMUM OF ,FIVE SUCH
<br /> INCREMENTS TO BE PURCHASED BY THE EMPLOYEE.
<br /> 2. REQUEST FOR "NO PARKING AREA" IN FRONT OF' ST. FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL - THE CITY MANAGER
<br /> I EXPLAI NED HE ,HAD A. LETTER FROM MR. VERN HAWN REQUEST I NG THAT. A "NO PARK I NG AREA" BE'
<br /> I INSTALLED ON WEST 18TH AVENUE BETWEEN THE TWO CURB CUTS WHICH SERVE ST. FRANCJS HIGH
<br /> 'I SCHOOL, WHICH WOULD ELIMI~ATE APPROXIMATELY FOUR PARKtNG SPACES. MR. HAWN FURTHER
<br /> REQUESTED THAT THIS AREA BE DESIGNATED AS A LOADING ZONE FOR SCHOOL BUSSES. AND PRIVATE
<br /> VEHICLES LOADING OR UNLOADING STUDENTS.
<br /> I MR. HAWN'S REQUEST WAS CONCURRED IN BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND IT WAS THE RECOM-
<br /> MENDATION OF- THE COMMITTEE THAT THE.REQUEST, AS OUTLINED, BE GRANTED, AND THE NECESSARY
<br /> STREET SIGNS AND MARKINGS BE INSTALLED.
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