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e .1l1~ I e I I -e if I COU~CIL CHAMBERS, EUGENE, OREGON, MARCH 26, 1956. THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE WAS HELD ON MAR~H 12, 1.56 AND ,ADJOURNED. TO MARCH 26, 1956 AT 7:30 fl.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY HIS HONOR, MAYOR V,. E. JOHNSON,: WITH THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: MR. GODLOVE, MR. KOPPE, MR. WATSON, MR. SHEARER, MR. HARTMAN AND MR. SHISLER. MR. OWEN TOOK HIS SEAT IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER AT 7:38 P~M. MR. BOOTH WAS ABSENT. THE MINUTES OF THE LAST REGULAR MEETING HELD OH MARCH 12, 1956 WERE READ AND APPROVED. REPORTS Of OFfiCERS A REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER - RE: ApPOINTMENT OF CITY HEALTH OFFI~ER; PERMISSION:TO OPEN BALLOT BAGS; FIRE DEPARTMENT IMPROVEMENTS; AND NEW COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "DR. HAROLD T. OSTERUD, RECENTLY APPOINTED LANE COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER, H~S BEEN ACTIN~ AS CITY HEALTH OFFICER AND IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION THAT THE MAYOR APP6INT, SUBJECT TO THE COUNCI~'S CONFIRMATION, THE SAID DR. OSTERUDAS HEALTH OFFICER fOR THE CITY OF' EUGENE. ,THE CITY RECO~DER REQUESTS PERMISSION TO OPEN ALL BALLOT BAGS' WHICH HAVE BEEN USED AT ELECTIONS HELD BEFORE MARCH I, 1956. THESE BAGS CONTAIN ELECTION MATERIALS, AND SUPPLIES WHICH WILL BE NEEDED IN FUTURE ELECTIONS. . , I AM IN RECEIPT,Or THE FOLLOWING REPORT FROM CHIEF E. L. SURF'US OF THE fiRE: DEPARTMENT: THAT ALL IMPROVEMENTS AND EXTENSION TO THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM THAT WERE SET UP I N THE 1955-56 BUDGET, ARE NOW COMPLETE AND CONS I ST OF THE FOLLOWI NG: I. INSTALLED SEVEN MILES OF WIRE TO CONNECT THE SENECA AND SOUTH SIDE SUB-STATIONS 2. INSTALLED THREE NEW FIRE ALARM BOXES AT 6TH AVENUE AND GRANT STREET, 6TH AVENUE AND MONROE STREET, AND 29TH AVENUE AND WILLAMETTE STREET 3. THE RELOCATION OF ONE fiRE ALARM BOX F'ROM 17TH AVENUE AND CHARNELTON STREET TO 6TH AVENUE AND ARTHUR STREET ~. INSTALLED A TRANSMITTER AT THE HEADQUARTERS STAIIONTO CONFIRM ALL FIRE ALARMS~ THIS WAS REQUIRED BY THE NATIONAL BOARD OF' fiRE UNDERWRITERS IN,THEIR 1950 SURVEY. 5. OVER 4,000 CA~DS FOR THE RUNNING ASSIGNMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR USE WITH THIS TRANSMITTER 6. THE FIRE ALARM CIRCUIT ON EAST 13TH AVENUE BETWEEN OAK AND WILLAMETTE STREETS HAS BEEN RELOCATED SO AS TO ELIMINATE TWO OLD POLES WHICH WERE OWNED BY THE CITY OF' EUGENE. THE TWO POLES HAVE BEEN REMOVED BY THE TELEPHONE COMPANY WITHOUT COST TO THE CITY. THE SPEED IN COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE AT THIS DATE .WERE IT NOT FOR THE "GOOD NEIGHBOR" HELP FROM THE ,GITY Of PORTLAND AND THECrTY OF SPOKANE. COBPER WIRE IS STILL,IN EXTREMELY SHORT SUPPLY DUE TO STTIKES AND DIIASTERS. THE CITY OF,PORTLAND LOANED US 14,000 FEET OF WIRE AND THE CITY OF SPOKANE LOANED US 26,00~ FEET OF W!RE. WE ~ERE THUS ABLE TO CONNECT THE TWO STATIONS EARLY IN THE YEAR. THESE AMOUNTS OF WIRE WERE ORDERED LAST AUGUST AND WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT THEY WERE RECEIVED BY:THESE TWO CITIES-IN fEBRUARY.. ON EACH OF YOUR DESKS THERE HAS BEEN PLACED A COpy OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AS REVISED OCTOBER 31, 1956." IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY ,MR. KOPPE, THAT THE REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FLLE. MOTION CARRIED. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES 2 A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD MARCH 19, 1956 ~ RE: REQUEST BY EUGENE fRUIT GROWERS ASSOCIATION FOR CURB CUTS; REQUEST FOR LOADING ZONE AT 242 EAST 6TH AVENUE; ELIMINATION OF LOADING ZONE AT 4~1 WEST 11TH AVENUE; AND INSTALLATION OF STOP SIGNS ON EMERALD -STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ,AS FOLLOWS: I e I, 'I :I ,/ 01 'j I I I . "PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCI LMEN WATSON AND SHI SLER; CI TY MANAGER; CI TY ATTORNEY; CITY ENGINEER; CHIEF OF POLICE; TRAFFIC SIGNAL TECHNICIAN; CITY RECORDER; MR. HENRY HOWARD OF THE EUGENE FRUIT GROWER'S ASSOCIATION; AND MR. DAN WYANT OF THE EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. ~