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<br />~ <br />e <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />-.-- -- --. ...,-;..- <br />- ..,..,.~...".-..--.- ...-'_-------=-----~ ---,----'..._.....~....,...,,-----,..-,..._.,,--~-_._.........,.-=-~""'--....-~------- -_....."""-~-+-"'-..:--~-~-"""""'" <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />~I COUNC I L CHAMBERS,. <br />EUGENE, OREGON, <br />JULY 23, 19!$.6.: I; ,I, <br /> <br />. ~ . T _. <br />. , <br />THE REG,ULAR MEtTI NG 'OF" THE COMMON COUNCIL OF" TIiE C!'TY OF"' ~UGENE WAS HELD ON Jua;,y 9:, :A,ND <br />- -\ .', <br />A SPECI~AL MEE:TIING HEL.D ON JULY 16, AND ADJOURNED TO JULY 23, 1956 AT 7:30 P.,M. IN THE:,COUNCIL <br />CHAMBERS.' THE MEET.I,NG WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY Hi;s HONOR, MAYOR V.. E. JOHNSON, WITH THE, ,: <br />F'OLLOWI NGt-,OUNCI LMEI\I ~R.E$ENT: "MR'. GODLOVE', MR. KOPPE, MR:.OwEN, MR. ,HARTMAN, MR. SHI'SLER, <br />AND MR. EDMUNOS~MR.WATSON TOOK HIS SEAT IN THE COUNC,IL CHAMBERS AT 7:40 P.M. ,MR. SHEARER <br />WAS ABSENT. <br />r ' .. ... ~ <br />o <br />THE MI NUTES OF" THE LAST REGULAR MEETI NG HELD ON JULY 9 AND OF". THE SPECI AL MEETI,,NG HE.L:D <br />ON JULY 16, 1956 WERE READ AND APPROVED. <br /> <br />,I: : .. <br /> <br />: 'i '.' " : ,REPORTS Of, OFF! CERS " <br /> <br />e I MAYOR JOHNSON APPOI.NTED THE F'OLLOWING NINE CITIZENS TO SERVE ON EUGENE'S CITIZEN TRAF'F'IC <br />SAF"ETY, COMMI.TTEE. M,E'RT LA'!IIG, REPRESENTI NG THE CHAMBER OF', COMMERCE AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANI ES; <br />WI LLI AM REES, RE,AL ESTArE :AND INSURANCE; LEE BrSHOP, SCHOOLS AND RADIO; HAROLD' THOENI.G, <br />REGI STER-GUARD AND C I TI ZENS; FRED LOWE, TEAMSTER'S UNION; THE REVEREND CHARLES EpPLE,' CHURCHES; <br />ROBERT HARTMAN, CITY COUNCIL; MABLE KENNEDY, HIGHWAY LIF'ESAVERS; EDWARD oEARDORF'F', EUGENE <br />SAF"E,TY ~OUNCI L.' THE, F'UNCTION OF" THI S COMMI TrEE WI LLBE TO REPRESENT THE ENTI,RE COMMUNI TY IN <br />I ATTACKING TH.E;!R:AF"F"IC PROBLeM. AS ,A WHOLE, COORDINATING ALL EFF'ORTS TO IMPRO~E 'TRAF"F"IC SAFETY. <br /> <br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. OWEN, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE, THAT THE APPOINTMENT OF THESE CITIZENS <br />TO SERVE ON THE C 11-1 ZEN "S TRAF'F"1 C '~AF'ETY COMMI TTEE BE CONF' I RMED. MOTl ON CARR I E,D. . <br /> <br />,\ ' <br /> <br />2 A REPO~T FROM TH~ CITYMANAGE~ - RE: IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, ET CETERk WAS SUBM~TTE6 AND <br />READ AS F'OLLOWS: <br /> <br />. I ' <br /> <br />"ALL CONTRACTS LET BY THE CITY FOR COMPLETION ON MAY 31, JUNE I, JUNE 15, JULY 15, <br />AND,JULY 31" H~VE BE~N COMPLETED EXCEPT THE SJORM'SEWER PLANNED ON POLK STREET FROM 18TH <br />TO 24TH' A'(ENUES WHI CH' I S BEl NG HELD UP BECAUSE OF' PI PE TI:IAT I S TO BE MANUFACTURED.; .THE <br />CONTRACTS SET F'OR COMPLETI ON ON AUGUST I AND 15, SEPTEMBER I AND I~ ARE WELL OV,ER,-'fl fry <br />PER CENT COMPLETE. CONTRACTS SET TO BE COMPLETED ON SEPTEMBER 30 HAVE NOT, AS YET, BEEN <br />STARTED. '.' . . , <br /> <br />LA,sr WEEK,: THE CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION AUTHOItIZED THE: CALL OF' BIDS ON,:THE <br />MAHLON SWEET AIRPORT PROJECT WHICH IS NOW BEING ADVERTISED AND THE BIDS RECEIVED,WI.LL <br />BE OPENED ON AUGUST 8, 1956. <br /> <br />I _ <br />ENG1,NEERS. F'OR THE SW)MMING POOL IN AMAZON PARK ARE,STILL WORKING ON PLANS AND SPECI- <br />F'lCATIONS AND HAVE THEIR CREW MAKING TEST BORINGS IN THE AREA TO DE.TERMINE SOIL, PROBLEMS <br />FOR FOUNDATIONS. . ' . ~ :- <br /> <br />: : THE ARMY ENGI NEERS HAVE I NFORMED ME THAT RI GHT OF WAY' PLANS F'OR' THE'AMAZON CREEK' <br />'I :PROJECT WILL BE,rOR,WARDED TO THE CITY SOMETIME THIS WEEK. HOWEVER, IT MAY BE NEXT:" <br />SPRING BEfORE THE fiRST CONTRACT IS'LET F'OR THE'LINING or THE AMAZON CHANNEL.It: ":,1 <br /> <br />. THE MAYOR ORDERED, I Ill', THE ABSENCE or OBJECTIONS, THE REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER' TO BE <br />RECti VED AND. PLACED ON F'I LE. 'r, <br /> <br />REPORTS OF COMMI TTEES <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />3 A REPORT OF' THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING HELD JULY 13, 1956 - RE: SIDEWALKS ON 28TH <br />e AVENUE BETWEEN POTTER AND ELINOR. STREETS; AND'REQUESTS'rOR REZONING AND VARIANCE WAS SUBMITTED <br />AND READ AS F'OLLOWS: <br /> <br />I : ~IPRESENT: COUNC I LMEN GODLOVE, WATSON, O\oIEN,' SHEARER, AND HART~AN; CI TY MANAGER;' <br />',CI TY ATTORNEY;' CI TY ENGI NEER; PARK. AND RECREATION SUPERI NTENDENT; RECREATION 01 RECTORJ, <br />PLANNING CONSULTANT; ASSISTANT CITY RECORDER; MR. RALPH RODERICK, MR. HARRY TEEL, AND' 1 <br />MR. GORDON fRANK OF' CORNELL, HOWLAND, HAYES AND MERRYF'IELD; MRS. ANNA GULLION; <br />REPR,ESENTAJI,VES or GEORGE MYRMO AND SONS; MR. W. F. POTWORA; MR. NOR,MANSCHNEIDERj AND <br />MR. DAN WYANT or THE EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. . ' <br /> <br />'I., SIDEWALKS IN THE AREA BETWEEN POTTER AND ELINOR STREETS ON 28TH AVENUE -.THE -" <br />~OMMITT~E VIEWED THE AREA AND TALKED ON THE SITE TO MR. AND MRS. GARBER AND MR. POJWORA <br />WHO ARE PROTESTING THE SIDEWALK BEING CONTEMPLATED ALONG THEIR PROPERTY. DUE TO THE,' .. <br />CONTTOVERSY ON THIS SUBJECT, IT WAS DECIDED TO POSTPONE ANY RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL' <br />UNTIL THE A~EA CAN BE VIEWED BY MORE COUNCILMEN AND THAT IT BE DISCUSSED AT THE NEXT', <br />"-::1 COMMITTEE MEETING ON fRIDAY, JULY 20, 1956. .. ! i <br /> <br />2. REQUEST rOR'CHANGE O~,ZONE BY GEORGE MYRMO AND SONS rROM R-l, SINGLE FAMILY,RESIDENTIAL <br />DISTRICT TO M-I, L.IMITED INDUSTRIAL'oISTRICT - MR. MYRMO EXPLAINED THAT THEY,'HAD,PURCHASED" <br />/ A VACANT LOT~WH1CHIS:IN THE REAR'or THEIR PRESENT LOCATION'TO PARK TRUCKS AND EQurPMENT <br />WHICH WERE IN THE PROCESS OF" BE1NG REPAIRED INTHE1R SHOP. HE EXPLAINED THAT THIS LOT WAS~ <br />NOT TO BE USED rOR REPAIRING EQUIPMENT BUT ONLY FOR STORING IT. <br /> <br /> <br />e <br />I ~ <br />