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<br /> I !i COUNCilMAN L~URIS EXTENDED TO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND THEIR WIVES AND INTERESTED CITY EMPLOYEES I
<br /> ON BEHAlF OF MRS. CYRUS,FULTON, CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE BUSINESS AND PRO- I
<br /> FESSIONAL: WOMEN, AN INVITATION TO ATTEND AN OREGON CENTENNIAL MEETING TO BE HELD AT THE COLONIAL INN II
<br /> ON THURSDAY, AUGUSp 28, 1958, AT 6:30 PM. DINNER TO BE SERVED AT $2.25 PER PLAT AND RESERVATIONS TO II
<br /> I:. 'BE MADE BY CALLING 01 3-7645.
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<br /> i: A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD AUGUST 15, 1958 - RE: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE - REQUEST
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<br /> 'I FOR VACATION OF FAIRMOUNT BOULEVARD FROM 15TH AVENUE TO HIGHWAY 99 AND A PORTION OF WOODLAND AVENUE; .j
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<br /> n SANITARY SEWER ON EAST SIDE OF EMERALD STREET BETWEEN 26TH AND 28TH AVENUES; COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE - :1
<br /> !: SALARY STUDY OF WAGE SCALE FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES; REPORT ON BUS SERVICE AND REQUEST FOR FRANCHISE; II
<br /> L OFFER BY CLIF CUlP TO SELL PROPERTY TO THE CITY FOR A PARKING LOT; WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: j,
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<br /> ! "PRESENT: COUNCILMEN SHISLER, EDMUNDS, LAURIS AND MCGAFFEY; CITY MANAGER; CITY !I
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<br /> e RECORDER; ASSiStANT CITY RECORDER; DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS; CITY
<br /> I: ATTORNEY; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GuARD. II
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<br /> II I. REQUEST FOR VACATION OF FAIRMOUNT BOULEVARD FROM 15TH AVENUE TO HIGHWAY 99 11
<br /> I' AND A PORTION OF WOODLAND AVENUE - THE CITY MANAGER READ A LETTER FROM THE I'
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<br /> Ii STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT IN WHICH THEY REQUESTED THAT THE CITY OF EUGENE !I
<br /> I VACATE.fAIRMOUNT BOULEVARD FROM 15TH AVENUE TO HIGHWAY 99 AND A PORTION OF
<br /> i WOODLAND AVENUE. THEY INDICATED THAT SINCE THE STATE OWNS PROPERTY ON BOTH II
<br /> . ;j SIDES OF FAIRMOUNT BOULEVARD FROM 15TH AVENUE NORTHERLY TO THE SOUTH liNE [I
<br /> "I OF THE HIGHWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY, IT WOULD BE OF CONSIDERABLE ASSISTANCE IN AD-
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<br /> VANCING,THEIR PROGRAM If THIS SECTION OF STREET COULD BE VACATED. 11
<br /> STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SHOPS ARE PRESENTLY LOCATED ADJACENT TO fAIRMOUNT II
<br /> I, BOULEVARD BETWEEN 15TH AVENUE AND HIGHWAY 99. THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THIS i
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<br /> I,! REQUEST AND DECIDED TO REFER THE MATTER TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR I:
<br /> Ii FUR!f:HER STUDY. !j
<br /> I) 2. SANITARY SEWER ON EAST SIDE OF EMERALD STREET BETWEEN 26TH AND 28TH AVENUES - {,
<br /> THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS EXPLAINED THAT A,SEWER HAD BEEN REQUESTED BY II
<br /> I: NEARLY ALL PROPERTY OWNERS IN-THE AREA BETWEEN 26TH AND 28TH AVENUES ON THE !i
<br /> Ii EAST SIDE OF EMERALD STREET. Two PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE REFUSED TO GRANT II
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<br /> Ii RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENTS FOR THE PROPOSED SEWER. THE COMMITTEE VISITED THE II
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<br /> Ii AREA AND VIEWED THE TERRAIN WHERE THE SEWER liNE WOULD BE INSTALLED AND
<br /> d IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS WOULD HAVE TO BE STARTED
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<br /> TO ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY RIGHT-OF-WAY.. IT WAS DECIDED TO HOLD THIS ITEM ,!
<br /> IN COMMITTEE AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL BE REQUESTED TO VISIT THE AREA. ;:1
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<br /> 3 " COt+1ITTEE Of THE WHOLE II
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<br /> i! I. SALARY STUDY OF WAGE SCALE FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES - THE CITY MANAGER EX- II
<br /> Ii PLAINED THAT THE fULL ,BUDGET. COMMITTEE AT THEIR MEETING ON APRIL 24, 1958 II
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<br /> Ii HAD REQUESTED THAT A STUDY BE MADE OF THE WAGE SCALE OF ALL CITY PERSONNEL I:'
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<br /> I BY THE CITY COUNCIL. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM ", II
<br /> l! APPOINT A COMMITTEE TO STUDY SALARIES OF ALL:CITY EMPLOYEES WITH EMPHASIS ;1
<br /> Ii ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND WHEN THE STUDY IS COMPLETED TO MAKE DEFINITE II
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<br /> il RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR WAGE ADJUSTMENTS. .1
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<br /> I: 2. REPORT ON BUS SERVICE AND REQUEST FOR FRANCHISE - THE CITY MANAGER INFORMED \
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<br /> THE COMMITTEE THAT THE CASCADE Bus COMPANY HAD LEASED BUSSES FROM, THE CITY 'I
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<br /> ;1 TRANSIT LINES AND IS NOW OPERATING THEM IN THE CITY." THE CASCADE Bus COM- !l
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<br /> tI , PANY INDICATED THEY WOULD APPLY FOR A FRANCHISE FROM'THE CITY AS SOON AS Ii
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<br /> II POSSIBLE. THE CITY MANAGER FURTHER STATED THAT HE HAD LETTERS FROM VARIOUS II
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<br /> CI~IES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, MANY OF WHICH CITIES ARE FACED WITH A SIMILAR
<br /> I, PROBLEM. THE COMMITTEE EXPLORED VARIOUS POSSIBILITIES FOR A SOLUTION TO THE
<br /> " BUS PROBLEM SUCH AS SUBSIDIZATION, CITY OWNED AND OPERATED BUSSES AND METHODS I:
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<br /> Ii OF POPULARIZING THE USE OF BUSSES BY CITIZENS. SOME COMMITTEE MEMBERS EX-
<br /> PRESSE~ THE OPINloN THAT MASS TRANSPORTATION IS VITAL TO A CITY THE S~ZE OF
<br /> ,I EUGENE. ,THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THA~ THE RETAIL MERCHANTS D~VISION OF,THE
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<br /> I: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BE CONTACTED AN~ INVITED TO ATTEND A MEETING OF THE II
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<br /> COUNCIL COMM'ITTEEj OF THE WHOLE NEXT fRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1958, WITH ANY RECOM- 1'1
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<br /> I' MENDATIONS THEY MIGHT HAVE FOR ~ SOLUTION TO THE BUS PROBLEM. !I
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<br /> ii 3. OFFER BY ClIF,CULP TO SELL PROPERTY TO' TH~CITY FOR A PARKING LOT;- THE: I!
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<br /> !: CITY MANAGER INFORMED THE COMMITTEE THAT CLIFCULP REAL ESTATE AGENCY HAD I'i
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<br /> I' OFFERED TO SELL THE CITY A LOT LOCATED AT 740 H4GH STREET WHICH HAD BEEN II
<br /> II APPRAISED AT $20,000, FOR $15,000 CASH, WITH ~HE. .IDEA THAT THE CITY MIGHT
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<br /> I ; BE INTERESTED IN THE LOT FOR OFF-STREET PARKING PURPOSES. THE COMMITTEE :j
<br /> :', DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF'THE C,TY'S GO,ING INTO TH~ PA,RKING BUSINESS II
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<br /> i: THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED ,
<br /> AND THE ESTABL I SH I NG OF PARKI NG 01 STR I CTS,. ,
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<br /> I; THAT THERE IS NO MONEY IN THE PRESENT- BUDGET'TO PURCHASE PROPERTY AND THAT ,
<br /> {t THERE ARE OTHER PROPERTIES, UNDER STUDY FOR OFF-STREET PARKING. No ACTION I
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<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHISLER SECONDED BY MR. EDMUNDS THAT THE REPORTS OF THE: PUBLIC WORKS COM-
<br /> I,' MITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 11
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