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<br />I HAVE RECEIVED COPIES OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT AND IT
<br />WILL BE, NECESSARY FOR THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY TO MEET. NOTICES HAVE BEEN DE-
<br />LIVERED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE URBAN RENEWAL GENCY OF A MEETING TO BE HELD AT
<br />1:15 PM ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1959."
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFFEY THAT THE REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER BE
<br />RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
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<br />A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON FEBRUARY 3, 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
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<br />"PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, LAURIS, LINDEEN, MOLHOLM, MCGAFFEY, CHATT,
<br />MOYER AND WILSON; CITY MANAGER;,CITY ATTORNEY; CITY RECORDER; ASSISTANT.
<br />CITY RECORDER; DIRECTOR OF PARKS & RECREATION; DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS;
<br />ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTj DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD; JACK CRAIG, KERG.
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<br />COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
<br />$. PETITIONS FROM PROPERTY OWNERS IN THIRD AND'FOURTH WARDS REGARDING,ACTION TO
<br />RECTIFY SANITARY,SEWERCOND~TtONS,~N POLK STREET SEWER LINE- THE CITY MANAGER
<br />INFORMED THE,COMMITTEE:THAT HE HAD 'RECEIVED PETITIONS WITH APPROXIMATELY ,120
<br />SIGNATURES OF CITIZENS WHO LIVE IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH WARDS IN'THE VICINITY"'
<br />OF POLK STREET BETWEEN,6TH AND 10TH AVENUES REQUESTING THAT ACTION BE TAKEN TO
<br />RECTIFY~SANITARY SEWER CONDITIONS IN THAT. AREA.
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<br />THE DIREC10ROF PUBLIC WORKS REPORTED THAT THERE IS. NO EASY SOLUTION TO THE
<br />PROBLEM ,AND THAT'THE ENTIRE SEWER SYSTEM IN AN AREA ROUGHLY BETWEEN ALMADEN'
<br />AND VANBuREN AND 6TH AND 12TH AVENUES IS SUBSTANDARD WITH THE SEWER LINES TOO
<br />SHALLOW AND,WITHOUT ADEQUATE GRADE OF FALL. ON THE SEWER.LINE ON ONE 2-BLOCK
<br />SECTION OF 10TH FROM POLK TO ALMADEN IT WAS FOUND THAT 2 OUT OF 7 BASEMENTS
<br />ARE ACTUALLY BELOW THE fLOW LINE OF THE SEWER; 5 OUT OF THE 7 WOULD FLOOD ANY
<br />TIME THE IS" LINE ON POLK REACHED CAPACITY. THIS SEWER'S A,6"LINE INSTALLED
<br />IN 1927 AT A COST OF $600. FURTHER ~NVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT WATER: INFIL-
<br />TRATES INTO,THE LINE AND MANY HOUSES, IN THE AREA HAVE ROOF DOWNSPOUTS, ,SUMP
<br />PUMPS OR. OTHER DRAINS.EMPTYING INTO THE LINE~
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<br />AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCILMAN LINDEEN THE COMMITTEE AGREED TO DELAY DISCUSSION
<br />. ,OF THE'SEWER PROBLEM UNTIL THE COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 24, 1959. No
<br />,OTHER ACTION WAS TAKEN."
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<br />A PETITION SIGNED BY 120 PROPERTY OWNERS RESIDING IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH WARDS IN THE
<br />VICINIT~ OF POLK STREET BETWEEN 6TH AND 10TH AVENUES WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
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<br />"THIS,PETITION BEARING THE SIGNATURES OF PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE 3D,AND 4TH
<br />WARDS ASK,THAT THE C,Ty,COUNCIL TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION AND RECTIFY THE.SANITARY
<br />SEWER CONDITIONS IN THE. POLK STREET SEWER LINE AND PROPERTY ADJACENT THEREOF.
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<br />THIS"CONDITION HAS EX~STED FOR MANY YEARS AND HAS BECOME WORSE AS NEW"
<br />HOMES AND BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE LOAD ALREADY ON THE
<br />LINE.
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<br />THE CITY HAS: GRANTED MANY. NEW PERMITS TO AN ALREADY OVERLOADED SEWER AND
<br />SAID PROPERTY OWNERS ARE ASKING FOR REL~EF FROM SUCH UNSANITARY CONDITIONS.
<br />WE FEEL THAT NO FURTHER ASSESSMENTS SHOULD BE LEVIED AS PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED
<br />BEYOND THE CAPACITY OF THE LINE.
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<br />SIGNATURES OF 120 PROPERTY OWNERS.
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<br />THIS PETITION CONTAINS THE NAMES OF 120 PROPERTY OWNERS. WE KEPT THE
<br />SIGNATURES OF PROPERTY OWNERS ONLY, ,B,UT ,DOUBL.E THE, ,NUMBER ABOVE ASKED TO
<br />SIGN, AND BASED THEIR CONTENTION ON THE FACT THAT THEY PAID SEWER TAXES AND
<br />WERE COMPELLED TO: LIVE OVER BASEMENTS THAT WERE AT'TIMES NOTHING BUT POOLS OF
<br />FILTH BACKED UP BY THE SEWER.
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<br />THE RENTAL PROPERTIES WERE WORSE THAN TH~ ONES OCCUPIED BY THE OWNERS.
<br />THE STOR I ES ARE NOT PLEASANT, RAW SEWERAGE FORCED UP THROUGH THE OPEN I NG .1 N
<br />THE MANHOLE COVERS"RATS CRAWLING THROUGH TOILET SEATS AND ENTERING EVEN
<br />THE BETTER HOMES, HEPATI TI S ,I N THE I DA PATTERSON SCHOOL. ALL THE PEOPLE
<br />CONTAC~ED CONDEMN THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR STAND ON THE WAY W,LLAMETTE STREET
<br />WAS TO BE LIGHTED WHEN SUCH CONDITIONS AS THOSE STATED ABOVE EXIST.
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<br />WE WAIT DEVELOPMENTS."
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<br />FOLLOWING THE READING OF THE PETITION A NUMBER OF CITIZENS FROM THE AREA WERE HEARD AND ESSEN-
<br />TIALLY THEY ALL STATED THAT THEIR PARTICULAR AREA HAS HAD A LONG HISTORY OF SEWER PROBLEMS WHICH HAVE
<br />BECOME INCREASINGLY WORSE. IT WAS FURTHER STATED THAT THESE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO THE ATTEN-
<br />TION OF INDIVIDUALS IN, THE CITY GOVERNMENT FOR A PERIOD RANGING BACK 25 YEARS BUT THAT NO SOLUTION
<br />HAD BEEN GIVEN TO THE PROBLEMS., FOUR RESIDENTS OF THIS AREA WHO WERE HEARD ALL INDICATED THAT IN
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