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<br /> q "THE LEAGUE Of OREGON CITIES CONVENTION HELD IN PORTLAND OCTOBER 18 THROUGH
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<br /> " 21 WAS WELL ATTENDED BY COUNCILMEN AS WELL AS CITY STAff MEMBERS. IT WAS
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<br /> I' ING TO NOTE THROUGHOUT THE VARIOUS SESSIONS THAT A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT Of THOUGHT
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<br /> ,I AND DISCUSSI9N TIME WAS GIV~N TO THE SUBJECTS Of INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION AND .1
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<br /> li TO PERSONNEL PRO~LEMS RELATI~G TO MUNICIPAL EMPLOYMENT. THERE WERE, Of COURSE, I'
<br /> \: MANY DISCUS~ION TOPICS PRESENTED WHICH I BELIEVE WERE A fRUITfUL EXPERIENCE fOR II
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<br /> 00 THOSE WHO ATTENDED. Ii
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<br /> ~ !I THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT ALL STREET AND ALLEY PROJECTS HAVE i
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<br /> I BEEN COMPLETED AND ALL SANITARY SEWER PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED EXCEPT fOR \,
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<br /> ii CLEANUP WORK ON SUCH PROJECTS. THE STORM SEWER PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED EX-
<br /> ~ CEPT fOR THE STORM SEWER ON 24TH AVENUE BETWEEN POLK AND CHAMBERS STREETS.WHICH I'
<br /> 'I IS 90% COMPLETED. SIDEWALK PROJECTS HAVE LIKEWISE BEEN COMPLETED EXCEPT FOR II
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<br /> THE SIDEWALK ON 13TH AVEN~EBETWEEN VANBUREN AND TYLER ON WHICH THE EXCAVATION 1
<br /> HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND THE SIDEEALK ON 24TH AVENUE BETWEEN HARRIS AND AGATE II
<br /> e STREETS WHICH HAS NOT YET BEEN STARTED. Ii
<br /> I WORK IS PROGRESSING ON THE GARfiELD STREET BRIDGE ACROSS THE AMAZON. To II
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<br /> I DATE THE PILING HAVE BEEN DRIVEN, THE CONCRETE CAPS HAVE BEEN POURED AND THE I
<br /> ;1 DECK BEAMS ARE SCHEDULED fOR DELIVERY ON OR ABOUT OCTOBER 28. IT I
<br /> IS EXPECTED i
<br /> ~ I THAT THE CONTRACT CQMPLETION DATE ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WILL BE MET. I
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<br /> ;1 THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS NOW ENGAGED IN PREPARING fiNAL ESTIMATES AND
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<br /> 'I OBTAINING BID OPENINGS fOR THE SIDEWALK PROJECTS SET fORTH IN THE 1959-60 BUDGET. il
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<br /> :, THE PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT THE HENDRICKS PARK COMfORT
<br /> ! STATION PROJECT IS 100% COMPLETE, AND THE WADING POOL PROJECT AT AMAZON PARK
<br /> IS 75% COMPLETE. I
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<br /> :i THE PARKS CREWS ARE NOW ENGAGED IN REMODELING THE HOUSING UNIT IN SKINNERS
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<br /> !I BUTTE PARK fOR STORAGE PURPOSES, AND IT IS ANTICIPATED THIS BUILDING WILL BE
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<br /> II READY fOR USE WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS AT WHICH TIME fiNAL ARRANGEMENTS il
<br /> :'1 WILL BE MADE TO REMOVE THE OLD BARN AT 29TH AND HILYARD."
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<br /> " IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE REPORT OF THE ASSIST~T, CITY MANAGER II
<br /> :1 BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. il
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<br /> Ii IT WAS MOVED.BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS~ LAURIS,TO CONfiRM THE APPOINTMENT Of' DONALD DUSHANE
<br /> 'I AS A MEMBER Of THE C I V IL SERV I CE COMM I SS I ON FOR THE TERM EXP I RING JANUARY 1-, 1960, REPLACING HERMAN I
<br /> II KEHRLI, RESIGNED. MOTION CARRIED. I
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<br /> REPORTS Of COMMITTEES
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<br /> :i A REPORT Of THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD OCTOBER 16, 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS': I
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<br /> :1 "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN LAURIS, MOLHOLM, MCGAffEY, CHATT, MOYER AND SWANSON; ,/
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<br /> I il CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS; CITY ATTORNEY; ADMINI- II
<br /> II STRATIVE ASSISTANT; TRAffiC ENGINEER; CHIEF Of POLICE; DIRECTOR Of PARKS & II
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<br /> !I RECREATION; PLANNING CONSULTANT; MR. BYRON PRICE, SUPERINTENDENT Of EUGENE
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<br /> " WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD; MR. J. O. LINDSTROM, BUSINESS MANAGER OF THE UNI-
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<br /> :1 VE:RSfTY OF OREGON; MESSRS. BABCOCK, PO~TER, IRELAND AND STOOP; OTHER INTERESTED
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<br /> 1'[ CITIZENS; WENDY RAY, KUGN; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD; JACK CRAIG, OREGON
<br /> :1 SPECTATOR.
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<br /> e I :1 I. AN INVI~ATION fOR MEMBERS Of THE COUNCIL TO ATTEND THE AMERICAN MUNICIPAL ASSOCIA-
<br /> ,I TION ANNUAL CONGRESS TO BE HELD IN DENVER, COLORADO, NOVEMBER 29-DECEMBER 2, 1959,
<br /> :1 WAS READ TO THE COMMITTEE.
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<br /> 2 :1 2. COMMUNICATION FROM MR. RAY SIEGENTHALER REGARDING RIVER ROAD ANNEXATION AND THE
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<br /> d WASHINGTON-JEfFERSON OVERPASS - A LETTER FROM MR. RAY SIEGENTHALER WAS READ TO
<br /> ," THE COMMITTEE AND COPIES WERE GIVEN TO THE COMMITTEE,
<br /> H INDICATING THERE IS A
<br /> 'I STUDY Of THE POSSIBLE ANNEXATION OF SOME Of THE RIVER ROAD AREA TO THE CITY OF
<br /> Ii EUGENE BUT THAT IT APPEARS THE BUILDING OF AN OVERPASS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PACifIC ,
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<br /> TRACKS .15 A KEY TO THE PROBLEM. MR. SIEGENTHALER SUGGESTED THAT BEfORE AN ELECTION I
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<br /> 1'1 I S CALLED IN THE RIVER ROAD AREA, THE CITY SHOULD APPROVE A-BONO ISSUE TO fiNANCE II
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<br /> H THE OVERPASS, SUBJECT TO A SUCCESSFUL VOTE ON THE ANNEXATION IN THE RIVER ROAD II
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<br /> it AREA. MR. SIEGENTHALER ALSO POINTED OUT THAT WITHOUT SUCH A VOTE APPROVING A II
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<br /> 'I BOND ISSUE, THE COMMON COUNCIL COULD NOT PROMISE SUCH AN OVERPASS WOULD BE BUILT ~I (
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<br /> I AND, LIKEWISE, 'THO~E PEOPLE CONSIDERING THE STUDY OF ANNEXATION OF THE RIVER ROAD )i
<br /> ~ I AREA COULD NOT GUARANTEE A SUCCESSfUL ANNEXATION UNTIL THE VOTE I SIN. VARIOUS I'
<br /> I II OTHER FACTORS WITH REFERENCE TO THE POSSIBLE ANNEXATION WERE ALSO ADVANCED IN :1
<br /> I. MR. SIEGNETHALER'S LETTER. il
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<br /> tl fOLLOWING THE READING Of THE LETTER IT WAS RECOMMENDED THE LETTER BE RECEIVED II
<br /> ,I AND PLACED ON FILE AND fURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT TK MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER II
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<br /> r.; ESTABLISH A PRIORITY LIST AND WORK OUT THE DETAILS Of THE WASHINGTON-JEFfERSON
<br /> [\ OVERPASS AND THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE WILLAMETTE RIVER AT WASHINGTON AND JEfFERSON
<br /> fl STREETS. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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<br /> ~I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. lAURIS THAT ITEMS I AND 2 Of. THE COMMITTEE RE-
<br /> fi PORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
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