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<br /> I REPORTS OF OFFICERS I,
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<br /> I A REp'ORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER - RE: DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS, ETC., WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS I,
<br /> FOLLOWS:
<br /> "GENTLEMEN:
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<br /> ON EACH OF YOUR DESKS YOU WILL FIND A COpy OF THE PROGRESS REPORT FOR ALL PROJECTS BEING PUR-
<br /> SUED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPART~ENT.
<br /> ACCORDING TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT REPORT, THE_ IRRIGATION SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN MONROE,
<br /> SKL~NE~.~ BUTTE PARK, ~Nb COUNTRY LAN~ RECREATION AREA. ,THE PARKS DEPARTMENT6REW ARE BUSY PREPARING
<br /> THESE AREAS FOR SEEDING ALWNS. ,
<br /> THE EUGENE ACTIVE CLUB AND PARK DEPARTMENT HAVE COMPLETED INSTALLATION OF THE JET AIRPLANE IN "
<br /> AMAZON PARK. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS AIRPLANE WAS VANDALIZED THE FIR ST WEEK THE 'PLANE WAS INSTALLED.
<br /> MEASURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO DISCOURAGE FUTURE VANDALISM. AT PRESENT, THE ACTIVE CLUB AND PARK I
<br /> DEPARTMENT ARE PLANNING A DEDICATION PROGRAM FOR THIS PLANE, SUNDAY, AUGUST -28, 1960. WE HOPE AS
<br /> MANY CITY COUNCILMEN WILL ATIEND AS POSSIBLE. THE :T/ME FOR DEDICATI.N WilL BE FROM 2:00 TO 5:00
<br /> e P.M. DURING WHICH TIME THE PLANE WILL BE OPEN FOR INSPECTION AND PERSONS WILL BE PRESENT TO ANSWER
<br /> QUESTIONS.
<br /> THE ACTIVE CLUB HAS PLACED SAWDUST AND LNSTALLED THE FOUNDATION FOR THE FIRE ENGINE IN AMAZON I'
<br /> PARK PLAYGeOUND.
<br /> WE ARE CONSTRUCTING LARGE, INTERESTING EARTH MOUNDS IN THE AMAZON PARK, OF EXCAVATIONS FROM
<br /> H Il YARD STREET. THE CONTRACTOR ISPROVIDING THIS.FILL AT NOW COST TO THE CITY. WE FEEL THAT THESE 'I
<br /> MOUNDS _W I LL ,ADD GREATLY TO THE USE AND APPEARANCE ~ THE PARK. CONTRARY TO THE OPINION OF A FEW,
<br /> I THESE MOUNDS ARE NOT BEING BUILT FOR STREET PURPOSES OR THE BEGINNING OF A FREEWAY.
<br /> THE PAVING OF WALKS AROUND WASHINGTON PARK COMMUNITY BUILDING HAS BEEN COMP~TED.
<br /> TOMORROW, TUESDAY, AUGUST 23,1960 AT 7:00 P.M. I S THE ANNUAL FREE _SWIM PARTY AND WATERMELON FEED
<br /> FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES AND THEJR FAMILIES, WHICH WILL BE HELD ,AT THE _AMAZON SWIM POOL. THE MAYOR
<br /> AND COUNCILMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE CORDIALLY INVIfED. . TI-E LADIES WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO WEAR SWIM
<br /> CAPS.
<br /> ~ VERY TRULY YOURS,
<br /> d'J /S/ ROBERT A. Fl,NlA YSON
<br /> C\l CITY MANAGER"
<br /> ~ SHEARER AND SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER BE
<br /> :0 IT WAS MOVED BY MR.
<br /> CO RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
<br /> A~EPORT OF THE ,COMMITTEE MEETING ~ELD AUGUST I I , 1960
<br /> PRE SENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN LAURIS, MCGAFFEY, MOLHOLM, MOYER, CHATT, WILSON AND SWANSON;
<br /> CITY RECORDER; ASSISTANT CITY RECORDER; CITY ENG I NEER; CITY ATTORNEY; MRS. NIVEN OF THE PLANNING
<br /> COMMISSION; SEVERAL INTERESTED CITIZENS; WENDY RAY OF KUGN: AND DAN WYANT OF THE EUGENE REGI.STER-
<br /> GUARD.
<br /> 2 I. RECONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS AND LETTERS RECEIVED PROTESTING THE GO-KART RACE TRACK ON WEST
<br /> 11TH AVENUE NEAR BAILEY H1LL ROAD ~ "
<br /> PETITIONS_AND LETTERS WERE PRESE~ TED TO THE COMMITTEE WHICH ,
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<br /> PROTESTED THE NOISE CAUSED BY THE RACING OF GO-KARTS AT THE NEW RACE TRACK NEAR WEST 11TH AVENUE ~ i
<br /> I AND BAILEY HILL ROAD. SEVERAL PERSONS APPEARED IN PERSON BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TO PROTEST THAT THE ,
<br /> EXCESS LVE NO I SE IS INTERFERLNG WI~H THE_NORMAL HOME LIEE OF RESIDENT~ OF THE AREA, AND IS MAKINGIT !'
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<br /> ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONDUCT CHURCH SERVICES AT A CHUeCH L~TED NEAR THE TRACK. MR. PAUL PR ICE,
<br /> SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THE CONTIN~ANCE OF THE GO KART RACING, STAED THAT HIS GROUP HAD RECEIVED NO
<br /> OFFER OF ARBITRATION FROM THE OPPONENTS TO RACING, AND ASKED THAT THE COUNCIL TAKE NO ACTION BECAUSE
<br /> OF THE FOLLOWI NG REASONS:
<br /> I. THAT THE RACE TR4CK BUILDER~HAS ANklNVESTMENT OF APPROXLMATa Y $13,000.00 IN THE TRACK AND
<br /> HAD BUILT IT AFTER RECEIVING PERMISSION TO DO SO FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION. i'
<br /> e 2. FOURTEEN DEALERS NOW ARE STOCKING GO-KARTS AND HAVE A CONSIDERABLE INVESTMENT IN THEM.
<br /> 3. If THE TRACK IS CLOSE!?, GO-KARTS WILL RUN ON SCHOOL PROPERTY AND CHURCH PROPERTY, WHERE
<br /> THE DRIVERS MAY BE INJURED DUE TO LACK OF SUPERVISION.
<br /> 4. THE TRACK WILL NOT BE OPERATED DURING THE RAINY SEASON.
<br /> 5. SALEM HAS ~ SIMi~A~ TRACK WITHLN THE ~ITY LLMITS.
<br /> MRS. NIVEN OF THE 'EllENE PLANNING COMMISSICN STAlED THAT THE MATTER OF THE GO KART TRACK LOCATION
<br /> NEVER CAME BEFORE THE EUG~NE PLANNING COMMISSION. Sft ADDED THAT THE INFORMATION GIVEN MR. PRICE
<br /> AT THE PLANNING OFFICE -- THAT KARTS WERE ALLOWABLE IN AN M-2 ZONE -- WAS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION
<br /> THAT NO MORE NOISE WOULD BE CREATED AT THE WEST 11TH LOCATION THAN HAD BEEN CREATED BY THE KART OPERA-
<br /> TION AT THE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, WHICH HAD PRODUCED NO SERIOUS NUMBER Of COMPLAINTS.
<br /> THE CITY ATTORNEY INFORMED THE COMMITTEE THAT THE CITY ADMINISTRATION IS PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
<br /> IF INSTRUCTED TO DO SO BY THE COUNCIL.
<br /> T~E C6~MiiT~~~~~OMMENDE~-THAT THE CITY ADMINISTRATION-BE INSTRUCTED TO TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS
<br /> TO ELIMINATE OBJECTIONABLE NOISE AT T~~ SITE O~ THE GO~~ART RACE TRACK ON WEST 11TH AVENUE NEAR
<br /> BAILEY HILL ROAD BY ENFORCING EXISTING CLTY ORDINANCES. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
<br /> I MR. SWANSON LEFT THE MEETING ~T THIS POINT.
<br /> MR. Roy MORSE APPEARED BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF CONTINUANCE OF GO-KART RACING AT
<br /> THE TRACK LOCATED ON WEST 11TH AVENUE NEAR BAILEY HILL ROAD, HE REQUESTED THAT THE COUNCIL TAKE
<br /> ACTION TO REOPEN THE TRACK ON A LIMITED BASIS. HE STATED THAT YOUNG~TERS ARE RUNNING THEIR GO-KARTS "
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<br /> <?N SCHO<?':- GROUNDSAND_PUBLlC_ST~ ETSONA~ UNSUPERV!S~D ~ASIS,:~HICH ~~y R~SULT I~ SER!OUS, INJURY,
<br /> AND HE FELT IT WAS THE OBLI.GATION_OF THE COUNCIL TO ,ALLOW THE OPERATION OF THE GO-KARTS AT THE NEW
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<br /> e TRACK AT LEAST ON A LIMITED BASIS, AND'THAT RES I DENTS- OF THE AREA SHOULD NOT OBJECT TOO STRENU006L Y :i
<br /> TO SUCH A PLAN. HE PRESENTED A PETITION TO THE COUNCIL SIGNED BY 176 PERSONS, AND STAlE D THAT /50 OF
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