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..-13 ~ - .~ ~-_. - - ~ - -'- -.-- u - - - --~ - - -- . - -. -.- ~ -- I C ounci 1 Chamb er s, Eugene, Oregon. ,.-... December 10, 1928. "-" ~ ~ Minutes of the regular meeting of the Common Council held on the lOth 'f"- ~, day of December, 1928, there being present Mayor A. L. Williamson and all .__:\-.. " ~'.'" members of the Council, except Washburne, who was absent. " .~ :.-......;. Meeting called to order by the Mayor at 7:30 o'clock P. M. Minutes of the regular meetin{' of November 13, 1928, of the called meetin€,; of November 15, 1928, and of the adjourned meeting of NOl/ember 26, 1928, and of the called meeting of November 30, 1928, approved. L. ~. Harmon appeared before t.he CouLcil inquiring as to back taxes on the lots purchased by him from the Cit.>, on South Willamette Street, he contending thes taxe s 8h ould ha ve been paid by the City. Said matter was referred to the City Attorney andthe City Recorder for report. Committee reports were called for:-- \ The City Attorney, on behalf of the Judiciary Committee, re per ted he has not yet been able to reach any settlement. or make any report on the claim of lVII's. Bertha NeeI' for an alleged personal inj1j.ry::claim. Further time was gran ted. The Finance Committee recommended that the bills in paym.ent of the follow- ing Street Improvement contracts be allowed, and on roll call, such report was unanimousd.y adopted: To H2rgreaves & Lindsay for the paving of Jaclrnon $2,327.86. Street from Third Avenue to Fourth Avenue. To Harereaves & Lindsay fro the 'pa. vi ng of Van - Buren Street from Sixth Avenue to Seventh Avenue. 2,655.85. I To Hargreaves & Lindsay for the pa. vi ng of 14th Avenue from Olive Street to Lincoln Street. 4,557.90. As per the call for bids for sidewalk construction work the following were recei ved: Ordinance No. 7041 W. W. B. Construction Co. $84.00 Nel s Jorgenson 78.00 Edgar Read 75.00 - Approved. PeterA. Nel~l.on 76.80,1 Ordinance No. 7943. W. W. B. Construction Co. $42.00 Nels Jorgenson 39.00 Edgar Read 37.50 - Approved. Peter A. Nelson 38.40. Ordinance No. 7045 W. W. B. Constr.uc tion Co. $42.00 Hels Jorgenson 39.00 Edgar Read 37.50 - Approved. Peter A. Nelson 38.40. Said bids were referred to the Street Committee forreport, and it recOffimen4 ded those bids be accepted after which tre word "approved" isv,wtitten as to each Ordinance number. On motion, such report was approved. The regular monthly bills as are herein below set forth were duly allowed by roll call on motion of the Finc-l!lce Committee. The Street Committee reported the old wooden sidewalks in City Outlook Addi ti on, i;;;ou th of 25th Avenue, are in a very delapidated condition and recommende that such walks be removed. On motion. 31ch report was unanimously adopted. I The Street COu1mittee also stated a .Mr. Barr asks that the City purchase a right of way adjacent to the S. P. Railway track near the North end of Fairmount Boulevard and just North of 15th Avenue, as a right of way for the benefi t of certain lots in that locall ty:; So.id ma t te I' was refer red to the C .l.t, Y Engi neeb for repo rt. The Street Committee reported on the petition to pave 3rd Avenue between Pearl and High Street, and as said petitio!J does not have a majority of front' fottage signers, recommended the same be d.i sallowed. On motion such report was unanimously adopted. I - ~ 'I -~--