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'32~ I Council Chambers, Eugene, Oregon, Ma y 2 6 , 19 30 . Minu te s of the adj ourne d meet ing of the Common Council, held at the hour of 7:30 o'clock P. M., on May 26, 1930. There were present Mayor Wilder- and all members of the Council except Simon, Washburne, and ZUffi\ival t. Meeting called to order by the Rfuyor. ;,...M ~~ ~ !:" ~.~ Bids for the P~ving of between Oak and Pearl Stree ts Oscar Snow Stien Bros. Hargreaves & Lindsay Chairman L~nb of the Street Snow in accordance with his the alleys between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues and were opened and read as follows: $2,569.85 2,766.25 2 , 666 . 55 Committee moved that the contract be awarded to Oscar bid, and the motion was seconded and carried. A 1~. J. L. LeMaster of Corvallis, appearing for three students who desired to open a Tom Thurhq Golf Course, asked what wouid' be the atti tude of operating on Sundays. He was advised that the Sunday Ordinance prohibited Sunday amusements of this character. 1~. Worden from the Federal Prohibition Office asked the council to revoke the license of the Robt. E. Lee Taxi Company. Some di fferent angle s of the si tua- tion was discussed, and no action was tillcen. The matter of the adjustment of claim of the Western Oregon Conference Association of Seventh Day Adventists for damages on account of taking a portion of Lot 11, Block 2, in Fainnount Heights for the improving of Columbia Street was discussed on report of the Judiciary Committee, but no final action taken. Chairman Large of the finance committee recommended in the matter of the claim of Laura Traschel for damages that if she will file a complete release and exoneration of the City, that the City will give her $50.00 in full settlement. Motion was made, seconded, and carried to adopt the recommendation. I Chairman L~nb of the Street Committee reported the purchase of a ford coupe for the City Engineer at a price of $664.50. On motion the action of the street committee was approved. Chairrlliill Hendershott of the Fire and Water Committee asked the instruction of the cow1cil in regard to the fire department answering outside calls. It was the consensus of opinion that the City fire apparatus should not be sent out of the city except in cases of great emergency and general conflagration, and that the Chief of the fire department should use careful jUdgment as to the necessity or advisability of ma}cing outside fire calls and that little good could be accomp- lished by remote trips to isolated fires. It was also recommended that the fire chief curtail the use of fire apparatuses in miscellaneous parades and advertising s tun t s. " Chairman Hendershott also reco~nended installation of a street light at the alley intersection between 8th and Broadway and High and Mill Streets. Chairman Monroe of the Police Co@nittee stated that the chief was in need of an automobile and suggested for the councils consideration the purchase of a second hand car, and the chief was advised to get further prices on other second hand cars and report back to the council. Mr. Monroe al so reported the im tallation of "C:a:ution" and "Slow" signs at the intersection of Sixth and Polk Streets. I t was ordered that the Chi ef of Police purchase for the police and fire departments one dozen books on first aid training. A request of the Oregon Electric Railroad Company for permission to make repairs to their tracks between Blalr Blvd. and Almaden Street in the manner suggested by their letter as a temperary repair was referred to the street committee and city engineer. I The offer of the Sch~ol District No. Four to pay $69.92, being the princi- pal of a sewer assessment against Lot 10, Bloc}c 3, Shaw's Second Addition, pro- vided that the City would remit the accrued interest from November 17, 1904, was . referred to the finance committee. A communication from the State Board of Health regarding sewage disposal was referred to the City Engineer. A communication from the City Planning Commission asking the council to submit all street vacations for its approval before the vacation takes place was read and filed. A letter from Clyde Huntley, advising the Recorder that the Internal Revenue Department had requested the bure811 to provide a rental of $10.00 per ~