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<If ~ ~ 431 I --- ~- -- --~~ ~ land High (The Amazon District), XRE City Engineer Clubb reported he had made a !studYOf the same and would recommend that the City, County, School District Number 4, and the University of Oregon get together and. try to arrange a trade of property Iso that the University and School development could all be located between High Street and Hilyard Street, Nineteenth Avenue and Twenty-fourth Avenue. Upon motion 4~ bade and seconded the recommendation was approved. A contract with the Eugene Rural Fire District No. 1 for rural fire ~rotection from the City of Eugene was presented and discussed. M~tion was made and seconded that ~esolution be adopted authorizing and directing the Mayor and ,',City Recorder to execute the contract in behalf of the City of Eugene and it was 41 so ordered. ~ I Ilt.'"" :-~ RES 0 L UTI 0 N \. 42 BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Eugene that the Mayor and Recorder be and they are hereby directed and required to execute on behalf of the City of Eugene the hereto attached contract with the Eugene Rural Fire.District No.1 The permanent report of the Planning Co~mission presented at the ~ast council meeting and recommending the denial of a proposal to change the ~lassification of a tract of land lying on each side of Seventh Avenue from the city limits on the West to a point 66 feet East of the East line of Taylor Street ras again presented. Motion was made by Councilman Barette, seconded by Council- ~an Bond, that the report be approved and it was so ordered. I The City Recorder opened the sealed bids called for on the construction of entrance doors for the Eugene Fire Department. The following bids were received: Ed Walder - - - -$1135.00 Arnt Ree - -$ 880.00 K. K. Folgedalen - - - $940.00 A. A. Reeves -- - - - $780.00 I ,Mr. A. A. Reeves submitting the lowe~bid was awarded the contract by unanimous 43 bonsent of the council. I Curb cut applications were presented from Mrs. Loretta Harper, $825, ~nd Duane Crabtree\ $826. The City Engineer recommended that the cuts be granted put marked off by the Engineering Department. A curb cut application was also presented from Mrs. McAlpin, #827. The Engineer recommended that the cut be granted. \~otion was made and seconded unanimously approving the recommendations of the City 44 Engineer. II Communication was presented from City Attorney S. M. Calkins stating ~hat a bill was being presented to the State Legislature to give the Oregon State ~ighway Commission power to regulate the closing of streets going through cities. ~f the bill should go throu~~, they can close off any connecting highway in Eugene ~hat they choose. He felt this matter should be broughtm the attention of the bouncil. After a short discussion the matter was referred to the City Attorney 4~~nd Judiciary Committee to investigate and report back to the council. II Communication was presented signed by Orren Brownson, Chairman of the ~ealth Committee, Chief of Police Bergman, Chief of the Fir~ Department, W. E. ~usbaum, and BUilding Inspector, S. R. Mosher, recommending that the old barn at 338 Madison Street be condemned and torn down. After a short discussion, motion \ ~as made and seconded unanimously approving the recommendation and the City Attorney 46 ~as instructed to instigate the necessary condemnation proceedings. II An executed deed was presented from Mrs. Lottie N. Rugh giving to ~he City of Eugene for street purposes the West 5 feet of each of Lots 2, 7, and 8, Block 1, Rugh's Second Addition. Motion was made and seconded to accept the deed 47' !nd it. was so ordered. , II difficulty in cleaning the down town streets because of the number of cars parked !t all hour.s of the night and he felt that there should be some restrictions on parking after midnight so the Street Department could-keep the streets clean. ,lhe matter was referred back to the Street Committee to study and report back to 48 the council. I Mayor large stated that G. D. Maclare'l, Chairman of the Eugene School ~oard, had asked for a joint meeting of the Common Council and the School Board ~o meet with P. H. Huedepohl, Manager of Jantzen Swimming Association of Portland, pregon to discuss the proposed swimming pool for Eugene. The Mayor set Friday , ~vening, January 31, at 7:30 o'clock in the Council Chambers as the time and place ,for the meeting and the City Recorder was instructed to notify the School Board 49 ~f this action. Councilman Carlson reported that the Street Department was having I I,. At this tim~ Councilman Fred C. Carlson submitted his resignation as a member of the Common Council to become effective at once. He stated his resignatio. ~