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~O4 " " ,. COUNCIL CHAMBERS :1 EUGENE, OREGON I JUL Y 26, 1948 ~~:~i'J I ~ THE REGULAR MEETING O~ THE COMMON COUNCIL O~ EUGENE WAS HELD JULY 26, 1948 AT 7:30 P.M. THE ~ ~ MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY HIS HONOR, MAYOR EA~L McNuTT. P.RESENT AT ROL.LC.ALL WERE COUNCILMEN: CRUMBAKER, SA I LE.Y, JpHNSON, ALLEN, WELLS, AND HANNS. . COUNC I LMEN HAWN AN 0 DAV I S WERE ABSENT. . THE MINUTES O~ THE LAST REGULAR SESSION HELD JULY '2. 1948 AND THE SPECIAL SESSION HELD WEDNESDAY, JUL Y 21. 1948. WERE READ AND APPROVED. . REPORTS Of OffiCERS I I A REPORT ~ROM THE CITY MANAGER - RE: INSTALLATION O~ A ~IRE ALARM. SYSTEM WAS SUBMI~TED AND READ AS ~OLLOWS: . "WITH RE~ERENCE TO THE BID ~ROM THE GAMEWELL ALARM COMPANY ~OR INSTALLATION O~ A FIRE ALARM SIGNAL SYSTEM WHICH WAS RE~ERRED BACK TO THE O~~ICE O~ THE C I T Y MANAGER, PLEASE BE ADVISED AS FOLLOWS: . THE TRENCH NECESSARY ~OR INSTALLATION O~ THE UNDERGR9UND CONDUIT TOTALS 1500 ~EET IN LENGTH. A ~IGURE SUBMITTED BY THE MAINTENANCE DEPA RTMENT ~OR THE DIGGING Of THE TRENCH, BACK~ILLINGAND REPAVING TOTALS #900.00. THIS fiGURE IS PREDICATED ON THE PA YMENT TO THE MA I NTENAN CE DEPARTMENT ~OR ITS SERVICES ON THE BASIS fOR RENTAL RATES ON GRADER, COMPRESSOR AND TRUCKS ~OR ALL LABOR INVOLVED. .' $39,913.60, THE TOTAL BID ~OR THE INSTALLATION WAS MAKING A TOTAL COST fOR COMPLETE INSTALLATION O~ THE SYSTEM O~ 840,813.60. If THE INSTALLATION O~ ONE BOX IN THE SY!>>TEM WERE TO BE ELIMINATED, A SAVING Of $900.00 CAN BE E~~ECTED, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT WITHIN THE ALLOWED fiGURE O~ #40,000.00 ~OR THE SYSTEM. . I N V I Ell 0 ~ THE fACT THAT OUR INVESTIGATION DISCLOSES THAT THE BID PRICE ~OR INSTALLATION O~ THE AERIAL SYSTEM IS NOT EXCESSIVE, AND .THAT IT APPEARS TO BE IMPOSSrBLE TO OBTAIN COM- PETITIVE BIOS ~OR THIS PORTION Of THE WORK, I SHOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT THE BID Of THE GAME WELL COMPANY BE ACCEPTED WITH THE ELIMINATION O~ ONE BOX AND CONTROL AT 5TH AND OLIVE STREETS, . AND THAT WE BE GIVEN AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE GAME WELL COMPANY. I N THIS CONNECTION MAY I POINT OUT THAT THE ONE BOX TO BE ELIMINATED MAY BE ADDED TO THE S YS TEM I AT ANY ~UTURE DATE AND THAT TH~S MAY BE MADE POSSIBLE I~ SAVINGS CAN BE MADE I N THE BUILDING O~ THE TWO PROPOSED FIRE SUBSTATIONS. " IT WAS MOVED BY BAILEY, SECONDED BY JOHNSON THAT THE REPORT BE APPROVED AND RECOMMENDATION ADOPTED; AND THE PROPER CITY O~f1CERS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT \III T H T HE GAME WELL COMPANY ~OR INSTALLATION Of ~IRE ALARM SYSTEM. MOTION CARRIED. 2 A REPORT RROM THE CITY MANAGER - RE: PRELIMINARY IMPROVEMENT WORK ON THAT PORTION Of THE AMAZON CHANNEL IN THE CITY BOUNDARIES, WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS ~OLLOWS: "ACTING UNDER INSTRUCTIONS Of THE COMMON COUNCIL, THE UNDERSIGNED C9N~ERRED WITH COLONEL o. E. WALSH Of THE U. S. ARMY ENGINEERS ON THURSDA Y, JUL Y 15, 1948, wiTH REf!ERENCE TO A PROPOSAL THAT THE CITY PROCEED WITH PRELIMINARY. IMPROVEMENT WORK ~N THAT SECTION O~ THE AMAZON CHANNEL LYING WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARIES. IN COMMENTING ON THE PROPOSAL, COLONEL WALSH RAISE~ NO OBJECTION TO THE PLAN ON THE PART O~ THE ARMY ENGI NEERS AND DECLARED THAT IN HIS OPINION THI S WORK WOULD IN NOWISE PREJUDICE THE LATER COMPLETION O~ THE PROPOSED OVER-ALL f"EDERAL AMAZON PROJECT. I SHOULD. THEREF"ORE. LIKE TO RECOMMEND TOT HE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME THAT THE O~fICE O~ THE CITY MANAGER BE GIVEN AUTHORIZATION TO CAL L fOR BIOS AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE TIME F"OR THE GENERAL CLEANING AND REMOVAL O~ SILT DEPOSIT IN THE PRESENT AMAZON CHANNEL WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, SUCH WORK TO BE A C COM P LIS HE 0 IN A MANNER THAT WOULD NOT Ef~ECT fURTHER IMPROVEMENT BY .' r OVE R-ALL AMAZON PROJE CT THE ARMY ENGINEERS I ~ AND WHEN THE IS UNDERTAKEN. I I SHOULD LIKE TO F"URTHER RECOMMEND AT THIS TIME THAT THE C I T Y MANAGER BE AUTHORIZED TO APPL Y TO THE PROPER FEDERAL AUTHORITIES fOR REIMBURSEMENT O~ A PORTION O~ COSTS ~OR THIS WO R K, SUCH REIMBURSEMENT TO BE BASED ON THE PRO-RATED AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS SET fORTH IN THE PLANS fOR THE MASTER PROJECT. IN VIEW O~ THE fACT THAT SEASONAL CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW ONLY A LIMITED PERIOD O~ TIME I fOR THE COMPLET ION Of THIS WO RK, I RESPECTF"ULLY URGE THE C OUN C I L TO GIVE THIS RECOMMENDATION ITS EARLIEST AND ~AVORABLE CONSIDERATION. R I IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY WELLS THAT REPORT BE APPROVED, AND THE CITY MANAGER AUTHORIZED TO CALL fOR BIOS fOR AMAZON IMPROVEMENT. MOTION CARRIED" 3 A REPORT ~ROM THE CITY MANAGER - RE: IMPROVEMENT Of 18TH AVENUE EAST BETWEEN FERRY AND PATTERSON STREETS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS ~OLLOWS: "SOME WEEKS AGO, BIOS WERE TAKEN ~OR THE IMPROVEMENT O~ SEVERAL STREETS AND ALLEYS. INCLUDING 18TH AVENUE EAST BETWEEN FERRY AND PATTERSON STREETS. ~