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r""364 ~ ~ .--:-'f!'- THERE ARE 785 PARKING METERS IN SERVICE WITH INCOME rROM MARCH Or $6,316.61, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY $8,10 PER METER, PER MONTH, AND 260 METERS WERE SERVICED DURING THE MONTH. STREET AND SEWER IMPROVEMENT I THE ~500 GAL~ON STREET FLUSHER WAS COMPLETED AT .AN APPROXI~A~E COST OF $2,300.00 AND WAS PUT INTO USE DURING THE PAST WEEK. EARLY MORNING SHIFT GOES TO WORK AT 2:00 A.M. AND IS REPLACED BY THE DAY SHIFT AT 10:00 A.M: A PUMP WAS PURC"HASED AT A COST Or ~395.0'0 FOR INSTAI::LA- TION ON THE OLD DODGE SHORT WHEELBASE CAB-OVER UNIT rOR USE IN FLUSHING ALLEYS AND PLACES TOO SMALL rOR THE LARGE UNIT TO CLEAN. IN THIS CITY~WIDE CLEANING PROGRAM THE CITY HAS BEEN DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS rOR REGULAR FL~S~ING. OF THE VARIED METHODS Or STREET CLEANING, rLUSH- ING IS UNEQUALLED FOR CLEANLINESS IF PROPER DRAINAGE EXISTS. I CONCERTED ErrORTS WILL BE MADE TO INSTALL MORE STREET SIGNS AT INTERSECTIONS THROUGH- ouT THE CITY~ Two MEN ARE WORKING AT THIS NOW. COST OF THESE WOODEN SIGNS IS APPROXIMATELY $6.00 PER INTERSECTION WHICH IS A VERY ECONOMICAL INSTALLATION. EASILY READABLE FROM THE PROPER HEIGHT AND THEY ARE ALSO READABLE FROM THE SIDEWALK. . . RELATIVE TO THE BASIC PLAN OF IMPROVEMENT FOR SANITARY AND STORM SEWERS FOR THE CITY OF EUGENE, AND THE SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANT, THOROUGH STUDY AND CONSIDERATION MUST BE GIVEN TO ANTICIPATED TERRITORIAL EXPANSION WITH RELATED GRAVITY FLOWS AS WELL AS POPULATION INCREASE AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW GARBAGE DUMP THROUGH COUNTY ASSESS- MENT CONTROL IS A VERY COMMtNDABLE MOVE AND SHOULD BE EXPEDITED AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE. IT WOULD ALSO SEEM DESIRABLE TO SUPPLEMENT PRESENT CITY AND COUNTY PROGRAM OF RODENT CONTROL WITH A CONCERTED COOPERATIVE PROGRAM OF FLY AND MOSQUITO ELIMINATION DURING SUMMER MONTHS, WHICH COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT ~ GREAT DEAL OF COST. ~ARKS AND RECREATION . THE RECREATIONAL PROGRAM OF EUGENE HAS BEEN VERY COMMENDABLE. IT 15 PLANNED TO HAVE A MEETING OF THE HEALTH AND RECREATION COMMITTEE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SELECTING A PARK AND RECREATIONAL DIRECTOR. THIS APPOINTMENT SHOULD CONSisT OF A MAN WELL- VERSED IN PARK IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE AND LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS RECREATIONAL .~CTIVITIES, WITH THE ULTIMATE COAL Or IMPROVING AND DEVELOPING THE PARK SYSTEM WITHOUT CUR- ~AILING THE RECREATIONAL PROGRAM TO ANY GREAT EXTENT. A MEMORIAL SWIMMING POOL COMPLETED LAST YEAR WILL BE ACTIVATED THIS SUMMER, NECESSITATING 1949-50 BUDGET EXPENDITURE OF $16,562.00 INCLUDING 85,948.00 FIN~L PAYMENT TO STIEN BROTHERS. ~~NTRACTORS. ANTICIPATED GROUND IMPROVEMENT OF $5,425.00, LOCKER ANO SHOWER EQUIPMENT AND MISCELLANEOUS $1,575.00 AND OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES AND EXPENSE OF $3.612.00. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL MEMORIAL TO THE CITY OF EUGENE WHICH WILL CERTAINLY BE USED. I ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ~ THE SEWER PROJECT UNDERWAY BY THE P. S. LORD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IS PROGRESSING IN A MORE SATISFA~TORY MANNER WITH THE WEATHER CLEARER. WORK IS BEING CONCENTRATED IN SECTION I wiTH COMPLETION OF SECTIONS 2 AND 3 EXPECTED BY MAY I, AND COMPLETION OF ENTIRE PROJECT BY JUNE 30, INCLUDING THE PUMPING STATION AT 13TH AND ALMADEN. THE lORD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WILL BE EXPECTED TO CLEAN UP THIS ENTIRE AREA IN A SATISFACTORY MANNER AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE. IN ADDITION TO THE WEST SIDE SEWER PROJECT, THEENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS UNOERWAY, NINE PAVINQ JOBS AND ONE SEWER ~OB OF WHICH BIDS WERE OPENED fRIDAY, APRIL 8, AND THERE ARE 29 PAVING PETITIONS IN AND FOUR SEWER DISTRICTS UNDERWAY. . . IN THE OPENING OF BIDS LAST FRIDAY ON THE NINE PAVING DISTRICTS IT IS NOTED THAT .. ALTERNATE BIDS ON ASPHALTIC AND CONCRETE PAVING RESULTED IN BID PRICES OF $4.25 ON THE 2" ~SPHALTIC TOP WITH 6~ ROCK BASE AGAINST $6.20 FOR 6" ASPHALTIC CEMENT IN COMPARISON WITH 7" CONCRETE INTEGRAL CURB PAVING AT $6.41 WHICH SHOWS A DIFFERENCE OF $2~16 PER FRONT FOOT BETWEEN THE 2" ASPHALT AND THE 7" CONCRETE. COPIES OF THESE COMPARATIVE BIDS ARE SUBMITTED TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT FUTURE PAVING IN THE CITY OF EUGENE CONSIST Or THE 7" INTEGRAL CONCRETE, IF THE PROPERTY OWNERS CAN SUBSTANTIATE SUCH A PROGRAM. THIS TYPE OF' PAVING IS - PERMANENT AND WOULD BE LESS ExPENSIVE IN THE LONG RUN AND PRACTICALLY ELIMINATE FUTURE MAINTENANCE. I RELATIVE TO ~LIVE STREET SEWE~ BETWEEN 23RD AND 24TH WHICH BIOS WHICH WERE OPENED MARCH 28TH, IT IS RECOMMENDED BY THE ENG'INEERING DEPARTMENT THAT THESE BIDS BE REJECTED DUE TO THE HIGH COST OF $5.22 PER FOOT. PROPERTY OWNERg HAVE AGREED TO ADJUST THEIR IMPROVEMENT ACCORDINGLY. THIS PROJECT WILL BE RE-FIGURED WITH GRADES AT A HIGHER ELEVATION WHICH WILL REDUCE THE UNIT COSTS. I IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT NOW THAT GOOD WEATHER IS HERE THAT ALL BUSINESS SIDEWALKS BE REPAIRED BY THE MERCHANTS.