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I I I I I ~ 377 4 THE CITY MANAGER REqUESTED AUTHORITY Ot THE CITY COUNCIL rOR THE CITY RECORDER TO OPEN THE BALLOT BOXES tOR USE IN NEXT ELECTION. IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE CITY RECORDER BE PERMITTED TO OPEN THE BALLOT BOXES. MOTION CARRIED. Cl..J ""} ",1 5 A COMMUNICATION rROM THE CITY Or MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA - RE: AVAILABILITY Or 555 PARKING METERS Or THE MILLER METER MAKE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS rOLLOWS: "THE STATE Or NORTH DAKOTA HAS ADOPTED AN INITIATED LAW PROHIBITING THE USE Or PARKING METERS. THE CITY Ot MINOT HAS 374 ONE-HOUR PENNY-NICKEL AND 181 TWO-HOUR PENNY-NICKEL MILLER PARKING METERS rOR SALE AS DISTRIBUTED BY THE ~NCAN METER CORPORATION Or CHICAGO. THE ONE-HOUR METERS WERE PUT INTO SERVICE IN MAY Or 1946, AND THE TWO-HOUR METERS WERE INSTALLED IN THE SPRING Or 1947. THEY WERE PLACED IN STORAGE IN fEBRUARY, 1949. THE METERS COST THE CITY, &75.00 EACH, EXCLUSIVE Or THE POSTS. THE METER HEADS ONLY ARE rOR SALE, AS THE POSTS ARE SET IN CONCRETE, AND MOST Or THEM WILL HAVE TO BE CUT Otr AT THE SIDEWALK. Ir YOUR CITY IS INTERESTED IN ADDITIONAL PARKING METERS, THE CITY Or MINOT WOULD CONSIDER. ANY REASONABLE OrrERS YOU MIGHT WISH TO MAKE. A CASH OrrER WOULD BE PRErERRED, BUT A DErERRED PAYMENT PLAN WOuLD ALSO BE GIVEN DUE CONSiDERATION. COMMUNICATIONS MAY BE ADDRESSED TO THE UNDERSIGNED JAY W. BLISS, CITY MANAGER Or MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA." IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION Or THE CITY MANAGER, SINCE THESE METER HEADS ARE THE SAME MAKE AS THOSE IN USE IN EUGENE, THAT THE CITY MAKE AN OrrER TO PURCHASE THE LOT AT $18,10 EACH AND TO PAY $1000.00 CASH OUT Or THE EMERGENCY rUND AND THE BALANCE Or $9,045.50 OUT Ot THE 1949-50 BUDGET. IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY SMITH THAT THE CITY MAKE AN OtrER Or ~I~.IO PER METER tOR THE 555 METERS WITH THE DOWN PAYMENT Or 81000.00 TO COME OUT Ot THE EMERGENCY rUND AND THE BALANCE TO COME OUT Or THE 1949-50 BUDGET PROVIDED SUCH AN ITEM IS INCLUDED IN THE 1949-50.BUDGET, AND THAT rH~1810QO,OQ~B~ REPAID THE EMERGENCY rUND IN 1949-50. ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIEO. 6 IT WAS REQUESTED BY THE CITY MANAGER THAT A PROJECT TO CONSTRUCT CONCRETE SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES Or THE STREET ON ALDER STREET BETWEEN 28TH AND 29TH AVENUE BE INCLUDED WITH THE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO PAVE THE STREET ON ALDER STREET BETWEEN 28TH AND 29TH AVENUES ON THE BASis Or SECURING WAIVERS ON REGULAR PROCEDURE tROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS AtFECTED. IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS, THAT THE SIDEWALK PROJECT BE INCLUDED PROVIDED WAIVERS ARE SECURED rROM THE OWNERSHIP Or 100% OF THE PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED. ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED. . 7 THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED ON THE OUTCOME Or THE MEETING WITH THE HOUSING COMMITTEE Or THE VETERANS Or fOREIGN WARS WILLAMETTE POST No. 293 ON THE SUBJECT Ot THE TERMINATION Or EMERGENCY HOUSING AT SLADDEN PARK. HE INDICATED THAT THE V. f. W. COMMITTEE WAS IN AGREEMENT ALMOST COMPLETELY WITH THE PLAN OUTLINED BY THE COUNCIL. THE EXCEPTION INVOLVING ONLY THE METHOD Or REMOVAL Or VACATED TRAILERS AND THE RIGHT TO RE-RENT SOME Ot THE TRAILERS DURING THiS PERIOD, AND AGREED TO COMPLY WITH rlNAL EVACUATION DATE or JUNE 30, 1950. THE FOLLOWING COMMUNICATIONS WERE SUBMITTED AND READ: COMMUNICATION tROM tEON GLASSCOCK, ACTING MANAGER AND GEORGE HEDDINGER, CHAIRMAN, HOUSING COMMITTEE OF THE VETERANS OF fOREIGN WARS HOUSING PROJECT. "As REQUESTEO AT OUR MEETING OF APRIL 14, 1949, THis IS TO ADVISE THAT IT IS OUR DESIRE TO START LIQUIDATION PROCEEDINGS THIS SUMMER AND TO HAVE THE PROJECT COMPLETELY EVACUATED BY JUNE 30, 1950. ApPLICATION HAS BEEN MADE TO THE PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION rOR PERMISSION TO CARRY OuT THIS PLAN. WE ARE ATTACHING A PROGR~ WHICH HAS BEEN WORKED OUT rOR CARRYING OUT THE LIQUIDATION. WE ARE ALSO ATTACHING A COPY Or A LETTER WHICH WAS MAILED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON APRIL I, 1949. " tETTER DATED APRIL I, 1949 "IT HAS COUE TO OUR ATTENTION THAT STATEMENTS WERE MADE TO THE COUNCIL THAT THERE WERE EXCESSIVE VACANCIES IN THE HOUSING PROJECT AND THAT SOME OCCUPANTS WERE NON-VETERANS. THESE STATEMENTS HAVE NO FOUNDATION IN tACT AND WE WOULD LIKE' TO SUBMIT THE rOLLOWING INrORMATION AS tACT: fiRST, OUR VACANCY LOSS BECAUSE Or LACK Ot APPLICANTS tROM JANUARY I, 1947 TO MARCH 31, 1949 HAS BEEN tlVE DAYS. THERE HAS BEEN A LOSS Ot NINE DAVS tOR REPAIRS DURING THE SAME PERIOD. SECOND, ALL APPLICANTS MUST PRESENT AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE FROM THE ARMEO FORCES OF lHE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. THIS INtORMATION IS READILY AVAILABLE AT THE PROJECT OttlCE WHICH IS OPEN FROM 8:00 TO 5:00 rROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. yj