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~ 41.3 WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST IMMEDIATE AND FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION OF OUR PROPOSAL THAT I THE LOCAL FARES IN THE CITY OF EUGENE BE INCREASED TO A STRAIGHT to CENT CASH FARE. THE RE WILL BE NO C HAN GE IN THE TRANSFER PRIVILEGES OR SCHOOL TI CKET RATES. ~ -. WE DO-;NOT BEL IEVE HOWEVER, THAT THE PROPOSED RATE IS OUT OF LINE WITH THE RATES BEING .~ EXPERIENCED IN OT HE R CITIES. PORTLAN 0 HAS A 12 CENT CASH FARE AND THE ANNOUNCED I NCREASE OF THE SEATTLE TRANSIT, FROM 10 CENTS TO 12 CENTS BECOMES EFFECTIVE JUNE I, 1949. WE KNOW or NO OTHER OPERATION COMPARABLE TO THE CITY TRANSIT liNES THAT IS OPERATING ON LESS THAN A 10 CENT CASH F'ARE AT THE PRESENT TIME. lt I IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY BE INSTRUCTED TO PREPARE AN AMENDMENT UNDER THE CHARTER PROVISIONS TO INCREASE THE BUS FARE TO A STRAIGHT 10-CENT F'ARE. MOTION CARRIED. 19 A COMMUNICATION F"ROM THE STATE HLGHWAY COMMISSION - RE: INSTALLATION OF" TRAF'F'IC SIGNALS AT SEVEN INT~RSECTIONS ON fRANKLIN BLVD. WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS F"OLLOWS: "WE ARE HANDING YOU HEREWITH THROUGH MR. P. H. MICHAEL OF' OUR TRAF'F'IC ENGINEERING DIVISION, F'QUR COPIES OF' A STATE-CITY AGREEMENT COVERING THE INSTALLATION OF' TRAF'F'IC SIGNALS AT SEVEN INTERSECTIONS ON BROADWAY AND fRANKLIN BOULEVARD IN THE CITY OF' EUGENE. WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR HAVING THESE EXECUTED BY THE MA YOR AND CITY RECORDER AT AN EARL Y DATE. IF' AT ALL POSSIBLE WE PLAN TO LET THIS CONTRACT AT THE MEETING OF' THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION ON JUNE 27 AND 28TH. WE WO~LD APPRECIATE YOUR RETURNING THESE AGREEMENTS, WHEN EXECU TED, ALONG WITH YOUR CHECK F'OF" F'IF'TY PERCENT OF' THE ESTIMATED COST IN ACCO RD WI TH THE AGREEMENT TO US AT THE F'OLlOWING ADDRESS: f. B. CRANDALL, TRAF'F'IC ENGINEER, OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, ii' P.O. 'Box 30, SALEM, OREGON. AT SUCH TIME AS WE HAVE RECEIVED THE AGREEMENTS ANO CHECK, WE WilL PROCEED TO PLACE I THE MATTER BEF'ORE THE COMMISSION F"OR LETTING." IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE PROPER CITY OF"rICIALS BE AUTHOR I ZED AND INSTRUCTEO TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT WITH THE STIPULATION T HA T NO CITY CONTRIBUTION IS TO BE MADE ON THE CONTROL SIGNAL AT THE ONYX STREET CROSSING. Mo T I ON CARRIED. 20 A COMMUNICATION FROM THE VfW - RE: SURVEY OF' HOUSING NEEDS IN EUGENE WAS SUBMITTED ANO READ AS F'OLLOWS: "BEF'ORE THE HOUSING NEEDS or EUGENE AND THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY CAN BE ASCERTAINED IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO MAKE A COMPLETE SURVEY. THERErORE BE IT RESOLVED: , THAT THE CITY OF' EUGENE THROUGH THE MAYOR AND THE COMMON COUNCIL F"OR THE CI TY or EUGENE AN 0 THE COUNTY COURT FOR THE AREA IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT THERETO, TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF' THE APPROPRIATION MADE AT THE LAST SESSION Of' THE STATE lEGISLATURE AND APPROPRIATE THE NECESSARY MATCHING F"UNDS THERETO. THE ABOVE RESOLUTION WAS PASSED ON AT THE REGULAR MEETING 19 MAY 1949 BY THE VETERANS Of' fORE I GN WARS O,F' THE UNITED STA~ES, WILLAMETTE POST 293." IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY ALLEN THAT THE MATTER BE LAID ON THE TABLE UNTIL NEXT YE A R . MOTION CARRIED. 21 A COMMUNICATION f'ROM CECIL STICKNEY, COMMANDANT, MARINE CORPS LEAGUE - RE: CARNIVAL FROM JUL Y 11TH TO 17TH WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS rOlLOWS: I "WE RESPECTFULLY PETITION YOUR HONORABLE BODY f'OR THE APPROVAL Of' THE ISAUANCE Of' A PERMIT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF" ORDINANCE No. 911 7 ON BEHALF" OF' THE WEST COAST SHOWS CARNIVAL IN THE CITY or EUGENE f"ROM JUL Y II TO JUL Y 17TH, INCLUSIVE. I F' THIS PERMIT IS GRANTED IT IS INTENDED THAT THI S CARNIVAL BE LOCATED ON PROPERTY OWNED BY MR. BLACK AT 29TH AND WILLAMETTE, W Hie H HA S BEEN PREVIOUSLY USED AS A CARNIVAL SITE. IT IS INTENDED THAT THIS CARNIVAL BE HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES or THE GERALD D. HARBERT I DETACHMENT, MARINE CORPS LEAGUE OF' WHICH THE WRITER IS COMMANDANT. A CONSCIENTIOUS Ef'f'ORT WILL BE MADE TO COMPLY WITH ALL or THE REQUIREMENTS OF' OROINANCE NO. 9117. YOUR CONSIDERATION or THIS MATTER IS RESPECTf'ULLY REQUESTED. " 'T WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE R E QU EST Of' THE MARINE CORPS tEA GU E BE GRANTED AND THAT THE LICENSE BE ISSUED. MOTION CARRIED. , ~ n..., ,~"""""'_,__"--".."....._~,..