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"...- 484 .__._. - ._>-_..0..0- . --- .> . .. 7 --. -. - - - > - ~- ~. . -. - - . .>- - . -- - ~ . - . _. . _... .. -. - . . - - ~. - - "__ u___ ._ " r .' I PURPOSES. AND IT HAD BEEN HOPED THAT THIS ESTIMATE COULD BE HE L 0 . WIT H I N THAT $75.000 AN.D i; GO AHEAD WI TH THE PROGRAM WITH WHAT WAS AVAILABLE TO WORK WITH. 'lT r WA$!'.THE;~CONSENSUS I Of: .[ OP.I N 101'HO F THOSE PRESENT THAT THE ARCHITECT WORK FURTHER WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND POLICE (; :, I CHIEF IN AN ENDEAVOR TO ASCERTAIN VlHA T THE PRELlMINARV COSTS WOULD BE TO BU I LD ONL V THE JAIL PA'RT IN THE REAR OF T HEM A IN TEN AN C E SHOP NOW, AND, OF COURSE TO 00 THIS WOULD NECESSITATE MOVING THE CITY MAINTENANCE SHOP OVER TO THE NEW LOCATION, AND TO SEE HOW MUCH COULD BE DONE Ii ,~ WI TH THE $75,000 A V A I LA BL E . AT THIS TIME IT WAS THOUGHT THAT POSSIBLV F"UTURE ADDITIONS ~() COULD BE MADE IN THE FUTURE. IT WAS ALSO SU GGESTED THAT ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE BE INVESTIGATED - i' ~ THAT OF E I THE R BUILDING THE CELL BLOCKS ONTO THE PRESENT COUNTY JAIL FOR TEMPORARY MEASURE OR CITY MAINTENANCE :i CONSTRUCTING THEM ON THE REAR OF THE PRESENT SHOP FOR TEMPORARV MEASURE. IT WAS BROU GHT OUT THAT FUTURE PLAN N ING OF THE CITV HALL AND COMBINATION C I T V-COUNTY Bu I L DIN G, Ii ALTHOUGH SOMEWHAT IN THE FUTURE. SHOULD BE T AK EN INTO CONSI DERATION BEFORE VERY MUCH MONEY I WAS EXPENDED ON .ANV TEMPORARY MEASURES AT THIS TIME AND THAT POSSIBLY WE COULD GET ALONG F"OR I , A FE W MORE MONTHS IN I T H T HE PRESENT FACILITIES WHILE THESE F"URTHER STUDIES ARE BEING MADE. " i IT WAS BROU GHT OuT THAT THiS WOUL 0 BE A GOOD T'I ME TO ELIIAINATE THE CENTER PARKING ON A GA TE f" RO M FRANKLIN BOULEVARD TO 1.5TH AVENUE INASMUCH AS THEY HAD RECENTLY TORN UP THE f CENTER "FROM THE INSTALLATION Of" THE SEWER ON T HIS STREET, THAT THE CURBS COULD BE TAKEN OUT ,: AND THE CENTER PARKING LEVELED Of"F AND GRAVELED THIS FALL SO THA T THEY MI GHT SETTLE DURING I THE 'o'{INTER WITH THOUGHTS Of" PAVING THEM NEXT SUMMER AT WHICH TIME THE S T RE E T COULD BE OPENED " " ,. " UP IN THE CEN TE R Af"FORDING PARKING ON BOT H SIDES AND, A WIDER STREET THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF' I' AGATE TO 18TH AVENUE. IT WAS RE CO MMEN DE 0 THAT THIS BE DONE IF,THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS FRO M THE PEOPLE IN T,HAT AREA AND THAT SOME PUBLICITY BE GIVEN ON THE PRO JECT AND SOME Of" THE PEOPLE CONTACTED TO SEE WHAT THEIR OPINIONS WOULD BE RELATIVE TO THE ELIMINATION Of" THE SE PARKINGS IN THE CENTER Of" THE STREET. .' " . '.1 T WAS RECOMMENDED THAT A RESOLUTION BE PREPARED TO OPEN UP FERRY STREET A DISTANCE OF' 80 f"EET BE YON D ITS PRESENT TERMINUS NORTH OF 11TH AVENUE FO R A WIDTH Of" 50 f"E E T TO AFFORO INGRESS AND EGRESS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TWO LARGE APARTMENT HOUSES GO I NG IN THIS " . " .AREA. AND THAT THE CITY ENGINEER PREPARE THE DESCRIPTION Of" THE TRACT. THIS ACTION WAS " TAKEN WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IA R. H. R. KETELL, BUILDER Of" THE AP A RTME N T HOUSES WOULD 'i PAY ALL EXPENSES PERTAINING TO THE OPENING Of" THE STREET AND THE ACQUISITION OF' THE GROUNDS. " . 1 T WAS RECOMMEN OED THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE GIVEN APPROV AL TO GO AHEAD WITH THE CHAN GE S ON THE AMAZON CREEK FROM THE CONCRETE .BOX CULVERTS AS PREVIOUSLY AWAROED AT OAK AND PEARL :1 TO METAL ARCH PLATE CULVERTS AND TO CHAN GE THE CULVE RT ON PEARL TO THE INTER-SECTION OF PE A RL AND 17TH AVENUE WHEREIN BOT H STREETS WO.ULD CROSS OVER THE CULVERT AND BO,TH 17TH AND I PEARL WOULD BE OPEN E 0 TO TRAFFIC. THAT THE CASCADE CONSTRUCTION COMPAN V WHO WERE LOW BIDDERS; ON T.HE S E CULVERTS. BE INSTRUCTED TO PRO C E E 0 \II I T H THIS C HAN GE \II I T H THE INSTALLATION OF THE .' METAL PIPE AT THE SAME PRICE AS THE CONCRETE BOX CULVERTS~ AND THAT THE COST FO R THE OAK STREET CULVERT WOULD REMAIN AT $7,656.50 AS SPECIf"IED IN THE $5.989.00 WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL ,. BID AND THAT T.HE COST OF THE PE.A R L STREET CULVERT WOULD AMOUNT TO $5.989.00 WHICH WAS THE " , ORIGINAL BID PLUS $94.70 PER LINEAL FOOT F'O R THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF CULVERT NEEDED ACROSS T.HE INTERSECTION. OF PEARL AND 17TH STREETS. IT WAS EXP.LAINED THAT THE AMOUNT $94.70 WAS " ARRIVED AT BV TAKING THE AVERAGE OF TliE LOW BID AS SUBMITTED BY THE CASCADE CONSTRUCTION AND EN~INEERING COMPAN Y AND DIVIDING IT BV THE TOTAL LINEAL FEET OF' BRIDGES INVOLVED. IT WAS EXPLA I NED BY THE CITY MANAGER THAT THIS WO U L 0 BE: A SAVING IN THE COST OF THE BRIDGES AND :1 ALSO ENA BLE THE OPENING OF 17TH AND PEARL AT THE SAME TIME AND .THAT THE SAME PROCEDURE COULD PRO~ABLV FOLLOW IN THE F U T.U RE IN OT HE R CROSSiNGS AND INTERSECTIONS IN. THE C I T Y, PARTICULARLY THA~ OF WILLAMETTE AND 16TH STREET WHEN THE TIME CAME TO REPLACE THE OLD WOODEN BRIDGE NOW . EXISTING AT THIS LOCATION. IT WAS RE,COMMENDED BV THE PUBLIC SAFETV COMMITTEE THAT AN OR DIN A N CE BE DRAWN F'O R THE ,. VETERAN AMPUTEES WHO WERE PHYSICALLY INCAPACITATED DURING THE WAR AND WHO ARE USING ,. SPECIALLV CONSTRUCTED AUTOMOBILES AND THAT THE PE RM IT THUS ISSUED SHOULD ENTITLErTHESE VETERANS TO SPEC I AL PARKING PRIVILEGES AT AN V T I ME SO THA T T HE V M I G HT GE T AROUND BETTER TO THE t:R DESTINATIONS AVOIDING THE LONG WALKS OFTEN NECESSITATED BY THEIR HA V I N G TO PARK LONG " DISTANCES AWAY f"ROM WHERE THE V ARE GOING. , . THE COMM I TTEE ,GAVE APPROVAL TO THE CITV MANAGER'S RECOMMENDAT I ON THAT, THE POLICE CHIEF' ATTEND THE INTERNATIONAL POL I CE CHIEF'S CONVENTION IN DALLAS, TEXAS, NEXT WEEK. IT WAS ~ ' BROU GHT OUT THAT THE MA'N I TEM OF BUSINESS AT THIS MEETING WAS TO BE THAT OFT HE ONE-WAY I STATES : GRID SYSTEM AND STREETS IN C I TIE 5 THROUGHOUT THE UNITED AND IT WAS FEL T THAT IT WAS ., WELL WORTH THE MONEY AND TIME FOR OUR CHIEf" OF POLICE TO ATTEND THIS MEETING AND INVESTIGATE OTHER,CITIES' GRID FROM EVERY POSSIBLE. WITH ': ONE-WAY TRAFFIC PRO SLEMS ANGLE IN CONNE.CT I ON OUR PRESENT SURVEY OF THE ONE-WAY GRID S VS TEM IN EUGENE. " II 1 T WAS MOVED BV CRUMBAKER, SE CONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE REPORT BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. :i , :t IT WAS MOVED BV CRUMBAKE R, SECONDED BY HAWN T HA T T!"IE P.LAN FOR CONSTRUCTION Of" A REVISED BRIDGE TO BE OF THE METAL ARCH PL ATE CULVERT T VPE TO SERVE BOTH PEARL STREET AND 17TH AVENUE AT I THE INTERSECTION AND THE ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE INVOLVED BE APPROVED. ,ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED. :1 " ~.