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~44 "",- ,.......-.- - ~-- -l 7 COMMUN I CA T I ON F',.ROM EU.GENE PAGEANT ASSOCIATION - RE: CARNIVAL RIGHTS F'OR THE M ON T H OF' JULY, 1.950 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS F'OLLOWS: . . n L ,SHOULD L II<E TO IN QU I RE WHAT DISPOSITION HAS BEEN MADE o F' M Y R E QU EST WHICH I PRESENTED TH.ROUGH ,YOU TO THE EUGENE CI TV COUNC I L ON BEHALF' OF' THE EUGENE PAGEANT ASSOCIATION REQUESTING EXCLUSIVE CARNIVAL RI.,GHTS F'OR THE CITY or EUGENE DURING THE MONTH OF" Ju L Y, 1950. As I EXPLAINED TO YOU, THE PAGEANT ASSOCIATION RELIES HEAV I L Y ON THE SALE OF" THE CARNIVAL CONCESSION AS A PRINCIPAL MEANS OF" REVENUE F'OR THIS CI TY AND COUNTY EVENT. . IT SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD AT THIS TIME THA T OUR ASS 0 C I A T ION. MER E L Y RE QUE 5 TS THAT AN.Y C,ARN I VAL OPERATING IN Eu GE NE DU R I N G THE MONTH OF" JUL Y BE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF' THE EUGENE PAGEANT ASSOCIATION. THIS OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT PROVIDE US WITH LICENSE .TO PRODUCE AT ANY ,PART I CULAR PLA CE OR ANY PART I CULAR T I ME;j IT MEREL Y WOULD PROVIDE ASSURANCE THAT IF" A' CARNIVAL IS AUTHORIZED, SUCH AUTHORIZATION WOULD BE G.I VEN TO THE EUGENE PAGEANT ASSOCIATION EXCLUSIVELY. . IF", ACT I ON HAS NOT BEEN TAKE N BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT THIS T I ME, I WOU LD APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY OF" APPEARING BEFORE THE COUNC I L, TO PRESENT OUR CASE. n IT WAS MOVED BY Boo T H, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT THE EUGENE PAGEANT ASSOCIATION BE GRANTED EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO CARNIVALS DURING THE MONTH OF JUL Y 1950. MOTION CARRIED. . I 8 COMMUNICATION FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT - RE: CONDEMNATION REQUEST FOR BU I L 0 I N G AT 2007 FRANKLIN BOULEVARD WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS F'OlLOWS: .. "AN AUTO PAINT SHOP LOCATED AT 2007 FRANKLIN BOULEVARD WH.I CH IS OPERATED BY AL BERT WHI TE AND IS OWN E 0 BY G. E. AND ETTA A. FINNERTY or DISTON ROUTE, COTTAGE GROVE, UREGON DOES NOT COMPL Y WITH CITY ORDI NANCES. THE BU I L 0 I N G IS CONSTRUCTED OF' F'LIMSY WOOD, WITH METAL S I DES AND A CANVAS ROOF. ,THE HEATING IS ACCOMPLISHED WITH AN AIR TIGHT TYPE HEATER WITH A STOVE PIPE OUTSIDE THE BUJLDING. INSTEAD OF A MASONRY CHIMNEY. THE WIRING IS SU B-S T ANDA RD AND DOES NOT MEET WITH THE REQU I REMENTS OF THE CITY OF EUGENE ELECTRI CAL CODE. THIS OFFICE HAS BEEN TRYI NG. TO GE T MR. ALBERT WHITE TO COMPLY WITH THE FIRE PREVENTION ~RDINANCE AND THE BUILDING CODE SINCE J AN U A R Y 28, 1946. HE HAS PROMISED ON- NUMEROUS OCCASIONS TO STOP PAINTING CARS IN HIS SHOP BUT ON SEVE RAL OCCASIONS WE t:iAVE F'OUND CARS IN THE SHOP IN THE PROCESS OF BEING PAINTED. WE THEREFORE REQUEST THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE CONDEMNATION ORDINANCE #8292 AS THIS BU I L 0 IN G IS LOCATED IN FIRE ZONE #2 WITH BU I L 0 I N G S ON BO T H SID E S THAT 00 MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE BUILDING CODE. " IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE COMMUNI CATION BE REFERRED TO THE CHI E F OF' POLICE AND FIRE DEP A R TME N T F'OR ENFORCEMENT. MOTION CARRIED. . 9 COMMUNICATIONS TO AND F'ROM THE NAT I ONAl. BO,ARD OF. FIRE UNDERWRITERS - RE: RECLASSlrlCATION OF OUR PRESENT INSURANCE CLASSIFICATION WAS SUBMI TTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: I "THE C ITV OF E U GENE W I S HE S TOM A KE FORM A L REQUEST F' OR A SURVE Y OF OUR FIRE DEP ARTMENT, FIRE ALARM AND FIRE PREVENTION APPARATUS, WATER SYSTEM AND ALL ITEMS PERTAINING TO A RECLASSIFICATION OF' OUR PRESENT INSURANCE CLASSIF'ICATION. THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS MADE TO CHIEF'SURF'US BY YOUR OF'FICE UN DER DATE OF 5EP TEMBER 30, 1947 HAVE- BEEN COMPLIED WITH PRACTICALLY 100% ENTAILING AN EXPENDITURE OF' ~170,000.00 IN ADDITION TO THE ENLARGEMENT AND ADDITION OF" WATER MAINS, INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL F'IRE HVDRANTS AND THE PAVING OF OVE R f'IVE MILES OF HARD SURFACED STREETS WITHIN THE CITY OF-EUGENE. BRIEFLY SUMMARIZING THE PAST TWO YEARS PROGRAM, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT NOW HAS 38 . PAID r I REMEN AND 24 VOLUNTEERS. Two SUBSTATIONS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED, EQUIPPED AND MANNED IN ADDITION TO THE CENTRAL STATION, TWO PUMPERS AND ONE 100-F'00T AERIAL LADDER TRUCK HAVE BEEN PURCHASED AND PUT INTO OPERATION AND A DRILL TOWER-HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND IS BE I N GUS E 0 CURRENTLY F'OR A TRAINING PROGRAM IN CONNECTION WITH A COMPLETE AND DAILY TRAINING PRO GRAM CONSISTING OF FIRE DRILLS, BU I L 0 I N G INSPECTIONS, F"IRE SCHOOLS AND OF"FICER TRAINING. A GAMEWELL ALARM SYSTEM HAS BEEN INSTALLED CONSISTING OF' 25 BO XES AND DIRECT TELEPHONE AND RADIO COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN INSTALLED TO AFFORD THE MOST MODERN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A V A I LA BL E , TY I NG IN WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WH I CH ALSO HAS BEEN INCREASED TO A FORCE OF 38 MEN. THE TWO, 7,500,000 GALLON RESERVOIRS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND THE RECOMMENDED ENLARGEMENT AND INSTALLATION OF' WATER MAINS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. ORDINANCES HAVE BEEN PASSED BY THE COUNC I L AND ARE BE I NG COMPLIED WITH RELATIVE TO FIRE PREVENTION CONSISTING OF THE CONDEMNATION OF" HAZARDOUS BUILDINGS, ENFORCEMENT OF' OIL STORAGE ORDINANCES AND THE ELIMINATION OF" WIRE OBSTRUCTIONS. THIS HAS BEEN ONl Y A BRIEF SUMMARY OF' THE PRO GRAM IN AN ENDEAVOR TO SHOW THAT EVERY EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO COMPLY WITH RECOMMENDATIONS AS MADE BY YOUR OrF'ICE AND ALSO IN THE REPORT OF' THE NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS IN MAY, 1938 AN D WE ARE CONFIDENT I THAT YOUR SURVEY WILL SHOW JUSTIFICATION F'OR A REDUCTION FOR OUR CLASSIF'ICATION. WE WILL APPRECIATE ^ SURVE Y AT THE EARll EST DAT.E POSS I BLE: AND WiLL BE HA PP Y TO ASSIST AND COOPERATE IN AN Y MANNER. " ~