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<br />"YOUR LETTER Of NOVEMBER 22, OUTLINING IMPROVEMENTS IN fiRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION
<br />AND REQUESTING A SURVEY, HAS BEEN REfERRED TO ME BY MR. STANGE.
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<br />WE HAVE ALSO RECEIVED FROM CHIEf SURf US DATA ON THE NEW FIRE ALARM SYSTEM AND LISTS
<br />Of HVDRANTS INSTALLED IN THE PAST THREE YEARS AS WELL AS ADDEO INFORMATION ON THE FIRE 'I
<br />DEPARTMENT. ALL OF THESE ARE WORTHWHILE IMPROVEMENTS ON WHICH IT WILL BE A PLEASURE FO~
<br />OUR ENGINEERS TO MAKE A REPORT.
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<br />As WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURVEYS ON SEVERAL CITIES WHERE POST-WAR IMPROVEMENTS
<br />HAVE BEEN MADE WE ARE UNABLE TO SAY AT WHAT DATE WE MAV BE ABLE TO SURVEY EUGENE BUT THINK I'
<br />IT SHOULD BE DURING THE fALL Of 1950. YOUR OFfER Of ASSISTANCE DURING THE SURVEY IS
<br />APPRECIATED." I
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BV CRUMBAKER THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED
<br />ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />10 COMMUNICATION fROM THE CITY ATTORNEV - RE: ORDER MADE BV THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONER
<br />Of OREGON IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLIOATION OF THE CITY Of EUGENE fOR AUTHORITV TO CONST~CT AN I
<br />OVERCROSSING OVER THE TRACKS Of THE SOUTHERN PACifiC COMPANY IN EUGENE WAS SUBMI TTED AND READ
<br />AS fOLLOWS:
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<br />- "I AM PLEASED TO ADVISE YOU THAT I HAVE RECEIVED A COpy Of THE ORDER MADE BV THE
<br />I PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONER OF THE STATE Of OREGON, IN THE MATTER Of THE APPLICATION OF I'
<br />THE CITV Of EUGENE FOR AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT AN OVERCROSSING OVER THE TRACKS OF THE
<br />SOUTHERN PACifiC COMPANY IN EUGENE, OREGON. THIS ORDER PROVIDES IN SUBSTANCE THAT THE
<br />SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY PROVIDE THE CITV WITH THE NECESSARY EASEMENTS fOR THE OVERCROSSING, II
<br />REPLACE THE EXISTING RAILROAD TRESTLE OVER THE MILLRACE WITH AN EMBANKMENT, AND TO PAY fOR I
<br />THEIR OWN INCIDENTAL COSTS ARISING OUT Of THE CONSTRUCTION Of THE OVERCROSSING; HOWEVER,
<br />ALL PAYMENTS TO BE MADE BV THE SOUTHERN PACifiC COMPANY NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM Of $12,000.
<br />THIS IS VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING THAT THE CITV OF EUGENE REQUESTED THAT THE SOUTHERN PACifiC
<br />COMPANY DO IN CONNECTION WITH THE OVERCROSSING. I
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<br />IN ADDITION TO THE FOREGOING ORDER, THE COMMISSIONER HAS RULED THAT IN THE EVENT THE I
<br />CITV Of EUGENE SH~LL AT ANV TIME BEFORE NOVEMBER 14, 1954, CLOSE TO TRAFfiC PEARL STREET I
<br />AND HIGH STREET CROSSINGS OVER THE SOUTHERN PACifiC TRACKS, THAT THE SOUTHERN PACifiC
<br />COMPANY SHOULD THEN CONTRIBUTE 10% Of THE COST OF THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE, BUT IN NO EVENT TO I
<br />EXCEED A TOTAL Of $55,000, AGAINST WHICH THE SOUTHERN PACIfiC COMPANY WOULD BE ALLOWED A
<br />CREDIT OF THE $12,000 ALREADY CONTRIBUTED. 1
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<br />I AM ENCLOSING HEREWITH THE COPY Of THE ORDER WHI CH HAS BEEN FURNISHED TO ME BV THE I
<br />PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONER TO BE RETAINED IN THE PERMANENT RECORDS Of THE CITV."
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BV HAWN, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE COMMUNICATION AND THE ORDER BE
<br />RECEIVED AND PLACED ON fiLE. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />II COMMUNICATION fROM 12 OWNERS Of LOTS IN THE MALABAR HILL ADDITION - RE: MALABAR HILL
<br />SEWER PROJECT WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
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<br />-- . "WE THE OWNERS Of THE MAJORITV OF LOTS IN MALABAR HILL ADDITION WISH TO ENTER AN
<br />I OBJECTION TO THE MANNER IN WHICH THE STREETS WERE REPAIRED SUBSEQUENT TO THE LAVING OF
<br />THE SEWERS IN THAT ADDITION.
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<br />IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT ACCORDING TO THE CONTRACT THE STREETS WERE TO BE REPLACED
<br />IN AS GOOD CONDITION AS THEY WERE WHEN CONSTRUCTION WORK STARTED ON THE SEWERS. IT IS OUR
<br />CONTENTION THAT THIS WAS NOT DONE.
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<br />THE fiNAL SURFACING COMPLETED DURING THE WEEK'ENDING NOVEMBER 26TH HAS BEEN PLACED I'
<br />ON BACKfiLL WHICH HAS NOT SETTLED PROPERLY SO THAT IT WILL SUPPORT TRAFfiC. THERE ARE .
<br />MANY PLACES IN EVIDENCE TODAY SHOWING THAT AN ADEQUATE ROAD BASE WAS NOT PREPARED PREVIOUS :
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<br />TO THE APPLICATION OF SURFACING MATERIALS. I
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<br />IT IS OUR BELIEf THAT THE CITV WILL BE fACED WITH C.NTINUOUS REPAIR BILLS UNTIL THE I
<br />BASE HAS SETTLED SUfFICIENT TO SUPPORT T~AfFIC. I
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<br />THIS IS NOT THE FIRST OBJECTION RAISED BV US. WE HAVE PROTESTED PREVIOUSLY (IN I
<br />THE fiELD) TO THE METHODS BEING USED IN COMPLETING THE SURFACING AND TO VARIOUS MANHOLES I
<br />BEING SET ABOVE STREET LEVELS OR NOT SET WITH THE STREET CONTOUR. THE LATTER HAS BEEN I
<br />PARTIALLV CORRECTED. I
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<br />I WE RESPECTfULLY REQUEST THAT THESE OBJECTIONS BE GIVEN CONSiDERATION BV THE COMMON I
<br />i COUNCIL BEfORE THE MATTER IS CONSIDERED CLOSED." I
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<br />I~ WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BV CRUMBAKER THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED I
<br />I ON FILE AND THAT THE CITV MANAGER fOLLOW THROUGH TO SATISFACTORV COMPLETION Of THE JOB. MOTION I
<br />I I CARRIED. I
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<br />12: COMMUNICATION FROM MRS. EARL J. VAUGHN, 3500 HILVARD STREET, WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS I
<br />I fOLLOWS:
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<br />"fOLLOWING A CONVERSATION I HAD THIS MORNING WITH YOUR MR. HOLEMAN, THIS LETTER IS
<br />..J TO E'PL,'N THE 'OLLOWING'
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