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~ J 19 A PETITION SIGNED BY 18 PROPERTY OWNERS FOR THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO EAST BROADWAY BETWEEN HIGH AND ALDER WAS SUBMITTED AND READ. IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE PETITION BE REFERRED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSI~N. 20 A PETITION SIGNEO BY 45 PROPERTY OWNERS AGAINST THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO EAST BROADWAY BETWEEN" HIGH AND ALDER WAS SUBMITTED AND READ. IT ,WAS ~OVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE PETITION BE REFERRED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 21 A COMMUNICATION FROM W. C. ~LUBB, CITY ENGINEER, REQUESTING EXTENSION OF TIME ON FILING OF ENGINEER'S'REPORT ON THE OPENING OF 21ST AVENUE, 22ND AVENUE AND 23RD AVENUE FROM FRIENDLY TO ADAMS STREET WAS SUBMITTED. IT WAS MOVED BY DAVIS, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE REQUEST BE GRANTED. MOTION CARRIED. 22 COMMUNICATION FROM LANE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE - STATING COMMITTEE VOTED ON DECEMBER 5, 1949 TO FAVOR THE HOUSING SURVEY FOR THIS COUNTY, WAS SUBMITTED. IT WAS MOVED BY C~UMBAKER, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED 'ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. 23 COMMUNICATION FROM OREGON STATE HIGH~AY COMMISSION - RE: ~ MITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: FERRY STREET OVER-PASS WAS SUB- I "WE WILL WORK UP OUR PLANS ON THE BASIS OF CALLING FOR ALTERNATE BIDS FOR THE FERRY STREET OVER-PASS, AS SUGGESTED IN YOUR/LETTER OF DECEMBER 16~ HOWEVER, SHOULD THE COST OF WORK BE GREATER THAN THE FUN~S AS PROVIDED IN THE EXISTING AGREEMENT, WE WOULD BE UNABLE TO INCLUDE TH~ ADDITIONAL WORK UNLESS THE ADDITIONAL FUND~ WERE PROVIDED BY THE CITY." THE FOURTH AVENUE CONNECTION INVOLVES SOME 20,OUO CUBIC YARDS OF EMBANKMENT, AND, IF THE CONNECTION 1S TO BE INCLUDED, WE WOULD REQUEST THAT THE CITY PROV1DE THE NECESSARY BORROW PIT AREA." IT WAS MOVED BY DAVIS, SESONDED BY WELLS THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. L 24 A COMMUNICATION FROM OREGON STATE SANITARY AUTHORITY - RE: SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM WAS WIN NOVEMBER, 1938, ELEVEN YEARS AGO, THE VOTERS OF THE STATE OF frREGON BY AN OVER- WHELMING MAJORITY APPROVED A STREAM POLLUTION CONTROL LAW IN WHICH IT IS DECLARED TO BE THE PU'BLIC POLICY OF THE STATE OF OREGON TO RESTORE AND PRESERVE TO THE GREATEST POSSIBLE EXTENT THE NATURAL PURITY OF THE PUBLIC WATERS OF THE STATE. UN NUMEROUS OCCASIONS SINCE IT WAS FIRST ORGANIZED IN 1939, THE OREGON STATE SANITARY AUTHORITY, IN AN ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN VOLUNTARY COOPERATION, HAS DIRECTED TO THE ATTENTION OF THE EUGENE C'ITY COUNCIL THE NECESSITY OF PROVIDING ADEQUATE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS FOR THE CITY OF EUGENE. THE CITY OF PORTLAND ALREADY HAS ITS INTERCEPTOR SEWER SYSTEM AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT WELL UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND PLANS TO HAVE ITS ENTIRE $15,000.000 PROJECT COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1951. CERTAIN OTHER CITIES IN THE WILLAMETTE RIVER' BASIN AT THE PRESENT TIME HAVE THEIR SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS EITHER COMPLETED OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND PRE- LIMINARY STEPS HAVE ALREADY BEEN TAKEN TO BRING ABOUT ABATEMENT OF POLLUTION CAUSED BY WASTES FROM THE PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY. I You ARE, THEREFORE, NOTIFIED HEREWITH THAT IT IS THE INTENT OF THE SANITARY AUTHORITY TO HAVE THE POLLUTION OF THE IILLAMETTE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES CAUSED BY THE DISCHARGE THEREIN OF MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL WASTES ABATED BY JANUARY I, 1952. THE STATE SANITAflY AUTHORITY WILL CONSIDER AT ITS NEXT REGULAR MEETING THE MATTER OF ENTERING A FINAL ORDER FOR THE ABATEMENT OF POLLUTION TO THE CITY OF EUGENE AND YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THE TIME AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING WHEN OBJECTIONS TO SUCH AN ORDER MAY BE FILED." IT WAS MOVED BY DAVIS, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE COMMUNICATI~N BE RECEIVED A~D PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. 25 COMMUNICATION FROM SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY - RE: SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: COMMENDATION OF POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS "AS THE YEAR 1949 CLOSESi I WISH TO EXPRESS TO YOU MY APPRECIATION OF THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED BY YOUR EVER EFFICIENT POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE -COOPERATION RECEIVED FROM THEM, IN THE HANDLING OF THE MANY POLICE DETAILS REQUIRED BY US AT EUGENE. IT HAS BEEN NECESSARY FOR OUR DEPARTMENT TO CALL MANY TIMES ON CHIEF OF POLICE KEITH JONES OR ONE OF HIS ABLE ASSISTANTS FOR HELP OR ADVICE AND THEY HAVE PUT FORTH EVERY EFFORT TO COMPLY. I ~