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~~ lu I WOULD APPRECIATE IT 'IF YOU WOULD MAKE CLEAR TO ANY INTERESTED PARTIES OUR DEEP APPRECIATION OF THIS FINE ATT~TUDE AND OUR H9PE THAT ~E CAN DISPLAY THE SAME COOPERATION WITH CITY OFFICIALS IN M~iIE~STOf fNTEREST TO~THE COMMUN1TY;~p~ T~ ,~, IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. 31 COMMUNICATION FROM L & L GROCERY - RE: AND READ AS FOLLOWS: COMMENDING EUGENE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS S~BMITTED "MAY I GIVE CHIEF JONES AND ~IS BOYS A PAT qN THE BACK? ON TUESDAY NIGHT, FEBRUARY 14, WE CLOSED OUR DOORS AT THE CUSTOMARY TiME OF 6:30 P.M. WE USUALLY TRY TO LEAVE THE BUILDING TWO OR MORE AT ONE TIME, BUT THIS PARTICULAR NIGHT, I WAS LEAVING ALONE AT ~BOUT 7:40 P.M. THE PATROLMAN ON DUTY IN THIS DISTRICT OBSERVED ME COMING OUT, AND ALTHOUGH HE WAS VERY POLITE AND COURTEOUS, WAS STILL CURIOUS ~S TO MY IDENTITY. WE OF THE [ & L DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS KIND OF WORK IS APPRECIATED. COMMENT TO THIS PATROL OFfiCER MIGHT MAKE HIS JOB,A LITTLE MORE PLEASANT. A PERSQNAL IF AT ,ANY TIME HELP ON OUR PART IS NEEDED PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL ON US." IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. I 32 COMMUNICATION fROM PERCY W. BROWN COMPANY - RE: AND READ AS FOLLOWS: FINANCIAL RECORDS OF CITY WAS SUBMITTED "WE HAVE AUDITED THE FINANCIAL RECORDS OF THE CITY OF EUGENE FOR THE QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1949. WE FIND THE RECORDS TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION AND ALL CASH PRPPEREY ACCOUNTED FOR." IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIvED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. 33 COMMUNICATION SENT TO OWNERS OF DRIVE-iN-THEATER ON SOUTH WILLAMETTE FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY . WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "IT HAS BEEN CALLED Tn THE ATTENTION OF THE CITY OF EUGENE THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO. REOPEN YOUR DRIVE-IN THEATER ON SOUTH WILLAMETTE STREET IN THE CITY OF EUGENE, OREGON. AT THE CLOSE OF YOUR SEASON ~AST YEAR THE ASSURANCE WAS GIVEN BY YOUR COMPANY TO THE CITY OF EUGENE THAT BEFORE OPENING FOR THE COMING SEASON THAT YOU WOULD MAKE. IMPROVEMENTS UPON THE PARKING AREA OUTSIDE YOUR THEATER, AND WOULD ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL PARKING LANES FOR AUTOMOBILES OUTSIDE THE THEATER, AND MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO SOLVE THE TRAFFI~ P~OBLEM ON SOUTH WILLAMETTE STREET WHICH YOUR THEATER HAS CREATED. AN EXAMINATION OF YOUR FACILITIES AS OF THIS DATE REVEALS THAT NO IMPROVEMENTS OR ALTERATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE OUTSIDE YOUR . , THEATER. WE REALIZE THAT DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS THE ASPHALTING OR PAVING CANNOT BE DONE AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER, WE DO fEEL THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO ESTABLISH ADDITIO~AL PARKING LANES, THIS WORK COULD BE DONE NOW. You COULD ALSO ESTABLISH YOUR PARKING LANE SEPARATIONS AND ATTEMPT TO SOLVE THE VERY SERIOUS TRAfFIC PROBLEM. 1 You WILL RECALL THAT NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO YOU LAST YEAR THAT THE CITY OF EUG~NE WAS CONSIDERING THE PASSAGE OF AN ORDINANCE CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF DRIVE-IN THEATERS. WE HAVE RECEIVED COPIES OF TW~ SUCH ORDINANCES WHICH HAVE BEEN PASSED IN OTHER CITIES. AND THE SAME HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED. WE WISH TO GIVE YOU THIS INFORMATION SO THAT YOU WILL BE fULLY ADVISED. AM SURE THAT MR. KING, OUR CITY MANAGER, AND MR. JONES, OUR CHIEf OF POLICt, WILL COOPERATE WITH YOUR COMPANY IN EVERY MANNER POSSIBLE, BUT THE COUNCIL Of THE CITY OF EUGENE HAS INDICATED THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO SOLVE THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM ON SOUT~ WILLAMETTE STREET. . You MAY REST ASSURED THAT WE WILL COOPERATE WITH YOU TO THE END THAT WE MAY fiND A SUITABLE SOLUTION TO THE TRAFfiC PROBLEM." IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECO~DED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. 34 COMMUNICATION FROM LYLE M. NELSON - RE: APPRECIATION FOR COOPERATION IN HANDLING TRAFFIC AND PARKING PROBLEM WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "BEfORE I SEND THE FILES PERTAINING TO THE DEDICATION-OPEN HOUSE WEEK-END TO THE ARCHIVES, I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING APPRECIATIVE OF THE FINA COOPERATION WHICH WE RECEIVED FROM YOUR OFFICE IN HANDLING ;HE TRAFFIC AND PARKING PROBLEM. THISCONTRISUTED A GREAT DEAL TO THE SMOOTHNESS WITH WHICH ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE GOVERNOR AND HIS OF~ICIAL PARTY WERE CARRIED OUT. I ~