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r: ltiO I. = . .. ., I. PAVI NG OF ONYX STREET FROM' 25TH TO 26TH AVENUE. 49.15% 2. . PAVING GARF'.fELDeFROU leTHTO SOUTH. CITY lIMITS~. . THE STATEMENT FAVORING THE PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT AUTHORIZING CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, WIDENING, OPENING AND RESURFACING STREETS AND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE STREET SYSTEM AND PROVIDING.A 5-UILL TAX LEVY FOR 5 VEARS WAS RECOUMENDED-FOR APPROVAL. COpy OF STATEMENT IS HEREWITH ATTACHED. A F'URT~ER REVIEW WAS MADE PERTAINING TO LETTING THE FERRY STREET OVERCROSSING PROJECT AS OUTLiNED IN THE ACCOMPANYING LETTER FROM-STATE HIGHWAY ENGINEER R~ H. BALDOCK UNDER DATE OF'MAY 4, 1950 AT A tOTAL ESTIMATED AMOUNT TO THE CITY OF EUGENE OF 8531,547.10. IT ~S UNDERSTOOD THAT IN ADDITION TO THtS AMOUNT THE COST OF' MOVING WATER AND GAS MAINS ,AT APPROXIMATELY 82,ooo.oa MUST BE ACCOUNTED FOR. IN AWARDING THIS CONTRACT THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS ARE NECESSARY. I. STATING WHETHER OR NOT THE CONTRACT IS TO INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 4TH STREET CONNECT! ON. 2, CONCURRING IN THE AWARD OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO TOM RtLLEBO ON THE BASIS OF' THE LOW SID SUBMITTED BY HIM ON APRIL 25, 1950 AMOUNTING Ti 8418,761.00 FOR THE CITY's SHARE. 3. STATEMENT THAT THE CITY HAS F'UNDS WIJH WHICH TO MEET THE FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS ASSUMED UNDER THE TERMS OF' THE AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER 31, 1946 WHICH WOULD ENTAIL AN ADDITIONAL 8450,000.00 BONO ISSUE ('50,000.00 PREVIOUSLY ISSUED F'OR RIGHT OF' WAY COSTS) AND- P~OVISION THAT THE ADDITIONAL ,31,547.la BE WITHHELD BY THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT FR~M'GASOLINE TAX REVENUES OVER A PERIOD OF' 5 YEARS BEGINNING WITH THE F'ISCAL YEAR 1951-52. I 4. THAT THE UNDERSTANDINGS AND ARRANGEMENTS AS REGARDS COSTS, PAYMENTS, DEEDING OF' MILL RACt PROPERTY AND OTHER MATTERS OUTLINED IN A LETTER OF' MAY 4,1950 ARE AGREEABLE TO THE CITY OF' EUGENE. THE PUBLIC 10RKS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT tHE EASTERN ONE-HALF OF CHESHIRE STREET LYIWG BETWEEN MONROE AND ASH STREET BE VACATED, PROVLDED THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS PAY ALL OF T~E COSTS. THIS WAS A SHORT STREET WHICH HAD NOT BEEN OPENED UP WHICH DEAD-ENOS WITH NO PO~SIBLE F'UTURE USE." IT WAS MOVED, BY €RUMBAKER, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. 5 A REPORT OF THE STREET liGHTING COMMITTEE - RE: FINANCING PROGRAM WAS SUBMITTED AND ORDERED INCLUDEO IN THE MINUTES AS FOLLOWS: WA MEETING OF THE STREET liGHTING COMMITTEE WAS HELD AT NOON ON MAY 4, 1950 AT THE DEL REY CAFE. PRESENT WERE: CHAIRMAN. WALTER BANKS; MAYOR V.-E. JOHNSON; MRS. PAULINE BURRIS; MARVIN WARL'CK; BOB CROSS; RAY BOALS; fORO NORTHROP; CHIEF KEITH JONES; MERLE BAILEyl FRANCIS WHITNEY; OREN KING AND MR. D. G. DESART, HIGHWAY liGHTING ENGINEER OF THE STATE HiGHWA~ DEPARTMENT. THE FINANCING PROGRAM FOR THE INSTALLATION OF MERCURY VAPOR LIGHTS ON FRANKLIN BLVD. WAS OUTLI~ED' INC(UDING THE OFFER OF THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD TO DO THIS LIGHTING WHICH WOULD BE AMMORTIZED OVER A 25 YEAR PERIOD AND IT. WAS BROUGHT 6u~ THAT THE CITY OF EUGENE HAD INCLUDED SUFFICIENT MONEY IN THE 1950-51 BUDGET FOR TH~ FIRST YEAR'S PAYMENT ON THIS PROJECT. I MR. DESART WAS AS-KED TO'GIVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH HE MIGHT HAVE IN CONNECTION WITH THE LIGHTING OF FRANKLIN BLVO. MR. DESART SUGGESTED THAT THE INSTALLATION ~E MADE ON THE BASIS OF WOODEN POLES AND OVERHEAD WIRING - THE POLES BEING PLACED AT THE EDGES OF THE STREET RATHER THAN IN THE CENTER MEDIUM STRIP. THE LUMINAIRES SHOULD BE THE TYPE DESIGNED FOR HORIZONTAL OPERATION 21,000 LUMEN MERCURY LAMP AS REPRESENTED BY THE GENERAL ELECTRIC TYPE 109 AND THE WESTINGHOUSE Ov-20. THE SPACING OF LUMINAIRES TO GIVE THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNT OF LIGHT WITH 21,000 LUMEN LAMPS SHOULD BE ABOUT 100-FOOT STAGGERED WITH APPROXIMATELY 8-FOOT ARMS USED ON THOSE POLES SET JUST BACK OF THE CURB AND LONG ARMS WHERE EXISTING POLES ARE UTILIZED, OR OTHER INTERF'ERENCES WOULD NECESSITATE PLACING THE POLES FARTHER FROM THE CURB. IT WAS ALSO BROUGHT OUT THAT PRESENT WOODEN POLES ON FRANKLIN BLVD. MIGHT BE UTILI~ED IN THIS PROGRAM. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE ENGINEER OF THE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD WORK UP SPECJFI- CANONS AND PLANS F'OR THE COMMITTEE'S USE IN SUBMITTING THIS PROGRAM THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO THE EUGENE CITY COUNCIL AND EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD. IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT SPECIFICATIONS COULD BE SO SET UP AS TO ALLOW COMPETITIVE COM~ANIES TO BID ON THE FIxTURES AND LIGHTS AS LONG AS THEY MEET THE MINIMUM SPECIFI~A- TlONS REQUIRED. IT WAS ME~TIONED THAT MAY 22ND WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO SUBMIT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL INASMUCH AS THAT WAS THE FINAL BUDGET MEETING FOR THE 1950-1951 CITY BUDGET. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 1115 P.u.~ 'I ",--". ~