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~2~ I~ : _---: II PETI TION fOR THE PAVI NG Of MI LL STREET BETWEEN 28TH AND 29TH AVENUE WAS SUBMI TTED j3Y MR. RAYMOND M. lINDBERG. e IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY SMITH THAT THE PETITION BE REfERRE~;O THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. 12 COMMUNICATION fROM'THE ASSISTAN~ SCOUT EXECUTIVE OF THE BOY SCOUTS Of AMERICA - RE: MEMORIAL fOR MICHAEL McKENZIE WAS SUBMIT~ED'A~D RE~D. IT WAS MOVED BY SIEGENTHALER, SECONDED BY GODLOVE THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE REfERRED TO THE HEALTH"A'ND RECREATION COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. '{'", ,. '" ,.,,' 13 COMMUNICATION FROM THE OREGON STATE SANITARY AUTHORITY - RE: SEWAGE IN THE WESTMORELAND ADDITIO~ TO THE CITY Of rUGENE WAS SUBMITTE~AND READ AS fOLLOWS: "YOUR LETTER OF MARCH I, 1951, .REGARDING THE PROB(EM Of SEWAGE COLLECTION AND 6Is~os~L IN iHE WEST~ORELAND ADDIT1,ON ~O THE CITY Of EUGENE WAS REfERRED TO THE MEMBERS Of TKt"STAtt SA~ITAR~ AUTHORITY AT THEIR REGULAR MEETING ON MARCH 2, 1951.' AT THE SAME TIME CONSIDERATION WAS ALSO GIVEN TO A REPORT fROM THE WESTMORELAND SCHOOL AND TO EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY PRESENTED IN PERSON BY SEVERAL RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS Of THE AREA. IfFTER CAREfULLY.REVIEWING ALL OF THE FACTS AVAILABLE IN THE MATTER, iliHE' MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORi TY' I NSTRUCTED ME TO' NOTI FY THE CI TY OF EUGENE AS fOLLOWS': I . THE INSANITARY CONDITIONS CAUSED BY THE FLOODING OF THE WESTMORELAND SEWERS CONST I TUTES . NOT' ONL Y A' 'SOURCE"OF-STREAM' POLLUT ION AND A PUBL I C 'NU I S'ANCE, BUT ~LSO A SERIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD. THEY ARE THEREfORE Of GREAT ~ONCER~. TO BOTH THE SlATE SAN'I TARY AUTHOR I TY, AND THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH..;' i liT. M)JST BE POINTED OUT THAT THE CITY Of EUGENE COULD BE HELD LIABLE FOR THE OUTBREAK OF ANY .COMMUNICABLE DISEASE WHICH'MIGHT BE CAUSED BY SUCH INSANITARY CONDITIONS. I 2. ~(tHOUGH REQUIRtD BY STA~E LAW, PLANS AND SPECifiCATIONS FOR T~E$E PARTIC~LAR SEWERS WERE NOT SUBMITTED TO AND APPROVED BY THE AUTHORITY BEFo,RE CONSTRUCTION WAS UNDERTAKEN. IT IS APPARENT, HOWEVER, THAT THE FAILURE OF THESE SEWERS TO fUNCTION SATISfACTORILY' IS THE RESULT OF fAULTY CONSTRUCTION AND NOT OF DESIGN, 'INASMUCH ASJ~~E fLOODING OF THE SEWERS IS CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE GROUND OR SURFACE INfiLTRATION. 3. BECAUSE Of THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF INFILTRATION WHICH APPARENTLY TAKE PLACE IN THE UPPER SECTIONS OF THE WESTMORELAND SEWERS, IT IS DOUBTFUL THAT INCREASING THE CAPACITY OF THE EXISTING PUMPING STATION AND THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW PUMPING STATION AT THE NOR1;H END OF"POLKSTREET WILL COMPLETELY 'SOLVE THIS - PROBLEM. IT IS REALIZED, OF COURSE, THAT IN ADDITION TO THESE .T.WO, MAJ.OR", IMPROVEMENTS THE CITY IS ALSO ATTEMPTING TO IMPROVE THE SURFACE DRAINAGE IN THE AREA AND TO LOWER TH~_~~Qy~~_~~t~~,!A~~~,~~,A!,ALL POSSIBLE. 4. IN VIEW'Of fHE ABOVE FACTS THE ~ITY OF EUGENE IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO SUBMIT, TO THE STATE SA~ITARY AUTHORITY WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS fROM ~HE, RECEI~T,.OF THI~ LETTER A DETAILED ENGINEERING REPORT .INCLUDING COMPLETE PLANS FOR SOLVING THE WESTMORELAND SEWERAGE P'ROBLEM. I F.THE CITY FA I LS TO SUBM I T SUCH' PLANS OR, IF THE PLANS AS SUBMI TTED ARE NOT SATI SFACTORY" THE SANI TARY AU,THORI TY WI LL HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO SECURE IMMEDIATE ABATEMENT OF THE NU I'SANCE. I THE AUTHOR I TY ALSO DIRECTED THAT THE MATTER BE REFERRED TO THE S'TA H,.BoARD. Of HEALTH FOR THEIR ONFORMATION. IT IS REPSECTFULLY REQUESTED THEREFO'RE THAT' yOU GIVE THIS MATTER YOUR IMMEDIATE A T TEN + ION:. " '" , IT WAS REPORTED BY THE CITY MANAGER THAT AN ANSWER WAS BEING PREPARED TO THIS COMMUNICA- TION. I' AFTER SOME DISCUSSION OF THE WEST SIDE SEWER PROJECT, IT WAS MOVED BY SMITH, SECONDED BY SI EGENTHALER"'THAT THE CI TY ATTORNEY BE I NSTRUCTED TO MAKE A 'fORMAL DEMAND -ON. THE CONTRACTOR AND THE BONDING COMPANY FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION TOWARD THE CORRECTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION DEFICIENCIES IN THE PROJECT. MOTION CARRIED. 14 tN REGARD TO TH~I~GBJECT OF THE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM, IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH" SECONDED BY GODLOVE THAT THE MAYOR APPOINT A COUNCIL COMMITTEE TO INCLUDE THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ENGINEER, TO MEET WITH THE COUNCIL AND/OR THE POWER BOARD Of THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD AND 'TO NEGOTIATE WITH THEM CONCERNING A COOPERAT)VE EFFORT. MOTION CARRIED. 15 IT WAS ORALLY REPORTED BY CAME TO A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION THE POLICE DEpARTMENT ARE JO BE THE CITY MAN~GER THAT THE 'STA TE HI GHSCHOOL B1\:SKF;TBALL TOURNAMENT AND THAT THE UNIVERSITY AND ASSOCIATION OFFICIALS AS WELL AS COMMENDED FOR THE WAY IN WHICH THEY FUNCT~PNED"A"D~'OOPERATED. " I. t.', " I ~