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r328 e C.A.A. ROOM 35 ROOM 30 ROOM 28 ROOM 33 ROOM 12 CONTROL CAB STORAGE ROOM EQUIPMENT ROOM SUPERvrSOR ELECTRONICS OFFICE~ ENGINE GENERATOR ROOM 289 SQUARE FEET 88 SQUARE FEET 610 SQUARE FEET 204 SQUARE FEET '94 SQUARE FEET 1,385 SQUARE FEET TOTAL C.A.A. WEATHER BUREAU ROOM 6 METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE 117 SQUARE FEET ROOM 8 OBSERVATORY 554 SQUARE FEET ROOM 7 STORAGE 156 SQUARE FEET RM. 9 & 10 BALLOON AND INFLATION ROOM 256 SQUARE FEET TOTAL WEATHER BUREAU 1,083 SQUARE FEET THIS FOOTAGE COMPLIES WITH THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATES WHICH WERE RECOMMENDED..AND APPROVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING WHICH WAS FINANCED WITH 56% OF C.A~A. FUNDS AND LEAVES ROOM NUMBERS I, 2, 3, AND 4 WHICH ITIS RECOMMENDED BE LEASED TO THE SAFETY DIVISION OF THE C.A.A. INASMUCH'AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PAID 56% OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ADMINISTRA- TION BUILDING, THE C.A.A. AND WEATHER BUREAU CAN 'PAY FOR ONLY JANITORIAL SERVICES, HEAT AND WATER. IT WAS TENTATIVELY AGREED THAT EACH AGENCY WOULD PAY ALL OF I TS OWN ELECTRICITY BILLS. A REVIEW OF SIMILAR CHARGES IN KLAMATH FALLS, MEDFORD, SALEM, BOISE AND PORTLAND SHOWED THAT THE HIGHEST RENTAL WHICH EITHER OF THESE AGENCjES WERE PAYING WAS 66i PER SQUARE FOOT PER YEAR. IT WAS TENTATIVELY AGREED THAT THEY WOULD PAY THE CITY OF EUGENE 75i PER SQUARE FOOT PER YEAR FOR THE FIRST YEAR AFTER WHICH A RECAPITULA- TION OF ACTUAL COSTS WOULD BE MADE. IT WAS FELT BY MEMBERS OF THE C.A.A. AND WEATHER BUREAU THAT THIS WAS HIGH BUT W~ ASSURED THEM THAT THE RATE WAS BASED ONLY UPON ACTUAL ANTICIPATED COSTS OF EXPENSE INCURRED IN THE OPERATION OF THE NEW ADMINISTRATION BUILD- ING. THIS WOULD AMOUNT TO AN ANNUAL RENTAL OF $812.25 FOR 1,083 SQUARE FEET FOR THE WEATHER BUREAU AND $1,038.75 FOR 1,385 SQUARE FEET FOR THE C.A.A. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SA~ETY DIVISION OF THE C.A.A. UNDER CHARGE OF JACK FENEY BE RENTED THE DOWNSTAIRS AREA INCLUDING ROOMS I, 2, 3 AND 4, TOTALING 610 SQUARE FEET AT A PRICE OF $2.00 PER SQUARE FOOT PER YEAR AT AN ANNUAL RENTAL OF $1,219.92." IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY GODLOVE THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE AUTHORIZED TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH C.A.A. AND THE WEATHER BUREAU FOR SPACE IN THE AIRPORT ADMINISTRATION BUILDING UNDER THE TERMS SET FORTH' IN THE REPORT. MOTION CARRIED. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES 2 A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS & FINANCE COMMITTEES - RE: ORNAMENTAL STREET LIGHTING; REQUEST OF E. W. E.B. TO INSTALL UNDERGROUND VAULTS FOR NETWORK SYSTEM; CURB SIDEWALK AT 23RD AND UNIVERSITY; REMOVAL-'OF BARN IN BERKELEY PARK; REQUEST TO DRILL WELL AT EAST END OF TIFFANY BUILDING; IMPROVEMENT PETITIONS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "A MEETI NG OF THE PUBLI C WORKS AND Fl NANCE COMMI TTEES WAS HELD ON MARCH .20, 1953 WITH THE FOLLOWING PRESENT: COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER, BOOTH, GODLOVE, KOPPE, SIEGENTHALER; CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY ENGINEER. I. IN AN ENDEAVOR TO ~NALYZt AND RECOMMEND SOME ACCEPTABLE MEANS OF FINANCING AN ' ORNAMENTAL STREET LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS AREA, AS REQUESTED BY WALTER H. BANKS, CHAIRMAN OF THE STREET LIGHTING COMMITTEE, MR. MERLE BAILEY OF THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD WAS ASKED TO'OUTLINE TYPES OF LIGHTING AND RELAT-ED COSTS. AT A PREVIOUS COMBINED MEETING OF MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE STREET LIGHTING COMMITTEE, MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BROUGHT OUT THE FACT THAT ORNA- MENTAL STREET LIGHTING IN THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS AREA SHOULD BE GIVEN ATTENTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND SUGGESTED BOUNDARIES OF LINCOLN STREET ON THE WEST, HIGH STREET ON THE EAST, RUNNI NG FROM 5TH TO II TH AVENUE I N AN ENDEAVOR TO BETTER I DENTI FY THE CENTRAL BUSINESS SECTION. PRELIMINARY STUDIES OF COSTS OF LIGHTING THIS AREA INCLUDING WILLAMETTE STREET FROM THE DEPOT TO 17TH AVENUE AMOUNT TO APPROXIMATELY $262,000. THE TYPE OF INSTALLATION RECOMMENDED COULD BE EITHER MERCURY VAPOR OR INCANDESCENT TYPE LIGHTING SUSPENDED IN A PENDULUM TYPE FIXTURE FROM A METAL POLE APPROXIMATELY 27 FEET, 2 INCHES IN HEIGHT WITH A FOUR FOOT A~M AT ~I~HT ANGLES TO THE CURB LINE. THIS WOULD INCLUDE UNDERGROUND. CABLES AND CONCRETE BASES AND [OST PER FRONT FOOT WOULD RANGE BETWEEN $4.45 TO $4.70. ~ ,I il " " II 'I I! " :1 Ii Ii ,I il II II I, II ,I " Ii ,! Ii " I e I .. I e Ii tI II Ii II " I! Ii! I " " Ii 'I :i il , I' i' " e 'I II