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e 3'5~ I ~ ~ in 00 <t: l-l <r: e I .' I e 3 I e REPORTS OF OFFICERS II ' II II II I' " '. I. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT - THE CITY MANAGER ADVISED THAT RESIDENTS LIVING ON McMoRRAN DRIVE HAD REQUESTED THAT PARKING BE RESTRICTED TO THE NORTH SIDE ONLY. 2. TH~ CITY MANAGER READ A PETITION rROM NINE PROPERTY OWNERS REQUESTING THAT HEAVIER PAVEMENT BE INSTALLED ON 15TH AVENUE IiROM POLK TO 90 rEET WEST or TAYLOR STREET. HE ADVISED THIS, PETITION SHO~ED TH€ DIFFERE~CE or PAVING BETWEEN $6.96 FOR 3-1/2" CEMENT TO AN ESTIMATE or $8.12 PER rRONT rOOT FOR 5" OF ASPHALTIC PAVING. THE CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED THAT INAS- MUCH AS THE, MAJORITY or THE PROPERTY OWNERS DESIRED TO PAY ~OR THE HEAVIER PAVING THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE THIS REQUEST AND THAT THE CONTRACT BE AWARDED TO CENTRAL HEATING COMPANY ON THEIR LOW BID or $8,143.20. Ii : ~ 3. THE FI NANCE Orrl CER AND CI TY MANAGER RECOMMENDED THAT THE rOLLOW'1 NG FUND BALANCES TOTALING $193,000.00 BE INVESTED IN UNITED STATES CERTlrlCATES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO YIELD 2-1/4%. FUND GENERAL BOND SINKING PRINCIPAL I MPROVEMENT BOND SER I ES A & B, I'NTE,REST IMPROVEMENT BOND SERIES C, INTEREST IMPROVEMENT BOND SERIES D, INTEREST IMPROVEMENT BOND SERIES F, PRI NCIPAL IMPROVEMENT BOND SERIES G, PRINCIPAL CIVIC EMERGENCY BERKELEY PARK TRUST FUND AMOUNT $ 75,000.00 5,000.00 9,000.00 22,000.00 30,000.00 42,000.00 7,000.00 3,000.00 $ 193,000.00 4. THE CITY MANAGER ADVISED THAT EQUIPMENT WAS BEING PURCHASED AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $900.00 OUT or PRESENT STREET EQUI PMEN,T FUNDS TO SET UP A SCOTCH, LI GHTI NG PROGRAM rOR THE CITY OF EUGENE. THIS WOULD INVOLVE THE MAKING or THESE TRArflC SIGNS AND STREET SIGNS BY OUR OWN DEPARTMENT AT A CONSIDERABLE SAVING, THAT ALL or THESE SIGNS WOULD BE RErLECTORIZED WITH SCOTCH LIGHT IN OUR CONTINUED ENDEAVORS TO ErFECT GREATER SArETY fOR BOTH PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR TRArrIC. 5. THE CITY MANAGER ADVISED THAT HE WAS PLANNING ON ATTENDING THE fiRST PACIFIC NORTHWEST CONrERENCE ON PROBLEMS IN PUBLIC ADMI~ISTRATION. THIS CONfERENCE IS BEING HELD FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, MAY 1ST AND 2ND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, IN SEATTLE. IT IS SPONSORED BY THE INSTITUTE or PUBLIC ArFAIRS OF THE UNIVERSITY or WASHINGTON AND INCLUDES PROBLEMS IN PERrORMANCE, BUDGETING AND PROGRAM PLANNING, PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION AND ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYSIS. IN THE MATTER or RESTRICTED PARKING ON McMORRAN DRIVE, IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY GODLOVE THAT PARKING BE RESTRICTED TO THE NORTH SIDE ONLY, AND THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE AUTHORIZED TP HAVE THESE SIGNS INSTALLED. MOTION CARRIED. ITWAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SEOONDED BY GODLOVE THAT THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZE HEAVIER PAVING ON 15TH AVENUE BETWEEN POLK AND 90 rEET WEST OF TAYLOR STREET. MOTION CARRIED. IN THE MATTER or INVESTING IN UNITED STATES CERTlrlCATES OF INDEBTEDNESS, IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY GODLOVE THAT rUND BALANCES' or $193,000.00 BE EXPENDED IN THIS MANNER. ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED. THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE BALANCE OF THE REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES A REPORT or THE PUBLIC WORKS & FINANCE COMMITTEES MEETING HELD ON APRIL 17, 195~ - RE: AIRPORT HOMES; EXCHANGE or PROPERTY WITH MR. LEONARD; RIVERVIEW ANNEXATION; CHARGES rOR IN- STALLATIONOF STORM SEWERS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS,rOLLOWS: "A MEETING or THE PUBLIC WORKS AND FINANCE COMMITTEES WAS HELD ON APRIL 17, :1953 WI TH THE FOLLOW"I NG PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCI LMEN CRUMBAKER, BOOTH, KOPPE, SI EGEN- "THALER AND CONE; CITY,MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; CITY RECORDER AND CITY ENGINEER. I. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZE PROPER CITY orrlCIALS TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT WITH THE LANE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY TO OPERATE AIRPORT HOMES rOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PROJECT WILL BE TERMINATED WITHIN THIS TIME AND THAT THE UNITS WOULD BE VACATED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND THAT, NONE WOULD BE RENTED AFTER THE PRESENT OCCUPANT.S MOVED OUT. I T WAS ALSO ,RECOMMENDED THAT THE CI TY OF EUGENE DISPOSE or THESE VACATED UNITS THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFrlCE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WOULD BE SOLD TO THE HIGHEST AND BEST BIDDER AS SOON AS THEY ARE VACATED; THAT PROPER JUDGMENT BE USED AS TO THE, FUTURE USE AND LOCATI ON IN CO,NNECTION WI TH THE SALE OF ANY or THESE HOMES. ~