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<br /> 4/ BUREAU OF P,ARKSo',AND RECREATION -' (A), AMAZON PARK - TI;l~ WORK IN THE AMAZON PARK !
<br /> " CONSISTS MOSTLY OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO SOFTBALL FIELDS WHICH ARE 30% COMPLETE.
<br /> DIRT HAS BEEN HAULED IN FROM ST~EET EX~AVATION. 12" , 8" AND 4" DRAI N TI LE HAVE BEEN I
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<br /> I NSTALLED AND.. THE CONTRACTOR IS NOW INSTALLING THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM. ,
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<br /> (B) SK I NNERS BUTTE PARK - OBSERVATION POINT - THE OBSERVATION POINT ON TOP OF
<br /> , t,....... THE BUTTE IS 75% COMPLETE. ALL ~ONCRETE HAS BEEN POURED AND THE RAIL FENCE AROUND
<br /> 1.0 THE POI NT I HAS ,BEEN I. N S TAL LED. , , A .F~ORTION OF THIS PIPE RAIL IS USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH
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<br /> ~ THE IRRIGATION SYST~~ AND A PUt-:1P HAS BEEN If'lSTALLED FOR PUMPING WATER FROM THE WILLAMETTE
<br /> ~ RIVER FOR IRRIGATION.
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<br /> (C ) GEORGE OWEN PARK - ROSE GARQEN - THE WORK IN THIS PARK CONSISTS OF GRADING FOR
<br /> ~ A ONE ACRE LAWN SPACE 300 FEET OF 9" WALK, AND A PARKING AREA 100 BY I 20 FEE T . THE LAWN
<br /> - HAS BEEN SEEDED AND GRAVEL WilL BE PLACE,D IN THE WALK AREAS A,ND PARKING LOT WITHIN THE
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<br /> e (D) A NEW DEER PEN HAS BEEN BuiLT, WATER LI NES HAVE BEEN EXTENDED,
<br /> ROOFING MATERIAL HAS B,EEN OR~ERED FOR RE-ROOFING THE PARK SHEL TER, IVY CUTTINGS ARE BEING
<br /> PROPAGATED FOR THE D I, KE A~EA AROUND THE SEW~GE TREATMENT PLANT.
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<br /> I CONTRAC TS HA,VE BEEN LET .TO RE-ROOF AND REPAIR THE ROOF OF THE PARK WAREHOUSE AND
<br /> - THE EUGENE MEMORIAL S~I~MINq POOL.,
<br /> THE PARK DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM HAS GONE QUITE WELL DURING THE SUMMER, AND THE
<br /> I. RECREATION PROGRAM WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH THE A TTE NDANCE EXCEE~ING THAT OF LAST YEAR.
<br /> 5. AMAZON PROJECT - THE CONTRACT FOR THE W)DENING AND STRAIGHTENING, OF THE SECOND
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<br /> " PHASE OF THE AMAZON CREEK P~OJECT HAS BEEN LET TO J. M. CONLEY OF PORTLAND FOR $185,000.
<br /> THE CONTRACTOR IS NOW MOVING IN EQUIPMENT ~ND WILL START ON THE LOWER END OF THE PROJEC T. i
<br /> GENERAL DE PAR TME NTAL OPERATIONS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST WERE GIVEN FOR THE POLICE,
<br /> FIRE AND BUILDING DEPARTMENTS. "
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<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY C~UMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE REP<?R!' OF THE CITY MANAGER BE
<br /> RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> REPORTS OF,COMMITTEES
<br /> .. R.O.W.
<br /> 4 A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE - RE: REQUEST OF COUNTY COMMISSION FOR
<br /> ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF CITY OWNED P~6PERTY WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
<br /> "A ,ME E T ING OF, THE, PUBLIC WORKS COMMI TTEE WAS HELD ON AUGUST 31, 1953 WITH THE
<br /> FOLLOWI~G PRESENT: COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKE~, GODLOVE, KOPPE, SIEGENTHALER; CITY MANAGER;
<br /> CI TV ATTORNEY; ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER; SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION AND CITY
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<br /> THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO CONSIDER THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION FOR A, 60
<br /> FOOT R.O.W. ACROSS ,THE ~ORTHWEST CORNER OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY ON WHICH IS LOCATED THE
<br /> I MUNICIPAL SWIMMING POOL IN TRADE FOR AN EASEMENT CONCERNED WITH RE-RriUTING AND WIDENING
<br /> OF AMAZON CREEK.
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<br /> THE MATTER WAS CONSIDERED AND IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS I
<br /> COMMITTEE THAT THE CITY GRANT THE R.O.W.' REQUESTED BY THE' COUNTY I N TRADE FOR A, R .O.W.
<br /> I WHICH WOULD GIVE THE CI,TY A NORTHEAST ENTRANCE OFF OF 15TH AVENUE I NTO THE SWIMMING
<br /> POOL PROPERTY, OR T.HE CITY WOULD DEED TO THE COUNTY FOR ROAD PURPOSES THE REQUESTED
<br /> R. O. W. PROVIDED THE COUNTY WOULD DEED A 60 FOOT CONNECTING STRIP WITH 15TH AVENUE AND
<br /> e THE CITY WOULD PAY THE COUNTY HALF Tt;lE LAND VALUE ON A SQUARE FOOT BASl'srIrOR::THAT1"RORTION
<br /> CrTT~E^COUNTY STRIP THAT WAS MORE THAN THE SQUARE rOOT A~EA GIVEN BY THE CITY; ALSO, THE
<br /> CITY WOULD PURCHASE A, SMALL AREA OWNED !3Y THE COUNTY BETWEEN THE N'OR TH BORDER OF THE
<br /> SWIMMING POOL PROPERTY AND THE NEW R.O.W. PROVIDED BY THE EXTENSION OF 15TH AVENUE. "
<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
<br /> BE ADOPTED AND THAT THE VARIOUS PROPOSALS BE SUBMI TTED TO THE COUNTY. ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION
<br /> CARRIED. C>
<br /> 5 A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEES - RE: AMAZON CHANNEL IMPROVE-
<br /> MENT WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:,
<br /> "A, MEETI NG OF THE PUBLI,C WORKS AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMM~TTEES WAS ~ELD ON SEPTEMBER 4,
<br /> 1953WI.TH THE FOLLOWING, PRESENT: MAYOR JOH)'JSON; COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER, KOPPE, WATSON AND
<br /> CONE; CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER; CITY RECORDER AND GEORGE
<br /> TODD.
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