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<br />"OUR WEBfOOT CHAPTER Of THE NATIONAL REfRIGERATION SERVICE ENGINEERS SOCIETY I
<br />WISHES TO COMMEND THE CITY COUNCIL fOR ITS PROMPT ACTION IN PASSING THE SAFETY ORDINANCE
<br />AGAINST THE ABANDONING Of REFRIGERATORS WHICH CAN BECOME DEATH-TRAPS FOR PLAYING CH.lLDREN.
<br />OUR ORGANIZATION, B01H NATIONALLY AND LOCALLY, IS IN fAVOR Of SUCH LEGISLATION, BUT BEING
<br />NON-POLITICAL IN FUNCTION, DOES ~OT USUALLY SPONSOR IT.
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<br />HOWEVER, IN THE BELIEF THAT LEGISLATION ALONE IS NOT'ENOUGH, WE SHALL CONTINUE OUR II
<br />ACTIVE PARTICIPAT.ION IN THE SAfETY CAMPAIGN Of PREVENTION WHICH IS SPONSOREO BY SEVERAL I
<br />Of THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL AND REfRIGERATION ASSOCIATIONS. THE MEMBERS Of WEBfOOT I
<br />CHAPTER, MORE THAN A YEAR' AGO, VOTED. T.O REMOVE HARDWARE OR OTHERWI SE RENDER S'AFE-ABANDONED II
<br />AND STORED REfR I GERATORS FREE Of CHARGE UPON REQUEST. OUR NEWSPAPER AND LOCAL RADIO II
<br />STATIONS HAVE COOPERATED WITH US BY GIVING 'US PUBLICITY AND SO GETTING ~HE~ACTS BSFORE I
<br />THE PUBLI c. BY APPROACH FROM VARIOUS ANGLE;S, WE HOPE TO ELI MI NATE THI S DANGEROUS PROBLEM." II
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<br />IT .WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY GODLOVE THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND I
<br />PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. I
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<br />16 COMMUNICATION fROM CORNELL, HOWLAND, HAYES AND MERRYfiELD - RE: REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF I ~
<br />TIME BY R. H. BROWN AND COMPANY fOR FURNISHING TWO LARGE RAW SEWAGE PUMPS WAS SUBMITTED ANO' ~
<br />REA 0 A. S I" 0 L L OW S :
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<br />"WE ARE ENCLOSI NG A COPY Of A LETTER FROM R. H. BROWN ANO COMPANY Of PORTLAND,
<br />OREGON REQUESTING AN EXTENSION OF TIME IN THEIR CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF EUGENE fOR ,
<br />fURNI SHI NG THE TWO LARGE R,AW SEWAGE PUMPS FOR THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. 1,1
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<br />AFTER THE CONTRACT WAS NEGOTIATED IT WAS NECESSARY TO HOLD A CONfERENCE WITH THE Ii I
<br />PEERLESS PUMP COMPANY TO ARRANGE FOR SOME CHANGES TO THE PUMPS TO MEET CONDI TI ONS Iii
<br />! REQUIRED fOR THE PUMPING STATION AT YOUR TREATMENT PLANT. THESE CHANG~S Of A NECESSITY I
<br />I DELAYED THE fABRICATION OF THE PUMP DISCHARGE COLUMN. INASMUCH AS THE PUMPS ARE BEING rl
<br />DELIVERED, BY THE TIME THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR IS IN A POSITION TO INSTALL THEM, IT IS I
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<br />OUR OPI NI ON THAT THE REQUEST FOR EXTENSI-ON. Qf TI ME OF SHI PMENT OF THESE PUMPS TO BE II
<br />CHANGEO F'ROM SEPTEMBER 4, 1953 TO OCTOBER 5, 1953, IS A JUSTIFIED REQUEST. ,~
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<br />WE, THEREFORE, RECOMMEND THAT THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CI TY OF EUGENE A.ND R. H. II
<br />BROWN AND COMPANY OF PORTLANl> FOR DELI VERY OF THE TWO RAW SEWAGE PUMPS BE CHANGED TO I,
<br />PROVIDE FOR SHIPMENT F'ROM Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 5, 1953." i
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY GODLOVE WHAT THE EXTENSION OF' TIME BE GRANTED, AND il
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<br />THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION C'ARRIED. II ~.,'
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<br />17 COMMUNICATION F'ROM THE EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY - RE: RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY LIBRARY BOARO II
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<br />"WHEREAS, THE EUGENE PUBLI C LI BRARY BUI LOI NG, WHI CH WAS: ERECTED IN 1908, SEATS II
<br />ONLY F'ORTH-EIGHT READERS AND HAS A VERY LIMITED BOOK CAPACITY, IS SO'INA,DEQUATE, II
<br />ANTIQUATED, AND CROWDED AS TO CONSTITUTE A CRITICAL SITUATION, AND I
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<br />WHEREAS, ON JULY 27, 1953, A REPORT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE COMMON COUNCIL RECOMMENOING :\
<br />THAT STEPS BE TAKEN TO BUI LD A NEW LI BRARY BUI LDI NG. II I
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<br />BE I T THEREFO~E RESOLVED, THAT THE COMMON COUNC I L OF' THE C I TV OF' EUGENE TAKE :1
<br />APPROPRI ATE STEPS TO BRI NG THI S MATTER TO A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE OF' EUGENE, AT THE PRI MARY ii
<br />ELECTI ON TO BE HELD I N MAY OF' 1954, BY REFERRI NG TO THE PEOPLE ONE OF' THE TWO F'OLLOWI NG 11'
<br />PROPOSALS: II
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<br />I. A BOND ISSUE OF' $700,000.00, THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH ISSUE'TO BE USED IN ACQUIRING !I
<br />ADDITIONAL PROPERTY, CONSTRUCTION OF A BUILDING, AND THE PURCHASE OF' APPROPRIATE EQUIP-
<br />MENT; AND A PROPOSAL F'OR A 2-1/2 MILL CONTINUING LEVY FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE I e
<br />OF' THE EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY. (THIS WILL BE 1-1/2 MILLS IN ADDITION'TO.THE PRESENT I ii
<br />MI LL LEVY.)" ;!
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<br />I T WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY GODLOVE THAT THE COMMUNI CATION BE REFERRED TO THE Ii
<br />FI NANCE AND PUBLI C SAFETY COMMI TTEES. MOTION CARRI ED. !I
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<br />18 COMMUNI CATION FROM THE WHI TEAKER PTA - RE: SKI NNER 's BUTTE PARK WAS SUBMI TTED AND READ I[
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<br />A RESOLUTION SUBMITTED BY THE SOUTHWEST OREGON CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE 'I
<br />OF ARCHITECTS CONCERNING A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF RAISING F'UNDS FOR THE II
<br />PURCHASE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY ALONG THE WILLAMETTE RIVER, HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE '
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<br />ATTENTION OF' WHI TEAKER PTA EXECUTI VE BOARD. ,SI:NCESKI NNER BUTTE PARK I SIN OUR SCHOOL 1'1
<br />DISTRICT, WE ARE ESPECIALLY CONCERNED WITH ACQUIRING MORE LAND TO ADD TO THE PARK, I
<br />BECAUSE WE KNOW FIRST-HAND HOW OVER CROWDED THE PARK BECOMES ON SUMMER DAYS. ALSO 'i I
<br />wE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS APPROACH TO OUR CITY BECOME AS BEAUTIFUL AND FREE OF' INDUSTRY II'
<br />AS THE SOUTH APPROACH NOW IS. WE ARE AWARE THAT THIS WILL BE THE MAIN NORTH APPROACH I
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<br />AFTER READI NG AND 01 SCUSSI NG THI S PROPOSAL F'OR A SPECI AL ELECTI ON, THE EXECUTI VE II
<br />BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO SUPPORT IT. WE HOPE YOU WILL GIVE OUR WISHES SERIOUS CON- !I
<br />SIDERATION AT YOUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING." II
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