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~516 e , REPORTS OF OFFICERS I 4 A REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER - RE: HEARl NG OF STATE SANITARY AUTHORITY; HIGHWAY COMMISSION MEETING; TRICYCLE TRAFFIC TRAINI NG PROGRAM; STREET PROJECTS; AMAZON PARK; SEWA.GE DISPOSAL PLANT WAS SUBMI TTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "ON OCTOBER 23, 1953, I REPRESENTED THE CITY OF EUGENE AT THE HEARING OF THE STATE SANITARY AUTHORITY HELD I N Po R T LAN D . AT THIS MEETING, ...;:--: THE MATTER OF THE LOCATION OF THE OUTFALL SEWER FOR THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD CAME UP, AND AFTER SOME DISCUSSION THE AUTHORITY APPROVED ANY ONE OF THE ' . . - . THREE PROPOSED LOCATIONS FOR THE OUTFALL LI NE THAT SPRINGFIELD WOULD BE ABLE TO GET A RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, I ATTENOED THE MEETING OF THE STA TE H~G~~AyC6~MISSION HELD IN PORTLAND ON OCTOBER 30, 1953 AT WHICH THE STATE HIGHWAY E~G~NEi~ ~AS AUTHORIZEO TO MAKE THE COST SURVEY REQUESTED BY THE CITY REGARDING THE OVERHEAD CROSSINGS ON WASH-- I INGTON AND JEFFERSON STREETS. THE . . . . SURVEY WAS TO BE MADE 105 SOON AS PERSONNEL COULD BE t>SSEMBLED t>ND THE COST OF THE SURVEY Wt>S TO BE BORNE EQUALLY BY THE CITY AND THE SHTE I HIGHWAY DEPt>RTMENT. IT IS TO BE MA T TE R . -,' . . II I NOTED THAT IN THE OF THE PROPOSED COUPLINGS e I TAKEN OVER AS SECONDARY HIGHWAYS, THE STATE HIGHWAY ENGINEER DID NOT RECOMMEND THAT il THE COMMISSION TAKE OVER AT THIS TIME AS A Pt>RT OF THIS PROJEC T, THAT PORTION ALONG FIRST AVENUE FROM Wt>SHINGTaN STREET EAST AND SOUTH OF SK I NNER I S BUTTE TO 4TH AVENUE II WHERE IT CONNECTS WITH THE FERRY S REET OVERPASS APPROt>CH. II ,I ON YOUR DESKS YOU WILL FIND A MAP THAT HAS BEEN MARKED SHOWING THE RECOMMENDED II ZONING BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE RIVERVIEW AREA. THIS MAP CAN BE STUDIED AT II I YOUR LEISURE AND IF FOR ANY REASON OR CHANGE. THAT YOU FEEL NECESSARY, THE PROPOSED :, I' MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION CAN BE CALLED FOR OISCUSSION OF :1 THESE CHANGES, AND THIS MEETING SHOULD BE CALLED PR lOR TO JANUARY 5TH WHEN THE ZONING OF THE RIVERVIEW AREA WILL BE ADVERTISED FOR A HEARING BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION. II I! THIS MORNING, I VISITED THE TRICYCLE TRAFFIC TRAINING PROGRAM CONDUCTED BY THE ,. II POLICE DEPARTMENT THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. THIS PROGRt>M STARTS IN THE KINDERGARTEN Ii .1 AND GOES THROUGH THE 6TH GRt>DE. A MORE DETt>lLED REPORT OF THE PROGRt>M IS ON YOUR DESKS. Ii ANY " TIME YOU WOULD LIKE TO VISIT ONE OF THESE CLt>SSES WHICH IS VERY INSTRUCTIVE AND I NTERESTI NG, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU GE T IN TOUCH WITH ME OR WITH TED BROWN, POll CE CHIEf". THE STREET PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY HAVE BEEN COMPLETED EXCEPT FOR A SMALL t>MOUNT OF CLEAN-UP WORK. THE WORK ON THE SEWER I N THE ROSE DALE ADDITION HAS BEEN STOPPED FOR .-' THE WINTER. THE COMPLETION OATE OF THIS PROJECT Wt>S SET UP FOR SOME TIME IN 1954. THE ROUGH GRADING OF THE AMAZON SOFTBALL FIELDS Ht>VE BEEN COMPLETED AND IS NOW REAOY FOR FINISH GRADE ANO SEEDING. THE WORK ON THE OBSERVATION POINT ON TOP OF SK I NNER 'S BU'TTE Ht>S PROGRESSED TO WHERE THE AREt> I S NOW REt>DY FOR LANDSCt>PING. THE Pt>RK DEPt>RTMENT Ht>S UNDERWAY A STREET TREE SURVEY OF EUGENE. THE ENTIRE WEST SIDE AREA BETWEEN WILLAMETTE AND CHt>MBERS FROM 1ST TO 24TH AVENUE HAS BEEN COMPLETED. IT S.CHOOL DI 5 TR I C T #4 . OF Wt>SHINGTON IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT IS MAKING GOOO USE Pt>RK IN THEIR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICAL EOUCATION PROGRt>M. WILSON JUNIOR HIGH Mt>KES I r~~[NOSEYOEFTRRSr~RE~DDORrNGSSaAOOL HOURS' rl'E:DArSGPERHWEEK~~['METeARKED~~ARm~EN'/SK3 INVENTORY OF TREES AND SHRUBS READY FOR PLANTI NG FROM THE NURSERY TO THE VARIOUS PARKS CONSISTS OF 985 TREES t>ND 314 SHRUBS. THE NURSERY CONTAINS MORE TR E E S AND SHRUBS THAN LISTEO, HOWEVER, THE STOCK IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO PLANT loT THIS TIME. ALL MATERlt>L FOR THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT HAS t>RRIVED EXCEPT TWO MOTORS WHICH ii BEEN HELD UP BECAUSE OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION'S PROGRAM. THESE MOTORS I' Ht>VE i: WILL BE REt>DY FOR DELIVERY ON NOVEMBER 15TH, OTHERWISE, THE SEWAGE' TREATMENT PLt>NT IS 'I e PROGRESSING NICELY. Ii I, GENERAL DEPARTMENTt>L OPERATIONS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER WERE GIVEN FOR THE POLICE, " 'I FIRE t>ND BUILDING DEPARTMENTS. " II Ii I TWAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDEO BY GODLOVE THAT THE REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER BE II " RECEIVED t>ND PLt>CED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. 'I I, REPORTS OF COMMITTEES II II i! II 5 A REPORT OF THE HEALTH & RECREATION COMMITTEE - RE: ACCEPTANCE OF A DEED FOR PARK II PURPOSES FOR THE CHASE PROPERTY PRESENTEOBY DR. Evt> F. JOHNSON Wt>S SUBMI TTED t>ND READ AS 11 FOLLOWS: I, .' Ii "P'RE SE NT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN BOOTH, WATSON, OWE N, CRUMBt>KER AND SIEGEN- I: I' THALER; CITY MANt>GER; CI TY ATTORNEY t>ND CITY RECORDER. ]I 1! I I' THE HEALTH t>ND RECREt>TION COMMITTEE MET ON OCTOBER 15, 1953 TO CONSIDER THE II " ACCEPTANCE OF A DEEO FOR Pt>RK PURPOSES FOR THE CHASE PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH '1 Bt>NK OF THE RIVER JUST WEST OF THE FERRY STREET BRIDGE, PRESENTED BY DR. EVA F. II JOHNSON THROUGH HER t>TTORNEY, .AND RECEIVED ON OCTOBER 13, 1953. I I: I I I , e I I ~ !i I