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i56n~ e , I .. COUNCIL CHAMBERS, EUGENE, OREGON. DECEMBER 28, 195'3. I I I THE REGULAR MEETING Of THE COMMON COUNCIL Of THE,CITY Of EUGENE, HELD ON DECEMBER 14, 1953 I I AND ADJOURNED" TO DECEMBER 28, 1953 WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:30 P.M. BY HIS HONOR, MAYOR V. E. I ~ JOHNSON WITH THE fOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: CRUMBAKER, GODLOVE, KOPPE, SIEGENTHALER, WATSONt I kf:) GO CONE AND OWEN. COUNCILMAN BOOTH WAS ABSENT. >, <C. Io-f THE MINUTES Of THE LAST REGULAR MEETING HELD DECEMBER 14, 1953 AND ADJOURNED TO DECEMBER ~ 28, 1953 WERE READ AND APPROVED. REPORTS OF OFFICERS . I I VARIANCE REQUEST Of HART & NIP~ER; IN SKINNER'S I A REPORT Of THE CITY MANAGER - RE: TREES BUTTE PARK; AIRPORT IN HARLOW ROAD AREA; JAILBREAK WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: , e , IIREfERRING TO THE REQUEST Of MR. IRA C. HART ~ND ELVIS NIPPER fOR A VARIANCE, MR. I ! I ~AR:r IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR INSTRUCTIONS HAS fiLED IN MY OffiCE A SMALL PLAN AND ,i PICTURE SHOWING mHE CHANGE HE PLANS IN HIS HOME WHICH CONSISTS Of ENCLOSING A PORCH. MR. NIPPER PLANS NO CHANGE IN HIS HOME AND WILL PUT OUT A SIGN ONLY. i I , ON THE SLOPES Of SKINNER1S BUTTE, 42 TREES VARYING IN SIZE fROM TEN I NCHES TO i FORTY INCHES HAVE EITHER DIED OR ARE DYING DUE TO INfESTATION Of BARK BEETLE. THE I I I TREES HAVE BEEN I NSPEC TED, CRUISED AND TALLIED BY A STATE FORESTER WHO RECOMMENDS I , I , THEIR REMOVAL IN AN ATTEMPT TO SAVE THE REMAINING TREES. FOR REMOVAL Of THESE TREES THE PARK DEPARTMENT HAS BIDS fROM SEVEN DiffERENT CONTRACTORS RANGING fROM $420.32 TO $1,155.00. EACH CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED AND WILL BE REQUIRED TO fURNISH THE PROPER LIABILITY INSURANCE AND A PERfORMANCE BOND. IT IS MY RECOMMENDATI~N THAT THE LOW BIDDER, MCGRATH AND WOOD TREE SERVICE BE GIVEN THE CONTRACT fOR THEIR BID Of I $420.32 AND THE PROPER CITY OffiCIALS BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE CONTRACT. , I HAVE TODAY RECEIVED A PETITION WITH 177 SIGNATURES fROM THE RESIDENTS AND INHABITANTS Of THE HARLOW ROAD AREA NORTH Of EUGENE REQUESTING THAT NO AIRPORT BE I PLACED IN THIS AREA. THIS PETITION WILL BE GIVENiO THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE WHEN THEY TAKE UP THE MATTER Of THE EUGENE AIRPARK AT A MEETING TO BE HELD SOMETIME BEfORE JANUARY I I TH. .. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT EXPERIENCED A JAIL BREAK AT THE MUNICIPAL JAIL EARLY THIS I PROPER SAfEGUARDS HAVE BEEN TAKEN AS fAR AS PERSONNEL IS CONCERNED. THE I MORNING. , i MATTER Of MAKING THE JAIL MORE SECURE BY STRENGTHENING ITS WEAKNESSES IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED." i I IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY GODLOVE THAT THE REPORT Of THE CITY MANAGER BE I , ADOPTED. ROLLCALL VOTE. Mo TI 0 N CAR R lED. i REPORTS OF COMMITTEES I 2 A REPORT Of THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE - RE: REQUEST fOR CURB SIDEWALKS ON NORTH SrDE Of WEST 16TH AT OLIVE; CURB SIDEWALK ON THE WEST SIDE Of PORTLAND STREET BETWEEN 25TH AND 26TH AVENUE; EXTENSION Of SEWER IN FIRST ADDITION TO WILLIS HEIG~TS; PAVING ALLEYS RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH AND EAST AND WEST BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH AVENUES, AND PEARL AND HIGH STREETS; " 9FFER Of ROBERT FAIRCHILD TO PURCHASE CITY OWNED LOT; REQUEST Of BROADWAY & CHARNELTON, I NC.; " REqUEST Of CENTRAL ~EATING COMPANY; RESOLUTION Of SPRINGfiELD UTILITY BOARD; ADJUSTMENT Of RIGHT-Of-WAY ON CHAMBERS BETWEEN 16TH AND 17TH AVENUES; COMMUNICATION fROM CHARLES N. BARNARD e WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: "PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER,GODLOVE, KOPPE, AND SIEGENTHALER; I CITY MANAGER; CITY ENGINEER AND CITY RECORDER. I I , THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MADE A fiELD TRIP ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17TH, AND MET IMMEDIATELY fOLLOWING TO GIVE CONSIDERATION TO THE VARIOUS MATTERS REfERRED TO IT. THE MATTERS CONSIDERED, AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE AS fOLLOWS: I . REQUEST fOR fiVE fOOT CURB SIDEWALKS ON THE NORTH SIDE Of WEST 16TH AT OLIVE STREET. THIS REQUEST Of DR. F. A. ELLI01T TO CONSTRUCT A fiVE-fOOT CURB SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE Of 16TH AVENUE fROM OLIVE STREET ALONG THE DEPTH Of HIS PROPERTY WAS CONSIDERED. THE SI TE Of THIS PROPOSED PROJECT WAS VIEWED BY THE COMMITTEE. IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE COMMITTEE THAT THE PROJECT BE APPROVED, AND THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE INSTRUCTED TO ATTEMPT TO GET THE APPROVAL Of THE OWNERS Of THE BALANCE Of THE PROPERTY THROUGH TO WILLAMETTE STREET TO JOIN WITH THE PROJECT, AND COMPLETE THE SIDEWALK fOR THE ENTIRE I BLOCK. I " , , 'I II e I I rr I ~ ~. ~~