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<br />I II COUNCIL CHAMBERS,
<br />EUGENE, OREGON,
<br />I SEPTEMBER 26, 1955.
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<br />:1 THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE WAS HELD ON SEPTEMBER 12,
<br />II 1955 AND ADJOURNED TOSEPTEMB~R 26, 1955 AT 7:30 P.,M. ,IN THE COUNCIL CHA~BE~S.T~E MEETING WAS
<br />I CALLED TO.ORDER B~ HIS HONOR, MAYOR V. E. JOHNSON WITH THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT:
<br />: MR. BOOTH, MR. KOPPE, MR. GODLOVE, MR. OwEN, MR. SHEARER, MR. HARTMAN, AND MR. SHISLER'. MR.
<br />WATSON TOOK HIS SEAT IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 7:43 P.M.
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<br />THE MI NUTES 'OF' THE LAST REGULAR MEETI NG HELD ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1955 WERE READ AND' 'APPROVED.
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<br />. ~ . '. . REPORTS OF OFF! CERS
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<br />I II A REPORT FROM ~HE CITY MANAGER - RE: IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, ET CETERA WAS SUBMITTED AND
<br />READ AS FOLLOWS:
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<br />e ' "OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN PUSHING THE CONTRACTORS ON OUR STREET, SEW~R,
<br />AND DRAINAGE PROJECTS IN ORDER TO F'INISH THESE JOBS BEF'ORE THE RAINY SEASON SETS'JN~
<br />j THOSE REMAI NI NG AS oF' TODAY COMPRI SE THE F'OLLOWI NG: :,
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<br />I. 18TH AVENUE F'ROM ALDER TO UNIVERSITY STREETS - ~URBS AND BASE ROCK ARE BEING PLACED-
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<br />I 2. CLEVELAND STREET F'ROM 18TH TO 23RD AVENUES - CURBS AND BASE ROCK ARE BEING PLACED
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<br />3. JACKSON STREET FROM 24TH TO 26TH AVENUES - COMPLETED EXCEPT FOR THE BLACKTOPPING
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<br />I 4. 24TH ~VENUE F'ROM FRIENDLY STREET TO' THE WEST BOUNDARY OF' ELLENDALE PLAT - EXCAVATION
<br />! HAS BEEN F'INISHED AND THE CURBS ARE BEING PLACED
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<br />,I 5. WIDENING THE NORTH SIDE OF' BROADWAY F'ROM OLIVE STREET TO THE ALLEY BETWEEN OLIVE
<br />I AND CHARN~LTON STREETS - THE CURBS ARE IN ~ND T~E PLACING OF' ~ SMALL STRIP OF'
<br />BLACKTOPPING WILL FINISH THE JOB
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<br />6. ALLEY BETWEEN CHARNELTON AND~OLIVE STREETS FROM THE ALLEY BETWEEN 8TH AND 9TH AVENUES
<br />TO 9TH AVENUE
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<br />, 7. SANITARY SEWER IN THE SUNNY HOLLOW AREA SCHEDULED TO BE FINISHED ON OCTOBER 15TH
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<br />I THE CITY\HAS F'OUR PROJECTS UNDER CONTRACt BY A WAIVER. THEY ARE T~LER AND VA~ BUREN
<br />II STREETS F'ROM 2~TH TO 26TH AVENUES, AN~ 25TH AND 26TH AVENUE. FROM JACKSON TO TY~ERSTREETS.
<br />II THE COMPLETI~~'DATE FOR THESE PROJECTS HAS BEEN SET FOR JULY, 1956. THE GRADING ~OB IN
<br />I AMAZON PARK HAS BEEN REPORTED APPROXIMATELY 80 PER CENT COMPLETE.
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<br />I ALTHOUG~THERE'WAS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN T~E SUMMER PARK ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR, COLD
<br />AND RAINY WEATHER AGAIN HELD PARK ATTENDANCE 'DOWN ~ROM THE PEAK REACHED IN 1953. THIS
<br />SUMMER APPROXIMATELY 158.180 PERSONS PARTICIPATED IN PARK PROGRAMS OR USED PARK F'ACILITIES.
<br />I IN 1954 THIS F'IGURE WAS 154,897 AND' IN 1953, IT WAS 173.873.'
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<br />S~IMMING AGAIN WAS THE MOST POPULAR PASTIME WITH 35,783 RECREATIONAL SWIMMERS,!AND
<br />15,455 PERSONS ATTENDING SWIMMING CLASSES. THE RECREATIONAL SWIMMING ATTENDANCE WAS
<br />DOWN I,528~F'ROM LAST YEAR, BUT THE "LEARN-TO-SWIM" PROGRAM WAS UP 6,896. THe REASONS
<br />FOR'THE GREAT INCREASE IN THE "LEARN-TO-SWIM" PROGRAM ARE EARLIER NOTlF'ICA'TlON OF;'CLASS
<br />PERIODS, WARMER WATER, AND ADDITIONAL SWIMMING COURSES. INCIDENTALLY, POOL REVENUES
<br />SHOWED AN INCREASE OF' $1,178.60 DUE TO THE INCREASE IN THE "LEARN-TO-SWIM" PROGRAM."
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<br />e I T WAS ORDERED BY THE'MAYOR, THERE BEl NG NO OBJECTIONS, THAT THE REPORT OF THE CI TY MANAGER
<br />BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE.
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<br />I REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
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<br />2 j A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SAf'ETY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD SEPTEMBER 15, 1955 - 'RE: PACKAGE
<br />I STORE LICENSE, CLASS itA", BILLY'S GROCERY, 209 EAST 7T. AVENUE; CONSIDERATION O~ WEED CUTTING
<br />ORDINANCE; LIMITED PARKING REQUEST; AND REMOVAL or "Do NOT, ENTER" SIGNS ON 13TH AVENUE WAS
<br />SUBMITTED' AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
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<br />I "PRESENT: COUNCILMEN GODLOVE, ~ATSON, AND HARTMAN; CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY;
<br />I AND THE CITY RECOR6ER. ,.
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<br />! I; PACKAGE STORE LICENSE, CLASS "An, BILLY'S GROCERY, 209 EAST 7TH AVENUE - IT WAS THE
<br />I RECOMMENDATION ~r THE COMMITTEE THAT THE APPLICATION, AS APPROVED BY THE POLICE OEPART- --
<br />I I MENT BE APPROVED."
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<br />2. CONSIDERATION OF WEED CUTTING ORDINANCE - THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO REQUIRE THE
<br />CUTTING OF' GRASS AND OBNOXIOUS WEEDS WAS DISCUSSED BY-THE COMMITTEE, AND IT WAS THEIR
<br />RECOMMENDATION THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE PASSED.
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