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<br /> I COUNCIL CHAMBERS,
<br /> EUGENE, OREGON,
<br /> OCTOBER 31, 1955.
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<br /> THE REGULAR MEETI NG OFT-HE COMMON COUNC 1 L Of THE CI TV Of EUGENE WAS HELD ON OCTOBER 10, 1.955
<br /> AND ADJOURNED TO OCTOBER 31, 1955 AT 7:30 P.M. I NTHE COUNCI'L CHAMBERS. THE MEETJ NGWAS CAL'LED
<br /> TO ORDER BY HIS HONOR, MAYOR V. E.. JOHNSON WITH THE fOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: MR. BooTH,
<br /> MR. GODLOVE, MR. KOPPE, MR. WATSON, MR. OWEN, MR. HARTMAN, AND MR. SHISLER. MR. SHEARER WAS
<br /> ABSENT.
<br /> THE MINUTES Of THE LAST REGULAR MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 10, 1955 WERE READ AND APPROVED.
<br /> I THE CITY RECORDER REQUESTED PERMISSION TO DRAW ~ WARRANT PAYABLE TO MAYOR V. E. JOHNSON IN
<br /> THE AMOUNT Of $600.00 fOR EXPENSES, AS APPROVED BY THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
<br /> e IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE THAT PERMISSION BE'GRANTED TaE CITY
<br /> RECORDER T6'DRAW THIS WARRANT IN THE AMOUNT Of $600.00. ROLLCALL VOTE. MR. SHEARER ABSENT.
<br /> MOTl ON CARR I ED ~
<br /> 2 THIS BEING THE DATE SET fOR THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT fOR PAVING INTERSECTIONS AT OAK STREET
<br /> AND PEARL STREET, PEARL STREET AND 41ST AVENUE, PEARL STREET AND 42ND AVENUE, AND OAK COURT AND
<br /> PEARL STREET, THE fOLLOWING BIOS WERE TABULATED AS OPENED ON OCTOBER 27, 1955 AT 10:00 A.M.
<br /> I :B IDDER AMOUNT Of BID ,
<br /> INTER-CITY SAND & GRAVEL CO. $ 1,771. 25 (L OW )
<br /> T. C. WI LDISH 2,499.75 ,
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<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY M~.BoOTH, S~CONDED BY MR. GODLOVE THAT THE CONTR~CT BE AWARDED TO INTER-
<br /> CITY SAND AND GRAVEL COMPANYfO~ AN AMO~NT Of $1,771.25. ROLLCAL L VOTE. MR. SHEARER ABSENT.
<br /> MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> REPORTS OF OFFICERS
<br /> 3 I A REPORT fROM THE CITY MANAGER - RE: IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, ET CETERA WAS SUBMITTED AND
<br /> ., READ AS fOLLOWS:
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<br /> "THE SANITARY SEWER PROJECT NOW IN PROGRESS IN THE SOUTH SUNNY HOLLOW DISTRICT HAS
<br /> BEEN ~OMPLETED EXCEPT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION Of A fEW MANHOLES AND SOME BACKfILLING OF THE
<br /> TRENCHES. WORK IS CONTINUING ON THIS PROJECT AND THE ENTIRE PROJECT SHOULD BE COMPLETED
<br /> BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.
<br /> . ALL SIDEWALK CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY Of EUGENE, EXCEPT THAT CON?RACT ON WILLAMiTT~
<br /> ! STREET FROM 17TH AVENUE TO 19TH AVENUE, HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THE CONTRACTOR O~ THIS PRO-
<br /> ~ECT HAS ONE SMALL SECTION REMAINING TO POUR. W~EN THE WEATHER SO PERMITS HE WILL COMPLETE
<br /> THIS PROJECT.
<br /> I A(~ PAVING CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED EXCEPT THAT PORTION Of THE 24TH AVEN~i PROJECT
<br /> fROM A.rpOINT BETWEEN VAN BU~EN AND JACKSON STREETS 'TO THE WEST BOUNDARY Of ELLENDALE PLAT.
<br /> A PORTI'ON Of 'THIS. UNFI NI SHED PART HAS HAD THE SUB-BASE PLACED, BUT DUE TO THE ADVERSE
<br /> CONDITION Of THE .SUB-GRADE ENCO~NTERED OVER THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED SANITARY 'AND STORM SEWERS
<br /> IN THE REMAINING UNFINISHED SECTION Of THE PROJECT, IT IS FELT THAT THIS ENTI~E UNFINISHED
<br /> PORTION SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SETTLE. THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS TERMINATED THE PROJECT
<br /> AT THIS STAGE WITH THE INTENTION Of HAVING THE CONTRACTOR fiNISH THE PROJECT THIS COMING
<br /> SPR I NG.'
<br /> e THE PARK DEPARTMENT HAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION THE PLANTING OF TREES IN AMAZON, BERKELEY,
<br /> AND MONROE PARK AREA~. ALL Of THESE TREES, EXCEPT A FEW SUCH AS BEECH, SWEETGUM', AND
<br /> EvtRGR'EENS, ARE AVAILABLE fROM THE PARK NURSERY, AND THEIR SIZE IS fROM SIX FEET'TO FIVE
<br /> . fEET IN HEIGHT, AND FROM ONE. I.NCH TO fOUR INCHES IN DIAMETER.
<br /> \ ALL TOP SOIL, LEAf MOLD, AND SLUDGE HAS BEEN PLACED ADJACENT TO THE LOCATION OF THE
<br /> I TREES. TREE PI TS OR, HOLES ARE BE ING DUG WI TH THE PUBL' C WORKS DEPARTMENT'S BACKHOE -AND
<br /> j RENTAL' EQUI PMENT. rIFTY~FOUR TREES HAVE ALREADY BEEN PLANTED IN THE AMAZON PARK. IN
<br /> I ADDITION TO THE T~EES. MENTIONED ABOVE, IS .APPROXIMATELY 400 TO 500 SMALl TREES'RE-
<br /> THERE
<br /> MAl NI NG I N THE RARkNURSER,Y.. THESE TREES ARE TOO SMAlL TO BE PLANTED AT THI S TI ME, BUT
<br /> HAVE BEEN ROOTED, PRUNED, AND REPLANTED AND WILL BE ~E~DY TO BE ~LANTED WITHIN THE: NEXT TWO
<br /> YEARS.
<br /> I HA~E RECEIVED fROM MISS CLARA E. NASHOLM, LIBRARIAN, A COPY OF THE ANNUAL LIBRARY
<br /> ST AT' STlCAL RE PORT'" THIS REPORT COVERS THE FISCAL YEAR JULY I, 1954 TO JUNE. 30, 1955 AND
<br /> I SHOWS THAT-, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BORROWERS AT THE .END OF THE YEAR CONSISTED Of 8,206 'ADULTS,
<br /> 4,569 CH)LDREN, OR;A TOTAL OF 12,775, Of WHICH 1,875 WERE BORROWERS WHO LIVE OUTSIDE Of THE
<br /> CITY.. I BELIEVE THIS REPORT CAN BE USED TO ADVANTAGE IN HELPING TO PICK A NEW SITE FOR THE
<br /> LIBRARY. "
<br /> j THE M~YOR ORDERED, IN THE ABSENCE OF OBJECTIONS, THE REPORT Of THE C,TY MANAGER TO BE RE-
<br /> CEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE.
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