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<br /> 5 A REPORT ,OF' THE PuBL I c' WORKS AND fl NANCECOMMI TTEE'S MEETING -'HELD NOVEMBER 4, 1955""; RE:
<br /> I 'FINANCIAL REP,ORT' "ROM ,THE UNIVERSITY OF' OREGON ON THE OPERATION OF' SKI"NNER'S' BUTTE VIt:.LA'; AND
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<br /> COMMUNI CATI,ON ,F'ROM STANTON W.' PAYNE WAS, SUBMI TTED 'AND READ ASF'OLLOWS': 1
<br /> "PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSONj COUNCILMEN KOPPE, BOOTH, GODLOVE, WATSON, OwEN, SHEARER,
<br /> ! 'AND SHI SLER; CI, TY MANAGER; CI TY ENGINEER; CI TY 'ATTORNEYj fl RE CHI EFJ ASSI STANT fl RE :
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<br /> CHI EF'; PLANNI NG CONSULTANT; CI TY RECORDER;' MR. SUNTON W. PAYNE; MR,. RAY 'POLLARD~; I
<br /> MR. CHARLES o~ PORTER, ATTORNEY; MR. fRED O'SULLIVAN, MR. RAY HICKS, JR., AND MR. LOREN
<br /> SK'IRVIN,"F'ROM THE EUGENE FIRE DEPARTMENT; AND MR. DAN"'WYANT'OF':THE 'EUGENE REGI,STER-GUARD.
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<br /> I . FINANCIAL REPORT FROM THE UNIVERS1TY OF OREGON ON THE OPERATION OF' SKINNER'S 'BUTTE
<br /> VILLA - THE COMMITTEE RECEIVED THE REPORT F'ROM THE UNIVERSITY OF' OREGON AND NOTED THAT
<br /> " TH~ U-NI~VERSI:TY HAD, 'S01t THE PERIOD JULY I" 1954 TO JUNE 30, 1955, OPERATED~HE SKINNER'S
<br /> BUTtE HOUSI~NG PROJECT AT 'A NET LOSS OF' '296~ 17.
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<br /> IT WAS RECOMMENDeD THAT THE REPORT BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON F'ILE.
<br /> 2. COMMUNICATION fROM STANTON W. PAYNE - THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED A LETTER fROM MR.
<br /> PAYNE IN WHICH HE INDICATED THAT CONDITIONS BEYOND HIS CONTROL HAD PRECLUDED THE
<br /> COMPLETION OF HIS PROJECTS AT THE TIME SPECIF'IED IN HIS CONTRACT.
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<br />1 I . 'IT' ,WAS THE' RECOMMENDATION ,OF THE COMMI TTEETHAT THE PENAL'TI ES SET FORTH I N THE
<br /> 'I CONTRACTS NOT BE ASSESSED,' BECAUSE -IN THE COMMI TTEE 's OPI 141 ON THE CONTRACTS WERE AWARDED
<br /> LATE I~ THE YEAR, THE CONTRACTOR' HAD BEEN HELD UP BY OTHER WORK WHICH HAD TO BE ACCOM-
<br /> PLISHED BEFORE THE PAVING OF' THE ~TREETS COULD 'BE ACCOMPLISHED~ AND THE CONTRACTOR HAD
<br /> ~ADEEVERY EFFORT TO' COMPLETE, AND DID COMPLETE, SUCH WORK ~EFOREWEATHER CONDIT~ONS
<br /> PROHIBITED F'URTHER WORI." ;,,:. ~
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<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY ,MR. KOPPE,' SECONDED BY MR. OwEN, THAT TtOE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS" AND
<br /> fiNANCE COMM~TTEES BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> 6 A REPORT, OF THE PUBLIC WORKS AND fiNANCE COMMITTEE,"S MEETING HELD NOVEMBER 10,: 1955,- RE:
<br /> REPORT F'ROM THE CITY MANAGER AND THE fiNANCE OF'FICER ON AN ADDITIONAL PAYR~LL PERIO~ rOR'
<br /> CI TY EMPLOYE,ESjUNOWNED PRGeERTY EAST; OF WI LLAMETTE STREET BETWEEN 26TH AND 27TH AVENUES; AND
<br /> REQUEST F'ROM THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO PURCHASE PROPERTY WAS SUBMITTED :AND READ 'AS FOLLOWS:
<br /> "PRESENT:: COUNCILMEN KOPPE, GODLOVE, AND SHEARER; CITY' MANAGERjCITY ENGINEER;
<br /> ,PARK AND RECREATION SUPERI NTENDENT,; PLANNI NG CONSUL TANTJ ,AND THE CITY RECORDER.' ,
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<br /> , , I . REPORT F'ROM THE CnY, MANAGER AND'THE FI NANCE: OFFI CEI!! ON AN ADOI TI ONAL ,PAYROL:L :
<br /> :_ PERIOD F'OR'CITYEMPlOYEES'- THE CITY MANAGER'AND THE fiNANCE OF'FICER PRESENTED A REPORT
<br /> INDICATING .THAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND, 'IF J',T WAS THE'COMMITTEE'S DESIRE,' TO INSTITUTE'AN
<br /> ADDITIONAL PAYROLL PERIOD, THAT A DRAW DAY BE ESTABLISHED ON THE 15TH, OF THE MONTH WITH
<br /> SUCH'DRAWS,TO BE LIMITED'TO A MAXIMUM OF 35 PER CENT OF THE GROSS MONTHLY SALARY, NOT TO
<br /> EXCEED ONE~HALF O~ THE NORMAL NET MONTHLY SALARY, AND THAT THE CITY MANAGER AND THE'
<br />1 fiNANCE OFFICER BE AUTHORIZED TO MAKE PAYMENT BY WARRANT, ESTABLISH A UNIFORM SYSTEM F'OR
<br /> 'SUCH A DRAW DAY, AND PREPAREWHATEVER:ADM~NISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS WHICH MIGHT BE
<br /> ~DETERMI,NED NECESSARY ANDADVISABtE.
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<br /> IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF',THE,COMMITTEE';THAT THIS REPORT,-BE"ADOPTED, AND'THAT THE
<br /> RECOMMENDATIONS OF' THE CITY MANAGER AND THE FINANCE OF'F'ICER BE CARRIED OUT.
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<br /> ,2. UNOWNED PROPERTY EAST: OF" WI LLAMETTE STREET BETWEEN 26TH AND 27TH AVENUES - THE' CITY
<br />e ENGI NEER, EXPLAI NED THAT''lHERE I S A 5TRI P or' PROPERTY ON THE EAST SI DE OF WI LLAMETTE STREET
<br /> RUNNI NG BET,WEE'N W, LLAME,TTE AND HI LYARO STREETS, WHI CH 'BY, A DI SCREPANCY I N THE PLATTING,
<br /> DOES NOT;SHOW UP IN'ANY ,OWNERSHIP. AT THE PRESENT TIME. HE REQUESTED THAT THE CITY STARr:
<br /> A STREET OPENING PROCEDURE ON THIS PROPERTY SO THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF';SOME UNNAMED'
<br /> INDIVIDUAL ACQUIRING TITLE TO IT COULD BE F'ORESTALLED AND SO THAT THE PROPERTY COULD BE
<br /> USED F'OR 'ALLEY PURPOSESOR'WHATEVER:PURPOSE' THE,COUNCIL MIGHT DESIGNATE., ,
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<br /> IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE COMMITTEE THAT THE PROPER CITY OffiCIALS BE AUTH-
<br /> ORIZEO'TO START A STREET,OPENING PROCEDURE ON THIS' PROPERTY. ' , ,
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<br /> 3.-' REQUEST'FROM'THE UNITED STATES ARMY THROUGH'THE CORPS or ENGINEERS CONCERNING THE
<br /> 'PURCHASE OF PROPERTY, AT THE ,SOUTHEAST CORNER, OF'I3TH AVENUE AND CHAMBERSISTREET,-"THE'
<br /> CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED'HEHAD,A REQUEST F'ROM:THE CORPS OF' ENGINEERS FOR THE PURCHASE OF'
<br /> THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF 13TH AVENUE AND CHAMBERS STREET, WHICH
<br /> HAD' BEEN-OFFERED TO' THE: ARMY AS A SI TE FOR, THE' ORGANI;ZED"RESERVE,l CORPS SOME' MONTHS AGO.
<br /> JHE MANAGER EXPLAINED THAT THE ARMY ENGINEERS CURRENTLY WANTED THE WHOLE OF THE SIT~
<br />I I NCLUDING.WHAT WOULD 1SE 14TH AVENUE IFIT WERE EXTENDED EAST OF ,CHAMBERS STREET, AND
<br /> THAT THEY DESIRED SOME DEfiNITE INF'ORMATION AS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF' ACQUIRING THIS AREA.
<br /> THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THIS MATTER AND, IN THEIR OPINION, DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THE
<br /> CITY SHOULD SELL THE POTENTIAL RIGHT OF' WAY fOR 14TH AVENUE, NOR SHOULD THEY MOVE 14TH
<br /> AVENUE SOUTH TO ALLOW THE ARMY TO PURCHASE THE ENTIRE TRACT.
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