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<br />5 A REPORT OF THE HEALTH AND RECREATION COMMI TTEE MEETI NG HELD JANUARY 26~ 'j 956 -~ 'RE: :0::-
<br />PURC,HASE OF ADDI TI ONAL GRASS MOWI NG EQUI PMENT FOR THE PARK DEPARTMENT WAS SUBMI TTED, AND READ
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<br />"PRESENT: COUNC I LMEN OWEN, SHEARER, HARTMAN, GODLOVE, KOPPE, AND WA'TSON; CiTY:,,:
<br />MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; CHIEF OF POLICE; PARK AND RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT; CITY
<br />RECORDER; AND MR. PAUl. BURRIS OF THETRAf'F'lC ApPf,.!ANCE.CORPORATlON.
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<br />I. ~URCHASE OF AD~ITIONAL GRASS MOWING EQUIPMENT FOR THE PARK DEPARJMENT - THE. PARK
<br />AND.RECREATION SVPEIU NTENDENT EXPLAI NED THAT WI TH :THE SEEDI NG OF. THE AMAZON PARiCAREA
<br />FROM 24TH TO 29TH AVENUES, HI GH TO HI LVARD STREETS, THE GRASS MOWI NG EQUI PMENT IiIHi Ctf
<br />THE PARK DEPARTMENT HAS WOULD NOT BE ADEQUATE TO PROVIDE THE SAME MAINTENANCE AS THAT
<br />GIVEN OTHER COMPARABLE PARK AREAS IN THE CITY.
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<br />HE FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT HE.NOW HAS A PROPOSAL WHICH WOULD ENABLE THE CiT~ 'Tb
<br />,BUY A WORTHINGTON MODEL f TRACTOR WITH HYDRAULIC,LIFT AND FRAMES rOR F'IVE REEL' MOWERS
<br />AND ONE REEL MOWERONIT, WHICH HAS BEEN USED AS A DEMONSTRATOR, FOR $2,777.50 INCLUDING
<br />AN ESTIMATED tl~O.OO FOR FREIGHT.
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<br />IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATiON OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE PARK AND RECREATION;SUPERINTENDENT
<br />INVESTIGATE TO DETERMINE Ir THERE ARE ANY OTHER COMPARABLE PIEttS OF EQU~~~tNT'F'OR ~ALt,
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<br />AND IF ~O WHAT THE PRICE OF SUCH EQUIPMENT WOULD BE, AND IF NONE CAN BE FOUND AT A LESSER
<br />FIGURE THAT.THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND.THATTHE CITY PURCHASE THE EQUIPMENT DESCRIBED.",
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<br />ArTER A REPORT BY THE CITY MANAGER CONCERNING THE EQUIPMENT NOW AVAILABLE, IT WAS ~bVED
<br />BY MR. OwEN, SECONDED BY MR. BOOTH, THAT THE PARK DEPARTMENT BE AUTHOR I ZED TO ~URtHASE'THE "
<br />WORTHI NGTON MODEL f TRACTOR WI TH HYDRAULI C LI F'T AND FRAMES FOR FI VE REEL MOWERS AND ONE:' REEL
<br />MOWE~ UNIT AT A COST OF $2,777.50 INCLUDING AN ESTIMATED $100.00 FOR FREIGHT. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />6 A~EPO~T OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMtTTEE MEETING HELD JANUARY 26, 1956.- RE: CONSIDE~ATION
<br />OF THE !NSTALLATION O~ FINE-O-METERS IN THE CENTRAL ~USINESS AREA WAS SUBMfTTED AND.READ .AS
<br />FOLLOWS:
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<br />"PRESENT: COUNCILMEN GODLOVE, \4ATSON, HARTMAN, KOPPE, SHEARER, AND OwEN; CITY
<br />MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; CHIEF'OF POLICE; PARK AND;RECREATION,SUPERINTENDENT; CITY
<br />RECORDER; AND MR. PAUL BURRIS or THE TRAFFIC ApPLIANCE CORPORATION.
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<br />I. CONSIDERATION O( THE INSTALLATION OF FINE-O-METERS ,IN THE CENTRAL BUSIN~SS ARE':~
<br />THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD CALLED THIS MEETING AT THE REQUEST OF' COUNCI~MAN
<br />WATSON. COUNCILMAN WATSON INDICATED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM OTHER CITIES
<br />WHICH LEAD HIM TO BELIEVE THAT INSTALLATION OF FINE-O-METERS MADE It EASIER FOR THE.
<br />PUBLI C r.~ ,PAY TRAFF:I,C r'lNES FOR;OVERPARKI NG, I MPROVEDPUBLj C RELATI ONS,AND I N HI S OPI NI ON,
<br />BROUGHT I.NMORE REVENUE T'O 'THECI1;Y F'ROM THI'S, SOURCE THANMIGHT'NORMAL:LYBE EXPECTED.,'I F
<br />THE PUBLIC HAD TO COME TO THE CITV HALL TO MAXE PAYME~T. UNDER THIS SYSTEM, A SERIES OF
<br />BOXES WOULD BE LOCATED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AT ALLEY INTERSECTIONS IN EACH BLOCK, THUS
<br />ENABL,I NG -A PERSON. WHO RECEI VED AN OVERTl.ME V'IOLATI ON TO PAY SUCH FI NE IMMEDIATELY BY.'
<br />DEPOSITING MONEY,IN AN ENVELOPE WHICH WOULD CONSTITUTE THE OVE.RTIME ViOLATION NOTICE,
<br />,AT ,.THE NEARE'ST SUCH OVERTI ME,PARK,I NG RECEPTACLE. I
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<br />MR. PAUL BURRIS OF THE TRAFFIC ApPLIANCE CORPORATION INDICATED THE BOXES COST $20.00
<br />EACH, p,LUSSIXTY, CENTSrREIGHT. HE rURTHER INDI.CATED THAT HIS FIRM WOULD BE, ,WILLING TO
<br />INSTALL THEM IN THE CITY OF' EUGENE ON A TR I AL ,BASIS FOR WHATEVER PER I 00 OF TIME THE'
<br />COUNCIL MI G~T DESI,RE" NO,T TOE,XCEEO JUNE' 30,"1956.' : HE FURTHERINDI C"-TED 'THATIT 'WOULD
<br />TAKE APPROXI MATELY THI RTY DAYS rOR DELI.VERY ,AND I NST'ALlATI ON'.
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<br />AFTE'R.OI SCUSSI NGTHE ADOI 'TI ONAL REVENUE TH'AT MI.GHT BE REALtZED, :THE- POTENTI AL
<br />~ETHODS OF COLLECTION AND COUNTING OF SUCH rUNDS~ THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT ~IFTV
<br />FINE-O-METERS BE I~STALLED ON A TRIAL .BAS~S AND THAT THE CITY PURCHASE .FROM TH~ TRAFF"IC
<br />ApPLIANCE CORPORATION THE NECESSARY NUMBER OF.TICKETS TO INSTITUTE THIS SVSTEM."
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<br />IT, WA'S MOVED BY;; MR. WATSON, SE.CONDED 'BvMR. BOOTH, 'THA.T THE .REPORT :OF' THE PUBL I C SAF.ETY
<br />COMMI TTEE B,E ADOPTED. RO.LLCALL. VOTE. ALL COUNC I LMEN . PRE.SENT VC)TI NG AYE., MR. GODLOVE ABSENT.
<br />MOTION CARR.lED.!' __ ',:,;: ..
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<br />A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING HELD JANUARV 27, 1956 - RE: COMMUNICATION
<br />FROM MESSRS. SHORT AND. BAXTER REGARDING PROTEST OF SPECIAL BENEFIT ASSESSMENT ON THE OPENI'NG
<br />OF GARFI ELO ,STREET FROM 7TH TO, ;11 TH AVENUES; SALE OF PROPERTY TQ, MCCRACKEN BROTHERS MO.TOR '.
<br />FRE I GHT; AND PETI TI ONS FOR STREET PAVI NG, ALLEY PAY ING AND, SANI-T~RY .SEWER: I MPROVEMENTiS 'WAS:
<br />SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
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<br />"PRESENT.:, MAYOR JOHNSON; ,COUNCI LMEN KOPPE, BOOTH" GODLOVE, AND' WATSON;; CJ-TV
<br />MANAGER; CITY AT~ORNEY; CITY ENGINEER; C,TV RECOROER1 MR. DONALD SHORT; MR. W. E:'BAXTER;
<br />MR. WILLIAM HAMEL; MR. J.,W. MCCRACKEN, JR.; AND MR. DAN WYANT, OF THE EUGENE REGISTER-
<br />GUARD.
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