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<br />COUNCIL CHAMBERS,'
<br />EUGENE, OR'EGON,
<br />FEBRUARY 27, 1956;
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<br />, THE REGULAR NEETINGOFTHE COMMO'N COUNCIL'OFTHE CITY OF" EUGENE WAS HELD 'ON FEBRUARY '14,
<br />1.956 AND ADJOURNED'TO FEBRUARY 27, 1956 AT'7:30.P.M. IN THE COUNCIL' CHAMBERS.... THE MEETiNG WAS
<br />tALLED TO ORDER" BY HIS HONOR, MAYOR V. Eo JOHNSON, WITH THE tOLLOWI NG COUNC I LMEN PR'ESENT:
<br />MR. BOOTH, MR. WATSON, MR. OwEN,-,MR. SHEARER, MR. HARTMAN, AND, MR. SHISLER., MR. KOPPE TOOK
<br />HIS SEAT IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 8:45 P.M. MR. GODLOVE WAS ABSENT.
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<br />THE MI NUTE.S OF THE .LAST REGULAR. MEETI NG HELD ON FEBRUARY 14, 1956 WERE READ AND APPROVED.
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<br />THIS BEING THE DATE SET F"OR THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT FOR INSTALLING A SANITARY SEWER IN
<br />THE AREA BETWEEN 25TH AVENUE AND 29TH AVENUES FROM LINCOLN STREET TO LAWRENCE STREET, THE
<br />F"OLLOWING BIDS WERE TABULATED AS' OPENED ON FEBRUARY 25,,1956 AT 10:00 A.M.
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<br />T. C. WILDISH
<br />E-W CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED
<br />JESKE BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
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<br />$ 9;338.90 (LOW)
<br />9',378.50
<br />12,576.75
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. OWEN, THAT THE CONTRACT BE' A~ARDED TO T.' C~
<br />WILDISH IN THE AMOUNT OF *9i338~90. ROLLCALL VOTE. :MESSRS. KOPPE AND GODLOVE"ABSENT. MOTION
<br />CARRIED.
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<br />REPORTS OF OfFICERS
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<br />2. A REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER - RE: IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, ET CETERA WAS SUBM1TTED AND
<br />READ AS FOLLOWS:
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<br />"THE'RAIN WATER RUNN1NG OFF" THE NORmH WATER SHED AT HENDRICK'S PARK DURING THE
<br />HEAVY RAIN STORM OF FEBRUARY 21ST CAUSED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE HOMES AND GARDENS
<br />ALONG THE UPPER-FAIRMOUNT BOULEVARD AND, IN SOME INSTANCES, ON LOWER FAIRMOUNT BOULEVARD.
<br />ACCORDING TO THE OWNER OF" THE F"IRST, HOME, HIS PROPERTY SUSTAUNED A DAMAGE IN EXCESS OF
<br />$2,000.00 FROM THE HEAVV RAIN DURING THE MONTH or DECEMBER AND AGAIN SUSTAINED ADDITIONAL
<br />DAMAGE IN OUR LAST RAIN STORM. IN ORDER TO .IVE SOME RELIEF FROM THIS CONTINUAL
<br />"FLOODING, I HAVE ORDERED FOUR FIF"TEEN' INCH CULVERTS INSTALLED ACROS~ HEIGHTS BOULEVARD
<br />IN HENDRICKS PARK, THUS DIVERTING THE DITCH WATER DIRECTLY TO ELK GULCH INSTEAD or'
<br />TRAVELING BY WAY OF DITCHES AND OTHER MEANS AND FINALLY ARRIVING AT THE 'LOWER END OF"
<br />ELK GULCH. ALSO, I HAVE ORDERED A FIF"TEEN INCH STORN SEWER, ,660 FEET LONG, WHICH WILL
<br />CARRY WATER FROM THE UPPER END OF FAIRMOUNT BOULEVARD TO THE LOWER ,END OF ELK DRIVE
<br />GULCH. THIS SMALL SE~ER PROJECT IS ESTIMATED TO COST $831.00, AND WAS ORDERED AS AN
<br />EMERGENCY, TO BE 'PAl D OUT OF" MONI ES --ALLOCATED .FOR STORM :SEWERS TO BE CONSTRUCTED BY THE
<br />CITY MAINTENA~CE DEPARTMENT. IT WILL NOT BE NECESSARV TO ~OBTAIN ftlGHT OF" WAY.
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<br />DURING THE PAST WEEK, I VISITED MR. WILLIAMS, ASSISTANT STATE HIGHWAY ENGINEER, AND
<br />MR. PARKER, PROPERTY MANAGER, F"OR THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, AND THEY HAVE STATED THAT
<br />THEY WILL SEEK PERMISSION FROM THE HIGHWAY COMMISSION TO FORWARD TO THE CITY THE SIGNED r
<br />DEED FOR THE EXTENSION OF WEST 7TH AVENUE EXTENDED,THROUGH THE HIGHWAY COMMISSION .PROPERfy.
<br />ALSO, THEY ARE DESIROUS OF HAVING WEST 7TH AVENUE EXTENDED BUILT THIS SUMMER AND PLAN TO
<br />SELL THE REMAINING PORTION OF" THEIR PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY SO AS TO GET IT BACK ON THE TAX
<br />ROLL.
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<br />I HAVE CARRIED ONA TALK WITH MR. SHUL~R, ~N PORTLAND, A~D HEIN~ORMS ME THAT THE
<br />BONDS VOTED FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE MILL RACE COULD, IN ALL PROBABILITY, BE ISSUED,
<br />WITH HIS APPROVAL, IF THE COUNCIL DECIDES THAT THE BONDS ARE TO BE ISSUED."
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR~ BOOTH, 'SECONDED BY M~. OWEN, TH~T THE REPORT 'OF THE-CITV MANAGER BE
<br />RECEIVED AND PLACED ON ~ILE. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />REPORTS Of COMMITTEES
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<br />3 A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING HELD FEBRUARY 16, 1956 - RE: REZONING THE
<br />WEST SIDE OF ALMADEN STREET BETWEEN,5TH AND 6TH AVENUES; REZONING AREA BETWEEN ALMADEN AND
<br />FI LMORE STREETS BETWEEN 7TH AND 6TH AVENUES; PETI TI ONS FOR I MPROVEMENT PROJECTS; POLl CV ON
<br />WIDENING 18TH AVENUE, WEST or WILLAMETTE STREET; AND OF"FER BY PACIFIC BUILDERS, INC. TO PURCHASE
<br />TWO LOTS OF" CITY-OWNED PROPERTY WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS F"OLLOWS:
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<br />"PRESENT: COUNCI LMEN BOOTH, OWEN, AND SHEARER; CI TV MANAGER; Crrv ENGI NEER;
<br />C1TY ATTORNEV; AND CITY RECORDER.
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<br />I. REZONING WEST SIDE OF" ALMADEN STREET, NORTH or THE ALLEV, BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH AVENUES,
<br />REQUESTED BY BESSIE Y. KEELER - THE COMMITTEE VIEWED THE AREA AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE
<br />REQUEST F"OR REZONING FROM R-2 TO M-I BE APPROVED. THIS APPROVAL CONFORMS TO THE RECOMMENDA-
<br />TION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND WOULD CONFORM TO THE ZONING TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA.
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