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<br />, "THE' VA'LUE' OF' BUI LDI NG' PER~I TS I SSUED OUR I NG THE MONTH OF'MARCH AMOUN,TED TO
<br />$310,66,1:.00. THIS IS ,$,168,046.00 LESS THAN THE VALUATION REPORTED ,F'ORTHE SAME; MONTH
<br />A YEAR AGO.
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<br />THE {IRE DEPARTMENT ANSWERED 77 ALARMS DURING MARCH; 58'WITHINTHE CIT",AND ,HI'NE
<br />RURAL CALLS. THE ESTIMA~ED LOSS AMOUNTED TO .10,~~~.52; ALSO, Dti~I~G~~i~~NiH;'THE
<br />F'IRE ALARM TRANSMITTER WAS PLACED IN SERVICE AND ALL'ALARMSARE No~icONriRMED'O'V'ER'THE
<br />,fIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH SY~TEM AS REQUIRED BY THE NATIONAL BOARD OF' FIRE, UNDER~RitiR~~,~I-
<br />RECE I YED SEVERAL F'I NE CO,MPL I MENTS, F'ROM PEOPLE WHO WERE TAKEN OF'F' THE SIXTH nOORBY THE
<br />MEN IN O~R FIRE DEPARTMENT AT THE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING F'IR( IN THE EUGENE HOTEL. ALSO,
<br />F'OR THE SPLENDID WORK PERF'ORMED IN PUTTING OUT THE F'IRE.
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<br />You WI LL NOTE F'ROM THE POll CE DEPARTMENT REPORT F'OR MARCH, A COpy WHI CH' i S'ONYOUR
<br />,'DESK, THAT SIX CLASSES Of THE REGIONAL PO,LICE TRAINING SCHOOL WERE HELD IN[UGENE'WI/iii"
<br />'AN AVERAGE STUDENT ATTENDANCE OF' 57 OF'F'I CERS. IN ADDI TI ON TO OUR OWN ,PEOPLE;, PERSO,NN'EL
<br />F'ROM OAKRIDGE, JUNCTION CITY; AND THE SHERIF'F"S OfF'ICE ALSO ATTENDED THE SESSIONS.
<br />CHIEF' SPECIA~ AGENT, JOSEPH SANTOIANA, OF' THE PORTLAND FBI OfF'ICE CONDUCTED A SPECIAL
<br />CLASS I~ CIVIL RIGHTS.
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<br />DURING THE WEEK OF' MARCH 12TH, ,THE CITY WAS HOST TO ABOUT 3,500 OUT Of TOWN HIGH
<br />SCHOOL S'TUDENTS AND OTHERS ATTENDI NG THE ANN'UAL STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT. 'GENERAL
<br />BEHAVIOR OF' THE VISITO~S WAS EXCELLENT, WIT~ ONLY 19 STUDENTS COMING TO T~tor~icIAL.
<br />ATTENTION OF' THE. DEPARTMENT. THE JUVENILE OF'F'I,CER HANDLED A TOTAL or 31 JUVENILE~
<br />DURING THE MONTH.
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<br />WE HAD A TOTAL Of 285 PRISONERS BOOKED IN AT THE JAIL IN MARCH, AN I NCREASE'OF 54
<br />OVER THE PRE,V10USMONTH. AVE,RAGE DAILY POPULATION WAS 49. THERE WERE SEVEN ADULT:;
<br />FEMALES, 14 JUVENI~E F'EMALES, AND 27 MALE JUVENILES INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL., [,'
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<br />ON EACH OF' YOUR DESKS I HAVE PLACED A COpy OF' THE 1955 F'INANCIAL STATEMENT OF'STHE
<br />MENS' SOF'lBALL LEAGUE WHICH IS REQUIRED BY,RESLUTlON TO BE F'lLED WITH THE CITY. ",ALts'O,
<br />A COpy OF', A RESUME OF' THE APPRAI SALS ON THE VARIOUS PI ECES, OF', PROPERTY WHI CH YOU OR,D,ERED
<br />CONCERNI NG THE SI TE F'OR THE PROPOSED NEW LI BRARY.." :,' ,
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<br />THE MAYOR ORDERED, IN THE ABSENCE. or OBJECTIONS, THAT THE REPORT OF' THE CITY MANAGER, BE
<br />RECEIVED AND PLACED ON fILE.
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<br />3 A REPORT OF'.THE HEALTH AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING HELD, MARCH 30, 1956 - RE:
<br />REQUEST F'OR "MI LE OF' PENNI ES 11 BY THE NEW 1I F'E YOUTH CAMPS WAS SUBMI TTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
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<br />CI TY ATTORNEY;
<br />HOWLAND, HAYES
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<br />COUNC I LMEN HARTMAN, 'KOPPE, ,AND WA'TSON; C I TV MANAGER; ,C I TV ENGI NEER; .
<br />PLANNING CO~SULTANT; CITY RECORDER; MR.' RALPH RODERICK, OF' CORNELL, :
<br />AND MERRYfIELD; AND MR. DAN WYANT OF' THE EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. ,
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<br />I. REQUES~ F'OR '~ILE OF' PENNIES" BY THE NEW LIF'E YOUTHCAMPS'- THE COMMITTEE DlSCU$SED
<br />THE REQUEST OF' THE NEW LIfE YOUTH CAMPS F'OR PERMISSION TO CONDUCT A F'UND DRIVE BY DONA-
<br />TION TO A "MlLE OF' PENNIES".
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<br />AF'TER CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION IN WHICH THE ORDINANCES OF' THE CITY AND OTHER F'ACTORS
<br />RELATING TO THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM WERE BROUGHT OUT, IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF' THE
<br />'COMMITTEE THAT l~ERE BE NO ACTION TAKEN ON THI~ REQUEST."
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. OwEN, SECONDED BY MR. BOOTH, THAT THE REPORT Of THE HEALTH'ANDRECREA-
<br />lION COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION C~RRIED.
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<br />A REPORT or THE PUBLlt SAF'ETY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD MARCH 30, 1956 - RE: PROPOSED
<br />PETITION TO'THEtPuBLIC,UTILITIES,COMMI'SStON TO REGULATE THE SPEED-OF' TRAINS; AND REQUEST F'OR,
<br />A PACKAGE STORE .LICENSE, :CLASS "B", B~ EARLjH~ BERNHARDT~WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS F'OtLOWS:
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<br />COUNCILMEN WATSON, HARTMAN, AND KOPPE; CITY MANAGER; CITY ENGINEER;
<br />PLANNING-CONSULTANT; CITY RECORDER; MR. RALPH RODERICK or CORNELL,
<br />AND.MERRYF'IELD; AND MR. ,DAN WYANT 'OF' TIifE EUGENE REGIISTER-GUARD. ,:",:
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<br />CI TV ATTORNEY;
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<br />I. PROPOSED PETITION TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO REGULATE THE SPEED OF'-'
<br />TRAINS THROUGH THE CITY OF' EUGENE - THE CITY ATTORNEY INDICATED THAT THE PUBLIC
<br />UTILITIES ,CQMMISSION HAD.ESTABLlSHED AN .ORDER ~HICH SET.A F'IF'~Y,MILEPER HOUR -SPEED LIMIT
<br />F'ORTRAINS:GOING THROUGH THE CITY OF'EUGENE, EXCEPT AT.THE HIGH AND,PEARL STREET
<br />CROSSINGS AT WHICH THE SPEED WAS ESTABLISHED AT THIRTY MILES PER HOUR. IT WAS F'URTHER
<br />EXPLAI NED THAT I F' THE~COUNCI L DESI,RE,D TO HAVE THE SPEED OF' TRAI NS REDUCED I T WOULD, BE
<br />NECESSARY TO PETITION THE PUBLIC UtILITIES COMMISSION AS THE F'IRST STEP IN GETTING ANY
<br />REDUCTION IN SPEEDS. A PROPOSED' PETITION WHICH THE CITY ATTORNEY HAD PREPARED WAS READ
<br />TO THE COMMITTEE. THIS PETITION, IF' APPROVED BY THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, WOULD
<br />ESTABLISH A MAXIMUM SPEED OF' THIRTY MILES PER HOUR fOR ALL TRAINS PROGRESSfiNG THROUGH
<br />THE CITY AT ALL GRADE CROSSINGS~
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