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'1aR 2. BIDS ON VARIOUS PAVI:NG, SIDEWALK, SANITAR~ SEWER AND STORM SEWER PROJECTS - THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE BIDS WHICH HAD BEEN RECEIVED AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE VARIOUS PROJECTS BE AWARDED TO THE ,LOW BIDDERS AND THAT THE NECESSARY CONTRACTS BE DRAWN AND SIGNED." THE MAYOR ORDERED, I N THE ABSENCE OF' OBJECTIONS, :THE REPORT OF' THE COMMI TTEE OF' THE WHOLf TO BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON F'ILE. I 6 A REPORT OF' THE PUBLIC WORKS COMM~TTEE MEETING HELD MAY ~5, 1956 - RE:SANITARY SE~ER ON CREST DRIVE F'ROM OLIVE STREET TO'THE WEST CITY LIMITS; PURCHASE OF' AN I~DUSTRIAL TYPE STATION , WAGON F'ORTHE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT; PROPOSED ORDINANCE REGULATING AMBULANCES; AND 'REQU~ST BY LEE HOrrMAN FOR rlNAL PAYMENT F'OR CONSTRUCTION or THE SEWAGE TREATM~NT PLANT WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN KOPPE, BOOTH, OwEN, AND SHEARER; CITY MANAGER; CI TY ATTORNEY; A'SSI STANT CITY ENGI NEER; 'CI TY RECORDER; AND MR. O:AN WyANT OF THE EUGENE REGISTER-GuARD. ... REQUtST F'OR ,SANITARY SEWER TO SERVE :THE WARREN KORSTAD PROPERTY ON CREST DRI VE' FROM OLl VE ST'RE'ET TO THE !WEST CI TY LI "'I TS .:. I 't' WAS EXPLAI NED THAT A REQUEST HAD BEEN RECE:IVED FROM MR. WARREN KORSTAD IN WHICH HE URGENTLY REQUESTS THAT A SANITARY SEWER BE CONSTRUCTED TO SERVE HIS HOUSE. IT WAS LIKEWISE EXPLAINED THAT MR. KORSTAD IS CURRENTLY HAVING DIF'FICULTIES'WI~H' tHE PRESENT DRAIN FIELD THAT HE HAS INSTALLED AND THAT THE LANE COUNTY HEALTH'DEPARTMENT IS QUITE DESI'ROUS OF SEEING THE DRAINAGE CONDIT-ION REMEDIED IN THE VERY NElllR FUTURE'. THE REQUEST FOR A SEWER LINE WAS MADE SOME'TWO YEARS AGO AND, AT THAT -TIME, OTHER RESI~ENTS I~THE ARE. WERE IN OPPOSITION TO IT. AF'TE'R 01 SCU-SSION THE COMMi'TTEE RECO-MMENDE-D THAT INASMUCH THATTHI S WAS A MATTER 'THAT AFFECTED PUBLIC HEALTH 0" THE CITV OF EU~ENE THAT THE SEWER BE INSTALLED AND THAT ALL : ABUT,T-I NG PROPERTY" I NCL-UDI NG THE CATHOL-IC CEMETERY, BE ASSESSED F'OR SUCH: I NSTALLATI ON. 2. 01 SCUSS ION REGARDI NG QUOTATIONS ON PURCHASE OF' A CARRY-ALL (I NDUSTR I AL -TYPE STAT! ON WAGON) FOR THE E'NGI NEERI NG DEPARTMENT-- I TWAS EXPLAI NED THAT THE ENGI NEERING DEPARTMENT HAD ASKED FOR - QUOTATIONS ON AN ~l NDUSTR I AL TYPE STAT-ION WAGON FROM THE VAR I OUS ,sUPPLi ERS I N THE CITY OF EUGENE AND THAT FOUR QUOTATIONS HAD BEEN RECEIVED. BECK MOTORS A. B. SCARLETT " SILVA CHEVROLET COMPANY ED'~O~ENCE CO~PANY TOWN WAGON , GMt SUBURBAN CHEVROLET SUBURBAN -I NTERNATI ONAL TRAVELALL- $ 2,-060.00 2,128.11 2,129.00 2,147.00 IT WAS RECOMMENDED ,THAT THE: CITY PURCHASE"THE GMC SUBURBAN SINCE IT WAS- F'ELT THAT THIS 'PART! CULAR PI ECE OF' EQUI PMENT WOULD BEST SERVE THE NEEDS OF' THE ENGI NEERI NG DEPARTMENT, WHO PROPOSE T& USE: THIS VEHICLE AS ~ MEANS: OF' TRANSPORTATiON F'OR S~iVE~ CREWS. 3. PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO LICENSE AND REGULATE AMBULANCES IN THE CITY OF' EUGENE - THE CITY ATTORNEY DISCUSSED A PRopbsE6 ORDINANCE WHICH HE WAS IN THE PROCES~ OF' DRAF'TING WHICH WOULD REGULATE, LI'CENS~~ AND CONTROL AMBULANCES IN THE CITY o'f EUGENE. -INGENERAL,- H['INDICATED THAT THE AMBULANCE SERVICES WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED, THE VEHICLES AND PERSONNEL 'WOULD BE I NSPECTED" AND/OR tESTE:D~ AND THAT A PERF'ORMANCE BOND WOULD BE REQUI RE:D F'ROM SUCH INDiViDUALS AS ENGAGED"IN THtS TYP~ OF SERVICE. HE F'URTHER INDICATED THAT iHE ORDINANCE WOULD PROVIDE THAt NOTICE MUST BE GIVEN TO THE CITY SIXTY DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE DATE THAT A PERSON MIGHT:GO OUT OF' BUSINESS~ c ArTER SOME DISCUSSION REGARDING THE REQUIREMENTS TO BE SET FORTH IN THE ORDINANCE CONCERNING THIS SUB~ECT, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT SUCH AN ORDINANCE BE PASSED. 4~ DISCUSSION OF REQUEST BycLEE,HOF'FMAN, CONTRACTOR rOR tHE SEWAGE TREATMENT:PLANT, F'OR FURTHER CONSIDERATION REGARDING THE FINAL PAYMENT F'OR CONSTRUCTION OF' THE SEWAGE TREATMENT 'PLANT - IT WASdlNDICATED THAT tHE'CITY MANAGER AND THE CiTY ATTORNEY HAD HELD CONVERSATION WITH MR. LEE HOF'F'MAN, THE CONTRACTOR WHO BUILT,THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT,'AND HIS ATTORNEY, CONCERNING THE MONEY ALLOWED HIM IN THE F'INALPAYMENT F'OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF' THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT.: THE CITY ATtORNEY GAVE A:RESUME OF' THE DiSCUSSION AND VAR~OUS ALLEGATIONS WHICH HAD BEEN MADE.' THIS WAS DISCUSSED BY THE COMMITTEE AND IT WAS THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION THAT THE (ITY OF' EUGENE DENy'ANY F'URTHER LIABiliTY AND THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY BE AUTHORI Z'ED TO WRI TE MR. HOF'F'MAN AND/OR.H'IS ATTORNEY I NDI CATI NG THAT THE CI TY OF' EUGENE REF'USES ANY F'URTHERCLAIM FOR ~O~K DO~E:AT THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT." : IT WAS MOVED BY MR. KOPPE, SECONDED BY MR. BOOTH, THAT THE REPORT OF' THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. ROLL.CALL ,VO,TE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE. MotION CARRIED. 7 A,REPORT OF T~E A1RPbRT COMMITTEE MEETING HELDMAY:24, 1956 - RE: DISCUSSION OF' PRIVATE AIRCRAF'T FACILITIES AND A FIXED BASE OPERATION AT MAHLON SWEET AIRPORT WAS SUBMITTED'AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "PRESENT: COUNCILMEN WATSON, OwEN, AND SHISLER;:CITY MANAGER; CITy'ATTORNEY; AND THE CITY RECORDER. ~ e I e I I I e " I e