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~6~ e - - IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON, SECONDED BY MR. OWEN, THAT THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ,SAFETY I COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED, EXCEPT THAT ITEM NUMBER 6 BE SEGREGATED FROM THE REPORT. MOTl ON CARRI ED. 5 A STATEMENT WAS MADE BY CHARLES O. PORTER, ATTORNEY FOR COLLEGE SI DE INN, I N F A V OR OF A RETAIL MALT BEVERAGE LICENSE, CLASS "A", BEING GRANTED THAT ESTABLISHMENT. A STATEMENT WAS MADE BY PRESIDENT WILSON OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON AGAINST A LICENSE BEING GRANTED COLLEGE SIDE INN AND IN FAVOR OF MAINTAINING THE "DRY ZONE" AROUND THE.UNIVERSITY OF OREGON CAMPUS. . IT WAS MOVED BY MR. OwEN, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE, THAT THE APPLICATION FOR A RETAIL MALT BEVERAGE LI CENSE,- CLASS "A", SUBMITTED BY COLLEGE SIDE INN, BE DENIED. MOTl ON CARRI ED. 6 A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS AND HEALTH AND RECREATION COMMITTEE'S MEETING HELD AUGUST 17, 1956 - RE: PETITION FOR ALLEY IMPROVEMENT BETWEEN MILL AND FERRY STREETS FROM liTH TO 18TH AVENUES; REQUEST f:OR SIDEWALK ON THE 'NORTH SIDE OF FRANKLIN BOULEVARD; SANITARY SEWER AT THE JEFFERSON STREET RAILROAD CROSSING; AND CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST BY THE EUGENE WATER AND ELECTRIC ,_ BOARD FOR A TOWER LOCATION, ROAD ACQUISITION, AND HIGH TENSION LINE EASEMENT WAS SUBMITTED AND 1 ! READ AS FOLLOWS: , "PRESENT: COUNCILMEN GODLOVE, OWEN, AND EDMUNDS; CITY MANAGER; CI~Y ENGINEER; PARK AND RECREATION SUPERI NTENDENT; ADMI NI STRATI'VE INTERN; AND MR. DAN WYANT OF THE EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. I I . PETITION FOR ALL~Y IMPROVEMENT BETWEEN MILL AND FERRY STREETS FROM 17TH TO 18TH AVENUES - A PETITION SIGNED BY 51.70 PER CENT OF THE PROPERTY HOLDERS REQUESTING IMPROVE- MENT OF THE ALLEY BETWEEN MILL AND FERRY STREETS FROM 17TH TO 18TH AVENUES WAS CONSIDERED BY THE COMM)TTEi. THE COMMITTEE VIE~ED THE AREA AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE ALLEY BE PAVED AND THAT THE NECESSARY ORDINANCES INITIATING THIS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT BE PASSED. 2. REQUEST FOR S~DEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF FRANKLIN BOULEV~RD - A REQUEST FROM Mi. ELTON PEDRON OF THE ROSE MOTEL, 969 FRANKLIN BOULEVARD, FOR A SIDEWALK OR OTHER RIGHT OF WAY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF FRANKLIN BOULEVARD WEST FROM THE ROSE MOTEL, WAS CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE VIEWED THE AREA AND FOUND THAT THERE WERE NO SIDEWALKS FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY ONE riLOCK FROM TH~ Ros~ MOTEL WESTERLY, MAKING IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR PEDESTRIAN~ ib TRAVEL ALONG THt NORTHtRLY SIDE OF FRANKLIN BOULEVARD WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE STREET. THE COMMITTEE ~ECOMMENDED THAT THE SIDEWALK BE INSTALLED AND THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS , DEPARTMENT SEND POSTAL CARDS TO THE PROPERTY HOLDERS OF RECORD INDICATING THAT THE COUNCIL I WOULD CONSIDER,THE MATTER, A-l" THE I R' MEETI NG ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1956. .'~':'. ~ 3. CONSIDERATIO~ OF BID SUBMfTTED BY JESKE BROTHERS CONSTRUCTioN COMPANY FOR I'NSTALLATION I OF A SANITARY SEWER AT THE JEFFERSON STREET RAILROAD CROSSING - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT JESKE BROTHERS CONS'TRUCTlON COMPANY HAD SUBMITTED A BID IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,683.00 FOR I NST'ALLA- TION-OF A SANITARY SEWER AT THE JEFFERSON STREET RAILROAD CROSSING AND THAT THE JOB WAS ! ABOVE THE' ES~IMATED COST AND ABOVE THE BUDGETED AMOUNT SET UP FOR IT. THE CITY ENGINEER RECOMMENDED THAT THIS CONTRACT NOT BE LET. THE COMMITTEE CONCURRED IN THE CITY ENG~NEER'S I , RECOMMENDATION AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE CONTRACT BE REJECTED. , 4. CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST BY THE EUGENE WATER AND ELECTRIC BOARD FOR A TOWER LOCATION, ROAD ACQUISITION, AND HIGH ,ENSION LINE EASEMENT - A REQUEST BY THE EUGENE WATER AND e ELECTRIC BOARD, WHICH INCLUDES AN EASEMENT ACROSS CITY OWNED PROPERTY, THE REQUEST TO PURCHASE A SITE FOR A HIGH TENSION LINE TOWER, AND A ROADWAY RIGHT OF WAY LEADING TO THE TOWER ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY NORTH OF JUDKINS POINT AND NORTH OF THE WILLAMETTE RIVER WAS ! AGAIN PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE VIEWED THE SITE I N COMPANY WI TH MR. RALPH MARTI N OF THE EUGENE' WATER AND ELECTRIC BOARD ON WHICH THE WATER AND ELECTRIC BOARD HAD REQUESTED AN EASEMENT OVER OR AN OUTRIGHT PURCHASE. THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF THE TOWER, ROADWAY AND EASEMENT LINE, AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION BE INSTRUCTED TO NEGOTIATE W:ITH THE EUGENE WATER AND ELECTRIC BOARD TOWARD THE END OF GETTING THE TOWER LOCATED AS CLOSE TO THE SOUTH END OF THE PROPOSED OREGON STATE HIGHWAY AS POSSIBLE AND WHEN THE PARK AND RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT AND THE EUGENE WATER AND ELECTRIC BOARD ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT THE MATTER BE RESUBMITTED TO THE COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER ACTION" . I I I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. KOPPE, SECONDED BY MR. OwE N, THAT THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS , COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTl ON CARR I ED. I .' ,. 7 .. e ~ -