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<br />. .EUGENE, OREGON, .
<br />. SEPTEM~ER'24, 1956.
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<br />THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE ~AS HELD ON SEPTEMBER 10,
<br />1956 AND ADJOURNED TO SEPTEMBER 24, 1956 AT 7:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE MEETING WAS
<br />CALLED TO ORDER BY HIS HONOR, MAYOR V. E. JOHNSON, WITH THE FOLLOWI~G COUNC~LMEK PRE.t~T:
<br />MR. GODLOVE, MR. WATSON, MR. OWEN, MR. SHEARER, MR. SHI SLER, AND MR.: EDMUNDS. MR. KOPPE' AND
<br />MR. HARTMAN WERE ABSENT.
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<br />THE MI NUTES OF THE -LAST REGULAR MEET! NG HELD, ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1956 WERE READ AND APPROVED.
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<br />I THIS BEING THE DATE SET FOR THE AWARD OF A $80,000.00 BOND ISSUE FOR AMAZON CHANNEL
<br />I MPROVEMENT, THE FOLLOWiNG BIDS WERE TABULATED AS OPENED ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2'4, 1956 AT 10:00
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<br />PURCHASE PRICE PER NET INTEREST EFFECTIVE ~
<br />BIDDER $100.00 OF PAR VALUE COST To CITY INT. RATE ~
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<br />EUGENE MAIN BRANCH BONDS DUE 1958-60 - 3.75%
<br />THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK $ 100.19 BONDS ~UE 1961-64 - 3.50% $23,200.50 3.314%
<br />OF PORTLAND BONDS DUE 1965-71 - 3.25%
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<br />BLYTH & COMPANY AND 1
<br />EUGENE BRANCH OF THE $ 100.07 BONDS DUE 1958-61 - 4..00% $23,219.00 3.317%
<br />U. S. NATIONAL BANK OF BONDS DUE 1962-71 - 3.25%
<br />PORTLAND, OREGON
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<br />I T WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDE-D BY MR. WATSON, THAT THE BID BE AWARDED TO EUGENE MAl N
<br />BRANCH OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND BASED ON THE BID RECEIVED, WITH A NET INTEREST COST
<br />OF $23,200.50 AND AN EFFECTIVE RATE OF 3.314 PE~ CENT. ROLLCALL VOTE. A~L COUNCILMEN PRESENT
<br />VOTING AYE. MESSRS. KOPPE AND HARTMAN ABSENT. MOTION 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 SUBMITTED AND
<br />READ AS FOLLOWS:
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<br />"A~L PROJECTS IN THE STREET DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED EXCEPT wiDENING 18TH AVENUE l
<br />FROM MILL TO FERRY STREETS, AGATE STREET FROM 24TH TO 27TH AVENUES, AND THE 30TH AVENUE I-
<br />INTERSECTION. THESE PROJECTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED BY OCTOBER 1ST. THERE ARE ALSO SOME
<br />PRIVATE CONTRACTS THAT REMAIN. TO BE COMPLETED; HOWEVER, THE CITY HAS NO C9NTROL OVER THE
<br />COMPLETION DATE ON THE PRIVATE CONTRACTS. THE SIDEWALKS IN THE AREA BETWEEN 24TH TO 30TH
<br />AVENUES FROM HILYARD TO UNIVERSITY STREETS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE 75 PER CENT COMPLETE.
<br />REMAINING SEWERS UNCOMPLETED ARE THE RIVERVIEW SEWER, THE STORM SEWER THROUGH THE OLD I
<br />AIR PARK, AND THE FRIENDLY STREET SEWER. COMPLETION DATES FOR THESE SEWERS ARE SET AT
<br />OCTOBER 31ST. THE AIRPARK PROJECT IS PROGRESSING, BUT NOT AS FAST AS EXPECTED. WHEN THE I
<br />DRAINAGE HAS BEEN COMPLETED, IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE PROJECT WILL PROGRESS MUCH FASTER. 1
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<br />ALL OUTSTANDING PARK CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, EXCEPT THE AMAZON PARK SWIMMING POOL, HAVE I
<br />BEEN COMPLETED. THE LAWN SEED SOwN ON THE BALLFIELD IN AMAZON PARK AND ON THE TWO BALL- i
<br />FIELDS AT 15TH AVENUE AND CHAMBERS STREET IS UP AND GROWING VERY WELL. THE PARK CREW wILL I
<br />START FRAMING THE DEER AND ELK SHELTERS IN HENDRICKS PARK TODAY. -
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<br />PROGRESS ON THE AMAZON PARK SWI MMI NG POOL HAS BEEN GOI NG ALONG VERY WELL. THE ,:
<br />GENERAL CONTRACTOR, J. M. STEINMULLER, HAS INSTALLED ALL CAST IRON RE-CIRCULATION LINES I ~
<br />IN THE THREE POOLS AND IS WELL ALONG WiTH THE INSTALLATION OF FORMS AND STEEL FOR THE POOL I ~
<br />FOOTINGS AND SLABS. THEY ARE POURING CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS FOR THE BATHHOUSE TODAY. i,.'
<br />CONCRETE FOOTINGS AND SLABS WILL BE POURED IN THE BEGINNER'S POOL THIS WEEK.
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<br />ATTENDANCE DURI NG THE PAST SUMMER'S RECREAT! ON PROGRAM SHOWED ASLI GHT I NCREASE OVER ,
<br />LAST YEAR. IN 1955 THE TOTAL SUMMER'S ATTENDANCE WAS 158,180 COMPARED TO 162,550 THIS l
<br />YEAR. THE INCREASE WAS UNDOUBTEDLY DUE TO THE FINE SUMMER WEATHER.
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<br />ATTENDANCE AT THE SwiMMING POOL INCREASED FROM 46,288 LAST YEAR TO 71,157 THIS SUMMER.
<br />THESE FIGURES INCLUDE RECREATIONAL SWIMMING, lEARN-TO-SWIM CLASSES, AND SPECTATORS. l
<br />RECREATIONAL SwiMMING, OR PAID ADMISSIONS, INCREASED FROM 35,783 TO 46,259. FINANCIALLY,
<br />THIS MEANT AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $1,000.00 OVER LAST YEAR.
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<br />PLAYGROUND ATTENDANCE DROPPED SLIGHTLY, POSSIBLY DUE TO MORE SWIMMERS, MORE BEAN
<br />PICKERS, OR MORE VACATIONERS OUT OF TOWN.
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<br />SOFTBALL PARTICIPATION AND ATTENDANCE REMAINED ABOUT THE SAME AS LAST YEAR. PRO- I
<br />rESSIONAL' BASEBALL HAS CUT DEEPLY I NTO SOFTBALL ATTENDANCE. I
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