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<br /> -( 3) PRI:MARY fEDERAL AID WHICH IS- PR:IN.CI.PALLY. DEVOTED' TO MAIN ARTERIAL HIGHWAYS I
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<br /> (4 ) SECO"lDARY fEDE.RAL AID WHICH, IS PRINCIPALLY DEVOTED,:TO SECONDARY HIGHWAYS ,
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<br /> (5 ) FOREST ROAD AID .
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<br /> (6 ) COUNTY FEDERAL AID FOR SECONDARY ROADS .
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<br /> THOSE PRESENT rROM THE HIGHWAY DEPARTME~T WERE NOT ABLE TO ,INDICATE WHAT AMOUNT OF r
<br /> PARTICIPATION MIGHT BE EXPECTED FROM THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SINCE SUCH DETERMINATIONS
<br /> WERE HANDLED' STR I C,TLY B,Y. THE COMMI SSI ONER. "
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<br /> IN THE COURSE or DISCUSSION WHICH TOOK PLACE, IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE OVERALL
<br /> TRArFI~ IS INCREASING APPROXIMATELY riVE PER CENT PER YEAR COMPOUNDED AND THAT ANY WORK
<br /> WHICH IS DON~ SHOULD BE DONE WITH THIS ~NCREASE IN MIND, AND AN ATTEMPT SHOULD BE MADE TO
<br /> BUI L-D AHEAD ,OF, THE I NCREA'SE. e
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<br /> IT WAS AGREED AMONG THOSE PRESENT, WITHOUT rORMAL ACTION BEING TAKEN, THAT THE
<br /> VAR I OUS LOCAL ','B'O_I)! ES, CON,S I STrNG OF THE CI TY or EUGENE, LANE COUNTY, RE~RESENTATIVE~ OF
<br /> THE RI VER' ROAD AREA, SPR I NGn E'LD, .AND OTHER I NT-ERESTED PERSONS AT A LOCAL L:EVEL SHOULD
<br /> STUDY THE MATTER, FORMULATE- A PLAN, AND THEN- APPROACH THE HI GHWAY COMMI SSI ON TO SEE
<br /> WHA T, IF ~NYi H~LP COULD BE ACHIEVED'FR~M JHE COMMISSION.
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<br /> THE'MEETI'NG ADJOURNED WI TH'OUT FURTHER POSITI VE -ACTI ON~ II.
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<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MATSON, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE, THAT THE REPOR~ or THE JOINT MEETING
<br /> BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTl ON CARRI ED.
<br />V 6 A REPORT or THE COMMITTEE or THE WHOLE MEETING HELD NOVEMBER I, 1956 - RE: REQUEST TO
<br /> PURCHASE A 'PARCEL 'OF CHY' OWNED -PROPERTY; PURCHASE OF EQUI PMENT FOR MAl N,TENANCE DEPARTMENT;
<br /> REQUEST TO INSTALL TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT 29TH. AND """LLAMETTE; AND 'INSTALLATION or I SLANDS ,'TO
<br /> CHANNELIZE TRAFrlC AT 32ND AND WILLAMETTE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
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<br /> - "PRESENT:: -' COUNCI LMEN; GODLOVE, WA:TSON, OwEN, HARTM!lN, SHISLER,-AND EDMUNDS; CITY
<br /> MANAGER; CITY ENGINEER; CITY ATTORNEY; CITY RECORDER; TRArnc ENGINEERj' ADMINISTRATIVE u'_"
<br /> INTERN; AND MESSRS. KAurFMAN AND NIL OF THE SILVA CHEVROLET COMPANY.
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<br /> I. iEQUESTBY MR-. H.: R.' AXTELL AND. MRS. DONALD W. HENSEN TO PURCHASE A PARCEL or CITY
<br /> OWNE'D PROPERTY: ON THE EAST' SI DE or AGATE STREET BETWEEN '19TH AND 20TH AVENUES -' THE.
<br /> COMMITTEE,VISITEDTHE SITE WHICH THE PETITIONERS HAD REQUESTED THE RIGHT TO PURCHASE.
<br /> IT WAS- EXPLAI NED. THAT -BOTti -PROSPECTI VE PURCHASERS' HAD --or,rEREO THE~ CI TY, THE- SUM OF' $25..00
<br /> FOR THEPROPERTY-. 'THIS PRICE,"T WAS: POINTED OUT, DID NOT: EQUAL THE AMOUNT THAT THE-CITY
<br /> . HAD IN' THE PR10PERTY F,ORI TAXES ANDrOR A STREET ASSESSMENT.
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<br /> IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMM1TTEE ~HAT ~H~'orFERS ON THIS PROPERTY BE DECLINED. I
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<br /> 2. PURCHASE 0:' THREE TRUCKS FOR THE MAl NTENANCE DEPARTMENT- 61DS ON THREE VEHI CLES TO I
<br /> BE USED BY THE C,Ty:M'AINTENANCE DEPARTMENT WEREAG-AINCONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE. IT
<br /> WAS POIN~ED OUT THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME CONFUSION IN THE SPEC1rlCATIONS AS SENT TO: THE !
<br /> VARIOUS BIDDERS AND THAT TWO or THE BIDDERS HAD BID ON THE EQUIPMENT AS ANTICIPATED WHILE
<br /> ONE BIDDER HAD BID ON THE EQUIPMENT ON THE: BASIS or THE SPECIFICATIONS WHICH HE RECEIVED
<br /> BY MAIL WHICH, IT NOW APPE~RS, WAS' NOT COMPLETE. SILVA CHEVROLET COMPANY, THE LOW BI DOER,
<br /> INDICU'ED"THAT THEIR BID HAD BEEN. BASED' ON MINIMUM TRUCKS AND'THAT; IN ORDER TO GET THE
<br /> PROPER HOIST,'AND'TIRES WHICH'THEY WOULD RECOMMEND AND:WHICH THE C-,Ty-:iNTENDED TO SPECIFY,
<br /> IT WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR THEM TO ADD THE SUM or $808.02 TO TMEIR BID, MAKI~G A TOTAL BID
<br /> OF $10,570..29. THE ADDITIONAL COST INVOLVED WOULD STILL LEAVE THEM IN THE LOW BID CATE- e
<br /> GORY.
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<br /> ON THE THREE VEHICLES, DESCRIBED AS 1957, CHEVROLEl" TWO TON:DUMP TRUCK CHASIS, EQUIPPED
<br /> WITH V-8 ENGINE~ITwa,SPEEDREAR AXLE~-~:22..5 EIGHT' PLY FRONT TIRES, 9:22.5 TEN PLY DU~L
<br /> REAR TRACTION ,TIRES;:HEATER AND DErROSTER,HEAVY DUTY FRONT AND REAR SPRINGS, OIL FILTER,
<br /> 011:. BATH: AI R'CLEANER,.- DUAL_OUTSI DE MI RRORS', rOUR TO n VE' YARD FRUEHAUF DUMP DODY, EQUI PPED
<br /> WITH GARWOOD HOIST, MUD FLAPS, DIRECTIONAL SIGNALS,.REFLECTORS, :AND OMAHA ORANGE COLOR.
<br /> THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE_PURCHASE OF THE EQUIPMENT AS SPECIFIED BE FROM THE
<br /> SILVA CHEVROLET COMPANY AT A TOTAL C05T,OF'$10,570,,29. -
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<br /> 3. REQUEST TO INSTALL TRAFFICoSIGNALS~AT 29TH- AVENUE: AND WILLAMETTE STREET - IT WAS
<br /> EXPLAINED THAT ,THERE WAS BUDGETED AN AMOUNT OF $1,000.00 WHICH COULD BE USED TOWARD THE
<br /> INSTALLATIONor~ITRArFIC,SIGNALS AT 29TH AVENUE AND WILLAMETTE'-STREET'BUT-THAT THE TOTAL
<br /> COST-OF'SUCH:A PROJECT WOULD AMOUNT TO APPROXIMATELY $2,600.00.' HOWEVER; I T WAS FElT, I
<br /> THAT TRArFIC HAD BUILT UP AT THIS INTERSECTION TO THE POINT WHERE SIGNALIZATION WAS
<br /> I MPERATI VE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. IT WAS rURTHER EXPLAINED THAT FUNDS WERE AVAILABLE rROM
<br /> TWO SOURCEs-rOR SUCH A PROJECT. ONE SUCH SOURCE I S THE EMERGENCY- F'UND'-WHI CH THE,
<br /> CITY ATTORNEY AGREED COULD BE USED AND THE SECOND SUCH rUND WOULD BE MONIES NOT APPROPRI-
<br /> ATED IN THE 1956-57 BUDGET_FROM T~E STATE,!AXSTREET F~ND. ,
<br /> AFTER DISCUSSION, THE-COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED tHAT THE ESTuMATtD-AMOUNT OF $1,600.00
<br /> NECESSARY TO COMPLETE-THE ~RAFFIC SIGNALI.ZATioN OF 29TH AVENUE AND WILLAMETTE STREET BE
<br /> SPENT FROM THE STATE TAX STREET fUND. e
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