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~4.S e 5TH, AMAZON PARK SWIMMING POOL $ 7,208.90 I JOHN STEINMULLER, JR. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE ESTIMATES, AS SUBMITTED AND READ, BE APPROVED AND THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS BE INSTRUCTED TO DRAW THE NECESSARY WARRANTS. ROLLCALL VOTE'. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE. MOTION C'ARRIED. / 5 THIS BEING THE DATE SET FOR THE AWARD Of A CONTRACT fOR SANITARY SEWER ON SOUTH SIDE OF 8TH AVENUE WEST FROM 40 FEET WEST Of ALMADEN TO 80 FEET EAST Of ALMADEN STREET, THE FOLLOWING BIDS WERE TABULATED AS OPENED ON JANUARY II, 1957 AT 10:00 AM. T. C. WILDISH JESKE BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CO. BRUCE W.'KEEN ROBERT WILLIAN $ 495.72 (Low) 520.02 54(;.75 586.65 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. EDMUNDS THAT THE BID BE AWARDED TO T. C. WILDISH ON' A LOW BID Of $495.72 AS RECOMMENDED BY' THE COMM'I TrEE Of THE WHOLE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE. MOTION CARRIED. e REPORTS OF OFFICERS 6 A REPORT fROM THE CITY MANAGER SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: RE:' MONTHLY PEPARTMENTAL REPORTS, IMPROVEMENTS, ETC., WAS I "THE VALUE'9f BUILblNG PERMITS I~SUED FOR THE MONTH Of DECEMBER AMOUNTED TO $349,950 WHICH IS $209,371 MORE THAN THE VALUE REPORTED FOR THE SAME MONTH A YEAR AGO. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ANSWERED 56 ALARMS, THE TOTAL ESTIMATED FIRE LOSS AMOUNTING TO $200,920. I HAVE AUTHORIZED THE FIRE CHIEF TO CONFER WITH THE NATIONAL BOARD Of FIRE UNDERWRITERS IN ORDER THAT A PROGRAM CAN BE LAID OUT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT Of FIRE DEFENSE AND THE EVENTUAL UPGRADING OF THE CITY. You WILL NOTE FROM THE POLICE REPORT, A COpy OF WHICH IS ON YOUR DESK, THAT CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES, THE NUMBER Of CASES CLEARED UP BY ARRESTS AND THE DAILY PRISON POPULATION ALL INCREASED DURING THE MONTH Of DECEMBER, WHILE THE NUMBER OF JUVENILES PROCESSED DECREASED. ALSO FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS THE JAIL HAS BEEN HANDLING MORE PRISONERS ~OR THE COUNTY THAN FOR THE CITY. THE J~IL SERVED 4100 MEALS DURING - , I ' . DECEMBER AT AN AVERAGE COST Of 12~ PER MEAL. ' " MR. LOUIS BORDE, DIRECTOR Of CIVIL DEfENSE AND SUPERVISOR OF GROUND OBSERVERS CORPS, REPORTS JHAT OUT Of 2190 4-HOU~ SHIFTS OF THE GROUND OBSERVERS CORPS DURING THE YEAR Of 1956, ONLY 14 WERE MISSED, 'WHICH IS A GREAT DEAL BETTER THAN THE RECORD FOR 1955 AND 1954 WHEN 49 AND 65 RESPECTIVELY WERE NOT MANNED. THIS IS A RECORD fOR THE GROUND OBSERVERS CORPS WORK. A COpy OF MR. BORDE'S REPORT HAS BEEN PLACED ON EACH Of YOUR DESKS, AND I fEEL SURE THAT EACH OF YOU WILL JOIN WITH ME IN WRITIN~ A LETTER OF COMMENDATION TO MR. BORDE AND HIS CORPS FOR THEIR FAITHFUL WORK. My REPORT fOR YOUR MEETING OF JANUARY 28 WILL GIVE A SYNOPSIS OF THE CITY'S ACTIVITIES fOR THE YEAR OF 1956." I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. HARTMAN, THAT THE REPORT, OF THE C,TY MANAGER BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES e 7 A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING HELD JANUARY I I, 1957 - RE: BIDS ON SANI- TARY SEWER SOUTH SIDE OF 8TH AVENUE WEST FROM 40 FEET WEST OF ALMADEN TO 80 fEET EAST Of ALMADEN STREET; DISCUSSION REGARDING PROPOSED JOINT MEETING WITH EUGENE ~ATER & ELECTRIC BOARD ON AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS TO BE MADE TO CITY IN LIEU Of TAXES; DISCUSSION REGARDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE' STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT AND THE CiTY OF EUGENE FOR THE INSTALLATION Of TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT 6TH AVENUE AND 7TH AVENUE AT GARFIELD STREET; REQUEST FOR PARKING METER CHANGE BY THE EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARYj' RECOMMENDATION FOR CONTROL OF PARKING IN THE TRAfFIC CIRCLE BETWEEN 11TH AVENUE AND FRANKLIN BLVD.; DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PAVING OF 21ST AVENUE FROM ALDER TO POTTER STREET; COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM CORPS OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, CONCERNING THE AMAZON WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "PRESENT: MAYOR MCGINTYj COUNCILMEN WATSON, SHEARER, HARTMAN, SH,SLER, EDMUNDS, LAURIS AND LINDEEN; CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY~ CITY ENGINEER; tlTY RECORDER;' TRAffIC ENGINEER; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; MESSRS. POTTER AND COTTING; DAN WYANT OF THE EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. I. BIDS ON SANITARY SEWE~SOUTH SIDE OF.8TH AVENUE WEST FROM 40 FEET WEST O~ ALMADEN TO 80 FEET EAST OF ALMADEN STREET - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT BIDS WERE OPENED AT 10:00 AM, JANUARY I I, 1957, ON THE CONSTRUCTION or THE ABOVE EN- TITLED SANITARY SEWER. THERE WERE fOUR BIDS RECEIVED AS FOLLOWS: I e ~ -