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341~ e I T. Co WILDISH JESKE BROS. tON$TRUCTION CO. BRUCE W. KEEN ROBERT W.I LL I AN $ 495.72 !?20.02 546.75 586.65 MR. WILLIAN'S BID WAS NOT CONSIDERED SINCE HIS BID WAS IRREGULAR. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE BID BE AWARDED TO T.C. WILDISH ON HIS LOW BID OF $495.72. e 2. DISC,USSION REGARDING PROPOSED JOINT MEETING WITH EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD ON AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS TO BE MADE TO CITY IN LIEU OF TAXES - THE COMMITTEE DIS- CUSSED IN BRIEF AND IN GENERAL THE PAYMENTS WHICH THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD HAVE BEEN MAKING TO THE CITY OF EUGENE IN LIEU OF TAXES. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT AT THIS TIME THE CITY WAS RECEIVING 6~ OF THE REVENUES DERIVED FROM THE GROSS ELECTRIC RECEIPTS BUT THAT UNDER THE CURRENT AGREEMENT THIS AMOUNT WOULD DROP TO 3~ ON JULY I, 1957. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE COUNCIL PASS A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE 6% PAYMENT MADE I.N LIEU OF T~XES WHICH ~HE CITY OF EUGENE RECEIVES FROM THE EUGENE W~TER & ELEC~RIC BOARD BE CONTINUED AFTER JULY I, 1957. I 3. 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 - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT T~E STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAD PREPARED AGREEMENTS COVERING THE PROPOSED INSTALLATION ~F TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT THE INTERSECTION OF 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES WITH GARFIELD STREET IN THE CITY . . OF EUGENE, AND THAT THE TOTAL COST TO ~HE CITY FOR THE PROJECT WI.LL BE $3500.00. THE COMMITTEE WAS IN COMPLETE ACCORD THAT SUCH SIGNALS SHOULD BE INSTALL~D, AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE PRO~ER CITY 9FFICIALS BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE AGREE- MENT. 4. REQUEST FOR PARKING METER CHANGE BY THE EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE LIBRARY BOA~D OF THE EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY HAD REQUESTED THAT THE fIRST PARKING METER SOUTH OF 11TH AVENUE ON THE EAST SIDE OF WILLAMETTE STREET BE RE- MOVED, AND THAT THE AREA BE MADE A NO-PARKING AREA. THE BOARD INDICATED THAT THIS WOULD INSURE GREATER PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AS AUTOMOBILES USING THE DRIVE-UP_ BOOK RETURN WOULD NO LONGER BE REQUIRED TO BACK INTO THE PEDESTRIAN LANE IN ORDER TO HAVE R06M TO UNPARK. THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER INDICATED THAT THE REMOVAL OF THIS METER, BEING METER No. 669, AND THE PLACEMENT OF THE DRIVE-UP BOOK RE- TURN 12 FEET SOUTH OF ITS PRESENT POSITION WOULD MAKE IT CONSIDERABLY EASIER FOR AUTOMOBILES TO LEAVE THE CURB AND WOULD LIKEWISE MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR A CAR TO WAIT ITS TURN TO PLACE BOOKS IN THE DRIVE-we BOOK RETURN. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE ABOVE CHANGE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER BE APPROVED. I e 5. RECOMMENDATION FOR CONTROL OF PARKING IN THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE BETWEEN 11TH AVENUE .AND FRANKLIN BLVD. - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE TRAFF"lC ENGINEER HAD MADE AN IN- VESTIGATION INTO THE PARKING SITUATION FOUND IN THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE BETWEEN 11TH AVENUE EAST AND FRANKLIN BLVD. HE POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE TWO STREETS IN THIS AREA -- ONE A SEMI-CIRCLE PROJECTING OFF OF 11TH 'AVENUE AND ONE A SEMI-CIRCLE CONNECTING 11TH AVENUE TO FRANKLIN BLVD. THESE TWO STREETS ARE 19 FEET AND 21 FEET WIDE, RESPECTIVELY, AND DO NOT ALLOW SUFFICIENT SPACE FOR PARKING AT THE CURB ON BOTH SIDES. IT WAS INDICATED THAT IT HAD BEEN OBSERV~D THAT MO!~RISTS WERE PARK- ING ON BOTH SIDES OF THESE CONNECTORS CAUSING BLOCKING AND THUS MAKING MOTORISTS BACK OUT INTO TRAFFIC LANES ON FRA~KLI~ BLVD. OR 11TH STREET, OR, IF PARKED IN THE AREA, TO CROSS CURBS ONTO THE LANDSC~PED AREAS. To ALLEVIATE THIS SITUATION THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER RECOMMENDED THAT THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SEMI-CIRCLE OFF OF 11TH AVENUE HAVE PARKING REMOVED, AND THAT THE EAST SIDE OF THE SEMI-CIRCLE BETWEEN 11TH AVENUE AND FRANKLIN BLVD. HAVE P~RK- ING REMOVED. THE COMMITTEE CONCURRED IN THE RECOMMENDATION. 6. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PAVING OF 21ST AVENUE FROM ALDER TO POTTER STREET - REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE AREA OF THE PROPOSED PAVING APPEARED BEFORE THE COM- ." . MITTEE TO PROTEST THE PAVING OF. THE STREET, INDICATING IN GENERAL THAT THE STREET SERVES ONLY AS ACCESS TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON IT; THAT ITS SEMI- UNIMPROVED CONDITION MADE CAUTION A NECESSITY; AND THAT THEY DID NOT FEEL THAT THE PAVING OF THE STREET WAS IMPERATIVE AT THIS TIME. I AFTER SOME DISCUSSION IN WHICH IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE COUNCIL IN THE 1956 CONSTRUCTION SEASON HAD ADOPTED THE POLICY OF PAVING SHORT UNIMPROVED STREETS WHERE ALL SURROUNDING STREETS WERE PAVED, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT 21ST AVENUE FROM ALDER TO POTTER STREET BE PAVED AND THAT THE NECESSARY ORDINANCES INITIATING THIS PROJECT BE PASSED. e ~