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~F-'~ iJJ ~) ~ e I COUNC I L CHAMBERS EUGENE, OREGON JANUARY 28, t957 THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF T.HE CITY OF EUGENE WAS HELD ON JANUARY 14, 1957 AND ADJOURNED TO JANUARY 28,. 1957 AT 7:30 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER .BY HIS HONOR, MAYOR J. J. MCGINTY, WITH THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: MR. WATSON, MR. SHEARER, MR. HARTMAN, MR. SHISLER, MR. EDMUNDS, MRS. lAURIS, MR. BRIGGS AND MR. II NDHN. r THE MINUTES OF THE LAST' REGULAR MEETI.NG HELD ON JANUARY 14, 1957 WERE READ AND APPROVED. REPORTS OF OFFICERS A REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER - RE: IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, ETC., WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: e "THE YEAR OF 1956 WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BUSIEST YEARS'THE CITY HAS EVER EX- PERIENCED. BELOW I AM ENUMERATING SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WHICH, IN REALITY, ARE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE ACCOMPLISHED AND NO CONSIDERATION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE VAST AMOUNT OF MAINTENANCE WORK NECESSARY DAY TO DAY TO KEEP THE CITY RUNNI NG. I ON EACH OF YOUR DESKS YOU WILL FIND 'A COpy OF THE L956 ANNUAL REPORTS FOR THE POLICE AND fiRE DEPARTMENTS. THESE REPORTS ARE GIVEN TO YOU FOR READING AT YOUR LEISURE.' EACH REPORT TELLS THE POLICE AND FIRE STORY FOR THE YEAR, AND A CAREFUL STUDY WILL SHOW THAT THE YEAR WAS A BUSY ONE. THE CITY'S LAST TRAFFIC FATALITY WAS ON JANUARY 23, 1956, AND AS OF TODAY WE HAVE GONE SLIGHTLY OVER A YEAR WITHOUT ANOTHER. AGAIN I AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS FOR EIGHT CONSECUTIVE YEARS WON FIRST PLACE STATEWISE IN THE CONTEST FOR THE PREVENTION OF FIRES. A COMPARISON OF THE BUILDING PERMITS SHOW THAT 1956 WAS THE SECOND LARGEST BUILDING YEAR ON :RECORD. THE TOTAL VALUE OF BUILDING PERMITS FOR THE YEAR AMOUNTED TO $8,390,067.40 AS COMPARED WITH $4,571,654.00 FOR 1955. THE YEAR 1950 WAS THE LARGEST IN THE CITY AND.AMOUNTED TO $351,000.00 MORE THAN lAST YEAR. THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS ALSO IN LINE FOR.CONGRATUL.;ATl.ONS AS THEIR PROGRAM WAS THE LARGEST 'IN THE HrSTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT. A FULL REPORT IS ALSO. ON YOUR DESK TO BE READ AT YOUR LEISURE. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THEIR PROGRAM ARE PLACING ONDER CONTRACT AND SUPERVISION OF THE CONSTRUCT~ON OF 8.25 MILES OF PAVED STREETS WITH CURB AND GUTTER, 8.13 MILES OF SANITARY SEWER, 3.4 M~LES OF STORM SEWER AND 2.23 MILES OF SIDEWALKS. OTHER PROJECTS WHICH TOOK MUCH OF THEIR TIME 'WERE THE MILLRACE~ AMAZON CREEK' AND $360iOOOIM~ROVEMENT PROJECT AT THE MANLON-SWEET AIRPORT. I THE PARK DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO BUSY. BEStDES MAINTAINING THE PARKS AND KEEP- ING THEM READY FOR PUBLICC USE, THEY PREPARED'DETAILED' PLANS AND SPtCIFICATIONS FOR THREE 'IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, FIVE BACKSTOPS, FIVE BALL FIELDS, TWO ANrMAL SHELTERS AND SUPERVISED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE PROJECTS. ALSO THEY PLANTED 320 TREES, 300 SHRUBS, .LANDSCAPED AND PLANTED TEN ACRES IN FIRST CLASS LAWN AND INSTALLED 2000 FEET OF FENCE. THE OTHER -DEPARTMENTS WHICH EXPERIENCED AN-INCREASE IN WORK WERE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT (MEAT AND MILK INSPECTION), CITY PLANNERS, MUNICIPAL COURT AND TRAFFIC: DEPARTMENT. e To ACCOMPLISH: THE ABOVE WORK IT WAS NECESSARY TO PREPARE AND PASS 235 ORDI- NANCES AND MANY RESOLUTIONS WHICH KEPT THE lEGAL-DEPARTMENT' BUSY; ALSO:THE FINANCE DEPARTMtNT TO SEE .THAT THERE WAS ALWAYS MONEY IN THE CITY TREASURY TO MEET ESTI- MATES AND THE PAYROLL. THIS WORK COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE WORK AND THE LARGE AMOUNT OF TIME GIVEN BY THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL, AND IT REQUIRED 27 COUNCIL MEETINGS AND 77 COMMITTEE MEETINGS WHICH WOULD AVERAGE TWO MEETINGS A WEEK FOR EVERY WEEK OF THE YEAR. I AM SURE THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL WILL JOIN WITH ME IN CONGRATULATING THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND THE EMPLOYEES IN EACH DEPARTMENT"FOR THE ACCOMPLtSHMENT OF THE WORK PERFORMED." ALSO ON EACH.OFYOUR DESKS,YOU WILL F'I NO A COpy OF THE 4TH ANNUAL REPORT .OF THE lANE COUNTY MOSQUITO CONTROL PROGRAM, A WALLET SIZE GARD SHOWING THE COUNCIL COMMITTEES AND A DIRECTORY OF CITY COUNCILMEN AND COMMITTEES FOR YOUR DESK." I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER BE RECEIVED AND PLACED'ON F'lLE., MOTION CARRIED. ,. REPORTS or COMMITTEES 2 A REPORT or. THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMM1TTEE MEETING HELD. JANUARY 17, 1957 - RE: DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN REGARD TO SIGN CONTROL AND DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PROPOSEO ORDINANCE TO RE- GULATE THE INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF GAS APPLIANCES, PIPING AND APPARATUS WAS SUS- e ~