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3B~ e " I F SUCH A PR'OGRAM WERE TO BE UNDERTAKEN I T WOULD NECESSI TATE THE' CI TY'S ADOPT I NG A HOUSING CODE WHICH WOULD APPLY TO THE USE OF STRtiCTURES AS tHE~ EXIST AND ES- TABLISH DEFINITE STANDARDS FOR SUCH USEAGE. I REPRESENTATI VES OF THE LEAGUE or' WOMEN V'OTERS WERE PRESENT AND I NDI CATEDI TWAS THEIR BELiEF THAT SOME 'ACTI ON SHOULD BE TAKEN TOWARDS A RENEWAl., PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE ESTABLI SHMENT :OF A HOUSI NG CODE. I T WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTtRS COMMUNICATE THIS DESIRE TO THE MAYOR IN WRITING FOR THE POSSIBLE F~RMO(ATtbN OFA MAYORS COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE MATTER. No FURTH~R'ACTION WAS TAKEN WIT~ R~SPECT ~O THE MATTER." IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HARTMAN, SECONDED BY MR. EDMUNDS THAT THE REPORT' OF THE .HEALTH & RECREA- TION COMMI TTEE BE APPROVED. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNC I LMEN PRESENT VOTl NG AYE, MOTl ON CARR I ED. 5 A REPORT oFniE, COMMI TTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETI NG HELD ON fEBRUARY 21, 1957 - RE: REVI SED REPORT CONCERNING THE METROPOLITAN SEWER AREA WITH SPECfFIC REFERENCE TO THE RIVER RoAD AND BETHEL AREAS; AND MI LLRACE R~STORATI ON WAS SUBMI TTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: e "PRESENT: MAYOR MCGINTY; COUNCILMEN WATSON, SHEARER"', HARTMAN, SHISLER, EDMUNDS,h LAURIS AND L'INDEEN; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; CITY ATTORNEY; ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEERfMESSRS.LINDSTROM AND WRIGHT, UNIVERSITY OF OREGON; MESSRS. HOWLAND AND' ROD-ERI CK, COR'NELL, HOWLAND, HAYES,," MERRYF'I ELD; AND DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. I. 01 sCUSSYON 'OF 'REVI SED REPORT CONCERNI NG THE METROPOL /TAN SEWER AREA WITH SPEC I FI C REFERENCE TO THE RIVER ROAD AND BETHEL AREAS - MR. RALPH RODERICK GAVE AN EXPLANA- TION OF THE; REVISED REPORT AND REVISED COST ESTIMATES WHICH WOULD BE REQUIRED IF THE CI TY VERE TO CONSTRUCT 'SEWERS TO SERVE OR 'THROUGH THE BETHEL AND. RI VER ROAD. AREAS:' TOTAL CONSTRUCTI ON COSTS FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT: WERE ESTI MA~ED AT, $390,000 AND A DETAILED BRE'AKDOWN OF THE PROJECT WAS PRESENTED TO THE MEMBER'S OF THE COM- MITTEE WHO WERE PRESENT. No ACTION WAS TAKEN WITH REFERENCE TO THE REPOR~. I. 2. DISCUSSION REGARDING MILLRACE RESTORATION - THE CITY MANAGER REVIEWED THE PREVIOUS ACTIDN TAKEN ~Y THE COUNCIL AS CONTAINED IN THE MINtiTES OF THE COUNC'~ MEETING OF' fEBRU'ARY 14, 1956.:' ,IN 'GENERAL IT W'AS INDICATED'THAT ORIGINALLY THE 'COST or RE- STORING THE MI LLRA'CE WOULD APPROXIMATE $40,000,1 N PAYMENT OFWHI CH THE, C, TY WOULD PARTICIPATE TO "THE SUM OF $20,000; ~ND THAT THE BEST METHOD OF RESTORING THE MI Ll.RACE TO A MORE' ADEQUATE FLOW WOULD BE BY THE I NSTALLATI ON OFA PUMPI NG STATION AT THE UPPER END OF'THE MILLRACE. IN LINE W'ITH THE AC-TlON TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL AT THEIR fEBRUARY 14, 1956 MEETING, THE CI TY MANAGER STARTED' NEGOTl ATI ONS W., TH THE' UNI VERSI TYOF OREGON'SO THAT AN ' ACCEPTABL~'AGREEMENT COULD BE WORKED ~UT ON THE STREAM RESTORATION. DURI~G THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATION IT APPEARED THAT THE UNIVERSITY COULD FURNISH POWER FOR THE PUMPSWH1CH NECESSITATED THE UNIVERSITY AND THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD ENTERING' I NTO AN AGREEMENT TO ALLOW THE TRANSFER OF POWER FOR' THE OPERATI ON or THE PUMPS'-, THI S WAS NECESSARY SI NCE THE EUGENE WATER,," ELECTR'I C BOARD ALREADY: HAD A L'~E'T~ THE PROPOSED PUMP SITE AND THE EXPENSE OF A SECOND LINE FROM THE UNI VERS'TY HEAT! NG PLANT TO THE 51 TE WOULD BE 'CONSIDERABLE .', I AFTER C6~SIDERATION THE UNIVERSITY HAS ~ECOMMENDED THAT THE COST ,OF ~HE MI,LLRACE RESTORAT'I'ON BE ON 'A 50-50 BASI S WITH THE MAXI MUM PARTI CI PATI ON BY THE UNI VERSITY TO BE $20,'000 BASED ON CURRENT COST E'STlMATES OF A PRELI-MINARY .NATURE ONLY. IT APPEARS THAT THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT AT THI S TI ME WI LL APPROXI MATE $46,850. THIS IS BROKEN DOWN AS FOLl.DWS: PUMP' NG STATI ON OUTLET CONTROL SILVA CULVERT CHANNEL, LOWER SECTION CHANNEL, UPPER SECTION TOTAL $ 40,000 500 850 500 . '5,000 $ 46,850 -- .~ .' MR. JAMES HOWLAND INDI-CATED THAT THEIR DESIGN FIGURES WITH THE ABOVE CONSTRUCTION WOULD ALLOW 25 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND IN THE LOWER MILLRACE AND 50 CUBIC rEET PER SECOND I N THE 'UPPER MI LLRACE. HE FURTHER I NDI CAlED THERE WERE A VAR' ETY OF 'POSSIBLE DESIGNS FOR SUCH A PUMPING STATION AND THAT BEFORE ANY CONCRETE ACTION COULD BE TAKEN I T WOULD BE NECESSARY TO DETERMI NE WHE'.THER THE I NTAKE AS' NI GHT BE DESIGNED WOULD MEET WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE fISH COMMISSION, WHETHER THE SOUTHERN PACIf"lC COMPANY WOULD ALLOW ACCESS ON THE 'BANK' Of THE RIVER AND THE NECESSITY FOR TEST BORI NGS TO DETERMI NE WHERE THE BASE FOR THE PUMPS COULD BE FOUND. ,THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION ~ITH REfERENCE TO VARIOUS FACETS OF THE PROPOSAL BY RE- P'RESENTATivES DF THE CITY, THE UNIVERSlfY AND THE ENGINEERING FIRM. I IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS MATTER BE REFERRED TO THE COUNCIL FOR FURTHER STUDY WITH THE IDEA OF MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE." IT WAS MOVED By:MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. - ~ ~