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<br />REPORTS Of THE SALEM-EUGENE TRANSPORtATION COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON FEBRUARY 21, 1957 - RE:
<br />PROPOSED fRANCHISE TO CITY TRANSIT LINES, AND THE COMMITTEE Of THE WHOLE MEETING HELD ON FEBRU-
<br />ARY 25, 1957 - RE: PROPOSED fRANCHISE TO CITY TRANSIT LINES AND BIDS ON RADIO EQUIPMENT FOR/THE
<br />PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WERE SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
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<br />"PRESENT: MAYORS MCGINTY, EUGENE, AND WHITE, SALEM; COUNCILMEN WATSON,.EUGENE, AND ROTH,
<br />SALEM; CITY MANAGERS FINLAYSON, EUGENE, MATHEWSON, SALEM, AND TURNER, SPRING-
<br />FIELD; CITy.ATTORNEYS PENNINGTON, EUGENE, AND KOWITZ, SALEM; CITY RECORDER
<br />POTTER, EUGENE; ELMER BERG, CHAMBER Of COMMERCE, SALEM; AND DAN WYANT, EUGENE
<br />REGISTER-GUARD.
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<br />THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE PROPOSED FRANCHISE AS SUBMITTED TO MAYOR WHITE BY
<br />. THE CITY TRA~SIT LINES.-THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED, THAT SECTION 2,BE AMENDED BY
<br />STRIKING THE WORDS "SIMILAR TO OR". LIKEWISE, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT AN ADDITION
<br />TO THIS SECTION BE MADE GIVING THE CITY TRANSIT LINES THE fiRST RIGHT OF REfUSAL
<br />TO, PROVIDE 'BUS SERVICE TO NEWLY ANNEXED AREAS; ,AND IN THE EVENT OF SUCH REFUSAL,
<br />OTHER'SERVICE COULD BE PROVIDED TO SUCH AREA.
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<br />IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT SECTION 7 BE STRICKEN IN ITS ENTIRETY.
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<br />IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT SECTION 9, LINE 6, BE AMENDED BY STRIKING THE WORDS
<br />"PERMIT INSPECTION AND EXAMINATION, UPON REQUEST BY THE" AND INSERTING THE WORDS
<br />"fURNISH THE CITY WITH'CERTlfIED COpy". .
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<br />SECTION II. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE fEES BE CHANGED FROM $25.00 TO $1.00.
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<br />SECTION 12. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE INSURANCE COVERAGE BE NOT LESS THAN
<br />$20,000 FORPR'OPERTY DAMAGE, AND NOT LESS THAN $100,000 AND $300,000 PUBLI C L I ABI LI TY
<br />INSURANCE fOR PERSONAL INJURIES, AND THAT,A CERTIFICATE BE FURNISHED THE CITY'HOLD-
<br />ING THE CITY FREE AND HARMLESS FROM ANY LIABILITY CONNECTED WITH THE CITY TRANSIT
<br />LINES OPERATION~
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<br />SECTION 13. IT WAS RECOMMENDED, THAT A THREE-QUARTER VOTE OF THE COUNCIL BE
<br />REQUIRED BEFORE A FRANCHISE COULD BE CANCELLED.
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<br />SECTION:13, PARAGRAPH A. ,jTWAS' SUGGESTED THAT EACH.C1TY MIGHT.ESTABLISH THEIR
<br />OWN STANDARDS AS TO WHAT WOULD CONSTITUTE A FAIR. RATE OF RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT.
<br />THE SUGGESTED STANDARDS WERE 6% AND 10%.
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<br />THE REMAINDER OF THE PROPOSED FRANCHISE WAS ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMMITTEE."
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<br />"PRESENT: MAYOR McGINTY; COUNCILMEN WATSON, SHEARER, HARTMAN, EDMUNDS, LAURIS, BRIGGS
<br />AND LINDEEN; CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; CITY RECORDER; ASSISTANT CITY " ,',
<br />ENGINEER; MR. FRA~K FOSTER, CITY TRANSIT LINES; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGI$TER-
<br />GUARD.
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<br />I. DiSCUSSION OF PROPOSED FRANCHISE, CITY TRANSIT LINES - THE PROPOSED ORDI~NCE
<br />GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO THE CITY TRANSIT LINES WAS DISCUSSED SECTION BY SECTION
<br />BY THE COMMITTEE. THERE WAS ONLY' ONE RECOMMENDED CHANGE IN THE ORDINANCE AS
<br />DRAWN, THAT BEING IN SECTION I IN WHICH IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE STARTING
<br />DATE OF THE FRANCHISE BESET AT MARCH 15, 1957 IN LIEU' OF APRIL I, 1957. THERE
<br />WAS OTHER DISCUSSION WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN SECTIONS BUT NO FURTHER RECOMMENDA-
<br />TIONS WITH RESPECT TO CHANGES IN THE ORDINANCE WERE MADE.
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<br />THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE PASSED ON FIRST, READ-
<br />ING AT'THE COUNCIL MEET~NG ON FEBRUARY 25, 1957. IT WAS LIKEWISE SUGGESTED
<br />THAT THE FRANCHISE'BE ADVER~ISED AS SOON As POSSIBLE AND THAT AN ADJOURNED
<br />MEETI NG OF THE COUNC I L BE HELD ON MARC,H 14, 1957 FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF THE
<br />ORDINANCE.
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<br />BIDS ON RADIO' EQUI'PMENT FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT
<br />THE PUBLI CWORKS DEPARTMENT HAD REQUESTED B'I D'S ON' RADIO EQUI PMENT' FOR USE WI TH-
<br />IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, SUCH EQUIPMENT TO INCLUDE A BASE STATION, AN-
<br />TENNA, INSTALLATION, AND FOU~ MOBILE UNITS AND THEIR INSTALLATION. THE BIDS
<br />AS' RECEIVED WERE ASF'OLLOWS:
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<br />GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
<br />CONTROLS & COMMUNICATIONS CO. (DuMoNT)
<br />, MO.TOROLA COMMUNI CAli ONS & ELECTRONI CS, INC.
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<br />$ 3265.00
<br />4000.00
<br />3489.00' ,
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<br />IT WAS'E~PLAINED THAT THESE BIDS DID NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION A CONTINUOUS
<br />SERVICE .rIXEDBASE AND THAT GENERAL ELECTRIC HAD INDICATED THEY WOULD FURNISH
<br />CONTI N'UOUS' S'ERVI CE: Fi XED BASE rOR AN ADDI il ONAL $200:.00, I T' BEt NG THE OPI NI ON
<br />OF' THE PUBLI C WORKSi DEPARTMENT THAT SUCH EQUI PMENTWOULD BET'TER MEET THE.j R RE-
<br />QUIREMENTS.
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<br />THE COMMitTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE BID BE AWARDED TO THE GENERAL ELECTRlICi'COM-
<br />PA~Y WI'r~ T~E ADDITION OF A CONT1NUOUS SERVICE FIXED BASE AT A TOTAL COST OF
<br />$3465~00'.'" , . ,
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<br />:1 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. HARTMAN THAT THE REPORTS OF THE SALEM-EUGENE TRANS-
<br />,I PORTATION COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
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