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<br />A REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER
<br />SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
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<br />RE: MONTHLY DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS, IMPROVEMENTS, ETC., WAS
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<br />REPORTS OF OFn CERS
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<br />"THE VALUE OF BUILDING PERMITS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 1957 AMOUNTED TO $351,470
<br />WHICH IS CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN THE $2,132,770 ISSUED IN THE SAME MONTH ONE YEAR AGO.
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<br />THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ANSWERED 42'ALARMS WITH A TOTAL ESTIMATED LOSS or $8600,
<br />BRINGING THE TOTAL"LOSS TO DATE UP TO $26,46:3. THE TOTAL THIS TH1E A YEAR AGO WAS
<br />$100,689. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STARTED THE ANNUAL HOME INSPECTION PROGRAM AND SO FAR
<br />HAVE MADE 3,332 CALLS AND INSPECTED 1800 HOMES; THERE WERE 1,382 NOT AT HOME AND 150
<br />REFUSED ADMITTANCE FOR THE INSPECTION.
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<br />ACCORDING TO'THE POLICE REPORT, COPY'OF WHICH IS ON YOUR DESKS, 'THE AVERAGE DAILY
<br />PRI SONER POPULATI ON FOR MAY WAS 41 PRI SONERS WHI CH IS 2 MORE THAN THAT' OF MAY 1956.
<br />~OF THE 200 BOOK-INS, 105 WERE HELD FOR THE CITY AND 95 FOR THE COUNTY. ,THE JAIL
<br />KITCHEN SERVED 4,103 MEALS AT AN AVERAGE COST OF 15.1~ PER MEAL. THE JAIL GARDEN HAS
<br />BEEN SEEDED AND IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION FOR THE COMING YEAR. PATROL OFFICERS MADE
<br />466 HOME CHECKS FOR VACATIONING CITIZENS AND 2,419 PROWL CHECKS OF. BUSINESS AND IN-
<br />DUSWRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS.. PROPERTY RECOVERED DURING THE MONTH INCLUDED 6 STOLEN AUrOS,:
<br />15 BICYCLES, CASH AND OTHER ITEMS WITH A TOTAL VALUATION OF MORE THAN $17,000.
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<br />THE liBRARIAN REPORTS' THAT 14,468 ITEMS WERE BORROWED FOR ttOME USE IN THE 26 DAYS
<br />THE LIBRARY WAS OPEN DURING MAY FOR.S~RVICE. THIS WAS AN INCREASE OF 1,56JITEMS OVER .~
<br />THE SAME PERIOD IN 1956. THE TOTAL INCLUDED 8,809 ADULT BOOKS, 5,191 CHILDREN'S BOOKS,
<br />170MAGA2INES, 200 RECORD ALBUMS AND 63 MOUNTED PICTURES~"
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HARTMAN SECONDED BY MR. WATSON THAT THE REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER BE
<br />RECEIVED. AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />A REf'ORT OF" THE COM!"1ITTEE MEETING HELD ON MAY 31,1957 - RE : PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE - RECON- /,:'
<br />SI DERATI ON OF PETI TI ON F.OR PAVI NG OF 14TH AVENUE FROM POLK TO TAY' 0, R STREET AND TAYLOR STREET
<br />FROM 14TH TO 15TH AVENUE; HEALTH & RECREATION COMMITTEE - REQUEST~OF KEITH SCHAEFER, 248 FERRY ~
<br />STREET, FOR PERMISSION TO OPERATE A BOAT RIDE CONCESSION A~SK'NNERS BUTTE PARK; COMMITTEE OFl THE I.:!',:
<br />WHOLE - REQUEST OF FIRE MARSHAL AND BUILDING INSPECTOR FOR CONDEMNATION OF HOUSE AT 77'3.WASHING- ,
<br />TON- STREEJ; WAS SUBM.I TTEP' AND: READ AS FOLLOWS: ' T ~
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<br />"PRESENT: MAYOR MCGINTY; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, SHISLER, EDMUNDS, lAURIS, BRIGGS AND
<br />LINDEEN; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; ASSISTANT
<br />CITY ENGINEER; FIRE MARSHAL; SENIOR BUILDING INSPECTOR; SueERINTENDENT OF
<br />PARKS & RECREATION.
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<br />I. RECONSIOERATION OF PETITION FOR PAVING OF 14TH AVENUE FROM POLK TO TAYLOR STREET
<br />AND TAYLOR STREET FROM 14TH TO 15TH AVENUE - THE'COMMITTEE VIEWED THE AREA IN QUES-
<br />TION AND DISCUSSED THE OPENING OF 14TH AVENUE AN~WHAT ~FFECT 1T'WOUL6 HAVE OK THE
<br />N~IGHBORHOOD. 'I:r-WA~-ASCERTAINED THAT THE PROPERTY WHICH,HASBEEN UNDER CONSTRUC-
<br />TION FOR A LONG TIME IN THAT AREA IS NOT OWNED BY THE MAJOR PETITIONER FOR THE
<br />IMPROVEMENT. THE TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS IN FAVOR OF THE
<br />PROJECT WAS EXPLA I NED TO BE 58.15%'. 'BASED ON nil S I NF'ORMA TI ON, I T WAS RECOMMENDED
<br />THAT THE STREETS ABOVE DESCRIBED BE APPROVED FOR PAVING.
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<br />I. REQUEST OF' KEITH. SCHAEFER, 248:FERRY STREET, F'OR PERMISSION TO OPERATE A BOAT RIDE
<br />CONCESSION AT SKINNERS BUTTE PARK - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT MR. SCHAEFER DESIRED PER-
<br />MI SSI ON TO OPERATE A BOAT RI DE CONCESS.ION AT ~KI NNERS BUTTE PARK. ,MR. SCHAEFER HAS
<br />AGREED TO PROVIDE A PIER F'OR HIS OPERATION AND THE PROPER INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR-
<br />H! S CUSTOMER~. . THE PARKS & RECREATION' DEPARTMENT VOl CEO tII0 OPPOSI TI ON TO THI S IDEA,
<br />AND IT WAS RECOM~ENDED!THAT THE REQUEST BE GRANTED.
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<br />COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
<br />I. REQUEST OF FIRE MARSHAL AND BUILDING INSPECTOR FOR CONDEMNATION OF HOUSE AT 773
<br />W~SHINGTON STREEJ- THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS THE FUNCTION OF THE. .
<br />'CITY COUNCIL TO-~ECOMMEND CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY ~ROPERTY AND TO HOLD
<br />A HEARING ON ANY. SUCH' CASES. MR. BARKER, CITY FIRE MARSHAL, BRIEF'ED THE MEMBERS OF
<br />THE COMMITTEE ON THE LOCATION AND CONDITION OF THE BUILDING. IT WAS AGREED THAT
<br />THE BUI LDI NG 'I S < I'N A'RUN DOWN CONDI TI ON. AND THAT THE' WALLS' ARE. LEANI NG, CONSTI TUTI NG
<br />A FIRE HAZARD TO THE AREA-AND,THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL. DURING THE DISCUSSION THAT,
<br />FOLLOWED, IT WAS'ALSO REVEALED THAT THE.WOODSHED ATTACHED TOHTHE BUILDING IS IN A
<br />STATE'OF COLLAPSE.. THE FIRE MARS~AL ALSO INFORMED THE'COMMITTEE THAT THE GENERAL
<br />CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN REGARD TO THE ONE OCCUPANT
<br />OF THE BUILDING. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS BE STARTED, WITH
<br />MR. BRIGGS ABSTAINING.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HARTMAN SECONDED BY MR. WATSON THAT THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE ADOPTED.
<br />MOTION CARRIED.
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