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~<7"~ t) Q'1J, e ---.......- - _.- ; --- -- - -... . -- ~ . _.-. --~ -' ..;.. ~ - . - -. --==- - -IT I SIDEWALK NAME OF BIDDER AND PROJECT EAST AND WEST SIDES OF ADAMS STREET FROM 26TH AVENUE TO 28TH AVENUE C. M. KEMP .$ 2,725.90 (LOW) $' 1.91 BRUCE KEEN 2,820'-20 ' . SANITARY SEWER - BIRCH LANE FROM S00TH LINE OF VI~TORIA HEIGHTS TO NORTH LINE OF HENDRICKS PARK BRUCE KEEN' 3,241.80 3.63 STORM SEWER' BETWEEN 34TH AVENUE AND 34TH PLACE FROM HILYARD STREET TO DONALD STREET BRUCE KEEN 12,369.00 POTTER STREET FROM 24TH AVENUE TO 25TH AVENUE e I INTER-CITY SAND & GRAVEL 1,721 .75, (LOW) BRUCE KEEN I ,986.40 SOUTH OF 34TH PLACE fROM HIGH STREET TO WEST ,I BRUCE KEEN 1,582.80 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. EDMUNDS THAT THE CONTRACTS'BE AWARDED TO THE LOW I I BIDDERS, AND THAT THE NECESSARV CONTRACTS BE DRAWN AND SIGNED. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN ,I PRESENT VOTING AVE, MOTION CARRIED. ,I REPORTS OF OFFICERS 4 ,j A REPORT FROM THE CITVMANAGER -. RE: MONTHLV DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS, 1 MPROVEMENTS, ETC., WAS .1 SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: I I . ,I "THE VALUE Of THE BUILDING PERMITS FOR THE MONTH OF JULY AMOUNTED TO $480,383 :1 WHICH IS A LITTLE OVER HALf THE AMOUNT ISSUED THE SAME MONTH A VEAR AGO. I I J THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ANSWERED 44 ALARMS WITH AN ESTIMATED f.IRE LOSS OF $906.15 MAKING THE TOTAL FOR THE YEAR SO FAR $31,369. 21 MEMBERS Of THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE 'I PRESENTLY 'TAKING A COURSE IN DRIVER TRAINING UNDER THE INSTRUCTION Of DRIVER TRAINERS. FROM THE PIERCE AND CONSOLIDATED fREIGHT LINES. .THE 21 MEN WILL BE USED AS INSTRUCTERS FOR INSTRUCTING THE REMAINfNG MEMBERS Of THE DEPARTMENT. , :1 'j .THE SUPERINTENDENT Of PARKS AND RECREATION REPORTS THAT ATTENDANCE AT THE SWIM- MING POOLS FOR 1957 SHOWS AN INCREASE Of 38,963 OVER 1956. THIS INCREASE IS DUE PRIMARILY TO THE NEW AMAZON SWIMMING POOL. ATTENDANCE AT THE EUGENE MEMORIAL SWIM- MING POOL SHOWS A DECREASE Of 19,920. ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN A DECREASE IN OUR SUMMER PLAVGROUND PROGRAM WE fEEL THAT DUE TO THE NEW AMAZON SWIMMING POOL AND WARM WEATHER MOST Of THE CHILDREN ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE Of THE NEW AMAZON SWIMMING POOL. I THERE HAS BEEN 'AN INCREASE Of 312 SEASON PASSES AT THE SWIMMING POOLS OVER LAST VEAR, AND THE TOTA~ REVENUES fOR THE SWIMMING POOLS SHOW AN INCREASE Of $4133.5i fOR THE MONTHS O~ JUNE AND JULV OVER THE SAME PERIOD A YEAR'A~O. THE DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS REPORTS THAT DURING THE MONTH Of JULY THE MAINTE- NANCE DIVISION USED 727 YARDS Of GRAVEL AND 260 TONS Of VARIOUS MIXTURES Of ASPHALT fOR REPAIRING STREETS. OUR STREET SWEEPERS SWEPT 1056 CURB MILES AND THE fLUSHER fLUSHED 699 MILES Of STREETS. TItE MILLRACE, CATCH BASINS AND SOME ALLEYS HAVE BEEN CHECKED AND CLEANED; ALSO WE HAVE A SMALL CREW TRIMMING TREES OVER THE GUTTERS AND e SIDEWALKS. THE EXTENSION OF THE NORTH/SOUTH RUNWAY AT THE MAHLON-SWEET AIRPORT REQUIRED :1 THE CLOSING Of A COUNTY.ROAD MAKING IT NECESSARY fOR THE CITY TO PURCHASE RIGHT- Of-WAV AND CONSTRUCT A NEW ROAD TO REPLACE THE ONE TO BE CLOSED. I AM REQUESTING AUTHORITY rOR THE PROPER CITV OffiCIALS TO SIGN THE DEED fOR THIS NEW ROAD IN . fAVOR Of THE COUNTY. ' THE DEED IS GI VEN fOR ROAD 'PURPOSES ONLY ,AND ,WILL NOT ALLOW ANYTHING TO BE BUILT ON THE RIGHT-Of-WAY THAT WOULD CAUSE AN OBSTRUCTION TO FLYING. . FOR THE POll CE DEPARTMENT ACT! VI TI ES :1 REfER YOU .TO THE COPV Of ,THEI R REPORT. WHICH HAS BEEN PLACED 'UPON YOUR DESKS." IT WAS MOVED By'MR. 'WATSON SECONDED BY MR. EDMUNDS THAT THE REPORT OF THE CITV 'MANAGER BE RECEIVED AND THE PROPER.CITV OfrlCIALS BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN DEED DEEDING ROADWAV TO LANE COUNTY. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AVE, MOTION CARRIED. I 5 MR. CRONISE,REPRESENTING THE OREGON STATE MOTOR ASSOCIATION AND THE AMERICAN AUTOMOB.LE ASSOCIATION, PRESENTED A PLAQUE TO THE MAYOR IN BEHALf Of THE CITV Of EUGENE IN WHICH THE CITV Of EUGENE RECEIVED HONORABLE MENTION fOR IMPROVEMENT IN PROGRAM ACTIVITIES fOR ITS PEDESTRIAN TRAf- FIC SAfETV PROGRAM fOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 1956. EUGtNE RANKED 29T~ ,AMONG 209 CITIES ,COMPETING IN THIS GROUP. I THE MAYOR RECEIVED THE PLAQUE AND EXPRESSED H.SAPPRECIATfoN fOR,THE AWARD AND THE CITY'S , APPRECIATION TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE TRAfFIC ENGINEER FOR THE WORK WHICH HAD BEEN DONE e ENABLING EUGENE TO BE ELIGIBLE fOR THE HONORABLE MENTION. '1 ~ ~