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r:::~~ qj) ".,~ ~ r:i e ,-- - - - -- --- - --~- -- --~ - . ~-- - . - - -, -, - - "I .- ; I REPORT Of THE TRAfrlC ENGINEER IN WHICH NO STOP SIGNS WERE RECOMMENDED fOR'THIS INTERSECTION. . 8 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE I . DISCUS~ION REGARDING PURCHASE OF BASE RADIO STATION fOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT - THE CITY MANAGER INDICATED THAT TWO BIDS HAD BEEN RECEIVED fOR A BASE STATION FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ONE BID fROM GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY AT A COST Of $995.00, AND THE SECOND BID fROM MOTOROLA COMPANY AT A.COST Of $1300.00. .1 T WAS fURTHER I NDI- CATED THAT THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE fOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RADIO EQUIPMENT HAD BY LETTER RECOMMENDED THAT THE MOTOROLA EQUIPMENT BE PURCHASED, BASING SUCH RE- COMMENDATION ON THE fACT THAT SUCH EQUIPMENT WAS Of A LIKE KIND AS THAT ALREADY INSTALLED IN SOME Of THE VEHICLES USED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE COMMITTEE fELT THAT SINCE BOTH BIDS WERE ENTERED ON SPECifiCATIONS PREPARED BY THE CITY ADMINISTRATION AND WERE DEEMtD TO BE EQUAL, THE LOW BID SHOULD BE ACCEPTED AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY BE AWARDED THE BID fOR THE PUR- CHASE Of THE BASE STATION AT A COST Of $995.00. e 2. DISCUSSION REGARDING ZONING STUDY ON WILLAMETTE STREET - A REPRESENTATIVE Of THE COMMITTEE, SUGGESTED THAT A ZONING STUDY SHOULD BE MADE IN THE AREA ALONG WILLA- METTE STREET fROM 19TH TO 24TH AVENUES SINCE CONSIDERABLE .DISCUSSION HAS BEEN RAISED,ON THIS SUBJECT IN THE LAST MEETINGS Of THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE LAST MEET- ING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSI~N. THERE WAS LITTLE DISCUSSION ON THE SUBJECT, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT A ZONING STUDY ON WILLAMETTE STREET fROM 19TH AVENUE TO I 24TH PLACE BE REFERRED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR FURTHER STUDY. 3. DISCUSSION REGARDING PAVING 9f'WILLAMETTE STREET. fROM 32ND AVENUE TO SOUTH CITY LIMITS - A.MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE INDICATED THAT COMPLAINTS HAD BEEN RECEIVED AND IT HAD BEEN NOTED THAT WILLAMETTE STREET WAS IN POOR CONDITION FROM 32ND AVE- NUE TO THE SOUTH CITY LIMITS. SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON THE POSSIBILITIES Of PAVING THIS STREET IN THE NEAR fUTURE. IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE CITY DOES NOT . HAVE ALL Of THE NECESSARY RIGHT-Of-WAY fOR THIS STREET AT THIS TIME, AND IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO MAKE A SU~VEY Of THE STREET BEfORE ANY ACTION COULD BE TAKEN. THE SUBJECT Of THE SURVEY WAS BROADENED TO INCLUDE' 40TH AVENUE AND HILYARD STREET, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMEN~..DO THE NECESSARY,BASIC ENGINEERING TOWARD THE PAVING Of WILLAMETTE STREET fROM 32ND AVENUE TO SOUTH,CITY LIMITS, HILYARD STREET fROM 24TH AVENU~ SOUTH AND 40TH AVENUE fROM WILLAMETTE TO HILYARD STREET. 4. DISCUSSION'REGARDING,BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT MONEY AVAILABLE fOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS BE USED ON ARTERIAL STREETS - THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE RECOMMENDATION MADE BY THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND DURING THE DISCUSS10N ~T WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE CITY AT THIS TIME IS PROCEEDING ON THE TEN YEAR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND THAT If THE PROGRAM IS TO BE' COMPLETED AS ORIGINALLY BROUGHT TO THE . VOTERS, IT WILL BE NECESSARY fOR fUNDS COMING IN fROM THE LEVY TO BE SPENT'IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROGRAM. . THE COMMITTEE 1NDICATED THEY WERE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE PROCEDURE WHICH HAD BEEN fOLLOWED AND RECOMMENDED. THAT THE POLICY REGARDING THE PAVING Of ARTERIAL STREETS CURRENTLY IN EXISTENCE BE CONTINUED. I . 5. DISCUSSION REGARDING BUDGET'COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING SEWER CONSTRUCTION TO SERVE THE WEST 11TH AVENUE AREA - DURING THE COURSE Of THE DISCUSSION IT WAS INDICATED AT THE PRESENT TIME If THE SEWER WERE TO BE BUILT ON A:GRAVITY fLOW A MAJOR TRUNK LINE WOULD HAVE TO BE RUN THROUGH THE BETHEL AREA WHICH IS NOT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. THE DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS INDICATED HE'THOUGHT IT BEST TO . CONSTRUCT A SEWER LINE AND A PUMP STATtON IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IN THE fUTURE If THE MAIN ARTERIAL LINE IS BUILT THROUGH THE BETHEL AREA, THE SYSTEM COULD BE CON- VERTED TO A' GRAVITY fLOW, BUT PENDING THE C~NSTRUCTION Of SUCH GRAVITY fLOW LINE e A PUMP STATION MIGHT BE USED TO ALLOW THE AREA TO BE SERVED WITH A SEWER AT THIS TIME. IT WAS INDICATED THAT If THIS LATTER PROCEDURE WERE fOLLOWED, SOME FINAN- CIAL LOSS WOULD OCCUR BUT THAT SOME PORTION Of SUCH A PUMP STATION COULD BE SAL- . VAGED. IT WAS LIKEWISE INDICATED IT WAS UNLIKELY THAT FEDERAL'AI.D COULD BE RE- CEIVED fOR SUCH A SEWER LINE SINCE FEDERAL AID IS AVAILABLE fOR ONL~ INTERCEPTOR LINES OR PUMPING STATIONS AND IS NOT AVAILABLE fOR COLLECTION SYSTEMS~ THE COM- MITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PREPARE A STUDY Of THE POSSI- BILITIES Of I NSTALLI NG SAN,I TARY SEWERS IN THE WEST 11TH AVENUE AREA ON AN ASSESS- MENT BASIS. t . 6. DISCUSSION ON WAYS AND MEANS Of RAISING MONEY FOR A NEW CITY HALL - THE BUDGET COM- MITTE~ RECOMMENDATI'ON'REGARDING VARIOUS WAYS Of RAISING MONEY fOR A NEW CITY HALL. WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE COMMITTEE. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE CITY HAS THREE POSSI- BLE SOURCES Of INCOME, UNE BEING fROM THE REAL. PROPERTY TAX, ONE fROM A BUSINESS TAX AND A THIRD fROM AN INCOME TAX If STATUTORY PROVISION IS ENACTED ALLOWING I MUNICIPALITIES TO ENTER THIS FIELD. THE. POSSI BI LI TY: Of INCREASING THE WATER USERS CHARGE FOR AREAS OUTSIDE THE CITY WAS ALSO DISCUSSED. OTHER THOUGHTS WERE PRE- SENTED TO THE, COMMI TTEE, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT ~HE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE. COUNCIL STUDY THE SITUATION AND T~ POSSIBLE METHODS OF RAISING fUNDS fOR A NEW C I TV' HALL. . 7. DISCUSSION REGARDING POSSIBILITY OF USING PRESENT LIBRARY BUILDING F,OR EXPANSION OF CITY OfFICES WHEN THE NEW LIBRARY BUILDING IS COMPLETED - SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD AS TO WHETHER IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO USE THE EXISTING LIBRARY BUILDING FOR e CITY OfFICES AND/OR COUNCIL CHAMBERS WHEN THE LIBRARY MOVES TO ITS NEW LOCATION. THE MATTER WAS REFERRED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY fOR HIS OPINION AS TO WHETHER SUCH USAGE WAS POSSIBLE. " ....1