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53~,' . "'<, "'l 'J ,~ e - - --- - - - - - -- ~- . - - .-. - - "T, I I 10 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE I. GARBAGE HAULERS' COVERINGS FOR TRUCKS - oTHE.COMMIT1EE DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM OF GARBAGE TRUCKS WHI~H ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE GARBAGE HAULERS ORdiNANCE BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE PROPER COVERING FOR DEBRIS WHICH THEY HAUL, THUS CAUSING THIS DEBRIS TO BE SCATTERED ABOUT THE CITY AS THE TRUCKS RUN TO THE GARBAGE DUMP. THE COMMITTEE REPRE~ENTING THE GARBAGE HAULERS INDICATED THAT THEY WERE ANXIOUS TO COOPERATE BY HAVING THE PRORER COVERINGS ON il THE I R TRUCKS. I T 'WAS THE I R FEELI NG THAT MANY OF THE COMPL'A I NTS WERE ACTUALLY : CAUSED BY GARBAGE HAULERS WHO WORK IN AREAS OUTSIDE OF EUGENE AND HAUL THEIR , GARBAGE THROUGH THE CITY STREETS OF EUGENE ENROUTE TO THE GARBAGE DUMP. THE COMMITTE~ RECOMMENDED THAT THE CHIEF OF POLICE INVESTIGATE THE COVERINGS USED ON THE VARIOUS GARBAGE TRUCKS OPERATING BOTH WITHIN AND WITHOUT THE CITY AND REPORT HIS FINDINGS ,BACK ,TO THE COMMITTEE." I T WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. EDMUNDS THAT THE-.REPORT OF THE PUBLI C \-JORKS COM- MITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. e IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. BRIGGS THAT THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE I WHOLE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. :1 A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON AUGUST 9, 1957 - RE: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE - CONSIDERATION OF BIDS ON VARIOUS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS OPENED AUGUST 8, 1957; SURVEY OF ON~STREET PARKING ON 13TH AVENUE BETWEEN WILLAMETTE AND OAK STR~ETS; DISCUSSION REGARDING REQUEST FOR PAY- I 'I MENT FOR PLUMBI NG WORK DONE BY THE R. H. CHAPMAN PLUMBI NG COMPANY AT THE EAGLES LODGE; AI RPORT , COMMITTEE - CO~SIDERATION OF SEAL COATING PROGRAM FOR ONE R~NWAY AT MAHLON-SWEET AIRPORT; CON- I SIDERATION OF REQUEST BY HENRY T. EATON TO CONSTRUCT HANGARS AT MAHLON-SWEET AIRPORT; WAS SUB- MITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "PRESENT:C:OUNCILMEN' WATSON" SHISLER, EDMUNDS, LAURIS, BRIGGS AND LINDEEN; CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTO~NEY; CITY RECORDER; DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS; CITY ENGI~EER; ADMINISTRATI~E ASSISTANT; MESSRS. EATON, GREEN, EBERHARDT" HEMP~ILL, BALZHISER, ~YNCH AND OHAPMAN;DAN WYANT, EUG~NE REGISTER-GUARD; MR. SNYDER, K-ERG.; . II PUBLI C WORKS COMMI TTEE I. CONSIDERATION OF BIDS ON VARIOUS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS OPENED AUGUST 8, 1957 - THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED THAT BIDS HAD BEEN OPENED ON AUGUST 8, 1957 ON O~ SIDEWALK, ONE SANITARY SEWER AND THREE STORM SEWER PROJECTS. THE COMMITTEE CON- SIDERED THE BIDS WHICH WERE TABULATED ON EACH OF THE PROJECTS AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE CONTRACTS BE AWARDED TO THE LOW BIDDERS ON EACH OF THE PROJECTS. : 2. SURVEY OF ON-STREET PARKING ON 13TH AVENUE BETWEEN WILLAMETTE AND OAK STREETS - l THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER INDICATED BY REPORT THAT HE HAD BEEN REQUESTED TO MAKE A I SURVEY AND HAD COMPLETED SUCH SURVEY OF THE ON-STREET PARKING ON 13TH AVENUE . BETWEEN WILLAMETTE AND OAK STREETS. HIS REPORT INDICATED AT THE PRESENT TIME THERE IS ONLY ONE SPACE FOR PARKING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 13TH AVENUE IN THIS ONE BLOCK AREA AND THAT THE REMAINING SPACES ARE TAKEN UP BY CURB CUTS, BUS I ZONES ANDR'ESTRICTEq PARKING FO,R CHANNELIZATION OF TRAFFIC. IT WAS FURTHER IN- , DICATED THAT AFTER CONSULTATION WITH CITY TRANSIT LINES ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACE COULD BE MADE BY SHORTENING ONE BUS 'ZONE LOCATED ON THE NOR~H SIDE OF THE STREET BY 22' AND THAT TWO ADDITIONAL PARKING AREAS COULD BE CREATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF UHE STREET IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE ALLEY IF SUCH SPACES WERE SHORTENED TO 17' EACH. LIKEWISE ONE ADDI~IONAL SPACE COULD BE H*D IMMEDIATELY EAST OF T~EALLEY ON THE NORTH SInE OF THE STREET. THIS WOULD GIVE FOUR PARK- ING SPACES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 13TH AVENUE BETWEEN WILLAMETTE AND OAK STREETS. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION BY THE COMMITTEE AS TO THE PROPRIETY OF INSTALLING e 17' PARKING AREAS. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER AS LISTED ABOVE BE ADOPTED. 3. DISCUSSION REGARDING REQUEST FOR PAYMENT FOR PLUMBING WORK ~ONE ~Y THE R. H. CHAPMAN PLUMBING COMPANY AT THE EAGLES LODGE - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE CITY OF EUGENE HAD RECEIVED AN INVOICE FROM THE R~ H. CHAPMAN COMPANY IN THE TOTAL SUM OF $487.73 FOR REPAIRING A StWER,MAIN AT THE EAGLES LODGE BUILDING LOCATED AT . THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ~TH AVENUE ~ND WILLAMETTE STREET. T~ERE WAS SOME DIS~ CUSSION BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY OF EUGENE AND REPRESENTATIVES Of THE R. H. CHAPMAN COMPANY AND THE EAGLES LODGE AS TO THE STATUS Of THE SEWER LINE . WHICH THE R. H. 'CHAPMAN COMPANY fOUND TO BE IN NEED OF REPAIR. THE CITY Of EUGENE AfTER INVESTIGATION INDICATED THE LINE WHICH WAS BLOCKED WAS A PRIVATE LINE UNKNOWN TO THE CITY, AND FOR THIS REASON IT WAS NOT BELIEVED THE CITY HAD 'ANY LIABILITY FOR PAYMENT OF ANY COSTS INCURRED BY THE EAGLES LODGE TO REPAIR ~ I SUCH STOPPAGE. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE R. H. CHAPMAN COMPANY AND THE EAGLES LODGE I ; AS WELL AS THE ARC~ITECTS FOR THE EAGLES LODGE INDICATED THEY BELIEVED THE SEWER LINE TO BE A CITY RESPONSIBLLITY, AND FOR 'THIS REASON FELT THE CITY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF REPAIRING THE LINE AND PLACING IT BACK IN SERVICE. FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION AS TO THE STATUS OF THE LINE, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THIS ITEM BE'H'ELD I-N'COMM'ITTEE FOR fURT~fER I NVEST-iGATlON BY'THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. . 12 AIRPORT COMMITTEE I. CONSIDERATION or SEAL COATING PROGRAM FOR ONE RUNWAY AT MAHLON-SWEET AIRPORT - IT ~ WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE STATE BOARD OF AERONAUTICS HAD FUNDS AVAILABLE FROM THE I~ ......