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I 5~)~ _ I CONNE,C,TED TO .A ~" P,R,' VA,T,E SEWER ~' ~E W,H},CH R~,NS ~~ONG, ,THE, ~EST, ,SI ~E .o~F 'TH,E ALLEY TO A 36" einCK SEW'ER WH I CH RUNS EAST AND WEST THROUGH THE BLOCK APPROXIMATELY 100" NO'RTHOF '6TH AVE'NUE:. THE CITY'S ~ESPONSI~BIL,"'TY FOR RE- PAl RS TO A PRI VAlE: SEWER LI NE' WAS 01 SCUSSED 'AND A- BREAKbO~JN or THE "EXPENSES INCURRED F"OR REPA I R OF THE'SE:E'd~ L I N'E WA'S G I V'E'N TO: THE COMMITTE:E.' THE COMMI TTEE RECOMMENDED: THAT NO Rtl'MBURSEMENT BE' MADE F'OR THE REPAI R OF' THE ", I' , ".. : r 1 ~ r ~ " : \ . ',' 1 " SEWER. ~ . i ' ' , 2. CONSIDERATION OF BIDS F'OR TWO DUMP TRUCKS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT BIDS ~AD BEEN OPENED ON AUGUST 22, 1957 F'OR THE PUR- . .. .. ~ . '.' ' . . . . , t' . .., I 'J' CHASE OF' TWO 4-CUBIC YARD DUMP TRUCKS. FOUR BIDDERS ENTERED BIDS F'OR SUCH VEHI CLES, T_HE LOWES:TBI 0: OF", WH,I cH WAS EN!ERED_ BY SI LVA, CHEVR~LET, CO~'pANY BIDDING ON AN 8-CYLINDER CHEVROLET TRUCK WITH A FREHAUF" OR SCHETKY DUMP . ". J'~ . ., ,'" - . .., ~. 1 ~ p" ... . , BODY AT A NET PRI CE AFTER TRA'DE' I -N OF $7261.30. THE COMMI TTEE 'CONSIDERED - .. ',' "; I} ~ ' . .. j " . , . _. , . , .'. J' . . . ). .. -. ,. ~ t .- THE BIDS AND DISCUSSEO THE BID ITEMS WITH THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND _ RECOMMENDED' 'THE: 8" 0' BE AWARDED TO'THE SI ~V'A CHEVR,?LET COMP~NY:AT A NET ~ PRICE OF $7261.30. 3. RECONSI DERATI 0;"" OF 'PARK'I NG ON THE NORTH SI DE OF 13TH AVENUE BETWEEN WI LL"A- METTE AND OAK STREETS - THE TRAF"F"IC ENGINEER INDICATED HE HAD RESTUDIED THE POSSIBLE INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF' 13TH AVENUE BETW'E'EN WI L.LAMET'rE AND OAK STREET:S." HE I NDI CATED HE HAD' OR I GI NALL Y I ! PLANNED THE USE OF TWO 17" P~RKIN~ SPACES IMMED,IATELY WE~T OF" THE ALLEY AND BETWEEN THE ALLEY AND AN EXISTING CURB CUT WITH THE THOUGHT IN MIND THAT . . ." ~ -j I . . ~.' , , t. . f ' ., : THE ALLEY ENTRANCE AND THE CURB CUT GAVE VEHICLES ROOM ENOUGH IN WHICH TO PARK O~ UNPARK AND THAT THERE WOULD BE NO OVERHANG OF VEH~CLES IN~O ~HE ALLEY ENTRANCE OR THE CUR~ CUT BY THE USE OF" SUCH ;7"ST~L~S. HE' A~so IN- DICATED THAT IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE ALLEY AND THE CURB CUT EAST OF THE . , . . .' . . , '. ' '. ,~ .., .. . . I ALLEY THERE ,I S SUF"~I CI ENT ~OOM, rOR ONE~ARK:I NG, STALL AN~ THAT THERE, I S, AN i ADDITIONAL PARKING STALL AVAILABLE WEST OF" THE CURB CUT WHICH IS LOCATED i WEST OF" THE ALLEY.' Tt.1I S' WOULD 'P~O\" DE F"OR A TOTAL OF", FOUR PARK'I'NG SPACES i IN THI S AREA. 'MR. BRoo~, A, REPRESENTATI VE or DUNHAM MOTORS, I NDI CATED I HIS F"IRM IS INTERESTEO IN ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACE EAST OF' THE ALLEY IF" I ' ,',' .. " , " " '" " - , , "., ' I THIS IS AT ALL POSSIBLE AND THERE WAS GENERAL DISC~~SION'AS TO THE POSSI- i BILITY OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PARKING EAST OF" THE ALLEY. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAt THE'RE~bMMEND~TION OF THE TRAF"F"IC'ENGINE~R' F"OR THE IN~ STALLATION OF" F'OUR PARKING SPACES AS INDICATED ABOVE BE APPROVED ON A I "... .... '1:' /," i TRIAL BASIS. THE COMMITTEE ALSO ASKED THAT THE TRAF'F"IC'ENGINEER TAKE A I ,.' , ,I TRAFFIC COUNT OF" CARS IN THis AREA AND REPORT BACK ON THE POSSIBILITY OF' I I ADDING ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACE EAST OF' THE ALLEY. , I i 4. DISCUSSION OF" PAVIN GOF' INTERSECTION AT 23RD AVENUE AND WILSON STREET - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT MR. BRYCE NOSLER AND ONE OTHER PARTY HAD EXPRESSED CONCERN TO THE CITY MANAGER,'S,OFF'ICE BECAUSE THE CITY DID NOT CONTEMPLATE THE PAVING OF THE INTERSECTION 'AT 23RD AVENUE AND WILSON STREET DURING THIS CONSTRUCTION SEASON~IT WAS ALSO EX~LAINED THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC Ii WORKS HAD EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT A F'ILL IN THE INTERSECTION RANGING TO : 10' IN DEPTH WHICH APPARENTLY C.ONTAINED MISCELLANEOUS DEB,RIS INCLUDING TREE TRUNKS, LIMBS, ~OOTS, ETC., AND THAT THE F"ILL HAD NOT BEEN COMPACTED TO CITY ~piCIFICA~ION~' A~ THE ~IME' OF ~~~ 'INS~ALLA~ION~ THE DIREC~OR OF' i PUBLIC WORKS AGREEb THAT THE PAVING OF THE INTERSE~TION SHOULD BE ACCOM- J PLISHED BUT F'URTHER INDICATED HE WAS NOT WILLING TO SEE IT PAVED WITH THE ! EXISTING FILL SINCE IT APPEAREP T~ HI~ THE GROUND WOULD TAKE A CONSIDERABLE TIME'TO SETTLE AND THE PAVEMENT WOULD NOT HOLD. THE DIRECTOR O~ PUBLIC WORKS FURTHER INDICATED THE INTERSECTION COULD BE PAVED IF" THE PROPER BASE _ WERE INSTALLED ACCORDI ~G TO CI TY SPECI FI CATIONS AND PROVI 01 NG THE' CON-, TRACTOR'WHO WOULD DO THE WORK WOULD SIGN A WAIVER WHICH WOULD RELEASE THE J CITY FROM ~NY LIA~ILI~Y F'O~ PAYMENT' F'bR ANY ~6RK OR MATERIALS NECESSARY TO I THE CONSTRUCTION OF' THE INTERSECTION AND THE NORMAL ONE YEAR MAINTENANCE BOND ON THE INTERSE~TION WERE PROVIDED TO THE CITY. THE COMMITTEE RECOM- ~ MENDED THAT THE PAVING OF" THE INTERSECTION BE APPROVED AT THE EXPENSE OF" I THE SUBDIVIDERS TO THE SPECIFICATIONS AS DETERMINED BY THE CITY ENGINEER i . . _" . ... : SUBJECT TO THE OBTAINING OF T~E WAIVE~ FROM THE' CONTRACTOR AND THE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE BONO. ' 10 AIRPORT COMMITTEE I I. DISt:USSI'ON REGARDING' PROPOSED lEASE TO EATON-YOUNG LUMBER COMPANY, F'OR CON- STRUCTION OF MULTIPLE T HANGARS AT MAHLON-SWEET'AIRPORT ~'IT'wASEXPLAINED THAT THE CITY HAD ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT MR. EATON TO GET HIS OPINION AS TO THE LE-ASE" PROPOSED F"OR HANGARS' 'AT MAHLON-SWEET AI RPORT BUT THAT MR. EATON I HAD BEEN OUT OF TOWN SINCE THE" LEASE DOCUMENT HAD BEEN AVAILABLE. THE PRO- POSED LEASE WAS REA~ IN I~S'ENT)RETY,' A~D' THECOMMI~TEE' DiSCUSSED CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE LEASE, INDICATED" GENERAL AGREEMENT ON THE TERMS OF THE i ~EASE WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT THE INSURANCECERTIF"ICATE SHOULD PROVIDE F'OR 'I ' , . ' '". , '. ,. . ., . " .. , : AT LEAST $20,000 PROPERTY DAMA,Gf: A~D $100,000 PERSONAL LIABIL"ITY,. AND RE'- I COMMENDED THAT, THE CITY ~DMI~ISTRATION PROCEED ~ITH THE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE LEASE, ANY M,NORCHANGES ~AV'NG THE AfPROVAL OF' T~E CITY ATTOR~EY BEFORE SUCH DOCUMENT IS EXECUTED. . .. . 1 . _ .....i