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<br />'IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECOII!DED B,Y MR. HARTMAN THAT THE BILLS, AS SUBM I TTED A1'O REAP, BE AP-
<br />PROVED AND THE PROPER CITY OfFICIALS BE INS~~UCTED TO DRAW THE NECESSARY WARRANTS. ROLLCAL~ VOTE.
<br />ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />MONTHLY PAYMENT ESTIMATE,S WER,E SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
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<br />OLSON ELECTRIC COMPANY
<br />9TH - HIGH INTENSITY LIGHTING AT MAHLON-SWEET AIRPORT
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<br />$ I 1,,733. 10
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<br />IT WAS ,MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY ,MR. HARTMAN THAT THE ESTIMATES, A'S SUBM,ITTED 'AND R,EAD; BE
<br />APPROVED AND THE PROPER CITY OffiCIALS BE INSTRUCTED TO DRAW THE NECESSARY WARRANTS. ROLLCALL VOTE.
<br />ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />REPORTS OF OFFICERS
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<br />2 A REPORT FROM T~E CITY MANAGER - RE: MONTH~Y DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS, IMPROVEMENTS, ETC," WAS SUB-
<br />MITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
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<br />"THE ~ALUE Of THE BUILDING PERMITS fOR THE MONTH Of FEBRUARY 1958 AMOUNTED
<br />TO $913,352 WHI~H IS $697,642 MORE THAN THE SAME MONTH A YEAR AGO. THIS LARGE
<br />INCREASE WAS'DUE TO THE ISSUANCE Of ONE BUILDJNG PERMIT fOR THE CONSTRUCTION
<br />OF THE SUNSET HOME.
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<br />THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DURING THE MONTH Of FEBRUARY ANSWERED 36 ALARMS WHICH
<br />CONSISTED Of 27 fiRE ALAR~S, 6, NON-fiRE CALLS AND 3 RURAL CALLS. ESTIMATED fiRE
<br />LOSS fOR THE MONTH WAS $6707.68.
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<br />ACCORDI,~G TO THE ~O~~CE D~PARTME~T REPO~T, A COpy Of WHICH IS ON YOUR DESK,
<br />A WAVE Of BURGLARIES WHIC~ HAD CONTINUED fOR ,A ,PERIOD OF SEVERAL WEE,KS WAS
<br />BROUGHT TO A CLOSE BY THE APPREHENSION Of THREtPERSONS DURING THE MONTH~ A
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<br />LONG CONTINUED SURVEILLANCE BROUGHT RESULTS, fiRST IN THE ARREST Of TWO PERSONS
<br />, WHO HAD OPERATED AS 'A TEAM~ ~AT~R, ,A ~ONE B~RGLA~ WHO HAD ~NLY RECENTLY BEEN'
<br />'RELEASED fROM THE STATE PRISON, 'WAS APPREHENDED, THIS ARREST RESULTING IN THE
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<br />RECOVERY Of SEVERAL THOU~AND DO~LARS WORTH Of PROPERTY. SOME Of THE ITEMS RE-
<br />COVERED HAD BEEN STOLEN ~S fAR NOR":H AS LONGIVEW, WASHINGTON, AS WELL AS SOME
<br />fROM CORWALLIS AND SALEM. THE BULK Of THE LOOT, HOWEVER, HAD BEEN TAKEN fROM
<br />HOMES I N AND AROUND EUGENE. OUR T~TAL CASE LOAD fOR THE MONTH WAS 235 'AS COM-
<br />PARED TO 225 IN THEPRECEDINq MONTH.
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<br />THE JAIL HELD "0PE~ HOl1SE" DURING NATIONAL LAW ENfORCEMENT WEEK. WITH
<br />THE ASSISTANCE OF THE LOCAL EXCHANGE CLUB, A TOTAL Of 282 VISITORS WERE CON-
<br />DUCTED ON GUIDED ,TOUR~ TH~~UGH THE JAIL. I~ ADDITION, SEVERAL CLASSES Of' ,
<br />SCHOOL CHILDREN WERE GIVEN TOURS AS PART OF VARIOUS SCHOOL PROJECTS. THE GRAND
<br />JURY ALSO TOURED THE JAIL AND MADE A fAVORABLE REPORT ON ITS OPERATION AND CON-
<br />o IT ION.
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<br />THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT THE "SURVEY CREWS ARE BUSY RUNNING
<br />STREET AND SEWER PROfiLES fOR THE PROPOSED 1~58~59 PUBLIC' IMPROVEMENTS WHILE AT
<br />MAHLON-SWEET AIRPOR~ THE CONTRACT fOR THE E~ECTRICAL PORTION OF THE PROJECT HAS
<br />BEEN COMPLETED.
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<br />THE LIBRARY,REPORTS THAT THE C~TY Of EUGENE HAS POTENTIAL ROCKET ENGINEERS.
<br />THE LIBRARY HAS HAD INNUMERABLE INQUIRIES fROM BOYS ON ROCKET CONSTRUCTION AND
<br />REQUESTS FOR:MATER~ALS THAT WILL SH~W THEM H~W ~O BUILD A ROCKET. Two SIXTH
<br />GRADE BOYS SPENT TWO AfTERNOONS IN RESEARCH ON THE DETAILED CHEMICAL CONSTRUC-
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<br />TION Of BOMBS BEfORE THEY WERE COt.!VINCED THAT IT WOULD BE DiffiCULT TO ~ECURE
<br />THE MATERIALS NEEDED fOR SUCH A PROJECT.
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<br />ON EACH OF' YOUR'bESK~ I HAVE PLACED A REPORT ENT1TLED "COMMUNI~Ai16~ PRO~
<br />POSAL" fROM THE PACifiC TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY; THIS REPORT IS IN ANSWER
<br />TO OUR REQUEST THAT A STUDY BE MADE AS TO THE COST OF ALL CITY AGENCIES BEING
<br />SERVED BY A CENTRA~IZED TELEPHONE SERVICE. WE fiND THE REPORT IS NOT ENTI~~L~,
<br />COMPLETE ~Nb THt c~~t AS QUOTED WOULD BE SOMEWHAT HIGHER THAN OUR PRESENT SYSTEM;
<br />HOWEVER, IT IS fEL TTHAT ~I TH THE CENTRAL I ZED SYSTEM WE WOULD HAVE BETTER SER-
<br />VICE TO THE PUBLIC AND A SAVING Of , TIME FOR CITY EMPLOYEES. THIS REPORT IS YOURS
<br />TO KEEP SO LONG AS YOU CARE TO, BUT IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED If WHEN YOU ARE
<br />THROUGH THAT IT BE RETURNED TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OffiCE.
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<br />ON EACH Of YOUR D~SKS YOU ALSO WILL fiND A COpy Of THE REPORT OF EUGENE'S
<br />WORKABLE PROGRAM fOR URBAN RENEWAL. THIS IS COVERED BY A PERMANENT REPORT fROM
<br />THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHO AT THEIR LAST MEETING OfFICIALLY APPROVED THIS PROGRAM.
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<br />ALSO ON EACH OF.YOUR DESKS YOU WILL fiND A,COPY Of A PROPOSEd NEW ORD~NA~CE
<br />PROVIDING fOR THE LICENSING, BONDING AND REGULATING OF BANKRUPT, LIQUIDATING,
<br />CLOSING OUT, ETC., SALES. THIS COpy IS GIVEN TO YOU AT THIS TIME fOR STUDY AT
<br />YOUR LEISURE; THE MATTER'WILL'BE B'ROUGHTUP IN COMM'ITTEE'AT A LATER DATE."
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. HARTMAN THAT THE REPORT Of THE CITY MANAGER BE RE-
<br />CEIVED AND PLACED ON fiLE.' MOTION'CARR',Ei).'
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