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~ 115 e 3/10/5.8 ' ~~..~~~ - ~ - -, - ~- - -. - .-- ._. - . .......~-----..::.~ '-- I MAJOR CAUSE Of DIFfiCULTY IN THE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPER. IN THE OPINION Of THE fACTORY REPRESENTATIVE AND THE COLUMBIA EQUIPMENT COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES, THESE ALTERATIONS HAVE REMOVED ANY DEfECTS fROM THE MACHINE AND IT IS NOW IN GOOD AND PROPER WORKING ORDER. LIKEWISE, COLUMBIA EQUIPMENT COMPANY NOW WISHES PAYMENT FOR THE MACHINE SINCE IN THEIR OPINION THE MACHINE IS OPERATING PROPERLY. THE NORTHWEST MANAGER Of THE AUSTIN-WESTERN CORPORATION INDICATED THAT THE WAR- RANTY WOULD BE EXTENDED fOR A PERIOD Of SIX MONTHS fROM FEBRUARY 28, 1958 TO fUR- THER GUARANTEE THAT NO fURTHER PROBLEMS WOULD BE HAD WITH THE MACHINE. IT WAS INDICATED THAT A DESIRE NOT TO PURCHASE THIS PARTICULAR MACHINE WAS NO REfLECTION UPON EITHER THE AUSTIN-WESTERN CORPORATION OR THE COLUMBIA EQUIPMENT COMPANY BUT RATHER THAT IT WAS A SINCERE DESIRE ON THE PART Of THE CITY' ADM'INI- STRATION TO RECOMMEND PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT WHICH WAS IN, GOOD WORKING ORDER AND WHICH COULD DO THE JOB fOR WHICH IT WAS PURCHASED. e FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE ITEM BE HELD IN COM- MITTEE UNTIL MARCH 7, i958 AND THAT THE CITY MANAGER ARRANGE FOR A GUIDED TOUR TO O~SERVE THE INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT OF THE CITY. IT WAS UNDERSTOOD THAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD OBSERVE THE AUSTIN-WESTERN SWEEPER DURINGJHE TOUR TO ENABLE, THEM TO BETTER MAKE AN APPRAISAL Of THE SITUATION~ ,I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARE~ SECONDED BY MR. HARTMAN THAT THE REPORT Of THE COMMITTEE Of THE WHOLE BE APPROVED. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED. I1PRESENT: MAYOR MC'GINTY; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, EDMUNDS, LAURIS, LINDEEN~ MOLHOLM AND, MCGAffEY; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; CITY ATTORNEY; DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC' WORKS; PARKS & RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; PLAN- NING C,ONSULTANT; LIBRARY BoARD MEMBERS MACKINNON, CAMPBELL, STALSBERG, ATKINSON AND LEMON; CITY LIi3RARIAN; MESSRS. HAMLIN AND MARTIN, ARCHITECTS fOR LIBRARY BOARD; THREE REPRESENTATIVES OF COLUMBIA EQUIPMENT COMPANY; Two REPRESENTATIVES OF FEENAUGHTY MACHINERY COMPANY; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD; WENDY RAY, KUGN. I ,i I i. I I , l ( [I r I i ~l II A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON MARCH 7, 1958 - RE: COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE - DISCUSSION REGARDING REQUEST fOR ANNEXATION BY'MESSRS. PAPEr AND FISCHER AND fOR AREA ADJACENT TO PAPE' AND FISCHER PROPERTY; CONSIDERATION Of PLANS fOR THE NEW LIBRARY BUILDING AND fiNAL APPROVAL Of SUCH PLANS; CONSIDERATION Of REQUEST fOR PAYMENT fOR AUSTIN-WESTERN SWEEPER; WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: 1 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE I. DISCUSSION REGARDING REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION BY MESSRS. PAPEr AND FISCHER AND fOR AREA ADJACENT TO PAPEr AND FISCHER PROPERTY - SEVERAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE,COM- MLTTE~ Of THE WHOLE DROVE TO AND THROUGH THE AREA REQUESTED FOR ANNEXATJON BY CON- SENT PETITION AS WELL AS THE AREA. ON WH'CHAN ANNEXATION ELECTION HAD BEEN RE- QUESTED. WHILE IN SESSION THE COMMITTEE VIEWED MAPS OUTLINING BOTH THE AREA RE- QUESTED fOR ANNE~ATION BY CONSENT AS WELL AS THE AREA ON WHiCH AN ELECTION WOULD BE NECESSARY. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AS TO THE fEASiBiLITY OF SEWERS BEING EXTENDED TO THE ANNEXATION AREA PROPOSED BY CONSENT PETITION SINCE IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO RUN AN EXTENSIVE TRUNK LI~E THROUGH A NUMBER Of PROPERT.IES TO SERVE SUCH AN ANNEXATION AREA. CERTAIN PROBLEMS Of ANNEXATION WHICH WOULD OCCUR If THE AREA PETITIONED fOR ANNEXATION BY CONSENT WERE ANNEXED WERE DISCUSSED; BASICALLY If SUCH AN ANNEXATION WA.~ ACHIEVED IT. WOULD RE:QUI~RE THAT AN E'LEUION BE HELD ON TWO SEPARATE AREAS, ONE TO THE WEST Of THE CONSENT ANNEXATION AREA AND ONE TO THE EAST If THOSE AREAS WERE TO COME INTO THE CITY BY ELECTION. !! \1 'I i II I ! e FOLLOWING THIS DISCUSSION THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE AUTHORIZED TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE PAPE'-F,sCHER INTERESTS WITH RESPECT TO THEIR REQUEST fOR ANNEXATION BY CONSENT AND THE VARIOUS PROBLEMS WHICH ARE RAISED BY SUCH ANNEXATION. FOLLOWING THIS NEGOTIATION THE CITY MANAGER WAS REQUESTED TO REPORT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. . , ' i I I . I I I , I I I II I, ~ I I I I I I i I i I I I I I I t ::, II I ~ IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. HARTMAN THAT ITEM I BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 1 2. CONSIDERATION OF PLANS fOR THE NEW LIBRARY BUILDING AND fiNAL APPROVAL OF SUCH PLANS - THE LIBRARY BOARD AND THEIR ARCHITECTS CAME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE WITH A MODEL AND WORKING DRAWINGS fOR THE .NEW LIBRARY BUILDING WHICH IS TO BE CON- STRUCTED AT THE SOUTHWEST CO~NER Of THE INTERSECTION Of i3TH AVENUE AND OLIVE STREET. MR. B. .KING MARTIN .Of THE ARCHITECTURAL fiRM OF HAMLIN & MARTIN, ARCHI- TECTS fOR THE LIBRARY BUILDING, INDICATED THAT IT WAS REQUESTED THAT AUTHORITY BE GIVEN BY THE COMMON COUNCIL TO CALL FOR BIDS fOR THE NEW LIBRARY BUILDING AT THE COUNCIL MEETING ON MARC~ 10, 1958. .If SUCH AUTHORITY IS GIVEN THEY PRO- POSE TO TRANSMIT PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS TO CONTRACTORS ON MARCH I I, 1958 AND COMPLETE THE NECESSARY LEGAL ADVERTISING FOR A BID OPENING TO BE HELD ON APRIL 3, 1958. e I J II ii