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e 125 ~ 3/24/58 .._-------~-- ---- ~_._--- . .~. --~ - - - . ,u_'ym. ---------- -~._-_._- - ~--~~~~---- I THE COMM,ITTEE IN CONSID,ERING :THE ANNEXATION QUESTIONED THE JUSTIFICATION OF AN EXPENDITURE' IN THE. AMOUNT.NECESSARY. TO CONSTRUCT SEWER FACILITIES TO THE PAPE'-fISCHER PROPERTY, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED ~HAT THE ANNEXATION REQUEST BE APPROVED WITHOUT COMMITMENT WITH REGARD TO SEWER INSTALLATION SINCE THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR A TRUNK SEWER EITHER NOW OR IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE. ...! I . I . : IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER ,SECONDED BY MR.. EDM.UNDS T.HAT THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE .BE ADOP.TED. MOTION CARRIED. e COMMITTEE Of THE WHOLE I. CONSIDERATION OF, BIDS FOR PURCHASE, OF, TRUCKS - IT. WAS EXPLAINED THAT .THE CITY HAD OPENED BI DS FOR THE PURCHASE OF .TWO DUMP TRUCKS .OF::3 TO 4 YARD CAPAC I TY AT 10:00 AM ON MARCH 20, 1958. THREE BIDS WERE RECEIVED AT THE OPENI:NG FROM LEW WI LL lAMS CHEVROLE.T, FROM BECK MOT,ORS ON: A DODGE TRUCK, AND F,ROM ED LORENCE ON AN I N,TERNA T IONAL TRUCK. THE, B I OS ON. THE CHEVROL.ET AND DODGE ME,TTHE SPEC 1- FICATIONS FOR AN 8-CYLINDER MOTOR WH,ILE THE. INTERNATIONAL WAS ON A 6.-CYLINDER MOTOR. THE CHEVROLET WAS BID FO,R BOTH UNITS AT $7411.90, THE DODGE' WAS BID FOR BOTH UNITS AT $7506.50, AND THE INTERNATIONAL WAS BID FOR BOTH UNITS A~. $7196.70 OR $7343.64, DEPENDING UPON THE ALTERNATES. 1 THE DIRECTOR OF .PUBLI C WORKS RECOMMEND.ED THE PURCHASE OF THE. TWO DODGE TRUCKS AT A PRICE OF $7506.50 EQUIPPED WITH A SCHE.T.KY DUMP BODY ASSEMBLY. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION ON THE SPECIFICATIONS AND VARIOUS OTHER ITEMS IN THE BID, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE LOW BID ON AN 8-CYLINDER VEHICLE, BEING THE lEW WILLIAMS CHEVROLET BID, BE ACCEPTED AT A COST OF $7411.90 FOR TWO TRUCKS EQU'IPPED WITH ,SCHETKY DUMP. BODY. No ACTION WAS TAKEN ON THIS ITEM SINCE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED EARLIER IN THE MEETING ON BIDS. OPENED. " 2. CONSIDERATION OF .REQUEST TO PURCHASE.A NEW CASE MOWER - THE.DIRECTOR ,OF PUBLIC WORKS INDICATED THAT THE CITY HAS A 1,940 CASE MOWER,WHICH I,S IN SERIOUS NEED OF REPAIR AND SUCH REPAIR WOULD COST IN EXCESS OF $800. IT IS POSSIBLE TO TRADE IN THIS MOWER, ON A NEW 1958. CASE MOWER WITH THE PURCHASE PRICE OF SUCH MOWER TO BE $1500 PLUS THE TRADE IN. THE COMMITTEE INDICATED THAT SINCE THE CITY'S EXPERIENCE WITH CASE PRODUCTS OF THIS VARIETY HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT AS INDICATED BY THE LONG USAGE OF THE MOWER TO BE TRADED IN, THEY WOULD RECOM- MEND THAT THE PUBU C WORKS DEPARTMENT BE .AUTHOR.I ZED TO TRADE I N THE. .I940"CASE MOWER ON THE NEW MODEL AT A DIFFERENCE I,N PRICE OF $1500. 1 I T WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDE.D BY .MR. EDMUNDS THAT ITEM 2 OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMitTEE OF THE WHOL~ BE ADOPTED. ROLLCALL VOTE. . ALL COUNCI,LMEN PRE- SENT VOTING AY.E, MOTION CARRIED. L..e. 3. CONSIDERATION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENTS FOR :lHE AMAZON PROJECT - IT WAS EX- PLAINED THAT THE CITY HAS ACQUIRED ALL OF,THE NECESSARY EASEMENTS FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE AMAZON PROJECT FROM CHARNEL TON STREET TO 24TH AVENUE..WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FOUR NECESSARY EASEMENTS. THE EASEMENTS WHICH HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO THE CITY AT NO COST, BUT IN THE CASE OF THE FOUR EASEMENTS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN ACQUIRED THE VARIOUS pROPERTY HOLDERS DESIRE A CONSIDERA- TION, DEPENDING UPON THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES. THE PROPERTY LOCATIONS ON WHICH EASEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN ACQUIRED ARE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE AMAZON IMMEDIATELY EAST OF OAK STREET, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 17TH AVENUE BETWEEN OAK AND PEARL STREETS, BETWEEN 17TH AND 18TH AVENUE AND BETWEEN PEARL AND HIGH STREETS, AND ON THE 'WEST SIDE OF THE AMAZON AT THE SOUTH SIDE OF 18TH AVENUE. SINCE TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE ARMY ENGINEERS PROPOSE TO CALL FOR BIDS ON THE PROJECT IN THE MONTH OF APRIL 1958, THECITY.ADMINI- STRATION IS PROCEEDING AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE TO ACQUIRE ALL OF THE NECESSARY RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENTS SO THAT .THE JOB WI LL NOT BE: ;HEDD UP, AND WI SH TO I N- FORM THE COUNCIL THAT IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS MAY HAVE TO BE STARTED AGAINST CERTAIN OF THESE PROPERTIES. 1 THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT ALL BUT FOUR OF THE NECESSARY EASEMENTS~VE BEE~ GI~EN WITHOUT CONSLtiERATION AND THAT ALL THE OWNERS WOULD BE BENEFITED,' THE ciTY MANAGER SHoULD PROCEED AND TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TOWARDS THE ACQUISITION OF THE EASEMENTS AND TOWARD CON- DEMNATION WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PAVING COSTS OF THAT AREA'ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AMAZON AND THE SOUTH SIDE OF 18TH AVENUE AND A MINOR CON- SIDERATION MIGHT BE OFFERED TO THE ENGLAND fUNERAL HOME, THAT A SMALL CON- SIDERATION MIGHT BE OFFERED TO TWO OTHER PARCEL HOLDERS WHO HAVE PROPERTIES BETWEEN OAK AND PEARL STREETS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 17TH AVENUE, AND THAT SOME CONSIDERATION WOULD BE OFFERED TO PAUL CAMPBELL FOR PROPERTIES LOCATED BETWEEN 17TH AND 18TH AVENUES AND BETWEEN PEARL AND HIGH STREETS~ e I Ij II Ii : i il \1 n 'I I i' 1 t I \ n ... ~~