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286 e 9/8/58 ---.--- --- ------ --- -~~-------- - --_.~------------ - -- --.------- --._---- --- ______~._________._ _.u ___________ ________..___"-.__~_ -- ------- un - - -- ~- - -- ------------_._-- _ _ ~ _~. . _. __ _ c.. . _ _ _ _~ _ ~-- -- -. .- - ...." -.-.- -. -~.-- - ~ - " ~ -,; - ~ - ~- . -- ~ - - - _. ..-. _.. - --- -.'. - -- -' - . " BORROWED A TOTAL O~ 16,600 ITEMS ~OR HOME USE, A GAIN OF 904 OVER THE TOTAL NUM- I I BER OF ITEMS BORROWED IN AUGUST 1957. I I ATTACHED IS THE PARKS ATTENDANCE REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST. TOTAL~AT- I. TENDANCE IN ALL AREAS WAS 10 I ,654 . WE ALSO HAVE THE TOTAL ATTENDANCE AT THE TWO I I SWIMMING POOLS FROM SEPTEMBER I, TO SEPTEMBER 7. I RECREATIONAL TOTAL SWIM SPECTATORS- TOTAL RECEIPTS. I Ii AMAZON -2,698 265 2,963 $ 324.21 I i MEMORIAL 1,719 335 2,054 219.90 I I 4,417 600 5,017 $ 544. I I I I! WITH THE EXCEPTION Of-THE fiRST THREE DAYS IN SEPTEMBER AND EVERY EVENING ! I 11 THE ATTENDANCE AT THE SWIMMING POOLS WAS ABOUT AVERAGE. WITH:AN ATTENDANCE OF I 4,417 SWIMMERS FOR THE WEEK IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE COST Of KEEPING THE TWO 11 POOLS OPEN WAS~ J~USTJ n.ED_o_ WE RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZE A RESOLU- e TION OR LETTER BE DRAWN COMMENDING THE EUGENE ACTIVE CLUB FOR DONATING SUfFt- , I II I Ij CIENT fUNDS IN ORDER TO KEEP THE EUGENE MEMORIAL POOL OPEN ONE WEEK. THE CLUB' I 1 PUT UP $300.00 TO HELP DEFRAY EXPENSES. WE FEEL THAT THIS WAS A VERY WORTH WHILE I ! PROJECT AND I'M SURE THE YOUTH Of EUGENE APPRECIATED IT VERY MUCH. : ! I WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL PASS A RESOLUTION THANKING THE I i I EUGENE JAYCEE-ETTES FOR THE~WONDERrUL PIECE OF PLAY SCULPTURE WHICH THIS CLUB f I II DONATED TO SKINNERS BUTTE PARK. THIS-PIECE-OF PLAY EQUIPMENT, ~ LARGE WHALE, f I HAS BEEN IN ALMOST CONSTANT USE SINCE IT WAS INSTALLED IN THE PARK. THE :YOUTH i OF EUGENE HAVE AND WHL CONTINUE TO GET-MANY THOUSANDS Of HOURS OF ENJOYMENT- II IN PLAYING ON THIS PIECE Of EQUIPMENT. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK PUBLICLY THE I 1 JAYCEE-ETTES FOR THIS WONDERF~L:PIECE OF PLAY EQUIPMENT." I IT WAS MOVED BY.MR. HARTMAN SECONDED BY MR. SHISLER THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE INSTRUCTED TO WRITE 1 I TO THE ACTIVE CLUB AND TO THE JAYCEE-ETTES THANKING THEM-FOR THEIR CONT>RIBUTIONS~AND THAT THE REMAINDER I OF THE REPORT BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. I ! I REPORTS OF COMMITTEES I I I I A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD AUGUST 29, 1958 ~ RE: HEALTH'AND RECREATION COMMITTEE - I i DISCUSSION REGARDING EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL EASEMENT THROUGH PARK AREA I ! NORTH OF JUDKINS POINT; PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE - DI-SCUSSION REGARDING ACQUISITION OF CHAMBERS STREET ! -I I BETWEEN 6TH AND-8TH AVENUES; COMMITTEE Of THE WHOLE - DISCUSSION OF CITY TRANSIT LINES FRANCHISE; ! I i WAS SUBMITTED AND-READ AS FOLLOWS:- I ! I "PRESENT: COUNCILMEN SHEARER, SHISLER, LAURIS, LINDEEN, MOLHOLM AND MCGAFFEY; CITY I I 1 MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS; PARKS AND RECREATION I SUPERINTENDENT;'CITY ATTORNEY; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; HENRY BEISTEL I i AND ONE OTHER REPRESENTATIVE Or EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD; MR.SOUKUP I AND MR. Bocc I ~ . C:ITY TRANS I TL I NES; FRED BRENNE, EUGENE CHAMBER O~ COMMERCE; I -MR. .RUSSELL; MR. PIERSON, ATTORNEY FOR MR. BRIGGS, A PROPERTY OWNER; I I MR~HALE'THOMPSON; CARL fiSHER; A GR~UP ~EPRESENTING F~R~ER DRIVERS O~ i I I CITy~TRANSIT LINES; DAN WYANT ,AND DONN BONHAM,: EUGENE REGISTER-GuARD; ! JACK CRAIG, KERG; DOLPH JANES, KORE. I I i HEALTH: & - RECREATllON COMMITTEE- I I. DISCUSSION REGARDING EUGENE WATER &-ElECTRIC BOARD REQUEST fOR ADDITIONAL EASEMENT I THROUGH-PARK AREA NORTH OF JUDKINS'POINT - THE PARKS AND: RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT i i EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD CONFERRED WITH EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD CONCERNING THE I e I I ADDITION TO THE EASEMENT AS REQUESTED BY EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD AS WELL AS I, ! THE USE OF THE EASEMENT GRANTED BY THE CITY Of EUGENE TO EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC I BOARD PRIOR TO THIS TIME. i - . II j IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE ADDITIONAL EASEMENT IS NEtESSARY SINCE THE OREGON STATE: , I HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAD CHANGED SLIGHTLY THE ALIGNMENT OF THE HIGHWAY IN THE VICINITY ! I OF THE EASEMENT AREA AND BECAUSE IT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE SUffiCIENT CONTROL OVER I SPACE WHERE HIGH TENSION LINES WERE TO BE PLACED. IT WAS ALSO INDICATED THAT EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BoARD HAD AGREED TO A MINIMUM HEIGHT Of 40 fEET AT 1200 I II , TEMPERATURE AS THE i;HEIGHT AT WHICH SUCH liNES WOULD BE INSTALLED. I I , FOllOWING THISj THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE ADDITIONAL EASEMENT THROUGH I I THE CITYOWNED'PROPERTY BE: APPROVED. I 2 I PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE I I . DISCUSSION REGARDING ACQUISITION OF CHAMBERS STREET BETWEEN 6TH AND 8TH AVENUES - I i THE C-ITY MANAGER REPORTED TO THE~ COMMITTEE THAT THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING WORK i HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AND THAT THE CIT~ IS NOW REA6Y'TO START ACQUISITjON OF THE i I NECESSAR~ RIGHTS-OF-WAY TO EXTEND CHAMBERS STREET FROM 6TH TO 8TH AVtNUE~ THERE - - I WAS SOME DISCUSSION ON THE PROPOSED RIGHTS-OF-WAY. No ACTION WAS TAKEN, AND I .- I S A BUDGET -ITEM IT WAS NOT CONSIDERED THAT ACTION WAS NECESSARY~ SINCE THE ITEM , , I i \\ I I e '\ ~ II I: ;, I' ;1