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<br /> I. DISCUSSION Of CITY TRANS1J LINES FRANCHISE - A RESOLUTION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1':1
<br /> , OF THE RETAIL MERCHANTS DIVISION Of THE EUGENE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WAS REA'D TO THE I'
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<br /> , COMMITTEE IN WHICH THE COUNCIL n,S RESPECTFULLY URGED TO LEND ALL POSSIBLE COOPERA- I
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<br /> I TION TO ASSURE UNINTERRUPTED BUS TRANSIT SERVICE IN THE EUGENE AREA FOR THE PUBLIC I
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<br /> CONVENIENCE Of CITIZENS OF THIS AREA".' fOLLOWING THIS, MR. SOUKUP OF CITY TRANSIT I
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<br /> II LINES, INDICATED THAT A fiNANCIAL aURDEN HAD BEEN LIFTED FROM THE CITY TRANSIT 'I
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<br /> LINES BY REASON Of THE CHANGING Of WORKING HOURS, COOPERATION Of PERSONNEL THROUGH- :1
<br /> II OUT THE ENTIRE OPERATION AND GENERAL REDUCTION OF OPERATIONAL COSTS INCLUDING I;
<br /> ," MAINTENANCE, TRANSPORTAT'ION EXPENSE, RENTS, INSURANCE AND OTHERS. IT WAS INDI- 1,1
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<br /> 11 CATED THAT IN ESSENCE THE COMPANY IS OPERATING MORE EffiCIENTLY THAN IN THE PAST (I
<br /> AND CERTAIN COMPARATIVE FIGURES OF OPERATION fOR THE MONTH Of DECEMBER 1957 VERSUS
<br /> OPERATION FOR THE MONTH Of AUGUST - ' 1:1
<br /> ,\ 1958 WERE GIVEN TO PROVE THIS POINT. Ii
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<br /> II IT WAS ALSO INDICATED THAT CITY TRANSIT LINES HAD WORKED HARD TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE
<br /> SERVICE fOR THE CITY OF EUGENE THROUGHOUT THE COMPANY'S HISTORY. II
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<br /> f" MR. SOUKUP ALSO INDICATED THAT THE PRESENT PERSONNEL ARE SATISFIED AND PLEASED !
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<br /> Ii WITH THEIR JOBS AND IT WAS INDICATED THAT OPERATIONAL EXPENSE FOR PERSONNEL HAD I
<br /> I' BEEN DECREASED AT ALL LEVELS. II
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<br /> 11 MR. HALE THOMPSON, REPRESENTING CERTAIN CITIZENS AND THE FORMER DRIVERS Of CITY:
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<br /> II TRANSIT LINES BUSSES, INDICATED THESE PEOPLE ARE WORKING HARD TOWARD THE FORMA- n
<br /> I 1\ TION OF A NEW BUS COMPANY TO BE CALLED EMERALD TRANSIT LINES ON WHICH ARTICLES Of !)
<br /> 1'1 INCORPORATION WOULD SOON BE fiLED. THIS NEW CORPORATION WOULD HAVE AT ITS '0 I S- 'I
<br /> Ii POSAL ALMOST IMMEDIATELY 10 BUSSES THAT COULD BE PLACED INTO OPERATION. fl
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<br /> Ii MR. THOMPSON WENT INTO THE HISTORY OF THE ~PERATION O~ THE CITY TRANSIT liNES, Ii
<br /> i: DESCRIBED THE LETTERS RECEIVED BY THE COUNCIL INDICATING THE CITY TRANSIT LINES r
<br /> ;'1 WAS TERM I NATI NG 'ITS fRANCH I SE, AND PROCEED I NG THROUGH TO THE PRESENT PET IT ION i;
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<br /> FOR INVOLUNTARY BANKRUPTCY WHICH HAS BEEN fiLED IN THE fEDERAL COURTS. HE LIKE- ,I
<br /> 11 WISE INDICATED THAT THE NEWER BUSSES Of CITY TRANSIT LINES WERE AT THE ,TIME IM- :1
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<br /> ,I POUNDED BY THE YMAC. HE LIKEWISE' INDICATED THAT THERE ARE A NuMBER Of DRIVERS I"
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<br /> j WHO HAD NOT BEEN PAID BY C'TY TRANSIT LINES OR HAD BEEN PAID BY CHECK WITH SUCH
<br /> I CHECKS BEING RETURNED MARKED "NOT SUffiCIENT FUNDS", AND THAT IN CERTAIN INSTANCES
<br /> \ .JUDGMENTS HAD BEEN TAKEN AGA I NST CITY TRANS I T LI NES FOR THE PAYMENT Of THESE' 'FUNDS. iI
<br /> MR. THOMPSON ALSO INDICATED THAT ~IF' THE~ CITY TRANSIT LI'NES,:AS' B'Y THEIR 'STATEMENT ,I
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<br /> :!; PREVIOUSLY MADE, WERE NOW OPERATING IN THE BLACK THEY WERE DOING SO AT THE EX- i:1
<br /> Ii PENSE ~F OTHER PEOPLE. 'HE 'STATED THAT "f THE PROPOSE'D NEW BUS COMPANY '1 S FORMED i!l
<br /> I: .THEY WILL' ASK FOR 'A 'FRANCHISE:, WILL OPERATE' GOOD EQUIPMENT,P.ROPERLY' INSURED,
<br /> Ii AND WILL DO SO WITH' A COOPERAnVE- ATTITUDE TOWARD THE CITY AND CHAMBER Of COMMERCE. I,
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<br /> I! THE CITY ATTORNEY lNDICATED ~PON QUESTION1NG' THAT HE BEL1EVED THE CITY TRANSIT II
<br /> Ii LINES HAD fORfEITED ~THEIR fRANCHISE I NASMUCH AS A' LETTER fROM THEM' -HAD BEEN RE- i!
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<br /> I; CEIVED INDICATING THIS WAS TO HAPPEN. ~ ADDED TO THI:S HE FURTHER INDICATED THAT :1
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<br /> I. THERE WAS I N FACT A D .SCONTI NUANCE 'OFSERV I CE WH I CH' WAS A'LSO' ADEQUATE GROUNDS !i
<br /> Ii FOR THE FRANCHISE TO BE DISCONTINUED. HE DID POINT OUT THAT CITY TRANSIT LINES ;1
<br /> It If COOPERATION OF THE DRIVERS WAS OBTAINED, CITY TRANSIT LINES II
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<br /> WOULD CONTINUE. SINCE THE CITY DID NOT SERVE NOTICE ON CITY TRANSIT LINES DIS- :1
<br /> I SOLVING THE FRANCHISE AS SPECIFIED~N~THE FRANCHISE ORDINANCE, AND.SINCE THERE il
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<br /> I: WAS NO UNANIMITY OF OPINION AS TO WHETHER THE FRANCHISE' WAS DISSOLVED, IT AP-
<br /> I PEARED'THAT ONE OF THE EASIEST METHODS OF DETERMINING THE STATUS' OF THEFRANCH'ISE iI
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<br /> Ii 'WOULD BE TO PETIT ION THE COURT fOR A DECL"RATORY JUDGMENT. IT WAS'ESTIMATED
<br /> ii THAT IF THIS PROCEDURE WAS USED, IT WOULD TAKE APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS AT THE
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<br /> I EARLIEST TO O'BTA I N SUCH' A' JUDGMENT. . - - . - , ., - . - -- . ',-' ..~ d
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<br /> e Ii AT THIS POINT THERE.WAS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT. OF' DISCUSSION AMONG ALL THOSE PRE~ Ii
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<br /> SENT WITH RESPECT TO STATEMENTS PREVIOUSLY MADE~'WITH RESPECT TO THEFRANC~ISE, i!
<br /> ~:; IMPOUNDED EQUIPMENT AND OTHER MATTERS. IN ~SSENCE, THESE 'ARE 'SUMMARIZED AS Ii
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<br /> (A) IT WASI~DICATED CITY TRANSIT LINES DID NOT REMOVE THE BUSSES ~I
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<br /> 1'1 FROM THE STREETS BUT.THAT.THIS WAS DONE' BY' THE:Ul'U.ON. ~ il
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<br /> !: INDICATED THAT APPROX'IMATELY 95%' OF THE BACK WAGES DUE
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<br /> II fORMER-DRIVERS WOULD'BE FOR VACATION PAY DUE fROM NOW TO THE' ,j
<br /> t' END Of 1958. :1
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<br /> l! (C) IT WAS INDICATE'D'THAT WrTH:-RESPECT TO "NOT SUFFICIENTf'UNDS.II ~. I, , .. j!
<br /> II CHECKS THERE WERE ADEQUAT~ fUNDS TO-COVER THESE CHECKS.' 11
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<br /> I ( D) IT WAS INDrCATED WITH RE;SPECT TO EQUIPMENT d
<br /> .MPO'UNDED THAT 'TH IS 'I
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<br /> F:< ;~";:,:,;~!'EQUIPMENT" COUI;.D'BE RELEASED IMMEDIATElY IfADEQUATE'AsSURANCE j"1
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<br /> p COULD BE MADE THAT'THEY COULD BE PAID FOR." .. . :i
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<br /> 'j MR. JOE RADIGAN, AN ACTING BUSINESS AGENT FOR THE BUS DRIVERS, THEN APPEARED ;i
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<br /> II BEfORE THE COMMITTEE, 'INDICATED THAT ARBITRATION ON THE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE
<br /> COMPANY AND THE DRIVERS HAD BEEN TRIED By'STATE AND fEDERAL ARBITRATORS, AND 11
<br /> l~ ARBITRATION WAS NOT FOUND POSSIBLE. MR~' RADIGAN ALSO I'NDICATED THAT' A WELFARE
<br /> e 1.1 PLAN WHICH WAS A PART OF THE' UNION'CONTRACT WHICH HAD FORMERLY BEEN ~PAID FOR ,- II
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