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<br /> I 'I Of THE NEW COMPANY ARE NOT AS LI~ERAL AS HADBEEN'EXPECTED BUT THAT BUSSES ARE
<br /> I AVA I LABLE TO THEM AND THEY WI LL PROCEED 'AS RAP I DL Y AS' POSS I'BLE TO WORK OUT A
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<br /> MR. THOMPSON INDICATED THAT'AT THE PRESENT TIME.fORMER DRIVERS OF CITY TRANSIT I:
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<br /> liNES ARE OPERATING 15 COURTESY CARS AND, SINCE THIS IS NOT A PAYING PROPOSI- ,I
<br /> II, TION, THEY WISH TO TERMINATE.THIS.~S. SOON A~ PO~SIBL~~ THE COUNCIL WAS RE- fl
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<br /> QUESTED TO INDICATE WHETHER IT WOULD BE~FAVORABLE TOWARD THE OPERATION OF
<br /> I,! BUSSE~.IM THE CITY BEfORE A fRANCHISE IS ACTUALLY OBTAINED, IT BEING RECOGNIZED "
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<br /> " THAT STATEMENTS IN THE COMMITTEE ARE NOT BI'NDING AND ARE SUBJECT TO~OUNCIL "
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<br /> I THOSE Of THE COMMITTEE EXPRESSED THEMSELVES AS BEING fAVORABLE TO- --
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<br /> I WARD THE RESUMPTION Of BUS SERVICE~IN THE CITY'AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND AGREED
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<br /> I THAT SUCH BUSSES COULD OPERATE PRIOR TO THE FORMAL GRANTING OF A fRANCHISE IF
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<br /> ',:I THE NEW fiRM FINes THIS TO BE POSSIBLE, PROVIDED THE BUSSES AND DRIVERS ARE 1
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<br /> i! I. REQUEST fOR DEFERRMENT OF INSTALLATION or. SIDEWALK ON POTTER STREETBETWEEN~22ND !
<br /> I AND 23RD AVENUES - DR. WALDO SCHUMACHER, A PROPERTY HOLDER AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER !
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<br /> t OF 23RD AVENUE AND POTTER STREET, HAD REQUESTED THAT THE SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION I
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<br /> 'I ABUTTING HIS LOT:ON POTTER STREET BE-DEfERRED fOR ONE YEAR. THE COMMITTEE DROVE ,:
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<br /> I' TO THE SITE Of THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION AND VIEWED THE LOT, AND fOLLOWING THE 11
<br /> Ii VIEWING RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUEST FOR DErERRMENT OF THIS SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION ~l
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<br /> I: 2. REQUEST FOR DEFERRMENT OF INSTALLATION Of SIDEWALK ON COLUMBIA STREET BETWEEN. Iii
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<br /> l' 26TH AND 27TH AVENUES - MR. OPENSHAW AND MR. KILLGALLON, PROPERTY'HOLDERS RE- [1
<br /> ~': SIDING ON THE WEST SIDE Of COLUMBIA STREET BETWEEN 26TH AND 27TH AVENUES, HAD
<br /> t" REQUESTED BY LETTER THAT SIDEWALKS PROPOSED FOR' THEIR PROPERTIES NOT BE'IN-'
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<br /> Ii THE COMMITTEE DROVE,TO THE' SITE OF THE PROPOSED SIDEWALK INSTAL~ATION,
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<br /> d VIEWED THE PROPERTY AND DISCUSSED THE SITUATION WITH RESPECT TO THE INSTALLATION II
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<br /> i: OF'SIDEWALKS IN THIS AREA. IT WAS FELT THAT SIDEWALKS SHOULD BE BUILT IN THIS II
<br /> I,; AREA, AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUEST FOR DEfERRMENT, Of, THE, SIDE- rl
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<br /> WALK CONSTRUCTION ON THE WEST SIDE OF COLUMBIA STREET BETWEEN 26TH AND 27TH AVE- I
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<br /> I! 3. CONSIDERATION OF BIDS ON VARIOUS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS OPENED SEPTEMBER 4, 1958 -
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<br /> \; THE COMMITTEE WAS~PRESENTED ~ITH A TABULATION'OF BIDS FOR ,INSTALLATION or A' ,
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<br /> I" SANITARY SEWER ON THE WEST SIDE OF CHAMBERS STREET FROM 23RDTO 25TH AVENUE AND I
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<br /> I' BETWEEN 24TH AND 25TH AVENUES FROM CHAMBERS TO GRANT STREET WITH WILDISH CON- Il
<br /> li:1 STRUCTIONCOMPANY, BIDDING: THE LOV'BID OF'$5422.82. ~THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED
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<br /> 1: THAT THE LOW BID OF WILDISH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY BE ACCEPTED.'
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<br /> I' THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECEIVED A TABULATION OF BIDS ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BRIDGE !'
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<br /> TO CROSS AMAZON CREEK AT 19TH AVENUE. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE BID AS ENTERED
<br /> CONTAINED THREE ITEMS, THESE BE I NG PRE-STRESSED CONCRETE DECK I NG, NEOPRENE: PADS !,
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<br /> \1 AND ALUMINUM TYPE GUARD RAILS, AND THAT THE LOW BID .WAS. ENTERED BY MORSE BRO-
<br /> I THERS IN THE SUM OF. $8500 WHICH WAS IN EXCESS Of THE AMOUNT BUDGETED FOR BRIDGE ,
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<br /> CONSTRUCTION. THE THREE BIDDERS WERE REQ~ESTED TO MAKE A BREAKDOWN OF THEIR !
<br /> ;i BIDS ELIMINATING THE NEOPRENE PADS AND ALUMINUM .TYPE GUARD .RAILS, AND fOLLOWING ,
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<br /> I' SUCH BREAKDOWN MORSE BROTHERS SUBMITTED A BID rOR THE PRE-STRESSED CONCRETE
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<br /> I DECKING IN THE AMOUNT or $6000, SUCH DECKING TO BE INSTALLED BY CITY FORCES. q
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<br /> jt THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDED THAT THE BID Of MORSE BROTHERS Of $6000
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<br /> n WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE CITY HAD RECENTLY OPENED BIDS fOR THE PURCHASE OF RADIO_ il
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<br /> EQUIPMENT FOR THE POLICE AND fiRE DEPARTMENTS AND THAT BIDS HAD BEEN RECEIVED I'
<br /> fROM MOTOROLA COMPANY AND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY WITH MOTOROLA BIDDING IN II
<br /> I! TOTAL ON THE OVERALL Bm $.10,,285; AND 'GENERAL ELEcTRIC, $980.4. WITH RESPECT TO
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<br /> ;'1 THE EQUIPMENT TO BE ~FURNISHED TO THE fiRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS SEVEN MOBILE UNITS, I.,
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<br /> GENERAL ELECTRIC BID EACH UNIT AT $537.50 PLUS $25..00 EACH. fOR INSTALLATION, WITH I
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<br /> !l A $1102.50 TRADE .IN O~ USED EQUIPMENT. MOTOROLA BID $394.50 rOR EACH MOB I L:E UN I T J
<br /> PLUS 124.00 EACH rORINSTALLA~ION VI,TH NO TRADE ,IN. THIS MAKES A UNIT COST FOR
<br /> I: GENERAL ELECTRIC or :$405.00 AND. FOR MOTOROLA, $418.50; OR A NET :DlrrERENCE PER i.1
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<br /> , UN I T 0 F $ I 3 .:50 . .THE fiRE CHIEf EXPLAINED THAT PRESENT RECEIVERS .COULD BE USED i'
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<br /> I' IN THE fiRE SUBSTATIONS AND WOULD PROVIDE ANOTHER AVENUE OF COMMUNICATION, AND '1
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<br /> WITH RESPECT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT EQUIPMENT, 'IT WAS INDICATED THAT .THE.GENERAL .
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<br /> I " ELECTRIC COMP'ANYDID NOT MEET B,ID SPEClflCATrONS ON RADros fOR SOLO CYCLES AND,
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<br /> I': IN FACT, DrD NOT THEMSELVES MAKE .SUCH RADIOS~ ,IT WAS FURTHER INDICATED THAT "
<br /> I: GENERAL ELECTRIC'S BID USED RADfOS FOR MOTORCYCLES MADE BY AVIA COMPANY THAT WERE II
<br /> i,1 NOT TRANSISTORIZED AND WHICH WOULD CREATE MORE PROBLEMS :MAINTENANCEWISE AND WOULD "
<br /> " CAUSE A GREATER DRAIN ON THE MOTORCYCLE BA~TERIES THAN WOULD THE RADIOS MANU- "
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<br /> I, FACTUREO BY THE MOTOROLA COMPANY. . I T WAS fURTHER ~ I NDI CATEiDTHAT THE GENERAL. \
<br /> Ii ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE RADIOS WOULD NOT MEET FCC SPECifiCATIONS IN 1960 WHEN NEW
<br /> REGULATIONS GO INTO EFFECT; THEREFORE, BY TAKING OUT THE RADIOS BID BY GENERAL
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