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393 ~ _ 12/22/58 ;;.:...~~~~--~-~--==--=-~~~:===----==:=.:-..:--:::--::-..;~--=-~::;.=~:::::::=:.-~-~- -~~ -- --~~----_-:-~ -~::'.--:-:-~-~--=-~-- .:~ ----------.:-~-- --- --- ----~--_.- -_._- ,- - , '( -, .- - ~ - -.- .:.. -- ' ~ I BIDDING $.2226 ON PREMIUM GASOLINE AND $.1843 ON REGULAR GASOLINE. THE LOW I I BIDDER ON DIESEL OIL MOTOR FUEL WAS RICK'S OIL COMPANY, BIDDING $.1245. THE I LOW BIDDER ON FURNACE,OIL PS 200 WAS AUTOMATIC HEAT COMPANY, BIDDING' $.123. I ALL THE ABOVE BIDS ARE PER GALLON DELIVERED FOB REQUIRED TANKS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF EUGENE OR AT ITS FACILITIES. THEY ARE LIKEWISE ALL" MAXIMUM I I i PRICES FOR, THE CALENDAR YEAR 1959. I ' , " ' - - , I THE LOW ~IDDER ON I NDUSTR I AL 0 I L PS 300 WAS THE CENTRAL HEAT ING COMPAN'Y,B 10- i DING $4.19 PER 42 GALLON BARREL DELIVERED IN QUANII n ES OF LESS THAN TRUCK I I AND TRAILER, AND $3.69 PER 42 GALLON BARREL IN TRUCK AND TRAILER QUANTITIES. I 1 THIS BID LIKEWISE IS A FIRM BID. I THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE LOW BIDS AS IHDICATED ABOVE BE ACCEPTED. I I I 2. BEESON REALTY COMPANY REQUEST TO PURCHASE PROPERTY AT THE SOUTHWEST CORN~R e OF 24TH AVENUE AND POTTER STREET - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE BEESON REALTY ! ! COMPANY HAD SUBMITTED A THIRD OFFER TO PURCHASE A PARCEL OF PROPERTY, BEING II 38'XI20' LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 24TH AVENUE ~ND POTTER STREET. t THEIR MOST RECENT BID, GIVEN UNDER DATE OF DECEMBER 19, 1958, WAS A CASH I ! OFFER ()F $1267. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE BID OF' BEESON REALTY COMPANY j BE ACCEPTED AT THE PRICE ABOVE STATED, PROVIDING NO HIGHER BID IS MADE BE- j I FORE THE COUNCIL MEETING OF DECEMBER 22, 1958. I I I 3. CONS I DERA1- I ON OF AGREEMENT 'BETWEEN THE CITY AND BALZRlIl$EiR!j SEDER AND RHODES I; I FOR THE PLANNING OF THE PROPOSED WEST SIDE FIRE STATION - THE CITY MANAGER I I INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN BY THE 'OUNCIL AN AGREE- I I NO I CATED ,THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH I ME NT HAD BEEN WORKED OUT' WI TH THE ARCH I TECTURAL .FI RM OF BALZH I SER, SEDER AND , RHODES TOjpROVIDE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES FOR THE PROPOSED FIRE STATION TO BE LOCAtED AT THE END OF WEST BROADWAY ON THE WEST SIDE OF MCKINLEY STREET. THE AGREEMENT INDICATES TH"E CITY WOULD PAY THE ARCHITECT A MAXIMUM OF 6% OF THE COST OF THE WORK. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT T~E PRO~ER CITY OFfICIALS BE INSTRUCTED TO COMPLETE THE CONTRACT FOR THE WEST SIDE fiRE 'STATION WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM Of 'BALZHISER, SEDER AND RHODES. 4. PROPOSED CENTRAL CORE STREET LIGHTING SYSTEM - IT"WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD HAD JUST PROVIDED THE COST BREAKDOWN FOR THE , CENTRAL CORE STREET LIGHTING NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE (ITY. INASMUCH i I AS THE REPORT HAS JUST BEEN RECEIVED AND INSUffiCIENT TIME HAS BEEN AVAIL- ABLE TO PROPERLY DETERMINE FRONT FOOTAGE COST IN THE VARIOUS LIGHTING AREAS, ,i I T WAS REQUESTED THAT THE' ITEM BE HELD FOR" fURTHER STUDY WH I CH REQUEST WAS I GRANTED. I PUBLIC SAfETY COMMITTEE I , Ii I. CONSIDERATION OF REMOVAL OF PARKING fROM 6TH TO 7TH AVENUES fROM HIGH TO l' GARFIELD STREET - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE COUNCIL HAD IN THE MONTH OF II Ii NOVEMBER REQUESTED THE AtiMINISTRAT~VE STAFF TO RE;ORT ON THE fEASIBfLITY I Of REMOV I NG PARK 1 NG FROM 6TH AND 7TH" AVENUES WITH I N THE CITY. I TWAS RE- , '" I PORTED THAT THE VOLUME OF TRAt F I C NOW BE I NG CARR lED BY 6TH AND 7'TH AVENUES i IS EQUAL TO THAT WHICH THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION IN A REPORT GIVEN TO THE j ! CITY IN 1954 HAD ANTICIPATED fOR 1970. THE TRAFfiC ENGINEER ALSO GAVE A I SUMMARY AS TO THE LOSS Of TIME WHICH MIGHT BE OCCASIONED ON 6TH AND 7TH AVE- I " NUES WITH THE HIGH VOcUME Of TRAffiC AND GAVE A fURTHER iND)CATION Of THE I: MONETARY LOSS DUE TO LOSS Of TIME AND TO ACClriE~TS BY REASON Of THE HIGH ,I THIS OVERALL LOSS OF TIME AND ACCIDENT I VOLUME Of TRAFFIC ON THESE STREETS. (_ COST fOR 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES USING THE AREA BETWEEN GARfIELD AND HIGH STREETS I I APPROXIMATES $52,000 PER YEAR. r II Ii SOME REPRESENTATIVES Of THE COMMITTEE INDICATED THEY DID NOT BELIEVE IT WOULD BE PROPER TO ELIMINATE THE PARKING fROM 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES SINCE IN THEI'R " BELIEf PROPERTY HOLDERS ALONG THE STREET HAD A CLAIM TO PARKING fACILITIES II ON THE STREET. IT WAS fURTHER STATED THAT THREE LANES OF TRAffiC AS RECOM- Ii MENDED BY THE TRAfFIC ENGINEER WOULD PROBABLY INCREASE REAR END COLLISIONS j I AND SIDE SWIPE ACCIDENTS. lIKEWISE A CONSIDERABLE PORTION OF THE EXISTING I I ,I TRAfFIC ON THE STREETS IS DUE TO THE ATTEMPT Of PEOPLE TO FiND PARKING SPACES. I SOME DISCUSSION WAS GIVEN TO THE POSSIB,ILITY OF HAVING "NO PARKING" ZONES i I FOR SPECIFIC HOURS OF THE DAY. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THIS PRESENTED A SERIOUS ! " ' PROBLEM IN THE STRIPING fOR TRAffiC LANES SINCE If THE STREETS ARE TO BE USED I fOR THR~E LANES OF TRAffiC AT TIMES, IF PARKING WERE ALLOWED AT OTHER TIMES I IT WOULD LEAVE ONLY ONE LANE OF TRAFfiC fOR USE. SOME DISCUSSION 'WAS ALSO I ! GIVEN TO THE POSSIBILITy'Of WIDENING 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES. ! II IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT PERHAPS THE CITY SHOULD TAKE A LONG RANGE -VIEWPOINT J AND THAT SINCE THE CITY HAS A NUMBER OF PROJECTS WHICH WILL REQUIRE THE' I i AID OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, THE REMOVA~ OF PARKING FROM 6TH' AND 7TH AVE- I \ i NUES AS REQUESTED BY THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT 'IN 1952, 1953 AND 1954 WOULD, BE I A STEP TOWARD A MORE COOPERATIVE fEELING BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE HIGHWAY I DEPARTMENT. ,THE TRA~FIC EN~INEE~ INDICATED THAT THE PRACTICAL CAPACITY OF Ii e ,\ 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES WOULD BE GREATLY INCREASED If P~~KI~G WERE REMOVED. I - I ,j I I! /': ~ ~ , f!