|
<br />r406
<br />
<br />1/12/59
<br />.~-=-.:.:.==-~-=-::-:::-::.:-::--==-=- -_~__7~ -.-::--_-:::..-.--., ~-:-_ - ---
<br />
<br />IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT THE VALUE Of PE.RMITS ISSUED IN THE YEAR 1958 AMOUNTED
<br />TO $7,925,012.00 :WHICH IS $1,054,003.00 MORE THAN THE $6,871,0.09;00 .ISSUED, IN, THE,
<br />YEAR 1957. THE MAJORITY IN EACH CASE GIVEN ABOVE WAS fOR NEW .CONSTRUCTION. ~
<br />
<br />THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ANSWERED 43 ALARMS DURING DECEMBER 1958 ,WITH A TOTAL, ESTI- I
<br />MATED FIRE LOSS Of $457r477.55~~IVING A TOTAL fOR THE YEAR 1958 OF $548,152.63~
<br />THE TOTAL ESTIMATED f.IRE LOSS .FOR 1957 AMOUNTED TO $66,470.27. THE LARGE' LOSS fO.R,.
<br />THE YEAR 1958 WAS THE RESULT Of' :THE, DISASTROUS FIRE AND COMPLETE LOSS OF., THE OLD,
<br />ELKS TEMPLE.
<br />
<br />You WI~L NOTE fROM THE POLICE.DEPARTMENT .REPORT, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON YOUR
<br />DESKS, THAT:GENERAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES DID NOT INCREASE AS MUCH AS USUALLY ANTICI-
<br />PATED fOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. OTHER ARRESTS fOR OffENSES CONCERNING DRUNKENESS,
<br />DISORDERLY CONDUCT, VAGRANCY AND JUVENILE OffENSES DECREASED fROM THE NUMBER OF
<br />LIKE ARRESTS DURING NOVEMBER 1958. MORE MEALS WERE .SERVED AT THE JAIL aURING
<br />. - -. # - . - . . . . -. -.'
<br />DECEMBER 1958 THAN NOVEMBER 1958; HOWEVER, THE AVERAGE COST PER MEAL DROPPED FROM
<br />THE NOVEMBER F I,GURE Of, 15 .,6~ PER MEAL, TO U ..9; PER MEAL fOR DECEMBER. = , .
<br />
<br />THE LIBRARIAN REPORTS T.HAT DECEMBER IS 'NORMALLY THE SLOWEST. MONTH CIRCULATIQN-
<br />WISE IN THE LifE OF A LIBRARY. THE ,TOTAL NUMBER Of ITEMS LOANED fOR HOME USE IN.
<br />DECEMBER 1958 SHOWED A 15% INCREASE .OVER THE CIRCULATION Of ITEMS fOR DECEMBER ,1957.
<br />TOTAL CIRCULATION ITEMS AMOUNTED TO 14,910 fOR THE YEAR 1958 AND 12,935 fOR THE
<br />YEAR 1957. '
<br />
<br />THE PARK DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT THE EUGENE WELFARE LEAGUE ,HAS AUTHORrZED
<br />THE EUGENE CONCRETE PIPE COMPANY TO BU I LD 32 P.LANT TUBS FOR THE DOWNTOWN TREE.',
<br />PLANTING PROJECT.' THE LEAGUE,HAS:REQUESTED THAT THE DEPARTMENT MAKE PROPER AR-
<br />RANGEMENTS FOR THE DEDICATION 4f:TH~SE TREES 'AT 10:00 AM ON SATURDAY,'FEBRU-
<br />ARY 14, 1959. ,'THE MAYOR AND ,ALL COUNCILMEN;ARE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED TO. HOLD
<br />THIS DATE OPEN AND PLAN TO:ATTENDTHE DEDICATION. THE PARK DEPARTMENT FURTHER
<br />REPORTS THAT THE CITY PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE RECREATION DEPART-,
<br />MENT OF OREGON STATE COLLEGE ARE CO-SPONSORING THE SECOND ANNUAL fIELD TRAINING
<br />COU~:SE -'N_ RE~~~ATION. DURING JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, MISS MAUREEN PHILLIPS WILL BE
<br />WI TH THE PARK DEPARTMENT AS A PART Of HER COLLEGE TRA I N I NG I N' RECREATIO~'-.--
<br />
<br />ON EACH Of ~OUR DESKS YOU WILL FIND A COpy OF THE ENGINEER'S REPORT ON OUR
<br />PILOT PLANT STUDY,fOR SECONDARY SEWAGE TREATMENT fACILITIES. THIS COpy IS YOURS
<br />. .. . ~ . - . - . . . .
<br />AND MAY BE TAKEN HOME:AND READ AT YOUR LEISURE; HOWEVER, SHOULD YOU DECIDE THAT
<br />YOU DO NOT WANT TO KEEP THE COPY, RATHER THAN.THROW IT AWAY PLEASE RETURN IT TO"
<br />MY OffICE."
<br />
<br />IT WAS M9VED, BY M~.,~!'t~ARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE REP~~T_Of THE CITy:MANAGER BE RE-
<br />CEIVED AND PLACED ON fILE.
<br />
<br />REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
<br />
<br />A REPORT Of THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD DECEMBER 26, 1958 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
<br />
<br />"PRESENT: MAYO'R CC)NE';' COUNCILMEN SHEARER, SHISLER, EDMUNDS, LAlJRIS,- L'NDEEN,- MOLHOi".-
<br />AND MCGAf.fEY; ,COUNCILMAN ELECT, WILSON; CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; ASSISTANT
<br />CITY RECORDER; ASSISTANT Cny ENGINEER; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; FRED BRENNE,
<br />EUG,E~~_ ~,HAMBER or. COMMERCE; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTE.R-~UA,R.o_; JACIC5=RAIG.,~ ~_ERG.
<br />
<br />COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
<br />I. PROPOSED CENTRAL CORE STREET LIGHTING SYSTEM -THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED THE PRO-
<br />POSED NEW CENTRAL CORE,STREET:LIGHTING SYSTEM AND DESCR1BED IN. DETAIL THE PROPOSED
<br />LOCATION OF THE VAR10US NEW LIGHTS. HE QUOTED.fIGURES WH1CH INDICATED ,THE TOTAL
<br />ASSESSED VALUE Of THE DOWNTOWN AREA IS $10,474,000 OR.20% Of THE TOTAL ,CITY ASSESSED
<br />VALUATION. THIS WOULD MAKE THE AVERAGE ASSESSMENT TO DOWNTOWN PROPERTY OWNERS $3.50
<br />PER FRONT fOOT. SOME MEMBERS Of THE COMMITTEE fELT THAT,DOWNTOWN BUSINESSMEN:ARE
<br />NOT IN fAVOR Of THE PROPOSED PROGRAM IF THEY ARE fORCED TO PAY fOR IT THEMSELVES.
<br />IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE PROPOSED LIGHTING WOULD BENEFIT ALL OF THE CITY AND,
<br />THEREfORE, THE ENT I RE CITY SHOULD SHARE I N THE COST. OTHER MEM'BERS' F'EL T-: ,.-H'A'T -THE'-.
<br />DOWNTOWN BUSINESSMEN WOULD RECEIVE THE MOST BENEfIT FROM THE LIGHTING AND POINTED
<br />OUT THAT THE ENTIRE CITY WOULD HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE LIGHTING SYSTEM,AT AN APPROXI-: .
<br />.MATE ADDITIONAL COST Of $200.0 PER YEAR. - - '. ,
<br />
<br />THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED BY'A 4-2 VOTE..THAT fUTURE. DISCUSSIONS.ON THE PROPOSED
<br />NEW STREET LIGHT1NG.PROGRAM PROCEED ON,THE,BASIS THAT 1NSTALLATION COSTS: BE ADDED~
<br />TO THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND THE SYSTEM COMPLETED BLOCK: BY BLOCK AS fUNDS ARE AVAILABL~.
<br />
<br />2. SAtARY STUDY - MR. EDMUNDS, CHAIRMAN Of THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO STUDY SALARIES
<br />OF CITY EMPLOYEES WITH SPECIAL 'EMPH-A-S','S' ON--THE- POLICE DEPARTMENT, PRESENTED THE
<br />COMMITTEE WITH A WRITTEN COpy, Of THEIR REPORT. THERE WAS: SOME DISCUSS.ION, BUT NO
<br />ACTION WAS RECOMMENDEDUNTIL ALL COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY,
<br />THE REPORT.
<br />
<br />IT WAS MOVED: BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY: MR. MoLHOLM THAT ITEM
<br />
<br />Of THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
<br />
<br />OF THE ~HOLE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED, 5-4 WITH MAYOR CONE VOTING AYE.
<br />
<br />,
<br />I
<br />~ ;!
<br />~L~
<br />
<br />e
<br />
<br />- - --~------~--
<br />- - - -0 _ _ _ ...
<br />
<br />I
<br />
<br />II
<br />I
<br />
<br />I
<br />
<br />II
<br />If
<br />I
<br />
<br />e
<br />
<br />I
<br />
<br />II
<br />II
<br />
<br />!I
<br />
<br />::
<br />i
<br />I
<br />i
<br />I
<br />.
<br />I
<br />
<br />I
<br />
<br />~
<br />
<br />--
<br />
<br />1
<br />
<br />e
<br />
|