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<br />IT WAS MOVED B~ MR.' SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAUR~S THAT THE CONTRACT FOR PURCHASE ,OF' fiRE HOSE
<br />BE AWARDED TO MUNNELL, & SHERRILL, .INC. .ON THE BID PRICE Of $1.56 PER F'OOT F'OR 2_:1/211 AND $1.09 PER
<br />FOOT fOR 1-1/2". ROLLCALL VOTE. ,ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />REPORTS OF OFFICERS
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<br />A REPORT F'ROM THE CITY MANAGER - RE: MONTHLY DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS, ETC., WAS SUBMITTED AND READ
<br />AS fOLLOWS:
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<br />liTHE VALUE OF' BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED F'OR THE MONTH OF' FEBRUARY 1959 AMOUNTED
<br />TO $61~,_132.00 ,WHI~H: IS $297,220.00 LESS THAN THE $913,352..00, ISSUED, F'OR THE SAME
<br />MONTH A YEAR AGO.
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<br />THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DURIN-G FEBRUARY 1959 ANSWERED 24 ALARMS WI;rH AN ESnMATED
<br />fiRE LOSS OF' $50,00, MAKING A TOTAL OF' 73 ALARMS AND A F'IRE LOSS fO $28,450.00 F'OR
<br />THE YEAR. THE FIRE MARSHAL REPORTS THAT 40 BLOCKS I N THE ,DOWNTOWN AREA HAVE BEEN
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<br />SURVEYED F'OR COMPLIANCE WITH THE NEW ORDINANCE REQUIRING SPRINKLERS IN BASEMENTS.
<br />DEADLINE FOR COMPL'IANCE',IS 1963. THE CITY HAS fORWARDED A PROPOSAL TO, THE FEDERAL,.
<br />CIVIL DEF'ENSE ADMINISTRATION F'OR MATCHING F'UNDS TO HELP IN BUILDING THE TRAINING
<br />PORTION OF' THE NEW MCKINLEY STATION. If THIS PROPOSAL I,S APPROVED B": F.CDA, A F'IRM
<br />REQUEST WILL BE MADE.
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<br />ON FEBRUARY 28, 1959 MR. HAROLD A. ELLSWORTH REPORTED F'OR DUTY AS CHIEf,OF'
<br />POLI~E ~U~CEEDING MR. V~RN HILL, RESIGNED. ON EACH OF YOUR DESKS YOU WILL F'IND A
<br />COpy Of THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT F'OR THE MONTH OF' FEBRUARY. FROM .THE REPORT
<br />IT IS INTERESTING: 1',0 NOTE, THAT 175 HOME CHECKS WERE MADE FOR VACATIONING' RESIDENTS
<br />AND 3277 PROWL CHECKS Of BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS.,
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<br />ON EAC~ OF' YdUR DESKS YOU WILL F'IND A COPY OF' THE PARKS DEPARTMENT REPORT fOR
<br />THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. fTEM TWO OF' THE REPORT RECOMMENDS THAT A LARGE COMM ITTEE
<br />BE fORMED TO C9NS I_DER, A_ LARGE AREA O,F' LAND ACROSS THE RIVER ADJ,ACENT TO, THE C I.TY
<br />Of SPRINGF'lELD AND EUGENE F'OR PARK PURPOSES: ALSO, ITEM THREE IS CONCE'RNED WITH
<br />THE 40 ACRE PIECE Of PROPERTY ADJOINING AND WEST OF SPENCER BUTTE PARK.II
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<br />WITH REfERENCE TO THE LAST ,PARAGRAPH OF' nit City MANAGER'S REPORT, ITEMS TWO AND- THREE Of" THE
<br />REPORT OF' THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WERE READ AS F'OLLOWS,:
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<br />"2. IT HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT LANE COUNTY PLANS TO BUILD AN ACCESS ROAD FROM
<br />SPR I NGF I ELD TO FERRY STREET BR I DGE WH I C-H WILL RUN MORt OR -LESS PARALLEL' TO PATTtR-
<br />SON ROAD. THIS ROAD IS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE AREA SOUTH, WHICH LIES BETWEEN
<br />PATTERSON ROAD AND THE WILLAMETTE RIVER. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO QUESTION THAT SUCH
<br />A ROAD IS NECESSARY; HOWEVER, ONCE SUCH A ROAD. IS BUILT IT WILL OPEN UP THIS ,AREA-
<br />fOR SUBD I V I S I ON. WE REAL I ZE TH IS'S A LOG I CAL DEVELOPMENT; HOWtVER, WE ,ALSO ftEL
<br />THAT THE BEST USE OF: THIS AREA WOULD BE TO DEVELOP IT AS A LARGE PARK AREA WHICH
<br />WOULD SERVE THE tNTI RE EUGENE-SPR I NGf" I ELD METROPOL ITAN AREA. TI:IERErQRE, _ WE RECOM-
<br />MEND THAT THE CITY OF' EUGENE TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO SET UP A COMMITTtE COMPOSED
<br />OF' REPRESENTATIVES FROM EUGENE, SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, CAL YOUNG-WILLAKENZIE
<br />AREA, UNIVERSITYOF'OREGON, EUGENE WATER AND ELECTRIC BOARD, SCHOOL DISTRICT #4,
<br />CENTURY FUND AND OTHE~S ~O STUDY THIS A~EA T~ SEE ~HETHER OR NOT- IT IS POSSIBLE
<br />TO ACQUIRE THIS LAND F'OR PARK PURPOSES.I~ IS ~UR fiRM BELIEf THAT UNLESS SOME
<br />ACTION IS TAKEN IN 1959 TO ACQUIRE THIS PROPERTY IT WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR OTHER
<br />PURPOSES.
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<br />3. WE HAVE CHECKED ON :niE- AMOUNT OF' TIMBE-R -AND VALUE ON THE 40 ACRES ADJACENT TO-
<br />SPENCER BUTTE PARK. OUR FINDINGS SHOW A TIMBER VALUE OF APPROXIMATELY $19,000.00.
<br />THE OWNERS OF,THrS.PROPERTY AR~QUITE ANXIOUS TO kNOW WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY IS
<br />INTERESTED IN PURCH'ASING THE AREA. WE F'EEL THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT AREA TO
<br />SPENCER BUTTE PARK AND I F' I T WERE LOGGED IT WOUL 0 MATER I ALLY DESTROY THE APPEARANCE
<br />OF THE AREA. THEREfORE, SOME ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN ON T-HIS MATTER."
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<br />W,TH REF'ERENCE TO ITEM TWO OF' THE REPORT OF' THE ,PARKS DEPARTMENT, SOME CONSIDERABLE- DISCUSSION
<br />WAS HAD AS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF' ACQUIRING ADDITIONAL PROPERTY IN THE AREA ON THE NORTH SIDE OF' THE
<br />RIVER F'OR PARK USE. -IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT 'A' COMMITTEE AS INDICATED IN THE REPORT MIGHT BE ACTiVATED
<br />AND THAT VARIOUS AGENCIES MIGHT BE CONTACTED TO DETERMI-NE IF PROPERTY IN THEIR HOLDINGS MIGHT BE MADE
<br />AVAILABLE FOR PARK USE.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT -THE COMMITTEE PROPOSED IN-THE REPORT OF'
<br />THE' PARKS DEPARTMENT BE ACTIVATED. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />WITH REF'ERENCE TO ITEM THREE OF' THE REPORT OF' THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOLHOLM
<br />SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THIS MATTER BE .REfERREDTO THE COMMITTEE Of THE WHOLE. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED 8Y MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BALANCE OF THE REPORT OF' THE CITY
<br />MANAGER BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON fiLE. MOTION CARRIED.
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