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<br />COUNCILMAN MOYER BROUGHT UP JHE SUBJECT Of POSSIBLE ESTABLISHMENT BY ORDINANC&OF LARGER CURB
<br />CUTS FOR THE INDUSTRIAL AREA. COUNCILMA,N SH.EARER SUGGESTED ,THAT CURBS MIGHT BE ELIMINATED IN THE
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOYER SECO,NDED BY MR:.. MOLHOLM THAT THE C,ITY MAKE THE qJRB CUT ORDINANCE IN
<br />THE I NDUSTR I AL AR,EA MORE REAL I ST I C SO THE COU~CI L WOULD NOT HAVE TO CONS I DER SO MANY VAR I ANCE REQUESTS
<br />FROM BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS Of T~E CITY. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />A REPORT Of THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD MARCH 6, 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
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<br />"PRESEN,T: MAYOR CONE; COUNC I LMEN SHEARER, LAUR IS, 1I NDEE,N, MOLHOL,M, MCGA,ffEY, CH_ATT,
<br />MOYER AND WILSON; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; CITY ATTORNEY; FIRE CHIEF;
<br />DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS;' ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; MR. BEEBE, MOTOROLA
<br />COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS, INC.; MR. PHIL DELLWO, GENERAL ELECTRIC;
<br />MR. 'LES SMITH, LOCAL SERVICEMAN fOR GENERAL ,ELE,CTRIC; MR. J. ORVAL LINDSTR_OM,
<br />~UNi VERS iTY. Of 'OREGON; 'MR., AMlJNDSON; UN IVERS ITY Of 'OREGON ARCH ITECT; 'DAN WYANT,
<br />~UGENE REGISTER-GUARp.
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<br />I. BIDS ON RADIO EQUIPMENT fOR POLICE DEPARTMENT - THIS MAT,TE~ WAS BROUGHT BEfORE THE
<br />COMMITTEE ~X VIRTUE Of ACTION TAKEN AT TH~ COUNCIL MEETING Of FEBRUARY 24, 1959.
<br />COUNCILMAN ,LINDEEN STATED IT WAS HI_~ UNDERSTANDING THE CITY Of EUGENE ,HAD AWARDED.
<br />A BID TO fURNISH ,RADIO EQUIPMENT ON THE BASIS Of SPECI,ICATIONS DRAWN, WHICH EQUIP-
<br />ME NT WAS TO BE DELIVERED AND INSTALLED IN 45 DAYS. HE STATED ,THAT IT WAS HIS INFOR-
<br />MATI~N ~HAT THIS HAD NOT BiEN DONE I~ A P~RIOD ~f 4-i/2 MONT~S AND T~AT T~E S~EClfl-
<br />CATIONS HAD NOT BEEN MET. THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED THAT IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR
<br />TROUBLED AREAS TO DEVELOP IN CONTRACTS AND THAT AS SOON AS HE HAD KNOWLEDGE OF ANY
<br />Of THESE PROBLEMS, HE HAD I NSTRUC,TED CITY PE,RSONNEL TO G~T THE MATTE,R STRAIGHTENED
<br />OUT AND HE HAD LATER IN fACT MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
<br />THE CITY ATTORNEY AND OTHERS TO RESOLVE ANY DiffERENCES THAT EXISTED. MR. BEEBE
<br />Of MOTOROLA COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS, INC. STATED THAT THE EQUIPMENT WAS
<br />INSTALLED ~N~ OPE~ATING IN THE BID PERIOD Of .45 DAYS, BUT THAT THERE WERE DIF-
<br />fERENCES OF OPINI~N AS TO ,WHEN;THE 45 DAyS STARTE~. HE fURTHER INDICATED THAT
<br />THERE HAD BEEN CHANGES Of PER~ONNEL IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ~ND THAT THE PROPER
<br />INSTALLATION OF THIS EQUIPMENT WAS BASICALLY ONE OF PERSONAL CONSIDERATION AND,
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<br />fURTHER THAT IT W04LD ~E ;EXTREMELY Dlf~ICULT TO DETAIL LOCATION Of ALL RAD~O
<br />EQUIPMENT IN ,THE; SPECifiCATIONS SlfIICE NO TWO PIECE~ OF EQUIPME,NT ARE IDE~TICAL.
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<br />COUNCILMAN LtNDEEN rHEN ASKED THAT ASSISTANT CHIEF- CRAW AND LT. WESLEY SMAR\T
<br />BE ASKED TO ATTEND THE MARCH 9, 1959 C<?UNCIL MEETING,TO PRESENT THEIR VI.EWS ON
<br />THIS SUB~EcT. HE .FURTHER STATED HE BELIEVED THIS A PROBLEM THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
<br />HANDLED BY THE;CITY ADMINIS1RATION 'AND SHoULD NOT HAVE COME TO THE COUNCIL'S' ,
<br />ATTENTION AND REQUIRE THE COUNCIL TO TAKE ACTION TO STR~IGHTEN OUT AN ~DMINI-
<br />STRATIVE MATTER.
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<br />MR. DELLWO Of GE:NE~A.L ELECTRIC COMPANX WAS ASKED TO ,MAKEANYCOMMEN":S H~ WI SHED
<br />AND HE STATED THAT HE WAS IN ATTENDANCE AS AN OBSERVER AN~ NOT TO CRITICIZ~.
<br />HE STATED THAT GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY HAD BID IN GOOD fAITH ON THE fURNISHING
<br />Of THE EQUIPMENT AND WOULD HAVE DELIVERED IN GOOD fAITH AND WOULD BE WILLING TO
<br />BID AGAIN, BUT THAT HE WAS NOT IN.A POSITION Al; TH~S, TIME TO,MAKE ANY FURTHER
<br />COMMENT - 5 I r-./C,E THE- AWARD HAD GONE TO A' 01 fFERENT fi_ RM.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY.MR. LINDEEN ~ECONDED ~Y MR. ~IL~O~ T~AT AislSTANT'CHlif ~R~SE
<br />AND Lr. ,S~ARTT BE INSTRUCTED TO ATTEND THE MARCH 9,; 1959 COUNCIL MEETING fOR
<br />fURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER. ,MoTION CARRIED.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT DEBATE ON ITEM -f' OF THE REPORT OF THE
<br />COMMITTEE BE LIMITED TO A TOTAL TIME OF 15 MINUTES. MOTION DEfEATED.
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<br />COUNCILMAN LINDEEN STATED THAT IT IS DiffiCULT fOR CITY EMPLOYEES TO TALK BUT UNDER THE CIRCUM-
<br />STANCES HE HAD CERTAIN QUESTIONS WHICH HE WISHED TO ASK OF ASSISTA~T CHiEF CRASE AND LT. SMARTT Of
<br />THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. HE INQUIRED AS TO WHETHER SMARTT OR CRASE WERE ASKED TO STAY AWAY FROM THE
<br />COMMITTEE MEETING Of MARCH 6, 1959. ASSISTANT CHIEf CRASE STATED THAT HE HAD NOT BEEN ASKED TO STAY
<br />AWAY NOR HAD HE BEEN ASKED TO ATTEND. LT. SMARTT STATED HE HAD BE~N ASKED TO SUBMIT A REPORT, WHICH
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<br />REPORT WAS SUBM'-TT~D Tcf. ~HE C."-IEF- OF" POLICE,:,~UT, THAT' HE HAD NOT_BEEN ASKED TO STAY AWAY fROM THE
<br />COMMITTEE SESSION~
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<br />COUNCILMAN LINDEEN THEN INQUIRED AS TO THE INSTALLATION OF RADIO EQUIPMENT AND THE SATISfACTORY
<br />COMPLETION OF THE INSTALLATION. BASED ON HIS SPECifiC INQUIRY, ASSISTANT CHIEf CRASE INDICATED THE
<br />WHOLE SYSTEM ~AD NOTBEE~ INSTALLED AS O~ THE.MORNING Of MARCH 9, 1959. WITH. RESPECT TO THE SAME
<br />SPECIfIC INQUIRY LT. SMARTT INDICATED THAT THE LAST Of THE EQUIPMENT IS IN TOWN, THAT HE UNDER~TOOD
<br />IT WOULD BE INSTALLED IN THE NEAR fUTURE BUT THAT THERE IS STILL A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER THE CRYSTALS
<br />MET THE SPECifiCATIONS AND TOLERANCES AS SET fORTH BY THE FCC.
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<br />COUNCILMAN-LINDEEN THEN MADE INQUIRY ~F. MR~ LES SMITH, A ~ERVICEMAN FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
<br />RADIO EQUIPMENT, WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMITTER EQUIPMENT MET. SPECIFICATIONS AS TO CRYSTALS OR
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