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e 4.95 ~ -- ---- _.._-~_. --- ---. --- ~-- --~- - -~ - -- -- - --- 4:/ I 3/~9 ___ .. I 7. DISTRiBUTION OF PROPOSED HOUSING CODE AND A COMM~TTEE REPORT ON SUCH CODE - A FINAL COMMITTEE REPORT FROM THE HOUSING CODE COMMITTEE AND A PROPOSED CODE WERE DISTR1BUTED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNC1L PRESENT AT THE MEETING. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THIS ITEM WOULD BE BROUGHT UP FOR CONSIDERATION AT A FUTURE, MEETING. I ~ ~ ~ I .1 :1 'j , IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT ITEM 7 OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. e a. DISCUSSION REGARDING BID TO OPERATE PONY RIDE CONCESSION INSKINNERS BUTTE PARK- A PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY GEORGE BIDWELL TO OPERATE A POHY RIDE CONCESSION IN SKINNERS BUTTE PARK FOR A TERM BEGINNING APPROXIMATELY APRIL 15 AND ENDING OCTOBER 31, 1959 WAS SUBMITTED TO THE COMMITTEE. UNDER THE PROPOSAL THE CON- CESSION WOULD BE OPERATED FROM APPROXIMATELY 1:00 PM TO 8:00 PM ON WEEK DAYS AND FROM 11:00 AM TO 8:00 PM ON WEEKENDS, SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT THE CONCES- SIONAIRE'S CONVENIENCE. fOR THE RIGHT TO OPERATE SUCH A CONCESSION, MR.BIDWELL INDICATED HE WOULD PAY $30.00 FOR THE SEASON AND WOULD CHARGE 15; PER RIDE. MR. BIDWELL FURTHER AGREED THAT HE WOULD CONFORM TO THE CONCESSION AGREEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN USED IN PRIOR YEARS AND THAT LIAB1LITY AND PERSONAL INJURY IN- SURANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,000 FOR EACH PERSON, $50,000 fOR EACH ACCIDENT, AND PROPERTY DAMAGE IN THE SUM Of $5,000 WOULD BE CARRIED THROUGHOUT THE LifE OF HIS CONTRACT. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ACCEPTANCE OF THE PROPOSAL AS SUB- MITTED, WITH THE STIPULATION THAT fiNANCIAL RECORDS ON. THIS OPERATION 8E KEPT AND SUBMITTED AT THE DESIRE OF THE CITY MANAGER. I I I I ! I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT ITEM 8 OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMITtEE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. II ,I 9. PETITION FOR SANITARY SEWERS IN THE AREA EAST Of CHAMBERS STREET BETWEEN LORANE HIGHWAY AND WHITBECK BOULEVARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH PETITIONS ON fILE AND INDI- VIDUAL REQUESTS - IT WAS STATED THAT THE CITY HAD RECEIVED A 'NUMBER Of PETITIONS AND INDIVIDUAL REQUESTS FOR SANITARY SEWERS IN THE AREA EAST OF CHAMBERS STREET BETWEEN LORANE HIGHWAY AND WHITBECK BOULEVARD. A MAP SHOWING THE AREAS ON WHICH THESE REQUESTS HAD BEEN MADE WAS SHOWN, AND IT WAS EX~LAINED THAT IF SUCH AREAS WERE PROVIDED WITH SEWERS AT THIS TIME IT WOULD FURTHER ADD TO THE PROBLEM OF THE TYLER STREET TRUNK BETWEEN laTH AND 24TH AVENUES. THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS ,FURTHER STATED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING STUDIES ON THE SEWER LINES THROUGH WHICH THE PETITIONED AREAS WOULD DRAIN AND WERE COMPILING THE DATA AT THIS TIME AND WOULD REPORT ON THE STUDIES DURING THE BUDGET SESSIONS. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT ALL OF THESE PETITIONS AND INDIVIDUAL REQUESTS BE, HELD UNTIL ADEQUATE SEWERS TO CONNECT TO HAVE BEEN PROVIDED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SEOONDDD BY MRS. lAURIS THAT ITEM 9 OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE BE APPROVED. IN THE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, A PROPERTY HOLDER IN THE AREA TO BE SERVED B~ SUCH SEWES RE- QUESTED INFORMATION AS TO WHEN A SEWER MIGHT BE POSSIBLE. COUNCILMAN WILSON ALSO STATED HE BELIEVES THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SHOULD HAVE HAD ALL INFORMATION ON THIS A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO SO THAT THE CITY WOULD BE READY TO PROCEED ON SEWERS FOR THIS AREA, AND FURTHER STATED HE WISHES TO SEE THIS PROGRAM P+ROGRESS AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE. MAYOR CONE STATED A RECENT ARTICLE IN fORTUNE MAGAZINE INDICATES A LARGE NUMBER Of CITIES ARE IN TROUBLE WITH THEIR SEWER SYSTEMS. THE MAGAZINE ARTI~LE REPORTS A BACKLOG OF $44,000,000,000 IN SEWERS IN VARIOUS,CITIES IN THE UNITED ,STATES, AND THE MAYOR STATED HE DOES NOT BELIEVE PAST STAFFS OF THE CITY CAN BE BLAMED FOR THE ~XISTING SITUATION. IN A GENERAL DISCUSSION THERE WERE SOME WHO FELT INFORMATION HAD NOT BEEN PASSED ALONG WITH RESPECT TO THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION, WHILE OTHERS BELIEVED THIS INFORMATION HAD BEEN PASSED ALONG. IT WAS RECOGNIZED ,BY SOME THAT THE ENGINEERING REPORT TAKES TIME TO DEVELOP, AND THE MAYOR ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THE CARRYING OUT OF SUCH A PROGRAM WILL TAKE A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUNDS AND WILL UNDOUBTEDLY REQUIRE A BONDING PROGRAM, ADDEO TAXES AND ADDEO WATER USER CHARGES. I 11 I I THERE WAS ALSO A REVIEW BY A CITIZEN OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING SEWERS INTHE VICINITY OF I.ITH AVENUE AND ALMADEN STREET EXTENDING BACK ~ 1945. ANOTHER CITIZEN SUGGESTED THAT SINCE THE CITY HAD DEVELOPED THE PARK-AIRE SUBDIVISION AND HAD PROVIDED THIS AREA WITH SEWERS, THE CITY IS BEING UNFAIR TO OTHER FRINGE RESIDENTS WHO ARE REQUIRED TO CONTINUE TO BE WITHOUT SEWERS AT THE EXPENSE OF THOSE WHO PURCHASE PROPERTY FROM THE CITY IN THE PARK-AIRE SUBIDI- VISION. SINCE THIS SITUATION EXISTS, IT WAS STATED THAT THE CITY SHOULD MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ADD TO THE SEWERS SO THE FRINGE AREAS RECENTLY ANNEXED CAN BE SERVED. A VOTE WAS THEN TAKEN ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 9 OF THE ,COMMITTEE REPORT AND MOTION CARRIED. 10. PETITION FOR SANITARY SEWER BETWEEN 23RD AVENUE AND 24TH AVENUE AND BETWEEN ADAMS AND ,VANBuREN STREETS - IT WAS STATED THAT A,PETITION HAD BEEN RECEIVED fOR SANI- TARY,SEWER IN THE AREA SOUTH OF ADAMS SCHOOL BETWEEN ADAMS STREET AND VANBUREN STREET ON THE NORTH 'SIDE OF 24TH AVENUE. ' IT WAS FURTHER S~~TED .THAT A PORTION e I., ? I I' I ! I ri I f i I I II ~. II I I t I I >, i ~ , I f i;I ~l II :1 If II :1 ,I ~ I r! ; " I II. II !l :1 ;1 II n ~l II i! :1 11 I' ,I 1) J :1 :1 [j ~: II I ( 'I " , , i , I ! I I I \ !I i, H I tl ;,,1, ..,j ~~