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~26 e 5/ II/59 i I 1 I I I ,1 I I I ! I I I ! , I 1 I I I I I 21 I I i I I , I I II I' I I , I I 31 i i I I , I 411 I j ! I I , '1 ! I , ; , I ,II j I I I I , I I 1 \ ~} THE CITY Of" EUGENE, AND FROM THE fYR-fYTER COMPANY, WITH BOTH FIRMS BIDDING_ ON ALL ITEMS EXCEPT THE TWO CIRCUIT CONTROL PANEL ITEM IN WHICH CASE ONLY THE GAMEWELL COMPANY HAD BID. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE TOTAL ITEMS REQUIRED AFTER THE 'GAMEWELL BID WOULD COST $8,519.95, AND THAT THE fYR-fYTER COMPANY BID ,.'- WAS $443.29 LESS. LETTERS FROM fRESNO, CALIFORNIA AND DENVER, COLORADO CITING EXPERIENCES WITH THE GAMEWELL SYSTEMS AND THE fYR-fYTER COMPANY BID SYSTEM WERE READ, AND IN BOTH CASES THESE LETTERS RECOMMENDED THE PURCHASE Of" GAMEWELL EQUIP- MENT BASED ON THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE. fOLLOWING THIS IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BID BE AWARDED TO THE GAMEWELL COMPANY IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT Of" $8,519.95. d I' II ,[ 'I 1: Ii I: I! " I' Ii I: I; I, I' I: j' I! " Ii " Ii I: i; I' II Ii !i II I' Ii n Ii ,i II il !I I' t! Ii Ii J! I Ii Ii :; Ii 11 II I, I I ACTION ON AWARDI~G 6f" CONTRACT FOR PURCHASE OF FIRE ALARM EQUIPMENT WAS TAKEN UNDER "BIDS" EARLIER IN THE MEETING. 3. PETITION FOR SANITARY SEWER IN AREA BETWEEN 23RD AND 24TH AVENUES BETWEEN . VANBuREN AND ADAMS STREET - IT WAS STATED THAT THE COMMON COUNCIL HAD ASKED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DETERMINE IF THE CITY MUST ALLOW THE PROPERTY HOLDER AT THIS AREA TO CONNECT TO THE SEWER WHEN THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE AREA HAD BEEN ASSESSED FOR A SEWER. THE CITY ATTORNEY INDICATED THERE IS A CONTRACTUAL OBLIGA- TION TO ALLOW SUCH A SEWER CONNECTION AND FURTHER STATED THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER HAD AGREED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SEPARATE LATERAL AT HIS OWN EXPENSE TO F~CILI- TATE SUCH CONNECTION. IT WAS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY THREE LOTS WHICH HAD NOT BEEN ASSESSED TO THIS TIME WHICH WOULD ADD TO THE SEWER PROBLEM ON TYLER STREET, BUT THAT SUCH ADDITIONS TO THE SEWER PROBLEM ON TYLER STREET COULD NOT BE MEASURED. fOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, AND A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS THAT THIS ISOLATED AREA BE APPROVED FOR INSTALLATION OF SEWER, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE INSTALLATION OF THE SEWER IN THIS AREA AND THAT THE NECESSARY ORDINANCES INITIATING THE PROJECT BE PASSED. e IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY'MR. MOYER THAT ITEM 3 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 4. CONSIDERATION OF SIDEWALK ON ADAMS AND JACKSON STREETS FROM 18TH TO 22ND AVENUE - SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON THIS PARTICULAR SIDEWALK AS WELL AS THE NECESSITY FOR A SIDEWALK PROGRAM IN ALL AREAS OF THE CITY THAT ARE USED BY SCHOOL CHILDREN GOING TO AND FROM SCHOOL. fOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT A REPORT ON THE SIDEWALKS NECESSARY IN THE AREAS AROUND SCHOOLS AND NECESSARY FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN TO TRAVERSE GOING T~ AND FROM SCHOOL BE PREPARED, AND THAT A REPORT BE MADE TO THE COMMITTEE ON THIS SUBJECT. IT WAS ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT SIDEWALKS BE CONSTRUCTED ON BOTH SIDES OF JACKSON STREET FROM 18TH TO 22ND AVE- NUE AND BOTH SIDES OF ADAMS STREET FROM 19TH TO 22ND AVENUE AND THAT THE NECES- SARY ORDINANCE INITIATING THE PROJECT BE PASSED. h ii II Ii I: ,I Ii '1 I, Ii I Ii 'I Ii .1 1\ " I' Ij I; " j1 :f It ,! II II d e fT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT ITEM 4 6F THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 5. REQUEST BY TRYGVE VIK, VIK CONSTRUCTION CO., TO CONSTRUCT T-HANGER AT MAHLON- SWEET AIRPORT - A REQUEST AND PLAN FOR A T-HANGER TO BE CONSTRUCTED AT MAHLON- SWEET AIRPORT TO HOUSE THREE AIRCRAFT AS REQUESTED BY MR. TRYGVE VIK OF VIK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WERE PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS BE INSTRUCTED TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT FOR THE LEASE OF GROUND FOR SUCH HANGER BUILDING. I IT WAS MOVED BY MR~ SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT ITEM 5 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 6. REQUEST FOR VARIANCE BY MCKAY'S MARKETS TO INSTALL 71 CURB SIDEWALK IN 21' AREA AT 30TH AVENUE AND HILYARD STREET - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT A REQUEST HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM MCKAY'S MARKETS THAT THEY BE ALLOWED TO- INSTALL A 7' SlbEWALK ADJACENT TO THE CURB IN AN AREA WHERE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CURB AND THE PROPERTY LINE IS 21 '. THE CITY ATTORNEY EXPLAINED THAT AS THIS AREA IS ZONED IT REQUIRES THAT A FULL SIDEWALK BE CONSTRUCTED' FROM THE CURB TO THE PROPERTY . . LINE, AND UNLESS AN AMENDMENT IS MADE TO THE EXISTING ORDINANCE, PERMISSION CANNOT BE GIVEN TO DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF SIDEWALK IN THIS AREA. fOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS SUBJECT, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUEST BE DENIED BECAUSE OF THE ORDINANCE QUALIFICATIONS. ~ ii II J; p II It 'I Ii Ii I' II Ii II :1 Ii " I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOLHOLM SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 6 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE REFERRED BACK TO COMMITTEE, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY BE INSTRUCTED TO WORK OUT A SO~UTION TO THE PROBLEM. MOTION CARRIED. 7. REPORT FROM CITY ATTORNEY ON THE PAUL W. CAMPBELL CONDEMNATION SUIT FOR AMAZON EASEMENT - THE CITY ATTORNEY SHOWED A MAP OF THE AREA OVER WHICH THE CITY OF EUGENE HAD CONDEMNED FOR AMAZON PURPOSES, EXPLAINED THE BACKGROUND OF THE CON- DEMNATION SUIT, THE DIFFERENCES IN APPRAISALS BY EXPERT WITNESSES, AND THE FACT THAT THE: COURT HAD FOUND IN FAVOR OF MR. CAMPBELL AND -HAD RENDERED A JUDGMENT AGAINST THE CITY IN FAVOR OF MR. CAMPBELL IN THE SUM OF $24,000.00 PLUS INTEREST AT 6~ FROM APRIL 15, 1958, PLUS COSTS AND ATTORNEYS FEES. THESE TOTAL COSTS ARE NOW ESTIMATED TO BE $27,048.48. THE CITY ATTORNEY INDICATED THERE ARE SOME II 11 :1 I' ,I ti " I' ~ I 'I /, e