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<br />3. THAT ALL FUNDS POSSIBLE, PARTICULARLY THOSE FUNDS FROM THE STATE GAS
<br />TAX, BE SPENT FOR PERMANENT STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND ARTERIALS IN THE CITY OF
<br />EUGENE, AS IF ONLY $100,000 OF THESE FUNDS WERE SPENT ANNUALLY FOR STREET
<br />WIDENING AND IMPROVEMENT AT A COST or $5,000 PER BLOCK, TWENTY BLOCKS OF CITY
<br />STREETS COULD BE WIDENED TO THE MAXIMUM AND IMPROVED EACH YEAR, AND OVER A
<br />FIVE YEAR PERIOD IF SUCH A PROGRAM WERE FOLLOWED, TO WIT, ONE HUNDRED BLOCKS
<br />COULD BE IMPROVED WHICH WOULD PLACE THE CITY OF EUGENE IN A VERY FAVORABLE
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<br />4. THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MAKE SURE AT ALL TIMES THAT THE CITY OF EUGENE
<br />HAS A CITY MANAGER WHO IS rULLY QUALIFIED AND COMPETENT TO COPE WITH THE
<br />PROBLEMS OF-THE FAST POPULATION AND INDUSTRIAL GROWTH WHICH EUGENE HAS EX-
<br />PERIENCED, AND FACES EVEN MORE SO IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS AS FAILURE TO KEEP
<br />UP WITH THE PRESENT TRENDS CAN RESULT IN EXCESSIVELY SEVERE TAX PROBLEMS
<br />ON THE CITIZENS OF EUGENE, TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
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<br />LET US DEVELOP A HEALTHY AND PROGRESSIVE PROGRAM AND GOVERNMENT IN THE
<br />CITY OF EUGENE, WHICH WILL RESULT IN A GOOD ECONOMIC CLIMATE AT A MINIMUM
<br />COST TO THE PEOPLE WE SERVE."
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<br />DATED APRIL 13, 1959 FROM COUNCILMAN VICTOR LINDEEN;
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<br />"OUR PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN INCREASING AT THE SPEED OF THE AUTOMOBILE AGE,
<br />AND THE WITHHOLDING OF INFORMATION AND BUCK PASSING BY THE CITY MANAGER HAS
<br />SLOWED OUR PROGRESS DOWN TO THE HORSE AND BUGGY.
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<br />fOR EXAMPLE, HAD THE INFORMATION AND COMPLAINTS THAT HAVE BEEN TURNED
<br />IN TO THE MANAGERS OFFICE FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE
<br />ATTENTION OF THE COUNCIL, I AM SURE THE SEWER SITUATION WOULD NEVER HAVE
<br />REACHED THE SERIOUS PROPORTIONS THAT IT HAS TODAY.
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<br />To CORRECT OUR INADEQUATE AND POORLY PLANNED SEWER SYSTEM IS GOING TO
<br />BE A VERY COSTLY OPERATION, HOWEVER BEFORE WE GO TO THE PEOPLE FOR MORE TAX
<br />MONEY I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL SHOULD SERIOUSLY SCRUTINIZE EACH AND EVERY DEPART-
<br />MENT OF THE CITY FOR WHATEVER SAVINGS CAN BE HAD, NOT BE SACRIFICING COMPETENT
<br />HELP THROUGH LOW WAGES BUT FOR A MORE PRACTICAL AND EFFICIENT OPERATION.
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<br />I AM TOLD BY MEN WHO SHOULD KNOW, THAT A CITY IS NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE
<br />AN EXPENSIVE BATTALION CHIEF SYSTEM IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. UNTIL IT REACHES
<br />A POPULATION OF '100,000. EUGENE IS LESS THAN HALF THIS SIZE, YET. WE HAVE
<br />HAD THISEXTRAVAGANT SYSTEM FOR SOME TIME.
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<br />Now, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT A FEW INCIDENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE
<br />IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, TO PROVE THE IRRESPONSIBI~ITY OF OUR PRESENT MANAGER~
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<br />MOST Of" YOU CAN 'RE'CAU', A FEW MONTHS AGO THE CH I EF' S CAR WAS WRECKED
<br />WHILE BEING USED TO PICK THE CHIEF UP AT HIS RANCH IN EASTERN OREGON.
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<br />THE CAR NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THIS ROAD IN THE FIRST PLACE, AS I
<br />DO NOT RECALL THE PEOPLE OF EUGENE EVER AUTHORIZING A CAR AND ACHAUHEUR
<br />FOR THE CHIEF AT HIS RANCH, PARTICULARLY TO THE TUNE or ABOUT $3,000 A TRIP.
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<br />IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING OUR FIRE CHIEF PURCHASED A USED TRUCK FO
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<br />RANCH AND HAD IT OVERHAULED AT THE TAXPAYERS EXPENSE SO FAR AS LA~OR
<br />~O",CERNED, I N THE f"I RE DEPARTMENT GARAGE.
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<br />THE ONE BID WE RECEIVED ON THE NEW FIRE TRUCK THAT THE COUNCIL ACCEPTED,
<br />WAS UNFAIR TO THE COUNCIL, TO THE PEOPLE-OF EUGENE AND CERTAINLY UNNECESSARY.
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<br />IN WRITING TO OTHER COMPANIES WHO COULD
<br />WAS ADVISED THAT SPECIFICATIONS WERE WRITTEN
<br />BIDDING BY OTHER COMPANIES WOULD BE USELESS.
<br />HAD NO COMPETITION.
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<br />AROUND ONE TRUCK SO CLOSE THAT
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<br />THE MORALE OF SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY IS AT AN ALL TIME LOW.
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<br />IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THESE CONDITIONS EXIST W1TH THE, FULL KNOWLEDGE
<br />OF OUR CITY MANAGER, SO I FEEL THE RESPONSIBILITY RESTS SQUARELY ON HIS
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<br />REMEMBER THESE'ARE-JUST A FEW INCIDENTS IN. ONE DEPARTMENT AS I COULD
<br />GO ON AND ON UNTIL THIS LETTER REACHED THE PROPORTIONS OF ~,SEARS, ROEBUCK
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<br />IN CONSIDERING ALL THE PROBLEMS WE FACE IN EUGENE TODAY, I BELIEVE
<br />WITHOUT A SHADOW or A DOUBT, OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM LLES RIGHT IN THE CITY
<br />MANAGER'S OFFICE.
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