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~4f __ J '. . 5/25/59 ~--~---~-------- - - - - - - - ' PORTION or THE PLAYGROUNO. KEMP CONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED INSTALLING WALK AND CURBS IN SKINNERS BUTTE PARK WHICH IS A CARRYOVER FROM THE 1958 PROGRAM. !I i I THE rOLLOWING IS THE STATUS or PROJECTS NOW IN PROGRESS BY THE DEPARTMENT Of PUBLIC WORKS: I. SANITARY SEWER ON GRAND STREET, CHESHIRE TO WILLAMETTE RIVER - 80% COMPLETE 2. SANITARY SEWER IN AREA BETWEEN 24TH AND 25TH rROM GRANT TO CHAMBERS - COMPLETE 3. SANITARY SEWER ALLEY BETWEEN CHARNELTON AND LINCOLN NORTH Of 15TH - COMPLETE 4. SANITARY SEWER IN AREA BETWEEN SOUTH BOUNDARY fRASIER-HYLAND AND 29TH BETWEEN LINCOLN AND WASHINGTON - COMPLETE 5. SIDEWALKS POTTER fROM 23RD TO 24TH - COMPLETE 6. SIDEWALKS ON COLUMBIA FROM 22ND TO 27TH ~ COMPLETE 7. SANITARY SEWER ALONG NORTH LINE Of LOT I, BLOCK 4, NIELSON-ORR-COE - STARTED TODAY 8. WILLAMETTE FROM 33RD TO 40TH - EXCAVATION COMPLETED BETWEEN 37TH AND 40TH 9. STARTING AT 8:00 AM TOMORROW THE DEPARTMENT WILL START OVERLAYING WILLAMETTE fROM 20TH TO 24TH AVENUES"- ! I i 1 J I II J i j II II I ! , I I !I II i I , I Ii Il II IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON fiLE. MOTION CARRIED. REPORTS Of COMMITTEES A REPORT or THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD MAY 15, 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "PRESENT: MAYOR CONEj COUNCILMEN SHEARER, LAURIS, MOLHOLM, McGAFrEY, MOYER AND WILSON; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; CITY ATTORNEY; DIRECTOR or PUBLIC WORKS; CHIEF Of POLICE, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; LT. SMARTT, POLICE DEPARTMENTj DR. AND MRS. NIVEN; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. I. COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF EXISTING AND FUTURE SANITARY AND STORM SEWER SYSTEM IN SOUTHWEST SECTION OF THE CITY - THE DIRECTOR or PUBLIC WORKS SUBMITTED A REPORT ON THE rUTuRE SANITARY AND STORM SEWER REQUIREMENTS rOR THE SOUTHWEST PORTION or THE CITY, AND A COpy Of THE REPORT WAS GIVEN TO EACH COMMITTEE MEMBERF9R STUDY. A MAP or THE PROPOSED SYSTEM TO SERVE THE SOUTHWEST SECTION or THE CITY WAS EXPLAINED AS WERE VARIOUS ALTERNATES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THE RELIEF Of OTHER SEWER PROBLEMS IN G~B6R PARTS or THE CITY. THE REPORT WAS RECEIVED FOR STUDY AND IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT A MEETING BE HELD IN APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS TO DISCUSS THESE ITEMS AND THAT,SUCH MEETING BE CONFINED TO THESE ITEMS ALONE. I , i I II :i 211 II II j, I I , i II I, !\ 31i I I I I , )1 I i I I I 1 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM I O~ THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOT!ON CARRIED. 2. REQUEST BY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT TO START AN ENLARGED PROGRAM or GRASS AND WEED CUTTING - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DE- PARTMENT NEEDS CERTAIN EQUIPMENT TO PROPERLY CARRY ON THE GRASS AND WEED CUTTING PROGRAM DURING THE SUMMER OF 1959. THIS EQUIPMENT INCLUDES A STATION WAGON WHICH WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING STATION WAGON RENTED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND MAKE THE EXISTING EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE TO THE GRASS AND WEED INSPECTOR, AND ALSO WILL IN- CLUDE TWO ADDITIONAL MOWERS. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF THESE ITEMS TO BE CHARGED TO THE 1959-60 BUDGET WITH PAYMENT TO BE MADE AFTER JULY I, 1959. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 2 or THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 3. REQUEST BY W'LDISH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY TO CHANGE SPEClrlCATIONS ON CERTAIN STREET IMPROVEMENTS FROM PIT RUN GRAVEL TO CRUSHED ROCK - THE DIRECTOR,OF PUBLIC WORKS INDICATED THAT WILDISH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY HAD REQUESTED THEY BE ALLOWED TO USE A CRUSHED ROCK BASE ON ALL PAVING CONTRACTS HELD OVER FROM THE 1958 CONSTRUCTION SEASON. THESE PROJECTS INCLUDE WILLAMETTE rROM 33RD AVENUE TO 40TH AVENUE, GRANT STREET FROM 18TH AVENUE TO 23RD AVENUE, P,ERCE STREET rROM 18TH AVENUE TO 23RD AVENUE, AND GARFIELD STREEr rROM 11TH AVENUE TO 18TH AVENUE. IT WAS FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT: CRUSHED ROCK WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY 15; ADDITIONAL PER SQUARE YARD BUT THAT SOME REDUCTION WOULD BE REALIZED DUE TO A REDUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF EXCA~ATION. THE OVERALL CHANGE WOULD, ACCORD- ING TO AN ESTIMATE, AMOUNT TO APPROXIMATELY 10; A FRONT rOOT ADDITIONAL OVER THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE SUBSTITUTION Of THE CRUSHED ROCK BASE rOR THE PIT RUN BASE ASSPEClrIED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 3 or THE COMMITTEE_REPORT BE- APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. I ! I I, II II II ...J e --- - . .- I- II II II I, " il I: '! ii :1 I, " :1 L Ii \: , I, " Ii II :1 I " :i I. I: Ii il I: I' II 'i II Ii I: ;; il II I: " iI II . ,I I: Ii il II ;\ I' " ,I I: e I il i! " I: " I! I: .I " :, ~ I Iii il i! i; I: ii !! II ii I' II ,! ;1 I; I ,\ ,i I ~ I: i' Ii Ii Ii ,! :1 " I e ii il I! Ii I: /1 I, ii h I: II I, i: i: " I' I, ii :' I " tl !i :i Ii II i: Ii :1 !: l: " :' e