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1 ~'p 0 ~ ..(jJ e 7/27/59 ._-~------------_. ---.--.---.,~. . -'r,"--- -. - .,- -,T- 1 I ::1 ,I ;i ,I 'I :! II ,! 1:1 8. CONSIDERATION OF BIDS RECEIVED BY PARK DEPARTMENT FOR BUILDING COMFORT II ,I STATION AT HENDRICKS PARK AND WADING POOL AT AMAZON PARK - IT WAS EXPLAINED I, I, THAT BIDS HAD BEEN OPENED FOR A COMFORT STATION IN HENDRICKS PARK AND A I , I :'i WADING POOL IN AMAZON PARK AND THAT THE PARK DEPARTMENT IS RECOMMENDING THAT I I 00 " THE COMFORT STATION BID BE AWARDED TO THE LOW BIDDER, LEE BUILT HOMES, IN I . \1 i' THE AMOUNT Of $8,085.00, AND THAT THE WADING POOL BID NOT BE APPROVED SINCE C" I' ~ THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE ADEQUATE FUNDS fOR THE PROJECT AND FURTHER SINCE THE I' 'I C;" , STATE BOARD OF HEALTH HAS SET UP NEW REGULATIONS ON WADING POOLS WHICH WOULD 'I II CC~ ! ADD TO THE COST OF THE POOL. THE NEW REGULATIONS WH1CH REQUIRE fENC1NG OF II CC WADING POOLS AND ADDITIONAL S~NITARY REGULATIONS WERE EXPLAINED TO THE COM- II M I TTEE. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE. COMfORT STATION BID BE.,AWARDED TO LEE BUILT HOMES AT A COST Of $8,085.00, AND THAT ALL BIDS ON THE WADING, i I POOL BE REJECTED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. II e I IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 8 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE II I RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. .(ACTION TAKEN ON BIDS UNDER BID OPENING I' , EARLIER IN THE MEETING.) I 1 I 2 9. CONSIDERATION OF BIDS RECEIVED BY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR VARIOUS STREET I, .1 AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ~ ! I '1 HAD OPENED BIDS ON THREE STREET PAVING PROJECTS, TWO STORM SEWER PROJECTS I '. I AND THREE SANITARY SEWER PROJECTS, AND THE BIDS RECEIVED WERE REVIEWED BY I THE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE LOW BIDS BE APPROVED ON I . THE THREE PAVING AND TWO STORM SEWER PROJECTS, AND THAT THE LOW BID BE AP- Ii I PROVED ON TWO Of THE SANITARY SEWER PROJECTS BUT THAT THE RELIEF SEWER BE- r; ~ ! TWEEN McMILLAN STREET AND PEARL STREET BETWEEN 23RD AND 24TH AVENUES NOT BE i' I: ,I I, APPROVED AND THAT A NEW BID CALL BE MADE ON. THIS PROJECT SOME TIME IN THE 'I .1 fUTURE. I' , [I i I IT WAS MOVED BY MRS.. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 9 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTIONCARRIED. (ACTION TAKEN ON BIDS UNDER BID OPENING :1 EARLIER IN THE MEETING.) :1 i II 3 10. CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS CONCERNING EUGENE CENTENNIAL JUBILEE TO BE HELD II AUGUST 3-26, 1959 - IT WAS STATED THAT IT IS ASSUMED THAT PERMISSION PRE- h .' VIOUSLY GRANTED BY THE C~UNCIL TO CLOSE BROADWAY BETWEEN OAK AND CHARNEL TON II .1 1 'I STREET INCLUDES PERMISSION TO ERECT TEMPORARY STRUCTURES IN THE STREET NOT. !I STRICTLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE VARIOUS CITY CODES. IT WAS FURTHER STATED II I THAT INSPECTION WILL BE MADE FOR CONTROL Of FIRE AND STRUCTURAL HAZARDS ON i SUCH STRUCTURES AS ARE BUILT. II II I IT WAS fURTHER EXPLAINED THAT A REQUEST HAD BEEN RECEIVED TO C~OSE THE ALLEY , I , I " BETWEEN BROADWAY AND 8TH AVENUE FROM W,LLAMETTE TO WEST PARK STREET. MR.HRUZA , 'j I .1 OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPEARED TO EXPLAIN THE REASON FOR THE CLOSING 11 :1 ,. WHICH IS TO ALLOW THE MERCHANTS IN THE BLOCK BETWEEN 8TH AVENUE AND BROADWAY I I AND LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE Of WILLAMETTE STREET TO DEVELOP A REFLECTING POOL 'I .1 fOR THE PERIOD BETWEEN AUGUST 3 TO 26. A MODEL OF THE PROPOSED POOL WAS I, ., 'I I, EXPLAINED AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE CLOSURE Of THIS .ALLEY ON A '1 !, .1 TEMPORARY BASIS. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. II , :1 .! .-: MR. HRUZA THEN REQUESTED THAT THE COUNCIL GRANT PERMISSION TO NAME THIS ii I' ALLEY PARK LANE AND TO DEVELOP AND INSTALL APPROPRIATE SIGNS. THE. COMMITTEE :1 MOTJON 'I e RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 'Of THE INSTALLATION Of .SUCH SIGNS IN THIS ALLEY. II :, CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. I, i IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 10 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT i Ii BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. I ,I I II 4 : II. DISCUSSION REGARDING CHANGING OF SIGN CODE TO REQUIRE FLUSH TYPE SIGNS - SOME DISCUSSION WAS HELD AMONG COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT REGARDING THE II ; POTENTIAL REQUIREMENT THAT SIGNS OVER STORES BE REQUIRED TO BE fLUSH II 'I I, I MOUNTED AND THAT EXISTING PROJECTING SIGNS EXTENDING OVER THE PUBLIC il .' RIGHT-OF-WAY BE ELIMINATED OVER A PERIOD Of YEARS. IT WAS RECOMMENDED ! THAT THE COMMITTEE GIVE FURTHER STUDY TO THIS MATTER. I IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT ITEM II OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT il ! BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. :1 I I 5. 12. COUNCILWOMAN LAURIS STATED THAT SHE HAD RECEIVED SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE. I , :i CLOSING OF A STREET FOR THE SOAPBOX DERBY ON SUNDAY, JULY 19. SHE INDI- ': CATED THE OBJECTION WAS TO THE CLOSING Of THE STREETS DURING CHURCH HOURS 1'1 AND THE RUNNING OF THE DERBY OR ITS PRELIMJNARY EVENTS DURING SUCH HOURS. :1 IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE SOAPBOX DERBY WAS SCHEDULED TO START AT il:30 RM !I , BUT THAT CERTAIN PRELIMINARY TRIALS HAD STARTED AT 11:30 AM. IT WAS RECOM- I II I MENDED THAT THE SPONSORS Of THE SOAPBOX DERBY BE REQUESTED TO HOLD THIS I f' EVENT IN THE AFTERNOON IN FUTURE YEARS IF IT IS HELD ON A SUNDAY. MOTION I I " II e CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. II il ~