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rti'14 e 9/14/59 __ c_ ___ - - - - . .: - - - ~- - -. : - -- -~. - .: - -~ ------..- --- -- ----------_._--~-- ~--- ---- -- --- . ___ . - 0- __ _ __0 _ -, -----~---- --------"------- ---_._~--~---~_.- ----_.._- --------~- u_ ~ ._"- .. -. - - - - -. -- -. - -- - ~- - -- - -- - - -' - - - -- - ---- -~---_._--- -- ~ - _.- - I I. CONSIDERATION Of BIDS ON PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PROJECTS - IT WAS EXPLAINED I ' , THAT BIDS HAD BEEN OPENED SEPTEMBER 10, 1959 ON TWO SANITARY SEWER PROJECTS BEING 24TH AVENUE AND MIAMI LANE TO 23RD AVENUE AND ONYX STREET, AND 14TH'AvENUE I fROM PEARL STREET TO THE WLLEY BETWEEN PEARL AND HIGH STREETS; ON ONE STORM SEWER !, PROJECT BEING 27TH AVENUE fROM HILYARD TO ALDER STREET; AND ON ONE SIDEWALK PRO- JECT, BEING THE NORTH SIDE Of 29TH AVENUE fROM BETWEEN fERRY AND HILYARD STREETS 1\ TO HILYARD STREET. THE PROPOSED BIDS WERE EXPLAINED TO THE COMMITTEE AND IN THE 1 CASE Of THE SANITARY SEWER PROJECTS, BOTH BIDS WERE IN EXCESS Of THE AMOUNTS BUD- GETED. THE DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS INDICATED HE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THE LETTING , I Of THE SANITARY SEWER ON 24TH AVENUE AND MIAMI LANE BUT DID NOT fEEL THAT THE i I~TH AVENUE SEWER fROM PEARL TO THE ALLEY BETWEEN PEARL AND HIGH , COST Of THE I STREETS IS EXC~SSIVE AS PER BUDGET SINCE THE SpECifiCATIONS HAD BEEN CHANGED TO I I PROVIDE fOR LARGER 'PIPE THAN THAT ANTICIPATED AT THE TIME THE BUDGET WAS MADE. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE SINGLE BIDS ON BOTH THE SANITARY PROJECTS BE REJECTED. MOTION CARRIED, MR. WILSON VOTING NAY. I - , II THE COMMITTEE fURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT THE LOW BIDDER, BEING M. J. BUTTS, BE e AwARDED THE STORM SEWER PROJECT ON 27TH AVENUE fROM HILYARD TO ALDER STREETS AT II A BID PRICE Of $1,606.00, AND ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH I I SIDE Of 29TH AVENUE fROM BETWEEN fERRY AND HILYARD STREETS.TO HILYARD STREET BE i AWARDED TO K.A. WARDELL AT'THE BID PRICE Of $1,280.96. BOTH LATTER RECOMMENDATIONS I I WERE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. Ii IT WAS MOVED,BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM I Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE I I I APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. (ACTION TAKEN ON BID OPENING EARLIER IN MEETING.) ,I 2 2. REQUEST BY CITIZENS RESIDING IN THE AREA fOR STOP SIGNS ON ALDER, HARRIS AND I KINCAID STREETS AT 29TH AVENUE - IT WAS, EXPLAINED THAT A REQUEST HAD BEEN RECEIVED- fOR THE INSTALL,ATIQN OF, STOP SIGNS STOpPING TRAfFIC _ENTERING 29TH AVE,NUE FROM - - ALDER, HARRIS AND KINCAID STREETS. THE TRAffiC ENGINEER REPORTED'THAT A STUDY HAD BEEN MADE OF 'THESE INTERSECTIONS WHICH STUDY INCLUDED TRAfFIC COUNTS, THE USE Of THE RADAR CAR AND OTHER PROCEDURES, AND THAT.HE COULD fiND NO JUSTifiCATION fOR THE STOP SIGNS AS REQUESTED. HE INDICATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 1000 CARS PER DAY I USE 29TH AVENUE AND APPROXIMATELY 650 CARS PER DAY USE THE THREE CROSS STREETS MEN- TIONED. BASED ON THE REPORT AND: OBSERVATIONS Of THE TRAffiC ENGINEER, IT WAS RECOM- I MENDED THAT THE REPORT BE ACCEPTED, PLACED ON fiLE AND NO fURTHER ACTION TAKEN. II MOTION CARRIED, MRS. LAURIS VOTING NAY. !I IT WAS MOVED ay MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT STOP SIGNS BE AUTHORIZED WITH .1 PLACEMENT TO BE APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE Of THE WHOLE. MOTION CARRIED. I j 3 3. RECONSIDERATION Of PURCHASE Of SMALL'RESIDENCEfACING ON HILYARD STREET WITHIN AMAZON PARK - IT WAS ExpLAINED THAT THE COUNC'LHAD APPROVED THE PURCHASE Of A I RESIDENCE fACING ON HILYARD STREET WITHIN AMAZON PARK AT A PURCHASE PRICE Of $10,500.00, BUT THE OWNER Of THE PROPERTY IS NOT WILLING TO SELL AT THAT PRICE 'I I BUT W1LL ACCEPT, AND HAS GIVEN AN OPTION BASED ON A PURCHASE PRICE Of $10,800.00. II THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE RESIDENCE BE PURCHASED AT A PURCHASE,PRICE Of $10,800.00. MOTION CARR1ED UNANfMOUSLY. I: I - I 4. CONSIDERAT~ON'Of ESTABLISHING SPEED ZONES ON HILYARD STREET fROM 19TH AVENUE TO I 4 t DILLARD ROAD - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT SINCE THE COMMITTEE MEETING Of SEPTEMBER 4, I 1959 A PETITION SIGNED.BY 101 RES~DENTS Of THE AREA HAD BEEN RECE~VED REQUESTING THAT THE SPEED ON HILYARD STREET fROM 19TH AVENUE TO 33RD AVENUE BE REDUCED TO I 25 MIL~S,PER HOUR. THE CITY ATTORNEY REPORTED THAT UNDER THE STATE Sr~TUvES THE I I OREGON STATE SPEED CONTROL BOARD HAS THE AUTHORITY TO CONTROL, SPEED ON CITY I . STREETS. SO~E DISCUSSiON WAS HAb AS TO WHETHER A HEARING SHOULD BE, REQUESTED - ALONG WITH AN OBJECTION TO THE PROPOSED SPEEDS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE OREGON STATE SPEED CONTROL BOARD, OR WHETHER AN OBJECTION ONLY SHOULD BE fiLED. THE CITY ATTORNEY REPORTED THAT THE fiLING OF AN OBJECTION WOULD NECESSITATE A HEARING AT THE CONCLUSION Of WHICH THE OREGON STATE SPEED CONTROL BOARD WOULD TAKE fiNAL ! ACTION. SINC~ THE SUBJECT HAD AL~EADY BEEN HANDLED AT THE COMMITTEE MEET1NG Of SEPTEMBER 4, 1959 AND, AN OBJECTION HAD BEEN RECOMMENDED, NO ACTION ON THE MATTER 11 WAS TAKEN. 51 5. CONSIDERATION Of AIRPORT COMMISSION REPORT AND VISIT Of MR. LEIGH fiSHER Of LEIGH F1SHER & ASSOCIATES - MR. fiSHER WAS INTRODUCED BY MR. EATON~ AND MR. FISHER THEN REMARKED THAT HIS fiRM HAD PREPARED TWO REPORTS f'OR l'HE CITY Of EUGENE APPROX,I- I MATELY fiVE YEARS AGO, AND THAT BASED ON THIS REPORT CERTAIN WORK HAD BEEN ACCOM- I PLISHED BUT CONSIDERABLE WORK IS STILL NECESSARY AT MAHLON-SWEET AIRPORT. II MR. FISHER STATED THAT THE CITY'S AIRPORT fACILITIES ARE AMONT THE BEST IN THE STATE Of' OREGON, BUT THEY NEED ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENT IN THE TERMINAL BUILDING II AREA AND IN THOSE AREAS WHICH ARE Of SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC. Il I HE ALSO STATED THAT BY NOVEMBER 30, 1959 THE CITY Of EUGENE WILL HAVE TO SUBMIT II I TO THE fAA A REQ,UEST FOR fUNDS fROM THE 1961 BUDGET If IT IS PROPOSED TO REQUEST I GRANT IN AID. THIS REQUEST WILL HAVE TO BE BASED ON FAIRLY ACCURATE PLANS AND I I I IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS, PROMPT ACTION IS NECESSARY. II - ~\ II d I: