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198 e 10/12/59 ~-~~ ---- ----- ~ ~ ".~--_.- , - ----- ._--_._~---_. ~_._-- .--- ---------- ---- ---- - ~ -- --.::-- ..- - - - - - -- -- . - - - --- -.-- - - . ~ -- --. -- - ~. -- MORE THAN ISSUED THE SAME MONTH A YEAR AGO. THE BIG SINGLE ITEM FOR THIS MONTH I WAS A 34 UNIT APARTMENT. RESIDENTIAL PERMITS AMOUNTED TO 37 FOR A TOTAL VALUA- 1 TION OF $415,000.00. Ii THE fiRE DEPARTMENT DURING SEPTEMBER ANSWERED 68 CALLS OF WHICH 8 WERE 11 I I NON-fIRE AND I I, RURAL. THE ESTIMATED LOSS WAS $77,540.45. THE DEPARTMENT I IS OVERHAULING THE OLD AMERICAN LAfRANCE PUMPER AND CONTINUING TO WORK ON I I ! THE EXTENSION Of THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM AND MEETING WITH THE OCOM. , ACCORDING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT, A COpy OF WHICH I IS ON EACH Of , j YOUR DESKS, OUR CRIMINAL CASE LOAD fOR SEPTEMBER DROPPEO CONSIDERABLY BELOW I THAT OF AUGUST. WITH THE START OF SCHOOL WE HAVE SET UP OUR JUNIOR SAFETY PATROLS IN VARIOUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF THE CITY, AND WORK HAS STARTED ON THE II ANNUAL TRICYCLE TRAffIC TRAINING PROGRAM. THE PARKS DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT MRS. HATTIE MAE NIXON HAS JOINED THEIR IJ STAfF AS AN ART CLASS LEADER. MRS. NIXON HAS SET UP A FINE ARTS AND CRAFTS II e PROGRAM AT WASHINGTON PARK. AT PRESENT 75 HAVE SIGNED fOR THE PROGRAM AND IT Ii IS EXPECTED THE ATTENDANCE WILL INCREASE AS THE PROGRAM PROGRESSES. DURING SEPTEMBER, 1808 HOURS WERE REQUIRED FOR GENERAL PARK MAINTENANCE. I CONGRESSMAN PORTER IN REPLY TO MY INQUIRY CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION OF I A fEDERAL BUILDING IN THE CITY OF EUGENE HAS INFORMED ME THAT THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION HAS MADE A STUDY Of THE MATTER AND A NEW BUILDING .1 I WHICH WOULD PROVIDE fOR THE CONSOLIDATION Of AGENCIES OTHER THAN THE POST- I OFfICE IN A SINGLE LOCATION APPEARS JUSTIFIED. THE NEED IN EUGENE, HOWEVER, 'I I IS NOT CONSIDERED AS URGENT AS IN CERTAIN OTHER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE !I COUNTRY. I STARTING WITH THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER THE COUNCIL WILL MEET WITH THE PLAN- NING COMMISSION THE THIRD MONDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 12 O'CLOCK NOON IN THE I EUGENE HOTEL. II I I ON EACH Of YOUR DESKS YOU WILL fiND THE ANNUAL AUDIT REPORT FOR THE YEAR Ii JUL Y I, 1958 - JUNE 30, 1959. ACCORDING TO A MEMBER Of THE fiRM WHICH AUDITS OUR BOO~S, THE CITY OF EUGENE HAS IMPROVED ITS ACCOUNTING SYSTEM DURING THE I LAST SEVERAL YEARS TO WHERE OUR METHODS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE BETTER THAN ANY I OTHER C /TY Of THE STATE Of OREGON." I I IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE REPORT Of THE CITY MANAGER BE RE- CEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. I REPORTS OF COMMITTEES A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD OCTOBER 2, 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: I I j , "PRESENT: COUNCILMEN SHEARER, LAURIS, MOLHOLM, MCGAffEY AND WILSON; CITY MANAGE-R; 1 ) I I CITY RECORDER; CITY ATTORNEY; DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS; TRAfFIC ENGINEER; I I ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; LT. SMARTT;DAN W~ANT8AND~DoNN BONHAM, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. I! , I I. CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSAL MADE BY EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD fOR REPLACEMENT Of METAL AND CONCRETE ORNAMENTAL STREET LIGHTING SYSTEM WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN AREA - I IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD HAD PRESENTED A PROPOSAL TO REPLACE THE EXISTING ORNAMENTAL STREET LIGHTING SYSTEM IN THE DOWNTOWN 015- I TRICT WITH A MERCURY VAPOR LIGHTING SYSTEM WHICH WOULD REPLACE THE 250 LIGHTS I e INSTALLED AT PRESENT WITH 107 MERCURY VAPOR LIGHTS. IT WAS FURTHER EXPLAINED . . I THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME THE POWER COST ON THE EXISTING LIGHT SYSTEM IS $737.50 PER I MONTH, AND UNDER THE PROPOSAL FOR THE MERCURY VAPOR LIGHTING SYSTEM THE POWER COST PLUS AMORTIZATION AND OTHER FACTORS WOULD TOTAL $758.30 PERMDNTH. IN THE CONSIDERATION IT WAS SUGGESTED THERE ARE AREAS IN WHICH ADDITIONAL LI~HT IS NECESSARY DUE TO THE GROWTH Of THE CITY SINCE THE ORNAMENTAL STREET LIGHTING II WAS PUT IN, AND IT WAS ESPECIALLY POINTED OUT THAT THIS IS TRUE ON PEARL STREET II IN THE VICINITY OF BROADWAY ANDIOTH AVENUE. FOLLOWING SOME GENERAL DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF THIS MATTER, IT WAS RECOM- MENDED THAT THE FIRST STAGE PLAN WHICH REPLACES THE EXISTING ORNAMENTAL LIGHTING WITH MERCURY VAPOR LIGHTING BE AUTHORIZED AND THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WORK WITH THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD AS TO THE PLACEMENT OF SUCH LIGHTS ALONG THE STREETS. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDATION THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ON THE WIDTH OF THE I I STREETS, WHAT THE WIDTHS ARE AT THE PRESENT TIME, WHAT ARE MINIMUM WIDTHS, WHAT ARE ACCEPTABLE WIDTHS, AND WHAT ARE DESIRABLE WIOTHS, AND IT WAS GENERALLY AGREED THERE WOULD BE SOME CHANGES NECESSARY IN THE NEW STREET LIGHT SYSTEM AND THE \ i LOCATION OF INDIVIDUAL POLES TO ALLOW fOR POTENTIAL WIDENING Of STREETS. I - I I: II ~\I " II