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~228 e 11/9/59 .~ - - --- -'- -. ----- -~----~._--- ~ . . VIEW STREET RUNNING EAST AND WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 316' AND CON- I SISTING OF SIX LOTS. HE FURTHER INDICATED THAT THE CITY HAD INSTITUED PROCEEDINGS II IN EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE A CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT 20+ WIDE AND A PERMANENT EASE- l MENT 6' .WIDE THROUGH THE LOW PORTION OF THIS PROPERTY WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY IN THE Ii CENTER OF THE PROPERTY. Ii t IN THE PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS IT WAS EXPLAINED WILEYS HAVE ASKED FOR $7500.00 PLUS II j: $1000.00 ATTORNEYS' FEES AND HAD AGREED TO GIVE AN EASEMENT ON THIS BASIS. MORE Ii I RECENTLY THEY,HAVE OFFERED TO SETTLE. FOR THE SUM OF $3500.00. I) I II , IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE-TO GO ,AROUND THE PROPERTY BUT IT :1 \ j ~ I WOULD HAVE ADDED CONSIDERABLE FOOTAGE TO THE SEWER LINE, BEING APPROXIMATELY 400', ,I I I' AND WOULD HAVE PLACED THE SEWER LINE AT A LOCATION LESS ADVANTAGEOUS THAN THAT USED. ,I Ii I THERE WAS ALSO SOME DISCUSSION AS TO THE WILEYS' REQUEST FOR A CANCELLATION OF THE I: !! PROPOSED ASSESSMENT WHICH IN TOTAL FOR BOTH LATERAL AND TRUNK CHARGES WOULD APPROXI- I! MATE $3500.00. " e \1 FOLLOWING SOME GENERAL DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PRECEDENcE WHICH MIGHT BE ESTAB- LISHED IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, AND THE FACT THAT THE HEALTH ASPECT WAS THE PRE- II II DOMINATE IDEA IN THIS PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCE, THE CITY ATTORNEY RECOMMENDED THAT I' II HE PROC,EED WITH THE SUIT,CURRENTLY BEING TRIED, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE COM- , \ ~ ~ITTEE 'THAT THi'cjTY ATTriR~E~'S RECO~MENDATION BE FOLLOW~D AND THAT HE PROCEED II I r WITH TRYING THE CASE. MOTION CARRIED, COUNCILMEN LAURIS AND MOLHOLM VOTING NAY. 1\ !i I 'I I IT WAS FURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CITY MANAGER REVIEW THE 11 ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES CURRENTLY BEING USED TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE OTHER AND !I MORE EQUITABLE MEANS OF ASSESSMENT. MOT ION CARRI ED,' UNAN IMOUSL y." Ii . . I' IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE ADOPTED. II " I MOTION CARRIED. ;\ 'I 11 11 COUNCILMAN MOLHOLM LEFT THE MEETING AT THIS POINT - 8:30 PM. ,l I ! I A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD NOVEMBER 6, , 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: , 'i II "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, LAURIS, MOLHOLM, MCGAFFEY, MOYER, WILSON 'I :, I AND SWANSON; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; CITY ATTORNEY; CHIEF OF POLICE; " \' PARKS & RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT; CITY LIBRARIAN; TRAFFIC ENGINEER; AD- II M.lNISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; LT. SMARTT; MESSRS. W1LL1AMS AND ROMAINE TOGETHER Ii WITH ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANTS SEDER AND MAXWELL REPRESENTING LEW WILLIAMS CHEVROLET CO.; MR. WEED, REPRESENTING THE DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF II OREGON PHYSICAL PLANT; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. II I 2 I. CONSIDERATION OF BIDS FOR AUTOMOBILE FOR HEALTH DEPARTMENT - IT WAS EXPLAINED II THAT BIDS HAD BEEN RECEIVED NOVEMBER 3, 1959 FOR VEHICLE TO BE PURCH~SED BY THE I, I :1 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO BE USED BY THE MEAT & MILK INSPECTION DEPARTMENT. " I, I BIDS RECEIVED INCLUDED A STUDEBAKER LARK 8-CYLINDERDELUXE 2-DOOR AT $1919.00; q \, A STUDEBAKER LARK 6-CYLINDER 2-DOOR AT $1784.00 (THESE BIDS. HAVE AN ADDENDUM FOR Ii I TWIN TRACTION DIFFERENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL $38.93); 1960 CHEVROLET BISCAYNE I: " 2-DOOR BUSINESS COUPE AT $1950.00; 196Q.CHEVROLET CORVAIR .4-DOOR SEDAN AT.$18B9.35; 11 \ I' AN OPEL SEDAN 2-DOOR AT $1554.43; AN OPEL 2-DOOR WAGON AT $1741.:84; A . 1960 VOLKS- Ii WAGON. SEDAN AT,$1289.15; AND ,A FIAT 1100 .2-DOOR SEDAN AT, $1.362.00 LESS TAX. " A REPORT FROM THE DAIRY SPECIALIST WAS READ .IN WHICH HE RECOMMENDED THE PURCHASE II e OF A LARK B-CYLINDER AT A PRICE OF $1919.00 LESS TAX OF $115.60 AND TO BE EQUIPPED ,I I, WITH TWIN TRACTION DIFFERENTIAL FOR A TOTAL COST OF $I.B42.77. SOME DISCUSSION WAS II GIVEN TO THIS AND TO THE VARIOUS CARS ONWHICH BIDS HAD BEEN RECEIVED~ FOLLOWING 11 WHICH THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE STUDEBAKER LARK B-CYLINDER DELUXE 2-DOOR BE I PURCHASED INCLUDING TWIN TRACTION DIFFERENTIAL AT A TOTAL COST OF $1842.77. MOTION II CARRIED, COUNCILMEN MCGAFFEY AND MOLHOLM VOTING NAY.. II I I, 'i LATER IN THE ~EETING MR. McGAFFEY AGAIN BROUGHT UP THI,S SUBJECT AND SUGGESTED THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER LOOK AT THE VARIOUS CARS ON WHICH BIDS HAD BEEN RECEIVED. 1 I , 3 2~ CONSIDERATION OF BIDS ON SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT ~OBS - IT :WASEXPLAINED TH~T BIDS !I HAD BEEN RECEIVED NOVEMBER 5, 18TH ,I 1959 TO CONSTRUCT SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF Ii I AVENUE FROM LINCOLN TO CHAMBERS STREET EXCLUDING EXISTING SIDEWALKS~ WITH THE I! LOW BIDOER BEING KEMP CONCRETE AT $8711.75. BIDS WERE ALSO RECEIVED FOR CON- ~ ! STRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS ON THE EAST AND WESt SIDES OF POLK STREET FROM 11TH TO i) " I 18TH AVENUE EXCLUDING EXISTING SIDEWALKS, THE LOW BIDDER BEING K. A. WARDELL AT II I $34B4.54. BIDS RECEIVED FOR SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 16TH AVENUE BETWEEN l! I Ii WILLAMETTE AND OLIVE STREETS IN FRONT OF 57 WEST 16TH AVENUE SHOWED THE LOW (i BIDDER TO BE KEMP CONCRETE AT $140.50. Low BID OF $8209.40 WAS SUBMITTED BY ~l K. A. WARDELL ON CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALK ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF HILYARD !I STREET FROM 29TH TO 37TH AVENUE. FOLLOWING THE READING OF THE BIDS, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CONTRACTS BE AWARDED TO THE LOW BIDDER ON EACH PRO~ECT. II MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. II IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFFEY THAT ITEMS I AND 2 OF THE COMMITTEE II e REPORT BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. (ACTION TAKEN UNDER BID OPENINGS I; ;' , EARLIER IN THE MEETING.) i ~\I i