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~236 e '~1/2_3l59 ~ .. ---------,~-- l.._.~ -- -- I 1 CO UNC I L CHAMBER I EUGENE, OREGON NOVEMBER 23, 1959 1 ,I II I THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE WAS HELD ON NOVEMBER 9, 1959 l' t I! I AND ADJOURNED TO NOVEMBER 23, 1959 AT 7:30 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO II ORDER BY HIS HONOR MAYOR E. E. CONE WITH THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: MR. SHEARER, MRS. LAUR I s, Ii MR. MOLHOLM, MR. MCGAFFEY, MR. CHATT, MR. MOYER, MR. WILSON AND MR. SWANSON. II I il j ! THE INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY REV. DON PETERSEN. I: I 'i THE MINUTES Of THE REGULAR MEETING OF NOVEMBER 9, 1959, AS MAILED TO MEMBERS Of THE COUNCIL, I. il WERE APPROVED. I, INTRODUCTION OF NEW BUSINESS Ii II COUNCILMAN WILSON MADE ,I I INQUIRY AS TO WHETHER THE CITY OF EUGENE HAS ANY COMFORT FACILITIES IN II e THE PARK BLOCKS AREA IN THE VICINITY OF THE NEW COURTHOUSE. IN ANSWER TO THIS IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT Ii THE CITY fORMERLY PARTICIPATED WITH THE COUNey IN THE OPERATION OF THE COMfORT STATION BUT THAT WITH I' THE MODERNIZATION OF THE PARK BLOCKS THIS STATION HAD BEEN REMOVED AND COMFORT FACILITIES WERE MADE Ii AVAILABLE IN THE BASEMENT Of THE MEETING HALL STRUCTURE IMMEDIATELY SOUTH Of THE COURTHOUSE. MR. WILSON THEN INDICATED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED SOME COMPLAINTS fROM SENIOR CITIZENS AS TO THE LACK Of Ii COMFORT fACILITIES AND THE FACT THAT THE EXISTING COUNTY fACILITIES ARE LOCKED ON WEEKENDS, EVENINGS I: AND HOLIDAYS AND THAT IT REQUIRES CITIZENS TO GO TO THE BASEMENT LEVEL BY STAIRWAY WHEN THE COUNTY II I I COMfORT STATION IS OPEN. 'I II IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WILSON SECONDED BY MR. MCGAffEY THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE INSTRUCTED TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. REQUESTING THAT THE PUBLIC REST ROOMS LOCATED IN THE Ii BASEMENT Of THE MEETING HALL BE KEPT OPEN ON WEEK ENDS, EVENINGS AND HOLIDAYS ON THE SAME BASIS Ii AS THE OLD COMfORT STATION WAS KEPT OPEN. MOTION CARRIED. I I' ,I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WILSON SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFFEY THAT A STUDY BE MADE TO DETERMINE I F REST II ROOMS: CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA WITH SUCH REST ROOMS TO BE ON THE GROUND fLOOR AND (I EASILY ACCESSIBLE. WITH THIS IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT SUCH A fACILITY COULD BE PLANNED IN RELATION TO Ii " THE PROPOSED NEW CITY HALL. MOTION CARRIED. ii , ,/ 21 ., COUNCILMAN SHEARER THEN REMARKED THAT RECENT EDITIONS Of PUBLIC MANAGEMENT HAVE CARRIED A SERIES l' J/ Of ARTICLES ON ANNEXATION, THE LATEST OF WHICH REfERRED TO NEW STATUTES PASSED IN THE STATE OF NORTH Ii , CAROLINA RELATING TO ANNEXATION. HE SUGGESTED THAT COPIES Of THE NORTH CAROLINA STATUTES BE OBTAINED II 1 TOGETHER WITH COPIES Of PUBLIC MANAGEMENT CONTAINING ARTICLES ON ANNEXATION, AND THAT THESE BE SUP- PLIED TO THE LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION fROM LANE COUNTY fOR THEIR INFORMATION. No FORMAL ACTION WAS I TAKEN ALTHOUGH IT WAS GENERALLY AGREED THAT SUCH ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN. 1 31 1 THE fOLLOWING BILL WAS PRESENTED fOR APPROVAL: I: 11 I \1 I GIFfORD MOTORS - ONE MODEL 1100 fiAT 4-DOOR SEDAN $ I ,240 .30 Ii IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL AS SUBMITTED BE APPROVED AND I) 1 I I THE PROPER CITY OffICIALS BE AUTHORIZED TO DRAW THE NECESSARY WARRANT. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCIL- 11 I MEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED. il 41 !, THIS BEING THE DATE SET fOR THE AWARD Of CONTRACTS fOR VARIOUS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, THE fOLLOW- 'I II ING BIDS WERE TABULATED AS OPENED NOVEMBER 23, 1959 AT 10:00 AM: / I ~ANITARY SEWERS CONTRACT COST PER COST PER I PROJECT AND NAME Of BIDDER COST fRONT f00T ZONE fOOT i e AREA BETWEEN AGATE AND COLUMBIA STREETS fROM BETWEEN I I I 26TH AND 27TH AVENUES TO BETWEEN 27TH AND 28TH AVENUES I i II M. J. BUTTS $ 2,995.0? $ 8.36 /i3~TWEEN 10TH AND 11TH AVENUES' FROM GARFIELD TO HAYES Ii M. J. BUTT S " 537.35 1.57 II I, / Ii I' AIDEWALKS 1 19TH TO 22ND AVENUE; I I BoTH SIDES Of ADAMS STREET FROM ALSO BOTH SIDES Of JACKSON STREET FROM 18TH TO 22ND AVENUE EX- , I CLUDING EXISTING SIDEWALK \. KEMP CONCRETE 4,414.90 $ 2.19 I! IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT BIDS BE REJECTED ON THE SANITARY SEWER II. I PROJECT IN THE AREA BETWEEN AGATE AND COLUMBIA STREETS fROM BETWEEN 26TH AND 27TH AVENUES TO BETWEEN 11 27TH AND 28TH AVENUES, AND THAT THE BID ON THE SANITARY SEWER PROJECT BETWEEN 10TH AND I I TH AVENUES !I I fROM GARFIELD TO HAYES STREET BE AWARDED TO M. J. BUTTS ON THE BID PRICE OF $537.35, AND THAT THE BID II ON THE SIDEWALK PROJECT ON BOTH SIDES OF ADAMS STREET fROM 19TH TO 22ND AVENUE; ALSO BOTH SIDES Of II JACKSON STREET fROM 18TH TO 22ND AVENUE, EXCLUDING EXISTING SIDEWALK, BE AWARDED TO KEMP CONCRETE II ON THE BID PRICE Of $4,414.90. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED. II II II e ,/ Ii " ~\. "