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;Q;71~ e 12/28/59 -- - - - - - ~ -~- - - --.- .. . , . . --- --.- - -- f :, :1 I !l II , [, I I r! 3. REQUEST BY L. LOVELL FOR CURB SIDEWALK ON NORTH SIDE Of 32ND AVENUE BETWEEN I "' UNIVERSITY AND ONYX STREETS - A REQUEST FROM MR. LOVELL TO ALLOW HIM TO :1 IN- ~ I STALL CURB SIDEWALKS ON THE NORTH SIDE Of 32ND AVENUE BETWEEN UNIVERSITY AND I I, ONYX STREETS WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COM- \! MITTEE DROVE TO THt AREA TO INSPECT THE SITE OF THE PROPOSED SIDEWALK. IN THE ;1 VIEWING IT WAS NOTED THAT OTHER SIDEWALKS IN THIS AREA HAVE BEEN BUILT WITH Ii :: THE NORMAL SETBACK FROM THE CURB AND IT WAS FURTHER POINTED OUT THAT THE il " Q() ': COUNCILHAD REFUSED REQUESTS FOR CURB SIDEWALKS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 32ND AVE- , N NUT BETWEEN KINCAID AND HARRIS STREETS AND ON HARRI S STREET fROM NOB COURT TO II ~ 30TH AVENUE. SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON THIS II , ITEM AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED II U THAT THE SIDEWALK BE ! CO I INSTALLED AT THE NORMAL LOCATION AND THAT THE REQUEST II c.:.'j BE DENIED. MOTION CARRIED, COUNCILMEN MCGAFFEY AND CHATT VOTING NAY. \i I :1 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT ITEM 3 OF THE COMMITTEE REPOR~ ,I I BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED, COUNCILMEN MCGAffEY AND CHATT VOTING NAY. : I p e 2 A. PETITION FOR CHANGE IN SIDEWALK LOCATION FROM STANDARD TO CURB ON WEST SIDE , OF JACKSON STREET FROM 18TH TO 19TH AVENUE - COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES VIEWED I THE SITE OF THE PROPOSED SIDEWALK ON WHICH A PETITION HAD BEEN RECEIVED FOR I LOCATION ONLY SIGNED BY 100% OF THE OWNERS OF ABUTTING PROPERTY. IT WAS I' NOTED THAT SIDEWALKS IN THIS AREA AND ON JACKSON STREET ARE A~L SET BACK AT I I II , THE NORMAL LOCATION, AND THAT FENCES AND BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN LOCATED WITH THE " NORMAL SIDEWALK LOCATION IN MIND. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUEST I , BE DENIED AND THE STANDARD SIDEWALK LOCATION BE ADHERED TO. MOTION CARRIED. II UNANIMOUSLY. I I , 3 5. REQUEST BY RICHARD K. "GUSKE TO PURCHASE REMAINING PORTION Of LOT 9, BLOCK 3, I PEARL ADDITION, BEING THAT PART WHICH LIES NORTH OF THE AMAZON AND WEST OF II PEARL STREET AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF 17TH AVENUE AND PEARL STREET - MR. I. ~ RICHARD GUSKE, WHO RECENTLY PURCHASED THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF LOT 9, BLOCK II I 3, PEARL ADDITION, HAS NOW REQUESTED AND OFFERED TO PURCHASE THE NORTHERLY I SECTION OF THE SAME LOT WHICH LIES NORTH OF THE AMAZON. FOR THIS ADDITIONAL .' I I AREA HE OFFERS THE SUM OF $575.00. COMMITTEE MEMBERS DROVE TO AND OBSERVED II THE SITE ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS ON AN ENGINEERING INVESTIGATION THAT THE CITY HAS MORE PROPERTY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE AMAZON THAN THAT WHICH MR. GUSKE !I HAD OFFERED TO PURCHASE. FOR THIS REASON IT WAS RECOMMENDED THE ITEM BE I I HELD OVER PENDING SUCH TIME AS ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS COULD BE HAD WITH , I , THE GUSKES. MOTl ON CARR I ED. II i " " II 4 ,i 6. CONSIDERATION OF BIDS OPENED DECEMBER 22, 1959 ON PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS - THE II , COMMITTEE GAVE CONSIDERATION TO THREE BIDS WHICH HAD BEEN OPENED DECEMBER 22, II 1959 BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPAR~MENT. THE FIRST BID WAS FOR A SANITARY SEWER II IN THE AREA BETWEEN AGATE AND COLUMBIA STREETS FROMBETWEEN 26TH AND 27TH AVE- " Ii NUES TO BETWEEN 27TH AND 28TH AVENUES ON WHICH MR. M. J. BUTTS WAS THE LOW BIDDER AT A PRICE Of $2528.25. THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS INDICATED THIS II ,I IS A JaB WHICH HAD BEEN REBID AND IN HIS OPINION WAS THE LOWEST BID WHICH ii , WOULD BE RECEIVED. THE COMMI~TEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE SANITARY SEWER IN THE I , I, I ABOVE DESCRIBED AREA BE AWARDED TO M. J. BUTTS AT A BID PRICE OF $2528.25. I' Ii MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCI~N MOLHOLM ABSTAINING. II ,I .I II , THE SECOND BID WAS ON A STORM SEWER ON 20TH AVENUE FROM POLK TO TAYLOR STREET r I il WHICH ALSO WAS BID BY M. J. BUTTS AS THE LOW BIDDER AT A CONTRACT COST OF II .t $2037.50. IT WAS NOTED THAT THIS WAS WITHIN THE AMOUNT BUDGETED AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE AWARD BE MADE TO M. J. BUTTS AT A PRICE Of $2037.50. :/ MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. I I e I THE THIRD BID WAS ON A SIDEWALK IN THE WASHINGTON PARK AREA, ON THE EAST SIDE I, OF WASHINGTON STREET FROM 19TH TO 21ST AVENUE; WEST SIDE OF LAWRENCE STREET J' II fROM 19TH TO 21ST AVENUE; SOUTH SIDE OF 19TH AVENUE fROM LAWRENCE TO WASHINGTON ;1 STRE[T; NORTH SIDE OF 21ST AVENUE fROM LAWRENCE TO WASHINGTON STREET; BID BY II , K. A. WARDELL AS THE LOW BIDDER ATA PRICE OF $3159.75. IT WAS NOTED THAT !I THIS ITEM WAS ~ITHIN THE AMOUNT BUDGETED AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THE AWARD BE I, MADE TO K.A.WARDELL ON THE BASIS-Of HIS BID Of $3159.75. MOTION CARRIED UNANI- \1 MOUSLY. I' ., IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEMS 4, 5 AND 6 OF THE COMMITTEE 11 ; I: :' REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTl ON CARRI ED. 7. DISCUSSION REGARDING PROPOSED CHANGES 5 1,; IN AIR POLLUTION ORDINANCE AND fiRE PRE- I' IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE EXISTING AIR POLLUTION ORDINANCE AND Ii VENTION CODE - 'I -, I, I FIRE PREVENT10N CODE ARE IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES SOMEWHAT IN OPPOSITION AND , II I THAT AMENDMENTS'TO THE TWO SETS. OF REGULATIONS HAD BEEN PROPOSED WHICH WOULD' Ii MAKE THEM COMPATIBLE. THESE AMENDMENTS WERE READ IN FULL BY THE CITY ATTORNEY II AND BY THE AIR POLLUTION INSPECTOR AND DISCUSS10N ON THE AMENDMENTS WAS HAD BY II REPRESENTATIVES Of THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE AIR POLLUTION INSPECTOR, THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. FOLLOWING SUCH DISCUSSION IT WAS RECOM- II I, MENDED THAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THESE ORDINANCES AND TO THE CITY CODE Ii BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. , " '.1 e II I, 1\ ,I !\~