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<br />I. A TAPE RECORDING WAS PLAYED BY COUNCILMAN WILSON WHICH INVOLVED A MARRIED COUPLE
<br />DISCUSSING POLITICAL PROBLEMS WITHIN THEIR CITY.
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<br />2. JOINT DISCUSSION Of CITY Of EUGENE AND EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD PROBLEMS -
<br />MR. PRICE, SUPERINTENDENT-SECRETARY Of EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BoARD, STATED
<br />THAT HE AND THE BoARO MEMBERS WELCOMED THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS MUTUAL PRO-
<br />BLEMS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. HE STATED THERE HAD BEEN A PRELIMINARY DISCUS-
<br />SION BYTMEft1BERSIQf/' THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BoARD AND THE CITY Of EUGENE
<br />ADMINISTRATIVE STAFf, AND THE fOLLOWING ITEMS WERE DEEMEO PERTINENT FOR DIS-
<br />CUSSION AT THIS TIME:
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<br />A. JOINT PURCHASING - MR. PRICE STATED THAT JOINT PURCHASING BY THE TWO
<br />AGENCIES IS NOW IN EffECT ON ITEMS SUCH AS CHLORINE, fiRE HYDRANTS,
<br />GASOLINE AND DIESEL OIL. IN THE fUTURE THERE IS A POSSIBILITY Of
<br />JOINT PURCHASING ON TIRES, BATTERIES AND TOOLS, ANO POSSIBLE OTHER
<br />AREAS, BUT THAT SOME PROBLEMS HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT SUCH AS WAREHOUS-
<br />ING COSTS, RE-ISSUE COSTS, AND SEASONAL REQUIREMENTS Of EACH AGENCY,
<br />BUT THE TWO AGENCIES WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARD JOINT PURCHASING
<br />WHEREVER MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL.
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<br />B. DOWNTOWN STREET LIGHTS - MR. PRICE STATED THAT THE EUGENE WATER ~'.
<br />ELECTRIC BoARD IS PROCEEDING WITH THE INSTALLATION Of MERCURY VAPOR
<br />LIGHTS AND THAT INSTALLATIONS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA WILL BE COMPLETED
<br />APPROXIMATELY MARCH 15, 1960. HE SUGGESTED THAT SOME TYPE Of PROGRAM
<br />TO ACQUAINT THE PUBLIC WITH THE NEW LIGHTS MIGHT BE IN ORDER APPROXI-
<br />MATELY MARCH 15 pN W,LLAMETTE STREET BETWEEN 11TH AND 13TH AVENUES.
<br />HE STATED THAT 128 Of THE NEW ALUMINUM MERCURY VAPOR LIGHTS ARE NOW
<br />AUTHORIZED fOR INSTALLATION AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE READY fOR OPERATION
<br />BY JUNE I, 1960. HE STATED THAT HE REALIZED SOME Of THE WORK THE WATER
<br />BOARD IS DOING ON THE CITY STREETS CAUSES CONSIDERABLY INTERRUPTION
<br />Of TRAfFIC AND THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO WORK WITH THE POLICE AND TRAFfiC
<br />CONTROL DIVISION Of THE CITY SO THAT TRAffIC INTERRUPTION WILL BE HELD
<br />TO A MINIMUM.
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<br />C. UNDERGROUND INSTALLATIONS - MR. PRICE STATED THAT SOME MEMBERS Of THE
<br />COUNCIL HAD EXPRESSEO THEMSELVES AS BEING OESIROUS THAT UNDERGROUND IN-
<br />STALLATION Of ELECTRICAL WIRING BE USED MORE EXTENSIVELY. HE SUGGESTED
<br />AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY ELECTRICAL CODE REGARDING RIGID CONDUIT IN-
<br />STALLATIONS fOR NEW SUBDIVISIONS SO THAT UNDERGROUNO INSTALLATIONS COULD
<br />BE MADE WITHOUT INVOLVING CONSIDERABLE EXTRA COST TO THE SUBOIVIDER.
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<br />URBAN RENEWAL AREA - MR. PRICE QUESTIONED WHO HAD THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY
<br />IN SITUATIONS INVOLVING THE URBAN RENEWAL AREA SINCE IT APPEARS THERE
<br />WILL BE MANY PROBLEMS IN THIS AREA IN THE NEAR fUTURE.
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<br />SIDEWALK LOCATIONS - MR. PRICE REQUESTED THAT THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC
<br />BOARD AND THE PACifIC TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY BE GIVEN MORE CON-
<br />SIDERATION IN THE LOCATION Of SIDEWALKS WHEN THIS LOCATION INVOLVES THE
<br />MOVING Of POLES BY THE TWO COMPANIES.
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<br />r.. fIRM DEADLINE fOR STREET PAVING AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS - MR.PRICE
<br />SUGGESTED THAT A fiRM DEADLINE BE SET fOR SUMMER PAVING AND CONSTRUC-
<br />TION PROJECTS SO THAT THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD COULD PLAN
<br />THEIR SUMMER PROGRAM MORE INTELLIGENTLY.
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<br />G. EASEMENTS - MR. PRICE SUGGESTED THAT THE CITY ENfORCE THE PROVISIONS
<br />Of EASEMENTS SINCE IN MANY CASES IT IS NECESSARY fOR THE WATER BOARO TO
<br />HAVE ACCESS TO THE liCK OF LOTS WITH THEIR TRUCKS AND OTHER HEAVY EQUIP-
<br />MENT, .AND IN MANY CASES THEY fiND THAT OUTOOOR fiREPLACES, SWIMMING
<br />POO~S AND OTHER SIMILAR TYPE INSTALLATIONS HAVE BEEN BUILT OVER THE
<br />EASEMENT.
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<br />H. TREE TRIMMING - MR. PRICE STATED THAT THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC
<br />BOARD DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 1959 HAD SPENT $24,500 IN TREE TRIM-
<br />MING, ,AND THAT ,THE WATER BOARD IS WORKING WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT
<br />Of THE CITY or EUGENE TOWARD THE END THAT THIS COST MAY BE REDUCED.
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<br />THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE VARIOUS ITEMS WHICH MR. PRICE HAD PRESENTED AND RECOM-
<br />MENDED THAT 'THE CITY ATTORNEY BE INSTRUCTED.TO DRAW AN AMENDMENT TO THE ELECTRI-
<br />CAL CODE WHICH REGULATES INSTALLATION Of CONDUIT AND CABLE UNDERGROUND.. MOTION
<br />CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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<br />IT WAS SUGGESTEOTHAT THE OEDICATION~or THE NEW LIGHTS BE HELD IN CONNECTION
<br />WITH THE CHAMBER Of COMMERCE SPRING OPENING. 'THE CITY ATTORN~Y EXPLAINED
<br />THAT THE COUNCIL IS THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY IN SITUATIONS INVOLVING.URBAN
<br />RENEWAL AND SINCE THE COUNCIL IS ALSO THE URBAN'RENEWAL AGENCY, THERE IS NO
<br />CONFLICT Of AUTHORITY. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT A STUOY, BE MADE Of
<br />THE POSSIBILITY Of A NEW SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE REGULATING THE INSTALLATION
<br />OF UTILITIES. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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<br />THE/c6MMITTEE AGREED THAT THE CITY AND THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD
<br />SHOULD CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER ON THEIR MUTUAL PROBLEMS SUCH ASCENfORCE-
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