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<br /> H I T WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER AND SECONDED BY MR. SWANSON TO RESCIND THE ACTION TAKEN AT THE
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<br /> " JUNE 27, 1960 MEETING OF THE COUNCIL APPROVING THE RECOMMENDATION FOR A LICENSE TO ROBERT H. Ross
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<br /> ;1 FOR AN RMBA LIQUOR -LICENSE fOR THE SPORTSMAN'S STEAKHOUSE TAVERN AT 50 COBURG ROAD. MOTION
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<br /> DEFEATED, WITH COUNC I LMEN SHEARER, MOLHOLM AND SWANSON VOT I NG AYE AND COUNC I LMEN LAUR I S VOTl NG NO ,I
<br /> I AND COUNCILMAN WILSON ABSTAINING. Ii
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<br /> I SOME CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSIO~ WAS THEN HAD ~N THE PROPER ACTION TO TAKE ,UNDER THE CIRCUM- il
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<br /> STANCES, SINCE THE LICENSE APPLICATION HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL.
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<br />C\~ ,'I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WilSON AND SECONDED BY MR. MOlHOLM THAT THE APPLICATION BE HELD OVE~ fOR I,
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<br />~".>;.,. REXONSIDERATION AT THE NEXT COUNCil MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. "
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<br />t:\:. IT wAS MOVED BY. MR. SHEARER AND SECONDED BY MR. MOlHOLM ,THAT ITEM I Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT
<br />0: ,1 BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. II
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<br /> I : 2. RECONSIDERATION Of BIDS OPENED ON JUNE 24, 1960 FOR ONE 4-DOOR SEDAN fOR THE PARKS 'I
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<br /> I DEPA RTMENT - A SERIES Of TABULATIONS ON AUTOMOBILES, TAKEN fROM BIDS RECEIVED, WERE PRESENTED TO II
<br />e "I THE COMMITTEE. ONE SET Of TABULATIONS WAS fOR .VEHICLES HAVING A HORSEPOWER .OF LESS THAN 10': H. P .
<br /> , AND INCLUDED AMERICAN-MADE COMPACTS AS WELL AS ROREIGN CARS. THE SECONDSSET Of TABULATIONS WAS I,
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<br /> fOR VEHICLES HAVING A HORSEPOWER Of 127 - 150 H.P. I'
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<br /> COMPARISON Of OPERATION COSTS OF THE EXISTING FIAT, BEING OPERATED BY THE HE~TH DEPARTMENT "
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<br /> OF THE CITY, AND A 1958 FORD, BEING OPERATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, WERE GIVEN, IN WHICH Ii
<br /> THE TRUE OPERATIONAL COSTS WERE INDICATED AT 1.53~ PER MilES FOR THE FIAT AND 1.73~ PER MILEEFOR :1
<br /> , THE FORD. OVERALL OPERATIONAL COSTS FOR THE FIAT WERE 1.74~ PER MILE WITH THE INCLUSION OF AN II
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<br />I ADDIT~ONAL SET OF TIRES. IN THE COMPARISON FIGURES IT WAS I NO I CATED THAT A CONS I:E:RAa. E DIFFERENCE I,
<br /> HAD BEEN FOUND IN THE MAINTENANCE COSTS OF THE FIAT VERSUS THE MAINTENANCE COSTS OF THE FORD. 'I
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<br /> SOME CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON THIS SUBJECT AND IT WAS FINALLY RECOMMENDED THAT THE II
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<br /> PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RECOMMEND THREE CARS AND THE COUNCIL WOULD SELECT THE AUTOMOBILE TO BE Ii
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<br /> , PURCHASED FROM THESE THREE. MOTION CARRIED, WITH MR. CHATT AND MR. MCGAFFEY VOTING NO.
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<br /> 2 3. RECONSIDERATION OF BIDS FOR PAVING WILLAMETTE STREET BETWEEN 32ND AVENUE A~D 33RD AVENUE - I'
<br /> THE PLANNI-NG CONSULTANT PRESENTED TWO MAPS SHOWING TWO SEPARATE ALIGNMENTS OF THE EXISTING II
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<br /> WILLAMETTE STREET AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF THESE ALIGNMENTS ~D THE PROPOSED SPENCER BUTTE EXPRESSWAY. !I
<br /> HE SUGGESTED THAT THE GRADE BE RAISED FROM THE PROPOSED 7-1/2% TO APPROXIMATELY 10% WHICH WOULD II
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<br /> ALLOW FOR A, BETtER JUNCTION OF WILLMAETTE STREET AND. CREST DRIVE AND WOULD ALSO ALLOW FOR A ,I
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<br /> JUNCTION WITH PORTLAND STREET WHI CH HAD BEEN PROPOSED TO DEAD-END AT WILLAMETTE STREET. HE FURTHER II
<br /> , STATED THAT If THIS GRADE CHANGE WAS ACCOMPLISHED, IT WOULD GIVE A BETTER APPROACH TO THE INTER- :1
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<br /> 'I ON:QUESTION THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS INDICATED WILLAMETTE STREET COULD BE CONSTRUCTED AT II
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<br /> AN APPROXIMATE 10% GRADE IN THIS AREA AT A LESSER COST THAN THAT APPRRENTLY SHOWN IN THE BID, SINCE I,
<br /> '! A LIMITED NUMBER Of PUBLIC UTILITIES WOULD HAVE TO BE MOVED UNDER A: GREATER GRADE, AND THAT THE [\
<br /> 'I BASIC QUESTION, AS HE UNDERSTOOD IT, IS WHETHER A HUMP SHOULD BE IN THE STREET IN THIS ONE-BLOCK
<br /> AREA OR WHETHER THE COUNCIL DESIRED FOR THE HUMP TO BE LEVELED OFF. FOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION ON \!
<br /> THIS IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE GRADE Of THIS ONE-BLOCK AREA BE INCREASED TO APPROXIMATELY 10% Ii
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<br /> ., WITH THE CONNECTION TO PORTLAND STREET AND CREST DRIVE. MOTION CARRIED, WITH MR. SHEARER VOTING II
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<br /> ~ ! IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER AND SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 3 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT 11
<br /> ,i BE APPROVED. MOT ION CARR I ED. II
<br />I 3 4. CONSIDERATION OF THE VACATION OF COLUMBIA STREET BETWEEN 13TH AVENUE AND FRANKLIN BOULEVARD- II
<br /> " THIS ITEM HAD BEEN REPORTED ON BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN THEIR REPORT OF JUNE 27, 1960 AND il
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<br />. RECOMMENDED FOR VACATION. THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THIS WITH MR. WRIGHT, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF II
<br /> THE PHYSICAL PLANT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, WHO INDICATED THAT THE UNIVERSITY WAS DESIROUS OF :1
<br /> ! HAVING THE STREET VACATED SO THAT THEY COULD LANDSCAPE AND IMPROVE THE AREA. MR. WRIGHT FURTHER II
<br /> i POINTED OUT THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PREVIOUS AGREEMENT A ROADWAY WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED AT THIS 'I
<br />e , TIME IN ORDER TO CONNECT EMERALD STREET TO THE ONYX STREET AREA, WHICH WOULD ALLOW ACCESS TO Ii
<br /> I FRANKL I N BOULEVARD AT ONYX STREET. Ii
<br /> .1 FOLLOWING THIS THE COMM1TTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUESTED VACATION BE APPROVED. MOTl ()\I q
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<br /> CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. ,I
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<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER AND SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS'THAT ITEM 4 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT II
<br /> BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. II
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<br /> 4 , 5. CONSIDERAffilON OB BIDS RECEIVED fOR PUBLIC WORKS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS - THE DIRECTOR Of if
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<br /> I, PUBLIC WORKS EXPLAINED THAT BIDS HAD BEEN RECEIVED FOR FIVE STREET PAVING PROJECTS A~ ONE ALLEY :I
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<br /> PAVING PROJECT. WITH RESPECT TO THE PROJECT TO PAVE WEST 11TH AVENUE FROM CHAMBERS TO GARFIELD, "
<br /> I IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT TWO ALTERNATES WERE TAKEN, ONE TO PAVE THE ENTIRE WIDTH OF THE STREET, THE II
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<br /> :: OTHER TO LEAVE A 20' CENTER STRIP SINCE TEST CORING HAD INDICATED THAT THE EXISTING 20' CENTER
<br /> PORTION OF THE STREET COULD BE USED AND INTEGRATED INTO A TOTAL STREET PAVING PROGRAM AT A DECREASE II
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<br /> IN COST. WITH RESPECT TO THE WEST 11TH PROJECT, A PETITI~ FROM PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE AREA WAS Ii
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<br /> i PRESENTED, WHICH PETITION WAS SIGNED BY TWELVE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE AREA WHO REQUESTED THAT THE I,
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<br />I PAVING PROJECT BE DEFERRED THIS YEAR, INDICATING THAT THE ONE-WAY STREET SYSTEM IN THIS AREA HAD
<br /> ~ f HAD SOME IMPACT ON THEIR BUSINESS. MR. NEIL BRaWN ALSO APPEARED ON BEHALF Of THESE OWNERS TO STATE
<br /> , THAT THEY DID NOT WISH TO HAVE THE STREET PAVED THIS YEAR. FOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS
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<br /> PETITION, AND ON THE WIDTH OF THE STREET, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT ALTERNATE No. 2 FOR THE PAVING
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<br /> IT WAS T~N RECOMMENDED THAT THE BALANCE OF THE BIDS BE APPROVED, AWARDING EACH PROJECT TO
<br /> 'I THE LOW BIDDER AND THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT BE AUTHORIZED TO INSTALL SIDEWALKS WITH CITY II
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