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<br /> I " 13. REQUEST FOR OVERLENGTH CURB CUT IN FRONT OF 950 EAST 37TH AVENUE, BY H. P. BLANTON - II
<br /> I :! EXPLAINED T~AT THE BLANTON PROPERTY CURRENTLY HAS TWO CUTS, ONE OF 20 FEET AND ONE OF 10 FEET, WITH "
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<br /> A FOUR FOOT SEPARATION BETWEEN THEM, AND THAT TO PROVIDE MORE USABILITY OF THE CUTS, IT WAS REQUESTED
<br /> THAT THE 4 FOOT SEPARATION BE ALLOWED IN A CUT ALSO. THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THE MATTER AND RECOM-
<br /> MENDED THtI T TH IS ITEM BE.~PPROVED. MOTION CARRIED~UNANIMOUSLY.
<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER AND SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 13 OF THE COMMITTEE .REPORT BE
<br /> APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> ^ A RESIDENT LIVING ON 39TH AVENUE BETWEEN HILYARD STREET AND WEST AMAZON DRIVE APPEARED BEFORE
<br /> THE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS SIDEWALK INSTALLATION. HE INDICATED THAT SIDEWALKS HAD BEEN APPROVED FOR ONE
<br /> SIDE OF THE STREET O~LY, WHICH WAS OF SOME CONCERN TO PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG WHOSE PROPERTY THE SIDE-
<br /> WALK IS INSTALLED. HE STATED THAT CHfLDREN CROSS THE STREET TO PLAY ON SIDEWALKS, LEAVE THEIR TOYS
<br /> AND EXPOSE RESIDENTS TO POSSIBLE LIABILITY IF PEOPLE FALL ON SUCH TOYS. HE ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN
<br /> ABOUT THE LARGE NUMBER ON CHILDREN WHO WILL BE GOING TO SCHOOL BY THIS ROUTE, EITHER TO ELLIS PARKER
<br /> SCHOOL OR, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, TO THE SPENCER BUTTE JUNIOR ~IGH SCHOOL.
<br /> e AFTER SQ.1E DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER, IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MCGAFFEY AND SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM
<br /> THAT THIS BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HE~D SEPTEMBER 22, 1960 -
<br /> PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, lAURIS, MCGAFFEY, MOYER, WILSON, SWANSON; CITY MANAGER;
<br /> CITY RECORDER; DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS; CITY ATTORNEY; PARKS AND RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT; TRAFFIC
<br /> ENGINEER; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; LT. SMARTT; MRS. NIVEN OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION; MESSRS. JAMES
<br /> I HOWLAND AND PAl LTHORpE OF CORNELL, HOWLAND, HA YE SAND MERRWFC I ELD; MRS. BUTLER; DAN WYANT OF THE
<br /> EU~ENE REGISTER-~UARB;AND OTHER INTERESTED CITIZENS.
<br /> .9 I. CONSIDERATION OF BID RECEIVED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OFAADDITION TO THE SEWAGE T~ATMENT PLANT,
<br /> CONSISTING OF SECONDARY TREATMENT AND OTHER APPURTENANCES -- A R~ORT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE
<br /> FROM THE CONSULTING ENGINEERS REGARDING THE EUGENE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT ADDITION, ON WH1CH ~rDS HAD
<br /> BEEN RECEIVED ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1960. IT WAS INDICATED THAT FIVE BIDS HAD BEEN RECEIVED, THE
<br /> ~ LOWEST BIDDER BEING THE SOUTHERN ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OF lONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA,
<br /> 0) BIDDING A TOTAL OF $579,534.00 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. IT WAS FURTHER
<br /> C\l STATED THAT THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE FOR THIS JOB WAS $591,529.00.
<br /> ~ THE CONSULTING ENGINEERS RECOMMENDED THE LOW BID OF THE SOUTHERN ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION
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<br /> CO COMPANY BE ACCEPTED, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN FINAL SELECTIONS OF EQUIPMENT WHICH COULD RAISE THE CONTRACT
<br /> PRICE, BUT WOULD NOT CHANGE THE RELATIVE POSITION OF THE BIDDERS. THE CO NSUL T I NG ENG I NEERS FURTHER
<br /> STATED IN A LETTER THAT I T ApPEARS THAT THE LOW B.I DDER HAS, COMPL I ED IN FULL WITH THE PRE-QUALIFICATION
<br /> REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, AND A RECORD OF EXPERIENCE AND FINANCIAL STATUS INDICATES
<br /> THEY AREAAPPARENTLY ~ELL QUALIFIED TO PERFORM THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT.
<br /> THE COMMITT~ERtCOMMENDED THAT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CONSULTING ENGINEERS BE'~PPROVED'AND'THAT
<br /> THE BID BE AWARDED TO SOUTHERN ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AT
<br /> THEIR LOW BID OF $579,534.00, MOTION CARRIED "
<br /> WITH POSSIBLE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS FOR SPECIAL EQUIPMENT. ,
<br /> UNANIMOUSLY.
<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER AND SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM I OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
<br /> APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> I if 2. CONSIDERATION OF BIDS ON SEWER PROJECTS - IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAD
<br /> OPENED BIDS ON THREE SEWER PROJECTS ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1960. THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR RECOMMENDED
<br /> T HtlT THE BIDS AWARDED TO THE LOW BIDDER FOR THE AREA EAST A~ SOUTH OF WHITBECK BOULEVARD ON THE LORANE
<br /> HIGHWAY, AND WEST BOUNDARY OF VAN BUREN STREET AND SOUTH CITY LIMITS AND BRYCLER PARK, THE LOW BIDDER
<br /> BEING DENNIS & PRUETT_AT A BID PRICE OF $19,843.60, AND FURTHER THAT BIDS BE AWARDED FOR THE AREA WE~
<br /> OF POWELL STREET froM WHITBECK BOULEVARD TO APRROXIMATELY 400 FEET SOUTH, WITH SUCH BID TO BE
<br /> AWARDED TO M. J. BUTTS AT A BID PRICE OF .$1,489.25. THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR RECOMMENDED THAT THE
<br /> BID BE REJECTED FOR THE AREA BETWEEN VICTORIA HEIGHTS, BIRCH LANE AND SYLVAN STREET FROM APRROXIMATELY
<br /> e 18TH AVENUE, THE BIDDER IN THIS INSTANCE BEING DENNIS & PRUETT AT A BID PRICE ~F $24,999.50.
<br /> THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THESE MATTER AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS
<br /> DIRECTOR, AS STATED ABOVE, BE ,APPROVED. MOTION CARRjE~ UNANIMOUSLY. !';
<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER AND SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 2 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
<br /> APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br /> ~ 3. REPORT FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY CONCERNING THE ASSESSING OF PROPERTY ON BOTH SIDES OF A STREET
<br /> FOR A SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTED ON ONE SIDE ONLY - THE CITY ATTORNEY REPORTED THAT HE HAD GIVEN SOME
<br /> STUDY TO THIS'MATTER AND THAT HE HAD DETERMINED THAT THE CITY OF SALEM ASSESSED IN THIS MANNER, BUT
<br /> THAT HE WAS dF tHE OPINION OUR CHARTER STIPULATED AN ASSESSMENT FOR A SIDEWALK MUST BE TO THE ADJACENT
<br /> PROPERTY, AND THAi THE CHARTER STIPULATION LIMITS THE AUTHORITY OF THE COUNCIL, THAT THERE IS NO
<br /> GENERAL GRANT OF POWER, AND FOR THIS REASON THE COUNCIL COULD NOT ALLOW THE ASSESSMENT OF A SIDEWALK
<br /> ON ONE SIDE OF A STREET to BE MADE TO PROPERTY OWNERS ON BOTH SI'DES OF THE STREET.
<br /> FOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THIS BE HELD OVER FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION
<br /> ON THE POSSIBILITY OF A CHARTER AMENDMENT ALLOWING THIS PROCEDURE. MOT ION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. ,
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<br /> I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SI-f: ARER AND SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT IlEM-30F THE COMMITTEE'REPORT BE
<br /> APPROVED. Mo T I ON CARRIED.
<br /> {j 4. DISCUSSION REGARDING STUDY OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF_ SJDEWALKS IN THE AREA BOUNDED BY WILLAMETTE
<br /> AND DONALD STREETS ON THE WEST" BY 31ST AVENUE ON THE NORTH, BY HILYARD STREET ON THE EAST, AND BY
<br /> 37TH AVENUE ON THE SOUTH, Ar-D THE DIVISION OF THE WHOLE AREA INTO SMALLER AREAS AND T~ CiH.lL ING OF
<br /> BIDS FOR THE mNSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS IN EACH SMALLER AREA - I -: ~} A S i~i V V ~.: c:
<br /> e SINCE THIS ITEM IS CONNECTED IN PART TO THAT REPORTED IN IlE M 3 ABOVE, I T WAS RECOMMENDED TH IS MATTER
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