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"'lIIIIl 79 e I 1/ 17 /60 ]I 11 , BoLES BUI LDERs $1,625.00 I ;1 [I C. H. STRONG 2,3'6.00 Ii Ii SOUTH SIDE 39TH AVENUE FROM -' Fox HOLLOW ROAD TO WEST AMA- ZON DRIVE JACK D. BROWN (Low) $ 986.70 $1.94 K. A. WARDELL 1,078.08 BOLES BUILDERS 1,116.52 " C. H. STRONG I , 669 .00 , " " IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIs AND SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFFEY THAT THE CONTRACTS BE AWARDED TO THE LOW BIDDER ON EACH PRO~ECT, EXCEPT FOR THE SANITARY SEWm I N PARKS 10 E TERRACE SUBD I V I S ION, AND THAT THE i' PROpeR CITY OFFICIALS BE AUTHORIZED TO DRAW THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR THOSE CONTRACTS AWARDED. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED. I COUNC+lMAN MOL HOLM INQUIRED AS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THE CITY OF EUGENE ISSUING A LICENSE TO ,JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF EUGENE, INC., TO ALLOW THE STUDENTS WHO ARE PARTLCPAmlNG IN THIS PROGRAM TO e SOLICIT FOR THE SALE OF MERCHANDISE, ON A DOOR-TO-DOOT BASIS, WHICH THEIR INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATIONS MIGHT PRODUCE. THE CITY MANAGER POINTaD OUT THAT UNDER THE OR~INANCE GOVERNING EELEMOslNARY AND CHARI- TABLE ORGANIZATIONS, IT WAS REQUIRED THAT THE SOLICITING ORGANIZATIONS PAY NO fEES TO SOLICITORS AND FURTHER REQUIRES THAT ANY NET INCOME BE GIVEN TO SOME ORGANIZATION SPONSORED BY THE SOLICITING ORGANI+ ZATION. SlflCE THIS WAS NOT THE PROGRAM THAT JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT DESIRED TO CARRY OUT, THE LICENSE HAD BEEN DENIED BY THE CITY ReCORDER AND IT WAS BEING BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL UNDER A SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE WHICH ALLOWS THE COUNCIL THE RIGHT OF REVIEW AND A FINAL DETERMINATION ON THIS SUB~ECT. I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOLHOOM AND SECONDED BY MR. WILSON THAT THE COUNCIL OVERRULE THE DENIAL OF " THE LICENSE UNDER ORDINANCE No. I 1968 AND THAT THE COUNC I L ORDER A LICENSE TO BE GRANTED AND ISSUED TO JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF EUGENE, INC. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. " 2 TH I 5 BE I ~ THE DATE SET FOR THE AWARD Of A CONTRACT FOR THE SALE OF THE EXISTING CITY HALL ~ PROPERTY lOCATED AT TH E SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF 11TH AND WILLAMETTE STREET, THE OJ FOLLOWING BIDS WERE TABULATED AS OPENED NOVEMBER 9, 1960 AT 2:00 P.M.: C\J ~~ THE ONLY BID RECEIVED WAS THAT OF PACIFIC FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, SUBMITTED CC WITH TWO ALTERNATES FROM WHICH THE CITY OF EUGENE COULD ELECT ONE. ALTERNATE No. I WAS I N THE AMOUNT CO OF $267,200 AND ALTERNATE No. 2 WAS IN THE AMOUNT OF $251,168.00. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOLHOLM SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT THE BID OF PACIFIC FIRST FEDERAL SAV~NGs AND LOAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE CITY HALL PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF W,LLAMETTE STREET AND 11TH AVENUE BE ACCEPTED AND THAT THE CITY RETAIN THE RIGHT TO ELECT THE ALTERNATE IT WILL ACCEPT AT SOME FUTURE DATE. THE BID Of PACIFIC FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, UNDER THE SPECIFICATIONS SET FORTH IN THE NOTICE OF SALE, WAS $251,168.00, AND UNDER AN ALTERNATE BID, IT WOULD REQUIRE DELIVERY Of THE PROPERTY AT THE TIMEOOF PAYMENT FOR THE PROFE RTY, AND WAS IN T HE AMOUNT OF $267,200.00. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE THE MOTION CARRIED. 3 REQUEST BY MR. FRANK J. REYNOLDS OF THE OREGON STATE MOTOR ASSOCIATION Of EUGENE TO DISCUSS TRAFFIC SAFETY. MR. REYNOLDS WAS NOT PRESENT AT THIS MEETING AND THE MATTER WAS HELD OVER UNTIL I SOME FUTURE DATE. REQUEST BE DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS TO DISCUSS TRAFFIC PATTERN IN TB6 DOWNTOWN AREA. 4 MR. DARRYL SEYMOUR APPEARED IN COMPANY WITH OTHER MERCHANTS LOCATED ON WILLA~TE STREET BETWEEN BROADWAY AN> 11TH AVENUE TO DISCUSS THE TRArflC PROBLEM IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. MR. SEYMOUR REVIEWED THE HISTORY OFTHE TRARflC PROBLEM IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, INCLUDING THE BEGINNING OF THE ONE-WAY STREET PROGRAM, THE NEED FOR OFF-STREET PARKING, AND THE USE OF SUCH OFF-STREET PARKING. e HE INDICATED THAT THE NARROW STREETS IN EUGENE MAKE THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM DIFFICULT TO SOLVE, IF IN FACT IT IS POSSIBLE TO SOLVE. MR. SEYMOUR EXPRESSED AN OPINION THAT THE NEW FREEWAY WOULD SIPHON OFF A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF THE TRAFFIC WHICH HAD HERETOFORE BEEN REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH EUGENE; HE INDICATED HE BELIEVED THAT APPROXIMATELY 2/3 OF THE OFF-STREET PARKING FACILITIES WERE AD~ACENT TO " 10TH AVENUE OR WITHINNONE-HALF BLOCK OF 10TH AVENUE, AND THAT THE EXISTING TRAfFIC PATTERNS MADE IT VERY DIF.FICULT FOR INDIVIDUALS TO GET TO THESE O~f~STREET PARKING fACILITIES. MR SEYMOUR DISCUSSED THE VARIOUS PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED AND THE PROBLEMS WHICH THEY HAVE PRESENTED, AND INDICATED THAT ,I IN HIS BELIEF, THE NO-LEFT TURN MOVEMENT OFF OF BROADWAY ONTO OAK, WILLAMETTE, OLIVE AND CHARNELTON " STREETS POSED SERIOUS PROBLEMS, , IN THAT TRAFFIC COULD NOT PROCEED TO THE LOCATIONS TO WHICH T~EY DESIRED TO GO. MR. SEYMOUR TRACED THE PROBLEMS THE MOTORIST WOULD HAVE IN GETTING TO A PARTICULR LOCA- TION SOUTH OF BROADWAY IN THE WILLAMETTE STREET AREA AND INDICATED THAT, TO T~E TOURIST, THESE WERE E~TREMELY DifFICULT TO COMPREHEND, AND FURTHER, THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DIRECT TOURISTS FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANO!HER. MAYOR CONE ARRIVED AT THIS POINT. I MR. SE YMOUR INDICATED HE REPRESENTED APRROXIMATELY 90% OF THE MERCHANTS IN THE AREA SOUTH OF BRO~WAY AND ALONG W'lLAMETTE STREET, AND THAT THESE PEOPLE O~ESIRED THAT IMMEIDATE STEPS BE TAKEN TO SORT OUT THE+EXISTING TRAFFIC SITUATION, AND THESE MERCHANTS PROPOSED THE O~-WAY STREET GRID IN DOWN- TOWN EUGENE BE CHANGED ON BROADWAY AND lomH AVENUE, AND A RETITWON TO THIS EfFECT WAS PRESENTED: ( I ) BROADWAY FROM PEARL STREET ~O LINCOLN STREET BECOME A ONE-WAY WESTBOUND STREET; BROADWAY FROM PEARL EAST TO THE HIGH~Y (FERRY STREET) BECOME A TWO-WAY STREET; THAT LEFT AND RIGHT HAND TURNS i FROM BROADWAY BE ALLOWED AS THE ONE-WAY STREET GRID DICTATES PROPER. r (2) Ttt\ T 10TH AVENUE BE A TWO-WAY STREET I ITS ENTIRE LENGTH, WITH LEFT AND RIGHT HAND TURNS !: e ALLOWED AS THE ONE-WAY STREET PATTERN DICTATES AS PROPER. .....