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<br /> (3 ) THAT THE SCRAMBLE-AMBLE BE REMOVED FROM THE TWO DOWNTOWN INTERSECTIONS ON BROADWAY, BEING I
<br /> BROADWAY AND WILLAMETTE AND BROADWAY AND CHARNELTON. I
<br /> (4 ) THAT THESE CHANGES BE EFFECTED PRIOR TO THANKSGIVING. "
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<br /> II THIS PETITION WAS SIGNED BY ~I MERCHANTS GENERALLY IN THE WILLAMETTE STREET AREA SOUTH OF BROAD- I:
<br /> 1: WAY. AN ADDITIONAL PETITION, SIGNED BY 8 BUSINESSES ON BROADWAY, AND THE SAME AS THAT LISTED ABOVE, i
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<br /> , EXCEPT FOR THE REFERENCE TO THE REMOVAL OF THE SCRAMBLE-AMBLE SYSTEM, WAS ALSO PRESENTED. "
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<br /> ': FOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION ON THE SUBJECT, IT WAS MOVED BY MR. McGAFFEY AND SECONDED 'BY MR. II
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<br /> SWANSON THAT A COMMITTEE BE APPOINTED CONSISTING OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY STAFF, REPRESENTATIVES "
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<br /> OF THE MERCHANTS AND TWO COUNCILM~N, TO STUDY THIS PROBLEM. MOTION CARRIED, WITH MR. MOLHOLM VOTING I,
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<br /> MAYOR CONE APPOINnoCOUNCILMEN SHEARER AND SWANSON; STAFF MEMBERS HUGH MCKINLEY, CHIEF OF POliCE "
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<br /> ELLSWORTH, LIEUTENANT SMARTT, TRAFFfc ENGINEER WYATT AND SUCH R~ REsNTATIVES'As THE BUSfNEssMEN MIGHT 'I
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<br /> ELECT, AND FURTHER INDICATED HE WOULD SIT ON THIS COMMITTEE HIMSELF. I!
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<br /> COUNCILMAN MOHOLM SUGGESTED THAT, IF NECEssARY,A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL BE HELD TO IMPLE- I
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<br /> MENT ANY SOLUTIONS TO THIS PROBLEM. COUNCILMAN LAURISSUGGESTED TtAT, WHEN THIS PROBL~M WAS SOLVED, Ii
<br /> THIS SAME COMMITTEE MAKE SOME CONCERTED EFFORT ON OFF-STREET PARKING IN THE DOWNTOWN 'AR~ :1
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<br /> . I I A REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER - REt MONTHLY DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS, ETC., WAS SUBMITTED AND I
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<br /> "GENTLEMEN :
<br /> DURING THE PAST WEEK, SEVERAL DEPARTMENT HEADS AND SEVERAL COUNCILMEN AND THE MAYOR ATTENDED THE
<br /> LEAGUE OF OREGON CITIES MEETING IN SALEM, THE THEME OF WHICH WAS THE "PROBLEMS OF OREGJIl CITIES IN THE
<br /> 1960 ' 5" . ASIDE FROM THE TECHNICAL SESSIONS, THE GENERAL CONCERN SEEMED TO BE WITHPROBLEMs OF URBAN
<br /> FRINGES AND FINANCE. SEVERAL EUGENE PEOPLE TOOK AN ACTIVE PART IN THE PROGRAM AND SEVERAL OF THEM
<br /> WERE HONORED TO BE ELECTED AS OFFICERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE PROFESSIONAL GROUPS. "
<br /> , THE PARKS DEPARTMENT REPORT FOR OCTOBER INDICATES AN ATTENDANCE AT THE WASHINGTON PARK RECREATION i
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<br /> CENTER OF 1209 INCREASE OVER THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR. IN GENERAL, THE WINTER RECREATION PROGRAM ,I
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<br /> IS BROADER THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS. THE NINTH GRADE FOOT BALL PROGRAM, SPONSORED BY THE EUGENE BOYS
<br /> AHTLETIC ASSOCIATION, AND THE CITY Of EUG~E, PROVED VERY SUCCESSFUL, AND IT IS ANTICIPATED THERE WilL
<br /> BE GREATER INTEREST IN THE YEARS TO COME. TOTAL ATTENDANCE FOR THE ENTIRE RECREATION FACILITIES fOR
<br /> THEMQNTH wAs 11,088. ,
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<br /> i' THE OCTOBER POLI.CERtpORT INDICATES AN AVERAGE DAilY POPULATION OF 72 AT THE CITY JAIL, WITH A 1/
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<br /> i! LITTLE MORE THAN HALF BEING COUNTY PRISONERS. 'A MEET I NG WAS HELD WITH T HE COUNTY COURT AND THE 'I
<br /> " COUNTY SHERIFF REGARDING EXPANsIO~ OF THE JAIL WITH COUNTY PARTICIPATION, AND IT WAS GENERALLY AGREED I,
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<br /> THAT fHls WAS A PROPER COURSE TO PURSUE, PROVIDING THERE ARE NO LEGAL PROBLEMS. ,:
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<br /> HERE WERE 845 TRAfFIC'VIOLATIONs'SCITATIONs ISSUED DURING THE MONTH, WHICH' IS A INCREASE I,
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<br /> OVER THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS WELL ORGANIZED AND DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF I,
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<br /> I CONTROLLING HALLOWEEN ACTIVITIES WITHOUT CURTAILING THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT OF THE PARTICIPATING CHILDREN. ,
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<br /> HELP FOR THIS WAS RECEIVED FROM THE "HAM RADIO OPERATORS ORGANIZATION." THERE WAS A 31% I NCRE',AsE 'I
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<br /> IN ISSUANCE OF PARKING TICKETS DURING OCTOBER'OVER THE PREVIOUS MONTH. . Ii
<br /> WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT TWO EUGENE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS, NAMELY JAMES J. :; I
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<br /> GRALOW AND ORAL R. ROBBINS, WERE AW~RDED SEWAGE WORKS OPERATORS CERTIFICATES BY THE OREGON SEWAGE "
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<br /> WORKS OPER~TORS ASSOCIATION, AS THEY HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED AN EXAMINATION ADMINlsTER~D JOINTLY 'I
<br /> BY THE OREGON STATE BOARD OF HE~TH AND OREGON STAJE COLLEGE. "
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<br /> THE FIRE DERARTMENT'S OCTOBER ACTIVITIES INCLUDED RESPONSE TO 55 FIRE ALARMS, 5 NON-FIRE CALLS, II
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<br /> 1 a RURAL CALL S. ALARMS FOR'THE YEAR HAVE TOTALED 551 AS COMPARED TO 469 A YEAR AGO. HOWEVER, TOTAL Ii
<br /> FIRE lOSS FOR THE YEAR, AS OF OCTQBER 31ST, WAS $382,175.00, AS COMPARED !O $646,115 LAST YEAR. THE I:
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<br /> WIL~AKENZIE FIRE STATION WAS TIED INTO THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM DURING THE MONTH. "
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<br /> THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT ISSUED PERMITS TO TOTAL $812,540.00 IN OCTOBER, AS COMPARED TO $672,467 'I
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<br /> AN INSPECTION TEAM MADE UP OF THE THREE REGlsTERED ENGINEERS EMPLOYED BY THE C!TY, THE BUlL DING iI
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<br /> INSPECTOR, THE FIRE MARSHALL AND A BUILDING CONTRACTOR, INSPECTED 'THE HOFFMAN HOTEL TO DETERMINE 'I
<br /> WHETHER OR NOT THIS BUILDING WAS fN A CONDITION SO DANGEROUS AS TO NECESSITATE IMMEDIATE DISMANTLING.
<br /> A REPORT ,OF THE INSPECTION TEAM STATES THAT IN THEIR OP1NI6N, INCREASE LOADS, EITHER BY WIND, SNOW, 1;
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<br /> I ICE OR RAIN, COULD CREATE LOADING 'CONDITIONS WITHIN THE BUILDING WHICH WOULD CAUSE FAILURE. IT IS ;1
<br /> A MATTER OF OPINION AS TO HOW LONG THIS BUILqlNG CAN STANO; 'I
<br /> HOWEVER, Tl-f: TEAM DOES NOT FEEL TH I S IS il
<br /> AN OPINION WHICH sN6ULD B,E GAMBLED ON BY THE CITY OF EUGENE. THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE TO' IMMEDIATE I
<br /> DISMANTLING WOULD BE T9 ~ROVIDE FOR THE I MMED IA TE REMOVAL OF THE TOP STORY AND A SEAL I NG OFF OF !/
<br /> THE REMAINDER OF THE BUILDING FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAIN OR' WATER ABSORPTION WHICH IS TAKING PLACE. THE !i
<br /> BUI LDI NG, IN ITS PRESENT STAGE, COULD BE A PUBLIC HAZARD TO PEDESTRIANS PASSING BELOW. IT IS pro POSED ii
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<br /> BY THE C,TY ADMINISTRATION TO REQUEST THE IMMED~ATE DISMANTLING OF AT LEAST THE TOP STORY W1TH THE ,i
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<br /> CONSTRUCTION OF PROPER PROTECTIVE DEVICES fOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AND THAT THIS, BE DONE WITH THE ABsO- I
<br /> LUTE M I N I MUM OF INTERFERENCE WITH PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. WE REGREii:T THAT WE CANNOT RECOM- :!
<br /> MEND LEAVING THIS UNTIL AFTER CHRISTMAS, BUT UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, DO NOT FEEL IT WOULD BE WISE TO [: I
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<br /> RUN THE POSSIBLE RI~K OF PERSONAL INJURY. I:
<br /> THE LIBRAR~ REPORTS AN INCREASE IN ACTIVITIES IN OCTOBER Of 1960 OVER OCTOBER, 1959, IN EVERY I!
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<br /> ACTIVITY, AS WELL AS IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED BORR~WERs. THE L'IBRARY FURNISHED DlsPLAY+ ::
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<br /> SPACE AND MEETING SPACE FOR THE JURY WHICH ELIMINATED THE ENTRANTS IN THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN CONTEST "
<br /> I FOR THE NEW CITY HALL TO FOUR rINALISTs. IT IS GRATIFYING TO NOTE THAT THREE OF THE FOUR FINALIST 11
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<br /> .Jh- ,.'_ /5/ HUGH McKI NLEY' Ii
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