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<br />I! A REPORT Of THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD DECEMBER 8, 1960 WASHSUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: 1:1
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<br />:, "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCilMEN SHEARER, LAURIS, MOLHOLM, MCGAFFEY, CHATT, MOYER, WILSON AND :1\, -
<br />;: SWANSON; COUNC I LMEN-ELECT CHR I STENSEN ,AND DEVERELL; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; I:
<br />I 01 RECTOR Of PUBL.I C WORKS; CITY ATTORNEY; CH I Ef OF POL ICE; PARKS & RECREAT I ON SUPER- ii
<br />'I INTENDENT; TRAFfiC ENGINEER; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; LT. SMARTT; MRS. NIVEN, PLAN- 1'1
<br />NING COMMISSION; MRS. BUTLER; MR. LEWIS; MR. NEWCOMB, AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIA- I
<br />TION; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD; WENDY RAY, KUGN; AND OTHER INTERESTED CITIZENS. Ii
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<br />I, I. IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT A BREAKfAST MEETING WILL BE HELD DECEMBER '?, 1960 AT 7:00 AM AT THE i:
<br />;: EUGENE, HOTEL I"OR THE PURPOSE OF 0 I SCUSS I NG WITH LANE COUNTY LEG I SLAT I VE DELEGATES THE PRO- I'
<br />:1 BLEMS RELATING TO ANNEXATIONS. IT WAS ALSO SUGGESTED THAT SOME TIME MAY BE DEVOTED TO THE I'
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<br />, DISCUSSION Of THE DUPLICATE I~SPECTION AGENCIES NOW BEING MAINTAINED BY BOTH CITIES WITHIN
<br />THE STATE AS WELL AS BY THE STATE ITSELF.'" ..--.- if
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM I OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. il
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<br />2 2. A REPORT OF THE, VAR 10US PUBL I C WORKS CONTRACTS' fOR THE I" I SCAL YEA~ 1960-61 WAS PRESENTED TO il
<br />EACH COUNC I LMAN. No ACT I ON WAS TAKEN. 'I
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 2 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. ;;
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<br />3 3. CONSIDERATION OF GASOLINE AND fUEL OIL BIDS fOR, THE CALENDAR YEAR 196~ - IT WAS EXPLAINED :,'i I
<br />I THAT ON DECEMBER 2, 1960, BIDS HAD BEEN OPENED ON REQUIREMENTS fOR GASOLINE AND fUEL OILS fOR ii ,
<br />THE CITY OF EUGENE AND THE EUGENE WATER &. ELECTR I C' BOARD. A TOTAL Of TEN B I DOERS ENTERED ii ~
<br />BIDS ON VARIOUS ITEMS, AND A JABULAT.ION Of THE BIDS WAS GIVEN TO EACH COUNCILMAN PRESENT. Ii
<br />THE LOW BIDDER TO fURNISH THE C,TY'S GASOLINE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 1961 WAS ;1
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<br />" TEXACO, INC., WHICH BID WAS .1884 FOR TRUCK AND TRAILER QUANTITIES Of REGULAR GASOLINE, A !i
<br />i; PRICE Of .1990 FOR LESS THAN TRUCK AND TRAILER QUANITIJES OF REGULAR GASOLINE, AND A PRICE I'i
<br />OF .2237 FOR PREMIUM GASOLINE. THIS WAS THE LOW BID, ON A PER GALLON BASS. '
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<br />I THE, CENTRAL- HEAT I NG COMPANY WAS THE LOW BIDDER ON THE FOLLOW I NG ITEMS ANDB IDA PR I CE Of i!
<br />!: .11435 ON DIESEL MOTO,ROIL, ;"1435 O,N P,S-200 fUR,IIiACEOIL, BOTH'B,EING ON A PERGALLON'BASIS." Ii
<br />;. CENTRAL HEATING COMPANY WAS ALS.o LOW B.IDDER O,N,PS-300 L1G!"IT INDUSTRIAL OIL, BIDDING A PRICE 1:
<br />OF $4.39 PER BARREL ON LESS THAN TRUCK 'AND TRA I LER QUANT I TIES, AND $3.84 PER BARRELH ON. TRUCK :1
<br />AND TRAilER QUANTITIES.
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<br />THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE B1DS BE AWARDED TO THE LOW BIDDERS ,IN EACH INSTANCE, AT THE
<br />PRICES NOTED ABOVE. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. .
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAUR,IS THAT ITEM 3 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. '
<br />MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />4 4. PURCHASE OF PROPERT~ IMMEDIATELY SOUT~ Of THE LIBRARY BUILD1NG - IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE
<br />LIBRARY BOARD HADRECOMMENDE~ THAT THE CiTY PUR~~ASE A ~ORTioN Of~HE F~ANC~S'WILLARD PRO--- .
<br />PERTY LOCATED IMMEDIATELY S.OUTH Of THE LIBRARY BUILDING. '- II I' ~
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 4 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED.;: ,
<br />MOT ION CARR I ED. II
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<br />5 5. PEDESTRIAN SAFETY REPORT - A REPORT PREPARED BY THE AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION WAS :[
<br />SUBMITTED BY. MR. CARL NEWCOMB, REPRESENY'ING THIS ASSOCI,AT'ION-. MR. NEWCOMB EXPLAINED THAT :1 .~
<br />THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ENTRIED MADE ,BY 254 CITIE;S WHO REPO~TED TO THE AAA AND WHICH WERE i:
<br />IN THE 25,000 TO 50,000 POPULATION GROUP. THE'REPORT WAS.BASED ON A QUESTIONNAIRE WHICH HAD :, a
<br />BEEN PREPARED BY THE POLICE DE~ARTMEN1 AND WHICH HAD BEEN APPRAISED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF II ~
<br />THE AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION. -
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<br />P [UGENE'S STANDING, BASED ON A PO~SIBLE SCORE OF 100, WAS 64%, WITH THE LEADING CITY IN
<br />): THIS PARTICULAR POPULATION GROUP OBTAI'NING A SCORE Of 87% OF THE POSSIBLE SCORE. MR.NEWCOMB
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<br />, INDICATED THAT, BASED ON THE PRIOR RECO~DS OF THE CITY Of EUGENE, AND THE RECO~DS I~ THE
<br />:: LAST FEW YEARS, THE PEDESTRIAN DEATH RATE fOR 1959 WAS 4.1 PER 100,000 POPULATION, COMPARED
<br />I, TO THE AVERAGE RATE ,OF 3.1 FOR CITIES IN THIS SIZE CLASS. HE fURTHER EXPLAINED THAT PEDES-
<br />I! TR/AN, INJURIES ,'HAD DECREASED IN 1959, DURING'WHICH T"ME" ONLY" 20 PEDESTRIANS WEREINJURED,
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<br />" COMPARED TO 56,INJURED IN 1956, 44 IN 1957 AND, 37 IN 1958.
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<br />I, THE REPORT COMPARED SEVEN AREAS AND INCLUDED PEDESTRIAN CASUALTIES, RECORDS AN~ USES~
<br />LEGISLATION AND ENfORCEMENT, ENGINEERING, ORGANIZATION, SCHOOL TRAffiC SAfETY, AND PUBLIC
<br />INFORMATION, THE OVERALL TOTA~ BEING 64% VERSUS ,A STANDARD SCORE FOR CITIES OF THIS SIZE
<br />OF 65%, WITH THE LEADING CITY HAVING A SCORE Of 87%. . .
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<br />MR. NEWCOMB WENT OVER CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH HAD BEEN MADE BY THE AAA WITH REGARD, I
<br />TO PEDESTRIAN TRAFfiC SAFETY. VARious QUESrlONSWERE ASKED WITH RE~ARD TO CERTA1N OF TH~SE ,_
<br />RECOMMENDATIONS. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT A TR~FFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE HAD RECENTLY BEEN, - -
<br />APPOINTED AND, THAT THIS REPORT HAD ALREADY BEEN PRESENTE~ TO THEM. NORFORMAl ACTION WAS,
<br />TAKEN ON THE REPORT.
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<br />, IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY,MRS~ LAURIS THAT ITEM 5 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED.
<br />~ MOTION CARRIED.
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