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'""lllll 151 e 2/14/61 'it !I I THIS BEING THE DATE 'SET FOR THE AWARD OF CONTRACTS'-fOR TWO SANITARY SEWER PROJECTS, THE fOLLOWING BIDS WERE TABULATED AS OPENED FEBRUARY 8, 1961 AT 10:00 AM: NAME Of BIDDER AND PROJECT AREA BOUNDED ON EAST AND SOUTH BY LORANE HI- WAY, ON WEST BY CHAMBERS STREET, AND ON NORTH BY SOUTH BOUNDARY Of WOODSIDE HILLS ADDITION W,LDISH CONSTRUCTION CO. (Low) $ INTER-CITY CONSTRUCTION CO~ M. J. BUTT S TRIO CONSTRUCTION DENNIS & PRUETT C. H. STRONG CONTRACT COST COST PER ZONE FT., CITY COST AMO UNT BUDGETED 7, 89 I .70 8,856.95 8,959.00 10,855.35 II ,537.10 12,970.50 $ 4.52 $ 1,978.30 $ 1,460.00 e AREA BETWEEN ADAMS AND ASH STREETS FROM SYCAMORE AVENUE TO LEWIS AVENUE INTER-CITY CONSTRUCTION CO. W,LD,SH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY M. J. BUTTS TRIO CONSTRUCDT ION COMPANY DENN I S & PRUETT I ,762 .60 1,864.00 1,877.25 2,122.00 2, I 52 . 60 3.70 30 1.20 NONE I IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT THE CONTRAC~S BE AWARDED TO THE LOW BIDDER ON EACH PROJECT AND THE PROPER CITY OffiCIALS AUTHORIZED TO DRAW THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. ROLLCALL VO~ . , ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED. REPORTS OF OFFICERS ~ OJ C\J ~ CO 00 2 THE CITY MANAGER STATED THERE WERE TWO B~LLS BEfORE THE LEGISLATURE REGARDING STREAM POLLUTION, ONE Of WHICH IS SPONSORED BY THE STATE SANITARY AUTHORITY AND ONE SPONSORED BY THE CITY Of PORTLAND. THE BILL SPONSORED BY THE STATE SANITARY AUTHORITY IS PRINCIPALLY A HOUSEKEEPING MEASURE, WHILE THE ONE SPONSORED BY THE CITY Of PORTLAND HAS TO DO WITH STREAM CLASSifiCATION WITH REGARD TO THE AMOUNT OF POLLUTION THAT MIGHT BE ALLOWED IN THE VARIOUS STREAMS IN" THE STATE. THE CITY MANAGER INDICAl',ED THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD HAD TAKEN AN OfFICIAL STAND, AND IT WAS BELIEVED DESIRABLE THAT THE COUNCIL TAKE SOME EQUIVALENT STAND ON THIS MATTER. A COpy OF A LETTER WHICH WAS SENT TO THE VARIOVS STA~E LEGISLATORS FROM LANE COUNTY WAS READ IN FULL WHICH GENERALLY STATED THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD BELIEVES REAL PROGRESS CAN BE MADE IN THEIR PROGRAM TO COMBAT POLLUTION Of THE RIVERS AND STREAMS AND THAT SUCH A'PROGRAM SHOULD MOVE FORWARD. THE LETTER FURTHER STATES THAT THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD OBJECTS TO ANY ATTEMPT TO WEAKEN THE ANTI-POLLUTION STATUTES, BUT fAVORS ANY REASONABLE AMENDMENTS WHICH EXPERIENCE SHOWS ARE NEEDED TO MAKE THE PROGRAM EFFECTIVE. I THE CITY MANAGER FURTHER REPORTED'THAT THE LEAGUE OF OREGON CITIES HAD NOT TAKEN ANY STAND IN THIS REGARD, BUT THAT SOME CITIES WERE QUITE INTERESTED IN THE POTENTIAL LEGISLATION. I T WAS MOVED BY MR. CHR I STENSEN SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT THE EUGENE CITY COUNC I L CONCUR I N THE STATEMENTS PRESENTED BY THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD AND THEIR STAND ON THE STREAM POLLUTION MEA- SURE, AND THAT A: LETTER BE S~NT TO EACH MEMBER OF THE LANE ~OUNTY DELEGATION. MOTION CARRIED. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES REPORT OF COMMITTEE MEETING HELD JANUARY 26, 1961 WAS ~UBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: It "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN LAURIS, MOLHOLM, CHATT, MOYER, CHRISTENSEN, WILSON, SWANSON AND DEVERELL; CITY MANAGER; DEPARTMENT HEADS; INTERESTED CITIZENS; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REG I STER-GuARD. 3 I. COMMUNICATION fROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO BE DIRECTED ,TO THE OREGON STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION - A COMMUNICATION SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT or THE PLANNING COMMIS- SIONTO BE DIRECTED TO THE OREGON STATE BoARD or HIGHER EDUCATION CONCERNING THE NECES- SITY rOR CLOSE LIAISON BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY or OREGON AND THE CITY OF EUGENE, WITH CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS, WAS READ TO THE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE LETTER BE APPROVED AND THAT IT BE TRANSMITTED TO THE OREGON STATE BOARD Of HIGHER EDUCATION BY THE ~AYOR WITH AN INDICATION THAT THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE CONCURS IN THE BASIC LETTER SUBMITTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION~ MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. I IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM I Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. 4 2. PROTEST Of SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT ON 18TH AVENUE FROM LINCOLN TO CHAMBERS ENTERED BY HAZEN L. OLSEN - A LETTER OF PROTEST SIGNED BY HAZEN L. AND DOROTHY H. OLSEN CONCERN- ING THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENT FOR SIDEEALK CONSTRUCTION IN FRONT OF THEIR PROPERTY LO- CATED AT 1774 LINCOLN STREET WAS PRESENTED ~G THE COMMITTEE. THE OLSEN'S PROTESTED THE'ASSESSMENT ON THE BASIS THAT THE AREA ABUTTING THE SIDEWALK HAD BEEN DEDICATED TO THEM AND ATTACHED TO THEIR PROPERTY AGAINST THEIR WISHES, AND BY VIRTUE OF A DEDICA- e ~