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I-B-2 H. Contract Bid Awards: Five various improvement projects, Department of Public Works. (Tabulation attached.) . Donald Gilman, Public Works Department, reviewed the bids noting that a basic bid and an alternate bid had been included in each. Staff recommended awarding contracts to alternate low bidders. Mr. Hamel questioned what the procedures had been in the past re- garding having basic and alternate bids. Mr. Gilman replied there were two options and the Department was looking for the lowest bid. He said it would give the bidder and developer a chance to have two alternates. There were two different types of paving that could be used, the basic bid being a crushed rock and asphalt on top with the alternate being a newer type consisting of solid asphalt from the ground to the surface from six to nine inches in thickness. He said the two types were equivalent and it was a matter of working conditions in which one area might be better suited for an alternate type of paving and another area might be better suited for the basic. Mr. Haws questioned the reason that in bid No.1 a tree could not be saved. Mr. Gilman replied that the basic design was for a 28-foot road and if the tree were to be saved they would have to narrow the road to 22 feet in width, and staff felt it could not recommend less than a 24-foot street. He noted also that the bike route would go through that area and would result in less safe conditions if the road were narrow. - Public hearing was opened. John Aaland, 488 Sunshine Acres Drive, said he favored the proposed paving in bid No.1 (job No. 1315), but he did have some reservations. He was concerned with the speed limit of cars going through the area and felt with improvement of the road the speed would increase, thus reducing safety for children. He noted that if the tree were saved and the street narrower in that area, the traffic might slow down. He said he would appreciate some type of traffic control, i.e, signs, to slow cars down in the area. Jon Burnham, 51 West 31st Avenue, said he was a property owner in the Sunshine Acres area (job No. 1315) and was in favor of the improve- ment. He questioned the unsolved mystery of the boundary in the area, saying that in about 1968 the boundary line was moved to the far east edge. He was in favor of the improvement project if the boundary line were moved back to where the old one had been down the center of the street. He said the east side was going to have to make a tremendous sacrifice and the west side would remain untouched. He asked for clarification as to the boundary line. . - William D. Egleston, 241 Jonquil Avenue, said he was manager of construc- tion at Eugene Sand and Gravel, which had been an awarded contract for bid No.3 (job No. 1352) at Souza Park and was available to answer questions. Ross Cowan, 270 Sunshine Acres, indicated his dissatisfaction with plans for eliminating the tree. He said it would be necessary to keep the tree there to slow the cars down. He also questioned about a substandard sidewalk that had been put in by the developer on the street and questioned why the sidewalk was put in where it was. He said that it could be put three feet further west. 5/9/77 --11 3bb