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! 55~ 'e " ! IT. C. W,LDISH (CONTD) 3RD - PAVING CITY VIEW STREET FROM 18TH AVENUE TO 22ND AVENUE $ 5,161.50 3RD & FINAL - PAVING FERRY STREET FROM 40TH AVENUE TO 41ST AVENUE AND 41ST AVENUE FROM PEARL STREET TO FERRY STREET 1,164.85 7TH - PAVING AND DRAINAGE AT MAHLON-SWEET AIRPORT 27,909.00 131,935.42 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE ESTIMATES, AS SUBMITTED AND READ, BE APPROVED AND THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS BE INSTRUCTED TO DRAW THE NECESSARY WARRANTS. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED. REPORTS OF OFFICERS 3 A REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER - RE: MONTHLY DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS, IMPROVEMENTS, 'ETC., WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: e "THE VALUE OF BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED FOR THE 'MONTH OF AUGUST 1957 AMOUNTED TO $407,984 WHICH IS SOMEWHAT LESS THAN THE $1,62r,738 ISSUED THE SAME MONTH A YEAR AGO. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ANSWERED 51 ALARMS DURING AUGUST WHICH INCLUDED 5 NON- FIRE AND 6 RURAL CALLS WITH A TOTAL ESTIMATED FIRE LOSS OF $25.00. THE FIRST I PHASE OF THE DRIVER TRAINING COURSE MENTIONED A MONTH AGO HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THE FIREMEN TRAINED WILL BE USED AS INSTRUCTORS TO TRAIN THE REMAINING DEPART- MENTAL PERSONNEL. ACCORDI'NG TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT, A COpy OF WHICH IS ON EACH OF YOUR DESKS, THE NUMBER OF PRISONERS PROCESSED THROUGH THE JAIL IN AUGUST WA~ 223 OF WHICH 112 WERE CITY AND III WERE COUNTY PRISONERS. THE DAILY AVERAGE POPULATION WAS 46, SOMEWHAT LOWER THAN THE AVERAGE 51 IN THE PREVIOUS MONTH. T,HE JAIL KITCHEN SERVED 4,545 MEALS AT AN AVERAGE COST OF 12.3; PER M~AL. THE KITCHEN WAS REPAINTED, AND 81 GALLONS OF PRODUCE FROM THE JAIL GARDEN WERE CANNED. THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO BE VERY- BUSY; BESIDES LARGE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS ON STREETS, CURBS AND SIDEWALKS, THEY HAVE CREWS TRIM- MING TREES, CLEANING CATCH BASINS, MOWING LOTS AND WIDENING THE AMAZON CHAN- NEL IN THE FAIRGROUNDS~ ONE HALF Off THE PROJECT OF WIDENING THE AMAZON CHANNEL IN THE FAIRGROUNDS IS TO BE DONE BY THE COUNTY. THE MAINTENANCE DE- PARTMENT ALSO REMOVED THE OLD ROOF FROM THE COMFORT STATION LOCATED IN LANE COUNTY PARK AND THE NEW ROOF HAS BEEN INSTALLED, LEAVING SOME PLASTERING AND PAINTING TO BE DONE ON THE INSIDE. I AM IN RECEIPT OF THE 1957 ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE LIBRARY, AND IT IS ON FILE IN MY'OFFICE FOR USE BY THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. , I I AGAIN I 'WANT TO REMIND YOU OF THE JOINT COUNCIL AND LIBRARY BOARD MEET- ING TO BE HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER AT 7:30 PM ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER I I, 1957." IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER BE RE- I CEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. . 1 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES e 4 A REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1957 - RE: 'FINANCING NEW CITY HALL; WATER USERS CHARGE FOR AREAS OUTSIDE THE CITY; WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "PRESENT: COUNCILMEN WATSON, SHEARER, EDMUNDS, LAURIS AND LINDEEN; CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; CITY RECORDER; ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF; ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; JERRY URHAMMER, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. I. DISCUSSION REGARDING NEW CITY HALL - THE FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN OPENED THE MEETING BY INDICATING THAT BY A NUMBER OF STANDARDS EUGENE'S CITY HALL IS NOT AN OLD BUILDING, BUT IT IS ANTIQUATED, POORLY DESIGNED AS A CITY HALL AND IS NOT AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY. ORiGINALLY IT WAS THOUGHT THAT A NEW BUILDING COULD BE CONSTRUCTED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF PRESENT BUDGETARY LIMITS; HOWEVER, IT IS NOW FELT THAT THIS IS QUESTIONABLE. I EUGENE'S TAX STRUCTURE WAS COMPARED WITH THAT OF OTHER CITIES IN OREGON, AND ON A COMPARABLE BASIS EUGENE WAS FOUND TO BE LOW IN RELATI~N TO THE CITIES OF PORTLAND AND SALEM. THE PRESENT BOND MARKET WAS ALSO DISCUSSED SINCE IT WAS FELT THAT A BOND - . b ISSUE IS THE BEST MEANS OF fiNANCING A NEW CITY HALL. RECOGNITION WAS MADE OF ,UNFAVORABLE MARKETS FOR MUNICIPAL BONDS, BUT IT IS NOT FELT THAT INTEREST RATES WOULD RISE MATERIALLY BETWEEN THIS TIME AND APPROXIMATELY e :1 TWO YEARS FROM NOW WHEN SUCH BONDS MIGHT BE ISSUED. I ~