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~ouneil Chambers, Eugene, Or.on. ,D~ly t4th, 1924. Minutes of the City Council held ia the Councll ~hambers, at ~;30 P.M., all members 0f the Cohnoil being pre,~emt, l~eeting called et order by Mayor E.B. Parks Minutes of 'the meetings of the Conner1 h01d on June 9th, June 11th, and June 23rd 1924, fe~ and'approved. Mrs. P.L. Stetson appeared and ~k~'t~at the Council.expend not to except $187.40 to assist the play-ground association in conducting the ph~y-gro~md in the city un'ti1 about August 1, 1924, and further asked the council to take steps to secure a'permanent plaY'grouut site for the city. On motion it was voted to ex- pend not to exceed the amount asked for ,3ontlnul. ng this work for the summer. (The amount ,finally agreed on was $82.80 and a warrants drama to Mrs. Stetson for ' that amount.) Judge L.T. Harris,' as attorney for C. 0. Peterson, and C.A. Hardy as attorney for J.~. Ne~y and~ Wm. ]ulver, appeared before the Council and filed with the City Recorder deeds'for the property in the changing of Nigh Street as heretofore order- ed, said deeds to be held until the vacatlon of parts of High Street and ~irst Avm~u~ is completed, and asked that .the vacating of said streets be hurried. Attorney Fred Smith also appeared as' to the paving on South Willamette St., asking that .the West side onl~ ~f said street be paved at this time if the whole pave:~ent can't be finished before the rainy season comes. No action was taken. On mo$ion the Street Committee was instructed an,! given authorit~ to us~ tts best efforts to hhrry the S.P.~.~. Co. to 40 it~ Share of the paving or~ South W.lllemette Street:so the whole work can bo completed at one tim~. Those voting aye, 'McAlister, HS~her, Walker, and Washburne, Nay, SDmuons, WalLace, Willismson and Monroe~ ~heN.~yor cast the deoldlng vote, voting aye, Wm. Kereher appeared and inquired why the sewer between 8th and 9th Ave. W. Van Buren We~t has not been constructed, The ,Yudlolar¥ committee reported in writing on the petttton of LcLean and Oam~beL~ a~klflg for theopening of the alley through Block 9, of the Original T0vmslte, reedmmefldlng the city tak~' no aotl~n la the matter. Such report was adopted. ' A petition wa~ received asking that Lmvrence St. from ~th to llth Avenue. be paved. This was referred~o the Street Conn~ittee. The Street ~ommittee report- ed favorably on thls~etition and al~o reported favorably on thepetltion to pave Lawrence Street from 4th Avenue North to the North' end of Lawrence otreet. ,On motion suoh rep6~% was adopted.