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Council Chambers, Eugen~.~Oregon. August 24th, 19~§. Minutes' of the adjourned meetlng of t~e Come. on Con.ell held AugUst at ~{~00tel~ck P.M. MaYor ~'B.p~rks w~ ~bsent end ~11 members of the {ounotl were presentr In the ~bsence of .the Ma~o~ President of the ~ounoil Monroe pre- 8id~t, ~d ~ presiding ~offlcer took no ~gar6 fn voting on v~iou~ Bidg,,Fe~e opene~ on the paving of 20th ,Avenue f~o~ Cha~nelZon St. to Lincoln 8~ceet, as follows{ Oscar Snow $~000.80 ' ~eOoW. 8e~ . , ~750.75 ~tlen Bro~, 4~2, 50 ~41d bid~ were referred to ~he Street Co'~lt~eo for report, ~d such Cool,tee re- oo~ended the bid of Ozoa~ 8now a~ $~000.50. Yo~lon m~e and ~eoonded t~ re.ri Na~ none. The Y~ou and Recorder were instructed to ente~ into ~ oontrao~ on be- half of tho Olt~ with such bidder for 8uoh lmprovemen~ wo~k, Bids were opened, for the improvement of the Amazon Slough from 17th Ave. to Jefferson St~., as follows: The bld of Stien Bros. at $~000.00 was the only one received, the condition being payment in cash and not City Warrants, The s~e was refer~ed ~o Uo~1~ee whloh reoommead~ ~he bld for such lmprovemem~ be accepted providing such bldde~ ~ake o15y warrants lns~e~ of cash for such lmprovemem-~ work. Moved amd. seconded such re~r~ be ~op~ed, The roll w~ oaited, all presen~ vet lng ~e. N~ none, Such repor~ w~ deolar~ W..$. goone¥ spoke on street markers and asked for the exclusive right to install the same on the streets of the City,' Such matter was referred to the Street Committee. ComptFoller Johnson of the U of O, appeared amd spoke on the ABate Street im- provement, asking that the center strip between the pavements, be gravelled from 15th to 18th Avenues, and not made as grass plot. On motion said matter was left to the Street Committee to decide. Attorney Pr~l E Smith appeared as to the pavement on tVairmount Blvd. and the ehanglng of the lines of such street and the vacation of strips on either side thereof as asked for In the petition, stating the pavement would not be in the center of such street the way planned but would be from side to side. No action was taken. ' '~.K. Wheeler appeared and spoke on the condition of lOth'Ave. W. stating the pavement is broken in many places and it is daily getting in a worse condition. On motion, duly seconded, the City Engineer was instructed to take immediate steps to repair such dsmages. Martin Svarverud spoke om the petition herebofore fll~ ,to pave ~nd Ave. fr~ ~ate to Col'~bia Streets ~ad South Colchis St. from 2~rd Ave. to Columbia Street, Ordinances were prepare'for such ~provement i~par$ as hereinafter .shown. Mrs. Slek~oose appeared ~d asked about the request she m~e a Meat ~o for a waik In front oF the OltM~s property ~Jaoent to the A.O.Mathews propert M~ison Street. On motion, such wa~ was o~er~ built. E. 9.Xeith appeared and spoke on the question of the oh~gl~ oF the into the city fr~ the North so ~ to miss Blain Boulevard where so may enterprieem have been e~{abllsh~ on aoco~t of .the h~hw~ being routed over that street. The matte~j~f opening V~ Buren Street north of Blair In connection therewith was dlaouSS~:'~d such ma~ter w~ referred to the Street Mr. Hayes appeared ~d spoke ~ to sidewalks on ~awrenoe Ztree~ between 19~h and 21st .~vemues. He w~ lnformed ~ke walks have been order~ In. Mr. Purrow appeared and spoke as to the over-flow of water from the reservoir in I~airmount, macing the streets muddy adjacent to l~th Avenue and Orchard Street, He was referred to the Water Board for advice. The Board of Viewers appointed to adjust the Street assessments on the Dean Ho Walker property filed thelr report and in conformity therewith e~t Ordinance No. $00~ approving such report was l~SSed as in hereinafter Set fo~h.