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Council Chambers, Eugene,Oregon. November 8th, 1926. Minutes of regular monthly meeting' of the Common Co~meil held at 7;30 o'clock P.M.. on November 8th, 1926. There were present Mayor E.U. Lee and all members of the Council. M, eeting cai. led to order by the.Mayor at 7;30 o'clock P.M..,w Minutes of the meetings cf October 11 ~ h and 0.etcher 25th, 1926, read. and approved with one correction as to the Nlnutes of October 25th, 1926. A petition was received from residents on Birch Lane .to retain that ~ame for such street rather than change it to "Birch Avenue" and it was also petition- ed the .street signs read "Birch Lane" lnstaad of "Birch Avenue" as now printed. On motion such petition 'was gran.ted. A petition was reeelved asking the storm sewer now ending in the block lm- mediately wast of Agate Street be continued for reasons therein stated. No actlor. was taken on account of the c lty ~ontemplatlng additional sewer facilities in that section. A petition was received for s!d.ewalks bet.we~n 23rd and 25th Avenu,es on Potter Street. Said petition was on motion, granted, the walks, te be built when the opening of such street is completed. The Board of Viewers r.eported on the ~P~filng ,of Potter Street from 23rd to 25th Avenues, and filed their report. The same was dlsc~sed, and ordered back to such viewers for a new report to embody the wishes of the co,moil as to certaiz features, , . A resolution was offered to extend the sewer on Madison Street from 14th to l~th Avenues. On motion said matter was referred to the Sewer Committee. C.A. Horton submitted a bid of $687.50 to audl'5 the city books fr,~n january 1 1925, to December J1,1926. Such matter was referred ~o the Finance Committee. M.B. Tallaferro appeared and made a claim of $15.75 as the price he paid for having a sewer cleaned of tree roots, which stopped the Flow of his sewage, he claiming it was at a point where the city exe~eis~s .Jurisdiction. On motion such matter was referred to the Sewer Committee. Chairman McCully reported the Dunn Tire Shop had made appll ~ation to him for the construction of a frame building on Olive Street between 9th and loth .Aves., which is in the ~ire Limits. After discussion such application was, on motion, rejected. CounclL~man McCully spoke on the necessity el~ confining parking to one side only on Aider Street on accent of such street having such narrow pavement. The matter of widening the pavement ,on such street was also discussed. No action was taken. Chairman MCully also stated we have no fire hydrants on hand and recommended we get competatlve bl~]s f~r our next supply. No action was taken. Chairman McCully stated one of our fire trucks was called to Springfi~:~ at a~ recent fire and stated that city wishes to pay for its use. It was decided no charge should be made. ~ Chairman McJully stated Chief Nusbaum is asking for new fire suits for his - men. It was decided to check up on the matter before purchasing. Chairman Large reported on the claim of ALma Cannon Mlll~er in which she ha9 asked the city ,~o waive the interest on certain stre,~t assessments and she to pay the principal, and this on aceout of her not being consulted before such street work was performed, and he recommended such claim be denied. On motion such recommendation was adopted. Chalrmsn Wlllismson of the sewer Committee requested $90,000.00 of the recent sewer issue of bonds be sold and an Ordinance was prepared for that purpose. The matter of traffic was discussed and particularly as to "stop streets". No action was taken. Counollms~u Wa~hburne stated a light is badly needed at the corner of 19th Avenue and Nilyard Streets. THe matter was discussed, but no action taken. Councilman Rugh recommended Joe Burns, Lloyd ~urkey and Julian Strait be Placed on the payroll, s~ald matter was referred to the Police Committee.