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Council Chambe rs, .¢¢lgene,Oregon. · November 2~rd, 1925. Minutes of adjourned m~etlng of the Common Council held November 23rd,1925, at 7;30 o~elook P.M. there being present the Mayor and all members of the Coun- A.L. Ball appeared as to the condition ~f the sidewalk near hi~ home. Said matter was referred to the ,Ft, reet Cot,amities. Parties appeared as to the condition o{ walks at and near ~l~ner'ald and 20th Sts. and also making that a s~treet light be installed at ~erald and 20th !~ts. The sidewalks were referred to the Street Committee and the light to the ~ir.e and Water Con~nlttee. Parties also apo~ared and asked that sidewalks be constructed on Ea'.~t 18th AvE. a,iJaet~t to Block 8, Driverton~s Ad:~tlon. S'aid matter was referred to the Street Committee· Robert C Merrill present, ed a petition in writing asking that the City accept his garage as built at 1811 ~alrmount Boulevard, which does not quite conform to the City Ordinance. a~chmatter w~S discussed and,on motion, the petition was g r ant ed. Erick W Allen presented a letter stating he has ~ettt[one4 for a walk o~ Birch Lane over a year ago a~d no action hs~1 been taken, altho relief was pro- mised. Said matter wa~ referred to the City Engineer. Webster L Kincaid petitioned the lle¥ between Park and 9th Ave adjacent to property owned by him be repab'ed as to the cuts therein made by the T~lephone Company. Said matter was referred to the Street ,~>~mlttee and the City Engineer. Permission to erect aerial were granted as follows: James Maxwell at 1066 Pearl St. E H Hataling at 570 15th Ave. E. Bron H Drake at 411 LincoLn St. Lester E San£ord at 1838 Lawrence St. A letter was read from the State Fire l{arshal as ~.o the contrition of the ~0 Encore ~{ tel owned by N.P. GayloMd. The matte~: was Refe~r~ed to the Fire ~hief for rePort. The Unica Oil Co. presented a contract and asked the city to 6xeeute it for the sale by that company of g~, oil and kerosene for 1926. The I~ee~)Rder was di- rected to call for bids from the Standard and Shell Companies, before any action is taken. The Judiciary Committee reported on the claim for damages of W B Mikesell of ~UO.OO and reoor~nend.~i such elalm be allowed. On motion suchreport was adopt ed. The matter of there beiug so many globes in ~he City's lighting system in which no lights are burning was discussed and referred to the Fire and Water Corm~itt e e. J.O. Withrew appeared and .~tao ed trees at 668 7th Ave. W. are in a dangerous condition. Said matter was referred to the Park ~oard. Mr. Ware aPPeared and stated tn 'the grading and paving of Agate Street a ditch under the street had been changed running the flow of water fro~ its naturi channel across his land, and objected thereto. Said matter was referred to the Street Co~itt es. The following resolution was offered and on roll call all voted aye, except Willis~son and Pugh who voted no, and HendeRshott not voting. ~ ES 0 L U T I 0 N . WHFRE~S, he~etofore a certain lease was directed to be executed by the Uity Rec,~rder and the Mayoron behalITM of the City of ~gene to the City of Springfield. AND ~'~HEPE&$, owing to the wording of' the clause "eonslstent with the right of the City of Eugene to lease the s~me" in said lease leaves some doubt as to t~ the lease being absolutely and unconditional according to its terms. IT IS TIlERS. FORE R~OLV~D, that the Clt¥ of ~igene does hereby direct the Mayor and RecoRder to execute a.n amended lease so worded a8 to exclude the idea