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G,)urtcl[ Chambe, rs, Eugene, OregOn. May 6, 1926. Adjourned Meeting .of the CoVmon Council held at 5;co o'clock P.M. on May 6, 1926. There were Present ~.~ayor E. Tf. Lee and all Me?~.foecs of the Council exc~Pt Lamb and ~cCuLly who were absent. Meeting qalled to order by the Mayor. The Street Committee reco~nended the asphalt plant be .rented to the E1Agene Sand and gravel Co. at such times as the city is not using it on the following terms: / It ~ pay $20.00 per day for use of,plant, to pay retail pr lee for asphalt, to hire the ~gineer of such plant to operate it and pay hhn for services, the city to Cuba!eh fuel. 0n motion -~uoh reommendation was ~pppoved. The Railroad Celebration Committee ask~i that it be granted consessions From the ~lty for all amusements on streets or otherwise granted by the city, during the days of such ~elebration,' Such request was granted. A petition was received to pave Almaden Street between llth a~d 12th Avenues 28 feet ;vide with hard surface concrete. Such matter was referral to the Street mlttee. A petition wa~ received from residents thereom'to change the name of Kincaid Ave. to "Sylvan Drive"' as first choice or to "Collins Drive" as second choice. A co~mnunication was also received from Webster L. Kinoaid as to such matter. On mo- t lea it was voted to eh~ge the name of such street to Sylvan Street. An alleged personal injury to H. J. Manley charged to be due to the negligence of the city of the exchange of properties in connection with the Opening of Van Bursa St. was presented and dlxcussed. Such matter was referred to the Finance Co~mittee and City Attorney. A letter was read from Ed. 2. Averil~, State G~e Warden, relative to the dump- lng of the sewage of the city into the \¥11[smette Nlver, The matter was discussed but no action.taken. The Recorder presented several tax statements sent the city for taxes due on property the city has acquired. The same was ordered paid. The estimate of Stien Bros for 92627.05 for the contract price for improving Van Buren Street from 3rd Ave. to Blair Blvd., was presented and ordered paid. Several students from the U of 0 appeared and asked that Franklin Blvd. at ,'.9th and l~th Aves, and at ~l~erald St. and Kincald St. at llth Ave. be closed ]~riday May 7, 1926, during the t~F~e of the Cane~i~ete. The request was granted on condition the students police such points aS all times and leave the streets open for fire trucks in case of fires. The Street Connnittee recom~nended the bid of Earl McNutt for /$10,010.00 for grading Victoria Heig!{t,~ be accepted. On MOtiOn tutti report was adopted. It was ordered that Birch Lane be again advertised for bids for grading, owing to the fact there were no bids when formerly advertised. C. A. McClain of the Water Board spoke on the need of the city for more money to be used for water main extensions. An Ordinance levying assessments fOr paving tbs alleys running north and south and east and west between loth and llth Avenues, and Willamette and Olive Sts, was read the first time and laid over. 2ourteen sidewalk imporvement ordinances were read the first time and passed their second and third readings by title by unanimous consent unier suspension of the rule 'and were placed on their final passage. The ayes and nays were called, all pre- sent voting aye. Nay None. The Ordinances were declared pass_ed and numbered from 5320 tO 5.533, both numbers inclusive. The following resolution was offered and unanimously adopte'i: