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EUGENE, OREGON
I AUGUST 8, 1949
THE MEETING or THE CITY or EUGENE WAS HELD ON AUGUST 8, 1949 AT 7:30 P.M.
COMMON COUNCIL or THE
THE MEE!ING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY HIS HONOR, MAYOR V. E. JOHNSON. COUNCILMEN PRESENT WERE: HAWN, ,~
DAVIS, CRUMBAKER, ALLEN, WELLS, BOOTH, AND GODLOVE. COUNCILMEN SMITH WAS ABSENT. e"l
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THE MINUTES or THE LAST REGULAR SESSION HELD JULY II HI" AND 25TH, 1949 WERE READ AND APPROVED.
I I BI~LS AGAINST THE VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS WERE SUBMITTED rOR THE MONTH or JULY, 1949 AS
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GENE RAt FUND
lucy R. MARTIN # 6,000.00 FfltED HALEY & 21.44
PUBLIC EUPLOYES RETIREMENT 4,238.13 HENDERSHOTTS 5.~5
AETNA tirE INSURANCE - H. BEISTEL 159.60 l. G. HELTERLINE 44.00
PAClrlC HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION 310.25 HARLEY-DAVIDSON SALES CO. 13.95
EUGENE HOSPITAL 24.00 HOWITT PLASTICS COMPANY 1.50
HENRY f~ BEISTEL 354.11 HOOKER ELECTRO CHEMICAL CO. 136.41
STATE OF OREGON TAX COMM. 40 I .98 HOWA~D COOPER CORP. 237.90
fiRST NATIONAL BANK or EUGENE 2,864.90 GEORGE A. HALTON CO. 4.63
MAYOR V. E. JOHNSON 50.00 HORN PRINTING CO. 40.00
EUGENE PUBLIC liBRARY 1,842.66 stATE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMM. 371.08
ACME CHEMICAL CO. 187.79 INTERNATIONAL MUNICIPAL SIGNAL ASS'N. 3.00
AMERICAN HANDICRArT CO. 1.07 HORN PLUMBING Co. 5.00
AMERICAN SOCIETY-PUBLIC ADMIN. 10.00 KOKE-CHAPIAAN 729.62
tESTER BARKER 33.90 KANNE JONES TIRE STORE 33.60
THOMAS BAUER 22.50 KENDALL MOTOR CO. 816.01
HENRY F. BEISTEL 305.00 Eo l~ RENCE Co. 5.94
BEARING SUPPLY CO. 9.10 LOOMI~ ARMORED CAR SERVICE 152.00
A~T BURNSIDE & CO. 30.30 LEIGH FISHER & ASSOCIATES 2.03
BLUMENTHAL UNlrORM CO. 16.41 lANE COUNT Y ABSTRACT 50.00
BEE HIVE TRUCK RENTAL CO. 10.48 lANE BELT & EQUIPMENT Co. 7.58
I R. A. BABB HARDWARE Co. 115.26 lEAGUE OF OREGON CITIES 833.52
BENNIDINE BACKLUND 34.20 lANE GRAVEL CO~ 2,116.50
t.. H. BUTCHER Co. 50.15 ~IOGLEY PLANING MILL 36.90
BILLS GARBAGE SERVICE 4.00 MCCRACKEN BROTHERS MOTOR FREIGHT .26.20
AGNES BAARSTAD 20 1.60 MOUNTAJN STATES POWER CO. 103.70
BURROUGHS ADDING MACHINE Co. 18.00 w. RILEY MATSLER 28.80
COAST CONST. & ENGINEERING CO. 72.00 \11M MCloRRIN 3.77
DALE COOLE Y 1.25 MINE SArETY APPLIANCES CO. 25.58
COLUMBIA EQUIPMENT CO. 75.10 MONROE DAIRY MACHINERY INC. 5.57
CHASE COMPANY 20 1.64 MOORE STEEL SERVICE CO. 29.38
CLARK BATTERY & ELECTRIC CO. 3.07 REV. W. R. MCiNTOSH 1.50
CHASE GARDENS 5.00 MUNNELL & SHERRILL, INC. 178.63
t. w. CARLISLE 9.94 McGINTY-RIGGS ELECTRIC 42.40
CONSOLIDATED fREIGHTWAYS 3.84 NORTHWEST GROCERY CO. 13.16
fRANK D. Co HAN 20.05 NORRIS-WALKER PAINT Co. 54.92
Jo HN CORNU TT 26.00 NATIONAL APPLIANCE CO. 31.41
T. V. CLARK 74.00 NORTHWEST INDUSTRIAL t~UND~Y CO. 3.41
COMMERCIAL OrFICE SUPPLY CO. 46.63 NORDLING PARTS CO. 14~63
. NORTHWEST CITIES 1.02
COMMERCIAL SUPPLY &: EQUIPMENT 2.88 GAS CO.
CRESSE YS' 39.95 NELSON EQUIPMENT CO. 178.75
C &: SELECTRIC 5,781.93 THE OUTDOOR STORE 17.19
CASCADE MERCANTILE CO. 27.51 OREGON FINANCE OFrlCERS ASS'N. 2.00
THE CENTRAL HEATING" CO: 2,803.05 OREGON SUPPLY COMPANY 112.83
DOUBLE D PRINTING 27.45 OrrlCE MACHINERY & SUPPLY COMPANY 7.25
DAVIS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS 79.08 PETTY CASH 46.91
I DAVIDSON BAKING CO. 9.00 PENNSYLVANIA SALT COMPAN Y 21.00
DINTY'S TRADING POST 29.25 PARMENTER PONTIAC CO. 71.73
DOTSON PHOTO SHOP 14.71 PROrESSIONAL RODENT CONTROL SERVICE 310.00
EUGENE BLUE PRiNT' Co. 68.42 PLANT PLUMBING CO. 5.52
EXECUTONE SYSTEMS CO. 113.00 PRESSMAN'S 39.50
EUGENE WATER BOARD I 18.90 J. E. PORTER CORPORATION 42.59
EUGENE lAUNO~Y & DRY CLEANERS 43.22 PAClrlc TELEPHONE &: TELEGRAPH CO. 627.47
EUGENE WELDERS SUPPLY CO. 13.88 PACKER-SCOTT 51.10
EUGENE PLANING MILL 85.31 PETRO-LANE OIL CO. 1,251.96
I E. &: t. DISTRIBUTORS 44. to A. F. RICHARDS MACHINE SHOP 5.50
EUGENE SAND & GRAVEL CO. 31.05 RICHrlELD OIL COMPANY 7.76
EUGENE CONCRETE PIPE & PRODUCTS 62.88 REES RADIO REPAIR 220.54
. \ EUGENE WATER &: ELECTRIC BOARD 3,532.12 RANKIN BROTHERS SERVICE 9.30
W. P. fULLER & Co. 2t .57 RENSSELAER VALVE CO. 1,851.95
DRS. FURRER & MCMILAN 90.00 ELLIS t. RACKLIFF 50.00
GUARD PUBLISHING CO. 54.60 K. A. RIDENOUR 13.22
GARDNER RADIATOR SERVICE 2.07 REX CAFE 4.90
GIUSTINA BROTHERS lUMBER CO. 31.52 RICHFIELD OIL CORP. 24.46
B. F. GOODR I CH COMPAN Y 42.85 S & R. DISTRIBUTING CO. 90.00
GENERAL PAINT CORP. 34.79 C. A. SWARTS, SHERI rr 32~.25
GUSKE BROTHERS 1,399.53 EARL SN YDER 16.00
GORDON HARDWARE CO. 70.77 A. e. SCARLETT 2.86
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GENERAL fUND DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT FUND ~
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SKEIES JEWELRY STORE 2.00 INTER-CITY SAND & GRAVEL 8 800.00 r
STEVENS TYPEWRITER CO. 3.50 INTER-CITY SAND & GRAVEL 150.00 P
SMEED SOUND SERVicE 50.00 STIEN BROS. 1"1',790.10:1 'I
' STATE OR OREGON, BUREAU or tABOR ~6.50 STIEN BROS. 1,259.10 :
SILVA CHEVROLET CO. 1,609.48' STIEN BROS. 303.30,
SHERWIN WILLIAMS~ CO. 2.35 STIEN BROS. 432.00
STANCAL ASPHALT ~ BITAMU~S 442~26' STIEN BROS. 620.10 i
STIEN BROS. 5,947~90 'STIEN BROS. 391.50
TRANSPORT SERVICE 119.53 ACME CONST. COMPANY 3,866.29 I
THE TEXAS. COMPANV 12.10 ACME CONST. COMPANY 12,632.05
VITUS ELECTRIC WORKS 9.85 INTER-CITY SAND & GRAV~( .. -, 1,452.60
VALLEY PRINTING C'O. 6.00 INTER-CITY SAND & GRAVEL 2,329.44.. I
VALLEY STATIONERY CO. 27.15 INTER-CITY SAND & GRAVEL 2,058~10'
UNIVERSITY WINDOW CLEANING CO. 22.00 EMPIRE CONST. CO: 5,189.16 .
UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT 468.75 P. S. tORD MECHANICAL CONT. 2,150.74:
ARTHUR WARD ' 20.00 COAST CONST. & ENGINEERING 279.41
WESTERN' GOLr COURSE SUPPLY CO. 173.75 COAST CONST. & ENGINEERING 377.04
WILTSHIRES 5.88 NELS'T. JORGENSEN 425.25
WESTS IDE MOTORCYCLE SHOP 3.00 T~ C~ WILDISH 1,450.35 ,
WIGGINS' CO., INC. 41.87 T. C. WILDISH 1,493.49
WESTERN'UNION 28.21 RIDDLE & ELLINGSEN 280.15
EVA GALLuP 14.56 ' ::
, MltLflACE PARK fUND
SPECIAL SEWER fUND '
INTER-CITY SAND & GRAVEL 1,186.00
HOLLAND'& THOMAS 176.20 G0~~D PU~LI~H1NG Co. 18.40
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT 14.70 DAILY JOURNAL or COMMERCE 14.60
OREGON STATE TAX COMMISSION '8.99 COUCH TOW1NG SERVICE 10.00
fiRST NATIONAL BANK or EuGENE 96.50 R. A. BABB HARDWARE' 13.40 ;
fiRST NAT10NAL BANK or EUGENE 65.00
SEWAGE DISPOSAL FUND OREGON TAX COMMISSION 6.81
, HENRY f. BEISTEL 64~18
P. S. l6RD MECHANICAL CONT. 204.59 PACIFIC HbSPITAL ASSOCIATION 3.00,
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT 19.67
SPECIAL fiRE DEPARTMENT EQUIPMENT FUND
INTEflSECTION - PAVING SINKING FUND j
GAMEWELL COMPANY '2~130.43 I'
CITY OF EUGENE 19.98
. Eo MATHI ESON . 60.30' i; . ,
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IT'WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE BILLS' AS SUBMITTED AND READ BE APPROVED AND
THE PROPER CITY OrrlCERS AUTHORIZED TO DRAW UP THE NECESSARY WARRANTS. ROLLCALL VOTE. SMITH ABSENT.~
MOTION CARRIED. '
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2 THE rOLLOWING MONTHLY PAYMENT ESTIMATES WERE SUBMITTED'AND READ. I
6TH & FINAL TO INTER-CITY SAND& GRAVEL FOR CLEANING AMAZON - 82,640~32. (
1ST TO INTER-CITY SAND & GRAVELrOR PAVING GRANO FROM RR BLVD. TO CHESHIRE - 82,181.60.
1ST TO INTER-CITY SAND & GRAVEL rOR PAVING VAN BUREN -' 17TH TO 18TH - $340.20. " ,
1ST TO INTER-CITY SAND & GRAVEL rOR PAVING fRIENDLY - 17TH TO 18tH - 8132.19.
1ST TO INTER-CITY SAND & GRAVEL FOR PAVING KINCAID FROM 24TH TO 25TH - 8218.70.
1ST TO INTER-CITY SAND & GRAOEL rOR PAVING LAWRENCE FROM 21ST TO 22ND - 8293.76. .
2NO TO INTER-CITY SAND & GRAVEL FOR PAVING 23RD FROM LAWRENCE TO WASHINGTON - 81,609.61. .
3Rb TO INTER-CITY SAND & GRAVEL FOR SEWER ON ONYX FROM'26TH TO 28TH"- #115.91. ~
2ND TO STIEN BROS. FOR PAviNG 18TH FROM OAK TO PEARL -" 85,087.57.
1st TO STIEN BROS. FOR PAVING TAYLOR FROM 10TH TO 11TH' - 8224.77. (
1St TO STIEN BROS. FOR PAVING EMERALD FROM 24TH TO 26TH - 8425.34. ,
1ST TO STIEN BROS. FOR STORM SEWER ON EMERALD FROM 19TH TO 21ST - 82,103.93.
3RD TO STirN BROS. rOR PAVI~G HARRIS FROM 28TH TO 29TH'- #6,588~90.
1ST TO STIEN BROS. rOR PAVING 14TH FROM TYLER TO POLK ~ $504.90.
1ST TO STIEN BROS. FOR PAVING EMERALD FROM 19TH TO 22ND - 8625.77.
2ND TO STIEN BROS. FOR PAVING 18TH FROM MILL TO fERRY ~ #4,206.33. ' I
2ND TO STIEN BROS. rOR PAVING"ALDER rROM 27TH TO 28TH ~ 87,626.03.
2NO TO STIEN BROS. FOR PAVING & SIDEWALKS ON ALDER FROM 28TH TO 29TH - 86,588.70. '.
2ND TO STIEN BROS. FOR PAVING 18TH rROM WILLAMETTE To OAK - 82,049.30. . ~
2ND TO JORGENSEN CONCRETE FOR PAVING 20TH FROM HILYARD'TO ALDER - 83,499.20.
1ST TO JORGENSEN CONCRETE FOR PAVING 24TH FROM ALDER TO HARRIS - 3283.50.
1st TO JORGENSEN CONCRETE FOR STORM SEWER ON'KINCAID FROM 24TH TO 25TH - 3689.71.,
1ST TO JORGENSEN CONCRETE rOR PAVING 21ST FROM lAWRENCE TO WASHINGTON ~ 8231.66.
1ST TO CENTRAL HEATING COMPANY rOR PAVING 23RD rROM HARRIS TO EMERALD - 8725.76.
1ST TO WERNER & JESKE rOR SEWER ON SPRING BLVD. rROM 23RO TO 25TH PLACE - &1,904.40.,1
2NO & FINAL TO T. C. WILDISH FOR PAVING EMERALD FROM 13TH TO fRANKLIN -"$1,208.56.
10TH & rlNAL TO P~ S. tORD rOR WEST SIDE SEWER - SECTION 2 - 34.058.72.
2NO & FINAL TO COAST CONSTRUCTION rOR SIDEWALK ON HILYARD ~ 23RD TO 24TH - 3112.89. L'
2ND & FINAL TO COAST CONSTRUCTION FOR SIDEWALK ON 19TH'FROM WILLAMETTE TO OAK"- $65.53.
1St TO ACME CONSTRUCTION rOR PAVING 20TH rROM UNIVERSITY TO AGATE - 84,330.89.
1ST TO ACME CONSTRUCTION rOR PAVING 17TH rRoM'~RjEflDLY'TO POLK - $lj918.98."
3RO & FINAL TO ACME CONSTRUCTION rOR PAVING JEFfERSON rROM 19TH TO 24TH - 81,285.68.
1ST TO INTER-CITY SAND & GRAVEL'rOR PAVING ADAMSrROM 19TH TO 22NO ~ 83,875.87. "
1ST TO O'NEIL & SON rOR PAR~ING APRON AT MAH(ON SWEET fiELD - ~I,307.j6. ' . !
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IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE ESTIMATES AS CERTIF"IEO BY W. C. CLUBB,
CITY ENGINEER, AN D THE CONTRACTORS, BE APPROVED AND THE PROPER CITY OFFICERS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE
I WARRANTS IN PAYMENT OF THE SAME. ROLLCALL VOTE. SMITH ABSENT. Mo T I ON CARRIED.
3 THIS BE I N G THE DATE SET FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF BI,OS FOR VARIOUS PAVING AND SEWER CONSTRUCTION, ~
THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED THAT THE FOLLOWING BIDS HAD BE-EN OPENED PUBL I CL Y ON. AUGUST 5, I 949 AT '"C:
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P.M. AND TABULATED AS FOLLOWS:
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BIDDER TYPE OF PAVEMENT
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, Ii" ASPHALT Top 7v CONCRETE
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PEARL - 17TH TO 19TH 5" CRUSHED ROCK
GLENWOOD SAND &: GRAVEL 8 10,784.70 8 14,199.35
THE CENTRAL HEAT I,r.a CO. 10,432.57
INTER-CITY SAND &: GRAVEL 10,929.90
NELS T. JO R GEN SEN- 14,104.00
STIEN BROS. 14,241.85
ALL BIDS WERE ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFIED CHECK OR BIDDERS BONO AND WERE IN PROPER ORDER. CITY
MANAGER RECOMMENDED THE BID OF NElS T. JORGENSEN IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,104.00 BE ACCEPTED.
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT THE BID OF NELS T. JORGENSEN IN THE AMOUNT
OF $14,104.00, BE I N G THE BEST AND LOWEST BID SUBMITTED, THAT THE PROPER CITY OFFICERS BE INSTRUCTED
TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH NELS T. JORGENSEN FOR THE PAVING OF" PEARL STREET FROM 17TH TO 19TH AVE.
ROLLCALL VOTE. SMITH ABSENT. MOTION CARRIED.
OAK FROM 16TH TO 19TH
THE CENTRAL HEATING CO. 12,167.18
INTER-CITY SAND & GRAVEL 12,676.00
GLENWOOD SAND & GRAVEL CO. 12,501.95 16,732.35
STIEN BROS. 16,594.85
NELS T. JORGENSEN 16,454.25
I ALL BIDS WERE ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFIED CHECK OR BIDDERS BOND AND WERE IN PROPER ORDER. CITY
MANAGER RECOMMENDED THE BID OF NELS T. JORGENSEN, IN THE AMOUNT OF #16,454.25 BE ACCEP~ED.
WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER,
It SECONDED BY HAWN THAT THE BID OF NELS T. JORGENSEN IN THE AMOUNT
OF $16,454.25, BEING THE BEST AN 0 LOWEST BID SUBMITTED, THAT THE PROPER CITY OFFICERS BE INSTRUCTED
TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH NElS T. JORGENSEN FO R THE PAVING OF OAK STREET F"ROM 16TH TO 19T-H
AVENUE. ROLLCALL VOTE. SM I TH ABSENT. MOTION CARRIED.
f"RIENDLY rROM 18TH TO 19TH
THE CENTRAL HEATI'NG CO. 4,776.97
INTER-CITY SAND & GRAVEL CO. 4,887.05
STI EN BROS. 6,093.80
NELS T. JORGENSEN 5,971.00
ALL BIDS WERE ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFIED CHECK OR BIDDERS BONO AND WERE IN PROPER ORDER. CITY
MANAGER RECOMMENDED THE BID or NElS T. JORGENSEN IN THE AMOUNT OF $5.9~1.00 BE ACCEPTED.
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT THE 810 OF NELS T. JORGENSEN IN THE AMOUNT
or 85,971.00, BE I N G THE BEST AND LOWEST BID SUBMITTED, THAT THE PROPER CITy OFFICERS BE INSTRUCTEO
TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH NELS T. JORGENSEN FOR THE PAVING or f"RIENDLY STREET FROM 18TH TO
19TH AVENUE. ROLLCALL VOTE. SMITH ABSENT. MOTION CARRIED.
POTTER - 25TH TO 26TH
I THE CENTRAL HE A TIN G CO. 7,472.84
INTER-CITY SAND & GRAVEL CO. 7,941.00
STIEN BROS. 10,024.10
NElS T. JORGENSEN 9,853.00
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT THE PROPOSAL BE lAID ON THE TABLE AN!> CITY
MANAGER BE INSTRUCTED TO CHECK AND REPORT AT NEXT MEETING. MOTION CARRIED.
STORM SEWER IN ALLEY BETWEEN ONYX AND EMERALD - 25TH TO 26TH AVENUE
I T. C. WILDISH 2.499.10
EMPIRE CONSTRUCTION CO. 4,167.00
INTER-CITY SAND & GRAVEL CO. 3,453.00
ALL 81DS WER.E ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTlrlED CHECK OR BIDDERS BOND AND WERE IN PROPER ORDER. CITY
MANAGER RECOMMENDED THE BlOOr T. C. WILDISH IN THE AMOUNT OF 82,499.10 BE ACCEPTED.
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT THE BID OF T. C. WILDISH IN THE AMOUNT OF
#2,499.10, BE I N G THE BEST AND LOWEST BID S U BM I T TED, THAT THE PROPER CITY OFFICERS BE INSTRUCTED
TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH T. C. WILDISH rOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A STORM SEWER IN THE ALLEY
BETWEEN ON YX AND EMERALD - 25TH TO 26TH AVENUE. ROLLCALL VOTE. SMITH ABSENT. MOTION CARRIED.
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SANIT~RY ~EWER ON, HIGH, 24TH TO 26TH - 26TH, HIGH TO FERRY - FERRY, 26TH TO 28TH - 28TH, rERRY i:
TO MILL - FERRY" ,28TH TO 30 T H - 30TH, FERRY TO CLI~~ORD - CLI~~ORD TO ALLE Y BE TWEEN 34,TH AN 0 35TW- II
CLI ~F"ORD TO A~LEY WEST O~ DONALD. I
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T. C. WILOISH , . 42,399~37
..."',..~,-' EMPIRE CONSTRUCTI,ON CO. 52,446.75
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;,~f~ INTER-CITY SAND & GRAVEL CO. 42,587.49 i
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:~'7:, C. D. JESKE ' 4i,804.85 i
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F. W. RIDDLE 40,148.80 "
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ALL BIOS WERE ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTI~IED CHECK OR BIDDERS BONO AND WERE IN PROPE R 0 RDER. CITY
MANAGER RECOMMENDED THE BID O~ F~ w. RIDDLE IN THE AMOUNT OF $40,148.80 BE ACCEPTED. I
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT THE BID O~ F. w. R I DOLE IN THE AMOUNT OF
840,148.80, BE I N G THE B.EST .AND LOWEST BID SUBMITTED, THA.T THE PROPER CITY O~~ICERS BE INSTRUCTED
TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WI TH ,fj.. w. RIDDLE FOR THE INS T A,LLA TI ON O~ A SANITARY. SEWER ON HIGH,' 24TH
TO 26TH - 26TH, HIGH TO FERRY - FERRY, 26TH TO 28TH - 28,TH~ fERRY TO MILL - fERRY, 28TH TO 30TH -
30TH, fERRY TO CLI~~OR~ - CLIF"FORD TO ALLE Y BETWEEN 34TH AND 35TH - ALLEY, CLI~~ORD TO ALLEY ,WEST
OF DONALD. ROLLCALL VOJE. . SM ITH ABSENT. MOTION CARRIED. .
STORM SEWER ON 19TH FROM AMAZON SLOUGH TO ALLEY lEST OF HILYARD STREET; ALLEY WEST OF HILYARD
STREET ~ROM. 19TH ~TO 22ND; ,20TH, 21ST AND 22ND ~ROM ALLEY lEST ~~ HILYARD TO HARRiS STREET. 1
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EMPIRE CONSTRUCT;ION CO. 39;'464.10
I NTER-C I TV SAND & GRAVEL CO. 29,382.59
, C. o. JESKE 38,618.00
f. W. RIDDLE 37,701.00 .
THE BIDS WERE ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTlnED CHECK OR BIDDERS BONO AN 0 WERE IN PROPER ORDER. CITY
MANAGER RECOMMENDED THE BID O~ INTER-CITY SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT O~ $29,382.59 BE
ACCEPTED. .
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IT WAS MOVED BY CRYMBAKER, SECONDED BY HAWN THA T THE B I,D ,O~ I NTER-C I T,Y SAND AND GRAVEL IN THE
#29,382.59, 810 SUBMITTED, "
AMOUNT O~ B,E I N G THE BEST AND LOWEST THAT THE PROPER CITY O~F1CERSBE
INSTRUCTED TO ENTER INT.O A ,CONTRACT WITH INTER-CITY SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY ~OR A STORM SEWER ON 19TH
~ROM AMAZON SLOUGH TO ALLE Y WEST O~ HILYARD STREET; ALLEY WEST OF HILYARD STREET ~ROM 19TH TO 22ND;
20TH, 2.! ST AND '22ND FROM ALLE Y WEST O~ HILYARD TO HARRIS STREET. ROLLCALL VOTE. SMITH ABSENT. I
MOTION CARR.lED. "
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4 THIS BEING ~THE DATE SET. FOR THE CONSIDE.RATION Of' BIDS ~OR THE RE,CONS T RU CT I ON O~ THE MILLRACE,
THE CITY MANAGER'~EPORTED THAT T~E ~OLLOWING BIDS HAD BEEN OPENED PUBLICLY ON AUGUST 4" 1949 AT
2:00 P.M., AND TAB!JLATED AS ~OLLOWS: , I,
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WERNER & JESKE # 24,616.50
f. W. RIDDLE CONSTRUCTION CO. 11,525.00
BOTH BIDS WERE ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTI~IED CHECK OR ~IDDERS BOND AND WERE. IN PROPER ORDE'R. CITY
MANAGER RE COMMEN OED THE BID OF F. w. RIDDLE IN THE AMOUN.T O~, $11,525.00 J:lE ACCEPTED. ,
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IT WAS MOVED BY CRYMBA~ER, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT THE BID O~ f. w. RID DL E IN THE AMOUNT OF
811,525.00, BE ING THE BEST ,AN 0 LOWEST BID S U BM I T TED, THAT THE PROPER CITY 0~F1 CERS BE INSTRUCTED
TO ENTE~ INTO A C,ONTR ACT WITH F. w. RIDDLE FO R THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MILLRACE. ROLLCALL VOTE.
SMI TH ABSENT,., MO:T I ON CARRIED.
\ REPORTS or COIliM I TTEES
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5 A REPORT O~ -A JOINT PUBLIC WORKS AN 0 Pu BL I C SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD AUGUST I , 1949 WITH
T,HE CHAM BER OF COMMERCE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
'''A JOINT PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING WAS HELD MONDAY, AUGUST I , "
1949 IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF THE CITY HALL. THIS WAS A COMBINATION MEETING OF THE CITY
COUNC I L COMMITTEES AND THE CHAMBER Of' COMMERCE COMM) TTEE AS DESIGNATED B,Y THE MA YOR TO I
CONT I NUE STUDY RELATIVE TO THE MERITS OF THE PRESEN] GR.I D SYSTEM. .
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IT WAS BROUGH] OUT THAT THE RE WERE TWO ITEMS TO CONSIDER; ~IRST, THAT o ~ THE MOVEMENT .-
BUS I NESS j
OF TRA~F"IC AND SECOND THAT OF' THE RELATED E~FECT UPON AND THE RESULTING ECONOMY OF ,
THE ONE-WA Y, ',GR I D AS DIRECTLY AFFECTING PARTICULAR BUSINESSES.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WELLS, SECONDED BY MR. t IN'DSTROM THAT THE PRI NCI PLE, O~ THE ONE-WAY "
GRID SYSTEM BE' APPROVED. ;, MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. "
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HAWN , SE'C:ONDED BY MR. LINOS;rROM THAT THE CHAIRMAN APPOINT A SUB- . .
COMMITTEE OF THREE MEN TO FORMU'LATE THE BASIS AND QUESTIONS ~OR A SURVEY. O~ BUSINESS MEN WITH- ,:
IN T,HE GRID SYSTEM VI ITH THE RESU'L TS TO BE REPORTED TO THE JOINT COMMITTEE f'OR CONSIDERATION
ON THURSDAY EVENI~G AT 7:30 IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. THE COMY I T TEE,:
APPOINTED BY, CHA I RMAN CRUMBAKER CONSISTING O~ MR. HAWN, CHAIRMAN, MR. al loL I LAN, AND MR.
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"t: I N'DS T ROM, ~GREED TO MEET fOR A- 01 NNER MEETING AT 6:00 WEDNESDAY EVENING.
THE MEETING ~!>;JOURNEP Tp 7,:30 P.M." THURSDAY EVENING TO HE A R, THE RECOMME~OATIONS OF' THE
SUB-COMY. TTE,E. "
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IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT THE REPORT BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE.
MOTION CARRIED.
I 6 A REPORT OF' A JOINT COMM I TTEE OFT HE CITY COUNCIL, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND PLANNING COMMISSION -
RE: ONE-WAY GRID SYSTEM WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: ,;;;;;.
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itA JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND PLANNING COMMISSION ::'l;,?
RELATIVE TO THE ONE-WAY GRID SYSTEM WAS HELD AUGUST 4, 1949 AT 7:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL
CHAMBERS. PRESENT WERE: OR. CRUMBAKER, C HA I RM AN , MA YO R JOHNSON, CITY MANAGER KING, MESSRS.
BRENNE, MCGINTY, BARN E S , McLEAN, G ILL I LAN, CROSS, lINDSTROM, UREY, SURFUS, BUF'ORD, AND CITY
RECORDER BEISTEL.
I THE CITY MANAGER READ THE REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE MEETING OF AUGUST 3, 1949 CONTAINING
RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING TRAFFI~ STUDY AND THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONS WERE SUGGESTED.
QUESTIONS BE ADDED TO FIND OUT WHAT OUTSIDERS THINK OF THE GRID SYSTEM.
DOES THE CHANGE IN TRAFFIC MATERIALLY AF'FECT CHANGES IN VALUES AND PATTERNS OF BUSINESS?
WOULD YOU BUY 0 R. BU I L D OR INVEST IN A BU SIN E S S WITHIN THE GRID SYSTEM?
WHAT IS THE NATURE OF YOUR BUSINESS? (FOR THE PURPOSE OF IDENTI F'Y1NG THE EFFECT OF THE
ONE-WAY GRID UPON PARTICULAR BUSINESSES).
DOES THE GRID SYSTEM TEND TO SPREAD OUT VALUES IN THE SAME MAN NE R IN WHICH THE MOVEMENT
. OF TRAFFIC IS DISBURSED?
THIS QVESTIONNAIRE SHOULD BE S EN T TO BOTH BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN. IT WAS ALSO
SUGGESTED THAT ALL QUESTIONNAIRES BE SIGNED TO ASSIST IN IDENTIFYING THE EFFECT UPON
PART I CULA R BUSINESSES.
IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT A COpy OF THE PETITION BE I NG CIRCULATED TO REPLACE THE TWO-WA Y
TRAFF'IC ON BROADWAY, WILLAMETTE AND HIGH STREETS BE OBTAINED AND THAT QUESTIONS BE f'ORMULATED
FROM THIS PE TIT I ON IN AN ENDEAVOR TO UTILIZE THE RESULTS OF THE PETITION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
IT WAS PROPOSED THAT A TRAFF'IC STUDY BE MADE RELATIVE TO THROUGH STREETS.
IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE MIMEOGRAPHING AND DISTRIBUTION OF THIS PROPOSED QUESTIONNAIRE
SHOULD NOT RUN OVER $150.00 AND THAT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DO THE WORK IN MAILING OUT THE
QUESTIONNAIRES To ITS MEMBERS. THE PLANNING COMMISSION OFFERED TO ASSIST IN THIS WORK AND
ALSO IN ANY OTHER WAY POSSIBLE IN THE STUDY OF THE ONE-WAY GRID SYSTEM. MR. McLEAN MENTIONED
I THAT SEVERAL BUSINESSMEN HAD OFFERED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS STUDY FINANCIALLY.
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A RESUME OF A COMPARABLE STUDY BEING UNDERTAKEN IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO BY THE
NATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE FOUNDATION AT A COST OF $60,000.00 WAS READ BY MR. GILLILAN AND ALSO
TELEGRAMS FROM D. GRANT MICKEL, ENGINEER IN CHARGE OF THE SURVEY AND THE CITY MANAGER Of'
ALBUQUERQUE DESCRIBING THE TYPE OF SURVEY AND RESULTS EXPECTED. IT WAS BROU GHT OUT THAT
THE ABOVE $60,000.00 WAS PRO-RATED BETWEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE STATE AND CITY OF
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO--THE CITY's SHARE BE~NG $8,000.00.
IT WAS ALSO BROUGHT OUT THAT THIS WAS OF SUCH A NATURE THAT A LONG TIME STUDY SHOULD BE
MADE TO THOROUGHLY ANALYZE THE EFFECT FROM SUCH A GRID SYSTEM BOTH FROM THE MOVEMENT Of'
TRAf'F'IC AND FROM A BUSINESS AND ECONOMICAL STANO-POINT.
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IT WAS BROUGHT OUT BY MR. MCLEAN THAT MODIf'ICATION Of' THE GRID SYSTEM WAS THE KE Y TO
PERMIT BETTER ACCESS INTO THE BUSINESS SECTION RATHER THAN THE COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF THE
GRI 0 SYSTEM~ HE STATED THAT ON THE PETITION TO ELIMINATE THE ONE-WAY GRID ON BROADWAY, ALL
BUT ONE OF THE TWENTY MERCHANTS CONTACTED SIGNED THE PETITION F'AVORABLV INDICATING THAT THEY
WERE DESIRO'{S OF RE-OPENING TWO-WAY TRAFFIC ON BROADWAY.
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THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 9:30."
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY HAWN THA T THE REPO RT BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE.
MOTION CARRIED.
7 A JOINT MEETING OF THE PUBL I C WORKS COMMITTEE AND THE MILLRACE ASSOCIATION - RE: RESTORATION
I OF WATER TO THE MILLRACE WAS SUBMITTED AS FOLLOWS:
"A COMBINED MEETING Of' THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, AN D THE MILLRACE ASSOCIATION REPRESEN-
TATIVES WAS HELD WEDNESDAY NOON, JULY 26TH AT THE USBURN HOTEL. PRESENT WERE MAYOR JOHNSON,
COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKE R, WELLS AND GODLOVE, CITY MANAGER KING, PARK SUPERINTENDENT MATSLER,
ATTORNEY PENNINGTON, MR. TUGMAN, MR. ROBERTS, ATTORNEY, MR. SHERMAN, JUVENILE OFFICE AND MR.
BAILEY, ATTORNEY.
A REPO~T WAS MADE BY THE C,TY MANAGER OF' PROGRESS TO DATE ON THE CLEANING OUT OF' THE
I MILLRACE AND OPENING Of' BIDS f'OR THE INLET CONVERSION DAM AND THE OUTLET CONT ROL GATE. IT
WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT NEGOTIATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED WITH MR. BALZHISER BEf'ORE ANY WORK
COULD BE DONE IN HIS PROPERTY IN THE MILLRACE, THAT THE E I G HT OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS WHO DID
NOT SIGN THE, EASEMENTS 010 NOT APPARENTLY OPPOSE THE RESTORATION Of' WATER IN THE MILLRACE
AND THAT PROGRESS WAS BEING MADE IN CLEANING THE MILLRACE OUT TO THEIR PRO~ERTIES, BUT MR.
BALZHISER HAS NOT GIVEN ANY APPROVAL TO THE RESTORATION OF' WATER OR CLEANING THE MILLRACE,
NOR WOULD HE SIGN THE EASEMENT. HIS REQUEST WAS T HA T A CONCRETE IlIAl L BE BUilT ON ONE S I DE
OF THE MILLRACE THROUGHOUT HIS PROPERTY To IDENTIFY WHERE THE BOUNDARY Of' THE MILLRACE WAS
AND THAT A STEEL BRIDGE WHICH HE ClA I US HE OWNS BE PUT UP ON THE BOUNDARY LINE OF HIS
PROPERTY AND THE MARTIN TRACT TO AF'F"ORD ACCESS TO BOTH SIDES OF THE MILLRACE.
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THERE'WAS NO OBJECTIO~ TO ERECTING THE STEEL B RID GE ACROSS THE MILLRACE AS 'I T IS PROBABLE [:
THAT THIS WILL BE NEEDED IN THE fUTURE PARK DEVELOPMENT Of THIS AREA, BUT THE CONSTRUCTION Of ~, I
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"~-. 1- ANY CONCRETE RETAINING WALLS WOULD ONL Y SET A PRECEDENT WHICH WOULD BE VERY DlffICU~T TO COPE
,- "<;",.~.,, WI TH IN THE fUTURE, A~D I TWAS fELT'THAT IT WAS ENTIRELY OUT Of THE QUESTION.
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"",. ~ PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION WAS RECALLED WHICH AUTHORIZED THE RESTORATION OF WATER IN THE
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MILLRACE WitH THE 'UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO DEFEND THIS ACTION If NECESSARY, I.
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IN THE COURTS, WITH THE SUPPORT, BOTH FINANCIALLY AND OTHERWfSE, OF THE MILLRACE 'ASSOCIATION. .
IT WAS BROU:(lHT OUT THAT PERHAPS THE PROPER WAY TO PROCEED WAS TO TURN THE WATER fN TO THE
MILLRACE . ALONG THE MILLRACE, !j
AND IF ANY ACTION -IS TAKEN, LET IT BE TAKEN BY THE MAN Y OWNERS
WH I CH WOULD' PUT THE C I T Y IN THE POSITION Of THE DEfENDANT RATHER THAN THE PLAINTifF AND WAS I,
BROUGHT OUT'THAT THIS WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS If AN Y FUTuRE SUITs WERE BROUGHT ON. If NE CESSARY, :
THEN fT WAS"AGREED THAT WATER BE TURN'ED I NTO THE MILLRACE WITHOUT CLEANING OUT THAT PROPERTY
BELONGING TO THE BALZHISER PROPERTY AND RUN THE WATER THROUGH AND OVER PRESENT OBSTRUCTING
DAM WHICH MR. 'BALZHISER HAS CONSTRUCTED ACROSS THE MILLRACE ON HIS PROPERTY. Ii
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THE TIME ELEMENT WAS "
DISCUSSED, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT fACTOR AS BiOS ARE TO BE OPENED ,
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ON THE CONVERSION 'DAM ON AUGUST 4TH FOR COUNCIL ACTION AUGUST 8TH. I:
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fUTURE PLANS RELATIVE TO A COMBINATION JUVENILE DETENTION HOME AND PARK, UTILIZING BOTH i
BALZHISER AND MARTIN TRACTS WERE DISCUSSED BY MR. SHERMAN, JUVENILE Offl'CER AND MR. TUGMAN, ~;
AND IT WAS DECIDED TO WITHHOLD fUTURE ACTION OR NEGOTIATIONS WITH MR. BALZHISER UNTIL THE
COUNTY COMMITTEE HANDL I NG THE LOCATION Of THE ABOVE DETENTION HOME HAD A CHANCE TO DECIDE
UPON THEIR LOCATION AND POSSIBLY TO NEGOTIATE WI TH MR. BALZHISER, RELATIVE TO AN OPTION TO Ii
BUY THE ENTIRE TRACT, OR PAr~T Of IT, WHI CH IN ANY EVENT WOULD SOLVE 'THE QU EST ION RELATIVE TO
- REPLACING WATER TO THE MILLRACE THROUGH THE BALZHISER TRACT.
THE u CI TY MANAGER I:
MEETING ADJOURNED WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO THE TO PROCEED WITH THE CLEANING
, OUT OF THE MILLRACE 'AND THE GENERAL PLANS AS OuTLINED AT PRESENT AND THAT THE EARL Y PA RT OF
NEXT WEEK AND NOT LATER THAN AUGUST SECOND, A REPORT WOULD BE fORTHCOMING ON THE POSSIBLE
NEGOTIATIONS Of THE COUNTY COMMITTEE RELATIVE TO THE PURCHASE OF THE BALZHISER TRACT. Q
8 . .. COMMITTEE - RE: Il.EASE
A REPORT OF'THE 'MEETING OF THE AIRPORT AT ~IRPARK WITH STANDARD OIL "
"
COMPAN Y WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
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"A MEETrNG Of AIRPORT COMMITTEE HELD AUGUST 3, I 949 AT PRESENT j, I
THE WAS THE OSBURN HOTEL. ,
WERE ROBERT ~OOTH, C~AIRMAN; COUNCILMAN ALLEN, CITY MANAGER KING, CITY RECORDER BEISTEL, AND 1.
AIRPORT MANAGE~ SNYDER.
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A VERBAL REQUEST FROM THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY WHO NOW HOLDS A LEASE' AT THE EUGENE
AI~PARK WHI'dH WILL EXPIRE THE 30TH DAY OF JUNE 1950, TO ENTER INTO A NEW LEASE WITH THE CITY
fOR A FIVE-+EAR PERIOD FOR EXCLUSiVE RIGHTS TO SERVE THE AIRPARK AND THE' MAHLON SWEET AIRPORT
BOTH, WITH A FIVE YEAR RENEWAL WAS '0 I SCUSSED. IT WAS THE OPINION OF THE COMMfTTEE THAT ALL I:
WHOLESALE GASOLINE OPERATORS SHOULD BE NOTifiED IN ORDER THAT THEY MIGHT PRESENT THE I R PRO-
POSAL TO THE: C,TY fOR .AID fiVE-YEAR' LEASE.
IT WAS ALSO .RECOMMENDED THAT THE LEASE NOT BE RENEWABLE BUT FOR fiVE YEARS ONLY AT THIS
TIUE. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE PRESENT METHOD OF COLLECTING GASOLINE TAXES AT THE AIRPARK
BE CHANGED. AT PRESENT 'THE CITY IS COLLECTING ONE CENT A GA'LLON fROM THE WHOLESAL~R AND ONE-
AND ONE-HALF CENTS fROM THE EUGENE fLYING SERVICE AND GREEN'S fLYING SERVICE. IT WAS RECOM-
"
MEN'DE 0 TH AT THE ONE-AND-ONE-HALf CENTS WOW COLLECTED fROM THE TWO fiXED BASE ~PERATORS BE
DISCONTINUED AND THAT THREE CEN T S A GALLON BE COLLECTED FROM THE WHOLESALER; THAT THE WHOLE-
SALER IN TURN WOULD CHARGE THIS TO' THE F'IXED BASE OPERATORS, AND THAT IT WOULD BE MUCH
EASIER fOR THE C I T Y TO COLLECT FROM THE WHOLESALER ALONE RATHER THAN DEALING WITH THE TWO'
OPERATORS AND THE WHOLESALER ALSO. IT WAS SPECIf;ICALLY RECOMMENDED THAT THIS THREE CENTS
APPL Y TO ALL GASOLINE DELIVERED TO BOTH THE AIRPARK AND THE MAHLON SWEET AIRPORT I NCLUD I NG
. AL'L PRIVATE -AND COMMERCIAL BUSINESS.
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IT WAS BROUGHT ouT BY THE CITY MANAGER THAT AT LEAST A FIVE-YEAR LEASE WAS NECESSARY "
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FOR THE TYPE Of IMP~OVEMENT PLANNED BY THE STANDARD OIL OR PROBABLY ANY OTHER OIL COMPAN Y TO I
AFfORD THE FACILITIES AT BOT H OF THESE AIRPORTS DESIRED. IN COMPL I AN CE WIT H THE ABOVE
RECOMMENDATION Of THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE, COPIES Of THE ATTACHED LETTER ARE BEING SENT TO ALL
I' CITY OF EUGENE
GASOL I NE 'DE ALE RS IN THE WITH NOTIFICATION THAT THESE SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE
OPENED AT THE AIRPORT COMMI~TEE MEETING AT NOON ON SEPTEMBER I , 1949, AT WHICH TIME THEY WILL
CO'NS I DERAT ION. i'
BE GIVEN
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MASTER PLANS fOR BOTH THE AIRPARK AND MAHLON SWEET AIRPORT WERE 01 SC'USSED AND THE CI TY
MANAGER EXPLAINED ,
THAT THE Y WE RE BEING DRAWN UP AND HE HOPED THAT WITHIN THE NEXT TWO OR ,
THREE MONTHS, WOULD BE READY FOR PRESENTATION AND THEN A fOUR OR FIVE YEAR PROGRAM COULD BE I
ESTKBLISHED 'WHEREIN WE WOULD KNOW WH I C H IMPROVEMENT TO MAKE FIRST. HIS RECOMMENDATION WAS
THAT THE PRESENT IMPROVEMENT CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 824,000.00 OF RUNWAY PAVEMENT AT THE
EUGENE AIRPARK BE DISCONTINUED THIS YEAR UNTIL THE MASTER PLAN WAS COMPLETED AND A DEFINITE
LONG-RAN GE PRO GRAM DEVELOPE D. THE COMMITTEE APPROVED THIS DELAY OF THE IMPROVEMENT AT THE
EUGENE A I Rp:ARK.
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IT WAS 'APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE TO ESTABLISH A DETOUW ON 18TH STREET FROM POLK TO I ~
CHAMBERS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION Of THE CHAMBERS STREET BRIDGE. IT WAS FELT THAT' THE OPENING
OF THIS STREET WOULD BE V E R Y BENEFICIAL TO THE ENTIRE AREA. "
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9 A REPORT OF A MEETING WITH HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS - RE: SOUTHERN PACIFIC PARTICIPATION
IN FE R.R y. S.TREE T B RIDGE OVERPAS S WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
I "MEETING RELATIVE TO FERRY STREET APPROACH AND SOUTHERN PAClrlC PETITION HELD AT NOON, ~
AUGUST 5, 1949. PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON. COUNC I LMEN CRUMBAKER AND HAWN, CITY MANAGER, CI TY Cj
ATTORNEY. CITY RECORDER, CITY ENGINEER AND PLANNING CONSULTANT BUFORD. ALSO PRESENT WERE ;;.. ~
MR. G. S. PAXTON, BRIDGE ENGINEER FOR OREGON STATE. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT AND C. W. ENFI ELD.
ATTORNEY FROM MR. DEVER'S OFFICE. . ..
THIS M~ETING WAS HELD TO. FURTHER STUDY THE POSSIBILITIES OF SOUTHERN PAClrlC PARTICIPA-
TION IN THE PROPOSED FEARY STREET OVERPASS. THE OFFICIALS OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC HAVE
I ADVISED THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT THAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND PARTICIPATION OF THE SOUTHERN
PACIFIC UP TO 10% OF THE COST OF THE STRUCTURE ACTUALLY PERT~INING TO THE OVERPASS STRUCTURE
PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT THE CITY OF EUGENE WOULD CLOSE PEARL AND HIGH STREETS.
MR. PAXTON STATED THAT IN HIS OPINION THE RE WERE THREE ALTERNATIVES FOR THE C I T Y TO
CONSIDER.
I. To PROCEED WITH THE PETITION PREVIOUSLY FILED UNDER DATE OF APRIL B, 1948 WHEREIN
THE CITY REQUESTS THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC TO PROVIDE THE CITY WITH AN EASEMENT FOFl THE
OVER-CROSSING STRUCTURE ITSELF. INCLUDING THE NECESSARY RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR THE EXTENSION
OF THE STREET AND HIGHWAY ACROSS THE RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY; TO PROVIDE BY SUPPLEMENTAL
AGREEMENT. OR OTHER PROPER MEANS, AN EASEMENT RELATING TO THE ROAD AC.ROSS THE TRACKS OF
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY LEADING INTO THE EUGENE WOOLEN MILL SO AS TO C H AN GE THE
LOCATION THEREOF IN ACCO ROAN CE WITH PLANS ATTACHED MARKED EXHIBIT "A"; TO GRANT THE CITY
RIGHT BY ME ANS OF AN ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT B Y 'I H I C H T HE CITY WILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO
ENCROACH UPON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF THE COMPANY FOR A WIDTH NOT IN EXCESS OF FIVE FEET
RUNNING ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FROM RAILROAD STATION 280/00 TO AN
INTERSECTION WITH THE REVISED EASEMENT FOR THE ROAD INTO THE EUGENE WOOLEN MILL; TO
REPLACE EXISTING RAILROAD TRESTLE OVER THE MILLRACE AT RAILROAD STATION 983/00 WITH
EMBANKMENT.
2. To ENDEAVOR TO NEGOTIATE WIT H THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC FOR 10% ON THE FUNDS (APPROXIMATELY
840,000 TO #50.000) AND IN CONSIDERATION THEY WOULD PROCEED TO HAVE PEARL AND HIGH STREETS
CLOSED AT THE PROPER TIME. IN THI S CONNECTION IT "AS BROUGHT OUT THAT IT MIGHT BE
DESIRABLE TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC WHEREIN THE CITY COULD TAKE
I ADVANTAGE OF THIS 10% I F AND WHEN THE CITY CLOSED PEARL AND HIGH WITHIN A FIVE YEAR
PERIOD.
3. To PETITION THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO REQUEST THE 10% PARTICIPATION BY
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC WITHOUT CLOSING PEARL AND HIGH. JUSTIFICATION FROM WHICH WOULD
COME FROM THE DIVERSION OF PRESENT TRAFFIC OVER THESE STREETS TO THE NEW OVERPASS
DIVERTfNG THEREBY 6,473 OF THE PRESENT 9,780 CA RS PER DAY FROM PEARL TO HIGH TO THE
NEW OVERPASS (TRAFF I C COUNTS AS SHOWN IN THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC
COUNT OF JUNE 22, 1949.)
IT SEEMED TO BE AGREED BY THOSE PRESENT AT THE MEETING THAT THE PRESENT PE TIT I ON (SET
FOR SEPTEMBER 19. 1949) TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION BE CONTINUED WITH FURTHER ENDEAVORS
TO DEAL WI TH THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC WHEREIN AN A4REEMENT MIGHT BE EFFECTED TO CLOSE PEARL AND
HIGH Af WHICH TIME THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC WOULD PAY THE A B OV E MENTIONED 10%OF THESE CO S T S IF'
SUCH ACTION WERE TAKEN WITHIN A PERIOD OF FIVE YE A RS . IT WAS AGREED THAT A HEARING OF THE
PEOPLE EFFECTED IN THE DISTRICT NORTH OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRACK BE HELD BY THE C I T Y OF
EUGENE IN AN ENDEAVOR TO ASCERTAIN THEIR OPINIONS OF CLOSING PEARL AND HIGH. MR~ PAXTON
BROUGHT OUT THAT RIGHT-HAND MOVEMENT AT THE END OF THE OVERPASS COULD BE CONSTRUCTED WHICH
WOULD TURN THE TRAFFIC UNDERNEATH THE OVER-PASS ON 4TH STREET AFFORDING ACCESS TO THE ENT IRE
AREA WHICH WOULD BE EFFECTED BY THE CLOSING OF PEARL AND HIGH AND THAT COSTS OF THIS SHOULD
NOT BE TOO HIGH. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF CLOSING PEARL AND HIGH WERE DISCUSSED WITH
THIS NEW ACCESS ROAD IN MIND WHICH WOULD ELIMINATE ALL TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA FROM RAILROAD
CROSSINGS ENTIRELY. SUCH A PROGRAM WOULD HAVE BEN~FICIAL EFFECTS TO CITY TRArFIC AS WELL
AS THAT OF- THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
I THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 2:00 O'CLOCK P.M.
A ROUGH PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE WAS RECEIVED BY TELEPHONE AUGUST 8, 1949 FROM MR. PAXTONS
OFFICE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THIS UNDERPASS ROAD FROM THE SOUTH END OF THE FERRY STREET BRIDGE
IN A CLOVERLEAF MOVEMENT AROUND AND UNDER THE OVERPASS TO CONNECT WITH FOURTH WHICH IS AS
FOLLOWS:
ESTIMATE - UNDERPASS - 15 · CLEARANCE
I 42' PAVING (55' RADIUS MINIMUM) 8 32,600.00
GRADING 11,000.00
FILL AND RIP-RAPPING 3,600.00
200 - 30" PIPE 2,200.00
49,400.00
R.O.W. ESTIMATE 40,600.00
8 90,000.00
IT WAS ALSO MENTIONED THAT THIS UNDER-PASS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO FLOODS IN EXTREME HIGH
WATER TO GE T THE DESIRED 15' CLEARANCE. ASSURANCE OF ARMY ENGINEERS, HOWEVER, IS THAT WITH
THE COMPLETION OF THE MERIDIAN THIS FLOOD HAZARD WILL BE RELIEVED. "
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IT WAS MOVED; BY CRUMBAKER, SECON OED BY HAWN THAT THE REPORT BE ADOPTED AND THAT THE CITY
AT TORN E Y BE INSTRUCTED '0 IMMEDIATELY ENTER AN AMENDMENT TO THE PETITION NOW BEFORE THE P.U.C.-
PROPOSING THAT THE CITY CLOSE HIGH AND PEARL STREETS AT THE RAILROAD CROSSING AND T H AcT THE SOUTHERN I
PACIFIC COMPAN YI N RETURN, PARTICIPATE I N THE COST OF THE OVERHEAD STRUCTURE TO THE EXTENT OF 10%
';'. OF THE COST. MOTION CARRIEO.
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(~G-: IT WAS FURT,HER, MOVED BY CRUMBAKER BY HAWN CITY ATTORNEY ALSO >>PE"
0 WITH A SECOND THAT THE "
NEGOTIATIONS AT THE SAME TIME DIRECTLY WITH THE SOUTHERN PACIF,IC COMPANY ON THE BASIS OF PARTICI-
PATING IN 10% OF THE COST OF THE OVERHEAD IF AND WHEN THE CITY CLOSES HIGH AND PEARL STREETS AT ,
SOME FUTURf: OAT E ,W I T H I N FIVE YEARS FROM COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT. MOTION CARRIED. j'
REPORTS OF BOARDS & COMMISSIONS I
10 A REPORT OF T.HE BOARD OF APPEALS - RE: DIVIDING TWO LOTS INTO THREE LOTS ON 19TH AND FRIENDLY
STREETS WAS SUBt,lITTED AND RE AD AS FOLLOWS:
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itA sPECI~L MEETING OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS WAS CALLED ON THURSDAY, JULY 28, .1949 FOR I;
CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FROM MR. F. A. TOWNSEND, 1950 MONROE STREET TO DIVIDE TWO LOTS ;;
INTO THREE.l :~
THE PR,ESENT LOT SI ZE IS 60 BY 150 FEET EACH LOT. I F THE LOTS WERE DIVIDED, THE SIZE
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OF EACH WOULD, BE 50 BY 120 FEET. tHE LOCATION OF THESE LOTS 15 19TH AND FRIENDLY STREET - "
FACING FRIENrDLY. 1
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THE BOARD DENIED THIS REQUEsT.1t
IT liAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY .0 A V I 5 THAT THE REPORT OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS BE REFERRED
TO THE PUBLIC WOR~KS COMMITTEE FOR A RECOMMENDATION. MOTION CARRIED.
II A PERMANENT REPORT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION - RE: RECLASSIFICATION AND ZONING WAS SUBMITTED
AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"As A PERMANENT REPORT, PURSUAN T TO THE RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF TH,E CITY OF
E'u GENE DIRECTING TH~ CITY PLANNING COMMISSION TO PREPARE A RE PO RT UPON CERTAIN REQUESTS FOR
RE CLASS I F"I CA T ION AND ZON I NG IN AREAS WITHIN SAIO CITY, THE ~ITY PLANNING COMMISSION HE R E B Y
ADOPTS.AS I T,S PERMANENT REPORT, THE FOLLOWING: :
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THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THE DENIAL OF THE FOLLOWING PETITION F.OR CHANGE OF ~
CLASSIFICATION, TO-.'T:-
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BEN ASHBRIDGE
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BEGINN,I,NG AT A POINT IN THE NORTH L HIE OF ELEVENTH AVENUE WEST 156 FEET WEST OF' "
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A POIN, 303.5 FEET SOUT H ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT NINE (9) "
IN HUDDLESTON'S
ADDITION TO EUGENE, THENCE WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF S~ID ELEVENTH AVENUE WEST
40 FEET, THENCE NORTH 96 FEET, THENCE EAST 40 FEET, THENCE SOUTH 96 FEET TO THE r
PLACE OF BEGINNING, ALL IN LANE COUNTY, STATE OF OREGON.
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1545 WEST 11TH AVE.
REQUEST C HAN GE FROM R-2 MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO C-2 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
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AND THE PLANN I NG COMMISSION HAS TABLED UNTIL AREA 15 PROPERLY SUB-DIVIDED AND riLED, THE
rOLLOWING, PETIJION FOR CHAN GE OF CLASSIFICATION; TO-WI T:
A. C. CRAME:R
PROPERTY LOCATED WEST SIDE Or OAK STREET FROM 28TH AVE. SOUTH TO A LI NE 100-rEET NORTH :'
OF THE ,NORTH LINE OF 29TH AVENUE EAST.
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REQUEST CHANGE rROM R-A SUBURBAN DISTRICT TO C-3 CENT~AL BUSINESS DISTRICT. "
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AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS TABLED,.U!'ITIL FURTHER STUDY 15 GIVEN THE EUGENE ARTERIAL "
PROGRAM, THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR CHANGE Or CLASSIFICATION, TO-WIT: ,:
FOURTEE'N PROPERTY OWNERS
lOTS 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 - BLOCK I , SNODGRASS ADDITION - BETWEEN EAST 15TH AND 16TH AVENUES "
ON (tAl< STREET, AN 0 BETWEEN OAK STREET AND THE ALLEY BETWEEN WILLAUETTE AND (l1AK STREET. ,
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ALSO LOTS 3 At! D 4, BLOCK 7 AND LOTS I , 2, 3, AND 4 OF BL OCK 8 OF CHRISTIANS 2ND ADDITION "
(BEGINNING AT. THE, EAST AN D WEST ALLE Y BETWEEN 13TH AND 14TH AVENUE ON OAK STREET AND " I
THENCE SOUTH yo 15TH AVENUE EAST.
REQUESTED CHAt'! GE rROM R-3 MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO C-3 CENTRAL BUSINESS
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PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS
I 12 THE FOLLOWING PETITION TO REZONE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ.
PLANNING COMMISSION CITY VIEW - PORTIONS OF WEST PARK SUB- ~
RECOMMENDATION OF THE - 18TH & .~
DIVISION. :o!;]
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IT WAS MOVED BV 800Tli, SECONDED BY HAWN THA T THE PETITION BE REFERRED TO THE CITV ATTORNEV
FOR THE NECESSARY RESOLUTION. MOTION CARRIED.
13 A PETITION FROM PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE VICINITY OF THE INTERSECTION OF 26TH AND COLUMBIA
I REQUEST ING THE COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER ACTION BETWEEN COLUMBIA AND CHULA VISTA AND TO CONS IDER
PERMANENT VACATION OF THAT SECTION WAS SUBMITTED.
IT WAS "HE DECISION or THE COUNCIL TO PROCEEO WITH THE IMPROVEMENT OF THIS STREET BY PASSING
ON COUNCIL BILL No. 633 AND 634.
14 A PETITION BEARING THE NAMES OF 181 BUSINESSMEN AND PROPERTY OWNERS LOCATED IN THE DOWNTOWN
AREA OPPOSING THE ONE-WAY TRAFFIC GRID SYSTEM WAS PRESENTED. IT READ AS FOLLOWS:
"WE, THE UNDERS I GNED, HAVE A VITAL INTEREST IN.THE WELFARE, GROWTH AND STABILIZATION
OF THE BUSINESS SECTION OF THE CITV OF EUGENE AND IN THE MOST EFFICIENT UTILIZATION OF OUR
DOWNTOWN STREETS; WE ARE OWNERS AND MANAGERS OF DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES ,AND OWNERS OF REAL
PRO PERT Y IN THE BUSINESS SECTION; WE HAVE SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENTS IN.BUSINESSES AND PROPERTY
IN THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS SECTION OF EUGENE; AND WE THEREFORE, RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE
PRESENT "GRID" TRAF" C SYSTEM IN EUGENE BE MODIFIED AS FOLLOWS:
RESTORE IMMEDIATELY TWO-WAY TRAffIC TO WllLAMETTE STREET, HIGH STREET AND BROADWAY.
THIS PETITION IS PRESENTED FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS BASED UPON THE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF
THE "GRID" SYSTEM AS CURRENTLY OPERATING:
A. IMMEDIATE DETRIMENT TO BU SIN E 5 S
I. THE PRE SEN T S YS TEM HAS WORKED GREAT HARDSHIP ON NUMEROUS BUS I NESS FI RMS WHICH
I DEPEND UPON NORMAL TWO-WAY TRAFFIC FOR SUCCESSFUL OPERATION. ,
2. THE UNORTHODOX TRAFFl C PATTERN IS CONFUSING TO TOURISTs AND TO PE RSONS IN OUTLYING
COMMUNITIES WHO MAY WISH TO TRANSACT BUSINESS IN EUGENE AND HAS HAD THE EFFECT OF
DISCOURAGING THEM FROM COMING INTO THE BUSINESS DISTRICT.
B. tONG-RANGE DETRIMENTAL EffECTS
I . THE DESTRUCTION OF THE NORMAL TRAFFIC PATTERN WILL ULTIMATELV HAVE A PRONOUNCED
EFFECT ON PROPERTY AND RENTAL VALUES; THE RESULT "ILL BE THAT MANY PRESENTLY VALUABLE
LOCATIONS WILL BE GREATLY IMPAIRED IN VALUE. THE VALUE OF THE PRESENT BUSINESS SITES
RESULTS FROM HISTORIC TRAFFIC PATTERNS; CHANGING THIS FLOW OF TRAFFIC WILL, IN THE
COURSE OF TIME, CAUSE NEW DEVELOPMENTS, ALONG NEW TRAFFIC ROUTES AND WILL DESTROY
PRESENT BUSINESS VALUES.
2. THE PRESENT BUSINESS SECTION WILL LOST MUCH BUSINESS TO OTHER AREAS WH I CH DO NOT
HAVE CONFUSING TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS TO HAMPER THE BUYING PUBLIC AND WHICH AFFORD
EASIER ACCESS AND MANEUVERABILITY. THE PRESENT SYSTEM HAS HAD THE EFFECT OF. RENDERING
MANY BUSINESSES LESS USEFUL TO THE PUBLIC.
3. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW BUSINESSES AND THE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF PRESENT
BUSINESSES WILL BE DISCOURAGED; A STABLE AND FRIENDLY BUSINESS CLIMATE IS A PRIME
REQUISITE TO NEW BUSINESSES AND INVESTMENTS. THE WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE
BUSINESS DISTRICT IN EUGENE DEPENDS TO A LARGE EXTENT ON THE CONFIDENCE INVESTORS
MAY HAVE IN THE PERMANENCE OF SHOPPING LOCATIONS AND AREAS. SUCH INNOVATIONS AS
I ONE-WAY TRAFFIC ON THE MAIN BUSINESS STREETS CREATE A NOTE OF UNCERTAINTY PARTICULARLY
iN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT LATER ACTION MIGHT AGAIN ALTER THE PICTURE.
C. OTHER DISTURBING DEFECTS IN THE "GRID" SYSTEM
I. CONFUS I ON OF TRAFFIC AT INTERSECTIONS UPON LEAVING THE "GRID" SYSTEM AND ENTERING
THE TWO-WAY STREETS.
2. DANGEROUS-CONDITIONS RESULTING FROM THE PRACTICE OF DRIVERS IN "JOCKEYING" FROM
ONE LANE TO THE OTHER TO REACH PARKING SPACES AN D TO MANEUVER INTO THE PROPER
I LANE FOR TURNS.
3. LEAKAGE FROM GAS TAN KS AS THE RESULT OF PARKING CARS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE
STREETS.
4. THE GENERAL TENDENCY OF THE SYSTEM IS TO MAKE FOR CARELESS AND UNNATURAL DRIVING
HABITS.
THE FOLLOWING REMEDIAL MEASURES ARE SUGGESTED AS MORE ORTHODOX MEANS OF SOLVING OUR TRAFFIC
PRO BLEMS:
I . DEVELOP ARTERIALS ALONG THE LINES LAID DOWN BV THE PLANNING BOARD.
2. CFF-STREET PARKING LOTS FINANCED BY REVENUE FROM PARKING METERS.
3. REMOVAL OF ALL PARKING FROM THE MAIN STREETS DURING PEAK TRAFFIC PERIODS.
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ANY SOLUTION SHOULD BE ALONG ORTHODOX LINES WHICH WILL HAVE AS A GOAL MAKING EUGENE~,S ;!
BUSINESS SECTION A MORE DESIRABLE PLACE TO SHOP. It
~ IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT THE PETITIONS BE RECEIVED AND RErERRED TO I
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~.~ THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE rOR CONSIDERATIO,,! IN PREPARING QUEST I ONNA IRE rOR SURVEY. MOTION CARRIED.
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13a. A PE TIT ION SIGN E 0 BY ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS rOR PAVING ELINORE STREET rROM 27TH TO 28TH
AVENUE WAS SUBMITTED AND RE AD. THE REPORT Of" THE ENGINEER SHOWED THE PROPERTY OWNERS SIGN I N G T, HE
PE TIT I ON TO REPRESENT 45.03% or THE AFrECTED PROPERTY T,O fiE ASSESSED, All! 0 THAT A DEED WILL. HAVE TO
BE OBTAINED TO THIS STREET.
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT THE PETITION BE RErERRED TO THE CITY MANAGER I
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TO SECURE DEEDS REQUIRED AND f"OR REPORT BACK TO THE .COUNCIL. MOT ION CARR lED. ,
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14-;1 A PE TIT I ON SIGNED.BY ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS f"OR PAVING EAST 20TH AVENUE rRoM ALDER TO
UNIVERSITY STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ. THE REPORT Of" THE ENGI NEE~ SHOWED THE ~ROPERT:Y OWf>:IERS i
SIGNING THE PETITION TO REPRESENT 44.14% or THE Af"f"ECTED PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED. ~ '
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A PETITION SIGNED BY ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS PROTESTING THE PAVING Of" EAST 20TH AVENUE rROM
ALDER TO UNIVERSITY STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND RE AD. THE Rt PORT or THE ENGINEER SHOWED THE PROPERTY
OWNERS SIGN I N G . THE PETITION TO REPRESENT 48.94% or THE Arf"ECTED PROPE~TY TO BE ASSESSED. "
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IT WAS MOVED, BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT THE PETITIONS AND COUNC I L BILLS BE LAID ON
THE TABLE. MOTION CARRIED. ;,
15 TYLER STREET BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH AVENUE, !i
A PETITION f"OR PAVING SIGN E 0 BY ABUTTING PROPERTY
OWNE RS WAS SUBMITTED AND REAO. THE REPORT Of" THE ENGINEER SHOWED THE PROPERTY OWNERS SIGNING THE
PETITION TO REPRESENT 42.19% or THE Arf"ECTED PROPE RTY TO BE ASSESSED.
I T WAS MOVED. BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT THE PETITION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE "
UNTIL 50% OR OVER Of" THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP MOTION I'
IS PLACED ON THE PETITION. CARRIED.
16 A PETITION SIGNED BY ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS rOR CONSTRUCTION or A SIOEWALK ON WEST 8TH
rROM FILMORE TO GRANT WAS SUBMITTED AND READ. THE REPORT or T~E ENGINEER SHOWED THE PROPERTY
OWNERS SIGNING THE PETITION TO REPRESENT 35.73% OF THE AFFECTED PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED..
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY HAWN T HA T THE PE TIT ION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE I
AN 0 THE PROPER,CITY OFFICERS INSTRUCTED TO ORAW uP THE NECESSARY ORDINANCES. MOTION CAR~IED.
17 A PE T IT I ON SIGNED BY ABUTTIN9 PROPERTY OWNERS FOR PAVING 18TH AVE. WEST f"ROM WILLAMETTE TO
OLIVE STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ. THE REPORT OF THE ENGINEER SHOWED THE PROPERTY OWNERS SIGNING
REPRESENT 58~92% OF I
THE PETITION TO THE AFFECTED PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED.
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT ACTION BE DEFERRED UN'" L SIGNATURE~ CAN BE
INCLUDED ON THE PETITION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF 18TH AVENUE THROUGH TO LINCOLN STREET. MOTION
CARRIED.
18 COMMUNICATION FROM MR. RICHARD COLLINS" RE: IMPROVEMENT OF V AN NESS FROM 25TH TO REED WAS
SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: .
"BECAUSE I AM BE ING TRANSFERRED FROM EUGENE, I VI ISH TO ASK PE RM I SS I ON FROM THE CITY
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COUNCIL TO ~ITHDRAW MY NAME FROM A PETITION WHICH I PREVIOUSLY SIGNED FOR IMPROVING VAN NESS
STREET BETWEEN 25TH AND REED WITH PAVEMENT AND CURB~. I OWN 180 FEET ON V AN NESS AND I
BELIEVE THE WITHDRAWAL OF MY NAME FROM THE PETITION WILL REDUCE THE FRONTAGE WHICH HAS BEEN
SIGNED UP TO LESS THAN HALr or THE LINEAL FOOTAGE TO BE IMPROVED.
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I HAD INTENDED TO BUILD IN THE NEAR rUTURE ON VAN NESS BUT MY PLANS HAVE BEEN CHAN GED
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BECAUSE. OF THE TRANSFER MENTIONED ABOVE. BELIEVE YOU WILL FIND THAT MOST OF THE f"RONTAGE '.
INVOLVED I N' THE TWO BLOCKS BETWEEN 25TH AND REED ON VAN NESS IS UNIMPROVED, AND THE PAVING
ASSEssMENTSIWOULD BE A CONSIDERABLE LOAD ON THE VACANT PROPERTY. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT VERY
MUCH I F THE \I MPROVEMENT COULD BE POSTPONED FOR A YEAR OR SO. I AM QU I TE SURE THAT o T HE R ' I
OWNERS OF VACANT PROPERTY ON THE STREET WILL ALSO WISH TO HAVE THE PRO JE CT POSTPONED. YOUR
CONSIDERATION or MY REQUEST IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. It
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IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE INSTRUCTED TO HAVE ORDINANCES
PREPARED AND TO GET BIDS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ON A SANITARY SEWER PROJECT TO SERVE THE PRpPERTY ON
I V AN NESS AVENUE FROM 25TH TO REED IN ORDER TO COMBI NE THE PROJECT ~ITH THE IMPROVEMENT OF V AN NESS
AVENUE BETWEEN 25,TH AND REED. ROLLCALL VOTE. SMITH ABSENT. MOTION CARRI ED.
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IT WAS FURTHER MOVED BY HA WN , SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE CONTRACT pN THE IMPROVEMENT OF V AN I
NESS BETWEEN 25TH AND REED BE. LET AT THE SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING AND THE CONT RACT FOR TH~ SEWER
BE LET AS SOON THEREAFTER AS POSSIBLE. MOTION CAFlRI ED.
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,19 COMMUNICATIONS f"ROM THE FIRE AND BUILDING DEPARTMENTS .- RE: UNSAFE BUILDI!'IGS, AT 1809 w. 6TH
340 W. 4TH, 733, 741 AND 747 OLl VE STREETS WERE SUBMITTED AND RE AD.
IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE INSTRUCTED TO CALL A
HEARING AS PROVIDED rOR IN o R 0 I NAN CE No. 8292 AND SET SUCH HEARING FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1949.
MOTION CARRI EO. .
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IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT THE SUBJECT OF THE UNSAFE BUILDINGS BE
REfERRED TO THE PUBLIC SAfETY COMMITTEE fOR INSPECTION OF THE BUILDINGS PRIOR TO DATE Of THE
I HE A R I N G .
BY CRUMBAKER RUBENSTEIN BUILDING ..~
IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED THAT THE HEAR I NG ON THE .~
LOCATED AT 804 WASHINGTON S T RE E T , PREVIOUSLY SET, BE POSTPONED TO MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1949. ~
MOTION CARRIED.
20 A COMMUNICATION fROM MR. C. 11/. SHARON PERTAINING TO VACATION OF SHORT STREET BETWEEN MISSION
AND SPRING WAS READ AND THE MATTER WAS SU BSTANT I ATED BY MR. SHARON.
I IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY BE INSTRUCTED TO PREPARE
PROPER ORDINANCES WHEN SO ADVISED BY CI TY MANAGER. MOTION CARRIED.
AIRPORT
21 THE MATTER OF THE MACAULEY PROPERTY WE6T OF MAHLON SWEET WAS DISCUSSED BY THE
MACAULEY BROTHERS WHO HAD RECEIVED A LETTER fROM THE CITY ATTORNEY. IT WAS STATED BY' MR. GRANT
MACAULEY THAT THEIR ESTIMATE OF THE COST TO THE CITY fOR MATERIALS fOR fENCING IN COMPLIANCE
WITH EARLY AGREEMENT WOULD BE ABOUT 8250.00.
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT THE EXPEN D I TURE OF' 8250.00 ou T 0 I'" THE
AIRPORT BUDGET BE APPROVED fOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THAT MUCH OF THE COST OF fENCING AND THAT
A RELEASE BE PROVIDED THE CI TY ON THE STIPULATION IN THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT; ALSO THAT THE CITY
ATTORNEY PREPARE AN AGREEMENT COVERING THE CONDITIONS Of USE Of LAN 0, ET C. MOTION CARRIED.
22 THE MATTER. Of THE REZONING Of THE FRANCES BAKER PROPERTY WAS DISCUSSED BY THE CITY MANAGER
AND IT WAS HIS RECOMMENDATION THAT A VARIANCE BE GRANTED BY THE COUNCIL IN LIEU OFT HE REZONING
Of THIS PROPERTY.
IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECON OED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE VARIANCE BE GRANTED. MOTION CARRIED.
ORDINANCES
23 COUNCIL BILL NO. 633 - RE: PAVING 26TH AVENUE fROM COLUMBIA TO CHULA VISTA, INTRODUCED AND
GIVEN FIRST READING ON JULY 25, 1949 WAS BROUGHT ON FOR CONSIDERATION.
IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND T I ME BY TITLE ONL Y,
I WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT Of THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE
SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONL Y.
IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL BE READ THE
THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY, wiTH UNANIMOUS CONSEN T OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND
THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ON L Y.
IT WAS MOVE!, BY HA~N, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE COUNCI L BI LL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN fiNAL
PASSAGE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VO TIN G AYE. SMITH ABSENT. THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND
NUMBERED ~.
24 COUNCIL BILL No. 634 - RE: ADOPTING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS fOR PAVING 26TH AVENUE FROM
COLUMBIA To C HU L A V 1ST A , I NTRO DUCED AND GIVEN FIRST READING ON JUL Y 25, 1949 WAS BROUGHT ON fOR
CONSIDERATION.
IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONLY,
WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE
SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL BE READ THE
THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY, WITI:I UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND
THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONL Y.
IT WAS MOVED BY HA WN J SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE COUNCIL BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN fiNAL
I PASSAGE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT V 0 TIN G AYE. SMITH ABSENT. THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND
NUMBERED ~.
25 COUNCIL BILL NO. 641 RE: CONSTRUCTION OF A SIDEWALK ON NORTH SIDE OF 8TH AVENUE
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FILMORE TO GRANT STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN fULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY TITLE
ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSE"'T OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE
SECOND TIME BY TITLE ONLY.
I IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL BE READ
THE THIRD TIUE BY TITLE ON L Y, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE C OU N C I L. MOTl ON CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
AN D THE BILL WAS READ THE T HI R D T IIAE BY TITLE ONL Y.
IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE COUNCIL BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN FINAL
PASSAGE. ALL COUNCI LMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE. SMITH ABSENT. THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND
NUMBERED ~.
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26 642 - RE: ADOPTING PLANS AND SPECI~ICATIONS ~OR CONSTRUCTION O~ A SIDEWALK r
ON THE NORTH SIDE O~ 8TH'AvENUE ~ROM flLMORE TO GRANT STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE nRST TIME
IN ~ULL. . I
IT \US'MOYE'D'SY HAWN, SECONDED BV CRUMBAKER THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY TITLE
-f.;;., ONL Y, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENt O~ THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ'
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IT WAS MOVEC BY H~~N,' SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE RULE S BE SU SPENDED AND THE BILL BE READ
THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY, WitH UNANIMOUS CONS EN T O~ THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE COUNCIL BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN ~INAL I
PASSAGE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE. SMITH ABSENT. THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND
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RESOLUTIONS
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27 RESOLUTION - RE: OPENING 22ND AND 23RD AVENUE ~ROM fRIENDLY TO ADAMS STREETS WAS SUBMITTED I
AND READ AS ~OlLOWS:' :
"BE IT RESOL.VEO BY:THE COMMON COUNCIL O~ THE CITY O~ EUGENE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THAT
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I T 'IS DEEMED EXPEDIENT BY THE COMMON COUNCIL THAT THE ~OLLOWI NG PUBL I C STREETS, TO-WIT:
TWENTY-SECOND AVENUE AND TWENTY-THIRD ~VENUE ~ROM fRIENDLY STREET TO ADAMS STREET WITHIN THE
C I TV 0 ~ E':l GE N E, EACH BE OPENED TO A WIDTH O~ SiXTY fEET, AND THAT'THE CITY ENGINEER 18 THERE-
fORE DIRECTED BY HIM OR SOME COMPETENT SURVEYOR TO MAKE A SURVEY OF' SUC H STREET OPENINGS AND
TO MARK BOUNDARIES THE RE OF", AND THE PORTIONS Of EACH LOT OR TRACT OF' LAND WHICH'MUSTBE
APPROPRIATED THE REF'O R, AND TO fiLE THE SAME WITH THE RECORDER O~ THE CITY Of EUGENE WITHIN '.
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. TWENTY' DAYS Of THE DATE O~ THIS RESOLUTION, UNLESS F'URTHER TIME SHALL BE GRANTED THEREfOR.
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PASS'ED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF' THE CITY OF' EUGENE THIS 8TH DAV Of AUGUST, 1949. ft
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IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT THE RESOLUTION BEl ADOPTED. MOTION' CARRIED.
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, Of WEST PARK SUBDIVISION CITY VIEW WAS SUBMITTED
28 RESOLUTION - RE: REZONING PORTIONS - 18TH AND
AND READ AS F'OLLOWS: I
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, THE CITY O~ EUGENE,
"BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL Of" OREGON, THAT THERE IS HERE-
BY TRANSMITTED TO THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION Of SAID CITY, THE fOLLOWING PETITIONS ~OR
REZONING PROPERTY IN S'A 10 C I T Y, TO-1IIIT:-
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RECOMMENDA T ION Of THE PLANNING COMMISSION
BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF' THE SOUTH LINE Of EIGHTEENTH AVE. WEST WITH TH,E CENTER
LINE OF' CITY VIEW STREET, AND RUNNING THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTH LINE Of EIGHTEENTH
AVENUE WEST APPROXIMATELY 1329 rEET TOT HE INTERSECTION WIT H THE EXTENDED WEST LINE OF'
THE SUBDIVISION PLAT OF' WESTPARK AS F'I LEO IN BOOK 12, PAGE 14, LANE COUNTY, OREGON;
THENCE NORTH 002' EAST APPROXIMATELY 1681 fEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF' SAID:PLAT;
THENCE SOUTH 8900',EAST APPROX I MATEL Y 1320 rEET, TO THE EUGENE CITY LIMITS; THENCE
SOUTHERL Y ALONG THE WEST CITY I!.IMITS TO THE PO INT O~ BEGINNING. .
AND DIRECTING THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO ADOPT A TENTATIVE RE PO RT AND TO HOLD A HE A R I N G THE RE-
ON IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER I N THE CITY HALL OF' SAID( CITY ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1949 AT 7:30
O'CLOCK P.M., A~TER GIVING DUE NOTICE BY PUBLICATION ONCE IN THE EUGENE REGISTER GUA RD, AND
IN CASE Of A fAVORABLE REPORT ON SAID REQUEST, A HEARING IS HERE BY CALLED TO BE HELD AT THE
CITY HALL AT THE NEXT ENSUING REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING COMMENCING AT 7:30 O'CLOCK P.M., NOTICE
Of,WHICH SHALL BE .GIVEN THREE TI MES IN THE EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. "
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECON OED BY HAWN THAT THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
UPON MOTION DULY MADE,. SECONDED AND.CARRIED, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED. I
RESPECTF'ULLY SUBMITTED,
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