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EUGENE, ORE'GON': I
'AUGUST 12, 1957
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THE REGULAR ~EETING or THE COMMON CO~NCIL or THE CITY OF EUGEN~ WAS HELD ON AUGUST 12,1957
AT 7:30 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE .MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY HIS HONOR, MAYOR J. J.
MCGINTY, WITH THE rOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRES,ENT: MR'. VIA TSON, MR. HARTMAN, MR. SH ISLER, MR. ED-
MUNDS, MRS. LAURIS, MR. BRIGGS JAND MR. LI NDH'N. MR. SHEARER WAS ABSENT. ;
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THE MI NUTES or THE LA.ST REGULAR MEETI NG HELD ON JULY 8', ,1'957 AND ADJOURNED TO 'JUL Y 22', 1957
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I BI LL.S AGAI'NST THE VARIOUS CI TY D,EPARTMENTS rOR' THE MONT.Hor JULY:WERE SUBMI TTEDAND -READ' AS
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GENERAL FUND I
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T. C. WI LD ISH' $ , CfTY GALVANIZERS CO. $ ;
8,801 .~28 ~ ~.25
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PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SY~TEM 4,293.11 . .CLARY CORPORATION 125.00 !
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ,SYSTEM 4,726.28 ~orrEE'S WATER PUMP SERVICE - -6.00
PUBLI'C' EMPLOYEES RET I REMENT SYSTEM 831.94 COMMERCIA~ ~UTO SUPPLY 25.51
AETNA L I FE I. NSURANCE CO. 1,606.87 COMMERCIA~ OrrlCE SUPPLY CO. 439.53
PAClrlC 'HOSPITAL ASSN. I ,255.20 CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS, INC. 6.31
EUGENE HOSPITAL & CLI~IC 32.00 - CONSOLI DATED SUPPL'Y Co. . . 21. I 2 I
FjRST NATIONAL BANK or PORTLAND 168.75 CONS,UMERS t RESEARCH, 1 NC. : 8.50
FI RST NATIONAL BANK .or PORTLAND I I , I 80. 80 CORNEL~,HoWLAND,HAYES & MERRyrlELD 65.71 \1
STATE TAX COMMISSION 2,'150.15 ' Roy COPPING SERVI~E STATION 2.56
DANIEL O. POTTER,' TREAS. "153.00 . COX'S CANNERY -, 51.66 "
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DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS. 3,287.-12 ,CRESSEYS' , 8.38
UNITED ~PPEAL- LA~E COUNTY 176.21~ ,01 AMOND "M" ORCHARD 2.00 I
J. J. MCGINTY, MAYOR I 00.00 ' DAVIDSONS BAKING CO. 15.75 I
LANE HUMANE SOCIETY 750.00 ' DUANE p. DELMORE 6,0.00 i
STATE INDUSTRIAL ~CCIDENTCOMMISSION I, 134.-50 DEMCO LIBRARY SUPPLIES 4.25 i
DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS. 102.-00 : DONALD C. DICKEY . 625.00 I
DANI EL o. POTTER, 'TREAS. 88.00 ' FLOYD R. DICKEY - . 60.00
BLUE, CROSS PLAN - 18.75' DICK'S MACHI'NE SHOP I 9.33 I
L. H. BUTCHER CO. 144.00 - DICTAPHONE' CORPORATION 701 '. 40
BUSINESS EQUIPMENT CENTER 297.87 DOT DOTSON'S 77.41
BURROUGHS CORPORATION 20.80 ,DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC. 93.74
E. H. BURRELL 2,.16 JACKR. DOUGLAS 80.40
BUREAU or LABOR 7.00 DUPLI CAT'I NG :PRODUCTS, INC. I. 10
CHARLES BRUNING CO., INC. 137.10 E~STMAN KODAK STORES, 1 NC. 62.61 I
STANLEY R. BROWN 60'.00 EMP1RE CHAiN SAW CO. 1'0.00 i
BROOKS OrrlCE MACHINES 7'.00 ,Eorr ELECTR IC, CO. , . 10.65
F. K. BREWER SALES & SERVICE '112.20 ,EQU1PMENT RENTAL CO. 2.90 .
HENRY O. BOYL.ES 60.00 EUGENE BLUEPRINT Co. 4.36 r
DAVID G. BOGGS .60.00 ' , EUGENE- CONCRETE PIPE & PRODUCTS 445. I 6 :
DUDLEY B. BLATCHLEY 60.00 -EU,GENE' FA~MERSCREAME'RY -- -3.91 I
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BILL'S GARBAGE SERVICE EUGENE FRUIT GROWERS ASS,OCIAT'-ON 2.27 .
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ADDRESSOGRAPH-MuLTI GRAPH CORP. 138.00' EUGENE HARDWARE CO. - 1,2'.35
VERNER J. ADICISON 8.16 [UGENE LAUNDRY,& DRY CLEANERS 113.24
B. R. ALBRIGHT, M.D. 7.50 ,EUGENE OVERALL LAUNDRY . 21.50
RICHARD H. ALLISON 60.00 EUGENE PAINT CENTER 1.72 ;
AMERICAN PuBLIC WORKS ASSN. 10.00 EUGENE P~ANI NG MI LL ' 139.57 \
AMER I CAN STEEL SUPPL yCo. ' 147.,66 EUG,ENE SAND & GRAVEL 1,047. 16
A. WAYNE ANDRUS I 1.36 EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BQARD I , 387.97 --
ApPLIED RESEARCH INSTITUTE 17.44 EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD 9,316.54
ARCH'S MOTOR TUNE-UP 25.12 EUGENE WELDERS SUPPLY'CO., INC. 40.42
ART'S GARBAGE SERVICE ; 4.95 EXECUTONE SYSTEMS CO. 99.50
ASSOCIATED SUPPLIERS U~7 . , 0 F~RMER BROTHERS RES~AURANT SERVo 94.20
AUTO~AT1C HEAT Co . t ,'78;-45'~ FORDS DRIVE-IN 10.00
B & R BUILDING SUPPLY CO. 25.30 FIRE ENGI~EERING 17.50
STANLEY S. BAILOR 60.00 Rl:ETCHER & SMARTT ~ 9. 85
E. P. BALTZ & SON 289.10 FRANKS GARBA~E S,ERVI CE ;3.00
BARKER MOTORS, INC. 15.35 W. P. FULLER & Co. 36.25
BEARING SUPPLY CO. 23.81 DRS. FURRER,McMILAN & PATTON 197.80
LLOYD R. BEEBE po.oo FYR-FVTER SALES & ~ERVICE 19'.00
BEE-LINE SERVICE 4.00 THE GARDEN SHOP 4.93
BEKINS MOVING & STORAGE CO. 18.93 PHARLES M. GARDNER & CO. 13.29
BETHEL PLANING CO. 110.00 THE J. K. GI LL CO. 3.31 I
C & SELECTRIC 115.00 ~LASS SPRAY SERVICE , 7.00
GEORGE F. CAKE CO. 143.67 GRAY'S FEED & SEED CO. ~6.87 I; I
CARLSON, HATTON & HAY, INc. 52.31 GUARD PUBLISHING CO. 321.68
CASCADE NATURAL GAS CORP. 18.34 H. C.,GUTHRIE 19.52
THE CENTRAL HEATING CO. 974.50 E. H. HALL 15.00
CENTRAL HEATING CO. 3,964.47 ~VERETT V. HALL 60.00
CENTRAL-LANE CO. ?LANNI NG COMM. 5,000.00 GEORGE A. HALTON Co. 77.94
CENTRAL SUPPLY 13.00 HAMILTON ELECTRIC 30.00
R. H. CHAPMAN CO. 39.82 HAMMER LUMBER Co. 13.50 !:
CHASE CO. 21.15 P. J. HANNS COMPANY, INC. 22.49
LELAND M. CHRISTENSEN 60.00 HARLEY-DAVIDSON SALES CO. 26.50 e
LEON G. CHRISTENSiN 60.00 HARR MOTOR SUPPLY 28.32
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I MRS. D. S. HARRIS $ 8.00 THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST QUARTERLY $ 3.50
HAWKINS-HAWKINS COMPANY, INC. 147.43 PACIFIC TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. I ,007. I 4
B I.LL G. HAY . 60.00 PACKER-SCOTT 166.51
HEINKE WHOLESALERS 9.94 PAT'S AUTO ELECTRIC 7.56
HENNEN VOS CO. 47.64 PECK BROTHERS 104.56
HERROLD & JENSEN IMPLEMENT CO. 36.05 JOHN W. PENNINGTON 26.30
HEWITT'S MARKET . 25.62 G&ORGE M. PECKHAM . 60.00
HOBBY CORNER 37.44 PENN. SALT MFG. Co. OF WASHINGTON 197.42
HOWARD HERIDER SERVICE STATION 166.13 PETTY C/lSH 101.80
WILLIAM~. HIRSCH 60.00 Pl.ERCE FREIGHT LINES, INC. 23.66
HaRK PRINTING CO. 19.75 DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS. 6,998.,40
HORN PRINTING CO. 53.75 DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS. 495.60
HUNTER PHOTO COPYIST, INC. 56.69 J., W. QUACKENBUSH & SON 25.59
INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTORS ,33.09 QUICK SERVICE LITHO 14.90
INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGERS' ASSN. 40.00 EL.lI S RACKLEFF 69.40
INTERNATIONAL CONF.BLDG.OFFICIALS 75.00 CLYDE M. RANKINS 56.40
IRISH-McBROOM PACKING CO. 15.63 REAR'S FARM SERVICE 95.52
e IVERSON PAINT 5.48 RECORDAK CORPORATION 112.20
JOHN JENSEN . 60.00 RETREAD TIRE SHOP 88.64
R. M. JORGENSEN 25.00 REXIUS FUEL SERVICE 25.50
E. F. KELLER 10.00 LEE RHOADS 60.00
KENDALL MOTOR CO. 151.51 RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION 38.65
LEO M. KEPPERS 60.00 RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION 2,01:4.81
KIPLI~GER WASHINGTON AGENCY 18.00 A. B. SCARLETT 17.49
I KOKE CHAPMAN CO. 649.84 SCHARPF'S TWIN OAKS BLDRS SUPPLY 29.80
LAFFERTy-PIONEER CORPORATION 151.05 SCOBERT BUILDING MATERIAL CO. 4.50
LANE COUNTY TITLE CO. 50.00 SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. 81.73
LANE GARBAGE SERVICE 4.55 SHELL OIL CO. 17.49
LANE .PARTS CO. 1.54 SHELTON, TURNBULL, FULLER, I NC. 35.90
LEAGUE OF OREGON CITIES 2,324.00 THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO. 148.55
KAYE LOOMIS 2.00 SILVA CHEVROLET CO. 165.62
LOOMIS ARMORED CAR SERVICE, I NC. 394.50 SIMMONS CARBON CO., I NC. 91.61
THE MACMILLAN CO., PUBLISHERS 29.84 SLEEP-AIRE MATTRESS CO. 350.00
MCCRACKEN BROS. MOTOR FREIGHT 4.00 ELLSWORTH L. SMITH 60.00
EVER~TT A. McKINNEY 1.50 SMITH RADIO COMMUNICATION 322.36
A. C" McMI LLAN Co. 252.84 ORVILLE L. SOLBERG 60.00
MAGIC GAS & ApPLIANCE CO. 17.50 STANDARD FEED & SEED CO. 495.02
MARLATT'S 45.00 STANDARD OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIA 144.99
MARL~Y SP.ORT SHOP 36.44 STATE DEPT. OF MOTOR VEHICLES 92.00
MEDI C.AL ARTS PRODUCTIONS 15.00 FRANK O. STRONACH 60.00
MEDICAL PHARMACY 15.68 GHARLES C. THOMAS, PUBLISHER 3.00
MERCURY EQUIPMENT SERVICE 15.50 TIDEWATER OIL CO. 19.30
MIDWA,Y LUMBER SUPPLY 80.00 TIFFANy-DAVIS DRUG CO. 2. 10
MINE SAFETY ApPLIANCES CO. 12. I I TILLMAN-BoOTH CO. 38.45
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG. Co. 285.00 TITLE ABSTRACT CO. 1.50
MONTGOMERY WARD & CO. 22.90 THE TODD COMPANY, INC. 11.00
MOTO~MIX CONCRETE CO. 13.50 TOMMY'S PAINT POT 5.43
A.E.MOYER 60.00 TRAFFIC SAFETY SUPPLY CO. 2,759.32
I MUNNELL & SHERRILL, I NC. 37.88 HENRY TROYANEK 60.00
NATIONAL CASH REGISTER Co. 167.20 UNI VERSAL ENGI Nt:. HEATER CO. 4.45
NATIONAL INST.OF MUNICIPAL LAW OFFCRS 77.50 UNITED STATES POSTMASTER 77.60
NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL 40.44 VA'LLEY BAG CO. 10.00
MA YBE.LLE NElSON 7.76 VALLEY PRINTING CO. 25.40
NORRI~-WALKER PAINT MFG. Co. I ,739.40 VALLEY RENTAL SERVICE 4.50
NORTHWEST INDUSTRIAL LAUNDRY CO. 12.83 VALLEY STATIONERY Co. 37.84
NORTHWEST POULTRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS 3.75 VANWATERS & ROGERS, INC. 233.13
e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY TRFC INST. 5.00 VITUS ELECTRIC SUPPLY Co. 3.09
NUDEkMAN BROTHERS 12.38 WALKER' AUTO SUPPLY CO. 6.95
DALE E. OHLSEN 60.00 JOHN WARREN HARDWARE, INC. 92.84
OIL FILTER SERVICE CO. 29.54 WEST DISINFECTING CO. 51.55
JAY F.. OLDHAM 27.31 THE WESTERN UNION TELEGR~ CO. 3.50
ORCHARD AUTO PARTS COMPANY . .1.08 WENDELL p. WI CK 5.44
OREGON EGG PRODUCERS 55.05 WIGGINS COMPANY, INC. 77.90
ORE. .FI NANCE OFFI CERS ASSN. 4.00 WILDISH SAND & GRAVEL 327.28
OREGON FRUIT CO. 23.50 WILLAMETTE VALLEY PAPER CO. 405.51
THE OREGON NEWS CO. 808.29 WILLAMETTE STATIONERS 94.60
OREGON SCREW PRODUCTS CO. 12.45 JOE E. WI LL lAMS 60.00
OREGON SUPPLY CO. 88.17 WILLIAMS BAKERY 62.00
PACIFIC COAST AVIATION 'DIRECTORY 8.00 WILTSHIRE'S 14.16
PACI~IC FLUSH TANK CO. 1.58
PACIFIC FRUIT & PRODUCE Co. 14.95
I AMAZON PAR~ SWIMMING POOL FUND AIRPORT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND
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SUN AIRED MFG. Co. $ 1,540.00 T. C. WILDISH $ 15,845.40
JOHN M. STEINMULLER, JR. 15,000.00 LANE COUNTY TITLE Co. I .00
DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS. 16.20
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SPECIAL SEWER FUND GENERAL BOND PR I NC I PAL FUND, . . ! I
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, BRUCE KEEN $ 595.02 DA-NI EL O. POTTER, TREAS $ 80,000.00
GENERAL BOND INTEREST FUND . CIVIC EMERGENCY FUN~
DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS. $.8,057.50 DA.Nt'EL O. POTTER, TREAS. $ 1 4.00
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DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT FUND
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T.. C. WILDISH . $ ,I I ,662.28 STANTON PAYNE . $J;I,710~54
T., C. WI LDI SH . 1,249.29 CHADEK CONCRETE CONST. CO. 2,505.97
ST.ANTON PAYNE 1,1.91.96 T.. C. WI LD I SH . 720.00 I,
ST.ANTON PAYNE 3,733.24 T..C. WILDISH 181.971
STANTON PAYNE 2,833.23 !
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED ay MR. HARTMAN: THAT THE BI LLS, AS SUBMI TTED AND READ, BE
APPROVED AND THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS BE INSTRUCTED 30 DRAW THE NECESSARY WARRANTS. . ROLLCALL --
VO.TE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRJED.
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2 MONTHLY PAYMENT ESTIMATES WERE SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: . .
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BREEDEN BROTHERS . .
1ST - PAVING INTERSECTION AT 34TH PLA,CE AND MILL. STREET $ 491.,06
2ND do FI NAL - PAVI NG I NTERSECTI ON 'AT 34TH PLACE ,AND HI GH STREET 450. I 4 I
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C. M. KEMP , .
1ST - SIDEW,ALK ON FRANKLI N BOULEVARD FROM HI LYAR,D STREET To'RoSE MOTEL .$ 183.33
1ST - SIDEWALK ON YANBuREN STREET FROM 1ST AVENUE TO 4TH AVENUE 353.61
1ST - SIDEWALK ON WILLA,METTE STREET FROM 20TH A~ENUE TO 29TH AVENUE 2,610.27
. . $ 3,147.21
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STANTON PAYNE . .
1ST - PAVING 21ST AVENUE FROM ALDER STREET TO Po.TTER STREET $ 4,170.69
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1ST - PAVI NG 29TH AVENUE FROM WI.LLAMETTE STREET .TO 'WASHI NGTON STREET 868.50 I
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1ST - PAVING 29TH .PLACE FROM WILLAMETTE STREET T.O OAK STREET 1,934.84
1ST - PAVING CEDAR STREET .FROM CLARK STREET TO CHESHIRE STREET 2,607.30
1ST - PAVING FERRY STREET FROM -31ST AVENUE TO 32ND AVENUE 3,626.34
1ST - PAVING McMILLAN STREET FROM ,26TH AVENUE TO 27TH AVENUE 3,378.35
2ND - PAVING TAYLOR STR~ET FROM -7TH AVENUE TO 6T.H AVENUE 3,245.-87
2ND - PAV I NG UNI VERS I TY STREET FROM 23RD AVENUE .TO 25TH AVENUE 4,162.12
2ND & FINAL - PAVING JACKSON STREET FROM 9TH AV~NUE TO 10TH AVENUE 131.51
. . $ 24,125.52
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FRED STUBBERT . .
1ST - PAVING 34TH AVENUE FROM CLIFFORD STREET TO. HILYARD STREET $ 588.60
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T. C. WILDISH .
. 1ST - PAVI NG 1.8TH AVENUE FROM PI ERCE STREET TO CI TY VI EW STREET $ 1,890.00
1ST - PAVI NG 23RD AVENUE FR'OM ARTHUR STREET TO CLEVELAND STREET . 1.,900.26
1ST - STORM SEWER ON 25TH A~ENUE FROM WILLAMETTE STREET TO OLIVE STREET:
AND ON OLIVE STREET FROM 24TH PLACE TO 25~H AVENUE 864.00
. 1ST - STORM SEWER ON 29TH AVENUE FROM WILLAMETTE STREET TO WASHINGTON STREET '3,735.92
1ST - SANITARY SEWER .ON CITY VIEW STREET FROM 21~T AVENUE T050UTH CITY LIMITS 2,035.80 ;
1ST - PAVING LINCQLN :ST.REET FROM SOUTH BOUNDARY .FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION TO ,
29TH AVENUE, . 567.00 e
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1ST - PAVING STREET.S IN.PARK-AIRE ADDITION . 1,968.75
1ST - PAVINGAL~EY .BETWEEN UNIVERSITY STREET ANQ ONYX STREET FROM .
21ST AVENUE TO .22ND AVENUE . 2,335'.92
2ND - PAVING ADAMS STREET ~ROM 10TH AVENUE TO IlTH AVENUE 3,031.22 I:
2ND - PAVI NG CI TY VI EW STREET FROM 18TH AVENUE ~O .22ND AVENUE 3,259.88
2ND & FINAL - SANITARY SEWER IN AREA BETWEEN FILLMORE STREET AND
TYLER STREET FROM 17TH ,AVENUE TO 2,4TH AVENUE . 5,491 ~8,4
6TH - PAVING AND DRAINAGE AT MAHLON-SWEET AIRPORT . 29,691.36
. . $ 56,771.95 ,:
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HESS AND DEVEREAUX .
1ST - PAVI NG ALLEY BETWEEN BROADWAY AND 10TH AVE.NUE FROM LI NCOLN STREET
TO LAWRENCE STREET . $ 2,179.49
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. EDMUNDS THAT THE ESTIMATES, AS SUBMITTED AND READ, I
BE APPROVED AND THE PRO~ER CITY OFFICIALS BE INSTRUCTED TO DRAW THE NECESSARY WARRANTS. ROLLCALL
VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED. I
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3 THI S BEl NG THE DATE SET FOR T'HE' AWARD OF CONTRAOTS FOR VARIOUS I MPROV'EMENT PROJECTS, l'HE FOL- ,
LOWING BIDS WERE TABULA-TED AS OPENED ON AUGUST 8, 1957 AT 10:00 AM:
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NAME OF BIDDER AND PROJECT
EAST AND WEST SIDES OF ADAMS STREET FROM 26TH AVENUE TO 28TH AVENUE
C. M. KEMP .$ 2,725.90 (LOW) $' 1.91
BRUCE KEEN 2,820'-20 '
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SANITARY SEWER -
BIRCH LANE FROM S00TH LINE OF VI~TORIA HEIGHTS TO NORTH LINE
OF HENDRICKS PARK
BRUCE KEEN' 3,241.80 3.63
STORM SEWER'
BETWEEN 34TH AVENUE AND 34TH PLACE FROM HILYARD STREET TO
DONALD STREET
BRUCE KEEN 12,369.00
POTTER STREET FROM 24TH AVENUE TO 25TH AVENUE
e I INTER-CITY SAND & GRAVEL 1,721 .75, (LOW)
BRUCE KEEN I ,986.40
SOUTH OF 34TH PLACE fROM HIGH STREET TO WEST
,I BRUCE KEEN 1,582.80
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. EDMUNDS THAT THE CONTRACTS'BE AWARDED TO THE LOW
I I BIDDERS, AND THAT THE NECESSARV CONTRACTS BE DRAWN AND SIGNED. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN
,I PRESENT VOTING AVE, MOTION CARRIED.
,I REPORTS OF OFFICERS
4 ,j A REPORT FROM THE CITVMANAGER -. RE: MONTHLV DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS, 1 MPROVEMENTS, ETC., WAS
.1 SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
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,I "THE VALUE Of THE BUILDING PERMITS FOR THE MONTH OF JULY AMOUNTED TO $480,383
:1 WHICH IS A LITTLE OVER HALf THE AMOUNT ISSUED THE SAME MONTH A VEAR AGO.
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J THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ANSWERED 44 ALARMS WITH AN ESTIMATED f.IRE LOSS OF $906.15
MAKING THE TOTAL FOR THE YEAR SO FAR $31,369. 21 MEMBERS Of THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE
'I PRESENTLY 'TAKING A COURSE IN DRIVER TRAINING UNDER THE INSTRUCTION Of DRIVER TRAINERS.
FROM THE PIERCE AND CONSOLIDATED fREIGHT LINES. .THE 21 MEN WILL BE USED AS INSTRUCTERS
FOR INSTRUCTING THE REMAINfNG MEMBERS Of THE DEPARTMENT.
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'j .THE SUPERINTENDENT Of PARKS AND RECREATION REPORTS THAT ATTENDANCE AT THE SWIM-
MING POOLS FOR 1957 SHOWS AN INCREASE Of 38,963 OVER 1956. THIS INCREASE IS DUE
PRIMARILY TO THE NEW AMAZON SWIMMING POOL. ATTENDANCE AT THE EUGENE MEMORIAL SWIM-
MING POOL SHOWS A DECREASE Of 19,920. ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN A DECREASE IN OUR
SUMMER PLAVGROUND PROGRAM WE fEEL THAT DUE TO THE NEW AMAZON SWIMMING POOL AND WARM
WEATHER MOST Of THE CHILDREN ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE Of THE NEW AMAZON SWIMMING POOL.
I THERE HAS BEEN 'AN INCREASE Of 312 SEASON PASSES AT THE SWIMMING POOLS OVER LAST
VEAR, AND THE TOTA~ REVENUES fOR THE SWIMMING POOLS SHOW AN INCREASE Of $4133.5i
fOR THE MONTHS O~ JUNE AND JULV OVER THE SAME PERIOD A YEAR'A~O.
THE DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS REPORTS THAT DURING THE MONTH Of JULY THE MAINTE-
NANCE DIVISION USED 727 YARDS Of GRAVEL AND 260 TONS Of VARIOUS MIXTURES Of ASPHALT
fOR REPAIRING STREETS. OUR STREET SWEEPERS SWEPT 1056 CURB MILES AND THE fLUSHER
fLUSHED 699 MILES Of STREETS. TItE MILLRACE, CATCH BASINS AND SOME ALLEYS HAVE BEEN
CHECKED AND CLEANED; ALSO WE HAVE A SMALL CREW TRIMMING TREES OVER THE GUTTERS AND
e SIDEWALKS.
THE EXTENSION OF THE NORTH/SOUTH RUNWAY AT THE MAHLON-SWEET AIRPORT REQUIRED
:1 THE CLOSING Of A COUNTY.ROAD MAKING IT NECESSARY fOR THE CITY TO PURCHASE RIGHT-
Of-WAV AND CONSTRUCT A NEW ROAD TO REPLACE THE ONE TO BE CLOSED. I AM REQUESTING
AUTHORITY rOR THE PROPER CITV OffiCIALS TO SIGN THE DEED fOR THIS NEW ROAD IN .
fAVOR Of THE COUNTY. ' THE DEED IS GI VEN fOR ROAD 'PURPOSES ONLY ,AND ,WILL NOT ALLOW
ANYTHING TO BE BUILT ON THE RIGHT-Of-WAY THAT WOULD CAUSE AN OBSTRUCTION TO FLYING.
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FOR THE POll CE DEPARTMENT ACT! VI TI ES :1 REfER YOU .TO THE COPV Of ,THEI R REPORT.
WHICH HAS BEEN PLACED 'UPON YOUR DESKS."
IT WAS MOVED By'MR. 'WATSON SECONDED BY MR. EDMUNDS THAT THE REPORT OF THE CITV 'MANAGER BE
RECEIVED AND THE PROPER.CITV OfrlCIALS BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN DEED DEEDING ROADWAV TO LANE COUNTY.
ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AVE, MOTION CARRIED.
I 5 MR. CRONISE,REPRESENTING THE OREGON STATE MOTOR ASSOCIATION AND THE AMERICAN AUTOMOB.LE
ASSOCIATION, PRESENTED A PLAQUE TO THE MAYOR IN BEHALf Of THE CITV Of EUGENE IN WHICH THE CITV Of
EUGENE RECEIVED HONORABLE MENTION fOR IMPROVEMENT IN PROGRAM ACTIVITIES fOR ITS PEDESTRIAN TRAf-
FIC SAfETV PROGRAM fOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 1956. EUGtNE RANKED 29T~ ,AMONG 209 CITIES ,COMPETING IN
THIS GROUP.
I THE MAYOR RECEIVED THE PLAQUE AND EXPRESSED H.SAPPRECIATfoN fOR,THE AWARD AND THE CITY'S
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APPRECIATION TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE TRAfFIC ENGINEER FOR THE WORK WHICH HAD BEEN DONE
e ENABLING EUGENE TO BE ELIGIBLE fOR THE HONORABLE MENTION.
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REPORTS OF COMMITTEES :
A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON JULY 26, "1957 - RE: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE - RE-
QUEST FOR VACATION OF'CHARNELTON STREET FROM 26TH TO 27TH AVENUE; DISCUSSION REGARDING THE DE-
TERMINATION OF THE WIDTH OF 25TH AVENUE FROM HILYARD STREET TO ALDER STREET; DISCUSSION REGARD-
ING POLICY ON THE WIDTH Of THE PAVING FOR HILYARD STREET FROM 24TH AVENUE SOUTH; REQUEST BY R. L.
FOLLETT FOR PERMISSION TO PLACE FOOTINGS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY; PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE - DISCUSSION
REGARDING PROPOSED STOP SIGN AT 23RD AVENUE AND LINCOLN STREET; COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE - DIscus-
SION REGARDING PURCHASE OF BASE RADIO STATION FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT; DISCUSSION REGARDING ZON-
ING ~TUDY ON WILLAM~TTE,STREET; DISCUSSION REGARDING PAVING Of WILLAMETTE STREET FROM 32ND AVENUE
TO SOUTH CITY LIMITS; DISCUSSION REGARDING BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT MONEY AVAILABLE
FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS BE USED ON ARTERIAL STREETS; DISCUSSION REGARDING BUDGET COMMITTEE RE-
COMMENDATION CONCERNING SEWER CONSTRUCTION TO SERVE THE WEST 11TH AVENUE AREA; DISCUSSION ON WAYS
AND MEANS Of RAISING MONEY FOR A NEW CITY HALL; DISCUSSION REGARDING POSSIBILITY Of USING PRESENT
LIBRARY BUILDING fO~ EXPANSION Of CITY OffiCES WHEN THE NEW LIBRARY BUILDING IS COMPLETED; WAS
SUBMITTED AND'READ AS FOLLOWS:
"PRESENT: COUNClLMEN,WATSON, HARTMAN, SHISLER, EDMUNDS, LAURIS AND LINDEEN; CITY MANA~ I e
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GER; ~ITY ,RECORDER; CITY ATTORNEY; DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS; ADMINISTRATIVE I
ASSISTANT; TRAFfiC ENGINEER; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD.
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I. REQUEST FOR VACATION OF CHARNELTON STREET fROM 26TH TO 27TH AVENUE - A PETITION
CONTAINING 100.0% Of THE OWNERSHIP O~ THE p'ROPERTY LOCATED ON CHARNELTON STREET I
BETWEEN 26T~ AND 27TH AVENUES WAS PRESENTED TO THE, COMMITTEE. , THE COMMITTEE
VISITED THE AREA TO OBTAIN A FIRST HAND IMPRESSION OF THE PROPOSED VACATION. IT
WAS NOTED THAT IF CHARNELTON STREET WERE CONTINUED AT ITS PRESENT LOCATION, PRO-
PERTY HOLDERS NOW FRONTING OLIVE STREET WOULD ALSO FRONT ON CHARNELTON STREET,
AND THE COST OF STREET PAVING WOULD NECESSARILY BE BORNE BY,THE SAME PROPERTY
. HOLDERS WHEN OLIVE AND CHARNELTON STREETS ARE PAVED. IT'WAS ALSO NOTED THAT
CHARNEL TON STREET DEAD ENDS ONE HALF BLOCK SOUTH OF 27TH AVENUE AT THE FRANCES
WILLARD SCHOOL GROUNDS. AfTER SOME DISCUSSION AND EXCHANGE OF THE COM- I
I DE AS,
MITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUEST FOR VACATION BE GRANTED SUBJECT TO ANY DIRT
WHICH MAY BE.MOVED FROM THE LOCATION OF CHARNELTON STREET BEING PLACED AT THE
LOCATION OF 27TH AVENUE BETWEEN CHARNELTON AND LINCOLN STREETS IN A RAVINE RUN-
NING.THROUGH THE, AREA. 1-
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2. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE DETERMINATION OF THE WIDTH Of 25TH AVENUE FROM HILYARD
STREET TO ALDER STREET - IT WAS EXPLAlNED THAT THERE WAS A DISCREPANCY IN THE
PLATTING AND PROPERTY OWNERSHIPS I N THE AREA 'WEST OF ALDER STREET AND NORTH Of I
25TH AVENUE AS IT NOW EXISTS IN THE CITY Of EUGENE AND THAT DUE TO THE DISCREPANCY ,
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THERE IS INSUfFICIENT PROPERTY fOR A STREET TO BE PAVED AND ALLOW FOR SIDEWALKS. 1
IT WAS fURTHER INDICATED THAT THE PROPERTY 'HOLDER AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER Of 25TH
AVENUE AND ALDER STREET IS WILLING TO DEED"SUFFICIENT PROPERTY TO THE CITY fOR
THE NECESSARY RIGHT-OF-WAY, PROVIDING CURB SIDEwALKS ARE ALLOWED IN THE AREA.
REPRESENTATIVES Of THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THIS SITUATION WITH THE DIRECTOR,Of
PU~LIC WORKS~ AND IT WAS fELT THAT BY THE RECEIPT Of SUCH A DEED SUffiCIENT
PROPERTY WOULD BE AVAILABLE FO~ THE STREET AND .SIDEWA~K TO BE PROPERLY LOCATED I
AND TH~T THIS WOULD BE THE MOST LOCICAL CONCLUSION TO THE PROBlEM. THE COMMI TTEE
RECOMMENDED THAT THE.CllY .OF EUGENE ACCEPT A DEED FROM.THEPROPERTY HOLDER fOR
APPROXIMATELY 8 FEET OF PROPERTY AND THAT CURB SIDEWALKS BE ALLOWED I N THE AREA.
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3. D"SCUSSION REGARDING POLICY ON THE WIDTH OF THE PAVING FOR HILYARD STREET ,fROM
24TH AVENUE SOUTH - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE STANDARD OIL COMP,ANY HAD REQUESTED ,
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THAT A DETERMINATION BE MADE AS TO THE WI.DTH OF HILYARD.STREET AT 25TH AVENUE i
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WHICH REQUIRES THAT A DETERMINAtiON BE MADE ON THE PAVING Of HILYARD STREET fROM
24TH AVENUE SOUTH. IN THE DISCUSSION BY THE COMMITTEE IT WAS INDICATED THAT HIL- e
YARD STREET IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A MAJOR ARTERIAL AND THAT IT SHOULD BE OF ADEQUATE
WIDTH TO CARRY ARTERIAL TRAFFIC. WITH THIS IN MIND, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT ,
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THE fUTURE PAVING Of HILYARD STREET BE TO A WIDTH OF 49 FEET.
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4. REQUEST BY R. L. FOLLETT fOR PERMISSION TO PLACE FOOTINGS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY - IT'
WAS INDICATED THAT A REQUEST HAD BEEN RECEIVED fROM MR. 'R. L.foLLETT TO PLACE
FOOTINGS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY ON OLIVE STREET BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH AVENUES AND ON,
THE ALLEY BETWEEN WILLAMETTE AND OLIVE STREETS BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH AVENUES. A
PLAN Of THE BUILDI NG AND THE REQUI RED fOOTl NGS WAS SHOWN TO THE COMMI T1EE, THE
PLAN INDICATING THAT THE rOOTINGS WOULD ~XTEND.18" INTO THE RIGHT-Of-WAY rOR I
OLIVE STREET AND 13" INTO THE ALLEY BETWEEN WILLAMETTE AND OLIVE STREETS. THE ,
COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE ITEM, INDICATED THEY HAD NO OBJECTIONS, AND RECOMMENDED
THAT A PERMANENT EASEMENT BE ISSUED FOR 'SUCH FOOTING,CONS~RUCTION. I
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I. DISCUSSION REGARDING PROPOSED STOP SIGN AT 23RD AVENUE AND LINCOLN STREET - IT I
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WAS INDICATED THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAD ASKED THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO PREPARE .A ,
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STUDY ONTRAfFIC'AT 23RD AVENUE AND LINCOLN STREET ;WITH THE THOUGHT IN MIND THAT
STOP SI~NS MIGHT BE WARRANTED STOPPING TRAF~IC ON LINCOLN STREET. THE TRAffiC
ENGINEER INDICATED HE HAD STUDIED THE I NTERSECT ION, HAD CHECKED THE ACCIDENT RE- i
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CORD, AND IN LIGHT OF HIS STUDY AND THE ACCIDENT RECORD DID NOT RECOMMEND STOP I
SIGN INSTALLATION AT THIS I NTERSECTI ON. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT A FURTHER STUDY I
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SHOULD BE MADE WHEN LINCOLN STREET IS CONTINUED TO 29TH AVENUE TO SEE If THERE IS
ANY CHANGE IN THE TRAfFIC PATTER~. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE ADOPTION OF THE- ,
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INTERSECTION.
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I . DISCUS~ION REGARDING PURCHASE OF BASE RADIO STATION fOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT - THE
CITY MANAGER INDICATED THAT TWO BIDS HAD BEEN RECEIVED fOR A BASE STATION FOR THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT, ONE BID fROM GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY AT A COST Of $995.00, AND
THE SECOND BID fROM MOTOROLA COMPANY AT A.COST Of $1300.00. .1 T WAS fURTHER I NDI-
CATED THAT THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE fOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RADIO EQUIPMENT HAD
BY LETTER RECOMMENDED THAT THE MOTOROLA EQUIPMENT BE PURCHASED, BASING SUCH RE-
COMMENDATION ON THE fACT THAT SUCH EQUIPMENT WAS Of A LIKE KIND AS THAT ALREADY
INSTALLED IN SOME Of THE VEHICLES USED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE COMMITTEE
fELT THAT SINCE BOTH BIDS WERE ENTERED ON SPECifiCATIONS PREPARED BY THE CITY
ADMINISTRATION AND WERE DEEMtD TO BE EQUAL, THE LOW BID SHOULD BE ACCEPTED AND
IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY BE AWARDED THE BID fOR THE PUR-
CHASE Of THE BASE STATION AT A COST Of $995.00.
e 2. DISCUSSION REGARDING ZONING STUDY ON WILLAMETTE STREET - A REPRESENTATIVE Of THE
COMMITTEE, SUGGESTED THAT A ZONING STUDY SHOULD BE MADE IN THE AREA ALONG WILLA-
METTE STREET fROM 19TH TO 24TH AVENUES SINCE CONSIDERABLE .DISCUSSION HAS BEEN
RAISED,ON THIS SUBJECT IN THE LAST MEETINGS Of THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE LAST MEET-
ING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSI~N. THERE WAS LITTLE DISCUSSION ON THE SUBJECT, AND
IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT A ZONING STUDY ON WILLAMETTE STREET fROM 19TH AVENUE TO
I 24TH PLACE BE REFERRED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR FURTHER STUDY.
3. DISCUSSION REGARDING PAVING 9f'WILLAMETTE STREET. fROM 32ND AVENUE TO SOUTH CITY
LIMITS - A.MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE INDICATED THAT COMPLAINTS HAD BEEN RECEIVED
AND IT HAD BEEN NOTED THAT WILLAMETTE STREET WAS IN POOR CONDITION FROM 32ND AVE-
NUE TO THE SOUTH CITY LIMITS. SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON THE POSSIBILITIES Of
PAVING THIS STREET IN THE NEAR fUTURE. IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE CITY DOES NOT .
HAVE ALL Of THE NECESSARY RIGHT-Of-WAY fOR THIS STREET AT THIS TIME, AND IT WOULD
BE NECESSARY TO MAKE A SU~VEY Of THE STREET BEfORE ANY ACTION COULD BE TAKEN. THE
SUBJECT Of THE SURVEY WAS BROADENED TO INCLUDE' 40TH AVENUE AND HILYARD STREET,
AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMEN~..DO THE NECESSARY,BASIC
ENGINEERING TOWARD THE PAVING Of WILLAMETTE STREET fROM 32ND AVENUE TO SOUTH,CITY
LIMITS, HILYARD STREET fROM 24TH AVENU~ SOUTH AND 40TH AVENUE fROM WILLAMETTE TO
HILYARD STREET.
4. DISCUSSION'REGARDING,BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT MONEY AVAILABLE fOR
STREET IMPROVEMENTS BE USED ON ARTERIAL STREETS - THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE
RECOMMENDATION MADE BY THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND DURING THE DISCUSS10N ~T WAS
POINTED OUT THAT THE CITY AT THIS TIME IS PROCEEDING ON THE TEN YEAR IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM AND THAT If THE PROGRAM IS TO BE' COMPLETED AS ORIGINALLY BROUGHT TO THE .
VOTERS, IT WILL BE NECESSARY fOR fUNDS COMING IN fROM THE LEVY TO BE SPENT'IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROGRAM. . THE COMMITTEE 1NDICATED THEY WERE IN AGREEMENT WITH
THE PROCEDURE WHICH HAD BEEN fOLLOWED AND RECOMMENDED. THAT THE POLICY REGARDING
THE PAVING Of ARTERIAL STREETS CURRENTLY IN EXISTENCE BE CONTINUED.
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5. DISCUSSION REGARDING BUDGET'COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING SEWER CONSTRUCTION
TO SERVE THE WEST 11TH AVENUE AREA - DURING THE COURSE Of THE DISCUSSION IT WAS
INDICATED AT THE PRESENT TIME If THE SEWER WERE TO BE BUILT ON A:GRAVITY fLOW A
MAJOR TRUNK LINE WOULD HAVE TO BE RUN THROUGH THE BETHEL AREA WHICH IS NOT WITHIN
THE CITY LIMITS. THE DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS INDICATED HE'THOUGHT IT BEST TO .
CONSTRUCT A SEWER LINE AND A PUMP STATtON IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IN THE fUTURE If
THE MAIN ARTERIAL LINE IS BUILT THROUGH THE BETHEL AREA, THE SYSTEM COULD BE CON-
VERTED TO A' GRAVITY fLOW, BUT PENDING THE C~NSTRUCTION Of SUCH GRAVITY fLOW LINE
e A PUMP STATION MIGHT BE USED TO ALLOW THE AREA TO BE SERVED WITH A SEWER AT THIS
TIME. IT WAS INDICATED THAT If THIS LATTER PROCEDURE WERE fOLLOWED, SOME FINAN-
CIAL LOSS WOULD OCCUR BUT THAT SOME PORTION Of SUCH A PUMP STATION COULD BE SAL- .
VAGED. IT WAS LIKEWISE INDICATED IT WAS UNLIKELY THAT FEDERAL'AI.D COULD BE RE-
CEIVED fOR SUCH A SEWER LINE SINCE FEDERAL AID IS AVAILABLE fOR ONL~ INTERCEPTOR
LINES OR PUMPING STATIONS AND IS NOT AVAILABLE fOR COLLECTION SYSTEMS~ THE COM-
MITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PREPARE A STUDY Of THE POSSI-
BILITIES Of I NSTALLI NG SAN,I TARY SEWERS IN THE WEST 11TH AVENUE AREA ON AN ASSESS-
MENT BASIS.
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6. DISCUSSION ON WAYS AND MEANS Of RAISING MONEY FOR A NEW CITY HALL - THE BUDGET COM-
MITTE~ RECOMMENDATI'ON'REGARDING VARIOUS WAYS Of RAISING MONEY fOR A NEW CITY HALL.
WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE COMMITTEE. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE CITY HAS THREE POSSI-
BLE SOURCES Of INCOME, UNE BEING fROM THE REAL. PROPERTY TAX, ONE fROM A BUSINESS
TAX AND A THIRD fROM AN INCOME TAX If STATUTORY PROVISION IS ENACTED ALLOWING
I MUNICIPALITIES TO ENTER THIS FIELD. THE. POSSI BI LI TY: Of INCREASING THE WATER USERS
CHARGE FOR AREAS OUTSIDE THE CITY WAS ALSO DISCUSSED. OTHER THOUGHTS WERE PRE-
SENTED TO THE, COMMI TTEE, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT ~HE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE.
COUNCIL STUDY THE SITUATION AND T~ POSSIBLE METHODS OF RAISING fUNDS fOR A NEW
C I TV' HALL. .
7. DISCUSSION REGARDING POSSIBILITY OF USING PRESENT LIBRARY BUILDING F,OR EXPANSION
OF CITY OfFICES WHEN THE NEW LIBRARY BUILDING IS COMPLETED - SOME DISCUSSION WAS
HAD AS TO WHETHER IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO USE THE EXISTING LIBRARY BUILDING FOR
e CITY OfFICES AND/OR COUNCIL CHAMBERS WHEN THE LIBRARY MOVES TO ITS NEW LOCATION.
THE MATTER WAS REFERRED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY fOR HIS OPINION AS TO WHETHER SUCH
USAGE WAS POSSIBLE. "
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. EDMUNDS SECONDED BY MR. WATSON THAT ITEM I OF THE REPORT O~ THE PUBLIC
'WORKS COMMITTEE RELATIVE TO THE VACATION OF CHARNELTON STREET BE REFERRED BACK TO THE PUBLIC
WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTl ON CARR I EO. I
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. HARTMAN THAT ITEMS 2, 3 AND 4 OF THE REPORT OF !
THE PUBLIC WORKS'COMM1TTEE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
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IT WAS MOVEU BY MR. HARTM.N'SECONDED BY MR. WATSON THAT THE REPORT,OfTHE PUBLIC SAfETY COM-
MITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HARTMAN SECONDED BY MR~ BRIGGS THAT THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE
WHOLE BE APPROVED. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT YOTING AYE, MOTI ON:CARR~I ED.
A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON,AuGusr 2, 1957 - RE: PUBLIC WORMS, COMMITTEE - RE~
QUEST fOR 75' CURB~CUT BY MCCRACKEN BROTHERS FREIGHT LINESj'REQUEST fOR CURB CUT'BY GRAYBAR
ELECTRIC COMPANY; REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION BY 100% CONSENT OF APPROXIMATELY ONE BLOCK ADJACENT TO
THE CITY BY CARL AND RUTH EKSTROM; CHARGES fOR ANNEXATION REQUESTS ON SMALL AREAS; REQUEST BY e
LANE COUNTY COMMI SSI ONERS THAT A BUI LDI'NG PERMI T. BE GR'ANTED fOR THE" NEW COUNTY COURTHOUSE BY THE
CITY Of EUGENE WITHOUT THE USUAL CHARGE fOR SUCH PERMIT;' REQUEST BY LANE-PLYWOOD THAT THE CITY
PAY A $125 CHARGE FOR THE CLEANING OFA DRAINAGE DITCH; REGARDING CHARGES' fOR ENGINEERING BY THE i
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT; REQUEST BY PEARL BUCK SCHOOL fOR USE OF FRED LAMB COTTAGE; COMMITTEE Of
THE WHOLE - GARBAGE' HAULERS" :COVERI NGS' FOR TRUCKS; WAS SUBMI TTED AND READ AS fOLLOW'S:
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"PRESENT: COUNCI LMEN WATSON; HARTMAN, SHISLER, EDMUNDS AND LAURIS; CITY M~NAGER; I
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS; ASSISTANT CITY RECORDER; CITY ATTORNEY; ADMINI-
STRATIVE ASSISTANT;' MESSRS. LOWE, CRAMER, SPICER, WETZEL AND SCHNELL; .
JERRY URHAMMER,:EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD.
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I . REQUEST'FOR 75 ' C'URB CUT BY' MCCRACKEN BROTHERS FRE I GHT LI NES - MCCRACKE N BROTHERS
FREIGHT LINES HAVE REQUESTED AN ORIGINAL,CURB CUT ON 7TH AVENUE 100' EAST OF THE i
WEST- PROPERTY LI NE' A'ND NOW REQUEST A NEW ONE STARTI NG 3' FROM THE WEST BOUNDARY !
OF THEIR PROPERTY AND EXTffiNDING75' EAST. THE COMMITTEE VI EWED THE AREA AND AGREED ,
THAT THERE IS A LOGICAL NEED FOR THIS CURB CUT IN ORriER THAT THE FREIGHT LINES CAN
SERVICE THEIR TRUCKS FROM THE LOADtNG PLATFORM AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE I
REQUEST.
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2. REQUEST FOR CURB CUT BY GRAYBAR ELECTRIC COMPANY - GRAYBAR ELECTRIC COMPANY RE-
QUESTS A CURB CUT OF I 10' IN ORDER TO MAKE PROPER USE OF'THEIR NEW BUILDING AT .
MCKINLEY AND WEST BROADWAY. 'THE COMMITTEE VIEWED THE AREA AND RECOMMENDE6 THAT
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THIS REQUEST BE APPROVED.' I
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3. REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION, BY 100% CONSENT Of' APPROXI MATELY ONE BLOCK ADJACENT TO THE I
CITY BY CAR~ AND RUTH EKSTROM ~ CARL AND RUTH EKSTROM HAVE REQUESTED ANNEXATION OF ,
APPROXIMATELY A ONE BLOCK AREA LOCATED ON MADISON STREET BETWEEN 29TH AVENUE AND
KREATZ ROAD 'BY J 00%' CONSENT. THE COMMI TTEE RECOMMENDED THAT T,HI S REQUEST BE GRANTED. ,
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4. CHARGES FOR ANNEXATION REQUESTS ON SMALL AREAS - BECAUSE OF THE LEGAL ADVERTISING I
NECESSARY ON AN ANNEXATI'ONOF 'ANY SI ZE AREA THE COMMI TTEE RECOMMENDED THAT I N THE.
FUTURE A CHARGE Of NOT' LESS THAN $15 BE MADE TO PARTI ES REQUESTI NG ANNEXATI ON BY
/ 100% CO'NSENT PETI TI ON T,O: COVER THE COST OF NECESSARY LE'GAL ADVERT! S.I NG. !
5. REQUEST BY LANE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT A BUILDING P~RMIT Bt GRANTED FOR THE NEW 11
COUNTY COURTHOUSE BY THE CITY OF EUGENE WITHOUT THE USUAL CHARGE FOR SUC~ PERMIT - 1
THE' COMMITTEE DISCUSSE~THIS REQUEST AT SOME LENGTH7,AND IT WAS THEIR FEELING THAT
SINCE THERE IS N~ LEGAL MANNER IN WHleH TO EXEMPT THE COUNTY FROM PAYING THIS fEE I
THIS, REQUEST WOULD HAVE TOBE DENIED, AND IT WAS SO RECOMMENDED., e
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6. R~QUEST BY LANE PLYWOOD THAT THE CITY PAY A $125 CHARGE FOR TH~ CLEANING OF, A
DRAINAGE DITCH - THE LANE PLYWOOD COMPANY ON THEIR OWN INITIATt~E HAD CLEANED OUT
A DITCH ADJAC~NT TO THE,IR PROPERTY WHICH WOULD NORMALLY HAVE BEEN CLEANED BY. THE
CITY WIT~ C~TY EQUIPMENT~ THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS EXPLAINED TO THE COMMITTEE
THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE CLEANED THIS DITCH, BUT BY THE TIME THE PUBLIC WORKS DE-
PARTMENTWAS NOTIFIED THE WORK HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE BY A PRIVATE CONCERN. . LANE
PLYWOOD HAD PAID THE PRIVATE CONCERN FOR CLEANING THE DITCH AND NOW REQUESTS THAT
THE CITY REIMBURSE THEM. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS REQUEST BE DENIED.' 1
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REGARDING CHARGES FOR ENGINEE~ING BY' THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT- THE DIRECTOR ,
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OF PUBLIC WORKS EXPLAtNED THAT OUR ENGINEERING CHARGES WERE NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO
COVER PRESENT COSTS OF ENGINEERING. THE COMMITTEE INSTRUCTED THE DIRECTOR Of ,
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PUBLIC WORKS TO'Mf'KE A STUDY OF' PRESENT ENGINEERING COSTS AND REPORT BACK TO THE I
PUBLlCWORKS COMMITTEE'AT'A LATER DATE. I I
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8. REQUEST BY PEAR'L BUCK SCHOOL FOR USE OF' FRED LAMB COTTAGE, - THE PEARL BUCK SCHOOL
FOR RETARDED CHILDREN HAD REQUESTED USE OF THE FRED LAMB COTTAGE FROM 9:00 AM TO
12 NOON FIVE DAYS EACH WEEK UNTIL THEIR NEW BUILDING IS COMPLETED. THE. COMMI TTEE I
REC9MMENDED THAT THE REQUEST BE GRANTED, BUT NOT LATER THAN JUNE I , 1958 AND WITH
THE PEARL BUCK SCHOOL TO ASSUME ANY COST OF MAl NTENANCE. INCURRED .BY REASON OF' THE I R
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I. GARBAGE HAULERS' COVERINGS FOR TRUCKS - oTHE.COMMIT1EE DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM OF
GARBAGE TRUCKS WHI~H ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE GARBAGE HAULERS
ORdiNANCE BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE PROPER COVERING FOR DEBRIS
WHICH THEY HAUL, THUS CAUSING THIS DEBRIS TO BE SCATTERED ABOUT THE CITY AS THE
TRUCKS RUN TO THE GARBAGE DUMP. THE COMMITTEE REPRE~ENTING THE GARBAGE HAULERS
INDICATED THAT THEY WERE ANXIOUS TO COOPERATE BY HAVING THE PRORER COVERINGS ON
il THE I R TRUCKS. I T 'WAS THE I R FEELI NG THAT MANY OF THE COMPL'A I NTS WERE ACTUALLY
: CAUSED BY GARBAGE HAULERS WHO WORK IN AREAS OUTSIDE OF EUGENE AND HAUL THEIR
, GARBAGE THROUGH THE CITY STREETS OF EUGENE ENROUTE TO THE GARBAGE DUMP. THE
COMMITTE~ RECOMMENDED THAT THE CHIEF OF POLICE INVESTIGATE THE COVERINGS USED
ON THE VARIOUS GARBAGE TRUCKS OPERATING BOTH WITHIN AND WITHOUT THE CITY AND
REPORT HIS FINDINGS ,BACK ,TO THE COMMITTEE."
I T WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. EDMUNDS THAT THE-.REPORT OF THE PUBLI C \-JORKS COM-
MITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
e IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. BRIGGS THAT THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE
I WHOLE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
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A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON AUGUST 9, 1957 - RE: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE -
CONSIDERATION OF BIDS ON VARIOUS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS OPENED AUGUST 8, 1957; SURVEY OF ON~STREET
PARKING ON 13TH AVENUE BETWEEN WILLAMETTE AND OAK STR~ETS; DISCUSSION REGARDING REQUEST FOR PAY-
I 'I MENT FOR PLUMBI NG WORK DONE BY THE R. H. CHAPMAN PLUMBI NG COMPANY AT THE EAGLES LODGE; AI RPORT
, COMMITTEE - CO~SIDERATION OF SEAL COATING PROGRAM FOR ONE R~NWAY AT MAHLON-SWEET AIRPORT; CON-
I SIDERATION OF REQUEST BY HENRY T. EATON TO CONSTRUCT HANGARS AT MAHLON-SWEET AIRPORT; WAS SUB-
MITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"PRESENT:C:OUNCILMEN' WATSON" SHISLER, EDMUNDS, LAURIS, BRIGGS AND LINDEEN; CITY
MANAGER; CITY ATTO~NEY; CITY RECORDER; DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS; CITY
ENGI~EER; ADMINISTRATI~E ASSISTANT; MESSRS. EATON, GREEN, EBERHARDT"
HEMP~ILL, BALZHISER, ~YNCH AND OHAPMAN;DAN WYANT, EUG~NE REGISTER-GUARD;
MR. SNYDER, K-ERG.; .
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I. CONSIDERATION OF BIDS ON VARIOUS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS OPENED AUGUST 8, 1957 -
THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED THAT BIDS HAD BEEN OPENED ON AUGUST 8, 1957 ON O~
SIDEWALK, ONE SANITARY SEWER AND THREE STORM SEWER PROJECTS. THE COMMITTEE CON-
SIDERED THE BIDS WHICH WERE TABULATED ON EACH OF THE PROJECTS AND RECOMMENDED
THAT THE CONTRACTS BE AWARDED TO THE LOW BIDDERS ON EACH OF THE PROJECTS.
: 2. SURVEY OF ON-STREET PARKING ON 13TH AVENUE BETWEEN WILLAMETTE AND OAK STREETS -
l THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER INDICATED BY REPORT THAT HE HAD BEEN REQUESTED TO MAKE A
I SURVEY AND HAD COMPLETED SUCH SURVEY OF THE ON-STREET PARKING ON 13TH AVENUE
. BETWEEN WILLAMETTE AND OAK STREETS. HIS REPORT INDICATED AT THE PRESENT TIME
THERE IS ONLY ONE SPACE FOR PARKING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 13TH AVENUE IN THIS
ONE BLOCK AREA AND THAT THE REMAINING SPACES ARE TAKEN UP BY CURB CUTS, BUS
I ZONES ANDR'ESTRICTEq PARKING FO,R CHANNELIZATION OF TRAFFIC. IT WAS FURTHER IN-
, DICATED THAT AFTER CONSULTATION WITH CITY TRANSIT LINES ADDITIONAL PARKING
SPACE COULD BE MADE BY SHORTENING ONE BUS 'ZONE LOCATED ON THE NOR~H SIDE OF
THE STREET BY 22' AND THAT TWO ADDITIONAL PARKING AREAS COULD BE CREATED ON
THE NORTH SIDE OF UHE STREET IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE ALLEY IF SUCH SPACES WERE
SHORTENED TO 17' EACH. LIKEWISE ONE ADDI~IONAL SPACE COULD BE H*D IMMEDIATELY
EAST OF T~EALLEY ON THE NORTH SInE OF THE STREET. THIS WOULD GIVE FOUR PARK-
ING SPACES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 13TH AVENUE BETWEEN WILLAMETTE AND OAK STREETS.
THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION BY THE COMMITTEE AS TO THE PROPRIETY OF INSTALLING
e 17' PARKING AREAS. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY
THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER AS LISTED ABOVE BE ADOPTED.
3. DISCUSSION REGARDING REQUEST FOR PAYMENT FOR PLUMBING WORK ~ONE ~Y THE R. H.
CHAPMAN PLUMBING COMPANY AT THE EAGLES LODGE - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE CITY OF
EUGENE HAD RECEIVED AN INVOICE FROM THE R~ H. CHAPMAN COMPANY IN THE TOTAL SUM
OF $487.73 FOR REPAIRING A StWER,MAIN AT THE EAGLES LODGE BUILDING LOCATED AT .
THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ~TH AVENUE ~ND WILLAMETTE STREET. T~ERE WAS SOME DIS~
CUSSION BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY OF EUGENE AND REPRESENTATIVES Of THE
R. H. CHAPMAN COMPANY AND THE EAGLES LODGE AS TO THE STATUS Of THE SEWER LINE
. WHICH THE R. H. 'CHAPMAN COMPANY fOUND TO BE IN NEED OF REPAIR. THE CITY Of
EUGENE AfTER INVESTIGATION INDICATED THE LINE WHICH WAS BLOCKED WAS A PRIVATE
LINE UNKNOWN TO THE CITY, AND FOR THIS REASON IT WAS NOT BELIEVED THE CITY HAD
'ANY LIABILITY FOR PAYMENT OF ANY COSTS INCURRED BY THE EAGLES LODGE TO REPAIR
~ I SUCH STOPPAGE. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE R. H. CHAPMAN COMPANY AND THE EAGLES LODGE
I ; AS WELL AS THE ARC~ITECTS FOR THE EAGLES LODGE INDICATED THEY BELIEVED THE SEWER
LINE TO BE A CITY RESPONSIBLLITY, AND FOR 'THIS REASON FELT THE CITY SHOULD BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF REPAIRING THE LINE AND PLACING IT BACK IN SERVICE.
FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION AS TO THE STATUS OF THE LINE, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED
THAT THIS ITEM BE'H'ELD I-N'COMM'ITTEE FOR fURT~fER I NVEST-iGATlON BY'THE PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT. .
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I. CONSIDERATION or SEAL COATING PROGRAM FOR ONE RUNWAY AT MAHLON-SWEET AIRPORT - IT
~ WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE STATE BOARD OF AERONAUTICS HAD FUNDS AVAILABLE FROM THE I~
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I PER GALLON AVIATION GASOLINE TAX FOR THE SEAL COATING OF ONE RUNWAY AT AIRPORTS
WHI CH WE,RE SERV~b BY CO.MMER.CI AL Al RCRAFT. , THE STATE BOARD OF AERONAUT I CS HAD DE- .
TERM~NED THAT AN.AVERAGE 5000' X ISO' RUNWAY SHOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $3000 FOR '
THE MATER I ALS TO SEAL COAT SUCH RUNWAY AND THAT THEY"WE.RE pREP.ARED, A'ND THE CI TY
HAD ASKED AND RECEI~ED A TENTATIVE AGR~EMENT, TO PAY MATERIAL COSTS UP TO $3000
FOR SUCH SEAL COAT. THE CITY ENGINEER HAD INDICATED THAT IF THE CONTRACTOR NOW
CONSTRUCTING A p.aRTI6~ OF THE MAHLON-SWEET AIRPORT WERE TO SEAL COAT THE NORTHEAST-
SOUTHWEST RUNWAY, DES I GNA.'TEDAS RUNWAY 2-20, THE COST TO. THECI TY. ABDVE AND BEYDND
THE $3000 TENTATIVELY GRANTED BY THE STATE BOARD DF AERDNAUTICS WDULD BE $2735, DR
I F THE CI TY ITSELF WERE TO. DO IT. ON A LABDR BASI S PLUS THE, COSTDF ,THE MATERI ALS
THE EXTRA ~HARGE OVE~ THAT GRANTED BY. THE STATE WOULD APPROXIMATE $4625. IT WAS I
LI KEW,I SE 'PO.I NTED DUT, THAT THI S GRANT FRDM THE STATE BOARD OF" ,AERDNAUTI CS WAS .-NDT
CONTEMPLATED OR KNOWN OF' AT THE TI ME TH,E AI RpORT BUDGET WAS pREP,~RED "AND THAT NO '
FUNDS WERE AVAILABLE IN THE AIRPORT BuciGET FOR THE C,TY'S PORTION OF THE COST.
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ON PAYMENT OF THE MATERIALS FOR SEAL CDATING RUNWAY 2-20 ON A BID BASIS AND THAT :
THE CITY'S pDRTIDN OF THE COST WOULD BE 1'1\10 FRDM THE EMERGENCY F:UND,SUBJECT TO. ' "_
REPAYMENT FROM THE AIRPORT CAPITAL IMpRDVEMENT FUND BE~ORE JUNE 3q,c 195~ IF FUNDS
WERE AVAILABLE IN THE AIRPORT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND AT THAT TIME. \
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2. CONSIDE'RATlON 'OF REQUE'ST BY HENRY T. EATaN TO. CONSTRUCT: HANG,ARS AT MAH.LaN-SWEIi:T
AIRpDRT - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT MR. HENRY T. [ATDN' HAD, REQUE'STED THAT T,HE CITY
LEASE TO HIM SUFFICIENT GROUND ADJACENT TO THE PRIVATE FLIERS' TIE DaWN AREA AT 1
:MAHLON-SWEET AI RpaRT so. THAT HE caULD CONSTRUCT' ; lO'-IlNI.T HANGAR FOR RENTAL, pUR- i
POSES. MR. E-ATON FUR.THEREXP.LAI NED TH,AT I;T WAS: ,HI S PLAN. Tq C,DNSTRUC'T,A, ;SECDND !
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. SUCH BUILDING AND, IF HI~ FUNDS PERMITTED, A THIRD SUCH BUILD~NG AND THAT HE I
WISHED TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OR AN OPTION WITH THE CITY FOR SUf.~I- ,
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CIENT SPACE. FOR THE ADDITIONAL STRUCTUR,ES WHEN HE WAS ,IW,A pO$ITIDNT:O BUILD, THEM. i
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THERE ~AS CONSIDER-ABLE DISCUSSIO,N AMaNG REPRES,ENTATI'V'ES DF THE AIRPORT ,COMMITTEE, I
CHAMBER OF CDMMERCE, ,CaUNe,1 L CaMMI TlEE, MR. EATDN" MR. ,GREEN, -aF GR,EEN'S, FLYI NG ;
SERVI CE, AND MR. EBERHARDT, LDCAL MANAGER DF UNI TED AI R LI,NES. TH'ERE WA.S SUB- :
STANTIAL AGREEMENT AMDNG THESE pEDpLE AND THE CDUNCIL CDMMITTEE THAT ADDITIDNAL I
PRIVATE HANGARS WERE NECESSARY TO FURTHER INSURE ADEQUACY DF AIRCRAFT TO. SUBSTAN-
TIATE A FIXED BASE, DpERATION AT MAHLON-SWEET AIRPDRT. .
AFTER THI S 01 SCUS'SI DN THE COMMI TTEE RECOMMENDED THAT A LEASE BE PREPARED FaR A TEN
YEAR PERI DO AT A FEE .DF $1.00 PER YE~R WI TH' SUCH LEASE TO. BE SUBJECT TO. RENEWAL I:
AT THE END OF THE ,TEN YEAR PERIOD AND SUBJECT. TO. NEGaTI ATI ON AT THAT TI ME, AND Ii
WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE LESSEE WILL ASSUME ALL TAXES WHICH MIGHT ACCRUE j!
BY REASON DF TAE LEASING DF THE LAND FOR SUCH PURPOSE. IT WAS IND1CATED THAT A I
LEASE WOULD BE PREPARED AND A MEETING WOULD BE HELD BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF ~
THE LESSEE AN~LESSOR AND FaLLOWING SUCH MEETING THE pRDpaSED LEASE WOULD BE RE- ~
TURNED TO TH& COMMITTEE." ~
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AWARDED ON THE BIDS -EARL I ER I N THE. MEET! NG. I 1
I T WAS MOVED BY MR'. WATSON SECONDED BY MR', HARTMAN THAT ITEMS 2 AND 3 OF THE ,REpD~T C1=' THE
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITT~E BE HELD IN COMMITTEE. MDTlaN CARRIED.
I TWAS MOVE,D ,BY MR. SHI SLERSEGONDED -BY MR'. WATSON THAT .THE REPORT DF ,THE, AI RpbRT COMMI TTEE i
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BE ADOPTED. ROLLCAL,L ,VOTE. ALL C,OUNC IcLMEN PRESENT VDTING AYE, MD,TIDN C,ARR I ED. .
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13 MR. LLOYD BRANSFORD, REPRESENTING T~EWILLAMETTE NATIONAL FOREST, INVITED THE MEMBERS aF THE
CDUNCIL TO. VISIT THE WILLAMETTE NATIONAL FDREST UNDER A CONDUCTED TOUR aN SEPTEMBER 5 OR 6 OR i
SEPTEMBER lO.OR.'I, 1957. MR. BRANSFORD INDIC,ATED THAT THE FORES;T SERVICE IS INTE_RESTE.o I.N'THE :
COUNCIL'S SEEING THE VARIDUS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND OTHER WqRKWH1CH HAS ,B.E,Etil,-AND IS BEING
ACCOMPLI SHED 1 N THE WI LLAMETTE NATIDNAL FDREST. I TWAS I'ND I CATED THAT LUNCH WOULD BE FURN I SHED
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TO SUCH REPRESENTATIVES O~ THE COUNCIL AS MIGHT ATTEND, AND THE DATE FOR THE VISI~ATIO~ WAS SET
I FDR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1957,. WI TH THE UNDERSTANDI NG THAT MR. BRANSFORD WOULD BE CONTACTED
CONCERNI NG THE NUMBER OF COUNCI L, REpRESENTATI VES WHO WOU;LD ,GO ON THE TRI p.
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14 AN APPLlCATI'ON FOR P-\C~AGE STORE CLA~S '"S" LICENSE WAS SUBMI HED BY,SAFE.WAY S'TO'RES, INC., i
#190, 1840 EAST 13TH AVENUE, AS APPROVED BY THE PDLICE DEPARTMENT.
IT WAS MDVED BY MR. SHISLER SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN THAT THE AppLICATIDN BE GRANTED. MOTION
DEFEATED.
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I TWAS MDVED BY MR. WATSON SECDNDED BY MR. SH ISLER THAT THE AppLI CA T I DN BE RECDNS I DERED. I'
MOTION CARRIED. .. !
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HARTMAN StCDNDEDBY MR. SHISLER ~HAT THE AppLICATIDN DFSAFEWAY STDRES
BE REFERRED TO. THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. MaTI aN CARRIED, WITH COUNCILMAN ~RIGGS VDTING NAY.
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I 15 THE FOLLOWING APPLICATIONS FOR ROOMING HOUSE ~ICENSES WERE SUBMITTE~AS APPROVED BY THE
POLICE, FIRE, BUI~DING AND HEALTK DEPA~TMENTS:
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STELLA WATE~S, 1244 HILYARD STREET
WEGEND ROOMING HOUSE; 525 EA$TIITH AVENUE -MRS. WARD V. CROFT . .
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HARTMAN SECONDED BY MR. WATSON THAT THE APPLICATIONS BE APPROVED. MOTION
CARRIED.
16 THE FOLLOWING APPLICATIONS FOR RENEWAL OF ROOMING HOUSE LICENSES WERE SUBMITTED AS APPROVED
BY THE POLICE, FIRE, BUILDING AND HEALTH DEPARTMENTS; .
COLLINS HOME, 754 EAST 14TH AVENUE - L. H. COLLI NS
CROFT ROOMING HOUSE, 1.127 FERRY STREET -- MR. AND MRS.' WARD V. CROFT
ARTHUR L- OR ALICE E.' GORDON, 451 EAST 14TH AVENUE; - MRS. All CE E. GORDON
HAMLIN ROOMS, 267 EAST 11TH AVENUE -- JOSEPHINE B~ HAMLIN
e HILL ROOMING HOUSE, 1158 HILYARD STREET - OLIVIA HILL BY JESSE STICKELS
HOLTAN ROOMING HOUSE, 560 EAST 11TH AV~NUE - MRS. HARRIS HOLTAN
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE, 715 EAST 13TH AVENUE -- MRS. HAZEL FREDRICKSON
MILNE ROOMING HOUSE, 342 EAST 13TH AVENUE - CHRIS,T1NE MI'LNE
MURRAY ROOMING HOUSE, 995 ALDER STREET - PHYLLIS MURRAY
NELSON ROOMING HOUSE, 574 EAST 14TH AVENUE - LUCRETIA NELSON .
POST ROOMS, 315 EAST 13TH AVENUE - RAY V. POST
I SCOTT HOUSE, 1190 HILYARD STREET - LENA HARKEY SCOTT
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HAR'TMAN SECONDED BY MR. WATSON THA'T THE APPLI CAT! ONS BE APPROVED. MOTION
CARRIED.
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17 AN APPLI~ATION FOR RENEWAL O~ LICENSE TO OPERATE POOL AND CARD TABLES WAS SUBMITTED BY
LUCINDA CALLiSON, DBA LUCKEYS CLUB CIGAR STORE, 814 WILL~METTE STREET, AS APPROVE~ BY T~E POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
I TWAS .MOVED BY MR. HARTMAN SECONDED BY MR.- WATSON THAT HiE APPLI CATI ON BE APPROVED. MOTION
CARRIED.
18 AN APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF LICENSE TO OPERATE POOL TABLES WAS SUBMITTED BY EUGENE MOOSE
LODGE #686, 1585 WEST 13TH AVENUE, AS ~PPRbVED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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CARRIED.
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19 AN APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF THEATRE LICENSE WAS SUBMITTED BY HEILIG THEATRE, 676 WILLAMETTE
STREET, AS APPROVED BY THE FIRE AND POLIC~ DEPARTMENTS.
'I IT WAS MOVED BY MR.- HARTMAN SECONDED BY MR. WATSON THAT THE APPLICA~ION BE APPROVED. MOTION
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I 20 :1 A PETITION WAS SUBMITTED REQUESTIN~ THE COMMON COUNCIL TO DO EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO-
'I WARDS THE REMOVAL OF JUNK YARD LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 18TH AVENUE AND GARFIELD STREET
OWNED BY MR. ROY CROWE.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR~ HARTMAN THAT THE PETITION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED
ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED.
21 'I COMMUNICATION DATED JULY 24, 1957 FROM OREGON STATE SANITARY AUTHORITY RELATIVE TO CERTIFI-
CATION OF MR. MATSON AS OPERATOR FOR GROUP II I SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS
e FOLLOWS:
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i "As ONE OF THE SPONSORS OF THE VOLUNTARY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR OREGON SEWAGE
WORKS OPERATORS WE WERE MOST PLEASED TO LEARN THAT MR. MATSON WAS SUCCESSFUL IN PASS-
'ING A SPECIAL ~XAMINATION WHICH WAS GIVEN AT THE SEWAGE WORKS SHORT SCHOOL I N COR-
VALLIS AND IS NOW CERTIFIED BY OREGON STATE COLLEGE AND THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH AS
AN OPERATOR FOR GROUP I II SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS.
'I WE COMMEND BOTH MR. MATSON AND YOUR CITY FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL ACCOMPLISHMENT.
I WE ARE CONFI DEN'T THAT THE CAPAB'I L I TI ES THUS DEMONSTRATED WI LL RESULT I N THE MOST
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EFFICIENT OPERAT10N AND MAINTENANCE OF YOUR SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS, THUS RESULTING
il IN CLEANER STREAMS ~OR THE STATE OF OREGON, AN ASSET FOR THE CITY OF EUGENE AND A
JOB TO WHICH MR. .MATsON CAN POINT WITH PRIDE. "
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I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HARTMAN SECONDED BY MR. WATSON THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND
I PLACED ON FILE. MOT ION' CARR I ED. .
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;1 COMMUNICATION DATED JULY 31, 1957 FROM EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD TRANSMITTING FOR EXECU-
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TION BY CITY OFFICIALS QUITCL41M DEED RELINQUISHING EASEMENT TO O. O. ,SABIN WAS SUBMITTED AND READ
AS FOLLOWS:
"THE ENCLOSED QUITCLAIM DEED WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD ~T ITS MEETING ON i
JULY 29, 1957, AND IS TRANSMITTED TO YOU FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL AND EXECUTION BY
THE MAYOR AND CITY RECORDER. .
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I FUL OR NECESSARY TO THE OPERATIO~ OF THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD."
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! I T WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. HARTMAN ,THAT THE COMMUNI CATION BE. RECE I VED AND I
THE PROPER CI TY OFFI CI ALS BE AUTHORI ZED TO EXECUTE ,THE DOCUMENT. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCI L.MEN I
PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED. ,
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23 : COMMUNICATION FROM J. C. PENNEY COMPANY.., I NC., DATED AUGUST I, 1957, EXPRESSING APPRECIATION i
FOR COOPERATION IN REMODELING OF BUILDING WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
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"Now THAT THE BARRICADE I S DOWN AND. OUR NORTH DOORS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLI C, I .
WANT TO SINCERELY THANK YOU AND THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WHO- MADE IT POSSIBLE
FOR THE CONTRACTORS TO DO THE WORK FOR MRS. WASHBURNE AT THE BUSI EST CORNER ,I N OUR I
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CITY. ,
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YOUR COOPERATION AND THAT OF SEVER~L DEPARTMENTS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO KEEP I
THIS JOB ON SCHEDULE AND FINISH I~ IN THE ~HORTEST TIME POSSIBLE. WE KNOW THAT IT
WAS AN INCONVENI~NCE TO'A ~OT ~F PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY OUR NEIGHB,ORS.
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AM SURE YOU AGREE WITH ME ~HAT THE WORK OUR LANDLADY HAS DONE ON THIS CORNER ! e
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY 'MR. HARTMAN THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND
PLACED ON FI LE. MOTl ON CARR I ED.
24 COMMUNICATION DATED AUGUST I, 1957 FROM W. H. SHIELDS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY EXPRESSING AP- I
PRECIA~ION FOR COOPERATION IN REMODELING OF PENN~Y BUILDING WAS SUBMITTE~ AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
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tlAs OF TODAY WE HAVE THE J. C. PENNEY JOB SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED AND HAVE I
BROADWAY STREET BACK IN SERVICE ALONG WITH THE BROADWAY SIDEWALK ADJACENT TO J.C. I
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I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THE APPRECIATION OF OUR COM-
PANY AS WELL AS THAT OF: THE J. C. PENNEY CO.. AND THE OWNER Of THE BU.! LDI NG, MRS.
WASHBURNE fOR THE fiNE COOPERATION THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED fROM YOU, THE C I Tv COUNC I L,. ,
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THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. FIRST, TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN ALLO- ,
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CATING US ADDITIONAL SPACE ON BROADWAY AND TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT fOR THEIR FINE i
COOPERATI ON IN HAND~ING TRAfFIC iN THE CONGESTED ZONE.
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,THIS HAS BEEN OF MATERIAL HELP TO US I~ EXPEDITING THE JOB TO ~ SATISFA~TORY I
CONCLUSION. IF AT SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE WE SHOULD BE IN A POSITION TO RECIPROCATE~ i
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WE WOULD BE MOST HAPPY TO DO SO.
AGAIN LET ME EXPRESS MY KEENEST ~PPRECIATION." II
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HA,RTMAN 'SECONDED BY MR. }JATSON THAT THE COMMUNI CATION BE RECE I VED 'AND I'
PLACED ON fiLE. MOTl ON CARR I ED. .
25 COMMUNICATION DATED'~UGUST 9, 1957 FROM EUGENE WATER & ELECTRI C -BOARD REQUEST I NG 'PERMI T TO I
ATTACH CONTROL CABLE TO FERRY STREET OVERPASS WAS SUBMITTED AND 'READ AS FOLLOWS:
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"IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LARGE SUBSTATION IN THE AREA ACROSS
THE RIVER FROM EUGENE,THE EUGENE WATER'& EL&CTRIC BOARD REQUIRES A ~ONTROL CABLE !
fROM THE CENTRAL OFFICE TO THIS SUBSTATION SITE. THE ROUTE FOR TH~S CABLE BEING . I
IS ALONG THE LINE Of THE FERRY STREET OVERPASS AND THE FERRY STREET BRIDGE. I
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IS A REQUEST FOR A PERMIT TO ATTACH THIS CONTROL CABLE , e
OVERPASS ON ITS NORTH SIDE BELOW THE SIDEWALK. THIS IS SHOWN BRIEFLY I N THE AT-
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. HARTMAN THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND
PERMISSION GRANTED SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY-THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. MOTION CARRIED.
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COMMUNICATION DATED AUGUST 9, 1
26 1957 FROM EUGENE GATEWAYS ASSOCIATION RELATIVE TO MODIFIED !
TRAfFrC CIRCLE NEAR JUDKINS POINT WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: ,
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"WE OF THE EUGENE GATEWAYS ASSOCIATION SUBMIT FOR THE EUGENE CITY COUNCtL A ,
REQUEST THAT THE P'UBLI C WORKS COMMI TTEE Of THE COUNCI'L GI VE fURTHER STUDY AND CON- I
SIDERATION TO A MODIFIED TRAffiC CIRCLE NEAR JUDKINS POINT. THIS CIRCLE WOULD PER-
MIT TRAFFIC TO MOVE MORE FREELY ON AND OF~ THE FUTURE PACIFIC ,FREEWAY. . i
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THE PROPOSE,D INTERCHANGE AS SUBMITTED BY THE CENTRAL LANE COUNTY PLANNING COM- ~ !
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MISSION TO OUR COMMITTEE HAS MET WITH OUR APPROVAL. IT IS TH.E OPINION OF THE ,EUGENE I' J
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GATEWAYS ASSOCIATION THAT THIS MODIFIED PLAN WILL PROVIDE A SAFE, EFFICIENT, AND I:
SATISfACTORY TRAFfiC PATTERN FOR THE SOUTHERN ENTRANCE TO OUR CITY, AND WILL fURTHER
LEND I TSELF TO BEAUTI FYLNG .THI S ENTRANCE TO THE Cl TY Of EUGENE. , ' I
IF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL DESIRES TO MEET WITH OUR COMMITTEE, I:
TO fURTHER DISCUSS THE MATTER, WE WILl BE PLEASED TO ARRANGE FOR SUCH A MEETING.~ Ii
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. HARTMAN THAT TH& COMMUNICATION BE REFERRED TO
THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTl ON CARR I ED. e
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"DUE TO THE RECENT LABOR 01 SPUTE WI TH THE TEAMSTERS UNION', IT HAS DELAYED OUR
ENTIRE OPERATIO~ SCHEDULES" ABOUT TWO WEEKS. ~1
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THE.REFOR.E, WE WOU.LD APPRECI A'TE A. TWO WEEK EX.TENSION OF TI ME, ON ALL OF .THE .
CITY OF EUGENE CONTRACTS, WE HAVE AT THE PRESENT TIME. ,
WE fEEL THAT THESE PROJECTS, CAN BE COMPLETED' S_ATISf'ACTORILY, IF THIS EXTEN-
SION Of TIME IS GRANTED TO US."
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IT WAS MOVED BY, MR. LI NDEEN SECONDED BY MR.BRI GGS, THAT THE COMMUN,I CATION BE RECEI VED .AND
PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED.
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OF FI RST ADDI TI ON TO EDGEWOOD ESTATES fROM 40TH AVENUE TO 41 ST AVENUE WAS SUBMI HED AND READ THE
FIRST TIME I N FULL.
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HARTMAN SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT Of THE COUNCJL. MOT10N CARRIED UNANI~OUSLY AND
I THE BJLL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
IT WAS: MOVED BY MR. HARTMAN SECONDED BY MRS. (AURIS 'THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE' BILL
BE READ THE, THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNA'NIMOUSCONSENT OF THE COUNCIL.
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I MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY..
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I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HARTMAN SECONDED BY. MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN
I FINAL PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNC1LMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED
i AND NUMBERED 11117.
29 vr COUNCIL BILL No. 4229 - RE: ADOPTING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR SANITARY SEWER IN AREA BE';'
I TWEEN DONALD STREET AND EAST BOUNDARY OF FIRST ADDITION TO EDGEWOOD ESTATES FROM 40TH AVENUE'TO
4IST.AvENUE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE fiRST TIME I N FULL.
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. IT WAS MOVED, BY MR. HARJMAN, SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND
THE SILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HARTMAN SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL
BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HARTMAN SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS ITHAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN
FINAL PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. -ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED
I AND NUMBERED I I liB.
UPON MO~ION DULY MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIED,. THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED TO MONDAY,
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