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COUNCIL CHAMBER
EUGENE, OREGON
MAY II, 1959
THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE WAS HELD ON MAY II, 1959 AT
7:30 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY HIS HONOR MAYOR E. E. CONE WITH
THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN .PRESENT: MR. SHEARER, MRS. LAURIS, MR. LINDEEN, MR. MOLHOLM, MR. MCGAFFEY,
MR. MOYER AND MR. WILSON. MR. CHATT WAS ABSENT.
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THE INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY. REV. H. J. WESTBERG.
THE MINUTES OF THE AD~OURNEDMEETING OF APRIL 27, 1959, AS MAILED TO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL,
WERE APPROVED.
INTRODUCTION OF NEW BUSINESS
BILLS AGAINST VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 1959 WERE SUBMITTED AND READ AS
FOLLOWS:
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GENERAL fUND
MOTOROLA COMMUNICATIONS & ELECT.
PUBLIC EMP~OYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM
UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK
UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK
STATE TAX COMMISSION
AETNA LIFE INSURANCE CO.
PACIFIC HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
EUGENE HOSPITAL & CLINIC
DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS.
DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS.
DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS.
EUGENE FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION
BLUE CROSS PLAN
UNITED ApPEAL - LANE COUNTY
LANE HUMANE SOCIETY
E. E. CONE, MAYOR
STATE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION
ADDRESSOGRAPH-MULTIGRAPH CORP.
ALLEN OFFICE EQUIPMENT
AMERICANA CORPORATION
AMERICAN STEEL & SUPPLY CO.
ARCH'S TUNE UP
ART'S GARBAGE SERVICE
ASSOCIATED SUPPLIERS
AUTOMATIC FILE & INDEX COMPANY
AUTOMATIC HEAT COMPANY
E. P. BALTZ & SON
BARKER MOTORS, INC.
BEARING SUPPLY COMPANY
BELL & GOSSETT COMPANY
BETHEL PLANING COMPANY
BILL'S GARBAGE SERVICE
BLUE CROSS ANIMAL HOSPITAL
F. K. BREWER SALES & SERVICE
A. K.+BR1GGS COMPANY
BRO-DART INDUSTRIES
E. H. BURRELL
CHARLES BRUNING COMPANY, INC.
C&S ELECTRIC
CARLSON, HATTON & HAY, INC.
THE CENTRAL HEATING CO.
THE CENTRAL HEATING CO.
CENTRAL SUPPLY
R. H. CHAPMAN COMPANY
CHASE COMPANY
HARRY L. CHASE, LANE CO. CLERK
LELAND N. CHRISTENSEN
CITY OF EUGENE, LIEN DEPT.
CLA-VAL COMPANY
CLARY CORPORATION
COAST-TO-COAST STORES
CONSOLIDATED SUPPLY COMPANY
CONTINENTAL BAKING COMPANY
CRESSEYl! S
CUDDEBACK LUMBER CO., INC.
$10,285.00
5,178.48
5,089.76
643.72
10,564.81
262.50
1,982.50
I , 645 .90
1,706. 10
28.00
1,237.82
300 .25
94.50
102.00
26.00
59.65
750.00
100.00
1,067.80
82.15
3.00
5.00
595.27
13.86
4.95
1.30
65.10
91.15
16.50
9.01
6.08
118.50
110.00
29.20
10.00
16.16
656.68
155.25
6.03
14.74
7.15
27.73
199.19
1,562.47
'1.45
5.00
5:~20
170.00
14.64
1,190.47
12.65
1.25
3.43
10.76
36.20
2.70
25.07
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CUSTOM MEAT COMPANY
DAVIDSON BAKING COMPANY
H. BURTON DAVIS
DE'S RADIO COMPANY
DEPUE FORD TRACTOR COMPANY
DICK'S MACHINE SHOP
DONALD C. DICKEY
DOT DOTSON'S
DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC.
JACK R. DOUGLAS
EOFF ELECTRIC COMPANY
EUGENE AUTO Top SHOP
EUGENE BLUE PRINT COMPANY
EUGENE CONCRETE PIPE & PRODUCTS CO.
EUGENE fARMERS CREAMERY
EUGENE HARDWARE COMPANY
EUGENE HOTEL
EUGENE LAUNDR~ & DRY CLEANERS
EUGENE MIRROR & GLASS COMPANY
EUGENE OIL COMPANY
EUGENE OVERALL LAUNDRY
EUGENE PLANING MILL
EUGENE RADIATOR SERVICE
EUGENE SAND & GRAVEL CO.
EUGENE TRANSFER & STORAGE CO.
EUGENE TREE SPRAY
EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD
EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD
EUGENE WELDERS SUPPLY CO., INC.
EUTECTIC WELDING ALLOYS - NW Dlv.
FAIRCHiLD LUMBER COMPANY
FARMER BROTHERS
THE FIDELER COMPANY
JAMES E. fiSHER
BEN FLEISCHMAN - PHOTOGRAPHY
E. E. FRAEDRICKS, JR.
W. P. FULLER & COMPANY
DRS. FURRER, McMILAN AND PATTON
FYR-fYTER SALES & SERVICE
THE GARLOCK PACKING COMPANY
GENERAL RUBBER & SUPPLY COMPANY
GOODYEAR SERVICE STORES
GRAY'S FEED & SEED COMPANY
GUARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
GUNDERSON BROS. ENGINEERING CORP.
GEORGE A. HALTON COMPANY
HAMILTON ELECTRIC
E. H. HALL
HEINKE WHOLESALERS
P. J. HANNS COMPANY
HARLEY DAVIDSON SALES COMPANY
HARR MOTOR SUPPLY
. HOWARD HERIDER
RAY HICKS, SENIOR
HORN PRINTING COMPANY
HOWITT PLASTICS COMPANY
THE H. R. HUNTTING COMPANY
$ 8.50
21.00
60.00
141.28
31.00
32.55
633.33
9.48
1.40
14.24
1.70
24.00
68.73
586.09
40.87
6.30
20.75
80.65
6.68
2.40
43.72
16.26
16.00
348.93
174.13
6.00
2,415.89
9,47 I .70
34.77
36.95
2.25
144.00
13.61
9.00
9.00
90.14
6.60
189.80
10.00
44.53
13.23
14.14
394.28
734.67
22.90
89.56
31.59
30.00
143.12
21.74
24.85
53.09
119.97
60.00
165.25
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~ IMPLEMENT & TRACTOR PUBLICATIONS
,I INDEPENDENT 01 STR I BUTORS
1 INSTITUTE OF TRAFfiC ENGINEERS
~i INTERNATIONAL ASSN. Of CHIEfS OF POLICE
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INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGERS' ASSN
IRISH-McBROOM PACKING COMPANY
IVERSON PAINTS, INC.
JERRY'S SPECIALIZED SALES
JOHN'S GARBAGE SERVICE
KENDALL MOTOR-COMPANY
THE KIPLINGER LETTERS
KOFfLER'S PLUMBING SERVICE
KOKE-CHAPMAN COMPANY
LAFfERTy-PIONEER CORPORATION
LANE COUNTY TITLE COMPANY
LATHAM'S
AL LINDLEY SHElL SERVICE
LOGGERS & CONTRACTORS MACHINERY CO.
LOOMIS ARMORED CAR, SERVICE, INC.
Eo LORENCE CO., INC.
HENRY LOWRY
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
MCCRACKEN BROTHERS MOTOR fREIGHT
MACK TRUCKS, INC.
M'DGLEYS
EDBERT MORELAND
MUNNELL & SHERRILL, INC.
GEO. MYRMO AND SONS
NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
NORRIS PAINT AND VARNISH CO., INC.
NdRTHWEST INDUSTRI~L LAUNDRY CO.
NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS COMPANY
NUDELMAN BROTHERS
NURNBERG THERMOMETER COMPANY
JAY f. OLDHAM
ORCHARD AUTO PARTS COMPANY
OREGON EGG PRODUCERS
OREGON fRUIT COMPANY
OREGON NEWS COMPANY
OREGON SCREW PRODUCTS COMPANY
OREGON SUPPLY COMPANY
PACifiC fRUIT & PRODUCE COMPANY
PACIFIC PUMPING COMPANY
PACIFIC TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO.
PACKER-SCOTT
PECK BROTHERS
PEERLESS PACifiC COMPANY
PENNSALT CHEMICALS CORPORATION
PETERS-DE LAET
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NORTHERN SCHOOL SUPPLY
RUBENSTEIN'S fURNITURE CO.
GALE M. ROBERTS CO.
CROSS LANDSCAPE SERVICE
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JESKE BROTHERS
BLINKHORN MORTGAGE & REALTY
CITY Of EUGENE - SEWAGE & DRNGE fUND
DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS.
RODMAN AND UREY
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LANE COUNTY TITLE COMPANY
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~I VIK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
:1 CORNELL,HOWLAND,HAYES & MERRYfiELD
:1 DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS.
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104.45
4.79
31.50
6.00
15.00
172.50
II . 18
7.03
61.90
2.05
280 . 16
24.00
52.58
108.48
184.85
50.00
2.75
3.45
56.45
405.50
25.24
2.69
17.24
9.07
5.58
15.95
80.00
1,839.03
30 .90
11.90
1,590.00
11.08
100.06
79.23
21.44
19.50
8.76
84.60
14.49
230.66
26.70
99.73
3.30
33.51
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75.31
8.18
129.60
1,266.25
26.88
$ 1,36 I .04
7,600.00
3,048.50
22,203.01
2,776.50
$ 3,797.66
500.00
400.00
32,600.00
33.85
450.00
$
506.01
23.70
$ 6,256.44
6,329.59
264.70
2.10
PETTY CASH
R. H. PIERCE MANUfACTURING CO.
PIERCE fREIGHT LINES, INC.
DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS.
DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS.
THE QUICK COMPANY
QUICK SERVICE LITHO
ELLIS RACKLEff
RAMSEy-WAITE COMPANY
RECORDAK CORPORATION
REGENT BOOK COMPANY
RETREAD TIRE SHOP
RICK'S OIL COMPANY
RONEYS, INC.
ROOSEVELT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
SCHARPFS TWIN OAKS BLDRS SUPPLY
SHANNON & COMPANY
SHELL OIL COMPANY
THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
SIMMONS CARBON COMPANY, INC.
SMITH RADIO COMMUNICATION
SOUTH EUGENE HIGH SCHOOL
STANDARD fEED & SEED COMPANY
STANDARD OIL CO. Of CALIFORNIA
STATE SAfETY COORDINATORS
STATE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
STATE DEPT. OF MOTOR VEHICLES
SUPERIOR BODY & fENDER SERVfCE
TILLMAN & BOOTH, INC.
TRAffiC ApPLIANCE CORPORATION
UNION OIL COMPANY Of CALIFORNIA
UNITED PIPE & SUPPLY CO., INC.
UNITED RADIO SUPPLY, INC.
UNIVERSITY fRUIT & PRODUCE CO.
U Of 0 PHOTOGRAPHIC BUREAU
VALLEY IRON & STEEL COMPANY
VALLEY PRINTING COMPANY
VALLEY STATIONERY COMPANY
JOHN WARREN HARDWARE, 'NC.
DR. HERRICK WHEELER
W. P. WICK
WIGGINS COMPANY, 'NC.
WILDISH SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY
WILLAMETTE STATIONERS
LEW WILLIAMS CHEVROLET COMPANY
WILTSHIRE'S
WINN, SHINN, SNYDER & COMPANY
WYATT'S
ZELLERBACH PAPER COMPANY
SIDEWALK REVOLVING fUND
EUGENE SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY
GUSTAfSON fUEL
DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS.
SCHARPfS TWIN OAKS BLDRS SUPPLY
SCOBERT BUILDING MATERIALS
STREET,BRIDGE & DRAINAGE C&M fUND
WILLIAM CHRISTENSEN
CITY OF EUGENE - LIEN DEPT.
CITY Of EUGENE - LIEN DEPT.
CITY Of EUGENE
LANE COUNTY TITLE COMPANY
DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS.
CIVIC 8MERGENCY fUND
PETTY CASH
DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS.
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148.08 I:
109.40 'i
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14.40 il
114.00 :1
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45.60 II'
5.50 II
46.50
10.94 il
29.20 II
3.76 1.,1
3.43
11.25 III
62.00 I
35.00 i,l
33.78
102.41 II
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16.38 III
18.68
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162.50
3.50 Ii
111.57 1,1
27.90
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18.16 I
91.80 I,
64.56
31.45 II:I!
275.09
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624.51
1.50
449.55
13.99
87.65
$
38.25
207.87
3,141.13
50.46
36.50
600.00
$
7.20
3.00
WEST SIDE fiRE STATION-EQUIPMENT fUND
AMERICAN STEEL & SUPPLY COMPANY
INDUSTRIAL ELECTRIC SUPPLY
MONTGOMERY WARD & COMPANY
ORCHARD AUTO PARTS COMPANY
$
20 .45
750.57
2.39
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GENERAL BOND PRINCIPAL FUND
GENERAL BOND INTEREST FUND
DAN~EL O. POTTER, TREAS.
$12,065.33
$37,000.00
GENERAL DOG FUND
HARRY L. CHASE, LANE CO. CLERK
$
43.80
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE BILLS, AS SUBMITTED AND READ, BE
APPROVED AND THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS BE INSTRUCTED TO DRAW THE NECESSARY WARRANTS. ROLLCALL VOTE.
ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED.
MONTHLY PAYMENT ESTIMATES WERE SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
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DENN I S a. PRUETT
1ST - AREA FROM SOUTH BOUNDARY OF FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION
TO 29TH AVENUE BETWEEN LAWRENCE AND WASHINGTON STREETS-
SANITARY SEWER
2,225.42
$
FAIRBANKS, MORSE & CO.
2ND & FINAL - MILLRACE PUMPING STATION
1,467.56
JESKE BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CO.
2ND & FINAL - STORM SEWER WEST SIDE OF LINCOLN STREET
FROM 29TH TO 30TH AVENUE
70.52
KEMP BROTHERS
1ST -'SIDEWALK 22ND AVENUE FROM HILYARD TO ALDER; POTTER STREET
FROM 22ND TO 23RD AVENUE; AND HARRIS STREET FROM 22ND TO 23RD
665.01
VIK CONSTRUCTION CO.
5TH - MILLRACE PUMPING STATION, MILLRACE FROM SOUTHERN PACIFIC
R.R.HEADGATE STRUCTURE TO OUTLET CONTROL STRUCTURE
6,739.57
NORTHERN SCHOOL SUPPLY CO.
2ND - EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY FURNISHINGS
6,080.00
RUBENSTEIN'S
2ND - EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY FURNISHINGS
2,438.80
COMMERCIAL OFFICE SUPPLY &. VALLEY STATIONERY
2ND - EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY FURNISHINGS
15,073.39
GALE M. ROBERTS CO.
13TH - NEW EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY
20,440 . I 8
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE ESTIMATES AS SUBMITTED AND READ BE
APPROVED AND THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS BE INSTRUCTED TO. DRAW THE NECESSARY WARRANTS. ROLLCALL VOTE.
ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED.
MR. SHEARER ARRIVED AT THE MEETING AT THIS POINT.
THIS BEING THE DAT~ SET .FOR THE AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF FIRE ALARM EQUIPMENT, THE
FOLLOWING BIDS WERE TABULATED AS OPENED APRIL 28, 1959 AT 10:00 AM:
GAMEWELL COMPANY FYR-FYTER COMPANY
No. DESCRIPTION UNIT PRICE TOTAL UNIT PRICE TOTAL
- Two CIRCUIT CONTROL
) PANEL $ I ,658 . 66 $ I ,658 . 66 $ No .BID $ No BID
34, FIRE ALARM BOXES 179.09 6,087.02 167.00 5,678.00
30 Box BRACKETS 3.54 106 .20 5.00 150.00
34 GROUNDING ASSEMBLIES 6.'2 208.08 5.00 170.00
I GONG 92:~29 92.29 100.00 100.00
I RECORDING SET 367.70 367.70 320.00 320.00
TOTAL 8,519.95 6,418.00
LESS No BID ITEM 1,658.66
COMPARISON TOTAL 6,861.29 6,418.00
DIFFERENCE $ 443.29
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. L~URIS THAT THE CONTRACT BE AWARDED TO GAMEWELL
COMPANY ON THE BID PRICE or $8,5'9.95. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, EXCEPT
MR. LINDEEN VOTING NAY, MOTION CARRIED.
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THIS BEING THE DATE SET FOR THE AWARD Of CONTRACTS fOR VARIOUS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, THE FOLLOW-
ING B~DS WERE TABULA~ED AS OPENED MAY 7, 1959 AT 10:00 AM:
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STREET PAVING
CONTRACT COST
"A" BASE "B" BASE
COST PER
FRONT FOOT
"A"BASE "B"BASE
7" CONCRETE
COST PER
FRONT
FOOT
LAWRENCE STREET fROM 22ND
TO 23RD AVENUE
W,LDISH CONSTR. CO.
CENTRAL HEATING CO.
STUBBERT
/ALLEY PAVING
14' BETWEEN BROADWAY AND 10TH
AVENUE FROM WASHINGTON TO
JEffERSON STREET
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NAME Of BIDDER & PRO~ECT
€HARNELTON STREET fROM 25TH
TO 27TH AVENUE
WILDISH CONSTR. CO.
CENTRAL HEATING CO.
STUBBERT
$7.17
(Low B) .,3,608.50
(Low A) 13,446.32
$13,322.85
13,907.27
$7.28
$18,237.50
$8.73
25TH AVENUE fROM CHAMBERS
TO GRANT STREET
CENTRA(HEATING CO. (Low}
W,LDISH CONSTR. Co.
SlHJBBERT
10,339.55
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10,692.83
10,758.78
6.96
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14,056.58
9.58
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PLACE TO 30TH AVENUE
CENTRAL HEATING CO.
WILDISH CONSTR. CO.
STUBBERT
29TH
(Low M:
(Low B)
5,860.30
5,827.60
7.19
5,638.30
5,939.55
7.46
7,690.00
9.85
30TH AVENUE fROM CHARNELTON
TO LINCOLN STREET
W,LD,SH CONSTR. CO. (LOW)
CENTRAL HEATING CO.
STUBBERT
5,251 .80
5,692.10
5,088.52
5,731 .81
7.30
7.08
5,999.55
8.57
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4,899.00
5 ,70 I .50
7.41
7.21
5,035.00
5,674.30
6,283.50
9.28
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3, 194.60
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE CONTRACTS BE AWARDED TO THE LOW
BIDDERS ON EACH PROJECT ON TYPE B BASE EXCEPT THE PAVING Of 30TH AVENUE fROM CHARNEL TON TO LINCOLN
STREET AND THE ALLEY PAVING PROJECT WHICH ARE TO BE READVERTISED fOR BIDS.
IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN THAT THE MOTION BE AMENDED PROVIDING ALSO
fOR THE EXCLUSION Of THE ITEM Of PAVING CHARNELTON STREET fROM 25TH TO 27TH AVENUE WHICH IS TO BE
REfERRED BACK TO COMMITTEE fOR fURTHER STUDY. MOTION CARRIED, MR. MOYER VOTING NAY.
A VOTE ON THE MOTION AS AMENDED WHICH WOULD AWARD CONTRACTS TO THE LOW BIDDERS ON TYPE B BASE
ON EACH PROJECT OF PAVING AND THE LOW BID ON THE SANITARY SEWER PROJECT, EXCEPT THAT THE ITEM Of
PAVING 30TH AVENUE fROM CHARNEL TON TO LINCOLN STREET AND THE ALLEY PAVING PROJECT ARE TO BE READVER-
TISEO fOR BIDS, AND THE ITEM Of PAVING CHARNEL TON STREET fROM 25TH TO 27TH AVENUE IS TO BE REfERRED
BACK TO COMMITTEE fOR FURTHER STUDY, WAS TAKEN. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE,
MOTION CARRIED.
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INTERCITY SAND & GRAVEL
W,LD,SH CONSTRUCTION CO.
$ 5,080.00
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THIS BEING THE DATE~SET fOR THE AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT or THE ROAD THROUGH
SKINNERS BUTTE PARK, THE fOLLOWING BIDS WERE TABULATED AS OPENED MAY I I, 1959 AT 10:00 AM:
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. WILSON THAT THE CONTRACT BE AWARDED TO CENTRAL
HEATING COMPANY ON THE BID PRICE OF $5,080.00. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE,
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THIS BEING THE DATE SET FOR THE AWARD OF $127,251.59 BANCROFT GENERAL OBLIGATION IMPROVEMENT
BONO, SERIES "0", THE FOLLOWING BIOS WERE TABULATED AS OPENED ON MAY II, 1959 AT 10:00 AM:
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PURCHASE
PRICE PER
$100 PAR
- V A L UE
$ '00.00
INTEREST RATE
BONDS DUE 1960-61 - ~
BONDS DUE 1962-67 - 3-1/4%
BONDS DUE 1968-69 3-1/2%
NET INTEREST
COST TO CITY
$ 24,762.60
BIDDER
fOSTER & MARSHALL AND
CITIZENS BANK OF EUGENE
BONDS DUE 1960-61 - 6%
BONDS DUE '962-64 - 4%
BONDS DUE 1965-69 - 3-1/4%
BoNDS DUE 1960-61 -~
BONDS DUE 1962~65 - 3-'/4%
BONDS DUE '966-69 - 3-1/2%
EUGENE MAIN BRANCH
THE fiRST NATIONAL BANK or OREGON
100.06
25,238.74
25,250.10
BLYTH & COMPANY, INC., AND
EUGENE BRANCH OF THE UNI.TED STATES
NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND (ORE.)
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3.5435%
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. WILSON THAT THE BONDS BE AWARDED TO fOSTER & MARSHALL
AND CITIZENS BANK OF EUGENE ON THE BID OF $100.00 PER $100.00 PAR VALUE FOR AN AVERAGE INTEREST RATE
OF 3.4766%. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCI ~MEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED.
REPORTS Of OffiCERS
A REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER - RE: MONTHLY DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS, ETC., WAS SUBMITTED AND READ
AS FOLLOWS:
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"THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT THE VALUE OF BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED DUR-
ING THE MONTH OF APRIL AMOUNTED TO $729,750.00 WHICH IS $122,650.00 LESS THAN ISSUED
THE SAME MONTH A YEAR AGO. lAST YEAR IN APRIL PERMITS WERE ISSUED FOR 28 NEW RESI-
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D~NCES AMOUNTING TO $286,000.00j THIS YEAR IN APRIL 61 PERMITS WERE ISSUED FOR NEW
RESIDENCES FOR $589,370.00 WHICH IS OVER TWICE THE AMOUNT OF A YEAR AGO. lAst YEAR
THE BIG ITEM DURING APRIL WAS FOR THE CITY'S NEW liBRARY WHICH AMOUNTED TO $390,000.00.
ACCORDING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT, A COpy OF WHICH IS ON EACH OF YOUR
DESKS, THE CITY EXPERIENCED A DECREASE IN THE GENERAL CRIMINAL AND JUVENILE ACTIVI-
TIES AND FEWER ACCIDENTS WERE INVESTIGATED. ALSO YOU WILL NOTE THAT THE SEMI-ANNUAL
REGIONAL POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL WAS COMPLETED EARLY IN APRIL, AND THE ATTENDANCE AT-
THESE SESSIONS SET AN ALL TIME HIGH RECORD. THE LAST CLASS, ON ARSON PROCEDURES,
WAS CONDUCTED BY EUGENE fiRE CHIEF E. l. SMITH AND LT. JACK BEARRS OF THE STATE
POLICE. THIS CLASS ATTRACTED 125 STUDENTS WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST ATTENDANCE OF THE
ENTIRE SCHEDULE.
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IN ADDITION TO THE REGIONAL SCHOOLS, THE PORTLAND OFFICE OF THE fBI SPONSORED
A CONFERENCE ON ORGANIZED CRIME, AND THE lANE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SPONSORE~ A
MONTHL Y BURGLARY CONFERENCE. BOTH WERE WELL ATTENDED BY OUR PERSONNEL AS WEL.L AS
REPRESENTATIVES OF SEVERAL OTHER AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS & RECREATION REPORTS ~HAT THE ATTENDANCE AT THE -
PARKS AND RECREATION AND CENTERS INCREASED BY 11,532 OVER THE ATTENDANCE IN MARCH,
MAKING A TOTAL OF 23,231 FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL ,1959. DURING APRIL THE PARKS DE-
PARTMENT ADDED EIGHT PART TIME EMPLOYEES TO ASSIST IN THE SPRING WORK AND CLEAN UP
OF ALL PARK AREAS FOR SUMMER USE.
r THE EUGENE RHODODENDRON SOCIETY HELD ITS ANNUAL RHODODENDRON SHOW ON MAY 3.
THIS SHOW WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL, AND IT IS ESTIMATED THAT SOME 8000 PEOPLE ATTENDED
WHICH IS AN INCREASE OVER THE ESTIMATED A-TTENDANCE LAST YEAR."
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. lAURIS THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT BE RECEIVED
AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOLHOLM SECONDED BY MRS. lAURIS THAT THE COUNCIL GO ON RECORD AS COMPLIMENT-
ING THOSE SPONSORING THE RHODODENDRON SHOW AND THAT A LETTER TO THAT EF,ECT BE SENT TO THE SPONSORS.
MOTION CARRIED.
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A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD MAY I, 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS ,OLLOWS:
"PRES~NT: MAYOR CONEj COUNCILMEN SHEARER, lAURIS, liNDEEN, MOLHOLM, CHATT, MOYER AND
WILSON; CIT.Y MANAGERj CITY RECORDER; DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKSj ADMINISTRA-
TIVE ASSISTANTj DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARO; fRED BRENNE, EUGENE CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE.
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I. REQUEST FROM BISHOP MILES C. ROMNEY, CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF'lATTER DAY SAINTS,
REGARDING FLAG SERVICE BY CHURCH GROUP TO DISPLAY AMERICAN FLAG FOR LOCAL MERCHANTS
ON HOLIDAYS - A LETTER FROM BISHOP ROMNEY INDICATING HIS CHURCH GROUP WISHES TO
PROVIDE A ,LAG SERVICE FOR LOCAL MERCHANTS FOR THE DISPLAY 0, THE AMERICAN ,LAG..
ON TEN HOLIDAYS FOR A rEE TO BE CHARGED TO THE MERCHANTS WITH SUCH rLAGS TO BE
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ATTACHED TO PARKING METERS WAS READ TO THE COMMITTEE. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE
CITY ATTORNEY HAD INDICATED A FRANCHISE COULD BE ARRANGED TO PROVIDE FOR THE
ATTACHMENT OF THESE FLAGS TO PARKING METERS IF IT WAS SO DESIRED. THERE WAS
SOME DISCUSSION AS TO WHETHER THIS WOULD BE DESIRABLE FROM THE MERCHANTS' STAND-
POINT, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THE ITEM BE HELD IN COMMITTEE PENDING AREPORT fROM
THE MERCHANTS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF SUCH A SERVICE. MR.BRENNE,
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INDICATED HE WOULD MAKE SUCH A
REPORT.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM IFOFC:THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
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2. REQUEST BY MR. RUSSELL C. ROBERTS, 1858 HIGH STREET, TO PURCHASE SMALL STRIP
Of PROPERTY 10' WIDE FROM CITY IN BACK OF HIS HOME - THE COMMITTEE RECEIVED A
REQUEST FROM MR. ROBERTS REGARDING PURCHASE OF ABOVE PROPERTY, AND IT WAS NOTED
THAT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAD HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW THE PROPERTY REQUESTED
TO BE PURCHASED. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE INSTRUCTED
TO NEGOTIATE ON THE SALE OF SUCH PROPERTY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 2 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
3. REQUEST BY ROSE BUCHANAN TO VACATE NARROW ALLEY RUNNING FROM HIGH STREET TO
THE WEST BETWEEN 11TH AND 12TH AVENUES - IT WAS STATED THAT THIS REQUEST HAD
BEEN BEFORE THE COMMITTEE PREVIOUSLY AND THAT AN INVESTIGATION HAD BEEN MADE
INTO THE STATUS OF THE ALLEY, AND IT HAD BEEN FOUND THAT BY REASON OF PREVIOUS
JUDICIAL ACTION THE CITY NOW HAS ONLY A 4' ALLEY IN THIS AREA. COMMITTEE MEM-
BERS INDICATED THAT UNDOUBTEDLY AN ALLEY WOULD BE NECESSARY IN THIS AREA IN
FUTURE YEARS, AND THE CITY SHOULD RETAIN WHATEVER PORTION OF THE ALLEY THEY
HAVE AT PRESENT. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT MRS. BUCHANAN, THE PETITIONER, BE
INFORMED THAT THE REQUEST HAD BEEN DENIED BUT THAT THE 4' OF DEDICATED ALLEY
SPACE COULD BE USED FOR PLANTINGS OR OTHER EQUIVALENT NON-PERMANENT USES SUB-
JECT TO THE CITY'S RIGHT TO REMOVE IN THE FUTURE.
THE CITY MANAGER ADVISED IT HAD BEEN REQUESTED THE ABOVE MATTER BE WITHDRAWN FOR THE PRE-
SENT TIME, AND IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE REQUEST FOR
WITHDRAWAL BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
4. PETITION FOR SANITARY SEWER FROM NORTH BOUNDARY OF CAPITOL HILL ADDITION~TO
THE SOUTH END OF CAPITOL DRIVE AND BETWEEN LOWER AND UPPER CAPITOL DRIVE -
COMMITTEE MEMBERS DROVE TO THE AREA AND OBSERVED THE SITE OF THE REQUESTED
SEWER LINE AND ALSO VIEWED A MAP SHOWING PROPERTY OWNED BY THE PETITIONER,
MR. PAUL W. CAMPBELL. IT WAS NOTED ON THE BASIS OF THE MAP THATMR. CAMPBELL
IS THE MAJOR HOLDER OF PROPERTY IN THIS AREA, BUT THERE ARE OTHER PROPERTY
HOLDERS WHO WOULD BE ASSESSED FOR SUCH A SEWER, AND IT WAS FURTHER NOTED THAT
,DUE TO THE TERRAIN THE SEWER WOULD BE MORE COSTLY TO INSTALL THAN NORMAL. IT
WAS RECOMMENDED THE MATTER BE HELD FOR FURTHER STUDY AND THAT OTHER PROPEiny
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HOLDERS IN THE AREA BE CONTACTED WITH RESPECT TO THEIR WISHES ON THIS SUBJECT.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 4 or THE COMMITTEE. REPORT BE
APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
5. PETITION FOR SANITARY SEWER ON 35TH AVENUE FROM KINCAID TO POTTER; HARRIS
BETWEEN 32ND AND 35TH TO 35TH; AND B~TWEEN KINCAID AND HARRIS STREETS FROM
BETWEEN 32ND AND 35TH TO 35TH - ALSO PAVING 35TH AVENUE FROM KINCAID STREET
TO POTTER STREET,. AND HARRIS STREET FROM_BETWEEN 32ND AND 35TH AVENUES TO
35TH AVENUE - A PETITION FOR SANITARY SEWER AND PAVING ON THE ABOVE DESCRIBED
PROJECT CONTA I N I NG S', GNATURES' OF-- oWNERS OF 73% OF THE PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED
FOR THE SEWER AND 87% OF THE PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED FOR THE PAVING WAS PRE-
SENTED TO THE COMMITTEE, AND THE COMMITTEE NOTED IT HAD VIEWED THE AREA.
BASED ON THE PETITION AND THE VIEWING OF THE AREA, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THIS
PROJECT BE APPROVED AND THE NECESSAR~.ORDINANCES INITIATING THE PROJECT BE
PASSED.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAUR1S THAT ITEM 5 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
6. DISCUSSION REGARDING PROCEDURES TO BE USED WITH REGARD TO PETITIONS FOR IM-
PROVEMENT PROJECTS - IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT A STATEMENT OF POLICY BE WORKED
OUT COVERING PUBLIC WORKS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR SEWERS, STREETS AND SIDE~
WALKS WH I CH HA V.E A MAJOR I TY PET I T ION. WH I CH ARE FEAS I BLE AND WH I CH ARE WITHOUT
KNOWN OPPOSITION SO THAT SUCH.PETITIONS MIGHT COME DIRECTLY TO THE COUNCIL IN
THE FORM OF AN ORDINANCE WITHOUT THE- NECESS-ITY OF THE COMM-'TTEE OF THE WHOLE
TAKING ACTiON ON sucH'PETiTloNs. iT WAS AGREED THAT SUCH A STATEMENT WOULD BE
WORKED OUT AND PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE AT A FUTURE DATE.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. L'NDEEN THAT ITEM 6 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
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7. PETITION fOR PAVING ALLEY fROM 19TH TO 20TH AVENUE BETWEEN EMERALD AND ONYX
STREETS - A PETITION CONTAINING SIGNATURES Of OWNERS OF' 75% OF' THE PROPERTY TO
BE ASSESSEO fOR SUCH ALLEY PAVING WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDED THAT THE ALLEY BE PAVED AND THE NECESSARY ORDINANCES INITIATING THE
PROJECT BE PASSED.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAUR"S THAT ITEM 7 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
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fROM 34TH TO 35TH AVENUE AND F'OR THE PAVING Of McMILLAN STREET fROM 34TH TO
35TH AVENUE, AND 35TH AVENUE fROM A POINT 267' WEST OF' WILLAMETTE STREET TO
McMILLAN STREET - IT WAS EXPLAINED PETITIONS HAD BEEN RECEIVED ON THE ABOVE
PROJECTS AND THAT THEY CONTAINED SIGNATURES OF' OWNERS OF' 77'/> OF' THE PROPERTY
TO BE ASSESSED fOR THE SEWER, AND 87% FOR THE PAVING. THE COMMITTEE ALSO NOTED
IT HAD VISITED AND VIEWED THE AREA Of THESE REQUESTED IMPROVEMENTS. IT WAS
RECOMMENDED THESE PROJECTS BE APPROVED AND THE. NECESSARY ORDINANCES INITIATING
THE PROJECTS BE PASSED.
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APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
9. PETITION fOR P.AVING VANBuREN STREET F'ROM 16TH TO 17TH AVENUE - A PETITION RE-
CEIVEDIN SEPTEMBER 1958 AND A LETTER DATED APRIL 13,-1959- REQUESTING THE PAV-
ING Of VANBuREN STREET fROM 16TH TO 17TH AVENUE WERE PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE.
Two PROPERTY HOLDERS IN THE AREA OWNING A TOTAL OF 50.2% OF THE fRONTAGE HAVE
REQUESTED THE STREET PAVING. A LETTER WAS ALSO READ fROM A MINORITY PROPERTY
HOLDER WHO OWNS 200' Of LAND ABUTTING VANBuREN STREET AND WHO PROTESTED THE
PAVING fROM A COST STANDPOINT. THE COMMITTEE INDICATED THIS JOB HAD BEEN HELD
UP AT THE REQUEST Of THE ONE PARTY WHEN IT ORIGINALLY CAM E BEfORE THE COMMITTEE
IN 1958, BUT THEY DID NOT BELIEVE IT COULD':BEGCONT.INUED TO BE HELD fOR THIS
REASON. IT WAS REtOMMENDED THAT THE PAVING OF' THIS STREET BE APPROVED AND THE
NECESSARY ORDINANCES INiTIATING THE PROJECT BE PASSED.
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APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
10. REQUEST FOR CURB SIDEWALK (LOCATION ONLY) fROM NORTH EDGE Of FRASIER-HYLAND
ADDITION TO 29TH AVENUE ON LINCOLN STREET, WEST SIDE - THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED
THIS MATTER AND COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES VIEWED THE AREA, AND IT WAS RECOM-
MENDED THAT THE REQUEST F'OR CURB SIDEWALK ON THE WEST SIDE OF' LINCOLN STREE-T
IN THE AREA INDICATED BE APPROVED.
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BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
I I. PETITION fOR PAVING 28TH AVENUE fROM LINCOLN STREET TO WASHINGTON STREET - A
PETITION CONTAINING 5.1.GNATURES OF' OWNERS OF' 73'/> OF' THE PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED
fOR THE PAVING Of 28TH AVENUE AS INDICATED ABOVE WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THIS PAVING PROJECT BE APPROVED AND THE NECESSARY
ORDINANCES INITIATING THE PROJECT BE PASSED.
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BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
12. PETITION fOR PAVING ALLEY .fROM 215;: TO 22ND AVENUE-BETWEEN POTTER AND HARRIS
STREETS - A PETITION CONTAINING SIGNATURES Of OWNERS Of 62.8% Of THE- -PROP.ERT.Y
TO BE ASSESSED fOR SUCH ALLEY PAV I NG WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMM I TTEE.- SOME - -
COMMITTEE MEMBERS; HAD VIEWED THE AREA, AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE
PAVING BE APPROVED AS REQUESTED AND THAT THE NECESSARY ORDINANCES INITIATING
THE PROJECT BE PASSED.
IT WAS MOVED' BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAF'fEY THAT ITEM 12 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT
BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
13. ~ETITION F'OR PAVING EMERALD STREET fROM 28TH AVENUE-TO SOUTH BOUNDARY Of
FAIRWAYS ADDITION - A PETITION CONTAINING SIGNATURES Of OWNERS Of 100% Of THE
PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED fOR THE PAVING OF' EMERALD STREET "ROM 28TH AVENUE TO
SOUTH BOUNDARY Of FAIRWAYS ADDITION WAS PRESENTED. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THIS
PETITION WAS TO COVER ENGINEERING SERVICES ONLY, THAT THE STREET. WOULD BE IN-
STALLED ON A PRIVATE CONTRACT, BUT THAT IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO ASSESS THE
ENGINEERING COSTS TO THE OWNERS Of ABUTTING PROPERTY, AND fOR THIS REASON AN
ORDINANCE IS NECESSARY. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE APPROVAL or THE IN-
STALLATION OF' THIS STREET AND fURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT THE NECESSARY ORDINANCES
INITIATtNG THE PROJECT BE PASSED.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAffEY THAT ITEM 13 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT
BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
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SIGNATURES OF OWNERS OF 50% OF THE PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED FOR SUCH STREET PAV-
ING WAS PRESENTED. VARIOUS COMMITTEE MEMBERS INDICATED THEY BELIEVED IT EXTREMELY
NECESSARY THAT THIS STREET BE PAVED SINCE IT IS IN POOR SHAPE AT THE PRESENT TIME.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT AND THAT THE NECESSARY
ORDINANCES INITIAT~G THE PROJECT BE PASSED.
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BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
15. DISCUSSION ON PROPOSED PAVING OF 22ND AVENUE FROM ALLEY BETWEEN ORR LANE AND
CITY VIEW STREET WEST TO CITY VIEW STREET - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT A HALF BLOCK
AREA BETWEEN ORR LANE AND CITY VIEW STREET IS CURRENTLY UNPAVED AND THAT THE
COMMITTEE HAD REQUESTED OWNERS OF ABUTTING PROPERTY BE ASKED TO INDICATE
WHETHER OR NOT THEY WISHED THIS STREET PAVED. THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RE-
PORTED THAT A SURVEY HAD BEEN MADE OF THOSE PEOPLE OWNING PROPERTY ABUTTING
THE PORTION OF THE STREET TO BE PAVED AND THAT ANSWER HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM
ONE OF THE TWO PARTIES INVOLVED WHO REQUESTED THE HALF BLOCK PAVED. THE PUBLIC
WORKS DEPARTMENT INDICATED THAT THIS CONSTITUTED A 50% PETITION, AND BASED ON
THIS REPORT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE APPROVAL OF PAVING OF 22ND AVENUE
FROM CITY VIEW STREET ONE HALF BLOCK EAST AND FURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT THE
NECESSARY ORDINANCES INITIATING THE PROJECT BE PASSED.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFFEY THAT ITEM 15 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT
BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
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STREET AND TYLER STREET - THE PUBLIC .WORKS DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT AT THE RE-
QUEST OF THE COUNCIL THEY'HAD MADE INQUIRY Of THOSE PROPERTY HOLDERS IMMEDIATELY
WEST OF THE FAIRGROUNDS AS TO WHETHER THEY PREFERRED A CURB SIDEWALK BE BUILT ON
A STANDARD SETBACK SIDEWALK. TMREE OF THE FOUR PROPERTY HOLDERS REQUESTED THAT
A CURB SIDEWALK BE BUILT SIMILAR TO THAT BEING CONSTRUCTED A~ONG THE SOUTH SIDE
OF 13TH AVENUE IN THE VICINITY OF THE fAIRGROUNDS. THE COMMITTEE TOOK THE
PROPERTY HOLDERS' WISHES INTO CONSIDERATION AND RECOMMENDED THAT CURB. SIDEWALK
BE INSTALLED' ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 13TH AVENUE BETWEEN VANBUREN AND TYLER STREETS
AND THAT THE NECESSARY ORDINANCES INITIATING THE PROJECT BE PASSED.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFFEY THAT ITEM 16 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT
BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
17. REQUEST BY KORA E. HELTERLINE FOR EXTRA LENGTH CURB CUT AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER
OF 25TH AVENUE AND WILLAMETTE STREET ON WILLAMETTE STREET - COMMITTEE MEMBERS
VIEWED THE SITE OF THIS REQUEST AND ALSO VIEWED A MAP AND RECOMMENDED THAT AN
ADDITIONAL 16' CUT BE ALLOWED MAKING THIS PARTICULAR CUT A TOTAL OF 44.7'.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAffEY THAT ITEM 17 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT
BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED..
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18. REQUEST BY RALPH AND GRACE B. MARTIN, 2635 ONYX STREET, FOR VACATION OF INAVALE
STREET BETWEEN 26TH AVENUE AND ONYX AND EMERALD STREETS AT 27TH AVENUE - COM-
MITTEE MEMBERS WERE PRESENTED WITH A LETTER FROM RALPH AND GRACE MARTIN AND A
PLAT SHOWING THE REQUESTED STREET VACATION, AND SOME COMMITTEE ~EMBERS ACTUALLY
VISITED THE AREA REQUESTED FOR VACATION. IT WAS NOTED THAT THIS IS THE ONLY
STREET CONNECTING ONYX AND EMERALD STREETS FOR SOME DISTANCE. AfTER DUE CON-
SIDERATION, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE REQUESTED VACATION BE REJECTED.
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BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
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AVENUE AND JEffERSON STREET AND ALONG 18TH AVENUE IN GENERAL - COMMITTEE MEMBERS
DROVE ALONG 18TH AVENU[ fROM POLK STREET TO W,LLAMETTE STREET AND NOTED THAT
EXCEPT fOR THE EASTERN PORTION Of THIS AREA SIDEWALKS WERE CONSTRUCTED AT ONLY
A LIMITED NUMBER OF PLACES. SOME CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION WAS GIVEN TO THE
NECESSITY FOR SIDEWALKS IN THIS AREA SINCE 18TH AVENUE IS A HIGH T;RAFfIC COUNT
STREET AND SINCE A NUMBER OF STUDENTS ATTENDING THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS IN THIS
AREA USE THE STREET GOING TO AND fROM SCHOOL. SOME DISCUSSION WAS ALSO GIVEN
AS TO WHETHER SIDEWALKS, If INSTALLED, SHOULD BE AT THE CURB OR SET BACK FROM
THE CURB. 'fOLLOW,ING THE 'DISCUSSION, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT SIDEWALKS BE IN-
STALLED'ON BOTH SIDES OF 18TH AVENUE FROM POLK STREET TO LINCOLN STREET WITH
SUCH SIDEWALKS TO BE SETBACK fROM THE CURB TO ALIGN WITH EXISTING SIDEWALKS
IN THE AREA AND WITH SUCH CONSTRUCTION TO BE WHERE THERE ARE _NO EXISTING
SIDEWALKS, AND THAT THE NECESSARY ORDINANCE INITIATING THE PROJECT BE PASSED.
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"WE, THE UNDERSIGNED PROPERTY OWNERS .ON WEST IBTHAvENUE IN THE CITY OF EUGENE,
OREGON, PURSUANT TO THE PROPOSED ACTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO PUT SIDEWALKS
ON EACH SIDE OF WEST 18TH AVENUE FROM POLK TO LINCOLN STREETS, 00 RESPECTFULLY
SUBMIT TH~S PETITION:
THAT WE 00 NOT WANT SIDEWALKS HERE. THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFF~C IS NOT SUFFICIENT
TO JUSTIFY IT AND IT WOULD SERIOUSLY DAMAGE OUR PROPERTY, PARTICULARLY IN THE
SECTIONS WHERE TREES WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED AND BANKS CUT DOWN, NECESSITATING
THE ERECTION OF RETAINING WALLS.
WE FEEL THAT OUR PROPERTY HAS ALREADY BEEN DEPRECIATED GREATLY BY THE ACTION OF
THE CITY IN MAKING WEST 18TH AVENUE AN ARTERIAL STREET AND WIDENING IT, AND
CAUSING THE OWNERS ADDITIONAL EXPENSE, AND WE ASK THAT YOU DO NOT CAUSE US. ADDI-
TIONAL EXPENSE AND PROPERTY LOSS, AND WE' FEEL THAT INSTALLATION Of SIDEWALKS HERE
WOULD MATERIALLY DECREASE THE RESALE VALUE OF OUR PROPERTY WITHOUT ANY COMPENSA-
TION TO US.II
MR. HENRY HOWARD SUGGESTED THAT RESTITUTION BE MADE FOR OVERCHARGE ON WEST 18TH AVENUE
STREET PAVING BY CITY AND INSTALLATION Of SIDEWALK AT NO CHARGE TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
ALSO, THAT THE SIDEWALK BE A CURB SIDEWALK.
IT WAS ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THE SIDEWALK SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO CHAMBERS STREET, AND
SOME CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION WAS GIVEN TO THE PROBLEM OF A BANK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
18TH AVENUE AT APPROXIMATELY VANBUREN STREET, ALSO TREES.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. LINDEEN SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFFEY THAT 'TEM 19 OF THE COMMITTE~ REPORT
BE APPROVED WITH THE .~RQVISION THAT THE SIDEWALK BE EXTENDED TO CHAMBERS STREET, AND_THAT
THE COUNCIL ESTABLISH POLICY OF REPLACING SIDEWALKS WHICH MIGHT BE _REMOVED IN A STREET
WIDENING PROJECT AT NO EXPENSE TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS. MOTION CARRIED.
20. DISCUSSION REGARDING SIDEWALKS ON 24TH AVENUE BETWEEN HARRIS AND UNIVERSITY
STREETS, AND FROM UNIVERSITY STREET EAST - COMMITTEE MEMBERS DROVE ALONG 24TH
AVENUE FROM HARRIS TO AGATE STREET AND NOTED THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS IN THIS
AREA. IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE PEDESTRIAN VOLUME ALONG THIS STREET IS HIGH
DUE TO THE SCHOOLS AND THE PARK IN THE AREA, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT SIDE-
WALKS BE INSTALLED ON BOTH SIDES Of 24TH AVENUE WITH A PARKING AREA BETWEEN
THE CURB AND THE SIDEWALK FROM HARRIS TO AGATE STREET, AND THAT THE NECESSARY
RODI~ANCE INITIATING THE PROJECT BE PASSED.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 20 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT
BE APPROVED. MOTION.CARRIED.
21. REQUEST BY L. D. .WELLETTE TO LIVE IN AN OLD RESIDENCE ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT
550 WEST 29TH AVENUE WHILE NEW RESIDENCE IS BEING CONSTRUCTED - A LETTER FROM
MR. L. D. WELLETTE INDICATING HE HAD PURCHASED THE PROPERTY AT 550 WEST 29TH
AVENUE AND WISHES TO USE THE EXISTING BUILDING FORA DWELLING WHILE HE IS CON-
STRUCTING A NEW RESIDENCE WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. IT WAS ALSO POINTED
OUT THAT MR. WELLETTE STATES THAT WHEN THE NEW BUILDING IS COMPLETED, HE WILL
THEN TEAR DOWN THE OLD BUILDING. BASED_ON THE ~ETTER AND THE REPORT, IT WAS.
RECOMMENDED THAT_THE REQUEST BE APPROVED.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 21- OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT
BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
22. REQUEST BY SACRED -HEART GENERAL HOSPITAL FOR A ONE-WAY ALLEY BETWEEN ALDER AND
HILYARD STREETS AND BETWEEN 11TH AND 12TH AVENUES - THE ABOVE REQUEST OVER THE
SIGNATURE OF SISTER M. MADELEINE TOGETHER WITH RECOMMENDATION FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IN WHICH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDED THAT THE ALLEY RUNNING
EAST AND WEST BETWEEN 11TH AND 12TH AVENUES BETWEEN HILYARD AND ALDER STREETS
BE CHANGED FROM THE PRESENT TWO-WAY ALLEY TO A ONE-WAY ALLEY WITH INGRESS FROM
ALDER STREET AND EGRESS TO HILYARD STREET BE INSTALLED WAS PRESENTED TO THE
COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THIS MATTER AND ALSO CONSIDERED REPORTS
Of EXISTING CONGESTION AND CONFUSION IN THE ALLEY AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE ALLEY
BE MADE ONE-WAY WESTBOUND AS RECOMMENDED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 22 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT
BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
23. DISCUSSION REGARDING POSSIBILITY OF CHARGING EUGENE fRUIT GROWERS ASSOCIATION-
A..TRANSPORTATION FEE FOR THE USE Of THE SEWER SYSTEM - SOME CONSIDERABLE DIS-.
CUSSION WAS HAD ON THE SUBJECT OF THE SEWAGE VOLUME EMPTIED INTO THE CITY'S
SEWER SYSTEM BY THE EUGENE fRUIT GROWERS .ASSOCIATION AS WELL AS THE PROBLEMS
ENCOUNTERED AT THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT BY REASON or THIS VOLUME AND BY REASON
OF THE PARTICULAR TYPES OF BACTERIA AND OTHER RESIDUALS CONTAINED IN THE fRUIT
GROWERS SEWAGE LOAD. IT WAS INDICATED THAT AT CERTAIN TIMES or THE YEAR THE
fRUIT GROWERS VOLUME AND BACTERIA COMPLICATE THE PROBLEM AT THE SEWAGE TREATMENT
PLANT, AND AT OTHER TIMES IN THE YEAR IT ACTUALLY HELPS THE PROBLEM AT THE
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. VARIOUS REPRESENTATIVES or THE COMMITTEE STATED THAT
SOME CONSIDERABLE STUDY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE PROBLEM AND FOLLOWING SUCH DIS-
CUSSION IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY MANAGER AND DIRECTOR or PUBLIC WORKS
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ASSOCIATION CITING THE SEASONAL 'PROBLEM OF SEWAGE VOLUME AS WELL AS THE
BACTERIA COUNT AND REQUEST THAT THE EUGENE fRUIT GROWERS ASSOCIATION PREPARE
SOME SORT OF A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM WITH THE BURDEN OF PROOF BEING ON THE
fRUIT GROWERS ASSOCIATION.
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BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
24. CONSIDERATION OF CHANGE IN WATER USERS CHARGE - MAYOR CONE SUGGESTED THAT
IT IS APPARENT THE CITY OF EUGENE NEEDS ADDITIONAL REVENUES TO PROVIDE AN
ADEQUATE SEWER SYSTEM AND THAT TO PROVIDE SUCH REVENUES MIGHT REQUIRE A
MILLAGE LEVY UP TO 10 MILLS. HE ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THE RESIDENTIAL WATER
USERS CHARGE BE DOUBLED, THAT A STUDY BE MADE OF THOSE FIRMS AND INDUSTRIES
WHO PUMP WATER FROM PRIVATE SOURCES INTO THE SEWER LINES, AND THAT SOME CON-
SIDERATION BE GIVEN TO ESTABLISHING A HIGHER WATER USERS RATE FOR THOSE AREAS
OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS WHO RECEIVE CITY WATER. SOME CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION
WAS GIVEN TO THESE IDEAS AS WELL AS OTHER COMPARABLE IDEAS, AND IT WAS RECOM-
MENDED TH~T THE CITY MANAGER AND DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS BE INSTRUCTED TO
ST-UDY THE WATER USER fEES WITH THE IDEA OF DOUBLING THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL
IN-CITY fEE, OF RAISING THE PER-METER FEE FOR AREAS OUTSIDE THE CITY RECEIV-
ING CITY WATER FROM AN APPROXIMATE 25~ TO $1.00 PER METER, AND BRINGING THE
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USERS TO A HIGHER RATE BASED ON SOME EQUITABLE
BASIS fOR SUCH USERS, AND THAT A RECOMMENDATION BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 24 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
25. CONSIDERATION Of SEWER CHARGE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON - SOME DISCUSSION
WAS ALSO GIV~N TO AN INCREASE IN THE SEWER CHARGES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF
OREGON. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THIS ITEM SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN THE DIS-
CUSSION FOR STUDY OF THE WATER USER RATE AND NO FORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN.
IT WAS MOVED' By-MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 25 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT
BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
26. DISCUSSION OF MILLAGE LEVY FOR SEWER PROBLEM - SOME DISCUSSION WAS ALSO HAD
AS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF A MILLAGE LEVY FOR THE SEWER PROGRAM. No ACTION
ON THIS SUBJECT WAS TAKEN."
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 26 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT
BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON MAY 8, 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
"PRESENTi MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, LAURIS, MOLHOLM, MCGAFfEY, CHATT,-Mo~ER
AND WILSON; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; CITY ATTORNEY; fiRE CHIEf;
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; fRED BRENNE, EUGENE
CHAMBER Of COMMERCE; MR. OLIVER, GAMEWELL CORPORATION; DONN BONHAM AND
RALPH OLIVE, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD.
I. CONSIDERATION OF BIOS ON VARIOUS PUBLIC WORKS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS - A TABULA-
TION SHEET SHOWING BIOS RECEIVED ON FIVE STREET PAVING PROJECTS, ONE ALLEY
PAVING PROJECT, AN~ ONE SANITARY SEWER PROJECT WAS GIVEN TO THE COMMITTEE. THE
DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS ExpLAINED THAT BIDS HAD BEEN CALLED ON TWO DIFFERENT
TYPES OF SPECIFICATIONS, ONE INCLUDING A CRUSHED ROCK BASE AND THE OTHER IN-
CLUDING A BAR RUN BASE, SINCE IT IS DIFFICULT AND IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY
MORE DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN THE PROPER MATERIALS fOR THE BAR RUN BASE WHICH HAS
BEEN USED IN PREVIOUS YEARS. SOME DISCUSSION WAS ALSO GIVEN TO THE PRICE PER
FOOT ON THE ALLEY PAVING PROJECT AND THE PRICE PER fOOT ON ONE OF THE STREET
PAVING PROJECTS.
IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BIDS RECEIVED ON THE 30TH AVENUE FROM CHA~ELTON
TO LINCOLN STREET PROJECT AND THE ALLEY PAVING BETWEEN BROADWAY AND 10TH AVENUE
FROM WASHINGTON TO JEFfERSON STREET PROJECT BE REJECTED AND READVERTISED, AND
THAT THE REMAINDER OF THE STREET PAVING-PROJECTS BE AWARDED TO THE LOW B1DDER.'
IT WAS THEN RECOMMENDED THAT THE LOW BID ON THE SANITARY SEWER PROJECT BE
ACCEPTED.
ACTION ON AWARDING OF CONTRACTS FOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WAS TAKEN UNDER "BIOS" EARLIER
IN THE MEETING.
2. CONSIDERATION Of BIDS ON FIRE ALARM BOXES AND EQUIPMENT - A TABULATION SHEET
ON EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO EXTEND THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM, INDICATING TWO BIDDERS
BIDDING ON TWO CIRCUIT CONTROL PANELS, 34 FIRE ALARM BOXES, 30 BOX BRACKETS, ,
34 GROUNDING ASSEMBLIES, ONE GONG AND ONE RECORDING SET, WAS PRESENTED fOR
THE COMMITTEE'S CONSIDERATION. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT BIDS HAD BEEN RECEIVED
fROM THE GAMEWELL COMPANY, THE MANUfACTURER OF THE SYSTEM CURRENTLY IN USE IN
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THE CITY Of" EUGENE, AND FROM THE fYR-fYTER COMPANY, WITH BOTH FIRMS BIDDING_ ON
ALL ITEMS EXCEPT THE TWO CIRCUIT CONTROL PANEL ITEM IN WHICH CASE ONLY THE
GAMEWELL COMPANY HAD BID. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE TOTAL ITEMS REQUIRED
AFTER THE 'GAMEWELL BID WOULD COST $8,519.95, AND THAT THE fYR-fYTER COMPANY BID ,.'-
WAS $443.29 LESS. LETTERS FROM fRESNO, CALIFORNIA AND DENVER, COLORADO CITING
EXPERIENCES WITH THE GAMEWELL SYSTEMS AND THE fYR-fYTER COMPANY BID SYSTEM WERE
READ, AND IN BOTH CASES THESE LETTERS RECOMMENDED THE PURCHASE Of" GAMEWELL EQUIP-
MENT BASED ON THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE. fOLLOWING THIS IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE
BID BE AWARDED TO THE GAMEWELL COMPANY IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT Of" $8,519.95.
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EARLIER IN THE MEETING.
3. PETITION FOR SANITARY SEWER IN AREA BETWEEN 23RD AND 24TH AVENUES BETWEEN .
VANBuREN AND ADAMS STREET - IT WAS STATED THAT THE COMMON COUNCIL HAD ASKED
THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DETERMINE IF THE CITY MUST ALLOW THE PROPERTY HOLDER AT
THIS AREA TO CONNECT TO THE SEWER WHEN THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE AREA HAD BEEN
ASSESSED FOR A SEWER. THE CITY ATTORNEY INDICATED THERE IS A CONTRACTUAL OBLIGA-
TION TO ALLOW SUCH A SEWER CONNECTION AND FURTHER STATED THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER
HAD AGREED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SEPARATE LATERAL AT HIS OWN EXPENSE TO F~CILI-
TATE SUCH CONNECTION. IT WAS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY THREE
LOTS WHICH HAD NOT BEEN ASSESSED TO THIS TIME WHICH WOULD ADD TO THE SEWER PROBLEM
ON TYLER STREET, BUT THAT SUCH ADDITIONS TO THE SEWER PROBLEM ON TYLER STREET COULD
NOT BE MEASURED. fOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, AND A RECOMMENDATION FROM
THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS THAT THIS ISOLATED AREA BE APPROVED FOR INSTALLATION
OF SEWER, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE INSTALLATION OF THE SEWER IN THIS AREA
AND THAT THE NECESSARY ORDINANCES INITIATING THE PROJECT BE PASSED.
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APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
4. CONSIDERATION OF SIDEWALK ON ADAMS AND JACKSON STREETS FROM 18TH TO 22ND AVENUE -
SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON THIS PARTICULAR SIDEWALK AS WELL AS THE NECESSITY
FOR A SIDEWALK PROGRAM IN ALL AREAS OF THE CITY THAT ARE USED BY SCHOOL CHILDREN
GOING TO AND FROM SCHOOL. fOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT A
REPORT ON THE SIDEWALKS NECESSARY IN THE AREAS AROUND SCHOOLS AND NECESSARY FOR
SCHOOL CHILDREN TO TRAVERSE GOING T~ AND FROM SCHOOL BE PREPARED, AND THAT A
REPORT BE MADE TO THE COMMITTEE ON THIS SUBJECT. IT WAS ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT
SIDEWALKS BE CONSTRUCTED ON BOTH SIDES OF JACKSON STREET FROM 18TH TO 22ND AVE-
NUE AND BOTH SIDES OF ADAMS STREET FROM 19TH TO 22ND AVENUE AND THAT THE NECES-
SARY ORDINANCE INITIATING THE PROJECT BE PASSED.
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APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
5. REQUEST BY TRYGVE VIK, VIK CONSTRUCTION CO., TO CONSTRUCT T-HANGER AT MAHLON-
SWEET AIRPORT - A REQUEST AND PLAN FOR A T-HANGER TO BE CONSTRUCTED AT MAHLON-
SWEET AIRPORT TO HOUSE THREE AIRCRAFT AS REQUESTED BY MR. TRYGVE VIK OF VIK
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WERE PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED
THAT THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS BE INSTRUCTED TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT FOR THE
LEASE OF GROUND FOR SUCH HANGER BUILDING.
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APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
6. REQUEST FOR VARIANCE BY MCKAY'S MARKETS TO INSTALL 71 CURB SIDEWALK IN 21' AREA
AT 30TH AVENUE AND HILYARD STREET - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT A REQUEST HAD BEEN
RECEIVED FROM MCKAY'S MARKETS THAT THEY BE ALLOWED TO- INSTALL A 7' SlbEWALK
ADJACENT TO THE CURB IN AN AREA WHERE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CURB AND THE
PROPERTY LINE IS 21 '. THE CITY ATTORNEY EXPLAINED THAT AS THIS AREA IS ZONED
IT REQUIRES THAT A FULL SIDEWALK BE CONSTRUCTED' FROM THE CURB TO THE PROPERTY
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LINE, AND UNLESS AN AMENDMENT IS MADE TO THE EXISTING ORDINANCE, PERMISSION
CANNOT BE GIVEN TO DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF SIDEWALK IN THIS AREA. fOLLOWING
SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS SUBJECT, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUEST BE DENIED
BECAUSE OF THE ORDINANCE QUALIFICATIONS.
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOLHOLM SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 6 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
REFERRED BACK TO COMMITTEE, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY BE INSTRUCTED TO WORK OUT A SO~UTION TO
THE PROBLEM. MOTION CARRIED.
7. REPORT FROM CITY ATTORNEY ON THE PAUL W. CAMPBELL CONDEMNATION SUIT FOR AMAZON
EASEMENT - THE CITY ATTORNEY SHOWED A MAP OF THE AREA OVER WHICH THE CITY OF
EUGENE HAD CONDEMNED FOR AMAZON PURPOSES, EXPLAINED THE BACKGROUND OF THE CON-
DEMNATION SUIT, THE DIFFERENCES IN APPRAISALS BY EXPERT WITNESSES, AND THE FACT
THAT THE: COURT HAD FOUND IN FAVOR OF MR. CAMPBELL AND -HAD RENDERED A JUDGMENT
AGAINST THE CITY IN FAVOR OF MR. CAMPBELL IN THE SUM OF $24,000.00 PLUS INTEREST
AT 6~ FROM APRIL 15, 1958, PLUS COSTS AND ATTORNEYS FEES. THESE TOTAL COSTS ARE
NOW ESTIMATED TO BE $27,048.48. THE CITY ATTORNEY INDICATED THERE ARE SOME
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LEGAL QUESTIONS AND QUESTIONS OF LAW INVOLVED IN THIS CASE, AND THE QUESTION
NOW IS WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY SHALL PAY THE JUDGMENT AS OUTLINED ABOVE OR
APPEAL THE CASE TO THE OREGON SUPREME COURT. HE FURTHER INDICATED IF IT WERE
APPEALED THE CITY COULD MAKE OR LOSE MONEY, BUT THAT IN ANY EVENT THE CITY
SHOULD PAY THE FAIR AND REASONABLE PRICE FOR THE PROPERTY.
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THIS CASE BE APPEALED TO THE OREGON SUPREME COURT.
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BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED WITH MR. LINDEEN VOTING NAY.
e. CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF THE MAYOR'S SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO STUDY TRAFFIC ON
6TH AND 7TH AVENUES - THE REPORT OF THE MAYOR'S COMMITTEE TO STUDY TRAFFIC ON
6TH AND 7TH AVENUES AND THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS WERE READ TO THE COMMITTEE. SOME
DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON THE VARIOUS ITEMS CONTAINED IN THE REPORT, ESPECIALLY
THAT ITEM WHICH PERTAINED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NORTH BANK ROAD FROM fERRY
STREET BRIDGE TO JEFFERSON STREET, THE JEFFERSON STREET BRIDGE ITSELF, AND THE
NECESSITY FOR AN OVERPASS OVER THE RAILROAD IN THE EVENT THIS STREET AND BRIDGE
ARE BUltT. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE COUNCIL GO ON RECORD THAT THE NORTH
BANKRoAD, THE JEFFERSON STREET BRIDGE, AND THE OVERPASS IN THE VICNITY OF THESE
STREETS, AS WELL AS THE 11TH AVENUE AND PEARL STREET FROM 19TH TO 29TH AVENUE,
BE DES I GNATED FOR fEDERAL ASSI STANCE. II.
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BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED WITH MR. LINDEEN VOTING NAY.
PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS
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A PETITION FOR A SIDEWALK ON HILYARD STREET FROM 30TH ,TO 35TH AVENUE AND RESTORATION OF TWO-
LANE ROAD IN THE SAME SECTION CONTAINING 35 SIGNATURES WAS PRESENTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
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TO TAKE ACTION THIS SPRING OR SUMMER TO REDUCE,THE TRAFFIC HAZARDS ON SOUTH
HILYARD STREET, PARTICULARLY ON THE STRETCH 8ETWEEN 30TH.AvENUE AND SUNSET
HOME. THE FOLLOWING FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO THE POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS:
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HAS CAUSED HILYARD TO CARRY AN EXCESSIVE NUMBER or
CEMENT TRUCKS AND OTHER HEAVY VEHICLES WHICH TEND
TO BREAK DOWN THE ROAD, AND
HAS RESULTED IN MANY MORE PASSENGER CARS ON HILYARD.
(THIS SITUATION WILL BE EVEN WORSE WHEN THE NEW MCKAYS
MARKET OPENS AT 30TH AND HILYARD.)
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TRUCKS ON THE WAY TO THE COUNTY DUMP.
3. THERE IS NO SIDEWALK SOUTH OF 30TH, SO PEDESTRIANS MUST WALK
THE ROAD. THESE INCLUDE:
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(B) EMPLOYEES AND RESIDENTS OF SUNSET HOME. (THERE ARE NOW
OVER 200 OF THESE, WITH MORE TO.COME.)
-(C) IN THE SUMMER, CHILDREN, USING THE AMAZON POOL.
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DEEP' WATERHOLES, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHBOUND LANE BETWEEN 29TH
AND 32ND. IF THE DRIVER IS TO AVOID HITTING OR SPLASHING PEDES-
TRIANS, HE MUST DRIVE SLOWLY ENOUGH TO ANTICIPATE ONCOMING TRAFFIC
SO THAT HE CAN MOVE HIS CAR INTO THE CENTER OF THE ROAD WHILE
PASSING PEDESTRIANS. (THIS IS A 35 MPH ZONE!) WHILE THERE ARE
NOT PEDESTRIANS IN THE ROAD AT ALL TIMES, THE PEAK PEPESTRIAN
TRAFFIC NORMALLY COINCIDES WITH THE PEAK VEHICLE TRAFFIC. THAT
THERE HAS BEEN NO SERIOUS ACCIDENT jS DUE ONLY TO THE CAUTION OF
THE REGULAR DRIVERS ALONG THIS ROAD. A DRIVER WHO IS HAVING TO
CONCENTRATE ON THE ROAD ITSELF IS NOT FREE TO GIVE THE ATTENTION
HE SH'OULD TO PEDESTR I ANS AND OTHER VEH ICLES.
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BROKEN DOWN ON THE SHOULDER SI DE. I F THE SOUTHBOUND DR I VER IS
FORCED TO USE HIS OWN LANE, RATHER ~~AN DRIVIN& THE CENTER OF. THE
ROAD, HE HAS TO RIDE A::r AN UNCOMFORTABLE TILT. HE ALSO HAS TO
BUMP UP AND DOWN OVER THE DRIVEWAY EXITS FROM SUNSET HOME.
5. THERE IS NO PROPER SHOULDER ALONG MOST OF HILYARD STREET.
THE GENERAL 8UMPINESS, THE POTHOLES, THE DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF WIDE
VEHICLES ON SUCH A NARROW ROAD ~ND THE USE OF THE ROAD BY PEDESTRIANS IN THE
STRETCH ~ROM .30TH TO 35TH, MAKE IT IMPERATIVE THAT THE COMMON COUNCIL TAKE
CORRECTIVE ACTION.
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THIS STRETCH Of ROAD IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ANTICIPATED 19TH TO 29TH TO
BLOOMBERG fREEWAY AND RELIEf Of CONDITIONS ON IT SHOULD NOT BE RELATED TO fREE-
WAY COMPLETION. THE ONLY REAL SOLUTION IS THE PAVING AND WIDENING Of THIS
Of TH I S "STRETCH Of ROAD. UNT I L' TH I S CAN BE DONE WE URGE THE fOLLOW I NG TEMPORARY
MEASURES:
I. SOME KIND Of SIDEWALK fROM 30TH TO SUNSET HOME.
GRAVEL WALK WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS BOON.
EVEN A GRADED
2. SUBSTANTIAL REPAIRS TO THE EDGES Of THE ROAD TO RESTORE NORMAL
2 LANE WIDTH, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 29TH AND 32ND NORTHBOUND, AND
34TH TO 35TH SOUTHBOUND."
ALSO PRESENTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS WAS A',lETTER ATTACHED TO THE ABOVE PETITION:
"ENCLOSED IS A PETITION RELATIVE TO A SIDEWALK EXTENSION ON HILYARD STREET
BETWEEN 30TH AND 35TH, WITH IMPROVEMENT Of THE STREET IN THE SAME STRETCH. THE
NUMBER Of SIGNATURES WAS LIMITED ONLY BY MY TIME fOR GETTING THEM. PEOPLE WERE
EAGER TO SIGN.' I.. SHOULD CONVEY THE DOMINANT EXPRESSIONS Of THE SIGNEES:
I. CONSTERNATION, EVEN DISBELIEf, AT THE NEWS THAT HILYARD IS NOT DESTINED
TO BE WIDENED AND PAVED AT ANY SPECIfiED TIME. ONE PROPERTY OWNER ON HILYARD
WAS OPPOSED TO PAVING BECAUSE Of THE COST;-- ANOTHER WOULD NOT BE HAPPY TO HAVE
A SIDEWALK EXTENDED TO 39TH If IT HAD TO CROSS HER PROPERTY AND CUT UP HER LAWN.
MANY HOMEOWNERS IN THE AREA WERE ASSURED THAT THIS PROJECT WAS ON THE CITY'S
TIMETABLE WHEN THEY BOUGHT OUT HERE. THE PRESENCE Of SURVEYING TEAMS LAST
WINTER CONfiRMED THEIR EXPECTATIONS.
2. A TREMENDOUS CONCERN OVER THE SUNSET HOME OCCUPANTS, UNPREDICTABLE
PEDESTRIANS AT BEST.
3. THE QUESTION - WHY SIDEWALKS ONLY TO 35TH? --
ITEM I. PARTIALLY ANSWERS THE OBVIOUS QUESTION - WHY ARE THESE PEOPLE COM-
PLAINING? THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE GETTING INTO. THE REST OF THE ANSWER TO
THAT QUESTION LIES IN THE PHENOMENALLY RAPID DETERIORATION Of HILYARD OVER THE
PAST TWO WINTERS.
ONE fURTHER OBSERVATION! THE PETITION ASKS fOR A SIDEWALK fROM 30TH TO
35TH. SINCE WRITING THE PETITION I HAVE LEARNED THAT MCKAY'S IS PUTTING A
SIDEWALK ALONG HILYARD. fROM 30TH TO OMLID'S SERVICE STATION, WHICH IS NEARLY
AT 31ST. fROM THE SERVICE STATION TO W. AMAZON DRIVE THE PROPERTY IS NON-
RESIDENTIAL - THE STATION, A CHURCH, A TAVERN. CONTINUATION Of THE SIDEWALK
ON THE EAST,'.SIDE WOULD THEREfORE INVOLVE MINIMAL ADDITIONAL EffORT AND EXPENSE.
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HOWEVER, ALL THESE BUSINESSES INVOLVE A GOOD DEAL Of VEHICLE TRAffIC IN AND
OUT OF PARKING AREAS, AND THEREFORE IT WOULD MAKE MUCH MORE SENSE, FROM THE
POINT Of VIEW Of SAfETY, TO EXTEND THE SIDEWALK ON THE WEST SIDE fROM 29TH
TO 35TH. THIS IS MOSTLY CITY PARKLAND AND A WALK THERE-WOULD BE MORE PLEASANT,
AS WELL AS BEING SAfER.
I COMMEND THIS TO THE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION Of THE COMMON COUNCIL AND ALSO
URGE THAT THE COUNCIL PRESS THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO RECONSIDER ITS TIME-
TABLE fOR IMPROVING HILYARD."
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOLHOLM SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFfEY THAT THE PETITION TOGETHER WITH THE COM-
MUNICATION, WHICH WAS SIGNED BY MRS. IVAN NIVEN, BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MOTION
CARRIED.
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COMMUNICATION DATED APRIL 23, 1959 fROM EUGENE ROTARY CLUB CONCERNING ADOPTION Of ROTARY
"fOUR-WAY TEST", SUBMITTED AND READ ON APRIL 27,1959 AND HELD OVER, WAS BROUGHT ON FOR CONSIDERATION.
MR. f. fORD NORTHROP, PRESIDENT OF THE EUGENE ROTARY CLUB, AND MR. WILLIAM BERG EXPLAINED THE
ROTARY "FOUR-WAY TEST" AND THEIR DESIRE TO PROMOTE IT AMONG INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS AND IN
THE CITY, AND ASKED THE EUGENE COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE TEST AND HELP THE CITY PROMOTE IT.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOLHOLM SECONDED BY MR. MCGAfFEY THAT THE CITY OF EUGENE ADOPT THE "fOUR-
WAY TEST". MOTION CARRIED.
COMMUNICATION DATED APRIL 28, 1959 fROM OLAV AND GERD BERNTZEN,1871 GARF"lELD STREET, CONCERNING
DOGS WAS PRESENTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
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UP HAYES ST., NAMELY HIMBER AT 1850 HAYES WITH 2 DOGS, MCCARTHY AT 1870 WITH
AT LEAST 3 DOGS, AND 1880 HAYES (WE DO NOT KNOW THE NAME Of THE OCCUPANTS HERE)
WITH ONE DOG.
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AGAIN BEfORE 6 O'CL. IN THE MORNING. FOR A COUPLE Of WEEKS NOW, WE HAVE HARDLY
HAD MORE THAN ABOUT 3 TO 4 HOURS SLEEP EACH NIGHT BECAUSE Of DOGS BARKING. WE
HAVE TRIED TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE, BUT NO LUCK, CALLED THE POLICE SEVERAL TIMES
BEfORE, WHO EVIDENTLY IS NOT ABLE TO DO A THING ABOUT IT, OR DO NOT CARE.
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TO ASK YOUR ADVICE IN WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO GO ABOUT IT TO GET SOME ACTION IN
STOPPING ~HIS NUISANCE."
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COMM., fiRST NETHODIST CHURCH, CONCERNING ACQUISITION Of PROPERTY AT 29TH AND CHARNEL TON, WAS PRE-
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BOARD Of THE fiRST METHODIST CHURCH REMOVED ALL DOUBT ABOUT THE CHURCH PUR-
CHASE OF THE WELLS PROPERTY AT 29TH AND CHARNELTON. THE TRUSTEES OF THE
CHURCH WERE INSTRUCTE~ TO COMPLETE THE ACQUISITION Of THIS PROP-ERTY BY EXER-
CISING THE OPTION TO PURCHASE, WHICH WAS NEGOTIATED LAST OCTOBER.
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NEAR FUTURE - PROBABLY NOT FOR FOUR OR fIVE YEARS, OR PERHAPS LONGER.
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PENDING APPLICATION fOR A MOTORCYCLE REPAIR SHOP NEARBY THIS CHURCH SITE."
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND
PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED.
COMMUNICATION DATED APRIL 28, 1959 fROM f. W. BRUNNER, CHET'S fAMOUS fOODS, 1407 RAILROAD
BOULEVARD, CONCERNING POLICE SALARIES .WAS ,PRESENTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
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THE EUGENE POLICEMEN'S SALARIES HAD BEEN REfERRED TO A SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
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IN AN EffORT TO ATTRACT A GOOD CALIBRE OF MEN IN THE fIRST PLACE AND ELIMI-
NATE THE HIGH RATE OF TURNOVER WHICH EXISTS AT THE PRESENT TIME.
A POLICEMAN 15 CALLED UPON TO BE AN AMBASSADOR, JUDGE, QUICK-THINKER,
STRONG-MAN, AND AN ALL-AROUND NICE GUY. . CERTA.lNLY WE WANT MEN Of THIS
TYPE ON OUR POLICE fORCE. IN ORDER TO GET THEM WE SHOULD BE WILLING TO
PAY A fAIRLY GOOD WAGE.
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AND $400 A MONTH AND THEN EARN CONSIDERABLY MORE THAN THAT - POSSIBLY UP
TO $600 A MONTH - AS PATROLMEN, AfTER A REASONABLE NUMBER Of YEARS EX-
PERIENCE.. . WHEN WE. SAY THIS WE ARE NOT REfERRING TO CAPTAIN'S AND CHIEf'S.
SALARIES BECAUSE WE ARE fIGURING THAT WITH GOOD MEN ON THE fORCE WE WON'T
HAVE SO MUCH TURNOVER AND WE'LL HAVE PATROLMEN WITH FIVE TO fl~TEEN,
POSS I-BL YTWENTY, YEARS Of. SERV ICE.
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WE THINK THAT LOW SALARIES ARE CERTAINLY NOT GOOD ECONOMY BECAUSE Of
THE HIGH COST Of TRAINING A MAN. THE TURNOVER ,THAT. WE HAVE, EXPERIENCED
FOR. THE .LAST NUMBER Of YEARS HAS CERTA I NL Y- RESULTED -I N DUMP I NG A LOT Of
THESE TRAINING DOLLARS DOWN THE DRAIN.
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THE FORCE fOR A .SHORT TIME ARE ,FA I RL Y HIGH. '
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INTEREST IN WRITING THIS LETTER IS TO HELP EUGENE TAKE A STEP IN THE
DIRECTION Of DEVELOPING AN OUTSTANDING POLICE FORCE.
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REPRESENT I NG IT. THE TYPE Of POL'I CEMEN WHO CONTACT V I S I TORS AND TRAVELERS,
AS WELL AS O~R OWN PEOPLE, DEfiNITELY AffECT TH~IR IMPRESSION Of THE TOWN
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COMMUNICATION DATED MAY 4, 1959 fROM MRS. SRED MALKASIAN CONCERNING PIONEER CEMETERY AND 58 304
WAS P,RESENTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"WOULD VOU PLEASE EXPRESS OUR GRATI TUDE TO ALL THE MEMBERS Of THE' CITY
COUNCIL fOR THEIR ACTION ON 5.8.#304.
MANV PEOPLE HAVE CALLED ME EXPRESSING THEIR GRATEfUL APPRECIATION. IF
THEY HAVE NOT TAKEN THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU, LET MV LETTER SPEAK FOR
EACH PETITIO~ER AND EACH INTERESTED PERSON.
OUR DEEP FELT THANKS."
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BV MR. MOYER THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED
ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED.
COMMUNICAT-ION DATED MA~ 7, 19S9'FROM WINN, SHINN~ SNYDER & CO., CONCERNING QUARTERLY AUDIT WAS
PRESENTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
"WE HAVE COMPLETED THE INTERIM EXAMINATION OF THE RECORDS OF THE CITY OF
EUGENE fOR THE QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 1959.
SOME OF THE AUDITING PROCEDURES ORDINARILY REQUIRED fOR THE EXPRESSION Of
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AN OPINION HAVE NOT BEEN PERfORMED, AND NO fORMAL-OPINION IS EXPRESSED AT THIS
TIME. HOWEVER, ~O THE EXTENT OF THE AUDIT WORK PERFORMED, WE FOUND THE BOOKS
TO BE IN ~OOD ORDER AND ALL CASH PROPERLY ACCOUNTED FOR.
Bv THE CLOSE OF THE FISCAL YEAR ON JUNE 30, 1959, WE WILL HAVE MADE AN
EXAMINATION OF SUF~ICIENT S~OPE TO PERMI~ US TO EXPRESS AN OPINION AS 10 THE
RELIABILITY OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ON THAT DATE."
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BvMR. MOVER THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED
ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED.
COMMUNICATIONS WERE PRESENTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
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DATED MARCH 9, 1959 FROM COUNCILMAN ERVIN M. MOLHOLM:
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IN CONCORDANCE WITH THE ACTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL or THE CITY OF EUGENE,
AM SUBMITTING MY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WHATEVER CONSIDERATION THAT YOU MAY CHOOSE.
IT IS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR TO ME WHAT WAS EXPECTED OF ME, BUT I BELIEVE THAT
I HAVE AT LEAST COVERED SOME Of THE THINGS THAT I CONSIDER TO BE OF EXTREME
IMPORTANCE.
WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO SUBMIT OUR CONCEPTS AND PHILOSOPHIES OF EUGENE CITV
GOVERNMENT, .AND TO LIST THE THINGS THAT WE CONSIDER TO BE THE MOST URGENT NEEDS
IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
I AM of THE OPINION THAT THE CITV MANAGER-FORM OF GOVERNMENT IS BY FAR THE
BEST GOVERNMENT FOR ANY CITY. IT IS FREE OF POLITICS AND IS PROGRESSIVE. I
BELIEVE THIS TO BE ESPECIALLV TRUE OF A CITY THAT IS GROWING AS FAST AS EUGENE
IS GROWING. MANY IMPORTANT PUBLIC WORKS ARE CRITICAL NOW, THAT WERE NOT EVEN
DREAMED OF A FEW YEARS AGO - AND MANV WILL PRESENT THEMSELVES IN THE FUTURE.
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YEAR PROGRAM; OTHERS WERE NOT. MANY NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS PRO-
GRAM HAVE BEEN PUT INTO EFFECT. THERE WILL, OR SHOULD ALWAYS BE A TEN-VEAR
PROGRAM. WE: SHOU L 0 ALWAVS HAVE: A GOAL - NOT RIGID, BUT FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO MEET
UNSEEN -EMERGENC I ES.
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I AM LISTING HERE, NOT IN THE ORDER OF IMPORTANCE, SOME NEEDS THAT-I BELIEVE
TO BE MOST EMINENT, AND WILL HAVE TO BE MET IN ORDER FOR US TO CONTINUE TO GROW
IN AN ORDERLY fASHION.
I. ENLARGE AND EXTEND THE PRESENT STORM SEWER SYSTEM. THIS IS NOT ONLY
NECESSARY TO DISPOSE Of OUR CURRENT PROBLEMS RELATIVE TO SURFACE DRAINAGE,
BUT TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO GROW, AND TO EXPAND INTO TERRITORIES NOT NOW
INCLUDED IN OUR MUNiCIPAL BOUNDARIES.
2. ENLARGE AND EXTEND OUR PRESENT SANITARY SEWERS. ELIMINATE ALL SEWERS
NOW SERVING A DUAL PURPOSE IN CARRVING BOTH SURFACE WATER AND SEWAGE.
MANV OF OUR LINES ARE MUCH TOO SMALL BECAUSE OF THE EXPANSION OF OUR
BOUNDARIES AND BECAUSE MANY HOMES IN THE NEAR-DOWNTOWN AND UNIVERSITY AREAS,
THAT WERE ORIGINALLV ONE-FAMILY UNITS, ARE NOW USED AS MULTIPLE DWELLINGS.
3. TRAFFIC PATTERNS CHANGE AS DOES OUR POPULATION; THEREFORE; MORE
CROSSTOWN ARTERIALS AND PERIPHERAL STREETS SHOULD BE CONSTRUCTED. To LIST
THEM NOW WOULD BE CLAIRVOYANT - CHAMBERS, fiRST TO fOURTH CUT-Off, AND O:HERS
ARt NOW UNDER WAY, OR BEING CONSTRUCTED. OTHERS, JUST AS IMPORTANT WILL Bt
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MENTIONED LATER, BUT STILL OTHERS WILL BECOME NECESSARY VERY SOON.
4. I HAVE AN URGENT DESIRE TO PROCEED WITH THE PRESENT URBAN RENEWAL
PROGRAM AND WITH OTHERS IN MIND,- CAREFULLY USE THE LAND FOR THE USE AND
BEAUTIFICATION OF THE CITY, BY THE GROUPING OF PUBLIC BU1LDINGS, INCLUDING
A CITY HALL, WHICH MUST HAVE HIGH PRIORITY ON ANY LIST. HOWEVER, WE DO NOT
NEED A CITY HALL AT ANY COST. IT SHOULD Bt SO PLACED THAT THE NEXT GENERA-
TION WILL POLNT WITH PRIDE AT ITS LOCATION.
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BE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED r.OR MANY MORE. I BELIEVE THAT ELEVENTH AVENUE EAST
AND HIGH STREET, FROM BROADWAY TO THIRTEENTH, ARE THE MOST URGENT. HILYARD,
LINCOLN AND POLK, IN PART, OR EN TOTO, SHOULD BE CONSIDERED SOON.
SIXTH AND SEVENTH AVENUES, WHICH ARE STATE HIGHWAYS, SHOULD BE
WIDENED BY THE STATE AND AT THEIR EXPENSE.
6. OUR STREETS SHOULD BE SUFFICIENTLY LIGHTED TO PROVIDE THE MAXIMUM
AMOUNT OF SAFETY.
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HAVE MANY PARTS OF TOWN THAT HAVE NO SIDEWALKS. IT IS DANGEROUS FOR SCHOOL
CHILDREN AND ADULTS, TO BE FORCED TO WALK IN THE STREET.
e. CAREFUL STUDIES SHOULD BE MADE TO ENTICE AND ENCOURAGE CAPABLE AND
DEDICATED PUBLIC EMPLOYEES TO CHOOSE PUBLIC SERVICE AS A PROFESSION. IT
WILL REQUIRE THE WILLINGNESS OF THE CITY OF EUGENE TO COMPENSATE THEM FOR
THEIR SERVICES IN A MANNER FITTING THEIR TRAINING AND CAPABILITIES.
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TURNS EXCEPT AT INTERSECTIONS. THIS WOULD PREVENT LEfT TURNS INTO ALLErs
OR DRIVEWAYS.
10. CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THE EXPANSION OF OUR PARK AND RECREATION DE-
PARTMENT BY PROVIDING FINANCES TO DEVELOP ALL LANDS NOW HELD FOR THIS PUR-
POSE AND TO ACQVIRE MORE.
I I. ENCO.URAGE THE ANNEXA T ION OF ADJACENT LANDS.
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THAT WILL BE ENTERING EUGENE VIA THE FERRY STREET BRIDGE. THIS WILL BECOME
ACUTE AS SOON AS THE NEW fREEWAY IS COMPLETED.
SEVERA~ SOLUT10NS HAVE,BEEN OfFERED, BUT I BELI~VE THE FOLLOWING
SHOULD BE PURSUED:
A. THE FIRST TO FOURTH AVENUE CONNECTION.
B. OVERPASS OE THE S.P. TRACKS AT WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON
STREETS, AND A BRIDGE OVER THE WILLAMETTE RIVER AT THIS
POINT.
C. COMPLETION OF THE PEARL AND HIGH STREETS CONNECTI~N5 SO
THAT TRAFFIC FLOWING SOUTH THROUGH TOWN WILL HAVE THE
SHORTEST POSSIBLE ROUTE.
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VATE CAPITAL AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISE, BUT IF THIS IS NOT AVAILABLE, THEN BY
PUBLIC FUNDS.
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BUSINESS. PRIVATE COMPANIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ARE IN FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES,
AND WE DO HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO OUR CITIZENS TO SEE THAT THEY HAVE TRANSPORTATION.
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THESE, HOWEVER, I CONSIDER THE MOST URGENT.
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THAT THIS PROGRAM WILL COST A GREAT DEAL, BUT WHATEVER THE COST, WHICH PART
CAN WE ELIMINATE? THE MOST COSTLY ARE THE STREETS AND SEWERS. I BELIEVE
WE ARE GOING TO FACE THE FACTS OF LIFE AND DECIDE THAT THEY ARE A MUST AND
THEREfORE DECIDE TO PAY fOR THEM.
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CITY COUNCIL TO .REQUEST AN INCREASE IN OUR LEVY IN EXCESS Of THE 6% LIMITATION.
THIS HAS HAD ITS ADVANTAGES. WE HAVE ONE Of THE LOWEST MI.LLAGES OF CITIES Of
OUR SIZE IN OREGON. BUT WHAT PRICE HAVE WE PAID fOR THIS REPUTATION - AND
HOW LONG CAN THIS CONTINUE? I SUGGEST THAT WE BUDGET OUR NEEDS AND LET THE
VOTERS DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO .HAVE. THIS REPUTATION, OR
WHETHER WE SHOULD EXPAND _PASTTHE 6% AND OBTA I N THESE NECESS.I TIES. I BEL I EVE
THAT PROGRESS WILL BE STYMIED UNLESS WE FACE UP TO OUR RESPONSIBILITIES.
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SECONDLY, THE OVERHAULING, BUILDING AND REBUILDING OF SEWERS, BOTH STORM
AND SANITARY, CANNOT BE DONE BY OUR SMALL, CONTINUING LEVIES OR BY INCLUDING
THEM IN'A CURRENT BUDGET. I BELIEVE. THAT WHEN A PLAN THAT WILL DO THE JOB
PROPERLY IS SUBMITTED, IT SHOULD BE PUT UP TO THE VOTERS IN THE FORM OF A BOND
ISSUE, AND THE JOB DONE AT THAT TIME. IT WILL COST LESS THIS WAY THAN A
PIECEMEAL CONSTRUCTION NOW. NECESSITATED BY OUR PRESENT INCOME.
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OF WIDENING, CONSTRUCTING, OR PAVING OF ANY STREET DESIGNATED AS AN ARTERIAL
SHOULD BE PAID FOR BY THOSE WHO BENEFIT BY THE CONVENIENCES OF THIS STREET;
THIS IS THE- ENTIRE POPULATION, AND: CERTAINLY NOT THE PROPERTY OWNER WHO ABUTS
ON THE ARTERIAL. HE IS IN MOST JNSTANCE& DAMAGED AND SURELY SHOULD NOT BE
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11,. ARTERIAL STREET PROGRAM:
A. IN THE WIDENING OF SOUTH WILLAMETTE ST. WIDEN TO 42' FROM
33RD TO 40TH AVENUE - WIDTH ABOVE 36' FINANCED BY CITY
B. ONE WAY COUPLET SYSTEM ON 11TH AND 13TH AVENUES - GEN'L
FUND & STREET LEVY.
C. ADDITIONS TO CHAMBERS AND GARFIELD STREETS PER PRESENT
PLANS - GEN'L FUND & STREET LEVY
D. CONTINUE TO STUDY POSSIBILITY OF LOW STANDARD STREET FROM
4TH TO 1ST AVENUE
E. OVERPASS OVER RAILROAD TRACKS AT WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON
STREETS - CITY AND STATE
F. NEW 6TH AND HIGH RAMP FOR SOUTH BOUND TRAFFIC - STATE
G. COMPLETE HILYARD STREET SOUTH TO 24TH AVENUE - STREET LEVY
H. COMPLETE PEARL STREET FROM 19TH TO 24TH AVENUE - STREET LEVY
I. COMPLETE 30TH AVENUE FROM ALDER TO BLOOMBERG ROAD - STREET LEVY
J. REBUILD PARTS OF WEST 11TH INCLUDING NEW SIDEWALKS - PRIVATE
PROPERTY AND C,TY
K. CONTINUE TO STUDY ALL RAMIFICATIONS OF OFF-STREET PARKING
L. CONTINUE TO STUDY AND IMPROVE THE OVERALL ARTERIAL SYSTEM
INCLUDING A GENERAL STREET WIDENING PROGRAM IN CONGESTED AREAS.
2. LIGHTING SYSTEM:
A. BUDGET FUNDS FOR NEXT YEAR FOR AT LEAST 25% OF THE PROPOSED
DOWNTOWN STREET LIGHTING SYSTEM (BALANCE IN THE NEXT THREE
YEARS) - GENERAL FUND
B. CONTINUE EXPANSION AND MODERNIZATION GENERAL CITY LIGHTING
SYSTEM - GENE~AL FUND
3. AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT:
A. ACTIVATION OF CONTROL TOWER - SALE OF PARK-A IRE PROPERTY & CAA
B. COMPLETION OF ADMINISTRATION BUILDING - SALE OF PARK-AIRE PRO-
PERTY & CAA & AIRLINE ASSISTANCE
C. ADDITION FOOD, HOTEL AND SHOPPING CENTER - PRIVATE CAPITAL
CRASH PROGRAM - SEWAGE AND DRAINAGE:
A. CRASH PROGRAM FOR STO'RM AND SAN I TARY SEWERS OVER AND ABOVE
PRESENT - BONDS OR ADDITIONAL TAX LEVY
B. FUNDS FOR FIRST PHASE OF CONVERSION OF SEWAGE TREATMENT,
SECONDARY :TREATMENT - BoNDS AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
C. COMPLETE SEPARATION OF STORM AND SANITARY SEWERS - BONDING
PROGRAM
CONTINUATION OF AMAZON LINING WITHIN CITY LIMITS - GENERAL
FUND AND CORPS OF ENGINEERS
COST OF LIVING INCREASE FOR CITY EMPLOYEES - GENERAL FUND
GENERAL SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT AND REPAIR - PROPERTY OWNERS
CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF PARK SYSTEM - PARK TAX LEVY
CONTINUATION OF STREET SIGN PROGRAMS - GENERAL FUND
ADDITIONS TO FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET
FIRE GRADING FROM 4 TO 3 - BOND ISSUE OR TAX LEVY
NEW CITY HALL - BONDING
NEW CENTRAL FIRE STATION - BoNDING
NEW CENTRAL POLICE STATION - BONDING"
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THE IR THOUGHTS IN REGARDS TO THE CITY OF EUGENE, I RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT THE
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ALL UNNECESSARY EXPENSES IN THE VARIOUS.DEPARTMENTS AND LIMIT THE PERSONNEL TO
THE MINIMUM POSSIBLE TO CARRY ON THE FUNCTIONS OF THE CITY, AND ALSO LIMIT PUR-
CHASING OF EQUIPMENT TO ONLY THAT WHICH IS ESSENTIAL TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF
THE COMMUNITY. THAT A DEFINITE PROGRAM TO SAVE ALL POSSIBLE FUNDS BE ENFORCED
TO THE UTMOST, AND SUCH FUNDS USED FOR PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT
OF THE CITY OF EUGENE.
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TAX, BE SPENT FOR PERMANENT STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND ARTERIALS IN THE CITY OF
EUGENE, AS IF ONLY $100,000 OF THESE FUNDS WERE SPENT ANNUALLY FOR STREET
WIDENING AND IMPROVEMENT AT A COST or $5,000 PER BLOCK, TWENTY BLOCKS OF CITY
STREETS COULD BE WIDENED TO THE MAXIMUM AND IMPROVED EACH YEAR, AND OVER A
FIVE YEAR PERIOD IF SUCH A PROGRAM WERE FOLLOWED, TO WIT, ONE HUNDRED BLOCKS
COULD BE IMPROVED WHICH WOULD PLACE THE CITY OF EUGENE IN A VERY FAVORABLE
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HAS A CITY MANAGER WHO IS rULLY QUALIFIED AND COMPETENT TO COPE WITH THE
PROBLEMS OF-THE FAST POPULATION AND INDUSTRIAL GROWTH WHICH EUGENE HAS EX-
PERIENCED, AND FACES EVEN MORE SO IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS AS FAILURE TO KEEP
UP WITH THE PRESENT TRENDS CAN RESULT IN EXCESSIVELY SEVERE TAX PROBLEMS
ON THE CITIZENS OF EUGENE, TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
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CITY OF EUGENE, WHICH WILL RESULT IN A GOOD ECONOMIC CLIMATE AT A MINIMUM
COST TO THE PEOPLE WE SERVE."
DATED APRIL 13, 1959 FROM COUNCILMAN VICTOR LINDEEN;
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AND THE WITHHOLDING OF INFORMATION AND BUCK PASSING BY THE CITY MANAGER HAS
SLOWED OUR PROGRESS DOWN TO THE HORSE AND BUGGY.
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IN TO THE MANAGERS OFFICE FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE
ATTENTION OF THE COUNCIL, I AM SURE THE SEWER SITUATION WOULD NEVER HAVE
REACHED THE SERIOUS PROPORTIONS THAT IT HAS TODAY.
To CORRECT OUR INADEQUATE AND POORLY PLANNED SEWER SYSTEM IS GOING TO
BE A VERY COSTLY OPERATION, HOWEVER BEFORE WE GO TO THE PEOPLE FOR MORE TAX
MONEY I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL SHOULD SERIOUSLY SCRUTINIZE EACH AND EVERY DEPART-
MENT OF THE CITY FOR WHATEVER SAVINGS CAN BE HAD, NOT BE SACRIFICING COMPETENT
HELP THROUGH LOW WAGES BUT FOR A MORE PRACTICAL AND EFFICIENT OPERATION.
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AN EXPENSIVE BATTALION CHIEF SYSTEM IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. UNTIL IT REACHES
A POPULATION OF '100,000. EUGENE IS LESS THAN HALF THIS SIZE, YET. WE HAVE
HAD THISEXTRAVAGANT SYSTEM FOR SOME TIME.
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Now, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT A FEW INCIDENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE
IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, TO PROVE THE IRRESPONSIBI~ITY OF OUR PRESENT MANAGER~
MOST Of" YOU CAN 'RE'CAU', A FEW MONTHS AGO THE CH I EF' S CAR WAS WRECKED
WHILE BEING USED TO PICK THE CHIEF UP AT HIS RANCH IN EASTERN OREGON.
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DO NOT RECALL THE PEOPLE OF EUGENE EVER AUTHORIZING A CAR AND ACHAUHEUR
FOR THE CHIEF AT HIS RANCH, PARTICULARLY TO THE TUNE or ABOUT $3,000 A TRIP.
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WAS ADVISED THAT SPECIFICATIONS WERE WRITTEN
BIDDING BY OTHER COMPANIES WOULD BE USELESS.
HAD NO COMPETITION.
HAVE BID ON THE EQUIPMENT I
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IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THESE CONDITIONS EXIST W1TH THE, FULL KNOWLEDGE
OF OUR CITY MANAGER, SO I FEEL THE RESPONSIBILITY RESTS SQUARELY ON HIS
SHOULDERS.
REMEMBER THESE'ARE-JUST A FEW INCIDENTS IN. ONE DEPARTMENT AS I COULD
GO ON AND ON UNTIL THIS LETTER REACHED THE PROPORTIONS OF ~,SEARS, ROEBUCK
CATALOGUE.
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WITHOUT A SHADOW or A DOUBT, OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM LLES RIGHT IN THE CITY
MANAGER'S OFFICE.
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I BEL I E.VE THE PEOPLE OF EUGENE ARE ENT I TLED TO AN ENTHUS I AST I C, FOR~ARD
LOOKING CITY MANAGER, WITH THE HONEST DESIRE AND COURAGE TO SERVE ALL THE
PEOPLE, AND, IF WE CAN'T GET THIS TYPE OF A MAN AS A MANAGER, WE SHOULD TRY
ANOTHER SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT."
DATED APRIL 27, 1959 FROM CITY MANAGER ROBERT A. FINLAYSON:
"CONCERNING THE WITHHOLDING OF INFORMATION FROM THE COUNCIL, f HAVE ~EVER
INTENTIONALLY OR OTHERWISE WITHHELD INFORMATION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL. THE
DAY TO DAY OPERATION OF THE C~TY, TELEPHONE COMPLAINTS, LETTERS AND PETITIONS
ADDRESSED TO ME HAVE ALWAYS BEEN REFERRED TO THE REGULAR DEPARTMENTS FOR .COR~
RECTION. LETTERS AND PETITIONS OF COMPLAINT ADDRESSED TO THE COUNCIL ARE ALSO
REFER~ED TO THE PROPER DEPARTMENTS FOR INVESTIGATION OR CORRECTION AND BRO~GHT
TO THE CO~NCIL AT THEIR NEXT MEETING AFTER THE INVESTIGATION IS MADE. COM~
PLAINTS AND INFORMATION ARE MORE OFTEN RECEIVED DIRECTLY BY A DEPARTMENT AN~
MAY BE IN_DEPARTMENT OFFICES BUT NOT COMMUN.ICATED TO THE MANAGER. THIS WILL
REFLECT ON THE MA~AGER, BUT HE CANNOT KNOW EVERYTHING. MATTERS BEYOND THE
ADMINISTRATION'S POWER TO STRAIGHTEN OUT ARE REFERRED TO THE COUNCIL; HOWEVER,
IF ALL SUCH MATTERS WERE PLACED ON THE COUNCIL'S AGENDA, IT WOULD REQUIRE MANY
MORE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND PROBABLY INCREASE THE NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEETINGS.
My OFFICE HAS RECEIVED VERY FEW CALLS CONCERNING THE BACKING UP OF SEWERS,
AND THE MAJORITY OF THEM WERE ON THE EAST SIDE, FROM THE BUSINESSMEN IN THE
DOWNTOWN SECTION AND THE AREA NEAR 23RD AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY STREET. By FAR
THE MAJORITY OF MY CALLS CONCERNING SEWERS ARE FROM CITIZENS WHO ARE STILL ON
SEPTIC TANKS AND WANT SEWERS CONSTRUCTED. THREE CITIZENS LIVING IN THE AREA
OF POLK STREET BETWEEN 6TH AND 12TH AVENUES CAME TO MY' OFFICE IN JANUARY 1959.
I HAD NO DETAILED KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR SEWER. . I DID TELL THEM OF THE STUDY BEING
MADE AND THAT I WOULD ASK THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR A REPORT ON THEIR SEWER.
IT WAS NOT UNTIL AFTER THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR REPORTED TO THE COUNCIL COM-
MITTEE THAT I LEARNED THE SEWERS.IN THIS AREA HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED AT MINIMUM
DEPTH WITH FLAT GRADE AND SOME ,ONLY 6" IN DIAMETER, AND T~AT SOME HOUSES'HAD
BEEN BUILT WITH BASEMENTS BELOW.THE GRADE AND THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF STOR~
DRAINS CONNECTED TO THE SYSTEM.
WHEN I FIRST CAME TO EUGENE I WAS INFORMED:THE CITY HAD A 5-YEAR MILLAGE
LEVY TO CONSTRUCT, RECONSTRUCT, ADD TO AND REPAIR THE SE~ER AND DRAINAGE
SYSTEM. THE CITY ENGINEER INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS INTENDED TO BUILD T~REE
INTERCEPTOR SEWERS, ONE ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN AND TWO ON THE WEST SIDE OF
TOWN. THE CITY ENGINEER ALSO INFORMED ME THAT THE BUILDING OF THE INTERCEPTOR
ON THE EAST SIDE, NOW KNOWN AS THE PEARL STREET SEWER, WOULD TAKE CARE .OF THE
EAST SECTION, OF THE CENTRAL BU~INESS DISTRICT AND THAT AREA AROUND 23RD AVENUE
AND UNIVERSI.TY STREET. THE FIRST TWO CONSTRUCTION YEARS ~ WAS HERE THE PRES-
SURES WERE SO GREAT ON THE COUNCIL THAT THEY ORDERED THE INSTALLATION OF SEWERS
IN THE NEWLY ANNEXED R,VERV,EW AREA. THIS TOOK A GREAT DEAL OF THE SEWER MONIES,
AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL_ 1957 THAT THE PLANS AND MONIES WERE AVAILABLE TO START THE
PEARL STREET SEWER. UPON COMPLETION OF THE PEARL STREET SEWER LAST FALL, I RE-
QUESTED THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO CONCENTRATE ON THE INTERCEPTOR ~EWERS
FOR THE WEST SIDE. IN THE MEANTIME THE COUNCIL HAS ORDERED A COMPLETE STUDY OF
THE ENTIRE SYSTEM, BOTH STORM AND SANITARY. THE FIRST REPORT ON A SECTION OF
THIS STUDY IS EXPECTED ON MAY 15.
CONCERNING SO-CALLED "BUCK PASSING", MY TRAINING AS A CITY MANAGER.~~S.
BEEN TO STOP "BUCK PASSING" AMONG ALL MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES. THIS MATTER HAS
BEEN TOUCHED ON MANY TIMES IN THE TRAINING COURSES AND PUBLIC RELATIONS COURSES
GIVEN PERIODICALLY TO CITY EMPLOYEES,INCLUDINGMYSELF. I DO NOT BELIE~E WE
PASS THE BUCK. QUdnlONS OF FUNDS AND/OR AUTHO~ITY UNDER BUDGET OR COUNCIL
POLICY MAY MAKE IT APPEAR SO TO UNINFORMED CITIZENS.
CONCERNING DEPART~ENT SAVINGS, I FIRMLY BELIEVE EACH EMPLOYEE OF THE CtTY
DOES A FULL DAylS WORK. I LIKEWISE BELIEVE A GOOD MAJORITY OF THEM ARE
DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS, GIVING OF THEIR TIME AND EFFORTS TO THE BETTERMENT
OF THE CITY WITHOUT REGARD TO COMPENSATION.
WITH RESPECT. TO OPERATIONAL COSTS, WE ATTEMPT TO DO_ THINGS IN A MANNER
PROVIDED BY LAW OR BY THE COUNCIL WHICH REQUIRES EMPLOYEES TO BE PROVIDED
WITH THE TOOLS TO DO A PROPER JOB. I CAN THINK OF NO REAL AREAS WHERE ANY
APPRECIABLE SAVINGS CAN BE MADE AND STILL PROVIDE THE TYPE, KINO AND LEVEL OF
SERVICE EUGENE CITIZENS EXPECT AND WHICH THE COUNCIL EXPECTS THE CITIZENS TO
HAVE. IF THE N~MBER OF PERSONNEL WERE REDUCED, TEMPORARILY ECONOMICS MIGHT
BE MADE. THESE ECONOMICS WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY REFLECT T~EMSELVES IN FUTURE YEARS'
BUDGETS BECAUSE OF THE NECESSITY TO CATCH UP TO STANDARDS OF DEMAND FOR SERVICE.
IN ANSWER TO THE CHARGES CONCERNING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE ATTACHED RE-
PORT IS FROM FIRE CHIEF SMITH.
IT HAS BEEN STATED THAT MORALE IN SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS IS LOW.
IS MORALE? "MORALE IS A SPIRIT OF DEVOTION TO THE ENDEAVOR OF A GROUP.
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IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND JAIL WE HAVE
THE FORCES BY ELEVEN MEN AND TWO METER MAIDS.
THE POLICE FORCES WERE TO REPLACE MEN TAKEN TO
IN 1953.
MODERNIZED EQUIPMENT, INCREASED
NINE OF THE PERSONNEL ADDED TO
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THAT ITS MEMBERS ARE APPRECIATED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION. MORALE IS A FEELING
OF BELO~iING." IN BASIC RESPECT, HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT MORALE OF ALL DE-
PARTMENTS IS HIGH AND THE EMPLOYEES DO BELIEVE THEY ARE MAKING A WORTHWHILE
CONTRIBUTION AND ARE APPRECIATED FOR THIS CONTRIBUTION. THIS APPRECIATION
MAY WELL BE EXPRESSED IN.A GENERAL WAY. I BELIEVE THE SPIRIT OF DEVOTION
AND LOYALTY TO THE ENDEAVORS OF THE GROUP ARE EXCELLENT.
I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT MY WORK AND HAVE NEVER HAD ANY
OTHER DESIRE THAN TO SERVE THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE. MY OFFICE IS
OPERATED ON THE OPEN DOOR POLICY, AND NO ONE IS DENIED AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE ME.
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THE PROGRESS OF THE CITY IS NOT BASED ON THE CITY MANAGER ALONE, BUT IS
BASED ON A COOPERATIVE TEAM COMPOSED OF THE CITIZENS, MAYOR, COUNcil, AND THE
ADMINISTRATIVE FORCES. A FEW OF THE THINGS THIS TEAM HAS ACCOMPLISHED SINCE
MY COMING HERE ARE LISTED BELOW:
WE HAVE ESTABLISHED CENTRALIZED PURCHASING, INSTITUTED MACHINE BOOKKEEP-
ING, ADOPTED A STANDARD CLASSIFICATION Of ACCOUNTS, ADOPTED A POSITION CLASSI-
FICATION AND RECOMMENDED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR ALL POSITIONS IN THE CITY, .
CODIFIED ALL CITY ORDINANCES, REVISED MANY ORDINANCES SUCH AS THE ELECTRICAL
CODE, HOTEL, MOTEL, ROOMING HOUSE, LODGING HOUSE AND TRAILER PARKS, NURSING
AND CONVALESCENT HOMES, MILK ~ND MEAT INSPECTION, AND THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY.
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ANOTHER SUB-STATION IN RENTED QUARTERS, AND INCREASED THE FORCES BY TWENTY-
THREE MEN IN ORDER TO OPERATE THESE TWO SUB-STATIONS. WE ARE AT PRESENT WORK-
ING ON A NEW SUB-STATION TO REPLACE THE ONE HOUSED IN RENTED QUARTERS WHICH
WILL INCLUDE A DRILL TOWER WHERE ALL TRAINING WILL BE CONDUCTED AND A REPAIR
SHOP-. WE HAVE WORKED UNCEASINGLY TOWARD A LOWERING Of THE CITY'S RATING
SCHEDULE fROM GRADE IV TO GRADE III.
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SMALL INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS REQUIRING ~HREE ORDINANCES AND SEPARATE CONTRACTS
fOR EACH PROJECT, AND WHEN ONE CONSIDERS THE SIDE RANGE OF PROJECTS WHICH
THE CITY HAS BEEN AND IS ENGAGED IN AND THE NECESSITY fOR DETAilED ACTION BY
THE COUNCIL, BY CITIZENS AND BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFf, COUPLED WITH THE
DAY TO DAY NORMAL WORK LOAD, IT READILY APPEARS WE HAVE BEEN BUSY.
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WE HAVE MADE MANY IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PARK SYSTEM BY THE ADDITION Of
BALLFIELDS AND PtAYGROUNDS, OPENED UP TWO NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, GRADED AND
SEEDED THE LARGER PORTION Of A 78 ACRE PARK, AND HAVE SECURED AND STARTED
TO DEVELOP A NEW 43 ACRE PARK ON- THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY; ALSO, WE HAVE
CONSTRUCTED EUGENE'S SECOND SWIMMING POOL.
IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WE HAVE COMPLETED 20.47 MILES OF PERMA-
NENT TYPE PAVING WITH CURB AND GUTTER, 35.29 MILES OF SANITARY SEWERS, II
MILES OF STORM SEWERS, 11.23 MILES OF SIDEWALKS, BUILT FOUR PUMPING STATIONS
AND COMPLETED A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT WHICH WAS 75% COMPLETE WHEN I ARRIVED
IN THE CITY~ WE HAVE CONSTRUCTED A $300,600 SANITARY 1NTERCEPTOR SEWER fOR
THE RELIEf OF THE SOUTHEAST SECTION Of THE CITY~ WE HAVE COMPLETED 1.25
MILES OF CONCRETE LINING OF THE AMAZON THROUGH THE MAIN PORT~ON Of TOWN WITH
NECESSARY BRIDGES, ALSO WIDENED THE AMAZON fROM THE END Of THE LINING TO FERN
RIDGE' RESERVOIR. ALL THIS AMAZON WORK WAS DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEARMY
ENGINEERS AT A TOTAL APPROXIMATE COST Of $1,500,000, THE CITY'S SHARE BEING
$450,000. WE HAVE RECENTLY COMPLETED A $460,000 PROJECT AT THE MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT, AND WE ARE NOW WORKING ON PLANS fOR THE COMP~ETION Of OUR ADMINI-
STRATION BUILDING AT THE AIRPORT.
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400 INTERSECTIONAL STREET LIGHTS; AND INSTALLED STREET NAME SIGNS ON ALL
INTERSECTIONS IN TOWN.
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COMMITTEE A 10-YEAR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM fOR THE CITY Of EUGENE WITH THE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE OR A CITIZENS COMMITTEE REPRESENTING
A CROSS-SECTION OF BUSINESS, INDUSTRY, LABOR, ~GRICULTURE, PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE
AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE MAKE ADDITIONAL STUDIES OF THIS PROGRAM SO THAT THE
BE~T PROGRAM POSSIBLE MIGHT BE ACHIEVED. No ACTION ~AS TAKEN ON ~HIS REPORT,
ALTHOUGH THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAfF HAS USED IT AS A GUIDE IN PREPARING ANNUAL
8UDGETS. CITIZENS COMMITTE~S SUCH AS THAT JUST DESCRIBED HAVE PROVEN VERY
SUCCESSFUL IN OTHER COMMUNIT~ES. I WOULD AGAIN RECOMMEND THAT SUCH A COM-
MITTEEBE APPOINTED, THAT OUR 10-YEAR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BE BROUGHT UP TO .
DATE AND PROJECTED TO THE fUTURE, SO fUTURE WORK CAN BE WELL PLANNED ON THE
BASIS Of WHAT IS TO BE DONE AS WELL AS HOW IT IS TO BE fiNANCED."
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ATTACHED REPORT DATED APRIL 15, 1959 FROM FIRE CHIEf E. L. SMITH:
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"lTEM 'I ~ BATTALION CHIErS .SYSTEM
THE NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITER'S STANDARD SCHEDULE FOR GRADING
CITIES OF THE -UNI'TED STATES, 1956 EDITION, SAYS IN PART, AND I QUOTE: 'FOR
OVER EIGHT COMPANIES, THERE SHALL BE, IN ADDITION TO THE CHIEf, SUffiCIENT
BATTALION OR DISTRICT CHIEFS, ONE Of WHOM MAY BE DESIGNATED AS THE ASSISTANT
OR DEPUTY CHIEf, .TO PROVIDE ONE ON DUTY IN A FIRE STATION AT ALL TIMES.FOR
EACH EIGH~ OR MAJOR FRACTION THEREOF OF COMPANIES IN SERVICE'.
IN EUGENE WE HAVE THE fOLLOWING COMPANIES:
6 ACTIVE-DUTY PUMPER COMPANIES
I ACTIVE DUTY AERIAL TRUCK COMPANY
, RESERVE DUTY PUMPER COMPANY
I RESERVE DUTY LADDER TRUCK COMPANY
-l RESERVE DUTY RESCUE COMPANY
/0 AVAILABLE.COMPANIES '
ON GREATER ALARM fIRES, THE Off-DUTY PERSONNEL ARE REQUIRED TO MAN THE
RESERVE APPARATUS AND RESPOND TO HEADQUARTERS OR TO THE fiRE SCENE AS DIRECTED
BY THE 'BATTALlON~CHIEf.
IT WOULD APPEAR fROM THE ABOVE TOTALS, PLUS SEVERAL COMPANIES THAT WOULD
RESPOND INTO EUGENE ON THE MUTUAL AID ASSISTANCE CALL, THAT THE POSITION Of
BATTALION CHIEf. IS REQUIRED BY THE GRADING SCHEDULE, AND MOREOVER JUSTiFIED
BY PROVIDING A CHIEf OFfiCER OF RESPONSIBLE STATUS ON DUTY TO OVERSEE THE EfFI-
CIENT OPERATI~N OF THE fiRE fiGHTING DIVISION AT ALL TIMES.
THE POPULATION Of A CITY DOES NOT ENTER INTO THIS PART OF THE GRADING
SCHEDULE.. THE NUMBER OF COMPANIES IN SERVICE IS THE DETERMINING FACTOR.
ITEM #2 ~ CHIEF'S CAR ACCIDENT
ON SUNDAY, JUNE 22,1958, THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE OREGON FIRE CHIEfS.'
ASSOCIATION, THE OREGON RURAL-DIRECTORS' ASSOCIATION AND THE OREGON COLUNTEER
FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION OPENED IN KLAMATH FALLS.
ON THE PRECEDI~G FRIDAY, I WENT OVER TO MY FARM AT BEND.
FOUR MEMBERS Of OUR DEPARTMENT WERE SCHEDULED TO ATTEND THIS CONFERENCE.
ON SUNDAY MORNING, CHIEfS STRONACH AND. HOLLAND AND MRS. STRONACH PROCEEDED TO
KLAMATH FALLS BY PRIVATE CAR. CHIEf AND MRS. GUTHRIE STARTED TO BEND IN THE
CHIEf'S CAR TO PICK UP MRS. SMiTH AND ME SO THAT WE COULD ALL TRAVEL TOGETHER
IN ONE CAR TO REDUCE TRANSPORTATION CO~TS. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED JUST WEST OF
THE COMMUNITY Of TUMALO. MRS. GUTHRIE, NOT BEING SERIOUSLY INJURED, CALLED ME
AT THE fARM TO ADVISE ME Of THE ACCIDENT. I IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE SCENE OF-
THE ACCIDENT AND HAVING BEEN ASSURED THAT CHIEf AND MRS. GUTHRIE WERE RECEIVING
THE PROPER_MEDICAL AID,- I HAD THE WRECKED CAR TOWED INTO BEND AND PLACED IN
STORAGE fOR SAfE KEEPING. I THEN PROCEEDED TO KLAMATH FALLS INMY PERSONAL CAR.
CHIEF GUTHRIE WAS NOT ACTING AS MY CHAUffEUR, BUT WAS TO REPRESENT THE
CITY Of EUGENE FIRE DEPARTMENT AT THE CONFERENCE.
I-MIGHT fURTHER STATE THAT I HAVE NEVER.CHARGED THE CITY OF EUGENE
MILEAGE, AS ALLOWED, ON MY PRIVATE CAR ON OfFICIAL BUSINESS, BUT ONLY THE
GASOLINE AND OIL ACTUALLY USED.
ITEM #3 - CHIEf'S FARM TRUCK
IT IS TRUE THAT I PURCHASED A USED TRUCK AND DID SOME WORK ON IT IN THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT GARAGE, MOST Of WHICH WAS DONE AFTER WORKING HOURS. IN fACT
PAID OUT OVER $125.00 fOR LABOR ON THE OVERHAUL JOB.
LAST FALL ~THIS TRUCK WAS USED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OVER A PERIOD OF
THIRTY. DAYS IN TRIMMING TREES AND HAULING THE BRUSH AWAY IN THE SERVICING
Of OUR FIRE ALARM SYSTEM WIRES. THIS WAS DONE WITHOUT CHARGE TO THE CITY Of
EUGENE.
ITEM #4- FIRE TRUCK SPECIFICATIONS
IN WRITING THE FIRE TRUCK SPECIFICATIONS, IT WAS OUR ENDEAVOR TO SECURE
A TRUCK FOR THE CITY MADE UP Of STANDARD COMPONENT PARTS THAT CAN BE SERVICED
ON THE LOCAL LEVEL, IN THE INTEREST OF ECONOMY FOR FUtURE REPAIRS AND REPLACE-
MENT Of PARTS.
SOME Of THE fiRE TRUCK MANUFACTURERS USE THESE SAME PARTS, BUT RENUMBER
THEM TO THEIR OWN CODE, WHICH RESULTS IN DELAYS IN SECURING PARTS FROM THE
FACTORIES AND OFTEN INVOLVES EXPENSIVE AIR EXPRESS CHARGES.
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'IT IS THE INTENT OF THESE SPECIFICATIONS TO COVER THE fURNISHING AND
DELIVERY TO THE CITY Of EUGENE, OREGON tiRE DEPARTMENT A COMPLETE APPARATUS
READY FOR USE AS HEREINAFTER SPECifiED. WITH THE VIEW Of-OBTAINING THE BEST
RESULTS, THESE SPECIFICAT;~ONS COVER ONLY GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS AS TO CON-
STRUCTION AND TESTS TO WHICH APPARATUS MUST CONfORM. MINOR DETAILS OF EQUIP-
MENT, FINISH AND APPLIANCES TO BE FURNISHED ARE LEFT TO THE DISCRETION Of THE
BUILDER WHO SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FEATURES.
tAILURE TO MENTION IN THESE SPEClf'lCATIONS ANY NECESSARY PARTS OR fEATURES
WILL, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, RELIEVE THE BUILDER OF fURNISHING SAID PARTS
O,R FEATURES.
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ON CITY OF EUGENE SPECIFICATIONS, SAME ARE TO BE NOTED ON A SEPARATE SHEET
ATTACHED TO BIDDER'S PROPOSAL AND SHALL BE MARKED AS DEVIATIONS OR EXCEPTIONS
IN ORDER TO RECEIVE CONSIDERATION. ALL BID PROeOSALS WILL BE CAREFULLY
CHECKED TO ASCERTAIN IF THIS REQUIREMENT IS MET.'
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IN VIEW Of THE ABOVE ITEMS CONTAINED IN THESE SPECIFICATIONS AND IN-
STRUCT IONS TO B I DOERS, I CO NOT FEEL THAT ANY REPUTABLE MANUFACTURERS WERE
EXCLUDED fROM BIDDING.
POSSIBLY AFTER LOSING THE BIOS AT CORVALLIS, ALBANY AND SALEM THEY fELT
IT WAS USELESS TO FACE THE CROWN COMPETITION IN THE MAJOR OREGON CITIES.
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RECEIVED A VERY LOW PRICE.
ITEM #5 - MORALE
THERE ARE ALWAYS A FEW PEOPLE I N ANY ORGAN I ZAT ION WHO ARE- UNHAPPY ABOUT
ONE THINq OR ANOTHER, BUT IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THE MORALE OF THE EUGENE tiRE
DEPARTMENT IS AT ITS HIGHEST' LEVELS I NCE -I HA VEBEEN HERE.'
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WE TRY TO WATCH THIS PROBLEM VERY CLOSELY AND ATTEMPT TO SOLVE ANY
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IF WE CAN FURNISH ANY FURTHER INfORMATION, PLEASE LET US KNOW."
DATED APRIL 30, 1959 FROM COUNCILMAN C. t. SHeARER:
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"I HAVE PURPOSELY DELAYED PERSONAL COMMENT ON fUTURE PLANS tOR THE CITY
WITH THE HOPE THAT SEVERAL MATTER~ WOULD BE SOMEWHAT MORE CLARIFIED WITH
THE STUDY OF THIS YEARS BUDGET AND THE PRESENTATION OF OUR SEWER STUDY FOR
WEST EUGENE.
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REGARD AS MUST BUSINESS IN THE PERIOD IMMED.ATELY AHEAD.
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(I) IT IS OBVIOUS THAT OUR.PROBLEM OF SANITATION AND SURFACE ORAINAGE
MUST RECEIVE OUR fiRST ATTENTION IN CAPITAL OUTLAYS SINCE IT INVOLVES NOT
ONLY THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS BUT IS NOW CONSTITUTING
THE NUMBER ONE DETERRENT TO ANNEXATION IN SOME OF THE MOST DESIRABLE AND
LOGICAL AREAS fOR fUTURE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE ENTIRE SOUTHWEST PART OF
THE CITY.
I BELIEVE WE SHOULD AS DISCUSSED BY YOU AND THE WRITER PREVIOUSLY,
PROCEED TO REQUEST THE WATER BOARD TO INCREASE THE WATER USERS FEE OF $1.00
TO $2.00 PER .MONTH FOR METERS DIRECTLY UNDER THE WATER BOARD AND MAKE COM-
PARABLE INCREASES IN THIS SURCHARGE TO WATER DISTRICTS CONTIGUOUS TO OUR
SYSTEM AND BUYING WATER fROM EWEB. THIS INCREASE IS NOT ONLY A GOOD REVE-
NUE MEASURE BUT HAS THE ADVANTAGE OF REACHING MANY FAMILIES WHO LIVE IN
RENTAL UNITS AND ARE NOT DIRECTLY REACHED BY THE REAL PROPERTY TAX. THIS
SHOULD BRING IN ~PPROX $165,000 ADDITIONAL ANNUAL REVENUE. OUR SANITATION
PROBLEM IS A METROPOLITAN ONE AND ANY HEADWAY WE MAKE IN SOLVING IT WILL
BRING US SO MUCH CLOSER TO A SOLUTION FOR THE fRINGE AREAS AS WELL.
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YEAR 5 MILL INCREASE IN THE CITY MILLAGE EARMARKED FOR PROGRAM OF SANI-
TARY AND STORM SEWER CONSTRUCTION; WITH THIS MEASURE SHOULD GO A COMPANION
MEASURE AUTHORIZING A BONO ISSUE SO THAT AN IMMEDIATE START CAN BE MADE ON
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THE VINE". I BELIEVE THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE OffERED A BALLOT MEASURE PRO-
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VIDING A 2 MILL 10 YEAR LEVY WITH AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS TO fiNANCE THE PRO-
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IIV COUNCIL BILL.No.. 4607 - RE: CONSTRUC.TION Of SANITARY SEWER ON 35TH AVENUE fR9M KINCAID TO
II POTTER STREET; HARRIS STREET fROM BETWEEN 32ND AND 35TH AVENUES TO 35TH AVENU~;AND BETWEEN KINCAID
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ivPASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNC I LMEN PRESENT :VOT I NG AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND
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21 COUNCIL BILL No. 4608 - RE: ADOPTING PLANS AND SPECifICATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION Of SANITARY
! SEWER ON 35TH AVENUE FROM KINCAID TO POTTER STREET; HARRIS STREET fROM BETWEEN 32ND AND 35TH AVENUES
I TO 24TH AVENUE; AND BETWEEN KINCAID AND HARRIS STREETS fROM BETWEEN 32ND AND 35TH AVENUE TO 35TH
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) PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND
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tl'I' STREETS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. _SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS.THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY
: COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT or THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND
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THE CITY'S CREDIT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND EVEN. WITH AN ADDI-
TIONAL 7 MIL.LS OU,R TAXES FOR CITY PURPOSES W:JLL. NOT BE EXCESSIVE. IT APPEARS
THAT PRESENT SOURCES OF REVENUE WILL LET US CONTINUE A REASONABLY ADEQUATE
PROGRA~ or OTHER CAPITAL IMP~OVEMENTS IN ADDITION TO SUSTAINING ESSENTIAL CITY
SERVICES.
PROBLEMS INHERENT IN THE RAPID GROWTH OF THE PAST 25 YEARS HAVE PRE-
SENTED AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRESENT ~ANY. PRESSING PROBLEMS. .NONE OF THESE ARE
INSUPERABLE AND THE PEOPLE or EUGENE HAVE NEVER FAILED TO SUPPORT PROGRESSIVE
PROGRAMS WHEN THEY WERE WELL THOUGHT OUT AND WELL PRESENTED TO THE VOTERS.
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IN THE 14 YEARS WE HAVE LIVED IN EUGENE THE VOTERS HAVE SYCCESSIVELY
APPROVED A TEN YEAR CROSS-TOWN STREET PROGRAM, A TEN YEAR PARK IMPROVEMENT AND
ACQUISITION PROGRAM, A NEW LIBRARY NEARING COMPLETION AND VARIOUS LEVIES fOR
.THE IMPROVEMENT OF ESSENTIAL CITY SERVICES. IT IS MY BELIEf THAT WE MUST PRO-
CEED WITH ALL DELIBERATE HASTE AND THAT If THE COUNCIL CAN DEVELOP AN INTELLI-
GENT PROGRAM THE PEOPLE WILL SUPPORT IT."
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE COMMUNICATION~ BE ~ECElVED AND
PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED.
ORDINANCES
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER .SECONDED BY MRS. lAURIS THAT TH~ BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, ~ITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND
THE BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER 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 ONUY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. lAURIS THAT THE BI~L BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL., MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND
THE BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER 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.
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CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. lAURIS THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN FINAL
PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND
NUMBERED 11481.
COUNCIL BILL No. 4610 - RE: ADOPTING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR PAVING ALLEY FROM 19TH TD
20TH AVENUE BETWEEN EMERALD AND ONYX STREETS: WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE fiRST TIME IN FULL.
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COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND
THE BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
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BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT Of THE COUNCIL. MOTION
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1<: COUNCIL BILL No. 4611 - RE: CONSTRUCTION Of SANITARY SEWER TO SERVE AREA ON EAST AND WEST SIDES
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COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT Of THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND
THE BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
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UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BiLL NUMBER ONLY.
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PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND
; NUMBERED I 1483.
2 ~ '. COUNCIL ~ILL No. 4612 - RE: ADOPTING PLANS AND SPECifiCATIONS fOR CONSTRUCTION Of SANITARY SEWER
, TO SERVE AREA ON EAST AND WEST SIDES Of McMILLAN STREET fROM 34TH TO 35TH AVENUE WAS SUBMITTED AND
READ THE fiRST TIME IN fULL.
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COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT Of THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND.
THE BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS.LAURIS THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL
BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH U~NIMOUS 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. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN fiNAL
PASSAGE. ROLLCALL 'VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND
: NUMBERED 11484.
~ COUNCIL BILL No. 4613 - RE: PAVING VANBUREN STREET FROM 16TH TO 17TH AVENUE WAS SUBMITTED AND
READ THE fiRST TIME IN fULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER 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 BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
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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.
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PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND
" NUMBERED I 1485.
4~ COUNCIL BILL No. 4614 - RE: ADOPTING PLANS AND SPECifiCATIONS fOR PAVING VANBUREN STREET fROM
, 16TH TO 17TH AVENUE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER 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 BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
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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. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN fiNAL
PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND
NUMBERED 11486.
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SUBMITTED AND READ THE fiRST TIME IN fULL.
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COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND
THE BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
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BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION
CARRIED U~NIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
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PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND
NUMBERED I 1487.
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WA~HINGTON STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE fiRST TIME IN fULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT or THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND
THE BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
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CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY, AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCil BILL NUMBER ONLY.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN fiNAL
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COUNCIL BILL No. 4617 - RE: PAVING ALLEY fROM 21ST TO 22ND AVENUE BETWEEN POTTER AND HARRIS
STREETS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ THE fiRST TIME IN rULL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT Of THE COUNCIL.
THE BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY.
BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY
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IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER 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. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE READ JHE SECOND TIME BY
COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT Of THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND
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COUNCIL BILL No. 4621 - RE: PAVING GRANT STREET rROM 7TH TO 8TH AVENUE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ
THE fiRST TIME IN fULL.
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RESOLUTION - RE: DESIGNATING ALLEY FROM ALDER TO HILYARD BETWEEN 11TH AND 12TH AS ONE-WAY
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TRAFfiC, PROVIDES THAT THE DESIGNATION OF 'ONE-WAY STREETS SHALL BE MADE BY RESOLU-
TION, AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 28.12 OF THISCODE, AND SUCH RESOLUTION SHALL BE
ADOPTED BY REfERENCE AND MADE A PART Of CHAPTER 28 Of THE MOTOR VEHICLE AND
TRAffiC CODE Of THE CITY CODE Of EUGENE, OREGON; AND .
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WHEREAS, THE COMMON COUNCIL Of THE CITY OF EUGENE, OREGON AFTER AN IN-
VESTIGATION, CONSULTATION AND STUDY, HAS DETERMINED THAT A 'CERTAIN ALLEY RUN-
NING IN AN EASTERLY-WESTERLY DIRECTION BETWEEN ALDER AND HILYARD STREETS AND
BETWEEN 11TH AND 12TH AVENUES IN THE CITY OF EUGENE, OREGON SHOULD BE DESIG-
NATED A ONE-WAY ALLEY, AND THAT TRAFfiC SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PROCEED THROUGH
SAID ALLEY ONLY IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION,
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EUGENE, OREGON AS fOLLOWS:
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I. THAT THAT CERTAIN ALLEY RUNNING IN AN EASTERLY-WESTERLY DIRECTION
BETWEEN ALDER AND HILYARD STREETS AND BETWEEN 11TH AND 12TH AVENUE,
ALL IN THE CITY OF EUGENE, OREGON, BE, AND IT IS HEREBY DESIGNATED
A ONE-WAY ALLEY AND MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL PROCEED THROUGH SAID ALLEY
ONLY IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION, THAT IS TO SAY, MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL
ENTER SAID ALLEY ONLY FROM ITS ENTRANCE ON ALDER STREET AND SHALL
. LEAVE SAID ALLEY ONLY FROM ITS OUTLET AT HILYARD STREET."
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CARRIED.
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PROCLAMATION - RE: CANVASS or VOTES CAST IN SPECIAL ELECTION or APRIL 28, 1959, CARMEN-SMITH
PROJECT, WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS rOLLOWS:
"WHEREAS, AT A SPECIAL ELECTION, DULY AND REGULARLY HELD IN THE CITY or
EUGENE, OREGON, ON THE 28TH DAY or APRIL, 1959, THE rOLLOWING MEASURE WAS SUB-
MITTED TO THE ELECTORS, TO-WIT:
SHALL CITY CHARTER BE AMENDED AUTHORIZING CONS~RUCTION OF CARMEN-SMITH
HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT FINANCED WITHOUT TAXATION ,BY ISSUANCE Of REVENUE BONDS
PAYABLE ONLY rROM ELECTRIC REVENUESj AND
WHEREAS, THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY Of EUGENE, OREGON DID, ON !HE
11TH DAY Of MAY, 1959 CANVASS THE ELECTION RETURNS Of SAiD SPECIAL ELECTION,
AND DID fiND THAT THE RESULTS or THE ELECTION WERE AS fOLLOWS:'
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WARD I YES !!Q
POLL I NG PLACE A Y.M.C.A., 2055 PATTERSON ST 158 59
POLLING PLACE B EDISON SCHOOL, 1328 EAST 22ND AVE 227 93
POLLING PLACE C HARRIS SCHOOL, 1150 EAST 29TH AVE 213. 73
POLLING PLACE D GRACE CHAPEL, 295 EAST 31ST AVE 203 71
WARD II
POLLING PLACE A SALVATION ARMY ANNEX, 7TH & PEARL ST 99 32
POLLING PLACE B EUGENE MEMORIAL CHAPEL, 490 E 13TH AVE 126 46
POLL I NG PLACE C GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH, 17TH &: HILYARD 166 63
POLLING PLACE D TOMMY WILLIAMS fLOWER SHOP, 3086 E 15TH 325 107
WARD 'III
POLLI NG PLACE A fiRE STATION, 1ST & JACKSON STREETS 104 35
POLLI NG PLACE B W.O.W. HALL, 291 WEST 8TH AVENUE 182 44
POLLI NG PLACE C CHURCH Of LATTER DAY SAINTS, 10TH AND TYLER 173 57
POLLING PLACE D W,LSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, 250 W 17TH 216 67
WARD I V
POLLING PLACE A WESTMORELAND SCHOOL, 22~5 W .18TH AVE 155 59
POLL I NG PLACE B fREE METHODIST CHURCH, 1265 W 18TH 190 76
POLLING PLACE C WASHINGTON RECREATION CENTER, '2017 WASHINGTON 273 56
POLL I NG PLACE D fRANCIS WILLARD SCHOOL, 2855 LINCOLN 181 B7
TOTAL VOTE YES TO APPROVE AMENDMENT 2991
TOTAL VOTE NO TO REJECT AMENDMENT 1025
NOW, THEREfORE, I HEREBY PROCLAIM AND DECLARE THA.T THE COMMON COUNCIL Of
THE CITY Of EUGENE, OREGON, AND I HAVE DULY AND REGULARLY CANVASSED THE RETURNS
CAST IN SAID ELECTION AND THAT THERE WERE CAST TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE
CITY'S CHARTER, 2991 YES VOTE, AND THERE WERE CAST TO REJECT THE AMENDMENT TO
THE CITY'S CHARTER, 1025 No VOTES.
NOW, THEREfORE, I HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT SAID CHARTER AMENDMENT TO THE. CHARTER
OF THE CITY or EUGENE, OREGON, AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION or THE CARMEN-SMITH
HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT FINANCED WITHOUT TAXATION BY ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS PAY-
ABLE ONLY FROM ELECTRIC REVENUES HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY THE LEGAL VOTERS Of THE CITY
OF EUGENE, OREGON AND SAID CHARTER, AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER o:r THE CITY or. EUGENE,
OREGON Ii HERiBY DECLARED ADOPTED."
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE PROCLAMATION BE ADOPTED. MOTION
CARRIED.
UPON MOTION DULY MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIED, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED TO MONDAY,
MA Y 25, 1959.
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