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Slow down a bit in Shady Cove; City Council lowers speed limit SHADY COVE -- Travelers will have to slow down when they drive through Shady Cove after the City Council Thursday reduced the speed limit to 30 mph. The state will install new signs dropping the speed limit from 35 to 30 beginning at the bridge and continuing north to Williams Lane. Eventually, the City Council hopes to have a 30-mile-an-hour speed zone all the way through town, with vehicles slowing to 20 when children are present at Shady Cove School, says Mayor Tom Anderson. But it may be a while before the council completes its work of slowing traffic on Highway 62. It took a year for the Oregon Department of Transportation to complete this study that changed a quarter-mile stretch, the mayor says. Until then, motorists might be confused by the signs, which will read 30 mph from the bridge to Williams Lane, 35 mph for the next two blocks and 20 mph at Shady Cove School. The Shady Cove City Council Thursday also set two public hearings, 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, and 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, to discuss the rehabilitation and upgrade of the city's sewer system. It's a project that could cost between $3.4 and $5.4 million. Corollo Engineers of Walnut Creek, Calif., described the city's 18-year-old sewer plant as looking like a 50-year-old system. The city is applying for a $750,000 community block grant, which will nearly pay for the engineering and the replacement of lift station number two. "Station number two is the weakest link in the entire system," Anderson says. In other action, the City Council: Received 13 applications for the new post of city administrator. After candidates are interviewed by telephone, the top three will be interviewed in executive session. The interview committee includes: Anderson, Lois Holland, council president; Mike Cavallaro, RVCOG executive director; Paul Wyntergreen, Jacksonville city administrator; and Kelly Madding, Rogue River city administrator. Answered questions in a public hearing about the nuisance and offenses ordinance that will have its first reading on Nov. 19. One resident wondered if the new law would prohibit the keeping of 4-H animals, but Anderson assured the audience that it won't. Heard the first reading of an ordinance that will use 3 percent of money collected from fines and bails for continuing education for Shady Cove police officers. Approved an Oregon Liquor Control Commission permit for Guadalajara Junior restaurant. The restaurant had a liquor license previously under the name El Dorado. Declined a $144,000 bid from Reed Construction to build and cover a third drying bed at the waste water plant. The council last month approved Reed's bid of $41,000 to cover the second drying bed. "There's not a significant savings in doing both at once so the council decided to wait on the third one," Anderson says. Repealed nine city ordinances that were obsolete, duplicated or preempted by Oregon Revised Statues. Mail Tribune Copyright � The Mail Tribune 1998, Medford, Oregon USA