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~33B ;= - - -- -L THE MILL RACE IS BEING CLEANED OUT AT THE INTAKE FROM SAND AND GRAVEL WHICH WASHED IN DURING THE RECENT HIGH WATER AND WILL BE READY FOR ACTIVATION VERY SHORTLY. THE CITY MANAGER ANNOUNCED THAT DALE GREEN, A PARTNER At TH~ EtiGE~~'AiRPARK HAD BEEN APPOINTED ACTING AIRPORT MANAGER EFFECTIVE JANUARY I , 1951 AT~'s~L~R~ OF $75.00 PER MONTH. MR. GREEN IS TO OCCUpy THIS' PART':TIME POSITION DURING THE ABSENCE OF AIRPORT MANAGER EARL SNYDER WHO IS AWAY ON MILITARY LEAVE. THE PRESENT SURVEY OF TRAffiC LIGHTS COVERING 21. INTERSECTIONS IN'THE'CITY OF. EUGENE WAS BRIEFLY REVIEWED AND COMPLETE DETAILS WILL BE PRESENTED SOMETIME IN JANUARY. " .. , , .,- REPORT WAS GIVEN AND NO ACTION TAKEN. REPORTSO~'COMMITTEES 3 A REPORT OF THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE - RE: PROPOSAL: BY UNITED AIRLINES TO SELL TO,CITY OF EUGENE THEIR TERMINAL BUILDING WAS SUSM1TTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE HELD A MEETING IN THE CITY HALL ON TUESDAY, DECEMB'ER . 19TH AT 3:00 P.M. WITH THE FOLLOWING PRESENT: COUNCILMAN BOOTH; COUNCILMAN~ttt~T-WA7S0N; FRED BRENNE, C. A. EBERHARDT, BOYD BAKER, MAX GREENE JR. AND BILL MCCRACKEN' OF. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AIRPORT COMMITTEE. I . THE PURPOSE Of THE MEETING WAS TO CONSIDER A PROPOSAL BY UNITED AIRLINES TO SELL I TO THE CITY OF EUGENE THE UNITED AIRLINES TERMINAL BUILDING AT MAHLON SWEET. AIRPORT. THE MAIN OBJECT IN THE CITY'S TAKING OVER THIS TERMINAL BUILDING IS FOR THE, PURPOSE OF ENLARGING THE BUILDING ON BOTH ENDS TO INCLUDE FACI.LITIES FOR WEST COAST AIRLINES AND POSSIBLE RESTAURANT FACILITIES ON THE WEST END OF THE BUILDING AND fACILITIES FOR C.A.A. AND WEATHE~.BuREAU ON THE EAST END OF THE PRESENT UNITED AIRLINES~U~~~I~G. MR. McDONALD; REGIONAL AIRPORT MANAGER FOR UNITED AIRLINES FROM DENVER RECENTLY STATED UNITED AIRLINES-WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF SETTING UP'THIS PROPOSAL SO THAT THE. PRESENT REVENUES AT MAHl.ON SWEET AIRPORT WOULD NOT-BE REDUCED IN ANY MANNER AND ~HA~,PROBABLY PART OF THE PURCHASE PRICt AGREED UPON'BETWEEN THE CITY AND UNITED,AIR~INES.~OULD BE AMMORTIZED THROUGH FUTURE RENTALS BY UNITED AIRLINES. UNITEDAIRLINES LOCAL MANAGER, C. A. EBERHARDT STATED THAT If THE COUNCIL SO. DESIRED, HE WOULD HAVE.THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT OFfICIALS OF UNITED AIRLINES COME TO EUGENE FOR A MEETING IN AN ENDEAVOR TO NEGOTIATE SUCH A PROPOSAL. , . IT WAS THE UNANIMOUS OPINION OF THOSE PRESENT THAT THIS PRESENTED A VERY EQUITABLE SOLUTION TO OUR _~lRPqR1ADMINISTRATION BUILDING NEEFS W~~~~ ,~~~~D.~~M~INE ALL FACIL'lTIES AT THE-MAHLON SWEET AIRPORT IN ONE BUILDING AND WOULD SE WI~HIN THE CITY'S FINANCIAL CAPABILITIES TO COMPLETE DURING THE BUDGET YEAR 1951-52. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE INSTRUCTED . . . ~ _ . . 4 .4 . _ _ . 4 _ _ . . _ . _ TO INVITE THE UNITED AIRLINES PROPERTY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS TO MEE~ WITH ME~BERS Of THE CITY COUNCIL AT AN EARLY DATE IN AN ENDEAVOR TO WORK OUT A PROPOSAL WHICH WOULD BE AGREEABLE TO BOTH UNITED AIRLl~~~ .~~~.THE.CITY Of EUGENE. IT ALSO WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY MANAGER WRITE MR. RICHARD PUCKEY, CHIEf AIRPORT DIVISION OF THE C.A.A. TO ALSQ.MEET.WITH THE CITY ~~q_V~l1~Q_~IRLINESOFf~CIALS.A~THIS T~~~ .~~_~~~~_W~. MIGHT HAVE THE OPINION Of THE C.A.A. RELATIVE TO THIS PROGRAM. I IN DETERMINiNG THE AD~ISABILITY OF DEVELOPING FACILITIES AT THE PRESENT UNITED TERMINAL THE OREGON STATE BOARD Of AERONAUTICS WAS ASKED AT THE LAST MEETING IN OCTOBER TO GIVE THEIR OPINION AS TO WHETHER THE CITY Of EUGENE SHOULD PROCEED WITH THE PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED "MASTER PLAN" AT THIS TIME. THIS PLAN INCLUDED THE DEVELOP- MENT OF THE EAST SIDE OF MAHLO~ $~EET AIRPORT fOR ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND FUTURE SCHEDULED OPERATIONS INCLUDING UNITED AIRLINES AND WEST COAST, AND ALSO fiXED BASE OPERATORS. THE STATE BOARD Of AERONAUTICS IN COMPLYING WI~H ~HIS REQUEST SUBMITTED UNDER DATE Of DECEMBER 15, 1950 AN AIRPORT CASE STUDY Of THE MAHLON SWEET AIRPORT, WHICH DEFINITELY RECOMMENDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRESENT FACILITIES ON THE SOUTH SIDE AS BEING MORE JUSTIfiABLE fROM AN ECONOMICAL 'STANDPOIN~ AS W~LL AS OPERATIONAL. INCLUDED IN THE REPORT ARE CHARTS AND TABLES PROJECTING ANTICIPATED AIRPORT OPERATIONS I NTO HE YEAR 1955 AND 1960. FROM THIS DATA IT IS APPARENT THAT OUR BEST SOLUTION IS TO PLAN OUR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTH SIDE ADJACENT AND ADJOINING'UNI.TED AIRLINES PRESENT BUILDING. 2. FRED BRENNE, MANAGER Of THE EUGENE CHAMBER ~F COMMERCE, BRIEFED THE C6MM1JTEE ON THE CIVIL AERONAUT'CS BOARD HEARING SET FOR JANUARY 8, 1951 I N WASH I NGTON, .D.A, C. UNDER 4586 AND ENTITLED WEST COAST COMMON FARES CASE. THIS PROPOSAL BEFORE THE CIVrL AER6NAUTICS BOARD INVO(VES THE PRESENT AIR PASSENGER FARES FROM INDIVIDUAL CITIES ON THE WEST COAST, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PRESENT F~RE FROM THE CITY OF EUGENE TO CHICAGO WHETHER ROUTED THROUGH PORTLAND, SEATTLE OR Los ANGELES I S $ I I 3.75. UNDER THIS PROPOSED CHANGE THE fARES WOULD BE AS FOLLOWS: EUGENE TO CHICAGO VIA PORTLAND - $133.75; VIA SEATTLE, $1'50.45 ; VIA Los ANGELES OR SAN FRANCISC'O - $152.60. . IT WAS THE OPINION OF THE COMMI~TEE- tHAT THE MANAGER OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SHOULD SEND A LETTER OPPOSING THIS HEARING UNTIL A LATER AND MORE CO'NVENIENT DATE SO THAT LOCAL .INTERESTS MIGHT HAVE AN OPPORTUN I TY TO STUDY TH rs PROP'OSAL AND TO APPEAR AND TEST I fY AT SUCH HEAR I NG AND TO ALSO URGE THAT THE HEARING BE HELD ON THE WEST COAST SO THAT AFFECTED COMMUNITIES I WOULD HAVE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE HEARING. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO AUTHORIZE SUCH A COMMUNICATION TO THE CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD IN WASHINGTON, D. C. " ~