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<br />EUGENE, OREGON,
<br />APR I L 29, I 955.
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<br />THE REGULAR MEETING or THE COMMON COUNCI'L ~~,THE CITY or EUGENE' WAS HELD ON APRIL I I, 25,
<br />AND 27, 1955 AND ADJOURNED TO APRIL .29, 195!:) AT 5:00 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL C,HAMBERS. IN ,THE I
<br />ABSENCE or MAYOR JOHNSON, THE MEETING WAS 'CALLED TO ORDER BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT, ROBERT BOOTH,
<br />WI TH THE rOLLOWI NG COUNC I LMEN PRESENT: MR. -BOOTH, MR. KOPPE, MR. WATSON, MR. OwEN. MR. SHEARER
<br />AND MR. SHISLER. MESSRS. GODLOVE AND HARTMA~ WE~~ ABSENT.
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<br />RESOLUTI ON
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<br />RESOLUTION - RE: A SPECIAL ELECTION rORA TAX ~EVY or $165,000.00 rOR TEN YEARS rOR,
<br />OPERATION or THE fiRE DEPARTMENT WAS PRESENTED rOR CONSIDERATION. IT WAS READ AS rOL~OWS:
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<br />"BE IT 'RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON ~OUNCIL OF'THE CITY OF EUGENE THAT THERE
<br />BE SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORS or SAID CITY FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR REJECTION AT A SPECIAL
<br />ELECTION TO BE HELD, ON THE 30TH DAY OF JUNE, 1955, WITHIN THE CITY OF EUGENE, OREGON
<br />THE rOLLO~ING CHARTER AMtNDMENT, TO-WIT:
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<br />CHARTER AMENDMENT
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<br />AN ACT
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<br />To AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE C1TY OF EUGENE BY ADDING A NEW CHAPTER THERETO AUTHOR~
<br />,IZING, EMPOWERING AND DIRECTING THE COMMON COUNCIL TO LEVY, ASSESS AN~ COLLECT TAXES
<br />NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM or $165,000.00 EACH YEAR rOR A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS, COMMENCING
<br />WITH THE LEVY rOR THE TAX ROLL rOR THE rlSCAL YEAR 1955-1956, AND TO LEVY, ASSESS AND
<br />COLLECT A MILLAGE BASED UPON THE DOLLAR VALUATION, UPON ALL PROPERTY, REAL AND PERSONAL,
<br />WITHIN THE CITY or EUGENE, NOT EXEMPT rROM TAXATION surrlCIENT TO RAISE SAID AMOUNT EACH
<br />YEAR DURING SAID TERM OF TEN YEARS. THE PROCEEDS rROM SAID TAX SHALL BE USED rOR THE
<br />PURPOSE OF ASSISTING IN MANNING, EQUIPPING AND OPERATING THE flREDEP4RTMENT ~r THE
<br />CITY or EUGENE. SAID LEVY TO BE IN ADDITION TO AND IN EXCESS or THE CONSTITUTIONAL SIX
<br />PER CENT LIMITATION UPON THE CITY TAX LEVY.
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<br />THE CITY Of EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS fOLLOWS:
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<br />BE IT ENACTED BY THE ELECTORS or THE CITY or EUGENE, OREGON:
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<br />SECTION I. THE COMMON CoaNCIL or THE CITY or EUGENE IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED, EMPOWERED
<br />AND DIRECTED TO LEVY, ASSESS AND COLLECT TAXES NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM or $165,000.00 EACH
<br />YEAR rOR A PERIOD or TEN YEARS, COMMENCING WITH THE LEVY FOR THE TAX ROLL FOR THE FISCAL
<br />YEAR 1955-1956, AND TO LEVY, ASSESS AND COLLECT A MILLAGE BASED UPON THE DOLLAR VALUATION,
<br />UPON ALL PROPERTY, REAL AND PERSONAL, WITHfN THE CITY or EUGENE, NOT EXEMPT FROM TAXATION
<br />SUFFICIENT TO RAISE SAID AMOUNT EACH YEAR DURING SAID TERM or TEN'YEARS.
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<br />BE ADOPTED. ON A ROLLCALL VOTE, THE MOTION CARRIED WITH FOUR COUNCILMEN rAVORING ADOPTION AND I
<br />TWO VOTING AGAINST. THE "NO" VOTES WERE CAST BY COUNCILMEN WATSON AND SHISLER.
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<br />SECTION 2.
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<br />THIS LEVY SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO EXISTING LEVIES.
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<br />SECTION 3. THE MONEY REALIZED BY THE LEVY HEREIN PROVIDED FOR SHALL BE DEPOSITED
<br />IN, KEPT AND DISBURSED rROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUND.
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<br />SECTION 4. THAT SAID MONEY SHALL BE DISBURSED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL- BY WARRANTS
<br />DRAWN BY THE COUNCIL UPON SAID fiRE DEPARTMENT OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE fUND, SAID
<br />WARRANTS TO BE SIGNED BY'THE MAYOR AND CITY RECORDER.
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<br />SECTION 5. THIS LEVY WILL BE IN ADDITION TO AND IN EXCESS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL SIX
<br />PER CENT LIMITATION UPON THE CITY'S TAX LEVY.
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<br />RESOLUTION ADOPTED THIS 29TH DAY or APRIL, 1955."
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<br />COMMUNICATION
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<br />COMMUNICATION rROM LANE COUNTY CHAPTER or THE AMERICAN RED CROSS - RE: PERMIT FOR A,RAMP
<br />OVER AN ALLEY TO CONNECT TWO BUILDINGS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS rOLLOWS:
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<br />"THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE LANE COUNTY CHAPTER or THE AMERICAN RED CROSS HAS
<br />NEGOTIATED AN AGREEMENT TO SELL THE PRESENT BUILDING LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF
<br />THE ALLEY AND 47 WEST 8TH STREET CONTINGENT UPON THE PERMISSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO
<br />ALLOW THE PURCHASER, MR. MAURICE JACOBS, TO CONSTRUCT A RAMP FROM HIS BUILDING OCCUPIED
<br />BY THE STERLINE fURNITURE COMPANY ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER or THIS SAME ALLEY, IN OTHER
<br />WORDS ACROSS THE ALLEY TO OUR BUILDING. THIS RAMP WOULD BE 18 rEET ABOVE THE LEVEL or
<br />THE ALLEY ON THE BOTTOM AND 8 rEET ABOVE, IT WOULD BE SUPPORTED BY TWO 8 X 12 "I" BEAMS
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