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<br />EUGENE, OREGON, II.
<br />DECEMBE~ 30, 1955. :
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<br />THE REGULAR HEETING or TNE COMMON COUNCIL or THE C,T' or EUGENE WAS NELD ON DECEMBER 12, II:
<br />1955, ADJOURNED TO DECEMBER 27, 1955 AND CONTINUED TO DECEMBER 30, 1955,AT'7:30 P.M. IN'THE
<br />COUNCIL CHAMBERS. IN THE ABSENCE OF THE MAYOR, THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY COUNCILMAN '
<br />KOPPE WITH THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: MR. GODLOVE, MR. KOPPE, MR. WATSON, MR. OwEN,
<br />MR. HARTMAN AND MR. -SHISLER~ MR. BOOTH TOOK HrssEAt' AT 8:25 P.M.; MR.- SHEARER TOOK HIS' SEAT
<br />AT 8:35 P.M.; AND MAYOR JOHNSON ASSUMED THE CHAIR AT 8:3'0 P.M. ' ,;
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<br />THE CHAIRMAN STATED THIS MEETING HAD BEEN CONTINUED TO DISCUSS TWO ITEMS OF BUSINESS; !
<br />THE FIRST, THE PROPOSED ~PENING ~F GAR~IELD STReET F.OM 7TH TO 12TH AVENUES; THE SECOND, THE I
<br />LOCATION OF THE LIBRARY WHICH HAD BE~N APPROVED BY A VOTE O~ T~EPEOPLE :ON NOVEMBE~ 2,1954~
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<br />I THE CaAIRMAN STATED THE FIR~T ORDER OF BUSINESS WOULD BE THE OPENING OF GARFIELD STREET ~
<br />FROM 7TH TO 12TH AVENUES. HE FURTHER RULES THAT THE BOARD OF VIEWERS FOR THE OPENING OF ~
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<br />GARFIELD STREET WOULD EXPLAIN THEIR REPORT TO THE COUNCIL, THAT THEY WOULD BE OPEN TO QUESTIONS I.
<br />FROM THE COUNCIL, BUT WOULD NOT BE OPEN TO QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR OTHER THAN FROM MEMBERS r
<br />OF THE COUNCIL. .
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<br />THE CHAIRMAN THEN ASKED MR. CLARENCE UREY, FOREMAN OF THE BOARD OF VIEWERS, TO EXPLAIN ~
<br />THE METHODS WHICH THEY HAD USED TO ARRIVE AT THE BENEFITS AND DAMAGES ASSESSED TO PROPERTY: I
<br />HOLDERS AS SET FORTH IN THEIR REPORT.
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<br />MR. UREY REPORTED ON THE ASSESSMENT OF BENEFITS AND DAMAGES AS SET FORTH BY THE BOARD OF
<br />VIEWERS AND FOLLOWING THIS REPORT INTERESTED 'CITIZENS , OR THEIR REP-RESENTATIVES, GAVE THEIR
<br />VIEWS ON THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENTS, ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO PROPERTY OWNED BY MR. DONALD
<br />M. SHORT AND MR. WILLIAM E. BAXTER WHICH IS LOCATED BETWEEN 7TH AND 11TH AVENUES, AND MR. DAVID
<br />PETERSEN WHOSE PROPERTY LIES BETWEEN 11TH AND 12TH AVENUES.
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<br />SOME DISCUSSION OF PORTIONS OF THE VIEWER'S REPORT WAS HAD BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
<br />AND INTERESTED PARTIES, AND BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE BOARD OF VIEWERS. DURING
<br />THIS DISCUSSION THE MAYOR ASSUMED THE CHAIR, AND FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION IT WAS MOVED BY r
<br />MR. KOPPE, SECONDED BY MR. BOOTH, THAT THE REPORT OF THE VOARD OF VIEWERS FOR THE OPENING OF r
<br />GARFIELD STREET FROM 7TH TO 12TH AVENUES BE REFERRED BACK TO THE BOARD OF VIEWERS T~MEET I
<br />WITH THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1956 AT NOON. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />2 THE MAYOR THEN ANNOUNCED THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS WOULD BE THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED
<br />NEW LIBRARY BUILDING WHICH HAD BEEN AUTHORIZED BY AVOTE OF THE PEO~LE. THERE FOLLOWED A
<br />GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE VARIOUS SITES WHICH, FROM TIME TO TtME, HAD BEEN STUDIED, INCLUDING
<br />THE SOUTHWEST PARK BLOCK, THE PRESENT SITE AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF 11TH AVENUE AND
<br />WILLAMETTE STREET, THE FISK PROPERTY SITE AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF 11TH AVENUE AND OAK STREET;
<br />THE AREA BETWEEN BROADWAY AND SOUTH PARK STREET FROM OAK STREET TO THE ALLEY BETWEEN OAK AND
<br />PEARL STREETS INCLUDING THE LUMBERMANS' BUILDING, AND EXCLUDING THE LUMBERMANS' BUILDING, THE
<br />FRANCES WILLARD SITE BETWEEN OLIVE AND CHARNELTON STREETS SOUTH OF 13TH AVENUE, AND OTHERS.
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<br />A NUMBER OF CITIZENS WERE HEARD WITH RESPECT TO THEIR VIEWS ON THE MERITS OF ONE LOCATION I
<br />OR ANOTHER, OR THEIR DESIRE TO SEE THE PROPOSED LIBRARY LOCATED ON SOME PARTICULAR SITE. I
<br />FOLLOWING THIS DISCUSSION, IT WAS MOVED BY MR. OWEN, SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE LIBRARY i
<br />BE PLACED AT ITS' PRESENT LOCATION (SOUTHEAST CORNER OF 11TH AVENUE AND WILLAMETTE STREET)
<br />EXTENDED EAST TO THE ALLEY AND TO THE SOUTH TO INCLUDE THE CRUM PROPERTY, WITH THE CRUM
<br />PROPERTY, OR AN EQUIVALENT AMOUNT, TO BE USED FOR PARKING AREA.
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<br />FOLLOWING THIS MOTION, ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION WAS HAD AND IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, ~
<br />SECONDED BY MR. WATSON, THAT ACTION BE POSTPONED .ON THIS QUESTION FOR THIRTY DAYS. THIS ,.,
<br />MOTION WAS DEFEATED FIVE TO THREE WITH MESSRS. GODLOVE, KOPPE AND WATSON VOTING AYE; MESSRS.
<br />BOOTH, OwEN, SHEARER, HARTMAN AND SHISLER VOTING NAY.
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<br />FOLLOWING THIS VOTE, THE QUESTION WAS CALLED ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO LOCATE THE LIBRARY
<br />AT ITS PRESENT LOCATION AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF 11TH AVENUE AND WILLAMETTE STREET EXTENDING
<br />EAST TO THE ALLEY AND SOUTH THROUGH THE CRUM PROPERTY. THE VOTE ON THIS WAS FIVE TO FOUR WITH
<br />MESSRS. GODLOVE, KOPPE, WATSON AND HARTMAN VOTING NAY, AND MESSRS. BOOTH, OwEN, SHEARER AND
<br />SHISLER VOTING AYE. THERE BEING, AT THIS POINT, A TIE VOTE, MAYOR JOHNSON VOTED AYE TO BREAK
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<br />ON'MOTION OULY MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIEO, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED.
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<br />RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,.
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<br />ROBERT A. FINLA.SON, III
<br />CITY MANAGER.
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