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<br />CO.UNC It CHAMB.ER
<br />. : EUGENE, . OREGON,
<br />JANUARY 26, 1959
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<br />THE REGULAR MEETING Of THE COMMON COl!NCIL .Of THE CITY. 0:1': EUG.ENE WAS. HELD .ON JANUARY '12:, 19.59 AND
<br />ADJOURNED TO JANUARY 26, 1959 AT 7:30 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY
<br />HIS HONOR MAYOR E. E. CONE WITH THE fOLLOWING COUNCI:LMEN PRESENT: MR. SHEARER, MRS. LAURIS,
<br />MR. LINDEEN, MR. MOLHOLM, MR. MCGAffEY, MR. CHATT, .MR. .MOYER AND MR. WILSON.
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<br />THE INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY REV. J. STANLEY BARLOW.
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<br />THE MINUTES Of THE.R.EGULAR MEETI:NG O.rJANUARY. 1:2, :195Q, AS MAI:LED TO ME.MBERS Of THE COUNCIL, WERE
<br />APPROVED.
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<br />INTRODUCTION OF NEW BUSINESS
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<br />COUNCILMAN SHEARER INDICATED THAT ,"OR :SOME PERIO~ Of_' TIME :THERE HA.S BEEN: DI:SCUSSION WITH REGARD
<br />TO A NEW CITY HALL BUT THAT THE CITY CONTINUES TO OCCUpy THIS RATE INfESTED PIGEON NEST WHICH THE CITY
<br />WOULD NOT ALLOW ANYONE ELSE TO USE If THE BUILDING WERE IN OTHER HANDS. HE ALSO INDICATED'.THAT WITH
<br />THE URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT AND THE COMMITMENTS Of THE COUNTY AND THE STATE IN THE URBAN RENEWAL AREA,
<br />ONE COULD WELL fiND EVER.YONEELSE .COMMITTED TO T.HE AREA EXCEPT ',T.HE CITY, .AND. THAT HE BELIEVES SOME
<br />EXPRESS I ON fROM THE COUNCI L .1 N TH I S :RESPECT .SH.Ol!L.DBE M.ADE.. :
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<br />ON THIS SUBJECT THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION, .I:NCLl!D.ING, T.HAT .THECITIZEN,S.Of..T.HE,C'-'T:Y. SHOULD HAVE
<br />THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON THE LOCATION AND A CHOICE Of SITES; THAT ALL CITY, STATE AND COUNTY BUILDINGS
<br />SHOULD BE GROUPED; AND.THAT THE U.RBAN :RENEWAL AREA..I S.A. CONGE,STED :AREA .FROM. A TRAF:f I.C STANDPO I NT AND
<br />If PUBLIC BUILDINGS ARE TO BE LOCAT.ED.]HE:RE" THJS CON.GESTI,ON, WILL. :1 NC.REASE ANDS9ME ME:T.H.OD .SHOULD BE
<br />fOUND TO WIDEN THE STREETS.
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<br />I T WAS THEN MOVED B.Y MR. MOLHOLM :SECON,DED .BY MR. MOYER T.HAT THE ,COUNC.I L',.TAK.E .SOME .ACT ION TOWARD
<br />LOCATING THE CITY HALL IN .TH.E. URBAN .R.ENEWA.L AREA. MOTIO.N .CARR,IED:.
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<br />COUNCII.WOMAN .LAURLS STAT.ED SH.E B.ELIEV,ES. TH.E .DESI.GNING Of :THE 01TY .HAL:l. SHOl,lLD BE :PUT. OUT fO.R
<br />PUBLIC COMPETITION, THAT SOME MONEY WOULD HAVE TO BE ESTABLISHED fOR THIS, AND THAT fiRM RULE~ ~HpULD
<br />BE DEVELOPED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES Of THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE Of ARCHITECTS.
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<br />I.T WAS MOVED .BY MRS .LAURIS SECONDED .BY MR. StlEARER T,HAT:A 0 I.S.CUS~I Oil! Of .THE.POS~I B I.L I TV Of, PUBL I C
<br />COMPETITION f.OR THE DESIGNING ,OF: A ,CtTY .HAJ..L BE RE,n:.RRE.D..TO,.COMMIT.TEE AND THAT. L,OCAL REPRESENJ':ATIVE~.
<br />Of THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE Of ARCHITECTS BE INVITED T.O .THE C.OMMIT.TEE MEETING, TO DISCUS~ rHE ~OSSIBILI.TY
<br />Of ESTABLISHING THIS ON A PUBLIC COMPETITION BASIS. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />COUNCILMAN SHEAR.ER I.N.DI:..CATED ,HE BEL,IEVE:S .AC1:.IO,N. SHOULQ.,~.E T~I(EN T,O IMPROVE ON E~ISrl~G ,ORDINA~CES
<br />OR DEVELOP NEW ORD I NANCES TO REQU I RE I NO I V I DUALS WHO STORE .Jl!N.K OR ITEMS WH I.CH .MAKE THEJ.R .~REM I SE~
<br />APPEAR TO BE JUNKY TO CLEAN UP THEIR PROPERTY. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS GENERAL SUBJECT AND
<br />IT WAS THE CONSENSUS or THE COUNCIL THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY INVESTIGATE ORDINANCES Of OTHER CITIES ON
<br />THIS SUBJECT AND .REPORT ,HIS f'INDINGS BACK T.O.1:HE :.CO,UNCIJ..,.
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<br />REPORTS OF OFFICERS
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<br />A REPORT fROM THE CITY MANAGER - RE: IMPROVEMENTS, ETC., WAS PRESENTED AND READ AS fOeLOWS:
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<br />"ON EACH Of YOUR DESKS YOU MILL ~fIND COPY Of THE MINUTES Of THE MEETING Of
<br />THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY HELQ. ON:JANI.!ARY 19, 1959 ANO YOUR COpy OF' THE C,TY
<br />CHARTER WHICH HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP TO DATE BY INSERTION Of ALL AMENDMENTS SINCE
<br />IT WAS ISSUED IN ITS PRESENT fORM.
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<br />THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT THE CONTRACTOR ON THE MILLRACE
<br />PROJECT IS CONTINUING TO WORK ON THE ACCESS ROAD AND THE EXCAVATION or THE
<br />PUMP STATION AND CHANNEL TO THE RIVER; HOWEVER, HIS WORK HAS BEEN MUCH HAMPERED
<br />BY THE RAIN AND HIGH WATER.
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<br />THE PARK DEPARTMENT REPORTS THE fOLLOWING WORK ON PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS:
<br />EXTENSION Of THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM IN HENDRICKS PARK APPROXIMATELY 400 fEET, AND
<br />THEY WILL START PLANTING 2000 HEATHER PLANTS IN THIS AREA WITHIN THE NEXT TEN DAYS.
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<br />THE CONCRETE TUBS AND TREES fOR TREE PLANTING ON WILLAMETTE AND BROADWAY
<br />HAVE BEEN PURCHASED BY THE EUGENE WELfARE LEAGUE, AND THE PARK DEPARTMENT PLANS
<br />TO START PLANTING THESE TREES ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1959.
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<br />FINAL PLANS fOR THE DEVELOPMENT Of THE NORTH SIDE Of SKINNERS BUTTE AND
<br />GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS fOR HENDRICKS PARK HAVE BEEN COMPLETED; ALSO, THE DE-
<br />PARTMENT HAS COMPLETED LANDSCAPE AND IRRIGATION PLANS fOR THE EUGENE LIBRARY
<br />BOARD fOR THE NEW LIBRARY GROUNDS.
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<br />MR. Roy CROWE HAS COMPLETED HIS CONTRACT fOR WRECKING THE OLD LINCOLN SCHOOL.
<br />THERE REMAINS TO BE REMOVED CONCRETE SLABS AND CONCRETE WALKS fOR WHICH I WOULD
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