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<br />e <br /> <br />45 ~ <br /> <br />5/25/59 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />00 <br />C'$ <br />~' <br />U' <br />~ <br />c...fJ <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />-- u TT"-' -- <br /> <br />II <br />!I <br />:I <br />I <br />:l <br />(;1 <br />il <br />~, <br />; <br />'1 <br /> <br />COUNCIL CHAMBER <br />EUGENE, OREGON <br />MAY 25, 1959 <br /> <br />II <br />I <br /> <br />i <br />I <br />I <br />II <br />II <br />r <br />,I <br />II <br />:1 <br />" <br />II <br />:1 <br />I, <br />I' <br />I' <br />,I <br />:1 <br />" <br />II <br />11 <br />;1 <br />Ii <br />'I <br />I, <br />II <br />I <br />, <br />I <br />I <br />II <br />,I <br />II- <br />i <br />il <br /> <br />" <br />I' <br />,I <br />I <br />,I <br />:1 <br />" <br />I' <br />:\ <br />" <br />I' <br />I' <br />l <br />I: <br />'d <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />Ii <br />Ii <br />1\ <br />!I <br />, <br />n <br />" <br />" <br />Ii <br />'I <br />tl <br /> <br />'I <br /> <br />ii <br />I, <br />'I <br />" <br />I' <br />Ii <br />'I <br />I, <br />Ii <br />'I <br />Ii <br />Ii <br />:1 <br />II <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />, <br /> <br />I <br />'I <br />II <br />I, <br />II <br />!I <br />II <br />i' <br />I: <br />11 <br />ii <br />!I <br />i! <br />" <br />I' <br />\i <br />II <br />!I <br />it <br />, <br />'I <br />"1 <br />it .,j <br />" .... <br /> <br />" <br />II <br />I <br />,\ <br /> <br />THE REGULAR MEETING Of THE COMMON COUNCIL or THE CITY Of EUGENE WAS HELD ON MAY I I, 1959 AND <br />ADJOURNED TO MAY 25, 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 rOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: MR. SHEARER, MRS. LAURIS, <br />MR. MOLHOLM, MR. CHATT, MR. MOYER AND MR. WILSON. MESSRS. LINDEEN AND McGArrEY WERE ABSENT. <br /> <br />" <br />" <br /> <br />, <br />,I <br />" <br />-, <br /> <br />~ I <br /> <br />I, <br /> <br />- <br />THE INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY REV. fRANK HASKINS. <br /> <br />COUNCILMAN WILSON ARRIVED AT THE MEETING AT THIS POINT. <br /> <br />'! <br />~i <br /> <br />THE MINUTES Of THE REGULAR MEETING or MAY I I, 1959, AS MAILED TO MEMBERS or THE COUNCIL, WERE <br />APPROVED. <br /> <br />" <br />;'! <br />,; <br />I, <br />:i <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION Of NEW BUSINESS <br /> <br />~ i <br /> <br />COMMUNICATION DATED APRIL 27, 1959 fROM COUNCILMAN VICTOR LINDEEN TENDERING RESIGNATION FROM <br />COUNCIL WAS PRESENTED AND READ AS rOLLOWS: <br /> <br />" <br />., <br /> <br /> " <br /> , <br /> .i <br /> : <br /> \ <br /> I <br /> ;t <br /> , <br /> I <br /> '\ <br /> \) <br /> Ii <br /> I, <br /> I, ~ <br /> I' <br /> " <br /> t: <br /> ;f <br /> .., <br /> :1 <br /> II <br /> I <br /> ,I <br /> ,I <br /> :i <br /> " <br /> " <br /> i <br /> .. <br /> i <br /> ,I, <br /> I <br /> -, <br /> ,I <br /> II <br />2 " <br />'1 <br /> :\ <br /> 'I <br /> 'I <br /> I <br />3 I <br /> d <br /> II <br /> I' <br /> ~ 1 <br /> ii <br /> '! <br /> :i <br /> " <br /> " <br /> :i <br /> ,1 <br /> , <br /> I <br />4 -, <br /> <br />"fiRST I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE PEOPLE OF <br />WARD THREE fOR ACCORDING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THE CITY COUNCIL <br />fOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, AND TO THE MANY PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY fOR <br />THEIR VERY FINE SUPPORT. <br /> <br />DUE TO THE LARGE AREA, J HAVE TO COVER IN MY NEW BUSINESS, IT HAS <br />BECOME IM~OSSIBLE FOR ME TO DEVOTE THE TIME TO COUNCIL WORK THAT I rEEL <br />IS NECESSARY TO DO THE JOB. <br /> <br />I REALIZE I WAS ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE TO A FOUR YEAR TERM, AND, rOR <br />THAT REASON I HAVE GIVEN THIS MOVE EVERY SERIOUS CONSIDERATION. <br /> <br />I COULD CONTINUE BY MERELY ATTENDING COUNCIL MEETINGS, AND WITHOUT <br />'THE NECESSARY TIME TO ACQUIRE THE KNOWLEDGE OF BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUES, <br />JUST VOTE ON A "GO ALONG WITH THE BREEZE" BASIS, BUT I WON'T DO BUSINESS <br />THAT WAY, AND I AM SURE THE PEOPLE OF EUGENE WOULDN'T WANT ME TO. <br /> <br />IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE AND A PLEASURE TO SERVE ON THE COUNCIL AND <br />SO IT IS WITH DEEP REGRET THAT I TENDER MY RESIGNATION, EfrECTIVE UPON' <br />ACCEPTANCE." <br /> <br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WILSON SECONDED BY MR. CHArT THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED, PLACED ON <br />fiLE, AND THE RESIGNATION or COUNCILMAN LINDEEN ACCEPTED, AND THAT A LETTER OF APPRECIATION BE SENT <br />TO COUNCILMAN LINDEEN fOR HIS SERVICE. MOTI'ON CARRIED. <br /> <br />MAYOR CONE RECOMMENDED THE APPOINTMENT OF REV. CLARENCE J. fORSBERG TO THE LIBRARY BOARD TO <br />SERVE OUT THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF ROBERT LEMON, RESIGNED (TERM EXPIRES JANUARY I, 1963). <br /> <br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE RECOMMENDATIO~ Of THE MAYOR fOR <br />THE APPOINTMENT OF REV. FORSBERG TO THE LIBRARY BOARD BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. <br /> <br />COUNCILMAN MOLHOLM PRESENTED THE NAME Of WALLACE A. SWANSON TO fiLL THE VACANCY FROM WARD 3 ON <br />THE COUNCIL CREATED BY THE RESIGNATION OF VICTOR LINDEEN. <br /> <br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE NOMINATIONS BE CLOSED AND A SECRET <br />BALLOT BE TAKEN. MOTION CARRIED. <br /> <br />A SECRET BALLOT WAS TAKEN AND MR. SWANSON WAS ELECTED-UNANIMOUSLY TO riLL OUT THE UNEXPIRED <br />TERM or VICTOR LINDEEN, RESIGNED, ON THE COUNCIL fROM WARD 3 (TERM EXPIRES JANUARY 2, 1961). <br />MR. SWANSON WAS NOTlr/ED BY TELEPHONE or HIS APPOINTMENT. <br /> <br />REPORTS Of OffiCERS <br /> <br />A REPORT FROM THE:CiTY MANAGER - RE: IMPROVEMENTS, ETC., WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: <br /> <br />"WHILE OUR PROJECT AT THE MAHLON-SWEET AIRPORT WAS rlNISHED SOME MONTHS <br />PAST WE HAVE JUST RECENTLY-BEEN NOTIFIED THAT FINAL PAYMENT HAS BEEN RECOM- <br />MENDED AND THE CITY SHOULD RECEIVE PAYMENT SOON. THIS MONEY HAS BEEN ANTI- <br />CIPATED AND IS BUDGETED IN THE 1959~60 BUDGET. <br /> <br />THE C,TY RECORDER REPORTS THAT THE CITY HAS ONLY 12 LOTS OF THE 79 <br />ON THE EAST SIDE'OF THE PARK-AIRE ADDI~ION REMAINING TO BE SOLD~ NONE or <br />THE 58 LOTS ON THE WEST SIDE HAVE BEEN SOLD; HOWEVER, WE ARE STARTING TO <br />RECEIVE INQUIRIES ABOUT WHEN THEY WILL BE orfERED rOR SALE. <br /> <br />IN THE PLAYGROUND AREA IN BACK or THE AMAZON SWIM POOL THE fOUNDATION <br />HAS BEEN PLACED fOR A MERRY-GO-ROUND DONATED BY THE BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL <br />WOMENS CLUB. THE ACTIVE CLUB IS STARTING TO ORGANIZE CREWS TO DEVELOP THEIR <br />