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<br />COUNC I L CHAMBER
<br />EUGENE, OREGON
<br />MARCH 13, 1961
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<br />THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE WAS HELD'ON MARCH 13, 1961 AT
<br />7:30 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.' THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY HIS HONOR MAyOR E. E. CONE WITH
<br />THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: MRS. LAURIS, MESSRS. MOLHOLM, CHATT, SWANSON, CHRISTENSEN AND
<br />DEVERELL. MESSRS. MOYER AND WILSON WERE ABSENT.
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<br />THE INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY REV. KENNETH WIEG OF THt LUTHERAN STUDENT HOUSE.
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<br />THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 14, 1961 AND OF THE ADJOURNED MEETING OF FEBRU-
<br />ARY 27, 1961, AS MAILED TO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, WERE APPROVED.
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<br />INTRODUCTION OF NEW BUSINESS
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<br />MAYOR CONE RECOMMENDED THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTSSTO THE LIBRARY BOARD FOR APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL:
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<br />MRS. FRANK H.FoRNEY, 4-YEAR TERM ENDING JANUARY I, i965, SUCCEEDING MRS. JOHN P. MACKINNON
<br />MR. WINFIELD H. ATKINSON, 4-YEAR TE~M ENDING JANUAR~ I, 1965, REAPPOINTMENT
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED' BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE APPOINT~ NTS BE APPROVED. MOTION
<br />CARRIED.
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<br />DR. WILLIAM C. JONES, ACTING PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, APPEARED BEFORE THE COUNCIL
<br />TO RtPORT ON HB'i574 REGARDING THE PIONEER MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY AND INDICATED HE APPEARED AS AN
<br />EMPLOYEE OF THE STATE OF OREGON AND AS AN INDIVIDUAL WITH SOME RESPONSIBILITY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF
<br />OREGON. HE DISCUSSED THE CEMETERY, ALSO KNOWN AS THE IOOF CEMETERY, AT 18TH AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY
<br />STREET, STATING THAT BETWEEN 4000 AND 5000 BURIALS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THIS CEMETERY AND APPROXIMATELY
<br />1500 OF THESE ARE IN MARKED GRAVESj' ALSO THAT THE CEMETERY DOES NOT HAVE PERPETUAL CARE AND CREATES
<br />PROBLEMS TO THE CITY AND TO THE UNIVERSITY BECAUSE IT IS NOT KEPT UP, ACCUMULATES TRASH AND IS A HANG-
<br />OUT FOR UNDESIRABLES. DR. JONES ALSO DISCUSSED THE UNIVERSITY'S GROWTH INDICATING THAT BECAUSE OF THE
<br />GROWTH IN STUDENT POPULATION, THE UNIVERSITY REQUIRES EXPANSION AREA AND THE CEMETERY GROUND WOULD BE
<br />LESS COSTLY THAN AREAS IMMEDIATELY SU8ROUNDING THE UNIVERSITY.
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<br />DR. JONES STATES THAT THE OREGON STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION PROPOSES IN HB 1574 TO PURCHASE
<br />THE LAND FOR REINTERMENT OF REMAINS OF THOSE WHO ARE BURIED IN THE PIONEER CEMETERY IN EXISTING PRI-
<br />VATE CEMETERIES OR IN A NEW' CEMETERY, ALL TO BE DONE SO FAR AS POSSIBLE AT THE DIRECTION OF SURVIVING
<br />RELATIVES. HE LIKEWISE STATED THAT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BOARD OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAVE URGED
<br />PASSAGE OF HB 1574, HE READ A SECTION OF AN EDITORIAL FROM THE EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD WHICH INDICATED
<br />THE NEWSPAPER IS IN GENERAL CONCURRENCE WITH THIS IDEA, AND ALSO STATED THAT THE SPACE WOULD BE USED
<br />FOR ACADEMIC BUILDINGS. THE ESTIMATED COST' OF REMOVAL dF GRAVES AND ACQUISITION OF THE CEMETERY WAS
<br />PLACED AT $500,000 TO $750,000.
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<br />SOME COMMENT WAS HAD AMONG MEMBERS OF JHE' COUNC I L W"H I CH I NCLUDED THE IDEA THAT BOTH S I DES SHOULD
<br />BE HEARD ON THIS QUESTION, OTHERS lNDICATED' THE CEMETERY IS '00 CLOSE IN, DETRIMENTAL TO THE Clry,
<br />AND THE REINTERMENT OF BODIES NOW BURIED IN THE CEMETERY WOULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO USE THE PROPERTY
<br />MORE ADVANTAGEOUSLY. SPECIFIC COMMENT WAS MADE REGARD(NG PROVISIONS FOR REINTERMENT OF A SPOUSE OF
<br />A~ INDIVIDUAL NOW liVING AND WHAT PROVISION MtGHT BE MAbE FOR A GRAVE SitE FOR THE PERSONS STILL LIVING.
<br />PRESIDENT JONES INDICATED THAT THE VALUE OF THE GRAVES WOULD BE COMPENSATED FOR AND IF IN A 2-BURIAL
<br />PLbT ONLY ONE PLACE IS OC~UPI'ED, THESE REMAINS WOULD BE REINTERRED AND THE LIVING SPOUSE WOULD RECEIVE
<br />COMPENSAT ION FOR THE 'SECOND BUR 1 AL SPACE, AND 'THAT HE WAS CERTA I N THESE DETA I LS COULD BE WORKED OUT.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. CHATT SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM iHAT THE COUNCIL SUPPORT HB 1574 SUBJECT TO THE
<br />PROVISION BEING MADE BY THE OREGON STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR A SURVIVING SPOUSE IF THE RE-
<br />MA'INS OF A DECEASED SPOUSE ARE REINTERRED, AND THE CITY "ATTORNEY INSTRUCTED TO DRAW A RESOLUTION TO
<br />THIS EFFECT BGR IMMEDI~TE TRANS~ITTAL TO ~HE PROPER LEG(SLATIVE COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED, MESSRS.
<br />MO-LHOLM, CHATT AND CHRISTENSEN VOTING ~YEj f't!ESSRS. SWANSON AND DEVERELL VOTING NAYj MRS. LAURIS
<br />ABSTAINING.
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<br />BILLS AGAINST VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY FOR THE MONTH Of FEBRUARY 1961 WERE SUBMITTED AND
<br />READ AS FOLLOWS:
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<br />GENERAL FUND
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<br />PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM
<br />PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM
<br />PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM
<br />fIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OREGON
<br />FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OREGON
<br />SiATE TAX COMMISSION
<br />AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY-'
<br />PACIFIC HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
<br />EUGENE HOSPITAL & CLINIC
<br />DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS.
<br />DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS.
<br />DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS.
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<br />$ 6,774.63
<br />8,128.28
<br />968.12
<br />15,167.26
<br />918.75
<br />2,918.40
<br />2, I I 6 .75
<br />2,247.00
<br />44.00
<br />898.68
<br />965.50
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<br />92.18
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<br />DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS.
<br />CITY OF EUGENE - FIRE DEPT
<br />EUGENE FIRE FIGHTERS
<br />WNITED ApPEAL - LANE COUNTY
<br />BLUECROSS PLAN
<br />WILLAKENZIE VOLUNTEERS
<br />LANE HUMANE SOCIETY
<br />E. E. CONE, MAYOR
<br />STATE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISS10N
<br />STEWART & RICHARDSON
<br />A & B DOOR CLOSER
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<br />ADDRESSOGRAPH-MULTIGRAPH CORP.
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<br />$ 50.95
<br />20.00
<br />134.00
<br />131.17
<br />88.30
<br />50.00
<br />783.33
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<br />2,233.67
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<br />19.00
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<br />3.88
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