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6.11 oRDrnrAtvcE Ivo. 9041 CITY OF EUGEArE An Ordinance consenting to grid approving the exchange by the cit3T of Springfield, formerly town of Springfield, of its five acre park site located in what is imovrn as the ter~nina7. property adjacent to the cit~~ of Springfield, for a tract of land of substantially tvrent`r acres owned by the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, the repeal by the city of Springfield of the ordinance setting apart said five acre tract as a public park and to the setting apart of said Booth-Kelly tract as a public park and particularly for the joint t~s e the roof by the city of .Springfield and the city of Eugene . t~dHEREAS, heretofore the City of Eugene conveyed to the Town of Springfield, now City of Springfield, a tract of land located east of the City of ;Springfield, the deed of conveyance for vrhich provided that as a part of the consideration tkierefor the Town of Springfield should in cooperation ~rrith the City of Eugene survey out and dedicate not 1 ess than five acres of said tract to be devoted to a public park for the use of the general public and particularhy for the joint use of the Tovm of Springfield ~.nd the City of Eugene, yv~~raich deed of conveyance tiaras executed pursuant to Ordinance t1o. 8804 of the City of Eugene passed by the Common Council and approved by the ~rayor on the 12th day of January, 191; and Tr7HERF~(tS, pursuant to t Y~ provisions of said deed the City of Springfield by Ordinance PIo. 64O passed by the Corunon Council and approved by ',he Tla.yror July 10, 1939 set apart as a public park for the use of t he general public and particularly for the joint use of the City of Springfield and the City of Eugene, the follovring described portion of the lands so conveyed to it as aforesaid, to vrit: Commencing at the intersection. of the East line of the Springfield Industrial Site v~th the ~lorth bank of the mill race, s aid East line alsobeing the West line of the County N.oad knavvn a.s the Seavey Road, thence Irorth along the west side of said road 72.0 feet, thence !test 532.66 feet, more or less, to tk•,e Easi.; boundary line of the tract of land deeded to the State of Oregon, pursuant to that certain deed recorded on Page 249 of Volume 186 of the Lane County Deed Records, in the office of the County Clerk of Lane County, Oregon; thence South along the said East line of said tract of land a distance of approximately 275 feet to the YJorth Bank of the said mill race, thence follovring the north bank of said mill race in a southerly and easterly direction to the place of beginninY;, all in Lane County, Oregon; AArD WrIEREAS all. of the premises so conveyed by the City of Eugene to the City of Springfield other than the lands so established and set apart as a publi c park and hereinbefore specifically described ti,ere by the City of Springfield sold and conveyed and no part thereof is Hour ovrned b;,J the City of Springfield other than said park; and V~+'YIER.EAS no part of the lands so conveyed to the City of. ~pxd.ngfield were of a character, or So situated;as, to be adapted to or available for public park purposes and said lands so set apart as a public parr: have not been improved or used as a public park a.nd are not, adapted +,~, such use and are therefore rot needed for public use, said park site ~eino surrounded. by lands devoted to industrial purposes, and i.t is in the interests of the City of Springfield and the inhabitants thereof that said park site should. be devoted to Indus trial purposes and the utilization thereof for