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r"'"3 6 6 Council Chambers Eugene, Oregon ,~ f. September 23. 1940 I.;V~ ,'c; I ;~,; The minutes of the adjourned meeting of the Common Council held at 7:30 a; o'clock p.m. September 23, 1940. Mayor Large presided over the meeting. Council- 1 men present were: A. A. !teid, Sam C. Bond, A. C. Farrington, Louis Koppe, E. A. Barette and Ira O. Stewart; absent: Fred C. Carlson, and.P. J. Hanns. I The minutes of the previous meeting were presented and ordered placed 2\7. on file. ,The meeting was herewith called to order. Mayor Large explained at the outset of the meeting that some four months I ago, the United Air Lines had applied to the Civil Aeronautics in Washington D. C. for permission to make regular stops at Eugene. The hearing was coming up at an early date and the United Air Lines would like to have a resolution from the Common Council supporting the request for a stop at Eugene. After some discussion the foIl w- ing resolution was presented to the Council. A motion was made and seconded that 3~ this resolution be adopted and a unanimous vote was cast by the members present approving the resolution. RESOLUTION VffiEREAS, the City of Eugene, by reason of its location at the head of the Willamette Valley and at the junction of main arterial highways, railroads and transport system of Orego~ is the trading and distributing center for an area with a total population of close to 100,000 people, and , VffiEREAS, present airmail and air transport and express facilities for this area with its rapidly expanding timber, plywood and agricultural processing industries is inadequate because there is no direct service to this city, necessitating ttback haultt from the airports at Portland or Medford, and WHEREAS, the City Council has submitted to the vo'ters of Eugene for approval on November 5th., a two year, three mill tax levy to purchase site for Class A airport approved by the I engineers of CAA and also under military consideration, and a project application for federal aid has been filed with CAA-VWA, NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved, by the City Council of the City of Eugene, that we petition the Civil Aeronautics Board to grant the application of the United Air Lines to instal imme4iately a regular main line service for this city, or such temporary service as may be indicated until a new airport big enough for the 'largest planes can be completed. Mayor Large then stated that Mr. William Tugman was present and would like to make a statement regarding the Airport. Mr. Tugman reported that he and Mr. H. J. Cox were going to Washington D. C. to be present at the hearing for a stop at Eugene Mr. Tugman made quite a detailed report of airport conditions and said that he had made trips extending from Seattle to San Francisco contacting Airport offiGers. He stated that there was quite a demand from a civilian point of view for an improved airport for Eugene ~nd as near as could be ascertained the Army was very much inter- ested in a location for Eugene if Eugene had anything suitable to offer. He stated that the Army now had authority to establish 54 bases within the next year~nd that there was no reason why the Northwest could not get its share. He also pointed out that the number of Army bases would probably be doubled in another year. After some discussion by the Council, Mr. Reid stated that he thought Mr. Tugman had made quite a clear statement to the Council. The following resolution was then presented to the council. After some discussion by the Council, a motion was made and seconde that the resolution be adopted. The motion was placed upon roll call and all counci I men voted aye. After the passage of the resolution, Mr. H. J. Cox stated that the lumber men were very much interested in getting an Army base located here as it would mean an expenditure of' close to a million dollars in buildings and other construction. RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Eugene has submitted to the voters of Eugene at the general election . I November 5th a proposal for a 3 mill tax levy in 1940 and a:' 3 mill tax levy in 1941 to provide for the immediate acquisition of a site for a Class A airport, and the necessary application for federal aid in the development of the site has been filed with - the CM., and WHEREAS, the City of Eugene will have under ownersh~p under this project at least one complete section of flat, c+ear land with options on at..least two additional sections of flat land ~~f1,9_ining, all- or any part of which could easily be added , to the base proje<?t, s~ould it be required for military uses, ~