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r""4 0 4 I,~- - ~ , - Council Chambers Eugene, Oregon December 23, 1940 :'~.;;... I "''''''''- '.,-, ;t~ ~- n.>., ~ The minutes of the adjourned meeting of the Common Council held in the r-~...' '-' Council Chambers on December 23, 1940 at 7:30 o'clock p.m. Mayor Elisha Large ~ presided over the meeting. Councilmen present were A. A. Reid, Sam C. Bond, ! A. C. Farrington, Louis Koppe, E. A. Barette, and Ira O. Stewart and Orren Brownson; absent: Fred C. Carlson. ~he minutes of the previous meeting were presented and ordered placed on I fi Ie. 'l'he meeting was herewith c aIled to order. Mayor Large announced that official notification had been received from the CAA aiPrOVing the proposed airport site for the City of Eugene and allocating the city '250',000. He requested the council to take action upon excercising the options secured on Section 6. After a brief discussion a resolution was presented directing the officers of the City of Eugene to proceed to exercise the options for all proper y lying within Section 6 as proposed for the new airport for the city of Eugene. Mr. W. M. Tugman addressed the council pointing out the necessity for immediate action and the desirability of further attempting to l?ecure a reductIon in the purchase price of the .l!osbeck and titickels properties. Upon motion made and seconded the resolution was unanimously approved. ~he Mayor then requested action on the options for the proposed cantonment and right-of-\~y property. Discussion was had particip- ated in by Councilman Bond, Hobert Prescott, Ed Behnke, Mahilon Sweet, W. M. Tugman~ and Earl McNutt all pointing out the advisability of securing the property at this time. Councilman Bond explained that in reducing the price of his property (in keeping with the others) he had done so for the benefit of the city. A resolution was presented authorizing officials of the City of Eugene to exercise options for the cantonment and right of way prop~rtie$. Motion was made~ seconded, and approved XN~XOCXK~~xxx~~mmixx~~xMNMIxIxiNgxm~xW4 unanimously adopting the resolution. A resolution accepting an offer of aid in th~ development of the Eugene Airport throug the CAA was presented and upon motion made and seconded the resolution was unanimous y I adopted. ~t was requested that the memQer~ of the airport committee consisting of W. M. Tugman, Robert Behnke, Earl McNutt, Ray McInnis, A. C. Farrington, Louis Koppe I and the Mayor meet in the office of the City Attorney December .24 at ten o'clock a.m. for the purpose of completing this work. (Note: all options are now in the 3 hands of the ~ity Attorney) RES 0 L UTI 0 N ---------- WHEREAS, heretofore options have been obtained upon Section 6, Township 17 South of Range 4 West of the Willamette Meridian, Lane County, Oregon, for an airport site, Therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE that the City of Eugene does hereby exercise options for all of the property lying within Section 6 as proposed for a new airport for the City of ~ugene and the Mayor and the city Recorder be and they are hereby authorized and directed to sign all papers, make all arrangements and make all payments necessary to the completion of the purchase of the airport site. RES 0 L UTI 0 N I WHEREAS, as a part of the airport site purchase in Section 6, 'l'ownship 17, South of Hange 4 West of the Willamette Meridian, Lane County, Oregon, options have been procured by the City of Eugene for an area lying to the East of the airport to be used for cantonment and right of way property, Therefore, I BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE that the City of Eugene does hereby exercise options for all of the property lying within Section 5, ~ownship 17 South of Range 4 West immediately East of Section 6 as proposed for a new airport, for the ~ity of ~ugene and the Mayor and the City Recorder be and they are hereby authorized and directed to sign all papers, make all arrangements and make all payments necessary to the completion of the purchase of the cantonment site immediately agjacent to the airport site. ~