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506 ~ .", -~ -- --.- :;. --" -' - _._'~.". ~." .;,,-- -- ,"., -- -.. .- - -- -- _...... ... -- . ...-- _ _ _b_ ..-.. . - - "'7_ .......-- - .- .- "--- ~- -- NOTICE OF SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING . " <I"'..... I ~t To the members of the Common Council of the City of Eugene: 0 ,.......... '-" NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on this 18th day of June, 1941 the Mayor of Eugene hereby calls a mee~ing to be held at 7:30 o'clock P.M. in the Council Chambers of the City of Eugene for the following reason: For ~he purpose of discussing the Cantonment and Defense. Also, such other business as may come up. I Eugene, Oregon /s/ ELISHA LARGE June 18, 1941 Elisha Large, Mayor- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Council Chambers, Eugene, Oregon June 18, 1941 The council met in special meeting pursuant to the call of Mayor Elisha Large. All councilmen were present with the exception of A. L. Hawn and John 1 Pennington. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Large, who explained that .the meeting had been called regarding the proposed Cantonment. Colonel Waller of the National Defense Council and ClarenceE. Lombard, Treasurer of the organization were present. The Mayor called upon Colonel Waller, who explained that the work on the Cantonment and the defense situation had become so heavy that the committee were unable,Lto handle it alone and help had to be employed.. In addition to the office and office help they had hired Howard Merriam who had been compelled to go to San Francisco twice tn connection with the work. All this had proved to be a vast amount of detail work and expense. He said the Committees had worked out a budget amounting to $12,500.00, that seemed to be necessary to carryon the work properly. They had set the amount for Lane County at $2,500.00; the Eugene Water Board at $2,500.00; the City of Eugene at $1,500.00; and the balance they expected to get by subscription from the business people iO Eugene. Colonel' I Waller stated that about the only way they could get at the taxpayers, other than the business men of Eugene, wa"s through subscriptions from Lane COl.lnty, the City and the Water Beard'. 'Lane County had already contributed $1,000.00 and had promis d more. They had talked to members of the Water Board who seemed to favor .the subscriptions, but Mr. McArthur was out of town and a Board meeting'had not been called. Colonel Waller said theYcwereeasking the City for $1,500.00 at this time, since they had received a ~etter from Govenor Sprague explaining there was no money available from the State, and that all exPense would have to be met locally. At thiS time, Mr. Lombard explained that all bills were passed on by the Finance . Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and the Defense Committee. Howard Merriam was also present and explained at lenght regarding the Cantonment site known as th Crow Site and also the ~oburg Site. He pointed out on the map the locatmonof these two sites and explained that the Xings Valley Site, North of Corvallis, had become quite prominent within the last twenty-four hours. He stated that any site would require about 60,000 acres and if Eugene was fortunate enough to secure the Cantonmei1t,:,JthereiJWould be approximately $22,000,000.00 spent for land, construction of buildings, roadways, and other necessary improvements. Most.of the Coburg Site would be in Linn County but practically all of the buildings would be located in ~ane County. The merits of the two Eugene sites were discusse " by the council and many questions were asked Mr. Mer.riam. He explained there was nothing definite about the situation at this time but that news might break any time overnight while on the other hand it mig~t be many weeks before anything definite was known. It was stated that so far the committee had not been trying to promote any site but was only trying to get in shape to handle the situation I should anything definite be decided. ' Councilman Bond stated that for any other reasOn than National Defense he would not be in favor of making any contribution but that the National Emergency was upo'n us whether we liked it o'r not and that these things would have to be worked out. Mayor Large explained .that there was a law that allowed Cities and Counties to make contributions out of the general fund whether it had been budgeted or not. A motio'n was made by Bond and seconded by Brownson that the National Affairs Committee be granted the sum of $1,:000.00. This amount to be taken out of the EmergencyFund~ 'The roll was called with all 2 Councilmen present voting aye: absent Hawn and Pennington. I Upon motion the meeting was adjourned. ~ ields, Recorder Pro-Tem ~