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<br />During. the..p past week, we haye re.ceived the,an.nual, repor.t of the Eugene
<br />PollCe. JPiepartme,nt.. This .rep,or.t,. indic,at,es" a ge.neral. ,inc.r.ease in commission of
<br />cr.ime. bu.t. also reveal,s, an.. .incr,eas.e_ of nearly 100% .ingefleral law enforcement par-
<br />ticularly in traffic control. It is indicated that the' City of Eugene will rank
<br />high, b~th.1n the State and, the Nation. in traffic ~ontrbl work for 1946. .
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<br />, Necessary engin,e,e.r,ing,work,. ,looking t.o. the.. ,c,ompletion. -of. the Amazon
<br />Trunk Sewer in 194? and preparation of plans for numerous laterial sewer improve-
<br />ment and street projects are nearing completion in the Engineering Department.
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<br />Under, ,date, of. Jan.uary.,.6th.,. we received .a..let,t,e.r. from. the Civilian
<br />'j. Production Administra,tion: of, Eor.tla.nd., -i.nd,!'c.a.ting., that, the, Ci,ty, a,t, thi,s,-"time still
<br />cannot, obtain., a,ppro}laL_for, the",c,o,nstruc.tion" of our Memorial Swimming Pool. We
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<br />'j ~~l~~-d~~w~~~'w~e~:~~~~;i:f,~.~fi~,f~~",~~~~~;o;h~~en:~~.~~ary approval by early spring
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<br />II . With. referen.ce, to, th.e. a,c,quisition ,of, the, Mill Race, the, sale
<br />has not as yet been consummated but some'work has already been done in
<br />i' with the proposed di~posal of the electric generating plant which will
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<br />'! . Work. is. sched.uled~o he..,st~r,ted in,. th.e, coming week on city:-owne~ pl~y-
<br />'1 ,gro.und., s,~..te" at. 1,9.t,h. _an.d,...Wash~ngton, w,~th"th,e.,~ns,tal,la.t,ion of necessary dra ~n t~le
<br />'11 and s,ewage, facil,i.ties~ Vari,o,us.,l,o,c,al. s,er.vi,ce.,gro,ups"h,eaded by the Eugene Lions
<br />I Club have indicated a desire to participate in a program for the development of
<br />i the, areas as.., th,e.. first. of, a" ,s.erie,sof neighb,orhood .recreation sites_."
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<br />I ;';c:~~e:~~~~,,~ra~,~~:~,~;Iie,~reconded by Davis tha t the report of the Manager be
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<br />A report from, the City Attorney re:
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<br />Mill Race purchase, was submitted
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<br />"May I, report. tha,t purs.uant to the, Git,yt sexer.cise" of the, option held by
<br />it. from Eugene Power Company-, the power-":company ha s submitt,ed Commonwealth, Inc.,
<br />pr,elimina ry title rep,ort.Your City, Atto.rneY.dhas examine,d the,: pr.eliminary report
<br />and is of the opinion.. that, except for the exceptions hereinafter stated, the
<br />title of .Eugene Power Company to its properties described in the option is mer-
<br />chantable and acceptab.le to the City:
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<br />1. The..,descrip,t,ion, of" the. tra,cts (northerly 50 fee,t) of .Lots 3,4, 5,
<br />6, ?and a. ,in" Block 34, Fairmount, is too indefinite for the title company ,to
<br />insure the ,t,itle thereto. This defect can be cured by securing correction deeds
<br />co,vering, the, pr.oper.ty.;,
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<br />2.- Theint,er,e,sts,,' of. ,Howar.d A. Hall in"..t,he East2..f.eet of the West 10 .
<br />feet of Lot 5, in Block 34 ,of Falrmount. This defect can be cured by securing
<br />8., conveyanc.e, of the .he,irs, at, law, of Howard A., Hall.., dec,eased,;,
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<br />3. An unsatisfied mortgage affecting the North 50 feet of Lots 8 and 9
<br />and 10 in Block 34 of Fairmount. This defect will be removed by the securing
<br />of a_ par.tial, r"e.lease. ,of .the"mor,tgage;.-
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<br />4. :Taxes. for, the, f,iscal. y.ear, .1,946-194? in the amount of $139.48. These
<br />taxes will be pro rated between Eugene Power Company and the City of Eugene as of
<br />t,hed,a.t,e, of,t,he., transf.er.. of., .title" t.o,.the. prop,erti,e,s..
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<br />The, .f,ore,going exce,ptions, ar.e,of. minor- .impo.rtance as,,, the property involved
<br />is a_ narr.ow, strip of land. in. th.e vicinity. of. Garden Avenue, and in fac,t 'the
<br />property involved was. not included in the option to purchase as it was not estab-
<br />lished until.a complete title search had been made that the power company held
<br />title ,to, ,the, proper,ty inv,ol:v.e,d.
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<br />The. Attorneys. f.or the power company advise" tha.t the ,parties, are intereste
<br />in, c,losing the. transaction. and offer. to enter into an. agre.emen,t, with, the City that
<br />they will, bind, themselves, to. forthwith procee,d, to remove the ..mentloned objections
<br />and as s,ecurity for this agr,eement will withhold the s,um of $1,000.00 from the '
<br />purchase price until the title has been cleared. Your City Attorney recommends
<br />that the.Ci ty en.ter. in to-,such, an",. agr,eement.,II
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<br />Upon, motion..the r.ep,Q,rt was, ord,ered recei.ved an,d_ placed, on file,.
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<br />Bills against the various City Departments for the month of December,
<br />8 1946, were submitted as follows:
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