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<br /> THERE'WAS NO OBJECTIO~ TO ERECTING THE STEEL B RID GE ACROSS THE MILLRACE AS 'I T IS PROBABLE [:
<br /> THAT THIS WILL BE NEEDED IN THE fUTURE PARK DEVELOPMENT Of THIS AREA, BUT THE CONSTRUCTION Of ~, I
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<br /> "~-. 1- ANY CONCRETE RETAINING WALLS WOULD ONL Y SET A PRECEDENT WHICH WOULD BE VERY DlffICU~T TO COPE
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<br /> "",. ~ PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION WAS RECALLED WHICH AUTHORIZED THE RESTORATION OF WATER IN THE
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<br /> MILLRACE WitH THE 'UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO DEFEND THIS ACTION If NECESSARY, I.
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<br /> IN THE COURTS, WITH THE SUPPORT, BOTH FINANCIALLY AND OTHERWfSE, OF THE MILLRACE 'ASSOCIATION. .
<br /> IT WAS BROU:(lHT OUT THAT PERHAPS THE PROPER WAY TO PROCEED WAS TO TURN THE WATER fN TO THE
<br /> MILLRACE . ALONG THE MILLRACE, !j
<br /> AND IF ANY ACTION -IS TAKEN, LET IT BE TAKEN BY THE MAN Y OWNERS
<br /> WH I CH WOULD' PUT THE C I T Y IN THE POSITION Of THE DEfENDANT RATHER THAN THE PLAINTifF AND WAS I,
<br /> BROUGHT OUT'THAT THIS WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS If AN Y FUTuRE SUITs WERE BROUGHT ON. If NE CESSARY, :
<br /> THEN fT WAS"AGREED THAT WATER BE TURN'ED I NTO THE MILLRACE WITHOUT CLEANING OUT THAT PROPERTY
<br /> BELONGING TO THE BALZHISER PROPERTY AND RUN THE WATER THROUGH AND OVER PRESENT OBSTRUCTING
<br /> DAM WHICH MR. 'BALZHISER HAS CONSTRUCTED ACROSS THE MILLRACE ON HIS PROPERTY. Ii
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<br /> THE TIME ELEMENT WAS "
<br /> DISCUSSED, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT fACTOR AS BiOS ARE TO BE OPENED ,
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<br /> ON THE CONVERSION 'DAM ON AUGUST 4TH FOR COUNCIL ACTION AUGUST 8TH. I:
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<br /> fUTURE PLANS RELATIVE TO A COMBINATION JUVENILE DETENTION HOME AND PARK, UTILIZING BOTH i
<br /> BALZHISER AND MARTIN TRACTS WERE DISCUSSED BY MR. SHERMAN, JUVENILE Offl'CER AND MR. TUGMAN, ~;
<br /> AND IT WAS DECIDED TO WITHHOLD fUTURE ACTION OR NEGOTIATIONS WITH MR. BALZHISER UNTIL THE
<br /> COUNTY COMMITTEE HANDL I NG THE LOCATION Of THE ABOVE DETENTION HOME HAD A CHANCE TO DECIDE
<br /> UPON THEIR LOCATION AND POSSIBLY TO NEGOTIATE WI TH MR. BALZHISER, RELATIVE TO AN OPTION TO Ii
<br /> BUY THE ENTIRE TRACT, OR PAr~T Of IT, WHI CH IN ANY EVENT WOULD SOLVE 'THE QU EST ION RELATIVE TO
<br /> - REPLACING WATER TO THE MILLRACE THROUGH THE BALZHISER TRACT.
<br /> THE u CI TY MANAGER I:
<br /> MEETING ADJOURNED WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO THE TO PROCEED WITH THE CLEANING
<br /> , OUT OF THE MILLRACE 'AND THE GENERAL PLANS AS OuTLINED AT PRESENT AND THAT THE EARL Y PA RT OF
<br /> NEXT WEEK AND NOT LATER THAN AUGUST SECOND, A REPORT WOULD BE fORTHCOMING ON THE POSSIBLE
<br /> NEGOTIATIONS Of THE COUNTY COMMITTEE RELATIVE TO THE PURCHASE OF THE BALZHISER TRACT. Q
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<br /> A REPORT OF'THE 'MEETING OF THE AIRPORT AT ~IRPARK WITH STANDARD OIL "
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<br /> COMPAN Y WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
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<br /> "A MEETrNG Of AIRPORT COMMITTEE HELD AUGUST 3, I 949 AT PRESENT j, I
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<br /> WERE ROBERT ~OOTH, C~AIRMAN; COUNCILMAN ALLEN, CITY MANAGER KING, CITY RECORDER BEISTEL, AND 1.
<br /> AIRPORT MANAGE~ SNYDER.
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<br /> A VERBAL REQUEST FROM THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY WHO NOW HOLDS A LEASE' AT THE EUGENE
<br /> AI~PARK WHI'dH WILL EXPIRE THE 30TH DAY OF JUNE 1950, TO ENTER INTO A NEW LEASE WITH THE CITY
<br /> fOR A FIVE-+EAR PERIOD FOR EXCLUSiVE RIGHTS TO SERVE THE AIRPARK AND THE' MAHLON SWEET AIRPORT
<br /> BOTH, WITH A FIVE YEAR RENEWAL WAS '0 I SCUSSED. IT WAS THE OPINION OF THE COMMfTTEE THAT ALL I:
<br /> WHOLESALE GASOLINE OPERATORS SHOULD BE NOTifiED IN ORDER THAT THEY MIGHT PRESENT THE I R PRO-
<br /> POSAL TO THE: C,TY fOR .AID fiVE-YEAR' LEASE.
<br /> IT WAS ALSO .RECOMMENDED THAT THE LEASE NOT BE RENEWABLE BUT FOR fiVE YEARS ONLY AT THIS
<br /> TIUE. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE PRESENT METHOD OF COLLECTING GASOLINE TAXES AT THE AIRPARK
<br /> BE CHANGED. AT PRESENT 'THE CITY IS COLLECTING ONE CENT A GA'LLON fROM THE WHOLESAL~R AND ONE-
<br /> AND ONE-HALF CENTS fROM THE EUGENE fLYING SERVICE AND GREEN'S fLYING SERVICE. IT WAS RECOM-
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<br /> MEN'DE 0 TH AT THE ONE-AND-ONE-HALf CENTS WOW COLLECTED fROM THE TWO fiXED BASE ~PERATORS BE
<br /> DISCONTINUED AND THAT THREE CEN T S A GALLON BE COLLECTED FROM THE WHOLESALER; THAT THE WHOLE-
<br /> SALER IN TURN WOULD CHARGE THIS TO' THE F'IXED BASE OPERATORS, AND THAT IT WOULD BE MUCH
<br /> EASIER fOR THE C I T Y TO COLLECT FROM THE WHOLESALER ALONE RATHER THAN DEALING WITH THE TWO'
<br /> OPERATORS AND THE WHOLESALER ALSO. IT WAS SPECIf;ICALLY RECOMMENDED THAT THIS THREE CENTS
<br /> APPL Y TO ALL GASOLINE DELIVERED TO BOTH THE AIRPARK AND THE MAHLON SWEET AIRPORT I NCLUD I NG
<br /> . AL'L PRIVATE -AND COMMERCIAL BUSINESS.
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<br /> IT WAS BROUGHT ouT BY THE CITY MANAGER THAT AT LEAST A FIVE-YEAR LEASE WAS NECESSARY "
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<br /> FOR THE TYPE Of IMP~OVEMENT PLANNED BY THE STANDARD OIL OR PROBABLY ANY OTHER OIL COMPAN Y TO I
<br /> AFfORD THE FACILITIES AT BOT H OF THESE AIRPORTS DESIRED. IN COMPL I AN CE WIT H THE ABOVE
<br /> RECOMMENDATION Of THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE, COPIES Of THE ATTACHED LETTER ARE BEING SENT TO ALL
<br /> I' CITY OF EUGENE
<br /> GASOL I NE 'DE ALE RS IN THE WITH NOTIFICATION THAT THESE SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE
<br /> OPENED AT THE AIRPORT COMMI~TEE MEETING AT NOON ON SEPTEMBER I , 1949, AT WHICH TIME THEY WILL
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<br /> MASTER PLANS fOR BOTH THE AIRPARK AND MAHLON SWEET AIRPORT WERE 01 SC'USSED AND THE CI TY
<br /> MANAGER EXPLAINED ,
<br /> THAT THE Y WE RE BEING DRAWN UP AND HE HOPED THAT WITHIN THE NEXT TWO OR ,
<br /> THREE MONTHS, WOULD BE READY FOR PRESENTATION AND THEN A fOUR OR FIVE YEAR PROGRAM COULD BE I
<br /> ESTKBLISHED 'WHEREIN WE WOULD KNOW WH I C H IMPROVEMENT TO MAKE FIRST. HIS RECOMMENDATION WAS
<br /> THAT THE PRESENT IMPROVEMENT CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 824,000.00 OF RUNWAY PAVEMENT AT THE
<br /> EUGENE AIRPARK BE DISCONTINUED THIS YEAR UNTIL THE MASTER PLAN WAS COMPLETED AND A DEFINITE
<br /> LONG-RAN GE PRO GRAM DEVELOPE D. THE COMMITTEE APPROVED THIS DELAY OF THE IMPROVEMENT AT THE
<br /> EUGENE A I Rp:ARK.
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<br /> IT WAS 'APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE TO ESTABLISH A DETOUW ON 18TH STREET FROM POLK TO I ~
<br /> CHAMBERS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION Of THE CHAMBERS STREET BRIDGE. IT WAS FELT THAT' THE OPENING
<br /> OF THIS STREET WOULD BE V E R Y BENEFICIAL TO THE ENTIRE AREA. "
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<br /> ,~ WAS MOVEO BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY CRUMBAI<ER THAT THE REPORT BE ADO PTEO. MOTION CARRIEO.
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