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~ 48t) ~.') THE MEETING WAS PRES IDEO OVER BY MAYOR Jo HN SON WHO TURNED THE FIRST PART 0 F THE MEETING OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER TO EXPLAIN THE PU RPO SE OF THE MEETING. MR. KING EXPLAINED THAT THE I MEETING WAS REQUESTED BY THE RECREAT ION COMMITTEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING THE COOPERA- TIVE DEVEL OPMEN T ,OF RECREATION A RE AS WITHIN THE CITY AND PARTICULARLY THE AMAZON A RE A. HE CALLED ON MR. MATSLER, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE BUREAU OF PARKS AND RECREATION TO OUTLINE HIS THINKING ON THE SUBJECT AND THAT OF THE RECREATION COMMITTEE. ~ W MR. MATSLER STATED THE NEED fOR COORDINATED DEVELOPMENT OF RECREATION AREAS WI TH THE :.~ SCHOOL DISTRICT AND FELT IT I MPO RT AN T THAT EVERY EFFO RT BE MADE TO AVO I 0 DUPLICATION OF ' , FACILITIES AND MISPLACEMENT OFFACILITIES. HE CITED THE CASE OF THE LIGHTED BALL FIELD AT WASHINGTON PARK 'AS A CASE OF MISPLACEMENT OF FACILITIES. HE URGE 0 IMMEDIA TE INVESTIGATION I AND STUDY OF THE AMAZON AREA BY A JO INT CO MM I TTEE TO WORK OUT A PROPE RL Y PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AND TO STUDY AND PLAN OUT DEVELOPMEN T OF OTHER AREAS. HE CALLED ON MR. BUFORD OF THE CENTRAL LANE COUNTY PLANNING COMM ISS ION TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF THE AMAZON AREA llND TO COMMENT ON THE GENERAL SUBJECT. MR. HINES, SUPERINTENDENT OF S C HO 0 L DISTRICT NO. 4, GAVE THE GENE RAL PLAN OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTH EN 0 Of THE AREA TO INCLUDE THE PLACEMENT OF THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL AN 0 THE CAMPUS AREA. HE STATED THAT A SPECifiC PLAN HAD NOT BEEN PREPA RED FOR THE BALANCE OF THE AREA EXCLUSIVE OF THE HI GH SCHOOL AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SITES. MR. WILLIAM TUGMAN, MANAGING EDITOR OF THE EUGENE REG I STER-GUARD SPEAKING FOR THE CENTURY fUND, OUTLINED THE PURPOSE OFT HE CENTURY fUND AND THE HISTORY OF THE ACQUISITION OF THE LAND IN THE AMAZON AREA NOW OWNED BY PUBLIC AGENCIES. MR. BOOTH, CITY COUNCILMAN, VENTURED THE COUNCIL'S ATTITUDE TO BE ONE OF COMPLETE COO P- ERATION ON PROGRAMS TO SERVE THE RECREATION NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE TO BEST ADVANTAGE. HE STATED THAT HE FELT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT A PLAN FOR THE WHOLE AMA ZO N AREA BE WORKED OUT AND APPROVED BY ALL AGENCIES AND I N D I V I DU A L S CONCERNED SO THAT NEEDED INSTALLATIONS COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH SURETY THAT THEY WERE PROPERLY LOCATED WITH RESPECT TO ALL INTERESTS. ANNE SMITH, PRESIDENT OF THE EUGENE RECREATION COMMISSION, COMMENTED ON THE SUBJECT AND SUBSTANTIATED STATEMENTS MADE BY MESSRS. BOOTH AND MATSLER. SHE INDICATED THAT THE IMMEDIATE NEED WAS FOR SOUND, PRACTICAL PLANNING TO BE FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH EXECUTION OF PARTS OF THE PLAN THA T COULD BE DEVELOPED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.. I MRS. SMITH MOVED WI TH A SECOND BY MR. MIKESELL, THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION BE REQUESTED TO PREPARE, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AN UP-TO-DATE OWNERSHIP MAP Of" THE AREA AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY Bu RE AU OF PARKS AND RECREATION, THE CI TV (;OUNCIL, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE EUGENE RECREATION COMMISSION, THE S C HO 0 L DISTRICT, AND THE CENTU RY fUND BE DESIGNATED BY THOSE RESPECTIVE BD.DIES TO SERVE ON A JOINT COMMITTEE TO USE THIS INFORMATION TO PREPARE AN OVER-ALL PLAN .FOR DEVELOPMEN T OF THE ENTIRE AMAZON A RE A. MOTION CARRIED. MAYOR JOHNSON APPOINTED MR. BOOTH TO REPRESENT THE C I T Y COUNCIL ON THE COMMITTEE. MR. MATSLER INDICATED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED A REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE D I RECTOR OF THE PARK BUREAU 0 F PORTLAND WITH RESPECT TO THE UTILIZATION OF THE LAURELWOOD GOLF COURSE AS A MUNICIPAL ACTIVITY. HE READ THE REPORT WHICH RECOMMENDED THAT IT NOT BE UNDERTAKEN AS A PRO JE C T FOR MUNICipaL MANAGEMENT UNLESS UPON A LEASE BASIS. HE STATED MISS HURST HAD INDICATED THEY WOULD NOT BE INTERESTED IN LEASING SO IT WAS THE CON CENSUS OF OPINION THAT NOTHING BE DONE AT THIS TIME RELATIVE TO THE CITY'S ACQUISITION OF LAURELWOOD GOLF COU RSE. n IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE REPORT BE ACCEPTED. MOTION CARRIED. 7 A REPORT Of" THE PUBL I C WORKS AND Pu BL I C SAFETY COMMITTEES - RE: VARIOUS MATTERS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "A MEETING OF THE Pu BLI C WORKS AND Pu BL I C SAFET Y COMMITTEES WAS HELD SEPTEMBER 7, 1949. PRESENT WE RE : MAYOR Jo HNSON, COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER, DAVIS, GODLOVE, SMITH, ALLEN, AND BOOTH; C I T Y M AN A GE R , CITY AT TORN E Y , CITY ENGINEER, CHI EF OF POLICE, AN 0 MR. RALPH BEARDSWORTH. I THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS WAS THAT OF REPORT FROM MR. BEARDSWORTH ON THE ESTIMATES AND PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF THE JAIL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT AT THE CI TV MA INTENANCE SHOP AND THE MOVING OF THE CITY MAINTENANCE SHOP TO THE LOCATION AT 3RD AND LINCOLN. fiGURES AND ESTIMATES AS SHOWN BY MR. BEARDSWORTH TOTAL $175,000 APPROXIMATELY, OF WHICH 825,000 WAS FOR THE MOVING OF THE CITY MAINTENANCE DEPARTMEN T TO THE NEW LOCATION, AND $150,000 FOR THE REMODELING OF THE CITY BARNS 'NTO A Il.AW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT. HE EXPLAINED THAT THIS WAS A VERY COMPLETE AND PROBABL Y RATHER ELABORATE PLAN FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND JAIL BUT, THAT IN HIS OPINION AND THAT OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS WITH WHOM HE HAD BEEN WORKING, ESPECIALLY AFTER INVESTIGATION OF THE FACILITIES AT BERKELE Y, THAT I THIS WAS ONL Y WHAT WOULD PROBABL Y BE NEEDED IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR THE lAW ENf"ORCEMENT DEPARTMENT OF EUGENE. THE RE WAS CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION RELATIVE TO THE FINANCING OF SUCH A PRO JECT INASMUCH AS THE CITY HAS ONLY 875,000 APPROXIMATELY ON HAND FOR JAIL CONSTRUCTION .~