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<br />rtU2, <br /> <br />l <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />, REVEREND TAYLOR BROUGHT. OUT THAT HE LIVES OUT WEST 11TH WITH HIS PEOPLE, BECAUSE THAT IS <br /> <br />THE ONLY PLAC~ PROV1DED FOR HIS FOLKS. <br />HE SAID THAT WHEN THE WATER GOES DOWN <br />THERE,WILL BE DISEASES AND EPIDEMICS. <br /> <br />THEY HAVE A ,CHURCH THERE. WATER <br />THE ODOR, IS UNBEARABLE' AND THAT IF <br />HE HOPES THIS WILL COME TO A VOTE <br /> <br />IS NOT FIT TO DRINK. <br />&6METHING IS NOT DONE <br />Or T HE PEOPLE. <br /> <br />UPON REQUEST MR. KING EXPLAINED THE AMAZON PROJECT AS IT NOW STANDS. MAYOR JOHN~ON CALLED <br />THE ARMY ENGINEERS AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL GO OuT OF PORTLAND ABOUT THE FIRST OF MARCH. <br />I~ GOES TO THE DIVISION ENGINEER, THEN TO THE RIVERS AND HARBORS AND THEN BACK TO THE GONERNOR. <br />A FAVORABLE REPORT WAS GIVEN BY THE COLONEL WHO HELD A HEARING HERE SOME MONTHS AGO. THE CITY <br />OF EUGE'NE' WILL F'OL:LOW' THIS' PROJECT VERY CLOSELY. <br /> <br />MRS. BEN CONGER ASKED WHO PLACED OUR COLORED FRIENDS OUT IN THE MUD FLATS, A QUESTION <br />WHICH COULD NOT BE ANSWE~ED~ <br /> <br />! : THERE WAS THEN, A D'ISCUSSION ABOUT BAILEY HILL SCHOOL HAVING A CHANGE TO WORK WITH BETHEL, <br />BUT RATHER THEY WENT TO SCHOOL DISTRIC1 14. <br /> <br />MRS. CnNGER SAID SHE THOUGHT THE COLORED PEOPLE' WERE OUT THERE AGAINST THEIR WISHES~ SHE <br />WA~TED THEM TO KNOW,THAT SHE LIVES WI~HIN THE CITY liMITS AND THEY HAD TO PUT IN THEIR OWN <br />WATER AND SEWAGE. <br /> <br />~AY?R JOHNSON EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE INTEREST OF ALL THE PEOPLE PRESENT THAT HAS <br />BEEN SHO~N~08_THIS ISSUE, ANti CALLED THE HEARING TO A CLOSE. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />A STATEMENT WAS MADE BY CRUMBAKER, CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE" THAT IT WOULD <br />BE WELL FOR THE COUNCIL TO STUDY THE PROPOSAL OF ANNEXATION MORE THOROUGHLY. HE STATED THAT <br />IT WAS HIS FEELING TMAT ACTION SHOULD BE DEFERRED AT LEAST UNTIL NEXT COUNCIL MEET1NG. <br /> <br />AFTER A STATEMENT BY HAIVN'.WHO TOOK THE"POSITION THAT.BETHEL WOULD NOT INCORPORATE AND <br />THAT THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION WOULD BE DISASTROUS TO THE TAXING DISTRICTS INVOLVED, IT WAS <br />M9VED BY HAWN, SEC'ONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE PETI TI ON TO ANNEX BE REJECTED. ROLLCALL VOTE. <br />HAWN, DAVIS, W~~LS, BOOTH AND SMITH VOTING AYE. , CRUMBAKER VOTING NO. MOTION CARRIED. <br /> <br />UPON MOTI9N DULY MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIED, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED. <br /> <br /> <br />OREN L. KING~ <br />CITY MANAGE R. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />