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<br />MR. FRANK KINNEY REQUESTED PERMISSION TO CONNECT TO THE CITY SEWERS IN THE SOUTH
<br />AMAZON AREA. HE STATED THAT HE PLANNED TO INSTALL SANITARY SEWERS IN THAT AREA FROM THE
<br />CITY LIMITS ON SOUTH 30TH AVENUE ALONG THE AMAZON AREA AS FAR SOUTH AS DILLARD ROAD AND
<br />THAT HE DESIRED TO CONNECT THESE SANITARY SEWERS TO THE TRUNK LINE SEWER OF THE CITY OF
<br />EUGENE RUNNING ADJACENT TO THIS AREA. HE REQUESTED PERMISSION TO CONNECT ON TO THE CITY
<br />SEWERS AND STATED THAT HE WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY A FAIR SEWER CHARGE, EITHER METERED OR
<br />FLAT RATE FOR EACH HOUSE CONNECTION. THE COMMITTEE FELT THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO SET
<br />UP ADEQUATE SEWER CHARGES FOR SEWERS OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS AND SUGGESTED THAT IF SEWERS
<br />ARE INSTALLED IN THIS AREA AS FAR SOUTH AS DILLARD ROAO THAT MORE CONSIDERATION MIGHT BE
<br />GIVEN AS TO ANNEXATION OF THIS AREA."
<br />
<br />IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT THE REPORT BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />REPORTS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
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<br />A REPORT OF A MEETING HELD AT WASHINGTON PARK RECREATION CENTER - RE:
<br />SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
<br />
<br />SOFTBALL WAS
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<br />"A MEETING WAS HELD AT THE WASHINGTON PARK RECREATION CENTER ON MARCH 8, 1950, 7:30
<br />P.M. FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING THE USE OF WASHINGTON PARK FOR NIGHT SOFTBALL DURING
<br />THE 1950 SOFTBALL SEASON. THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE ATTENDED:
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<br />MR. OREN L. KING, CITY MANAGER; W. RILEY MATSLER, SUPT. PARKS & RECREATION; MAX BURRIS,
<br />1818 WASHINGTON; PAULINE BURRIS, 1818 WASHINGTON; C. A. SUTLER, 1975 LAWRENCE; MRS. FRED
<br />COLLINS, 1991 LAWRENCE; FRED COLLINS, 1991 LAWRENCE; MRS. W. L. WATERMAN, 1957 LAWRENCE;
<br />ROBERT T. REED, 1945 LAWRENCE; H. RAY STETLER, 2042 WASHINGTON; A. R. MAJOR, 2092 WASHINGTON;
<br />C. E. HOFSTEATER, 2108 WASHINGTON; MRS. A. C. POWERS, 339 W. 22ND; A. C. POWERS, 339 W.
<br />22ND; L. G. SMITH, 1873 WASHINGTON; H. E. SMITH, 1873 WASHINGTON; S. F. PATTERSON, 455 W.
<br />19TH AVENUE; BETTY HOLEMAN, 1863 WASHINGTON; D. A. LANSING, 1980 WASHINGTON; FLORENCE
<br />LONBERG, 1980 WASHINGTON; MRS. J. B. JONES, 1900 WASHINGTON; H. W. RAHLKE, 1841 WASHINGTON;
<br />TED C. JONES, 1852 WASHINGTON; F. H. COEN, 1858 WASHINGTON; CHARLES E. STEELEY, 1842
<br />WASHINGTON; E. S. BEGG, 2064 WASHINGTON; PAUL Z. REID, 390 W. 19TH AVENUE; JACK EDWARDS,
<br />1992 WASHINGTON.
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<br />THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY MR. W. RILEY MATSLER WHO INTRODUCED MR. QREN L. KING.
<br />MR. KING DISCUSSED THE PAST HISTORY OF SOFTBALL AND THE EFFORTS OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO
<br />SOLVE OUR PROBLEM. HE STATED THAT AFTER THE JOINT MEETING HELD LAST FALL WITH THE RESIDENTS
<br />OF THE WASHINGTON PARK AREA, THE HEALTH AND RECREATION COMMITTEE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE
<br />BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE EUGENE RECREATION COMMISSION AND OTHERS, IT WAS DECIDED THAT
<br />NIGHT SOFTBALL WOULD NO LONGER BE PLAYED AT WASHINGTON PARK AND THE LIGHTS AND FENCE WOULD
<br />BE REMOVED.
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<br />THE BUREAU OF PARKS AND PUBLIC RECREATION PRESENTED PLANS AT THIS MEETING RECOMMENDING
<br />THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA SOUTH OF THE PROPOSED EUGENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR USE FOR NIGHT
<br />SOFTBALL. MR. KING SJATED THAT DUE TO THE ENORMOUS COSTS INVOLVED AND LACK OF TIME, IT
<br />WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO DEVELOP THIS FIELD FOR PLAY DURING THE SUMMER OF 1950 AND THAT W.
<br />RILEY MATSLER, SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS, HAD ASKED SCHOOL DISTRICT #4 TO USE THE CIVIC
<br />STADIUM FOR THE SUMMER OF 1950, WHICH REQUEST THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GRANTED. THESE PLANS
<br />AND ARRANGEMENTS WERE DISCUSSED BY THE HEALTH AND RECREATION COMMITTEE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
<br />AND WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE FOR COUNCIL ADOPTION.
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<br />AT THE FEBRUARY 27TH MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE UP FOR
<br />COUNCIL APPROVAL. AT THIS COUNCIL MEETING THE RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE AREA
<br />PROTESTED THE USE OF THE CIVIC STADIUM FOR SOFTBALL. As A COUNTER PROPOSAL, MEMBERS OF
<br />THE EUGENE SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION SUGGESTED THAT SOFTBALL BE PLAYED AT BOTH THE CIVIC
<br />STADI~M AND WASHINGTON PARK THEREBY CUTTING DOWN THE NUMBER OF GAMES AT EACH PARK AND THE
<br />LATE HOUR PLAY OR USE OF LIGHTS. IT WAS POINTED OUT BY MR. KING THAT THIS PROPOSAL WAS
<br />ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL WITH THE FEELING, FOR THE PRESENT, THAT THIS WAS A JUST AND FAIR
<br />DECISION AND AN ATTEMPT TO ELIMINATE LATE GAMES IN EITHER AREA.
<br />
<br />RESIDENTS OF THE AREA BROUGHT OUT THE FOLLOWING OBJECTION TO THE USE OF WASHINGTON
<br />PARK AS FOLLOWS:
<br />
<br />I. PARKING OF CARS IN DRIVEWAYS, PARKING AND 80TH SIDES OF THE STREET MADE IT
<br />DIFFICULT FOR RESIDENTS TO FIND PARKING OR TO GET INTO DRIVEWAYS. PARKING ALSO
<br />CREATED A FIRE HAZARD.
<br />2. DRAGGING OF THE FIELD RAISEDDUST WHICH BLEW INTO HOMES, MAKING CLEANING VERY
<br />DIFFICULT.
<br />3. BOTTLES AND DEBRIS WAS THROWN FROM PARKED CARS, LITTERING PARKING AND LAWN ON
<br />ADJOINING PROPERTY.
<br />4. THE PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM WAS TOO LOUD AND VERY OBJECTIONABLE.
<br />5. DUE TO USE OF T~E PARK FOR NIGHT SOFTBALL, PROPERTY OWNERS COULD NOT SELL
<br />THEIR PROPERTY.
<br />6. THE GROUP ALSO OBJECTED TO THE USE OF WASHINGTON STREET AS A SPEED-WAY BY
<br />PEOPLE LEAVING THE PARK AREA.
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<br />MR. MATSLER AND MR. KING OUTLINED THE PROPOSED LONG-RANGE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR
<br />THE SOUTH AMAZON AREA BUT POINTED OUT THAT IT WOULD TAKE LARGE SUMS OF MONEY AND TIME TO
<br />D'E VEL 0 P T HIS ARE A AND M 0 VEL I G H T SAN D THE FEN C E FRO M \'1 ASH I N G TON PAR K .
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