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~41Q ---.-~- - ---.~ - ~~ ~ -'---.' -'-- ~ - ---- I-c .. ..- MR. LINDSTROM STATED THAT WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS RE~OLUTION ~~-T~t CITY COUNCIL, T~AT THE UNIVERSITY WOULD DESIRE TO EXECUTE A (ONG TER~ LEASE ~ITH tHE CIT~ OF EUGENE, PAYING ANNUAL RENTALS IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,150 PER YEAR TO.THE CITY AND THAT THE LEASE COULD BE CANCELLED UPON EITHER THE CITY OR THE UNIVERSITYGIV~N~ 6NE YEAR'S THAT THE UNIVERSITY WdULD PAY FOR ALL THE UP-KEip O~ i~E BtiiLDfNGS . . '." . .' . NOTICE, IN'ADDITION TO THE ABOVE ANNUAL RENTAL FEE, THAT THE UNI VERSI TY WOULD 'OPERATEAND ust' THE' LAND ONLY FOR A HOUSING PROJECT FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND STA~F AND.~OULD'~Ot s~BiET THE PROPERTY.TO ANYONE EXCEPT STUDENTS AND STAFF UNLESS PRIOR APPROVAL I'N WR I T I NG'WERE OBTAINED FROM THE CITY OF EUGENE. THE UNIVERSITY WOULD KEEP THEA~EAiN ~-NiAi CONDITION, MOWING THE LAWNS AND KEEPIN~':lHE 'BUILDINGS IN A GOOD STATE OP'RE~AIR AT THE EXPENSE OF THE UNIVERSITY AND THAT THE BUILDINGS WOULD REVERT TO THE CITY OF EUGE~E AT THE EXPIRATION OF~HE LEASE BETWEEN ~HE CITY AND THE UNIVERSIT~i ... " . .1 IT WAS NOTED THAT THE U~IVERSITY HAD RECEIVED SIM1LAR DOCUMENTS AS.THE' CITY OF EUGENE WHEREIN THE UNIVERSITY-WOULD BECOME THE OWNER OF THE BUILDINGS OF THIS'HOUSING PROJECT. IN REVIEWING THE STATUS OF THE SKINNERS" BUTTE PROJECT, IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY A C.C.C. PROJECT, THEN REVERTING TO AN N.Y.A. PROJECT AND THAT I~ NOVEMBER OF.1943 IT WAS LEASED TO THE.ARMY BY THE CITY'AND SAID LEASE WAS TERMINATED BY THE ARMY'UNDER DATE OF MAY, 1945. ,UNDER DATE OF NOVEMBER I , 1945, THE UNIVERSITY OF'OREGON HAS A LEASE W'ITH F.P..H.A. UNDER WHICH THEY ARE STILL OPERATING WHEREIN THEY ARE LEASING THESE BUILDINGS DIRECT FROM THE PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. .. IT- WAS;THE OPINION OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WHO WERE 'ON THE COUNCIL:DURING I I THE YEAR 1945 THAT A LEASE OR AN AGREEMENT WAS AT THAT TIME DRAWN UP BETWEEN THE CITY'OF EUGENE AND F.P.H.A. WHEREIN F.P.H.A. AGREED TO REMODEL THE'EXISTING BUILDINGS OW~EDBY THE CITY OF EUGENE 'iNTO 40 ~6USING UNITS AND THAT THESE BUILDINGS HAVE~BEEN AND ARE NOW THE PROPERTY OF THE CITY OF EUGENE. THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY RECORDER STATED THAT NO AGREEMENT COULD BE FOUND BETWEEN THE CITY AND F.P.H.A. BUT THAT THEY , - IN THE FILES AND MINUTES' IN AN ENDEAVOR TO ESTABLISH MORE WOULD SEARCH FURTHER DEFINITELY THE STATUS OF THE OWNER~HIP OF THESE BUILDINGS. THE,COMMITTEE SEEMED IN AGREEMENT RELATIVE TO LEASING THESE BUILDINGS TO THE UNIVERSITY FOR UNIVERSITY HOUSING, BUT IT WAS THE CONSENSUS OF OPINION THAT EVERY EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE TO DETERMINE THE 'EXACT STATUS OF THE OWNERSHIP AND ~HAT SAID OWNERSHIP SHOULD BE IN THE HANDS OF THE CITY ALONG WITH THAT OF THE GROUND AND THEN THE CITY WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO LEASE THE ENTIRE INSTALLATION TO THE UNIVERSITY. WITH RELATION TO BOTH OF THE ABOVE PROJECTS, IT WAS EXPRESSED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE CITY DID NOT DESIRE TO GET INTO THE HOUSING BUSINESS, HOWEVER, IT' WAS ALSO a'ROUGHT OUT'THAT DETERMI'NATlON 'OF OWNERSHIP SHOULD BE 'VERY 'DE'FI'NIlE AND THAT' THE tl TY WOULD HAVE BETTER CONTROL' OVER BOTH PROJECTS IF IT ACTUALLY OWNED THE BUi2DINGS'AS WELL AS THE GROUND. IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT THE BUILDINGS IN THE AIRPORT , , IN A VERY GOOD'CONDITlON AND THAT THE CITY MIGHT BE 'TAKING' ON HOMES PROJECT WERE NOT A LIABILITY IF THEY ACCEPTED THIS' PROJECT. ~ ' " ..' .. , t.. ~THE MEETING ADJOURNED UNTIL FRIDAY' NOON IN THE .ORIENTAL ROOM,,'AT..THE .OSBURN HOTEL AT WHICH TIME THE CITY MANAGER STATED MORE INFORMATION WOULD BE AVAILABLE RELATIVE TO BOTH OF THE ABOVE PROJECTS. " . ."A JO I NT MEET I NG OF THE FINANCE AND; JUDICIARY COMMITTEES WAS HELD ON DECEMBER 22, 1950 WITH THE FOLLOWING PRESENT: COUNCILMEN HAWN, CRUMBAKER, WELLS, SMITH; COUNCILMEN- I ELECT KOPPE AND SIEGENTHALER; CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY'RECORDER. THE SUBJECT REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE AND JUDICIARY COMMITTEES'PERTAINING TO MAKING APRLICATION TO THE PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINIS- TRAT~ON PRIO~ TO DECEMBER 31, 1950 FOR ,TRANSFER OF HOUSING PROJECTS ORE~35316 AND ORE- 3531 I , SKIN~ER'S BUTTE AND AIRPORT HOMES PROJECTS RESPECTiVELY, WAS CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS MEETING MONDAY DECEMBER 18, 1950. . DURING THE DISCUSSION THE LEASES BETWEEN THE CITY OF EUGENE AND THE FEDERAL PUBLIC Hous I NG' ADM I N I STRA T ION ON THESE PROJEC is' WERE RE'V I EWED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND A WRITTEN OPINION ON THE STATUS OF THESE LEASES AND THE POSITION OF THE CITY WAS PROVIDED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND IS SUBMITTED WITH THIS REPORT. THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE BY THESE COMMITTEES WITH RESPECT TO THESE PROJECTS: I . THAT THE CITY OF EUGENE REQUEST THE TRANSFER OF PROJECT ORE~3531 I (AIRPORT HOMES) TO THE CITY OF EUGENE BY THE PASSAGE. OF THE FORM RESOLUTION AND SUBMITTING IT TO THE PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION PRIOR TO DECEMBER 31, 1950. 2. THAT THE CITY OF EUGENE REQUEST THE TRANSFER OF PROJECT ORE-35316 (SKINNER'S BUTTE HOUSING) TO THE CITY OF EUGENE BY PASSAGE OF THE FORM RESOLUTION AND SUBMITTING IT TO THE PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION PRIOR TO DECEMBER 31, 1950. I 3. ~THAT .THE CITY OF EUGENE MAKE APPLICATlbN BY LETTER TO MR. M. C. REDMON; SEATTLE FIELD OFFICE-DIRECTOR, LYON BUILDING"SEATTLE, OUTLINING THE SPECIA~ SITUATION WITH RESPECT TO THE LEASE ON ORE-35316 (SKINNER'S BUTTE HOUSING) AND REQUESTING ~EPARATE I CONSIDERATION OF THIS PROJECT FOR TRANSFER TO THE CITY OF EUGENE FOR,'LEASE,BV, THE CITY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. ~