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<br />8 AN ORAL REPORT WAS GIVEN BY THE CITY MANAGER - RE: ANNUAL REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR
<br />YEAR 1950 -,SIX MONTHS PROGRESS REPORT OF~PARKS.AND:RECREATION BUREAU,'A~D1GENERAL REeAP~TULA-
<br />TION OF 1950 MUNICIPAL ACTIVITIES. d' -~..:~.., -" "j' .,
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<br />REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
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<br />9 A'REPORl' OF THE FfNANCE COMMITTEE- RE:,:,REQUEST OF LANE COlJNTY.:FOR DE-ED FOR 292
<br />WASHINGTON STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ:AS'F00[ows:', ,,' ,I) :'::, .,':-';"11',;',,1 n:'li)/,' !,:, y,'
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<br />"A MEET I NG:OF THE F I NANCE COMB.I Tt:.E_~!:~~~_'~.~.E~.D rR.1 D.~.Y, DECEMBER 29, 1950 WITH THE
<br />FOLLOW1~G PRESENT: COUNCILMAN BOOTH, CHAIRMAN;.COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER AND SIEGENTHALER;
<br />CITY M~NAGER; CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY RECORDfR.
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<br />I. THE REQUEST OF LANE COUNTY FOR THE 'CITY'TO CON~!V A DEED FOR THE PROP&RTY LOCATED'
<br />AT 292,WASHINGTON STREET WAS REVIEWED AN6'~THE REPORT OF THE CITY ATTORNEY CO~ERING THE
<br />FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES CONCERNING THIS PROJECT WAS READ AS FOLLOWS:
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<br />'PU~SUANT TO YOlJRREQUEST THAi~r.INVESTIGATE THE FACTS SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY
<br />DESIGNATED AS 292 WASHINGTON, FOR WHICH PROPERTY LANE COUNTY HAS REQUESTED A QUIT-
<br />C~~IM DEED, YOU ARE ADVISED AS FOLLOWS:
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<br />THIS R~AL PROPERTY WAS OWNED By'L. E. AND MARTHA WALKER, WHO RECEIVED OLD-A~E
<br />ASSISTANCE FROM LANE COUNTY AND THE' PUBLIC WELFARE COMMISSION. IN 1934 A DEED WAS
<br />EXECUTED BY 'THE WALKERS TO LANE COUNTY, RESERVING HOWEVER, UNTO THEMSELVES A LIFE
<br />ESTATE. THIS DEED IS RECORDED ~~ B60K 180 AT PAGE 395, LANE COUNTY OREGON DEED
<br />RECORDS. IN 1935, LANE COUNTY FORECLOSED ITS TAX LIEN AGAINST"'THIS .PROPERTY ,f.OR',
<br />DELINQUENT TAXES AND RECEIVED A SHERIFF'S DEED" WHICH DEED IS RECORDED IN BOOK L84,
<br />PAGE 294. 'THE CITY OF EUGENE CAME INTO THE PICTURE IN 1938, AT WHICH TIME,. PURSUANT
<br />TO A FORECLOSURE TOR A MUNICIPAL LIEN; A CITY TREASURER'S DEED WAS E~ECUTED TO THE.
<br />CITY OF EUGENE, WHICH DEED IS RECORDED IN BOOK 195 AT PAGE 264: 'ACCORDrNG TO THE
<br />~ISTRICT ATTORNEY, NO NOTICE WAS GI~EN BY THE CITY THAT IT DESIRED TO PAY 'OFF THE
<br />STATE AND COUNTY TAx'ES-WHICH HAD ACCRUED AGAINST THE PROPERTY. NEITHER 'DI'D THE
<br />C0UNTY:OFFER,';f>0 PAY OFF THE CITY LIEN. HOWEVER, THE COUNTY DID CONTINUE IN POSSESSION
<br />O~ THE PROPERTY AND HAS SI,NCE THE DEATH OF THE WALKERS COLLECTED THE RENT AND DEALT
<br />WITH THE PROP'ERTY AS THEIR ,OWN.' -IT ,APPE,AHS THAT THE,COUNTY HA,D.':[,XPENDED ON' BEHALF
<br />OF THE WALKERS A~PROXIMATELY $4,000r00. ~ IT WOULC APPEAR TH~T IT TH~~CITY WERE .TO
<br />HAVE MADE A CLAIM TO THIS PROPERTY IN 1938 AND HAD PAID OFF THE LIEN OF LANE COUNTY,
<br />TH~E CITY WOULD HAVE ACQUIRED A CLEAR,TITLE. HOWEVER, NO STEPS WERE..T,AKE.N AT THAT
<br />TIME TO CUT OFF THE COUNTY R~GHTS TO THE PROPERTY. ON MAY 31, 1950, tANE ,COUNTY
<br />PAID TO THE CITY OF EUGENE, AND THE CITY OF EUGENE ACCEPTED THE SUM OF $1,213.68 IN
<br />PAYMENT OF THE IMPROVEMENT LIEN"AN~;)INTt:REST. I'N'JUNE, 1l950;,.!T'HIS P:ROPERTY WAS'
<br />APPRAISED BY C. F. HYDE, LOCAL APPRAISERS, TO BE OF THE VALUE OF $5~000.00. ON
<br />SE'PTEMBER 1'5, 1950, LANE COUNTY SO'LD:'THE' PROPERTY 'TO MR. ROY 8'tlLDWIN'FOR: $5,500.00,
<br />AN~ THE COUNTY IS NOW REQUESTI~G THE QUITCLAIM DEED FROM THE .CI~~.LNORDER TO CLEAR
<br />uP THE RECORD TI TLE, SO THAT TI TLE IN'SURANCE MAY BE I SSUEDON Ti.tE,PROPERt'Y. IT
<br />WOULD APPEAR THAT IF TIMELY APPLICATION AND PAYMENT IN 1938 HAD BEEN MADE BY THE
<br />CITY, WE COULD HAVE ACQUIRED TIT-LE F,OR THE CITY;~1eUE IN VIEW OF' THE FACTS HEREIN SET
<br />FORTH, IT IS MY OPINION THAT THE CITY COULD NOT NOW SUCCESSIVELY ESTABLISH ITS CLAIM
<br />Te ANy',;'ii'TLE IN THI'S REAL PROPERTy.I"II)- .
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<br />THIS PROPERTY WAS DEEDED TO THE COUNTY IN 1934 AND HAS BEEN IN THEIR POSSESSION
<br />EVER SINCE, AND ALSO, THE CITY EXECUTED A TREASURER'S DEED IN 1938 COVERING THE ASSESS-
<br />MENT FOR THE PAVI~G OF WASHINGTON STREET IN THE AMOUNT OF $414.01. IT WAS THE OPINION OF
<br />THE COMMITTEE THAT THE COUNTY'ACTUALLY H~D PRIORITY CLAIM FOR THE TITLE OF THIS PROPERTY.
<br />IT WAS THE UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE CITY ACCEPT THE $1,213.68
<br />~AID ~Y THE CdUNTY WHICH IN~LUDED THE ORIGINAL ASSESSMENT OF $414.01 PLUS $799.67 INTEREST
<br />AND THAT A DEED BE EXECUTED IN FAVOR OF LANE COUNTY.
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<br />2. THE CITY MANAGER ADVISED THAT HE HAD BEEN APPOINTED BY THE LEAGUE OF PREGON CITI,ES
<br />TO SERVE UPON A COMMITTEE TO STUDY AND DISCUSS THE PROBLEM OF FINANCING CITY SERVICES TO
<br />STATE OWNED TAX EXEMPT PROPERTIES AND THAT THE FIRST MEETING OF THIS"~j,N"LIEU OF TAX
<br />PAYMENTS" COMMITTEE WAS TO BE HELD AT 9:30 A.M., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1951, WITH THE
<br />OREGON STATE BOARD OF CONTROL IN SALEM. IT WAS THE OPINION OF THE ~EMBERS OF THE FINANCE
<br />C6MMITTEE fHAT THE CITY MANAGER SHOULD'SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE AS 'IT VERY.,DErINITELY
<br />EFFECTED THE FINANCES AND THE SERVICES OF THE CITY OF EUGENE IN'CONNECTION WITH STATE
<br />OWNED TAX EXEMPT PROPERTY WITH I N OUR C I TV. 1I .. ,
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<br />IT WAS"MOVED BY BOOTH, 'SEtONDED'By"GRUMBAKER~THAT THE REPORT BE ADOP~ED_AND THAT A DEED
<br />BE EXECUTED IN FAVOR OF LANE COUNTY. ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />10 A REPORT OF THE JOINT PUBLIC WORKS AND FINANCE COMMITTEES - RE: TABULATIONS OF BIDS FOR
<br />S~EEPER, 3 D~MP TRUCKS AND GASOLINE, S~OVE OIL; Dt€SEL FUEL AND LIGHT INDUSTR'PAL_OIL, ETC.
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<br />"A JOINT MEETING OF THE PUBLIC WORKS AND FINANCE COMMITTEES WAS HELD ON THURSDAY,
<br />JANUARY 4, 1951 AT THE OSBURN HOTEL WITH THE FOLLOWING PRESENT: COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER,
<br />GODLOVE, KOPPE, BOOTH, SIEGENTHALER; CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; CITY RECORDER; CITY
<br />ENGINEER AND STREET SUPERINTENDENT.
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