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<br />THE PROPOSITION~WAS FULL DISCUSSED, AND THE CRITICAL POSITION THAT MR. COATES IS
<br />NOW IN IS REGRETTED, AS THE VETERANS WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE THE DEVELOPMENT GO IN
<br />AS PLANNED, FOR THE VETERANS BELIEVE THAT THE HOUSING IS NEEDED AND THAT THE STRUCTURE
<br />"LANE TOWERS" WOULD CERTAINLY BE A CREDIT TO THE CITY OF EUGENE AND CERTAINLY THE CITY
<br />COULD USE THE TAXES THIS PROJECT WOULD YIELD.
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<br />SEVERAL AL TERNAT,E PRO'p,OSALS WE~E MENTIONED, AND THE ONE, THAT $E~M~D TH~, MOST
<br />LOGICAL WAS FOR THE CITY TO VACATE THE ALLEGED ALLEY, AS l;r IS NOT NEEDED ,FOR THE
<br />FOLLOWING REASONS:
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<br />FIRST, THE WIDE~ VETERAN PARKING LOT THAT WOULD BE BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS
<br />WOULD PROBABLY NEVER BE USED FORAN~ OTHER PURPOSE AND WOULD ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE
<br />FOR RIGHT OF WAY OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
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<br />SECOND, WE FAIL TO SEE WHY THIS PA~TICULAR AREA, WHICH IS 160 F~~TBY334 FEET,
<br />BOUNDED BY 3 STREETS AND A PAVED ALLEY~ SHOULD BE BISE~~ED BY AN ALLEY TH~T
<br />WOULD ONLY BE 160 FEET LONG, WHEN THERE ARE ALONG WILLAMETTE STREET SEVE~AL
<br />LARGER AREAS THAT DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO OR THROUGH, THAT THIS AREA WOULD HAVE
<br />I'F THE SO CALLED ALLEY WAS VAC,ATED.
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<br />THE VETERA~S ~RE COGNIZANT OF THE PROBLEMS OF CITY GOVERNMENT, BUT WE FEEL THAT
<br />THIS I~ AN INSTANCE WHERE THE NEED ~F,THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE VALUE OF THE DEVELOPMENT
<br />TO THE CITY IS,MUCH GREATER THAN THE NEED OF AN UNUSED ALLEY."
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<br />WILLIAM fORT, ATTORNEY~REPRESENTING MR.~COATES EXPLAINED THE PREblCAMBNT MR. COATES
<br />WAS IN, ADVISINGi THAT THIS ADDITIONAL SEVEN FEET WAS NEEDED AS THE PLANS COULD ~OT BE
<br />CHANGED 9R' ALTERED AT THIS TIME UNDER THE FHA COM~ITMENTS PREVIOUSLY ARRANGED FOR. HE
<br />ADVISED TH~T AN EXTENSION HAD BEEN GRANTED TO,CLARIFY THIS SITUATION UNTIL FRIDAY, JANUARY
<br />12TH.
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<br />AF~ER A COMPLETE DISCUSSION, IT WAS MOY~p BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE CITY
<br />EXCHANGE SEVEN FEET OF PROPER~Y ON THE WEST, SIDE OF THE CITY-OWNED FOURTEEN FOOT STRIP WITH
<br />THE VETERANS ASSOCIATION FOR A SEVEN FOOT STRIP OF THEIR PROPERTY ABU~TING THE CITY PROPERTY
<br />ON THE i~sr IN:ORDER TO'PROVIDE'AFOURTEEN FOOT ALLEY AND THAT THE COATES CONSTRUC~ION COMPANY'
<br />AGREE' TO RELOCATE THE SEWER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SPECIFICATIONS AND TO THE SATISFACTION
<br />OF THE CITY OF EUGENE. MOTION CARRIED. '
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<br />REPRESENTATIVE~ OF THE VETERANS MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION WERt ~~ESENT AND ST~TED THAT THEY
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<br />WOULD ENDEAVOR TO HAVE ANOTHERMEETIN~ WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO ASCERTAIN IF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
<br />OF THE VETERANS MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SELLING A SEVEN FOOT STRIP OFF OF
<br />THE WEST SIDE OF THEIR PROPERTY FOR THIS PURPOSE.
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<br />THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED THAT OFFICERS AND ENGINEERS FROM THE 6TH ARMY FROM THE PERSIDIO
<br />OF SAN FRANCISCO AND FROM THE ARMY ~NGINEERS OF~ICE IN SEAiTLE WERE IN EUGENE 6N J~NUARY 9TH,
<br />I NVEST'I GAT rNG POSS I BLE SITES FOR PROPOSED CONSTRUC T.I ON OF AN OFF,j CERS RESERVE CORPS ARMORY.
<br />THESE OFFICERS ADVISED THAT THIS ARMORY WAS,'T;OCONSI,ST OF A TWO UNIT CAP,A'CITY" 1,30 FEET BY
<br />90 FEET PLUS PARKING AREA, AND TO BE OF PERMANENT TYPE CONSTRUCTION WITH AN ESTI~ATED COST
<br />AT $150,000 PLUS THE COST OF THE AC~UISITION OF THE SITE. ARMY OFFICIALS ADVISED THAT THE
<br />GOVERNMENT COULD ENTER INTO A 50 YEAR LEASE OR OUTRIGHT PURCHASE AND THAT A FAIR M~RKET
<br />VALUE PRICE~OULD BE PAID FOR, THE SITE. FRqM THEIR INVESTIGATIONS~ THEY RECOMMENDED THE
<br />FOLLOWING FOUR POS~IBLE LOCATIONS:
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<br />I. SKINNER'S BUTlE, PARK, AN,'AREA 350 F,EET FRONTING ON CHESHIRE STREET IN THE VICINITY
<br />OF THE OLD WOODEN WAREHOUSE AND DRILL TOW~R.
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<br />2. THE AREA BETWEEN U2TR A~D
<br />CONSTITUTING THE EAS:r 272 FEET
<br />ARE LOCATED THREE QUANSIT HUTS
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<br />~3TR AV~NUES BETWEEN ALMADtN AND TAYLOR
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<br />OF THE PROPERTY ADJOINING AIRPORT HOMES
<br />PRESENTLY OCCUPIED UNDER LEASE FOR ARMY
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<br />STREETS
<br />ON WHICH
<br />USE.
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<br />3. THE PROPERTY AT THE CORNER OF 2ND AVENUE AND HIGH STREET - 400 FEET BY 224 FEET
<br />OWNED BY THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD~
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<br />4. THE POSSIBILITY OF COMBI~ING THE OFFICERS RESERVE CORPS ARMORY WITH AN R.O.T.C.
<br />ARMORY THROUGH UN I VERSI TY, S1A TE AN!), FEDERAL COOPER A TI ON" TO BE LOCATED A,T THE PRESENT
<br />R.O.T~C. HEADQUARTERS AT THE INTERSECTf6N OF ONYX AND EAiT 15TH AVENUE, CONSTITUTING
<br />AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 250 FEET BY 500 FEET.
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<br />AFTER DISCUSSION OF THESE FOUR POSSIBLE LOCATIONS~ IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT THE LOCATION
<br />IN SKINNER'S BUTTE PARK WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE,DUE TO PARK AND PLAYGROUND RESTRICTIONS ON
<br />THIS PROPERTY AS STIPULATED IN THE CITY CHARTER, AND ALSO THAT THE PROPERTY LOCAT~D AT 13TH
<br />AND ALMADEN ALSO HAD DEFINITE PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS RELATIVE TO PARK AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
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<br />'IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE STUDIES, IT W~SMOVED BY CRUMBA~ER, SECONDED BY SMITH THAT
<br />EVERY EFFORT BE MADE TO COOPERATE BY OFf I C IA.LS OF THE 6TH ARMY AND U. S. 'ARMY ENGINEERS, WI TH
<br />THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, A~D THE STATE OF OREGON IN THE POSSIBLE ~ONSTRUCTION OF A JOINT
<br />R~O.T.C.-O.R.C. ARM~ AND AIR FORCE ARMORY TO BE LOCATED ~HER~ TH~ PRESENT OLri WOODEN R.O.T.C.
<br />BUILDINGS ARE AT THE UNIVERSITY AT THE INTERSECTION OF ONYX AND I~TH AVEN~~ AND T~AT IF THIS
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<br />PROVED TO BE IMPOSSIBLE OR NOT FEASIBLE T~AT THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO UTILIZE SITE
<br />NUMBER 3 MENTIONED ABOVE PERTAINING TO THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD PROPERTY AT 2ND AND
<br />HIGH STREET AND THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE IN~TRUCTED TO ADVISE OFFICIALS OF THE 6TH ARMY AND
<br />U. S. ARMY ENGINEERS AND OF THE UNIVERSITY AND THE STATE OF OREGON ACCORDINGLY.
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