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5'Q'~ ,;J<tJ , e 11 I COUNCIL CHAMBERS, EUGENE, OREGON. JANUARY 12, 1954. l'- t;:- OC < I'"- A SPECI AL MEETI NG Of THE COUNCI L WAS CALLED fOR II :30 A.M. ON JANUARY 12, 1954 AT THE CITY HALL. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY HIS HONOR, MAYOR V.E. JOHNSON WITH THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: CRUMBAKER, GODLOVE, KOPPE, SIEGENTHALER, WATSON AND OWEN. COUNCILMEN BOOTH AND CONE WERE AaSENT. THE CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY RECORDER WERE ALSO PRESENT. c::r e THE MAYOR EXPLAINED THAT THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO CONSIDER THE SUBJECT OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE CI TY OF SPRINGFIELD AND THE CITY OF EUGENE OVER AN EASEMENT THROUGH PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY OF EUGENE FOR INSTALLATION OF A SEWAGE DISPOSAL OUTFALL LINE TO THE WILLAMETTE RIVER. THE MAYOR ASKED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PRESENT THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON THE SUBJECT AND ADVISE THE COUNCIL AS TO WHAT ACTION MIGHT BE TAKEN IN LIGHT OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS. I THE COUNCIL WAS BRI~FED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY ON THE CONTENT OF RECENT COMMUNICATIONS fROM THE CITY Of SPRINGFIELD ON THE SUBJECT OF THE EASEMENT AND OF THE CURRENT STATUS OF NEGOTIATIONS. HE STATED THAT IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THERE HAD BEEN A PUBLICLY EXPRESSED -INTENTION OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD TO FILE A CONDEMNATION SUIT AGAINST THE CITY OF EUGENE IN THE EVENT SAID EASEMENT AS REQUESTED WAS NOT GRANTED BY THE CITY OF EUGENE, THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE TO fiLE A DECLARATORY JUDGMENT SUIT WHICH WOULD DETERMINE THE LEGAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF BOTH THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD AND THE CITY OF EUGENE. HE INDICATED THAT IT WOULD BE A FRIENDLY SUIT AND THAT THE CASE WOULD BE HEARD BY A JUDGE or THE CIRCUIT COURT TO DETERMINE WHAT RIGHTS BOTH CITIES HAVE WITH RESPECT TO THE GRANTING OR SECURING OF AN EASEMENT ACROSS PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY OF EUGENE. IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY OWEN THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY BE AUTHORIZED TO FILE A DECLARATORY JUD~~ENT SUIT TO DETERMINE THE RIGHTS OF BOTH THE CITY OF SPRINGfiELD AND THE CITY OF EUGENE IN THE MATTER Of GRANTING OR SECURING OF AN EASEMENT ACROSS CITY or EUGENE PROPERTY. A ROLLCALL VOTE CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. UPON MOTION DULY MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIED, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED TO JANUARY 25, 1954. ~ ".) RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, ~~ ROBERT A. FINLAYSON, CITY MANAGER. I e .. I I il e 'I " ,I ,r ii 'I ~ ~