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....~ 77 e I COUNCIL CHAMBERS, EUGENE, OREGON. MAY 10, 1954. THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE WAS HELD ON MAY 10, 1954 AT 7:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY HIS HONOR, MAyOR V. E. ~OHN~ON WITH THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: CRUMBAKER, BOOTH, KOPPE, SIEGENTHALER, WATSON, CONE AND OWEN. COUNCIL~AN GODLOVE WAS ABSENT. THE MINUTES OF THE LAST REGULAR MEETING HELD APRIL 12TH AND 26TH WERE READ AND APPROVED. COUNCILMAN CRUMBAKER REQUESTED THE FLOOR TO MAKE A STATEMENT PERTAINING TO CERTAIN FACTS ABOUT THE MILLRACE. THE STATEMENT WAS AS FOLLOWS: . e "THE QUESTION OF THE AMOUNT Of CONSIDERATION GIVEN THE MILLRACE BY THE EUGENE CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN RAISED. ACCORDING TO RECORDS AND ESTIMATES THE COUNCIL HAS SUPPLIED TAXPAYER'S FUNDS AS FOLLOWS: I INITIAL FUND PROVIDED IN 1947 TO START PROJECT (THIS PRECEDED ANY FUNDS SUPPLIED BY THE MILLRACE Assoc.) PURCHASE OF MARTIN TRACT AT HEAD OF RACE (PARK fUNDS) ESTIMATED COST OF MAINTENANCE & OPERATION FOR:1953 (SEE REPORT). (STREET FUNDS, NOT ,BUDGETED FOR MILLRACE) ~STIMATED COST OF REMOVING TRASH, ETC. PARK FYNDS (NOT BUDGETED TO"MILL RACE) ~STIMATED COSTS OF MAI~TENANCE, ETC. FOR YEAR~ 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954 IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE THE COUNCIL EXPENDED FROM MILLRACE ASSOCIATION FUNDS $ 10,000.00 6,000.00 7,600.00 790.88 33,561 !52 $ 57,941 .90 20,000.00 TOTAL EXPENDITURES TAXPAYER'S MONEy 1950-54 ESTIMATED AND OF RECORD WHAT DOES THE TAXPAYER GET FOR HIS MILLRACE MQNEY? '. I. THE MILLRACE IS A PRIVATE STREAM. ONLY ~HERE IT CROSSES A STREET OR HIGHWAY DOES THE PUBLIC HAVE UNDISPUTED RIGHT OF ACCESS, E~CEPT TO THE ~URFACE OF THE WATER ONLy. 2. WATER ~VAIL~BLE FOR THE MILLRACE HAS BEE~ MUDDIED BY DREDGING AND GRAVEL WASHING OPERATIONS UP STREAM FROM THE INTAKE. . , 3. THE DIVERSION DAM IS IN DISREPA~R. TO CITY OWNED LAND NORTH OF THE RIVER. . " DAM INCREASES THE FLOOD HAZARDS. IT CAUSES AN ESTIMATED $1000 PER YEAR DAMAGE . , IT HA~ BEEN ASSERTED THAT THE PRESENCE OF THE 4. THE OUTLET FRO~ BROADWAY TO THE "RIVER IS GROSSLY INADEQUATE. I 5. THE MILLRACE BAN~-FULL MIGHT CAUSE LITIG~TION ON ACCOUNT O~ BASEMENT DAMAGE. 6. ESTIMATES OF COM~LETE RESTO~ATION OF THE.MILLRACE RUN FROM $143,604 FOR A FLOW OF 100 CU. FT. PER SEC. TO $301,0~0 FOR FLOW qF 200 C.F.S. AN ADDED $100,000 AND UP WOULO BE REQUIRE~ FOR LANO, IF THE MILLRACE I~ NOT TO BE"A PRIVATE DITCH, MAINTAINED By TAXPAYERS FOR THE BENEfiT Of ADJOINING PRO~ERTY HOLDERS. e 7. FOR A RECREATION AREA THE MILLR~CE .IS ON,THE WRONG SIDE OF FRANKLIN BOULEVARD~ ALMOST THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF EUGE~E ~OULD HAVE TO CROSS FRANKLIN BOULE~ARD TO GET TO THE AREA. INSURMOUNTABLE TRAffiC PROBLEMS,WOULD RESULT. 8. SOME CRITICS ACCUSE THE EUGENE CITY COUN~IL OF BEING NIGGARDLY ~N SPENDING MONEY FOR MILLRACE IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE. OT~ERS MAY DEMAND.THAT THE COUNCIL JUSTIFY THE~EXPENDITU~E OF NEARLY $60,000 Of TAXPAYER~S MONEy TO MAINTAIN A PR~VATE DITCH, .SO LOCATED THAT IT CANNOT BE CONSIDERED A PUBLIC PROJECT." IT WAS MOVED By C~UMBAKER, SECONDED By SIEGENTHALER THAT THE STATEM~NT BE RECORDED IN THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. I ANOTHER POI~T OF INFORMATION FOR THE RECORD W~S BROUGHT OUT BY DR. CRUMBAKER. HE STATED THAT ~E HAD .GONE THROUGH THE CITY RECORDS SINCE 1947, THE YEAR O~ THE BEGINNING OF THE PLAN- NING ~OMMISSION ACTIVITIES, AND THAT THE RECORD RE~EALS THAT DURING THE PERIOD 1947 TO THE PRESE~T THE PLANNING COMMISSIO~ HAD MADE 248 REPOR1S TO THE COUNCIL. 21~ OF THESE PLANNING COMMI~SION REPORTS WERE APPROVED BY THE ,COUNCIL AT .THE TIME OF THE REPORT, AND THAT 30 REPORTS WERE NOT ACCEPTED AT THE TIME OF THE .REPORT. HOWEVER, SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE ~FFECTED SUBSEQUENT TO THE TIME OF THE INITIA~ REPORT. e ......