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<br /> ;! If THIS MEETS WITH YOUR APPROVAL, WE WILL PROCEED TO SUBMIT OUR PRELIMINARY REPORT,
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<br /> II WHICH WILL COVER TH~ EUGENE AIRPARK SITU~TION IN TOTO ON OR BEfORE OCTOBER 15TH. WE
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<br /> ii WILL THEN WAIT fOR THE RESULTS Of THE NOVEMBE~ 2ND REfERENDUM AND, BASED UPON THE VOTE,
<br /> !! WILL PROCEED TO COMPLETE THE SERVI.CES 'AS SET fORTH IN OUR CONTRACT Of AUGUST 2ND, 1954.
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<br /> !! MAY WE HEAR 'F'ROM YOU I N THies REGARD AT YOUR EARll EST CONVENI ENCE?"
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<br /> i: IT WAS MOVED BY DR. CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE REfERRED
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<br /> 18 " COMMUNICATION F'ROM THE BETHEL WATER DISTRICT - RE: NOTifiCATION THAT IF' THE AREA LOCATED
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<br /> " IS ANNEXED TO THE CITY, THE BETHEL
<br /> ,. ALONG THE COOS BAY BRANCH OF' THE SOUTHERN PACifiC RAILROAD
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<br /> 'I WATER DISTRICT WILL BE UNABLE TO fURNISH fiRE PROTECTION TO THIS AREA, WA& SUBMITTED AND READ
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<br /> II "THE BETHEL WATER DISTRICT HAS I~STRUCTED ME, AS PRESIDENT ~f THE BETHEL WATER
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<br />e II DISTRICT, TO WRITE TO THE EUGENE CITY. COUNCIL, THE EUG,ENE fiRE CHIEf AND THE INDUSTRIAL
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<br /> " OWNERS LOCATED ALONG THE COOS BAY BRANCH Of THE SOUTHERN PACifiC RAILROAD PRESENTLY
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<br /> il LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES Of THE BETHEL WATER DISTR,ICT, THAT If THE AREA ALONG
<br /> II THE SOUTHERN PACifiC RAILROAD IS ANNEXED TO THE CI~Y OF' EUGENE, THAT THE BETHEL WATER
<br /> DISTRICT, WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, IS A COMBINATI~N fiRE AND WATER DISTRICT, WILL THEN BE
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<br /> II UNABLE TO.fURNISH ANY fiRE PROTECTION THROUGH MUTUAL AID OR OTHERWISE TO THE INDUSTRIAL
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<br /> I AREA. THE REASON fOR THIS ACTION IS THE GREAT LOSS Of REVENUE THAT THE BETHEL WATER
<br />I I DISTRICT WOULD LOSE ONCE THIS PROPERTY BECOMES ANNEXED TO THE CITY Of EUGENE.
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<br /> No DATE HAS BEEN SET fOR THIS AS THE BETHEL WATER DISTRICT DOES NOT KNOW AT THIS
<br /> TIME WHAT DATE IT WILL CEASE TO RECEIVE REVENUE fROM THIS AREA; HOWEVER, REASONABLE
<br /> NOTICE WILL BE GIVEN YOU AT A LATER DATE Of T~IS EXACT TIME."
<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY DR. CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE
<br /> REfERRED TO THE PUBLIC SAfETY COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. .
<br /> 19 COMMUNICATION fROM THE AVIATION COMMITTEE. Of THE EUGENE CHAMBER Of COMMERCE - RE:
<br /> POSSI BLE USE BY THE A,I R BASE Of MAHLON SWEET fl ELD WAS SUBMI TTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
<br />. "You ARE AWARE Of THE PENDING CONTROVERSY PERTAINING TO THE PORTLAND AIR BASE
<br /> Of THE U. S. AIR fORCES, AND THE PORT Of PORTLAND, WHEREIN INDICAT10NS HAVE BEEN
<br /> EXPRESSED AS TO THE POSSIBLE REMOVAL Of THE 503RD AIR DEfENSE GROUP AND THE 497TH
<br /> FIGHTER-INTERCEPTER SQUADRON TO SOME LOCATION OUTSIDE Of PORTLAND, OREGON.
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<br /> UPON THE VERBAL AUTHORIZATION Of UOU, AS MAYOR Of THE CITY Of EUGENE, THE EUGENE
<br /> CHAMBER Of COMMERCE HAS CONVEYED TO HAROLD E. TALBOT, SECRETARY Of THE AIR FORCES, THE
<br /> PENTAGON, WASHINGTON, D. C., THE PROBABLE OffER Of MAHLON SWEET MUNICIPAL AIRPORT,
<br />. TOGETHER WITH A 240-ACRE ADJACENT TRACT OF LAND, fOR USE Of THE AIR FORCES fOR THE
<br /> " ABOVE UNITS, SHOULD THEIR REMOVAL fROM PORTLAND BE DIRECTED.
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<br /> il THE ECONOMIC BENEfiT Of THESE GROUPS TO THE COMMUNITY ARE SELf-EVIDENT. - A TOTAL
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<br />I I: PERSONNEL Of APPROXIMATELY 1,500 IS INVOLVED, WITH AN ANNUAL PAYROLL ESTIMATED AT
<br /> ,I SLIGHTLY ABOVE 'SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS - XHEREFORE THE EUGENE CHAMBER Of COMMERCE URGES
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<br /> 'i THAT INTEREST Of THE CITY COUNCIL BE ENLISTED IN THE fOLLOWING PROGRAM:
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<br /> it A" fORMAL AffIRMA~ION BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO THE U. S. AIR FORCES Of THE
<br /> 'I WILLINGNESS Of THE tITY~O GRANT USE Of fACILITIES AT MAHLON SWEET FIELD TO THE AIR
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<br /> !: FORCES fOR THE UNITS THAT MAY BE REMOVED fROM THE PORTLAND AIR BASE;
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<br /> 11 PROVIDING IMMEDIATE ZONING PROTECJION TO THE MAHLON SWEET AIRPORT,
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<br /> :1 SUCH LEGISLATION ~S MAY BE INDICATED. POSSIBLE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE CITY Of EUGENE
<br /> Ii AND THE LANE COUNTY COURT MAY BE CALLED fOR, WE UNDERSTAND. WE SINCERELY URGE THAT
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<br /> II APPROPRIATE STEPS BE UNDERTAKEN AT ONCE TO ACHIEVE fULL ZONING PROTECTION TO EUGENE'S
<br /> 11 AIRPORT"WHETHER OR NOT ACCEPTANCE BY THE U. S. AIR FORCES Of THE fiELD fACILITIES
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<br /> ii OCCURS. SUCH ZONING PROTECTION IS NEEDED, WE BELIEVE, fOR EFfiCIENT LONG RANGE USE AND
<br /> II OPERATION Of MAHLON SWEET FIELD I N A N.Y EVE NT.
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<br /> Ii ACQUIRING ADDITIONAL LAND NORTH OF THE MAHLON SWEET AIRPORT (A RECOMMENDATION
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<br /> II Of LONG-STANDING WITH RESPECT TO THE ULTIMATE DEVELOPMENT Of THE fiELD) SO THAT LARGER
<br /> Ii CRAfT CAN BE ACCOMMODA[ED ON THE fiELD, AND SO THAT fULL USE OF EXISTING INSTRUMENT
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<br /> II LANDING fACILITIES AT THE"AIRPORT CAN aE UTILIZED. COOPERATION Of THE'LANE COUNTY
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<br /> !I COURT IN PROVIDING SATISFACTORY RELOCATION Of A COUNTY HIGHWAY PRESENTLY BORDERING THE
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<br /> :1 NORTHERN BOUNDARY Of MAHLON SWEET AIRPORT WILL BE INVOLVED HERE, AND IT IS URGED THAT
<br /> il CONfERENCES BETWEEN THE EUGENE CITY COU:NC I L AND THE LANE COUNTY COURT BE ARRANGED IN
<br /> THE NEAR fUTURE TO NEGOTIATE THIS CHANGE.
<br />I II IT IS THE UNDERSTANDING Of THE AVIATION COMMITTEE Of OUR CHAMBER Of COMMERCE THAT I
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<br /> I CAA WILL APPROVE ACQUISITION Of A NARROW STRIP - PERHAPS 500 fEET WIDE, MAYBE ,GREATER -
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<br /> fOR NORTH AND SOUTH RUNWAY EXTENSIONS, THEREBY OBVIATING THE NEED TO ACQUIRE AN ENTIRE
<br /> ,I SECTION Of NEW LAND, NORTH Of THE PRESENT fJELD AND HAVING BOUNDARIES PARALLEL TO THE
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<br /> II EAST AND WEST BOUNDARIES Of THE PRESENT MAHLON SWEET AIRPORT.
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