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C""'9 ~ '...i '/ ~ k.J$<l... e --- - -~- --- --- -. --- ---- -- ---::---- " ~- - -~ I I I "WE REPRESENT WILLIAM S. BIRD AND HAZEL V. BIRD, HUSBAND AND WIFE, AND ALSO THE I ESTATE OF MARY CARR, DECEASED.~ MARY CARR WAS THE -MOTHER OF HAZEL V. -BI RD. - WE DESIRE I TO OBTAIN A RELEASE FROM THE CITY OF EUGENE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY ERRONEOUSLY CONVEYED TO THE CITY OF EUGENE AS APPEAR-S FROM THE FOLLOWI NG EXCERPT FROM"" PREL I MI NARY TI TLE I REPORT RECEIVED FROM CASCADE TITL~ COMPANY, THEIR ORDER No. 1157: I '2. By DEED RECORDED NOVEMBER 9, 1948 I:N BOOK 385" PAGE 291, LANE COUNTY OREGON DEED RECORDS, WILLIAM S. BIRD, ET AL, CONVEYED TO THE CITY OF EUGENE FOR STREET PURPOSES THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: COMMENCING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF TWENTY-EIGHTH AVENUE EAST, 140.67 FEET WEST OF' THE INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF TWENTY- EIGHTH AVENUE AND THE WEST LINE O~ UNIVERSITY STREET RUNNING THENCE SOUTH 125 FEET, THENCE WEST 60 FEET, THENCE NORTH 125 FEET, THENCE EAST 60 FEET TO THE PLACE O~ BEGINNING. e BY DEED RECORDED JANUARY 17, 1949 IN BOOK 388, PAGE 624, LANE COUNTY OREGON DEED RECORDS, A CORRECTION DEED WAS GIVEN CONVEYING THE PROPERTV EXCEPTED IN THE DESCRIPTION AS CONTAI_NED IN-THIS REPORT. IN ORDER TO CLEAR THE RECORD AND RELEASE THIS PORTION OF THE PROPERTY FROM THE CLAIM Of, THE CITY. OF EUGENE, THE ABOVE OWNERS MUST SECURE, A RE-CONVEYANCE OF THE 1 PROPERTY CONTAINED IN THE ERRONEOUS DESCRIPTION. , I I I II 70 OBTAIN THE NECESSARY RELEASE AND FULLY CORRECT THE RECORDS WE ARE ENCLOSING THE II ORIGINAL AND ONE COpy OF A DEED DRAWN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SUGGESTION OF THE -TITLE COMPANY, AS ABOVE SET FORTH. WE HAVE NAMED AS GRANTEES ONLY WILLIAM S. BIRD AND HAZEL II V. BIRD SINCE MARY' eARR DIED ON JUNE 18,'1951, LEAVING AS HER ONLY SURVIVING HEIR, HAZEL V. BIRD, A DAUGHTER. THE ESTATE OF MARY CARR ISIN THE PROCESS riF BEING PROBATED I IN THE CIRCUIT COURT. OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF LANE WITH STANLEYR. I j DARLING AS THE ADMINISTRATOR. \ IN THE EVENT THE EXECUTION OF THE REQUESTED DEED APPEARS PROPER TO YOU, WOULD YOU PLEASE HAVE THE DEED EXECUTED AND RETURN THE ORIGINAL TO OUR OFFICE. THE COpy 'IlS FOR YOUR-FILES." : . it IT WAS MOVED BY DR. CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY MR . BOOTH THAT ,THE PROPER- CITY OFF I CERS BE AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE SAID DEED. ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED. 10 COMMUNICATION F'ROM SCHOOL DISTRICT #4 - RE: MEETING TO DISCUSS SALE TO SCHOOL DISTRICT BY THE CITY OF LAND FOR SCHOOL SITES OR SOME EXCHANGE OF' CITY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "IN CONNECTION WITH THE DISCUSSION OF A REQUEST FROM FIRE CHIEF E. L. SURFUS THAT A PART OF THE DUNNNSCHOOL SITE BE MADE AVAILAB~E FOR ~ SOUTH SIDE FIRE STATION LOCATI ON, THE DISTRICT FOUR SCHOOL BOARD AT ITS MEETING LAS~ NIGHT DISCUSSED AGAIN THE DESIRABILITY OF SECURING rROM THE CITY OF EUGENE LAND LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE I AIR PARK TO BE USED fOR SCHOOL SITES. IT WAS NOTED BY ~HE BOARD THAT BY ACTION OF THE VOTERS IN APPROVING ABANDONMENT OF THE AIR PARK THAT IT HAS PLACED THE MATTER BErORE THE COUNCIL FOR ACTION. THE PURPOSE Of THIS ,LETTER IS TO REQUEST THAT YOU CONVEY "TO THE COUNCIL THE DESIRE or THE SCHOOL BOARD TO MEET WITH IT SOMETIME IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE F'OR THE P.URPOSE OF DISCUSSING AGAIN THE POSSIBLE SALE TO THE DISTRICT BY THE CITV or LAND rOR SCHOOL 51 TES OR SOME' EXCHANGE OF' CI TV AND SCHOOL 01 STRI CT PROPERTY AS PRE-'-, e VIOUSLY DISCUSSED." IT WAS MOVED BV DR. CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY MR. WATSON THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC FINANCE AND SAFETY COMMITTEES AND THAT A MEETING BE ARRANGED AT A LATER DATE WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE COUNCIL AS ~ COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO DISCUSS THE MATTER. MOTION CARRIED. : II COMMUNICATION-FROM THE-BUllOIN& AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCil - RE: REPLACING CONCRETE 51DEWALKS WI TH BLACKTOP OR MACADAM WAS SUBMI TTEO' -AND READ AS- FOLLOWS: liON BEHALF OF THE EUGENE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL, WE WISH TO ENTER A VIGOROUS PROTEST AGAINST ANY tONSIDERATION BY THE CITVCOUNCIL O~ REPLACING CONCRETE SIDEWALKS WITH BLACK TOPOR MACADAM. WE: :ARE AWARE THAT SOME: 01 SCUSSION' ON TH I S SUBJECT HAS, TAKEN PLACE IN THE COUNCIL AND IN THE I NTEREST OF SOUND' CONSTRUCT I ON POLl,C I ES, WE WI SH- TO SUBMI T THAT SPEC IT I CA- I TI ONS FOR BLACK TOP S I DEWALKS_ CANNOT rN ANY WAY COMPARE WI TH SIDEWALKS MADE Of CONCRETE. COST rACTORS COMPUTED BY COMPETENT AGENCIES SHOW THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENTIAL OF' ABOUT 20% ON CONCRETE; FURTHERMORE, A BLACK TOP SIDEWALK WOULD TEND TO MELT IN THE SUMMER AND THE TAR AND PITCH WOULD BE TRACKED ONTO LAWNS, FLOORS, AND RUGS, AND UNLESS TRAFFIC WAS- EXCEPTIONALLY HEAVV, WEEDS AND GRASS WOULD GROW UP THROUGH THE WALK. WE S I NCEREL Y BEL IEVETHAT ~I N THE BEST I-NTEREST OF -_THE :C I TI'ZENS OF." EUGENE THAT ANY CONS I DERA- TION OF THE BLACK TOP AS A SUBSTI TUTE rOR CONCRETE 51 DEWALKS SHOULD BE RE-JECTED. e ....