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<br />2;OF'F.'ERrROM~SCHOOL DISTRIC,T NO.4 - RE: "PURCHASE OF' LAND'(,IN A,IRPARK AND SALE or ALL
<br />LI NCOLN SCHOOL S.I TE." , '
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<br />"THE COMMI TTEE REVI EWED THI S MATTER AND 01 SCUSSEI1l I TIN THE LI GHT' OF' THE MOST RECENT
<br />i NfORMATI ON ATHAND_' AND RECOMMENDS THAT THE CI TY SELL. THE LAND. I N. THE' AI RPARK' NEEDED F'OR
<br />S~HOOL~'TOSCHOO(DISTRICT NO.4 F.'OR $2,OOO~OO PER ACRE AND qHATTHE CITY PURCHASE:THE
<br />OLD LINCOLN SC~OOL SITE AT 10TH AND MONROE WITHOUT THE BUILDING F'OR $16,500.00~ AND IN
<br />ADDITION PURCHASE THE F'ENCE AT THE'A5KlNG'PRICE OF"$
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<br />3. WIDTH OF' GARF'IELD'STREET PAVING -IT WAS EXPLAINED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY
<br />ENGiNEER THAT IN THEPLANN1NG AND ENGINEERING:F'OR THE OPENING OF' GARF'IE(D STREtT~ ~~ IS
<br />NECESSARY TO KNOW THE WIDTH OF.' PAVING TO BE PROVIDED F'OR ON GARF'IELD'STREET.F'ROM 7TH TO
<br />I I TH AVENUES.
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<br />TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE F'ACT THAT THIS STREET WILt. BE AN'I.MPORTANT CONNECTOR BETWEEN
<br />TWO HEAVILY TRAVELLED HIGHWAYS,7TH"AvENUE AND'I ITH AVENUE, AND THAT IT WILL BE A ~TREET
<br />NEEDED 'fOR HEAVY COMMERCIAL~USE, ~T IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF' THE COMMITTEE THAT GARFrELD
<br />STREET BET~EEN~7TH ~VENUE'AND ~ ITH'AvENUE, BE PAVED TO A WIDTH 0F'~66 F'EET TO PROVIDE FOR
<br />F'OUR"LANES OF' MO~tNG TRAF'F'IC AND TWO PARKING LANES."
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE THAT THE REP.ORT OF' THE JUDICIARY, FINANCE,
<br />AIRPORT AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEES BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />A REPORT OF' THE JOI NT MEETI NG:,OF' THE PUBLI C SAF.'ETY AND FI NANCE 'COYMI TTEES AND THE lI,BRARY
<br />BOARD HELD ON'F'EBRtJARY:>21, 1955.. RE: ':PURCHASE OF' A PROPOSED LIBRARY SITE 'WAS SUBMITTED AND
<br />READ AS rOLLOWS: ~ ',_.
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<br />"PRESENT: COUNCILMEN'BoOTH, GODLOVE, KOPPE, WATSON, HARTMAN ,AND 'SHISLER; CITY.MANAGER;'
<br />CITY ATTORNEY; ALL MEMBERS OF' THE 'LIBRARY BOARD, CONSISTING OF.' MR. WilLIS WARREN, CHAIRMAN,
<br />MR. JOHN MACKINNON, MRS. HUGH FORD, MR. CLIF'F'ORD STALSBERG, MR. ROBERT LEMON, AND LIBRARIAN
<br />CLARA NASHOLM. ALSO PRESENt WERE MEMBERS OF' THE PRESS~AND 'APPROXIMATELY 35 INTERESTED
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<br />THE PUBL I C SAF'ETY AND F I NANCEi"COMMI;TTEES AND THE LI BRARY BOARD MET ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY
<br />21, 1955 IN THE COUNcrL CHAMBERS or THE CITY.HALL,AT 7:30P;M. THE:MATTER DISC~SSED WAS
<br />THE RECOMMENDATION OF' THE LIBRARY BOARD THAT THE'FISK PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE ,NORTHWEST
<br />CORNER OF' 1'lTH AVENUE ,AND OAK STREET BE PURCHASED 'F'OR THE SITE :OF' THE NE~ LIBRARY TO BE
<br />CONSTRUCTED. THE LIBRARY:BoARD'S RECOMMENDATION WAS PRESENTED,AT THE COUNCfL'MEETING OF.'
<br />FEBRUARY 14, 1955 AND REF'ERRED TO THE ABOVE NAMED COMMITTEES AND LIBRARY BOARD F'OR F'URTHER
<br />RECOMMENDATION TO THE C~UNCIL.
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<br />COUNCILMAN,BoOTH,CHAIRMANO~THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, ,PRESIDED A~D O~ENED THE MEETING
<br />BY .'REQUESTI NG WI LL I S 'WARREN, CHAI RMAN OF' THE 'LI',BRARY' BOARD, TO AGAI N STATE THE ,BOARD'S
<br />ARGUMENT IN F'AVOR,OF' THE FISK'SITE; THE MEETING WAS THEN OptNED F'OR DI~CUSSIONTO'ALL
<br />P~OPLE PRESENT IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
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<br />A NUMBER OF".CITizENS, INCLUDING MR. WILLIAM RUSSELL, PRESIDENT OF' THE CIVIC CENTER
<br />DEVELOPMENT, ROSCOE LACKEY, MRS. IRENE BREWER, MR. HERMAN HENDERSHOTT, MR. JOHN LUVAS,
<br />VICE PRESIDENT OF' THE CHAMBER OF' COMMERCE, AND ARCHITECTS' GILMORE AND HITCHCOCK,
<br />PRESENTED ARGUMENTS IN F'AVOR OF"THE SITE PICKED BY ARCHITECT'S COLLABORATIVE, IN THE
<br />NEWLYPROPosED,GIVIC CENTER. MR. KENNETH.NIELSEN; COUNTY COMMISSIONER, EXPLAINED THAT
<br />THE COUNTY COULD NOT SELL OR GIVE,'TO THE CI'TY AS A GIF'T THE .LAND NECESSARY F'OR A LIBRARY
<br />SI;TE AS PI CKED BY ARCHITECT'!S COLLABORATI VE I N, THE EAST PARK ',BLOCK, BUT':DIO EXPLAI N HOW
<br />HEPERSON~tLY THOUGHT':THAT,THECITYCOULD PURCHASE PROPERTY NORTH or THE PR~SENT COURT-
<br />HOUSE CONS I STI NG OF' THREE PI ECES, GENERALLY KNOWN AS THE BABBS, MADSEN, AND lANE "COUNTY .
<br />FEED AND SEED COMPANY PROPERTY, F'OR APPROXIMATELY $180,000.00 AND ErF'ECT AN EVEN TRADE
<br />ON A SQUARE FOOT ~ASIS-WITH CONSIDERATION GI~EN TO LAND viLUES.
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<br />MR. DAVE VAN FOSSEN, RE~L EST,ATE BROKER, TALKED IN F'AVOR OF' THE OLD FRANCI S wr,LLARD
<br />SCHOOL PROPERTY ASA SlrE~EOR THE LIBRARY AS WELL AS A SITE F'OR THE OITY HALL, AND
<br />CENTRAl: FrRE: STATI ON~' ALSO, MR. VAN FOSSEN PRESENTED, A TAX ANAL YSIS CONCERNI NG THE
<br />VARIOUS PIECES OF',PROPERTY UNDER=CONSIDERATION.
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<br />LET-TERS F'ROM THE SOR'OPTIMIST ~CLUB, 'MRS. IRENE BREWER:, MRS. tEE BARLOW, MR. -AND
<br />MRS. WALTER .V. DENNIS, MR. ROSCOE LACKEY, AND MRs. LUCIAWILKINS,MoORE WERE READ - ALL
<br />IN F'AVOR OF' THE PROPOSED CIVIC CENTER SITE. THE, LIBRARY BOARD PRESENTED A REPORT ENTITLED
<br />"CRITERIA FOR SELECTING A LOCATION,'FoR,A CENTRAL:LIBRARY BUILDING". ,'ArTER,'F'ULLuDISCUSSION
<br />OF' THE'MATTER BY AL'LPRESENT, I T WAS MOVED BVCOUNC I LMAN KOPPE', -'SECONDED BY Cou~ic I LMAN
<br />WATSON THAT THE COMMI'TTEES AND THE L, BRARY BOARD RECOMMEND TO' THE COUNC' L, THAT THE MATTER
<br />BE RETURNED'TO THE LIBRARY F'OR rURTHER STUDY. MOTION CARRIED.:
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<br />ALL' l:.ETTERS "ANI) REPORTS' ARE ATTACHED HEREWI TH . AND MADE A PART or. THESE' MI NUTES.. "
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<br />THERE BEING NO F'URTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED."
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<br />IT' WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECON~~D BY MR. WATSON:THAT THE REPORT OF' THE PUBLIC SAF'ETY
<br />AND FINANCE COMMITTEES AND THE LIBRARY BOARD BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED~
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