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rtH e ~ ", AN ACT I / To AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY O~ EUGENE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, BY ADDING A NEW CHAPTER THERETO AUTHORIZING AND EMPOWERING THE CITY OF EUGENE, ACTI NG BY AND THROUGH THE EUGENEWATE'R AND ELECTRI C BOARD, TO ADD TO, EXTEND, AND IMPROVE THE ELECTRIC UTILITY SYSTEM BY CONSTRUCTING AN' ADDITIONAL POWER PROJECT ON THE McKENZIE RIVER IN THE VICINITY OF Cl~AR LAKE, AND AUTHORI ZING THE ACQUI RI NG OF. ALL PROPERTY, REAL,AND ,PERSONAL, NECESSARY OR CONVENltNT IN PROVI~ING SAI~ PROJECT, AND ~ROVIDING FOR THE I SSUANCE OF' REVENUE BOND-S 'OF THE CI TY 'I,N THE AMOUNT OF EIGHT MI LLIONFIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($8,500,000.00) PAYABLE ONLY FROM THE REVENUES OF SAID ELECTRrC UTILITY., THE MA:rOR THEREUPON REPORTED THAT THE. COMMON COUNC I L SHOULD NOW PROCEED' TO CANVASS THE VOTES CAST AT SAID ELECTION AS PROVIDED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF OREGON WHICH STATE THAT SAID VOTES' SHALL B~ CANVASSED AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE CrTY OF' EUGENE; - e THE COMMON COUNCIL THEN PROCEEDED TO CANVASS THE VOTES CAST AT SAID ELECTION AND THE TALLY SHEETS AND BALLOTS SHOWED THE FOLLOWING -RESULT, TO-WIT: YES NO - -WARD I 502 I 751 I WARD 2 339 401 - 2 VOID WARD 3 463 449 WARD 4. 542 637 1846 2238 - 2 -VOID' (', THE MAYOR THEREUPON ANNOUNCED THAT THE CHARTER AMENDMENT HAD rAILED AND IT WAS THEREUPON 'PROCLAIMED THAT SAID CHARTER AMENDMENT HAD rAILEb AND 'WOULD BE OF NO rORCE OR Ef'F"ECT AND WOULD ,NOT BECOME A PART Of' THE CHA'RTER OF" THE CITY OF EUGENE. C' - DATED THIS 9TH DAY Of' APRIL, 1956." I T WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY. MR. GODLOVE,- THAT THEPROCLAMATI ON BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. UPON MOTION DULY MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIED) THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED TO APRIL 23, 1956. RESPECTFUL~Y SUBMITTED, a ~ . ~~/C{C;:?:~~-C - ROBERT A. fINLAys6N, CITY MANAGER. RAf:EB I , , e I e