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<br />PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS
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<br />COMMUNICATION DATED APRIL II, 1957 rROM KEITH D. SKELTON, STATE REPRESENTATIVE -- RE: ANNEXA-
<br />TI ON or RI VER ROAD AREA WAS SUBMI TTED AND READ AS rOLLOWS:
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<br />"MAY I EXPRESS TO YOU MY HEARTY APPROVAL or PRESENT PLANS TO ANNEX THE RIVER ROAD
<br />AREA, OR AT LEAST PORTIONS THEREor, TO THE CITY or EUGENE.
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<br />I HAVE LIVED IN THE RIVER ROAD AREA fOR A PERIOD Of,6 YEARS.' DURING THAT TIME I.
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<br />HAVE DRAWN MY LIVLIHOOD MOSTLY fROM THE EUGENE CITY PROPER. HOWEVER, I HAVE NOT BEEN
<br />ABLE TO MAKE ANY CORRESPONDING TAX CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY, NOR HAVE' BEEN ABLE TO
<br />VOTE IN ELECTIONS INVOLVING THE CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, OR MEMBERS Of THE EUGENE
<br />WATER AND ELECTRIC BOARD. THEREfORE I rEEL THAT I HAVE NO VOICE IN THE GOVERNMENT OF
<br />THE C'TY IN WHICH I LIVE.
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<br />, SAY THAT I LIVE IN THE CITY BECAUSE THE FACTS ARE EXACTLY THAT. THE RIVER
<br />ROAD AREA, rOR THE MOST PART, AS rAR OUT AS SANTA CLARA IS AS URBAN AS THE CITY IT-
<br />SELf. WE WHO LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY (,MITS 00 NOT LIVE IN THE COUNTRY; WE LIVE IN A
<br />CITY TYPE SURROUNDINGS, WITH NONE or THE CORRESPONDING ADVANTAGES 'or"sEWER SERVICE,'
<br />STREETS, LIGHTS, AND SIDEWALKS, TO SAY NOTHING OF POLICE PROTECTION. . ,._
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<br />IN MY OPINION, UNLESS THERE IS ANNEXATION, PROPERT~ VALUES 1N THE AREA INVOLVED
<br />WILL BEGIN TO DROP EVENTUALLY BECAUSE Of LACK or IMPROVEMENT. ALSO I MIGHT SAY THAT
<br />THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME OPPOSITION BUILDING UP TO THE PASSAGE Of A BILL PRESENTLY
<br />IN THE SENATE, PROVIDING FOR ANNEXATION ASSISTANCE, AND THis LEGISLATION CANNOT BE
<br />USED AS A DELAYING' DEVICE AT THIS TIME. I URGE THAT THE BOUNDARIES BE SET, AND THAT
<br />AN ELECTION BE DECLARED. NEEDLESS TO SAY I WILL VOLUNTEER MY SERVICES IN ANY WAY
<br />POSSIBLE."
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND
<br />PLACED ON rlLE. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />3 A PETITION rROM 35 RESIDENTS or THE OAKS PLAT AREA or THE RIVER ROAD AREA REQUESTING EX-
<br />CLUSION rROM THE ANNEXATION AREA WAS PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL. No ACTION WAS TAKEN ON THE, PETI-
<br />TION.
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<br />4 A PETITION FROM OWNERS or FIVE PARCELS OF PROPERTY NORTH or WILLAKENZIE ROAD AND EAST OF
<br />W,LLAKENZIE SCHOOL REQUES~ING EXCLUSION rROM THE ANNEXATION AREA WAS PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL~
<br />No ACTa ON WAS TAKEN ON THE PE'TI 11 ON. ; ;; l
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<br />CO,UNCIL BILL, 414.8 - RE: CALLING ANNEXATION ELECTION IN CITY or EUGENE, RIVER ROAD AREA AN,oi
<br />W,LLAKENZIE AREA, INTRODUCED AND GIVEN fiRST READING ON APRIL 8, 1957, WAS BROUGHT, ON FORCON'-
<br />SIDERATION.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HARTMAN SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY
<br />TITLE ONLY. MOTION CARR'ED. "
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HART"1AN SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED' AND THE E!iLL
<br />BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT O~ THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED.'
<br />UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY TITLE ONLY.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR,. HA~TMAN SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT'THE COUNCIL BILL BE APPROVED AND
<br />GIVEN fINAL PASSAGE. RO~LCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MR. WATSON ABSTAINING,
<br />THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED 11043.
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<br />UPON MOTION DULY MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIED, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNE~ TO MO~DAY,
<br />APRIL 22, 1957.
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<br />ROBERT A. rINL;~~~v-. .
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