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4;78 3/23/59 e -- -- --~ 8. CONSIDERATION Of ACQUISITION OF 40 ACRES OF" TIMBERED LAND ADJACENT TO SPENCER BUTTE PARK - A LETTER WAS READ FROM THE OBSIDIANS, INC. IN WHICH THE OBSIDIANS COMMENDED THE COUNCIL F"OR THE NEGOTIATIONS IN CONSIDERATION OF THE PURCHASE OF PRIVATE TIMBER ON THE WEST SIDE OF SPENCER BUTTE. THE LETTER FURTHER STATED THAT HAVING THE WHOLE OF THE BUTTE IN PUBLIC OWNERSHIP IS A MARKED STEP FOR- WARD IN PLANNING fOR THE F"UTURE RECREATIONAL NEEDS OF' EUGENE'S CITIZENS. THE P~RKS & RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT SHOWED A MAP OF' THE BUTTE AND ITS SUR- ROUNDING AREA AND EXPLAINED THAT PROPERTY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUTTE IN THE OWNERSHIP OF A FAMILY BY THE NAME OF PRUITT CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 40 ACRES IS AVA~LABLE. IT WAS FURTHER: STATED THAT THE TIMBER VALUE APPROXIMATES $19,000 AND THAT THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE LAND. VALUE OF THE 40 ACRE TRACT. IN THE DISCUSSION IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE PRUITTS DO NOT DESIRE TO SELL ALL OF THE PROPpnX Bl!T PROBABL, '!. WOULD'W.' Sit .TO SEL,L 30' TO. 35 AC~ES. $O.~E 0 I S- CUSSION WAS GIVEN TO THE POSSIBILITY OF ACQUIRING :rHE PROPERTY ~F'TER I,T HAD BEEN LOGGED AND SECOND GROWTH, STANDS HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED. IT.WAS STATED THAT THE ACQUISITION OF' SUCH PROPERTY IS NOT IN THE BUDGET F'OR 1959-60 AND WOULD SEVERELY HAMPER EXISTING CAPITAL PROGRAMS IF IT WERE TO BE INCLUDED. SOME QUESTIONS WERE ALSO RAISED.AS TO WHETHER IT IS PROPER TO' ACQUIRE TIMBER LAND AT TODAY'S MARKET PRICES. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION BE, OBTAINED SO A MORE IN- TELLIGENT APPRAISAL OF' THE PROBLEMS COULD BE MADE: (A) DETERMINE WHETHER THE CENTURY FUN~ HAS ANY INTEREST IN THE ACQUIS~TION OF' PROPERTY IN THE VICINITY OF PROPERTY IN CITY OWNERSHIP ON SPENCER BUTTE AND, 1F' SO, WOULD THEY BE WILLING TO CARRY ON ANY NEGOTIATIONS FOR ~UCH ACQUISITION. (B) DETERMINE IF' HOME S Il:E.SAREl:O BE EST~BLlSI:IE.D',E.~~EC.1 ~LL Y O~ .THEWESTE~N SIDE OF" THE BUTTE SINCE I f THEY ARE TO BE ESTABLI SHED, PRESENT OWNERS WOULD BE I NTEREST,E.D IN AESTHETIC VALUES CURRENTLY EXISTING. (C) IF' THE CENTURY FUND IS NOT INTERESTED IN SUCH PRop'ERn' ACQUISITION, THE COUNCIL TO TALK.WITH'.THE PRUITTS TO DET.ERMINE THEIR PLANS. AND WITH THIS SOME IDEA Of THE TIMBER VALUES BE DETERMINED, PRO- PERTY VALUES BE DETERMINED AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SELECTIVE LOGGING BE DISCUSSED. A~ A SEPARATE ITEM IT WAS ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT PROPERTY IN THE OWNERSHIP OF. CHRISTENSEN BROTHERS ON THE EASTERLY SIDE OF. THE BUTTE AND ADJACENT TO THE CITY PROPERTY BE CONSIDERED AND THAT CHRISTENSEN BROTHERS BE CONTACTED TO DETERMINE If THEY MIGHT DONATE SUCH PROPERTY OR IF IT COULD BE PURCHASED AT A REASONABLE P~ICE. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 8 OF' THE REPORT OF' THE COM- M I TTEE BE APP~OVED.. Mcn '<?N CARR I ED. . _ .... : 'I' . 9. CONS I DERAT ION REGARD ING 'PAYMENT 'or 'cosT ~OF" 'NooN -LuNcHEoNs -FoR. 'couNc I'LMEN WHILE ATTENDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS - THE SUBJECT OF THE CITY'S PAYING fOR LUNCHEONS FOR COUNCIL- PERSONNEL ATTENDING NOON MEETINGS OK CITY BUSINESS WAS BROUGHT UP. THE MATTER WAS DISCUSSED AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE PRESENT, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT PAYMENT BE MADE BY THE CITY FOR MEALS FOR COUNCIL PERSONNEL THAT WERE TAKEN WHILE THEY ARE IN ATTENDANCE AT MEET- INGS ON CITY BUSINESS. SUCH PAYMENTS WOULD NOT EXCEED $1.50 AND WOULD NOT INCLUDE GRATUITY. MOTION CARRIED WITH MR. CHATT VOTING NAY. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. McGAFfEY THAT ITEM 9 OF THE REPORT OF" THE COM- MITTEE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. . , 10. THE CITY MAN'AGER ANNOUNCED THAT HE AND THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WOULD BE ABSENT fROM THE ~ITY AND IN ATTENDANCE AT A MEETING TO BE HELD IN TACOMA ON APRIL 9, 10 AND I I, 1950. THIS ABSENCE MIGHT NECESSITATE THE MOVING Of ONE 'COMMITTEE MEETING TOA .DATE OTHER THAN FRIDAY, OR IT MIGHT BE-POSSI- BLE SINCE THREE FR I DAY MEETI NGS WI LL I NTERVENEBETWEEN THE MARCH :23, CO,UNC I L MEETING AND THE APRIL 13 MEETING, ~O DISPENSE WITH ONE COMMI~TEE SESSION IN THIS PERIOD. ..No FORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN ON THIS MATTER. IT WAS M~ED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFfEY THAT :ITEM 10 OF THE REPORT OF THE COM- MITTEE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. II. CONSIDERATION OF" REQUEST fOR SHORT TIME PARKING METER ON SOUTH SIDE ~f 11TH AVENUE AND WEST OF" ALDER STREET - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT ~HE OWNER OF THE BUILDING LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF" 11TH AVENUE AND THE WEST, SIDE. OF ALDER STREET HAD REQUESTED A SHORT TIME METER BE INSTALLED AT THE ONE PARKI:NG SPACE BETWEEN THE ENTRANCE TO THE MAYF"LOWER THEATRE AND ALDER STREET. THE REQUEST WAS fOR A 12-MINUTEMETER SO MAXIMUM. TURNOVER OF PARKING COULD BE HAD., SOME COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE,S VIEWED THE LOCATION, AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE SHORT TIME METER BE INSTALLED AT THE LOCATION INDICATED ABOVE AS REQUESTED. " IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. McGAfFEY THAT ITEM I I Of THE REPORT OF THE COM- MITTEE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. ~ \ ~i . - - . - -;r' , , II I 1 II ii II II Ii Ii II ,( , Ii ,! ,I I, il :1 \! I' i I II I' , j! Ii , I e I I e... I e