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<br />IN THE DISCUSSION 'PERIOD IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT SOME AREA TO THE SOUTH OF THE
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<br />LAURELWOOD GOLF COURSE MIGHT BE ACQUIRED AT CONSIDERABLY LESS COST AND MADE INTO
<br />A PARK AREA. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS & RECREATION STATED THAT HIS DEPARTMENT
<br />IS CURRENTLY STUDYING THIS SECTION OF THE CITY AND THE, PARKS NEEDS FOR THE SEC-
<br />T ION BUT WERE NOT YET READY TO REPORT. HE SUGGESTED THAT A LETTER MIGHT BE :SENT
<br />TO THE OWNERS OF LAURELWOOD GOLF COURSE REQUESTING THAT THE CITY BE INFORMED IN
<br />THE EVENT THEY PROPOSE TO SELL THE LAURELWOOD PROPERTY. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT
<br />THE MATTER BE HELD PENDING A REPORT ON THE PARK PROGRAM FOR THIS AREA.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT ITEM e OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
<br />BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />9. MATTER OF CIVIL DEFENSE PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF EUGENE -:MAYOR CONE REPORTED HE HAD
<br />TAKEN THE MATTER OF CIVIL DEFENSE PROGRAM rOR THE CITY OF EUGENE UNDER STUDY, AND
<br />HAD HAD CONFERENCES WITH VARIOUS MEMBERS or THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFr AND OTHERS.
<br />HE STATED THAT HE BELIEVES THE CIVIL DEFENSE PROGRAM FOR THE CITY NEEDS SOME RE-
<br />ORGANIZATION, BUT:,AT THIS TIME HE WANTS TO DEFER ANY ACTION. THE COMMITTEE RECOM-
<br />MENDED THAT ACTION ON THIS MATTER BE DEFERRED PENDING FURTHER REPORT FROM THE MAYOR.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT ITEM 9 OF THE REPORT or THE COMMITTEE
<br />BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />10. DISCUSSION ON ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES IN THE. SPENCER BUTTE AREA - THE SUPERIN-
<br />TENDENT or PARKS & RECREATION REPORTED HE HAD HELD DISCUSSIONS WITHTHE CHRISTENSEN
<br />BROTHERS WHO OWN PROPERTY ON THE EAST SIDE OF SPENCER BUTTE, AND THAT BASED ON ONE
<br />OF THE DISCUSSIONS APPROXIMATELY 90 TO 100 ACRES IMMEDIATELY ADJOINING CITY PRO-
<br />PERTY ON SPENCER BUTTE COULD BE ACQUIRED FOR A PRICE OF $50,000, AND COULD FURTHER,
<br />BE ACQUIRED ON A LONG TERM BASIS. .HE STATED THAT IN TALKING WITH THE CHRISTENSENS
<br />THEY HAD TOLD H 1M THEY HAVE RECE.I VED A NUMBER OF REQUESTS TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY
<br />AT RATHER HIGH PRICES, BUT'THAT THEY DO NOT WISH TO SELL; HOWEVER, IF THE CITY JS
<br />INTERESTED THEY WOULD SELL TO THE CITY. No FORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN ON THE REPORT.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY, MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT ITEM 10 or THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
<br />BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />II. QUESTION OF WATER SUPPLY FOR THE CITY OF EUGENE - COUNCILWOMAN LAURIS SUGGESTED
<br />THAT THE COUNC I L TAKE ACT ION, WH I CH WOULD REQUI RE THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTR I C BoARD.
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<br />TO GO FARTHER UP THE McKENZIE RIVER FOR ITS RAW WATER SUPPLY AND TO A POINT WHERE
<br />A PURE WATER SUPPLY COUL,D BE HAD:. SHE FURTHER STATED SHE BEL I EVES: THE PUBL I C
<br />WOULD APPROVE SUCH AN ITEM TO OBTAIN A BETTER AND MORE PURE WATER SUPPLY. COUNCIL-
<br />MAN WILSON CONCURRED- IN THIS STATEMENT, AND IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE EUGENE WATER
<br />& ELECTRIC BOARD MAKE A FURTHER STUDY TOWARD THE OBTAINING OF A PURE WATER SUPPLY
<br />AT SOME POINT ABOVE THAT NOW BEING TAKEN FROM THE McKENZIE RIVER AT HAYDEN BRIDGE.
<br />SUCH A STUDY SHOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AN ADEQUATE AND PURE WATER SUPPLY BOTH
<br />NOW AND FOR THE FUTURE."
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT ITEM II OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
<br />BE APPROVED.
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<br />COUNCILWOMAN LAURIS SUGGESTED THAT A STUDY BE MADE BY THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BoARD AS
<br />TO THE COST OF EXTENDING THE UPPER REACHES OF THE WATER SYSTEM TO WALTERVILLE FOR THE CITY'S
<br />WATER SUPPLY. IT WAS LIKEWISE STATED BY COUNCILWOMAN LAURIS THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
<br />THE BACTERIA COUNT or THE EXISTING WATER SUPPLY FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THE COST or
<br />CHLORINATION FOR THE PAST r.IVE YEARS, AND THE COST OF THE SULPHUR PROCESS NOW'TO'BE IN-
<br />STALLED. MAYOR CONE SUGGESTED THAT THE CITY HAS ONE OF THE BEST WATER SUPPLIES IN THE
<br />UNITED STATES.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WILSON SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN TO AMEND THE MOTION TO PROVIDE, THAT
<br />MR. PR I CE, SUPER I NTENDENT-SECR'ETARY or THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTR I C BOARD, AND DR. OSTERUD,
<br />LANE COUNTY HEALTH OrFICER, BE ASKED TO ATTEND THE COMMITTEE MEETING TO BE HELD FRIDAY,
<br />APRIL 17, 195~, ,TO.DI,SCUSS T~E'_\,!ATE~.SUPPLY ,\,!ITH THE COUNCIL. IT WAS ALSO ASKED TH~T
<br />THEY BE PREPARED TO SHOW THE AREA INCIDENCE OF HEPATITIS, AND THERE WAS ,SOME ,DISCUS~I~N
<br />AS TO WHETHER THESE CASES WERE CONTACTED BY CONTACT OR BY OTHE'R MEANS, AND A FURTHER
<br />QUESTION WAS RAISED AS TO WHEN THESE CASES WERE CONTACTED, IT BEING THE BELIEF THAT THEY
<br />WERE CONTACTED IN HIGH WATER PERIODS; THAT IS, DECEMBER AND JANUARY Of EACH YEAR.
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<br />A VOTE WAS TAKEN ON THE AMENDMENT AND MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />A VOTE WAS THEN TAKEN ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMMITTEE REPORT AS AMENDED
<br />AND MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD APRIL 3, 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
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<br />"PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN SHEARERrLAURIS, LINDEEN, MOLHOLM, McGAFFEY, CHATT,
<br />MOYER AND WILSON; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; CITY ATTORNEY; SUPERINtENDENT
<br />OF PARKS & RECREA:TION; DIRECTOR OF", PUBLIC WORKS; ADMINISTRA.TIVE ASSISTANT;
<br />MESSRS. DAVE VANFOSSEN, \. I. WRIGHT, J. ORVILLE LINDSTROM AND FRED BRENNE;
<br />DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD.
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