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e 79~ 6/8/59 -'1 - I 'I ., Ii :i i'1 I '.1 f:1 00 C\J ~ C..) Ct:l CO e .i I ;': 'I . , I e I e RESOLUTION - RE: URGING OREGON SENATORS AND CONGRESSMAN rROM 4TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION rOR COMPLETION or SOUTH JETTY ON SIUSLAW RIVER WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS rOLLOWS: '., "WHEREAS, THE SIUSLAW RIVER IS THE ONLY RIVER OFFERING A NATURAL HARBOR IN LANE COUNTY, STATE Or OREGON, AND' WHEREAS, WITHIN THE LAST rEW YEARS THE NORTH JETTY HAS BEEN REPLACED AND REBUILT AND HAS PROVIDED A GREAT IMPROVEMENT rOR THE ENTRANCE Or THE SIUSLAW RIVER AND THE PORT Or fLORENCE, OREGON, AND WHEREAS, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE INVESTMENT ALREADY MADE BY P~BLIC rUNDS ON THE NORTH JETTY BE PROTECTED AND IMPLEMENTED, AND SAID HARBOR IMPROVEMENT WORK BE COMPLETED BY THE EARLY COMPLETION or THE REBUILDING Or THE SOUTH JETTY, AND .' WHEREAS, THE CITY Or EUGENE IS ANXIOUS AND DESIROUS THAT THE PORT Or fLORENCE, OREGON BE rULLY DEVELOPED AND UTILIZED, AND THAT SAID PORT MAY BE A PORT or ENTRY rOR OCEAN GOING CARGOES TO FLOW INTO THE W,LLA- METTE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN OREGON, THROUGH SAID PORT or fLORENCE, AND , , " WHEREAS, THE COMMON COUNCIL Or THE CITY OF EUGENE, OREGON DESIRES TO ASSIST ITS NEIGHBOR CITY, THE CITY 0; fLORENCE; AND THE PORT or fLORENCE IN OBTAINING THE EARLY COMPLETION OF SAID PORT rACILITIES; NOW, THEREfORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCL Of THE CITY Of EUGENE, OREGON, IN REGULAR SESSION, HELD ON JUNE 8, 1959, AS rOLLOWS: I. THAT THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY or EUGENE, OREGON, REPRESENTING SAID CITY ARE COGNIZANT or THE NEED rOR THE APPROPRIATION Or fEDERAL FUNDS AND THE EARLY COMPLETION or THE SOUTH JETTY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE S,USLAW RIVER. '! 2. THAT THE SENATORS TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE rROMOREGON AND THE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS rROM THE fOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT BE IMMEDIATELY ADVISED Or THIS PASSAGE Or THIS RESOLUTION AND URGED TO PROPOSE 'AND SUPPORT THE NECESSARY LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE rUNDS rOR AND COMPLETION or THE PROGR~M rOR THE EARLY BUILDING or THE SOUTH JETTY Or THE SIUSLAW RIVER IN LANE COUNTY, OREGON. THIS RESoLUTION ADOPTED THIS 8TH DAY Or JUNE, 1959." RESOLUTION ADOPTED UPON ACT10N TAKEN UNDER INTRODUCTION or NEW BUSINESS EARLIER IN THE MEETING. UPON MOTION DULY MADE, SECONDED AND GARRIED, THE MEETING WAD ADJOURNED TO MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1959. " RESPECTrULLY SUBMITTED, ~~ ROBERT A. FINLAYSON C!TY MANAGER D " ,; .' ~