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REPORTS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS A REPORT OF THE JOINT MEETING OF LANE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, AND THE AIRPORT COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF EUGENE HELD MARCH I, 1960 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: "DISCUSSION ON TRANSFER Of AIRPORT - THE MEETING WAS OPENED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT SHEARER WHO INVITED COMMENTS FROM MR. HENRY EATON, CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION. MR. EATON REPORTED THAT THE COMMISSION HAD GIVEN SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO THE PROBLEM AND WERE OF" THE OPINION THAT THE AIRPORT OPERATION IS PROPERLY A COUNTY FUNCTION, THAT THE AIRPORT BE GIVEN TO THE COUNTY AT NO REMUNERATION, AND THAT THE PROCEEDS OF SALES OF PARK-AIRE lOTS BE CONTRIBUTED TOWARD THE COMPLETION OF THE AIRPORT PROJECT. HE STATED THAT IT WAS THE COMMISSION'S IDEA THAT THE COUNTY WOULD MATCH. THE CITY'S INVESTMENT AND THAT THERE IS A GREAT NEED FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT IN THE VICINITY Of THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND FOR THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING ITSELF AT MAHLON SWEET AIRPORT FOR PRIVATE, EXECUTIVE AND COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS. HE CITED A SERIES OF OTHER CITIES EXPANDING IN THIS AREA AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY MAKE SUCH A TRANSFER AND HELP THE COUNTY IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE' TOWARD THE CULMINATION OF THE PROJECT. MR. GIUSTINA, AIRPORT COMMISSION MEMBER, AGREED WITH THIS AND STATED FURTHER THAT HE BELIEVES THE BROADER TAX BASE OF THE COUNTY WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE AIRPORT OPERATION, INDICATING THAT THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE THE BASE TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS NEEDED. SOME DISCUSSION WAS'ALSO HELD ON A POSSIBLE NAME FOR THE AIRPORT, AND MR. EATON SUGGESTED IT BE CALLED THE EUGENE-SPRINGF'IELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. MR. SHISLER SUGGESTED THAT SINCE MAHLON SWEET WAS ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBLE fOR THE AIRPORT, HIS NAME SHOULD BE RETAINED F"OR'THE AIRPORT. 'IT'WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE PROPOSED TERMINAL BUILDING MIGHT BE NAMED AFTER MAHLON SWEET. OTHER COUNCILMEN PRESENT AGREED ON THE IDEA OF THE CITY'S GIVING THE AIRPORT TO LANE COUNTY ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO AGREEMENT AS TO THE POTENTIAL NAME CHANGE. COUNTY COMMISSIONER PETERSEN POINTED OUT THAT THE COUNTY WOULD NOT BE IN A POSITION TO OBLIGATE ITSELF TO SPEND A GIVEN AMOUNT OF MONEY OVER ANY PERIOD OF TIME SINCE THE LOCAL BUDGET LAW DOES NOT ALLOW THEM TO COMMIT FUNDS BEYOND THE CURRENT BUDGET YEAR. HE AND COMMISSIONER HILL BOTH STATED THAT IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR THE COUNTY TO MAKE AN AGREEMENT BECAUSE OF THE BUDGETARY LIMITATIONS. VARIOUS ALTERNATIVE METHODS Of fiNANCING THE AIRPORT, INCLUDING AN AIRPORT DISTRICT AND OTHER WIDER TAX BASE IDEAS, WERE BROUGHT BEfORE THE MEETING ALTHOUGH NO AGREEMENT WAS REACHED ON THIS SUBJECT. IT WAS SUGGESTED IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO DRAW UP A BUDGET'ANDAN'AGREEMENT ON A YEAR TO YEAR BASIS WITH POSSIBLE EXTENSIONS or SUCH AN AGREEMENT. IF THIS WERE DONE, THE CITY WOULD HAVE PROTECT I ON fOR THE AI RPORT I N THE EVENT THE COUNTY 0 I 0 NOT CONT I NUE' THE PROORAM AS CURRENTLY ENVISIONED. I " ;') 'I IT WAS F"URTHER SUGGESTED THAT AN AGREEMENT MIGHT BE MADE BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY WHICH, EVEN If THE CITY DID HAVE TO TAKE OVER THE-AIRPORT, WOULD HAVE PROVIDED. COUNTY , PARTICIPATION FOR SOME PERIOD OF' TIME. COMMISSIONER NIELSEN SUGGESTED THAT THE CITY PRO- CEED WITH THE PLANS ~UTLINED; HE FURTHER INDICATED HE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER WITH OTHER CITIES TO DETERMINE WHAT THEIR AIRPORT NEEDS MIGHT BE, AND WITH REGARD TO FINANCE, INDICATED THE COUNTY HAS NOT COMPLETELY RECOVERED FROM THE BUILDING OF THE COURTHOUSE AND IS NOW RECEIVING FUNDS FROM TIMBER RECEIPTS DURING THE RECESSIONAL PERIOD WHICH AREPOSING PROBLEMS WITH THE COUNTY BUDGET. HE ALSO INDICATED THAT THE COUNTY IS FACING PROBLEMS OF COST WITH REfERENCE TO URBAN RENEWAL, THE NORTH BANK PARK, AND A BACKLOG OF OVEREXPENDITURES WITHIN BUDGET.' HE SUGGESTED THAT APPROXIMATELY A YEAR FROM NOW THE COUNTY MIGHT. BE IN A POSITION TO PROCEED ON AN AIRPORT PROGRAM'.' DURING THE COURSE OF 'THE MEETING IT WAS SUG- GESTED MANY TIMES THAT THE CITY PROCEED WITH THE BASIC WORK, PLANNING, SURVEYING, PLATTING, AND OTHER' MATTER S WHICH WOUL'D BE NECESSARY TOWARDT'HE EXECIJ-TION OF THE AIRPORT PROGRAM. No FORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN ON THE REPORT ALTHOUGH IT WAS GENERALLY AGREED THAT THE CITY SHOULD PROCEED WITH SUCH IMPROVEMENTS AS IT COULD. " ': ;i \ t! \ .1 II " ;! j IT WAS FURTHER AGREED THA~~EPRESENTATIVES'OF THE VA~IOUS AGENCIES SHOULD MEET TO WORK OUT A POSSIBLE AGREEMENT SO THAT AT THE TIME THE COUNTY COULD PARTICIPATE IN THE AIRPORT PROGRAM, THE BASIC FRAMEWORK OF THE AGREEMENT WILL'HAVE BEEN COMPLETED." IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. 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