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<br /> A PEtiTION SIGNED BY 90 PERSONS FAVORING THE LOCATION WAS P~ESENTED, AS WERE ADDITIONAL II
<br /> LETTERS. IT WAS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS A PETITION SIGNED BY
<br /> 224 PEOPLE WHO ARE AGAINST THIS LOCATION FOR THE MISSION.
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<br /> AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMMITTEE, MR. "
<br /> EUGENE VENN STATED THE MISSION'S VIEWPOINT WITH RE-
<br /> GARD TO THIS LOCATION. HE INDICATED THAT THE MISSION HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR A PERIOD Of
<br /> APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS fOR A SITE AND HE BELIEVED THE SUGGESTED SITE WAS PROPER, THAT
<br /> THE MISSION SERVES AN IMPORTANT AND VITAL fUNCTION IN THE CITY, AND THE CHURCHES, POLICE
<br /> AGENCIES AND OTHERS ARE IN ACCORD' WITH THIS IDEA. THE PROPONENTS OF THIS IDEA DO NOT
<br /> FEEL THAT THE AREA WOULD BE DETRIMENTALLY AffECTED, SINCE IT IS PROPOSED THAT THE MISSION
<br /> ITSELf HAVE A REAR ENTRANCE WITH AN AOXILIARY STORE fRONTING ON WILLAMETTE STREET. ACTION
<br /> WAS REQUESTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SINCE AN OPTION ON THE PROPERTY WILL EXPIRE ON JANUARY I,
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<br /> MR. ED ALLEN, REPRESENTING ,THOSE IN OPPOSITION To THE LOCATION OF THE MISSION, STATED
<br /> e THAT AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEAR LNG, A NUMBE~ OF PEOPLE WERE PRESENT WHO OPPOSED THE
<br /> 'LOCATION, A PETITION Of 224 PEOPLE WAS PRESENTED, TESTIMONY Of MERCHANTS WHO HAD OPERATED
<br /> BUSINESSES ABUTTING THE MISSION WAS MADE A MATTER Of RECORD AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION
<br /> HEARING, AND THAT LARGELY THIS TESTIMONY WAS INDICATIVE Of A DETRIMENTAL EXPERIENCE BE-
<br /> CAUSE OF THE LOCATION Of THE MISSION. MR. ALLEN ALSO POINTED OUT THAT APPRAISALS HAD
<br /> BEEN MADE OF THE IMPACT ON THE AREA WHICH SHOWS A DEFINITE ECONOMICAL LOSS TO MERCHANTS
<br /> AND TO OTHERS SURROUNDING THE MISSION. ~E ALSO STATED THAT ~HE ESTABLISHMENT Of A MISSION
<br /> MAKES A fOCAL POINT FOR TRANSIENTS AND SOME PERCENTAGE Of THESE TRANSIENTS ARE NOT DESIR-
<br /> I THE BASIC PROBLEMS WHICH HAVE ARISEN AROUND THE MISSION'S ,
<br /> ABLE WHILE OTHERS NEED HELP. :
<br /> LOCATION AS IT WAS KNOWN AT 6TH AND W'LLAMETTE WAS A CONGREGATION OF PEOPLE ON THE STREETS,
<br /> ACTS Of VANDALI~M, THE PROBLEM Of DRINKING, THE PROBLEM THE MERCHANTS fACE Of CUSTOMER
<br /> RELATIONS, PANHANDLING AND OTHER EQUIVALENT PROBLEMS. "
<br /> VARIOUS QUESTIONS WERE ASKED IN WHICH IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE MISSION CARES FOR A PER-
<br /> ~ SON fOR A THREE DAY PERIOD, AND THAT DURING THIS PERIOD THEY ATTEMPT TO CHANNEL THE INDI-
<br /> ~ VIDUAL TO WORK SITUATIONS, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME THE INDIVIDUAL IS ALOOWED TO REfRESH
<br /> C\? HIMSELF AT THE MiSSION. THE QUESTION Of WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE WHO ARE INEBRIATED WAS
<br /> ~!....( BROUGHT FORTH, AND IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT IT DEPENDS ON THE PARTICULAR SITUATION, THAT IF
<br /> CO AN INDIVIDUAL IS BELLIGERENT THE MISSION WILL NOT ACCEPT HIM, OTHERWISE THEY WILL TRY TO
<br /> CO HELP. IT WAS fURTHER POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS A RESPONSIBILITY OF A CITY Of THIS SIZE
<br /> TO TAKE CARE OF PARTICULAR CITIZENS, THAT THE MISSION KEPT MEN OFF THE STREETS AT NIGHT.
<br /> QUESTIONS WERE ASKED REGARDING THE INCREASE OR DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO MAY ':
<br /> HAVE COME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND IT WAS INDICAT~D THERE WERE NO
<br /> KNOWN fACTS ON THIS, BUT THAT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC STATE TRANSIENT
<br /> ACTIVITY IS BASICALLY ON A SEASONAL SITUATION.
<br /> THE COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES EXPRESSED THEMSELVES AS BELIEVING THAT THERE IS A RESPONSI- i:
<br /> BILITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO HELP SOLVE,THE PROBLEM, AND SOME QUESTIONS WERE ASKED REGARD-
<br /> ING POSSIBLE ALTERNATE SITES. IT WAS THEN RECOMMENDED THAT A HEARING BE SET FOR THE COUNCIL
<br /> MEETING TO BE HELD DECEMBER 27, 1960, fOR CONSIDERATION Of THIS MATTER. MOTION CARRIED
<br /> UNANIMOUSLY." "
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<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 8 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED.
<br /> MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD DECEMBER 22, 1960 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
<br /> "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, LAURIS, MOLHOLM, CHATT, WILSON, AND SWANSON;
<br /> e COUNCILMEN-ELECT CHRISTENSEN AND DEVERELL; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; DIRECTOR 1
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<br /> Of PUBLIC WORKS; CHIEf Of POLICE; TRAffiC ENGINEER; FIRE CHIEF; CITY ATTORNEY;
<br /> AIRPORT MANAGER; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; MRS. DEVERELL; MRS. BUTLER; AIRPORT
<br /> COMMISSION MEMBERS GIUSTINA, EDMUNDS AND VIK; AIRPORT ARCHITECTS CLARK AND MAYER;
<br /> FRED BRENNE; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD; AND OTHER INTERESTED CITIZENS.
<br /> I I. REQUEST 'FOR SEGREGATION Of ASSESSMENT LIEN BY HAROLD E. SMITH - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT
<br /> MR. AND MRS. SMITH ARE THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOTS 7, 8, 9, 10 AND II OF
<br /> BLOCK 14, . FRAZIER-HYLAND ADDITI~N, WHICH PROPERTY IS IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF 26TH AVENUE
<br /> AND RUNNING BETWEEN CHARNEL TON AND OLIVE STREET. THE SMITHS ARE DESIROUS OF HAVING
<br /> THESE LOTS MADE INTO TWO SEPARATE PARCELS, ONE TO BE THE WEST' 60 fEET Of THE ABOVE
<br /> DESCRIBED LOTS, THE SECOND TO BE THE EAST 61.03 FEET OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED LOTS. By
<br /> THIS PROCESS, THE WEST 60 fEET Of THESE LOTS WOULD BEAR THE ASSESSMENT fOR THE PAVING
<br /> OF CHARNELTON STREET AND AT SOME fUTURE TIME, THE EAST 61.03 fEET WOULD BE SUBJECT TO
<br /> FUTURE ASSESSMENT FOR THE PAVING Of OLIVE STREET. THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THIS MATTER
<br /> AND RECOMMENDED THE SEGREGATION BE ALLOWED. MOTiO~ CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
<br /> I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM I Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED.
<br /> MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> 2 2. ADDED COST TO COMPLETE THE SEWER STUDY OF THE METROPOLITAN CITY Of EUGENE - IT WAS EXPLAINED
<br /> THAT IN APRIL OF 1959, AN AGREEMENT HAD BEEN REACHED WITH THE ENGINEERING fiRM Of CORNELL, I
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<br /> HOWLAND, HAYES AND MERRYfiELD FOR A SEWER STUDY iN THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF THE CITY Of
<br /> EUGENE, WHICH WAS ESTIMATED TO COST APPROXIMATELY $32,000. THESE COSTS WERE LATER REV1S~D
<br /> e TO APPROXIMATELY $40,000 AND BASED ON RECENT INfORMATION fROM THE fiRM IT NOW APPEARS THE
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