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<br />SION ON WEST 2ND AVENUE. HE ALSO STATED WELfARE AGENCIES HAVE INDICATED A NEED fOR THE MISSION, THAT
<br />THE'MISSION'S fUNCTION WAS NOT SOLELY RELATED TO THE CARE Of UNfORTUNATES, THAT CARE WAS ALSO GIVEN TO
<br />fAMILY GROUPS AND O~HER INDIVIDUALS, AND TO THOSE WHO WERE TEMPORARILY OUT OF WORK'OR WHO WERE PASSING
<br />THROUGH THE COMMUNITY UNDER ADVERSE C"RCUMSTANCES. HE STATED THE MISSION fED THESE PEOPLE, THAT OTHER
<br />AGENCIES HAVE NOT AND CANNOT COPE WITH THIS PROBLEM, AND THE QUESTION IS, DOES THE LOCATION Of THE
<br />MISSION DAMAGE PROPERTY VALUES IN THE AREA.
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<br />MR. RAY GABLE AGAIN SPOKE, INDICATING THE MISSION HAS THE fULL SUPPORT OF THE EUGENE MINISTERIAL
<br />ASSOCIATION, THE MISSI()N'S WORK WAS BASICALLY ON A SEASONAL BASIS, AND THAT NOW IS THE Off-SEASON,
<br />AND THAT THE AIDING OF fAMILIES WAS ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL" AREAS WHERE THE MISSION BELIEVES ITS WORK
<br />TO BE NECESSARY.
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<br />MR. ED ANDERSON, PASTOR Of THE EMMAUS LUTHERNN CHURCH, STATED HE HAD NOT WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE
<br />MISSION BUT ADMIRES THEM AND THEIR WORK, AND STATED THE BASIC PROBLEM IS, WE MUST REALIZE WE ARE OUR
<br />BROTHER'S KEEPER.
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<br />NUMEROUS OTHERS SPOKE REGARDING THE NEeD fOR THE MISSION AND THE WORK WHICH THE, MISSION IS ENGAGED
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<br />MR. VONOTTERSTEDT ALSO' SPOKE AGAIN AND STATED THE COUNCIL MUST WEIGH THE ECONOMIC INVESTMENT Of
<br />BENEFICIAL BUSINESSES IN THE ~OMMUNITY VERSUS THE NEED fbR A HAVEN fOR MISfiTS AND UNfORTUNATES.
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<br />OTHERS ALSO SPOKE IN OPPOSITION AND INDICATED THE AREA IS, TO SOME DeGREE, COMPRISED OF THE HOMES
<br />OF,SMALL WAGE EARNERS WHO WERE ATTEMPTING TO RAISE THEIR FAMILIES AND WHO DID NOT WANT UNDESIRABLES
<br />IN THEIR AREA. OTHERS STATED THERE WERE A NUMBER Of RAILROAD WORKERS WHO WORKED NIGHTS AND THEIR
<br />WIVES AND CHILDREN WERE ALONE. DURING THE NIGHT TIME HOURS, WHICH WAS ANOTHER eEASON fOR NOT WANTING
<br />THE MISSION LOCATED IN THE AREA.
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<br />. COUNCILMAN CHRISTENSEN STATED HE RESPECTED THE WOR~ OF THE MISSIONS BUT QUESTIONS THAT ONE IS
<br />NEEDED IN EUGENE AND SUGGESTED THER~ WERE PEOPLE IN OUR bWN AREA WHO MIGHT BE HELPED UNDER A ~OMPARABLE
<br />BUT DIffERENT PROGRAM.
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<br />THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED THAT THE CONSENSUS Of THE COMMAND OffICERS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS
<br />THAT THE MISSION ATTRACTS UNDESIRABLES, INCLUDING THE PROfES$IONAL HOBO AND OTHER VAGRANTS. IT WAS
<br />ALSO AGREED THAT THE MISSION AIDS THE NON-PROf'ESSIONAL U'NFORTUNATE. RECORDS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
<br />INDICATE NO INCREASE IN VAGRANCY SINCE THE MISSION CLOSED, THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME DECREASE. IT WAS
<br />ALSO BROUGHT OUT THAT THERE WOULD BE POLICING DIFFICULTIES IN THE WEST 2ND AVENUE AREA BECAUSE Of THE
<br />DISTANCE fROM THE JAIL, THE LIMITED NUMBER bF OfFICERS ~VAILABLE FOR PATROL, ~HE POOR STREET SYSTEM
<br />IN THE AREA, AND THE PROBLEM OF POLICING AN INDUSTRIALltED AND WAREHOUSE AREA. THERE WOULD ALSO BE
<br />AN ADDITIONAL PROBLEM IN POLICING VAGRANTS DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. THE CITY MANAGER ALSO POINTED
<br />OUT THAT SCHOOL DISTRI~T##4 HAD NOT GONE ON RECORD fOR OR AGAINST THE MISSION, BUT DID EXPECT ADDI-
<br />TIONAL POLICE PROTECTION IN THE AREA IF NECESSARY, AND THAT IN THIS REGARD A CHECK AT 2:30 PM FEBRU-
<br />ARY 14TH INDICATED fOURTEEN CHILDREN PASSED IN fRONT OF THE LOCATION AND APPROXIMATELY TWENTY-FIVE
<br />WITHIN ONE BLOCK.
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<br />VARIOUS OTHER COMMENTS WERE MADE, AND IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT THE
<br />EUGENE MISSION BE ALLOWED TO LOCATE AT 1492 WEST 2ND AVENUE, AND THAT THE FINDINGS OF THE PLANNING
<br />COMMISSION BE UPHELD. ROLLCALL VOTE. Ma~tON CARRIED, MRS. LAURIS, MESSRS. CHATT, MOYER AND DEVERELL
<br />VOTING AYE; MESSRS. MOLHOLM, WILSON AND CHRISTENSEN VOTING NAY.
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<br />BILLS AGAINST THE VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 1961 WERE SUBMITTED AND READ
<br />AS fOLLOWS:
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<br />RODMAN & UREY, REALTORS
<br />PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM
<br />PUBLIC EMPLOYEES R~TIREMENTSYSTEM
<br />PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM
<br />FIRST NATIONAL BANK
<br />FIRST NATIONAL BANK
<br />STATE TAX COMMISSION
<br />AETNA LifE INSURANCE Co.
<br />PA~IFIC HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
<br />EUGENE HOSPITAL & CLINIC
<br />DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS.
<br />DANIEL O. POTTERJ TREAS.
<br />DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS.
<br />DANIEL O. POTTER, TREAS.
<br />EUGENE FIREfIGHTERS ASSN.
<br />UNITED ApPEAL - LANE COUNTY
<br />ASSOCIATED SUPPLIERS
<br />AUTO BODY & PAINT SUPPLY
<br />AUTOMATIC HEAT COMPANY
<br />BABB ROCK PRODUCTS
<br />J. H. BAXTER & COMPANY
<br />BEARING SALES & SERVICE
<br />BEARING SUPPLY COMPANY
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<br />GENERAL fUND
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<br />$ 400.00
<br />6,548.93
<br />8,036.78
<br />943.16
<br />14,972.65
<br />843.75
<br />2,877.40
<br />2,082.70
<br />2,199. 10
<br />44.00
<br />1,058.50
<br />990.75
<br />25 I .65
<br />45.99
<br />132.00
<br />247.86
<br />14.65
<br />39.49
<br />3.90
<br />7.00
<br />230.40
<br />1.67
<br />33.28
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<br />BLUE CROSS PLAN
<br />WILLAKENZIE VOLUNTEERS
<br />lANE HUMANE SOCIETY
<br />E. E. CONE, MAYOR
<br />CHARLES E. ORR
<br />STATE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMM~
<br />ADDRESSOGRAPH-MULTIGRAPH CORP.
<br />AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ASSN.
<br />AOBERS FEEe & FARM SUPPLY
<br />DON ALLEN
<br />ALEEN OfFICE EQUIPMENT
<br />THE AMERICAN HERITAGE INDEX
<br />AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
<br />AMERICAN STEEL & SUPPLY'
<br />ART'S GARBAGE SERVICE NO.2
<br />ASSOCIATION FILMS, INC.
<br />BLUE CROSS ANIMAL HOSPITAL
<br />BON MARCHE RUSSELLS
<br />BOOK LAND
<br />F. K. BREWER
<br />BRO-DART INDUSTRiES
<br />BROOKS OFFICE MACHINES
<br />CHARLES BRUNING COMPANY, INC.
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<br />$ 88.30
<br />50.00
<br />783.33
<br />100.00
<br />18.75
<br />2,199.88
<br />43.93
<br />15.00
<br />18.15
<br />10.00
<br />8.60
<br />4.00
<br />22.00
<br />406.49
<br />6.60
<br />10.30
<br />7.50
<br />9.96
<br />6.60
<br />19.85
<br />292.50
<br />2.75
<br />31.94
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