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177~ e 12/17/62 __~_'U_ .._-.0-._._______..__.._ _~.._>_ .._..__~.._._ ....__.~. ..-. ".--"';-~--'" ._.-._~,._._.- _.._--.'------,._--.~_.---~_.__. _'~ _,_. ..4_.__.'__",____ .'______ -- I COUNCIL CHAMBER EUGENE, OREGON DECEMBER 17, 1962 A MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, OREGON, ADJOURNED FROM THE MEETING OF DECEMBER 10, 1962, WAS CALLED TO ORDER ON DECEMBER 17, 1962 AT 7:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER BY HI S HON<R MAYOR EDWIN E. CONE WITH THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: MRS. LAURIS, MESSRS. MOLHOLM, 00 CHATT, MOYER, SWANSON, CHRISTENSEN AND DEVERELL. COUNCILMAN WILSON WAS ABSENT. ~ ~ I MAYOR CONE EXPLAINED THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING STATING THE TIME WOULD BE GIVEN OVER TO MATTERS ~ CONCERNING THE EAST CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, THAT A PUBLIC HEARING HAD BEEN CALLED ON THE APPLICA- C;Q TION OF THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, AND THAT THE BUSINESS WOULD BE CONFINED CO TO THIS SUBJECT. HE STATED THAT THE PROPONENTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WOULD BE GIVEN AN OPPOR- TUNITY TO SPEAK FIRST ON THE PROPOSAL, AND THEN THE OPPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM WOULD BE GIVEN A CHANCE FOR DISCUSSION. e MAYOR CONE THEN INTRODUCED MR. DICK SODERBERG WHO GAVE AN OUTLINE OF THE PROPOSED AREA INVOLVED WITH DIAGRAMS SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE AREA. MR. SODERBERG ALSO EXPLAINED THE PROBLEMS,lNVOLVED WITH THE RELOCATION OF THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MOVE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT AREA. MR. ORVILLE LINDSTROM WAS THEN RECOGNIZED AND PROCEEDED TO EXPLAIN THE USE or THE MONEY WHICH WOULD BE RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND IN WHAT PROPORTION THE MONEY WOULD BE USED FOR HOUSING AND EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS. MR. LINDSTROM ALSO EXPLAINED THE PROCEDURE IN ARRIVING AT VALUES FOR PAYMENTS TO INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS, STATING THAT PROFESSIONAL APPRAISERS HAD BEEN HIRED TO DO THE SURVEY WORK. MA YOR CONE I THEN ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCi AT WHICH TIME THE FoLLOWING PEOPLE EXPRESSED THEIR OPINIONS ON THE PROPOSAL: MR. OSBURN, MRS. ALBERTA HEFFRON, MESSRS. HALL, McKEON, GEORGE CREGER, COLOMBO, DENNISON, MILES KONTICH, AND CHUCK THOMPSON. SEVERAL PEOPLE ASKED QUESTIONS OF MR. LINDSTROM CONCERNING THE ACTUAL APPRAISAL OF PRORRTY AND THE VALUATION GIVEN TO CERTAIN PIECES OF PROPERTY AND WHAT ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE FOR RELOCATION. THESE QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED BY MR. LINDSTROM. MRS. ALBERTA HEFFRON STATED SHE WISHED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF A CLIENT, MR. AND MRS. RUDY J. NESS. SHE STATED THAT HER CLIENT HAD ASKED HER TO CONVEY THE INFORMATION TO THE HEAR'ING THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON HAD BEEN SOMEWHAT INCONSIDERATE IN SOME OF THEIR TRANSACTtONS WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA, AND THAT THE PUBLIC RELATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY HAD SUFFERED SOMEWHAT. MRS. LYDA GARRETT ALSO SPOKE IN THIS SAME VEIN, STAT! NG THAT SHE HAD NOT RECEIVED THE ATTENTION TO CERTAIN CORRESPONDENCE WHICH SHE HAD SENT TO THE OFFICE, THAT SHE DOUBTED WHETHER A SUGGESTION SUBMITTED BY HER HAD EVEN BEEN CONSIDERED. MR. COLOMBO OF 1542 VILLARD STREET ALSO VOICED AN OBJECTION TO THE PROGRAM. MAYOR CONE THEN CALLED THE MEETING TO A CLOSE, STATING THAT NO ACTION BY THE COUNCrL WOULD BE NECESSARY AT THIS TIME AND THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING HAD BEEN FULFILLED AND THE HEARING WAS ADJOURNED. MR. MOLHOLM THEN MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CHATT TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. I ~- HUGH McKINLEY CITY MANAGER e I e ~