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NOTICE OF SPECIAL COUNCIL lVIEETING
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To the Members' of the Common Council of the City of Eugene: ..,.Q
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That on this 5th day of August, 1940 , the Mayor of
the City of Eugene hereby calls a meeting to be held at 7:30 o'clock p.m. in the
Council Chambers in t~e City Hall in the City of Eugene for the consideration
of the following matter:
I To discuss the proposed new airport with regard to a special election.
Eugene, Oregon August 5, 1940.
Elisha Large, Mayor
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Council Chambers Eugene, Oregon
August 5, 1940
The council met in special meeting pursuant to the call of Mayor Large
with all councilmen present. A vacancy existed from the second ward because of
the recent resignation of Councilman Cox. The Chamber of Commerce was represented
by Fred Stickels, President, Mahlon Sweet, Chairman of the Aviation Committee and
Fred Brenne, Secretary. The Eugene Realty Board was represented by E. H. Peterson,
Robert Prescott, Charles Paine and R. A. McCully. Others present were Matt
Wilhelm and Dr. George Simon.
The Mayor opened the meeting with a brief statement as to the needs for
a modenn airport for the City of Eugene and the necessity for taking immediate
action and called upon Mr. Stickels to present the recommendation of the Chamber
I of Commerce in this matter. Mr. Stickels addressed the council stating that the
Aviation Committee of the Chamber of Commerce had been working on the proposed
new airport for a number of years and that the Committee had finally recommended
to its Board of Directors that a recommendation be made to the Common Council to
call a special election to purchase the proposed airport site. After careful
consideration, the Board of Directors adopted the recommendation of the Committee
and hereby recommended that the Common Council call a special election without
further delay. Matt Wilhelm stated that he was a member of the Board of Directors
and he wanted it made clear that he did not approve of this action. Members
of the council and members of the Realty Board questioned the matter at great length
and it was the recorrrmendation of the Realty Board Committee as well as Dr. Simon
that the council should not call a special election. In order to get the question
detennined, Councilman Reid made a motion setting August 27, 1940 as the date for
the special election with the provision that in the event the Federal Government
does not enter into contract for construction of an airport, the Common Council
would not make the levy. The motion was seconded by Councilman Carlson and placed
upon roll call. Councilmen voting aye: Reid, Bond, and Carlson; Councilmen voting
nay: Farrington, Hanns, Koppe and Barette. The motion was declared lost and this
being the purpose of the special meet~ng the Mayor adjourned the meeting.
. C. M. Bryan
City Recorder
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