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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/28/1940 Meeting ",..- 3 5 8 ~ NOTICE OF SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING ~ . 0:.- I .C;;: ;t, ;.Cl To the Members of the Common Council of the City of Eugene: 'C~ NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That on this 28th 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 the City Hall in the City of Eugene for the consideration of the following matter: To consider granting a franchise to the Pl~ood Company to lay a pipe line I to the Willamette River to pump water for their mill pond. Eugene, Oregon August 28, 1940. /s/ Elisha Large * * * * * * * * * * Council Chambers Eugene, Oregon August 28, 1940 The council met in special meeting pursuant to the call of Mayor Large. 1/ Councilmen present were A. A. Reid, Sam C. Bond, Fred C. Carlson, A. C. Farringtdn, P. J. Hanns, Louis Koppe and E. A. Barette; absent: I. O. Stewart. Mayor Large announced that the purpose of the meeting was to consider grant img to the Plywood 'Company a franchise to lay a pipeline to the Willamette River to pump water for their mill pond. The City Recorder read the contract between the the City of Eugene and the Plywood Company. A resolution was presented authorizing the Mayor and Recorder to execute the contract, and upon motion made and seconded I 2v1 it was unanimously adopted. RESOLUTION BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, That the Mayor and Recorder be and they are hereby directed and authorized to sign on behalf of the City of Eugene there hereto annexed easement and contract with respect to the extension of a water line on Polk Street extended and the installation of a pump to serve the same. Resolution was presented from the State Highway Commission resolving to change the route and location of the Pacific Highway entering Eugene from the 3-- westerly direction. A short discussion followed with no, action being taken. The councilmen then discussed the condemnation value of the building at 11th and Willamette Streets commonly known as the Powers Building, in the event of future set-back. It was learned that the owner plans to make improvements amounting to $20,000. The city is standing on the proposition that, since the adoption of the set back rules, the only returnable value to the owner of the 4./ building in widening the street is on the value of the present building. The meeting was herewith adjourned. C. M. Bryan I City Recorder I ~