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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/21/1950 Meeting ~ 99 -I = -== - COUNCIL CHAMBERS, EUGENE, OREGON. FEBRUARY 21, 1950. AN ADJOURNED HALL AT 7:00 P.M. ALLEN AND SM I T H. MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL WAS HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF THE CITY WITH THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: HAWN, CRUMBAKER, DAVIS, WELLS, BOOTH, COUNCILMAN GODLOVE WAS ABSENT. IN CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER, MAYOR JOHNSON EXPLAINED THAT THIS HEARING WAS SET FOR TONIGHT AS A RESULT OF PETITIONS FILED WITH THE CITY RECORDER REGARDING THE ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST OF THE CITY LIMITS. P~TITIONS OPPOSING THIS ANNEXATION WERE PRESENTED, CONTAINING 148 NAMES. THE PETITIONS PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED IN FAVOR OF ANNEXATION, BEARING 144 NAMES WERE REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE TO CHECK AND REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL. THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "A MEETING OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE WAS HELD SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1950. PRESENT WERE MAYOR JOHNSON; (CHAIRMAN COUNCILMAN CRUMBAKER)i COUNCILMEN WELLS, BOOTH AND SMITHi CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY RECORDER, TO STUDY AND CONSIDER PETITIONS RECEIVED REQUESTING ANNEXATION OF THE AREA LYING TO THE WEST OF EUGENE. I THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE PETITIONS REQUESTING THE ANNEXATION AND INVESTIGATED THE AREA INVOLVED BY DRIVING OVER THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. AFTER THOROUGH DISCUSSION OF THE RELATIVE MERITS OF SUCH AN ANNEXATION, BOTH TO THE TERRITORY INVOLVED AND TO THE CITY OF EUGENE, IT WAS DECIDED TO SET A COUNCIL MEETING AT THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR 7:00 P.M. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1950, FOR A HEARING OF ALL INTERESTED PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THIS ANNEXATION." IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY HAWN THAT THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BE ADO PTED. MOT ION CAR R I EO. MAYOR JOHNSON STATED THAT THE COUNCIL WAS INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM THE PEOPLE IN THE ANNEXED AREA BOTH FOR AND AGAINST ANNEXATION. MR. A. W. SORG OF 2209 ROOSEVELT STATED HE HAD SECU8ED 135 SIGNERS TO PETITIONS FOR ANNEXATION OF THIS PROPERTY, THAT THESE SIGNERS WERE TAX PAYERS AND LEGAL VOTERS. HE HAD BEEN ADVISED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT THERE WERE 138 HOUSE NUMBERS IN PROPERTY INVOLVED. IN ADDITION TO THE PETITIONS FOR AND AGAINST THIS ANNEXATION, THE COUNCIL WAS PRESENTED WITH 13 LETTERS FROM FIRMS LOCATED IN THE SENECA DISTRICT IN OPPOSITION TO THE ANNEXATION. I GEORGE TODD TOLD THE COUNCIL HE DID NOT LIVE WITHIN THE AREA IN QUESTION, BUT HE DID WORK WITH ONE OF THE PETITIONS. HE SAID THERE WAS A SECTION OUT ON WEST 11TH THAT IS STARTING TO BE A SLUM AREA. A FEW YEARS ~GO THE WEST 11TH COMMUNITY WAS A PART OF THE BAILEY HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT OF WHICH MR. TODD WAS A MEMBER. HE STATED THEY WERE PROUD OF THEIR SCHOOL, WERE NOT IN DEBT AND HAD A SMALL BU~LDING FUND. SUDDENLY A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS MOVED INTO THE AREA, LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LIVE CHEAPLY AND FOR LAND TO BUY CHEAPLY. THE ONLY ANSWER WAS TO GO TO SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.4 AND ACCEPT THE AREA TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM AS FAR AS SCHOOL WAS CONCERNED. HE TERMED THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA'AS "STEPCHILDREN" OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, THAT AREA AS A PART OF THE FAMILY OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, AND A RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY OF EUGENE. HE STATED HE HOPED THE GREAT WHITE FATHER IN WASHINGTON WOULD RELIEVE THE AMAZON SITUATION, BUT IF HE DIDN'T, IT CERTAINLY WAS THE PROBLEM OF THE CITV OF" EUGENE. THESE PEOPLE ARE LIVING WITHOUT SEWERS, WITHOUT WATER, AND WI THOUT BEING ABLE TO GET THESE FACILITIES IMMEDIATELY OR IN THE LONG FUTURE. HE THEN DESCRIBED THE INDUSTRIAL AREA, THE "CHILD BEAUTIFUL" AS JUST AS MUCH A PART OF THE CITY OF EUGENE AS WEST 11TH. THE PEOPLE OF EUGENE HAVE MADE THAT AREA DEVELOP, THE RAILROAD HAS DEVELOPED, THE MILLS HAVE DEVELOPED, BECAUSE OF THE CITY BEING HERE. SO THERE ARE TWO CHILDREN THAT ARE A PART OF EUGENE AND SHOULD BECOME UNDER THE FOLD OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, UNDER ITS PROTECTION AND THE ~ITY SHOULD ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE THAT CHILD AND HELP DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THAT SECTION. MR. SORENSON, 233 BETHEL DRIVE SAID HE HAS LIVED AT THAT ADDRESS FOR 22 YEARS, AND DEFINITELY WAS AGA NST ANNEXATION INTO THE CITY. HE SAID THE REASON MOST PEOPLE LIVED IN THAT DISTRICT WAS BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY. THEY HAVE PROVIDED THEIR OWN FIRE PROTECTION AND WATER AND ARE GETTING ALONG VERY NICELY. HE STATED THERE WERE NO PLANS F"OR THE PRESENT OF FORMING THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. HE IS A COMMISSIONER OF THE BOARD AND A MEMBER OF THE LANE COUNTY PLANNING ~OMMISSION. HE ASKED THE COUNCIL IN ALL FAIRNESS TO REJECT THESE PETITIONS FOR ANNEXATION. A QUESTION WAS ASKED WHY EUGENE WOULD LIKE TO ANNEX ALL THESE ROUGH ENDS WHEN BETHEL CAN PAY THEIR OWN WAY, HAVE THEIR OWN SCHOOLS AND EVERYONE IS SATISFIED IN BETHEL, WHAT SHOULD EUGENE WANT WITH US? MAYOR JOHNSON ADVISED THAT THIS HEARING WAS CALLED TO FIND OUT WHETHER THE COUNCIL SHOULD GO AHEAD AND SET AN ELECTION DATE. I " '~~.::.._~:~_-""",~,.:,...&:....:~~,.""",,,""""'.bO-':" ,,,..:....-.[".__..J1,."'..:.:........ ~. _,,~, 'c~'.... c,. <.:t..._,i&.i...,_~ ';,'.-, ,', ~ ..J ,_,'^, ".a ~. lUO I MR. SORENSON. STATED THAT ALL NAMES ON THE PETITION OPPOSING pHIS ANNEXATION WERE THOSE OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES, THAT THE PETITIONS WERE SECURED WITHIN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. HE SAID THAT WHEN EVERYTHING IS BROUGHT OuT INTO THE OPEN A LARGE NUMBER HAVE REGRETTED THEIR ERROR OF-, SIGNING THE PETITIONS FOR THIS ANNEXATION. A QUESTION AROSE AS TO WHAT TO DO WITH THE CHILDREN IF THIS AREA WERE ANNEXED? How WOULD THEY GET TRANSPORTED TO EUGENE SCHOOLS? MR. tOBAUGH HAD NO DEFINITE ANSWER, BUT TRANSPORTATION WOULD BE NECESSARY. THE CLOSEST SCHOOL HE SAID WAS WHITTAKER, 1-2/10 MILES, NEXT ;WASl:INCOLN, 1-4/10 MILES AND WESTMORELAND SCHOOL IS 2-2/~0 MILES FROM THiS DISTRICT. REVEREND J. T. TAYLOR OF THE COLORED ~ETHOOIST E~lSCOPAL CHURCH ON WEST 11TH TOLD'OF EXiSTING CONDITIONS IN THAT AREA. HE SAID PEOPLE ARE liVING WITHOUT WATER, WITHOUT SEWERS, AND THAT CHILDREN COULD NOT ~O TO SCHOOL FOR ONE MONTH BECAUSE THE WATER WAS TOO DEEP. THE LAND CANNOT BE FARMED, SO NO ONE MAKES A LIVING FROM THE LAND. HE SAID WELLS HAVE BEEN DUG, AS DEEP AS 800 FEET, BUT THE WATER IS NOT FI~ TO DRINK, AND IT IS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT THESE FACILITIES FOR THESE PEOPLE TO LIVE AND BE HEALTHY AND MAKE A LIVING. MAYOR JOHNSON STATED THAT A NEWLY ANNEXED AREA SHOULD NOT EXPECT IMMEDIATE'RELIEF--THAT IT WOULD BE QUITE SOME TIME 'BEFORE THE CITY CAN AFFORD TO BRING DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND OTHER BENEFITS. IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY COME FIRST TO AREAS ALREADY ANNEXED INTO THE CITY. SUCH IMPROVE- MENTS REQUIRE LARGE EXPENDITURES, AND ND IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENTS'COULD BE MADE IN THAT'AREA. I MR. DONALD HUSBAND, REPRESENTING BETHEL WATER DISTRICT STATED THAT HE HAD WATCHED THE GROWTH OF THAT DISTRICT FROM A SMALL AREA.' HE STATED THAT THE ANNEXATION WOULD HURT THE CITY, BUT MORE SO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. As FAR AS THE WATER DISTRICT, IT WOULD HURT THAT DISTRICT GON- SIDERABLY BY COMING INTO THE CITY OF EUGENE. TH~Y WOULD STILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXISTING BONDED INDEBTEDNESS AND INTEREST IN THE AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY $297,000.00 OVER THE ENTIRE BETHEL lATER DISTRICT. HE STATED,THE WATER DISTRICT HAD NO OBJECTION TO THE CITY TAKING THE AREA OF WEST 11TH, BUT DID NOT THINK THEY SHOULD BE PERMITTED TO TAKE-A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF THEIR WATER DISTRICT. THIS DISTRICT HAS PROVIDED ITSELF WITH WATER AND FIRE PROTECTION AND HE STATED HE THOUGHT THE PEOPLE, WOULD BE MAK;lNG A MISTAKE. ONCE AN AREA IS ANNE-XED, THE AREA 15 TAKEN OUT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TAKEN AS A PART-OF THE CITY TO WHICH IT IS ANNEXED. TWO BUDGETS WOULD HAVE TO BE TURNED IN TO THE COUNTY ASSESSOR. ONE FOR EXISTING AREA AND THEIR OPERATIONS, AND ONE ,FOR THE AREA OUTSIDE. MR. JOHN LUVAAS, ATTORNEY FOR BETHEL SCHOOL ;BOARD PRESENTED FIGURES TO THE COUNCIL'TO HELP THE COUNCIL SEE THE PICTURE MORE CLEARLY AS TO WHAT TO EXPECT THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION WOULD BE ON THE SCHOOL'DISTRICT.' HE HAS ,BEEN CONNECTED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SINCE ITS INFANCY UNTIL NOW. IT IS A ,FINE OUTSTANDING SYSTEM, AND ITS NEW HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH MANY HAVE 'SEEN IS ONE OF THE MOST MODERN AND OUTSTANDING SCHOOLS IN THE ENTIRE STATE. HE STATED THAT SINCE 1940 SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 52 HAS INCREASED 23% PER YEAR IN CENSUS CHILDREN. BETHEL DISTRICT WHICH IS NOW MOST HEAVILY POPULA~ED, HAS,LITTLE ROOM FOR MORE PEOPLE AND MORE CHILDREN. THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA ARE BEGINNING iTO GE~ THE FRUITS OF THEIR WORK. DANEBO AND IRVING CHILDREN AR& INCREASING AND THE PROBLEM WILL CONTINUE AND MORE EXPENSES WILL BE REQU~RED. HE ADVISED THAT THE TOTAL ASSESSED VALUATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 52 IS $5,678,874 AS OF AUGUST 1949, TO BE INCREASED SLIGHTLY. AN ANALYSiS HAS BEEN MADE OF THE VALUATION OF THE AREA THAT ANNEXATION IS PROPOSED TO RE~OVE, SHOWING REAL VALUE $650,930.00; PERSONAL PROPERTY $1,126,731, IN-ADDITION TO SOUTHER~ PACIFIC ASSESSED VALUATION, $863,194.00. THIS TAKES A BIG PORTION OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFI C PROPERTY--ESTIMATED THAT THE PORTION OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC THAT WILL BE TAKEN IS NOT LESS THAN 85%. FIGURES ARE NOT EXACT. THIS WOULD BE A TOTAL VALUATION LOST OF $2,640,855 OUT OF $5,678,874, LEAVING $3,038,019. .PERCENTAGE OF VALUATION REMOVED - 46-1/2%. TOTAL CHI~DREN ATTENDING SCHOOL AT BETHEL ARE 1,023. TOTAL STUDENTS WHO LEAVE IN AREA ARE 56 GRADE, 26 ~IGH SCHOOL AND A TOTAL OF 82. 8.01% OF !HE STUDENTS - 46-1/2% OF THE WEALTH. THE -TOTAL ASSEtS or THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AT THIS TIME - $1,146,837. BONDED INDEBTEDNESS IS LARGE - CLOSE TO THE LIM~T - $673,500, LEAVING A NET VALUATION OF ASSETS OVER LIABILITY OF $473,337. UNDER THE OREGON SCHOOL ~AW, WHEN A SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ANNEXED, EVEN IF IT IS A FIRST CLASS DISTRICT, THAT PORTION WHICH IS ANNEXED ,AUTOMATICALLY BECO~ES A PORTION OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. UPON ANNEXATION, THE DISTRICT BEING REMOVED IS.46-1/2%, DISTRICT IN WHICH SCHOOL BUILDING IS LOCATED. BUILDINGS CANNOT BE REMOVED - THEY RETAIN ALL THE BUiLDINGS. PORTION WHICH RETAINS ALL THE BUILDINGS A~SO ASSUMES THE INDEBTEDNESS. THE REMAINING PORTION OF T~E DISTRICT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY TO DISTRICT #4, IMMEDIATELY, $2'8,201.71. IN ORDER TO PAY THIS' AMOUNT IT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO TAKE BANKRUPTCY OR -HAVE A SPECIAL LEVY. 72.4 MILLS IS SPECIA'L LEVY WHICH WOULD BE ADDEO TO NEXT YEARS TAX LEVY. 82 -STUDENTS WILL BE LOST. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THEY WILL GAIN THAT NEXT YEAR. AMOUNT TO BE PAID IN MILLAGE TO MEET 'NEXT YEAR'S OPERATING BUDGET AND TO PAY INDEBTEDNESS WILL BE 118 MILLS., IN ADDITION TO THAT THERE WilL BE A SMALL MILLAGE MADE BY THE COUNTY OF 12.9 MILLS. MILLAGE FOR NEXT YEAR IS 203.3 MILLS FOR BETH~L SCHOOL DISTRICT. BUDGET WILL BE ABOUT THE SAME NEXT YEAR. WEST 11TH HAS A PROBLEM. WHEN IT WASPROPOSED THAT THE CITY TAKE IN W. 11TH IT VIAS MENTIONED THAT THE CITY WOULD BE VERY FOOLISH TO TAKE IN THAT AREA ALONE AND WITH VERY LITTLE ASSESSED VALUATION. IT IS A LOSING PROPOSITION~ 199 INDIVIDUAL TAX PAYERS IN THAT AREA TO BE ANNEXED AND INDUSTRIES WHO WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE. MANY OWN PROPERTY AND DO NOT LIVE THERE SO WILL NOT GET TO VOTE. MANY ARE VOTERS AND TAX PAYERS AND ONLY A SMALL GROUP WILL CONTROL THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT. - I ~ l(Jl~ j THE RAILROAD GETS NO VOTE - PEOPLE IN DANEBO AND IRVING GET NO VOTE. Do NOT COMPLETELY RUIN YOUR NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH BY TAKING THE HEART OF THEIR DISTRICT IN WITH WEST 11TH. IT WILL ENDANGER THE COMMUNITY AS FAR AS RELATIONS ARE CONCERNED. IF YOU WERE TO TAKE A VOTE IN THE E~TIRE AREA IT WOULD NOT GO THROUGH. MANY PEOPLE SIGNED BO~H PETITIONS. THERE IS NO SUPPORT FOR STARTING A CITY OF BETHEL. HE QUESTIONED WHO IS BEHIND STARTING A CITY AND WONDERED IF THAT WAS THE REASON FOR,SIGNING OF PETITIONS TO ANNEX INTO THE CITY. DR. CRUMBAKER ASKED WHO PREPARED THE VALUATION FOR MR. LUVAAS AND WAS TO~D' IT WAS DONE BY MR. STOCK'S OFFICE. ASSETS AND LIABILITIES WERE DETERMINED BY TAKING ASSETS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 52, ADDED COST THAT HAS BEEN PUT INTO THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL AND EQUIPMENT THAT HAS BEEN PURCHASED SINCE THAT TIME. DR. CRUMBAKER ASKED IF THE SCHOOLS MIGHT GET TOGETHER AND DECIDE UPON A FIGURE OR PERHAPS SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.4 WOULD FOREGO COLLECTION OF THE AMOUNT OWED BY THE BETHEL DISTRICT. MR. LUVAAS SAID THEY MIGHT, BUT THE EUGENE DISTRICT HAD AN OBLIGATION TO PROPERTy OWNERS IN THEIR DISTRICT AND SHOULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO GIVE AWAY $200,000.00. MR. LUVAAS STATED THAT IF THE CITY WANT TO GO TO THE EXPENSE OF CALLING AN ELECTION FOR ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO COME INTO EUGENE - FINE - CALL IT AND SEE HOW PEOPLE IN BETHEL FEEL. 150 NAMES WERE OBTAINED WITHIN THE LAST 24 HOURS' AND JUST IN THE AREA WHICH IS PROPOSED TO BE ANNEXED. 35 NAMES CAME FROM WEST II TH, 115 FROM THE SOUTH END OF BETHEL. I I A MR. HUGUS OF WEST 2ND AVENUE STATED THAT THERE IS A SECTION OF DISTRICT #4, OF 14 OR 15 FAMILIES, IN THE AREA TO BE ANNEXED IN WHICH THE PETITIONS NEVER SHOWED UP. HIS NAME IS ON THE OPPOSING PETITION. MR. W. E. HICKS, CHAIRMAN OF THE WILLAMETTE COMMUNITY CLUB, 3370 WOOD AVENUE ASKED TO CLEAR UP ONE POINT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND PEOPLE PRESENT _ WHAT THE ALLEGED INCORPORATION MOVE AMOUNTED TO. THE COMMUNITY CLUB FELT THAT DUE TO THE RAPID INCREASE IN POPULATION IN THAT AREA THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD POINT FOR THE PEOPLE TO BECOME VERSED IN THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF ANNEXING INTO THE CITY OF EUGENE, AS AGAINST ENTERING CITY. THAT POINT. WAS BROUGHT UP AT A MEETING IN DECEMBER AT WHICH A VERY SMALL TURNOUT WERE PRESENT. A COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITIES AND ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF ANNEXING TO THE CITY, OF INCORPORATING AS A SEPARATE CITY OR STAVING AS THEY WERE. MR. DEANE SEEGER WAS INVITED TO OUR MEETING. MR. HICKS STATED AT THE MEETING THAT HE WOULD BE MORE INTERESTED IN INCORPORATION RATHER THAN ANNEXATION BECAUSE IT WOULD MEAN THE END OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. IN ORDER FOR A FAIR CROSS SECTION OF OPINION OF WHAT THE PEOPLE WANTED, THAT WE WOULD PUT IT UP TO THE' FIRE DEPARTMENT, ASK THEM TO CONTACT THEIR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND FIND OUT WHAT THE PEOPLE THOUGHT OF THE SITUATION. THE NEXT THING MR. HICKS MET WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO riND OUT WHAT THEY HAD LEARNED FROM THE PEOPLE -- THAT THERE WAS A PETITION TO ANNEX INTO THE CITY, AND THEY MUST SIGN OR THEY WOULD BE INCORPORATED AS A CITY. THERE WAS NEVER ANY VOTE TAKEN. NEVER ANY MOVE MADE IN WANTING TO FINO OUT MERITS AND PROBLEMS OF EACH PLAN. INASMUCH AS ALL THIS HAS ARISEN, MR. SAID THAT HE WOULD TAKE IT UPON HIMSELr TO RECOMMEND TO THE COMMUNITY CLUB THAT THE MATTER BE DROPPED. MR. HARRY RAY, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE BETHEL WATER DISTRICT STATED THAT IN THE EVENT THAT ANY PETITIONS OR ANY FORMS OF PETITIONS FOR INCORPORATION WERE STARTED, HE WOULD IMMEDIATELY REPORT IT TO THE COUNCIL. I MRS. SORG REMINDED THAT EVERYONE SEEMED TO BE riGHTING TO KEEP THAT PORTION ON ONE SiDE. SHE SAID MAYBE THE PEOPLE WOULD JUST AS SOON HAVE A CHANCE or GOING INTO THE CITY. SHE SAID THEY WOULD RATHER BE IN THE CITY THAN TO HAVE SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE THAT THEY KNEW NOTHING or. MR~ HARRY RAY AGAIN STATED THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO MOVE MADE WHATEVER TO HIS KNOWLEDGE TO INCORPORATE. IN EVENT PETITIONS DO START, HE SAID HE WOULD REPORT IT TO THE CITY. HE ASKED WHY MR. TODD, IF HE WAS SO INTERESTED IN ViEST 11TH, DIDN'T INCLUDE HIS AREA JUST 1/2 BLOCK AWAY. MR. TODD STATED THAT IF HE THOUGHT THE AREA COULD GO IN HE WOULD HAVE INCLUDED IT. MR. TODD THEN STATED THAT THE PEOPLE or BETHEL WERE RIDING HIGH, THEY FORMED A BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL, BUT THEY HAVE HAD THE GREAT SOUTHERN PAClrlC WHICH IS SPONSORED, WHICH IS PROMOTED, WHICH IS HIPPED THROUGH BY THE CITY OF EUGENE. THEY HAVE THE MILLS WHICH ARE BASED ON THE CITy OF E GENE TO TAX THEIR COSTS AGAINST. TRUE, IT WOULD TAKE SOME TIME TO GET COME Of THE SERVICES TO THIS AREA, BUT THERE ARE SOME SERVICES WHICH WOULD COME IMMEDIATELY. ONE IS FIRE _ ONE GARAG CAUGHT FIRE AND 20 HOMELESS FAMILIES RESULTED. ANOTHER THING THEY WOULD HAVE IS POLICE PR TECTION - VERY BADLY NEEDED IN THE AREA. AL PEAKE STATED THAT ANOTHER THING THAT WILL COME IS THE AMAZON. HE SAID HE DEFINITELY THOUGHT T~AT THERE HAD BEEN A LOT Of PULLING PUNCHES AND ASKED THAT WHOEVER STARTED THIS T H lNG' COM 0 UTA N D SAY IT. I MR. TODD REMINDED THAT ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS HE SAID WAS THAT HE HOPED THAT THE GREAT WHITE FAT ER IN WASHINGTON WILL RELIEVE THE AMAZON SITUATION. HE SAID THAT DURING THE FREEZE THE AMAZO AT CHAMBERS STREET WAS FROZEN SOLID fROM CHAMBERS STREET ON OUT IT WAS A RUNNING SEWER. A OTHER ITEM -- THE CITY BUILT A WONDERFUL SWIMMING POOL, AND DUMPS THE WATER FROM THE POOL INTO THE AMAZON - NOT ENOUGH TO TAKE IT ON OUT - IT SETS AND MOSQUITOES BREED. '.'" <~." ""'.~ ~. '.,.' ~,~~~.iii;'""-;./_"':'~'~~'" i I I L~ rtU2, l ~ , REVEREND TAYLOR BROUGHT. OUT THAT HE LIVES OUT WEST 11TH WITH HIS PEOPLE, BECAUSE THAT IS THE ONLY PLAC~ PROV1DED FOR HIS FOLKS. HE SAID THAT WHEN THE WATER GOES DOWN THERE,WILL BE DISEASES AND EPIDEMICS. THEY HAVE A ,CHURCH THERE. WATER THE ODOR, IS UNBEARABLE' AND THAT IF HE HOPES THIS WILL COME TO A VOTE IS NOT FIT TO DRINK. &6METHING IS NOT DONE Or T HE PEOPLE. UPON REQUEST MR. KING EXPLAINED THE AMAZON PROJECT AS IT NOW STANDS. MAYOR JOHN~ON CALLED THE ARMY ENGINEERS AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL GO OuT OF PORTLAND ABOUT THE FIRST OF MARCH. I~ GOES TO THE DIVISION ENGINEER, THEN TO THE RIVERS AND HARBORS AND THEN BACK TO THE GONERNOR. A FAVORABLE REPORT WAS GIVEN BY THE COLONEL WHO HELD A HEARING HERE SOME MONTHS AGO. THE CITY OF EUGE'NE' WILL F'OL:LOW' THIS' PROJECT VERY CLOSELY. MRS. BEN CONGER ASKED WHO PLACED OUR COLORED FRIENDS OUT IN THE MUD FLATS, A QUESTION WHICH COULD NOT BE ANSWE~ED~ ! : THERE WAS THEN, A D'ISCUSSION ABOUT BAILEY HILL SCHOOL HAVING A CHANGE TO WORK WITH BETHEL, BUT RATHER THEY WENT TO SCHOOL DISTRIC1 14. MRS. CnNGER SAID SHE THOUGHT THE COLORED PEOPLE' WERE OUT THERE AGAINST THEIR WISHES~ SHE WA~TED THEM TO KNOW,THAT SHE LIVES WI~HIN THE CITY liMITS AND THEY HAD TO PUT IN THEIR OWN WATER AND SEWAGE. ~AY?R JOHNSON EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE INTEREST OF ALL THE PEOPLE PRESENT THAT HAS BEEN SHO~N~08_THIS ISSUE, ANti CALLED THE HEARING TO A CLOSE. I A STATEMENT WAS MADE BY CRUMBAKER, CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE" THAT IT WOULD BE WELL FOR THE COUNCIL TO STUDY THE PROPOSAL OF ANNEXATION MORE THOROUGHLY. HE STATED THAT IT WAS HIS FEELING TMAT ACTION SHOULD BE DEFERRED AT LEAST UNTIL NEXT COUNCIL MEET1NG. AFTER A STATEMENT BY HAIVN'.WHO TOOK THE"POSITION THAT.BETHEL WOULD NOT INCORPORATE AND THAT THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION WOULD BE DISASTROUS TO THE TAXING DISTRICTS INVOLVED, IT WAS M9VED BY HAWN, SEC'ONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE PETI TI ON TO ANNEX BE REJECTED. ROLLCALL VOTE. HAWN, DAVIS, W~~LS, BOOTH AND SMITH VOTING AYE. , CRUMBAKER VOTING NO. MOTION CARRIED. UPON MOTI9N DULY MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIED, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED. OREN L. KING~ CITY MANAGE R. I I