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COUNCIL CHAMBERS,
EUGENE, OREGON.
JANUARY I I, 1951.
A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL WAS CALlED TO ORDER BY HIS HONOR, MAYOR V. E.
JOHNSON, WITH THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: CRUMBAKER, BOOTH, GODLOVE, SMITH, KOPPE,
WATSON, AND SIEGENTHALER.
MAYOR JOHNSON READ A LETTER FROM THE VETERANS MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION PREPARED AFTER THE
SPECIAL VETERANS BOARD MEETING ON JANUARY 10, 1951 AS FOLLOWS:
"AT A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THIS ASSOCIATION THIS DATE
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY PASSED, TO-WIT:-
1- THE VETERANS" MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION OF EUGENE, INC. DOES NOT BELIEVE IT IS IN
THE INTEREST or THIS ASSOCIATION TO DISPOSE OF THE WEST SEVEN (7) FEET OF ITS PROPERTY
FOR ANY PURPOSE, BECAUSE THE DESIGN OF ITS BUILDINGS AND ITS PLANS FOR fUTURE DEVELOPMENT
AS WELL AS MAXIMUM PRESENT UTILIZATION OF THE WHOLE OF ITS PROPERTY WOULD BE ADVERSELY
EFFECTED.
2- IT IS THE OPINION OF THIS BOARD THAT THE INTEREST OF THIS ASSOCIATION WOULD
BE ADVERSELY EFfECTED BY THE OPENING OF AN ADDITIONAL ALLEY, SINCE THE ASSOCIATION
IS ADEQUATELY SERVED BY PUBLIC WAYS ON THREE OF THE FOUR SIDES or ITS PROPERTY.
3- THE BOARD BELIEVES THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROPOSED APARTMENT BUILDING
BY LANE TOWERS INC. WOULD BE BENEfiCIAL TO THIS ASSOCIATION AND ALSO OF GREAT BENEfiT
TO THE CITY OF EUGENE.
4. THE BOARD DOES NOT FEEL THAT IT SHOULD ATTEMPT TO VALUE THE SEVEN (7) FEET
REQUIRED BY LANE TOWERS INC., NOR THAT THE VALUE OF THAT SEVEN FEET IS NECESSARILY THE
SAME AS THE WEST SEVEN FEET OF ITS PROPERTY.
5- THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE SUBMITTED TO THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE."
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND
PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED.
THE CITY MANAGER ADVISED THAT MR. A. L. BUCKNER, STATE DIRECTOR OF F.H.A. AND MR. FRANK
SCHRODER, CHIEF UNDERWRITER VERBALLY APPROVED BY TELEPHONE ON JANUARY 11TH AT 9:30 A.M. A
THREE FOOT SET-BACK ON OLIVE STREET FOR THIS APARTMENT HOUSE. MR. SCHRODER SAID THEY WOULD
PREFER A fiVE FOOT SET-BACK BUT WOULD APPROVE A THREE FOOT SETBACK.
IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE CITY WAIVE THE TEN FOOT SET-BACK
ON OLIVE STREET IN FAVOR OF THE LANE TOWER APARTMENTS, FHA PROJECT No. 126-42071 AND ESTABLISH
A THREE FOOT SETBACK FROM OLIVE STREET FOR THE PROJECT IN ORDER TO RETAIN THE FULL FOURTEEN
FOOT ALLEY IN THE REAR. MOTION CARRIED.
MR. WILLIAM FORT, ATTORNEY REPRESENTING MR. COATES SAID THIS ACTION WAS SATISFACTORY
TO MR. COATES.
MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 10:15 A.M.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
OREN L. KI NG,
CITY MANAGER.
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