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COUNCIL CHAMBERS,
EUGENE, OREGON.
JANUARY 12, 1954.
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A SPECI AL MEETI NG Of THE COUNCI L WAS CALLED fOR II :30 A.M. ON JANUARY 12, 1954 AT
THE CITY HALL. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY HIS HONOR, MAYOR V.E. JOHNSON WITH THE
FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: CRUMBAKER, GODLOVE, KOPPE, SIEGENTHALER, WATSON AND OWEN.
COUNCILMEN BOOTH AND CONE WERE AaSENT. THE CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY RECORDER
WERE ALSO PRESENT.
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THE MAYOR EXPLAINED THAT THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO CONSIDER THE SUBJECT OF RECENT
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE CI TY OF SPRINGFIELD AND THE CITY OF EUGENE
OVER AN EASEMENT THROUGH PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY OF EUGENE FOR INSTALLATION OF A SEWAGE
DISPOSAL OUTFALL LINE TO THE WILLAMETTE RIVER. THE MAYOR ASKED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PRESENT
THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON THE SUBJECT AND ADVISE THE COUNCIL AS TO WHAT ACTION MIGHT BE
TAKEN IN LIGHT OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS.
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THE COUNCIL WAS BRI~FED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY ON THE CONTENT OF RECENT COMMUNICATIONS
fROM THE CITY Of SPRINGFIELD ON THE SUBJECT OF THE EASEMENT AND OF THE CURRENT STATUS OF
NEGOTIATIONS. HE STATED THAT IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THERE HAD BEEN A PUBLICLY EXPRESSED
-INTENTION OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD TO FILE A CONDEMNATION SUIT AGAINST THE CITY OF EUGENE
IN THE EVENT SAID EASEMENT AS REQUESTED WAS NOT GRANTED BY THE CITY OF EUGENE, THAT IT WAS
POSSIBLE TO fiLE A DECLARATORY JUDGMENT SUIT WHICH WOULD DETERMINE THE LEGAL RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF BOTH THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD AND THE CITY OF EUGENE. HE INDICATED THAT IT
WOULD BE A FRIENDLY SUIT AND THAT THE CASE WOULD BE HEARD BY A JUDGE or THE CIRCUIT COURT
TO DETERMINE WHAT RIGHTS BOTH CITIES HAVE WITH RESPECT TO THE GRANTING OR SECURING OF AN
EASEMENT ACROSS PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY OF EUGENE.
IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY OWEN THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY BE AUTHORIZED TO
FILE A DECLARATORY JUD~~ENT SUIT TO DETERMINE THE RIGHTS OF BOTH THE CITY OF SPRINGfiELD
AND THE CITY OF EUGENE IN THE MATTER Of GRANTING OR SECURING OF AN EASEMENT ACROSS CITY
or EUGENE PROPERTY. A ROLLCALL VOTE CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
UPON MOTION DULY MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIED, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED TO JANUARY 25,
1954.
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RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
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ROBERT A. FINLAYSON,
CITY MANAGER.
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