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COUNC IL CHAHBERS, I I
EUGENE, OREGON, II.
DECEMBE~ 30, 1955. :
THE REGULAR HEETING or TNE COMMON COUNCIL or THE C,T' or EUGENE WAS NELD ON DECEMBER 12, II:
1955, ADJOURNED TO DECEMBER 27, 1955 AND CONTINUED TO DECEMBER 30, 1955,AT'7:30 P.M. IN'THE
COUNCIL CHAMBERS. IN THE ABSENCE OF THE MAYOR, THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY COUNCILMAN '
KOPPE WITH THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: MR. GODLOVE, MR. KOPPE, MR. WATSON, MR. OwEN,
MR. HARTMAN AND MR. -SHISLER~ MR. BOOTH TOOK HrssEAt' AT 8:25 P.M.; MR.- SHEARER TOOK HIS' SEAT
AT 8:35 P.M.; AND MAYOR JOHNSON ASSUMED THE CHAIR AT 8:3'0 P.M. ' ,;
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THE CHAIRMAN STATED THIS MEETING HAD BEEN CONTINUED TO DISCUSS TWO ITEMS OF BUSINESS; !
THE FIRST, THE PROPOSED ~PENING ~F GAR~IELD STReET F.OM 7TH TO 12TH AVENUES; THE SECOND, THE I
LOCATION OF THE LIBRARY WHICH HAD BE~N APPROVED BY A VOTE O~ T~EPEOPLE :ON NOVEMBE~ 2,1954~
I THE CaAIRMAN STATED THE FIR~T ORDER OF BUSINESS WOULD BE THE OPENING OF GARFIELD STREET ~
FROM 7TH TO 12TH AVENUES. HE FURTHER RULES THAT THE BOARD OF VIEWERS FOR THE OPENING OF ~
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GARFIELD STREET WOULD EXPLAIN THEIR REPORT TO THE COUNCIL, THAT THEY WOULD BE OPEN TO QUESTIONS I.
FROM THE COUNCIL, BUT WOULD NOT BE OPEN TO QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR OTHER THAN FROM MEMBERS r
OF THE COUNCIL. .
THE CHAIRMAN THEN ASKED MR. CLARENCE UREY, FOREMAN OF THE BOARD OF VIEWERS, TO EXPLAIN ~
THE METHODS WHICH THEY HAD USED TO ARRIVE AT THE BENEFITS AND DAMAGES ASSESSED TO PROPERTY: I
HOLDERS AS SET FORTH IN THEIR REPORT.
MR. UREY REPORTED ON THE ASSESSMENT OF BENEFITS AND DAMAGES AS SET FORTH BY THE BOARD OF
VIEWERS AND FOLLOWING THIS REPORT INTERESTED 'CITIZENS , OR THEIR REP-RESENTATIVES, GAVE THEIR
VIEWS ON THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENTS, ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO PROPERTY OWNED BY MR. DONALD
M. SHORT AND MR. WILLIAM E. BAXTER WHICH IS LOCATED BETWEEN 7TH AND 11TH AVENUES, AND MR. DAVID
PETERSEN WHOSE PROPERTY LIES BETWEEN 11TH AND 12TH AVENUES.
SOME DISCUSSION OF PORTIONS OF THE VIEWER'S REPORT WAS HAD BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
AND INTERESTED PARTIES, AND BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE BOARD OF VIEWERS. DURING
THIS DISCUSSION THE MAYOR ASSUMED THE CHAIR, AND FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION IT WAS MOVED BY r
MR. KOPPE, SECONDED BY MR. BOOTH, THAT THE REPORT OF THE VOARD OF VIEWERS FOR THE OPENING OF r
GARFIELD STREET FROM 7TH TO 12TH AVENUES BE REFERRED BACK TO THE BOARD OF VIEWERS T~MEET I
WITH THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1956 AT NOON. MOTION CARRIED.
2 THE MAYOR THEN ANNOUNCED THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS WOULD BE THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED
NEW LIBRARY BUILDING WHICH HAD BEEN AUTHORIZED BY AVOTE OF THE PEO~LE. THERE FOLLOWED A
GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE VARIOUS SITES WHICH, FROM TIME TO TtME, HAD BEEN STUDIED, INCLUDING
THE SOUTHWEST PARK BLOCK, THE PRESENT SITE AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF 11TH AVENUE AND
WILLAMETTE STREET, THE FISK PROPERTY SITE AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF 11TH AVENUE AND OAK STREET;
THE AREA BETWEEN BROADWAY AND SOUTH PARK STREET FROM OAK STREET TO THE ALLEY BETWEEN OAK AND
PEARL STREETS INCLUDING THE LUMBERMANS' BUILDING, AND EXCLUDING THE LUMBERMANS' BUILDING, THE
FRANCES WILLARD SITE BETWEEN OLIVE AND CHARNELTON STREETS SOUTH OF 13TH AVENUE, AND OTHERS.
A NUMBER OF CITIZENS WERE HEARD WITH RESPECT TO THEIR VIEWS ON THE MERITS OF ONE LOCATION I
OR ANOTHER, OR THEIR DESIRE TO SEE THE PROPOSED LIBRARY LOCATED ON SOME PARTICULAR SITE. I
FOLLOWING THIS DISCUSSION, IT WAS MOVED BY MR. OWEN, SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE LIBRARY i
BE PLACED AT ITS' PRESENT LOCATION (SOUTHEAST CORNER OF 11TH AVENUE AND WILLAMETTE STREET)
EXTENDED EAST TO THE ALLEY AND TO THE SOUTH TO INCLUDE THE CRUM PROPERTY, WITH THE CRUM
PROPERTY, OR AN EQUIVALENT AMOUNT, TO BE USED FOR PARKING AREA.
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FOLLOWING THIS MOTION, ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION WAS HAD AND IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, ~
SECONDED BY MR. WATSON, THAT ACTION BE POSTPONED .ON THIS QUESTION FOR THIRTY DAYS. THIS ,.,
MOTION WAS DEFEATED FIVE TO THREE WITH MESSRS. GODLOVE, KOPPE AND WATSON VOTING AYE; MESSRS.
BOOTH, OwEN, SHEARER, HARTMAN AND SHISLER VOTING NAY.
FOLLOWING THIS VOTE, THE QUESTION WAS CALLED ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO LOCATE THE LIBRARY
AT ITS PRESENT LOCATION AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF 11TH AVENUE AND WILLAMETTE STREET EXTENDING
EAST TO THE ALLEY AND SOUTH THROUGH THE CRUM PROPERTY. THE VOTE ON THIS WAS FIVE TO FOUR WITH
MESSRS. GODLOVE, KOPPE, WATSON AND HARTMAN VOTING NAY, AND MESSRS. BOOTH, OwEN, SHEARER AND
SHISLER VOTING AYE. THERE BEING, AT THIS POINT, A TIE VOTE, MAYOR JOHNSON VOTED AYE TO BREAK
IT.
ON'MOTION OULY MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIEO, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,.
ROBERT A. FINLA.SON, III
CITY MANAGER.
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