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'e" M I NUT E S
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
EUGENE CITY COUNCIL
CONFERENCE CENTER
September 23, 1982
7:30 p.m.
COUNCILORS PRESENT: D.W. Hamel, Mark Lindberg, Emily Schue, Betty
Smith, Cynthia Wooten, John Ball, Brian Obie.
COUNCILOR ABSENT: Gretchen ~1i 11 er
A special meeting of the City Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon, was
called to order by His Honor Mayor Gus Keller.
1. RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE EUGENE PERFORMH1G ARTS CENTER
Mayor Keller introduced Ted Baker, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Eugene
Arts Foundation, who presented background on the lengthy process of ar-
riving at a performing arts center in Eugene from the initial idea to
its comp 1 etion . Mr. Baker noted several areas of involvement and invited
those in the "audience who participated to stand for recognition. t.1r. Baker
then announced that Nils and Jewel Hult had made a charitable gift of
$3 million to the Eugene Arts Foundation. The income from $2.5 million of
this amount will establish an endowment to provide funding"assistance in
e perpetuity for the City's Performing Arts Center to help assure the con-
tinuity of superb programming, maintenance, and accessibility to the Center
for all of Eugene's citizens. By this act, and in accordance with Res-
olution * 3454 passed December 17, 1980, Mr. Baker announced that the
Eugene Performing Arts Center is to be re-named the Hult Center for the Per-
forming Arts.
Res. No. 3718--A:reso1ution Naming the Eugene Performing Arts
Center the Hu1t Center for the Performing Arts.
Mr. Obie moved, seconded by Ms. Schue, to adopt
the resolution. Roll call vote; motion carried
unanimously.
Mayor Keller thanked the Hult family on behalf of the citizens of Eugene
and invited Nils Hult to say a few words. Mr. Hult reiterated his desire
to see the new facility perpetuated, thus his gift.
Meeting was adjourned.
Re~lY su~mitt
';I' ~~ n
Michea1 D. Gleason"
-e,: City Manager
(Recorded by Micheal D. Gleason)
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