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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 44-97-03
of the
City Manager of the City of Eugene
SPECIFYING PROCESS FOR RELOCATION OF THE
SKINNER BUTTE CROSS AND PROVIDING AN
EXCEPTION TO PUBLIC CONTRACT RULE R-1210.
The City Manager of the City of Eugene finds that:
A. No state law or City Code provision governs disposition of City-owned
property such as the Skinner Butte Cross.
B. Public Contract Administrative Rule R-1210 was adopted on January 30,
1996 by Administrative Order No. 44-95-06-F of the City Manager Pro Tem.
C. Section R-121 O-G of those rules contains the procedures generally applicable
to the disposition of surplus personal property and residential structures. Those provisions
were not intended to address the disposal of the Skinner Butte Cross.
D. The U. S. District Court entered judgment declaring that the existence of the
cross on Skinner's Butte violates the United States Constitution and ordered that the cross
be removed. The City Council created a committee to make a recommendation to the
Council for relocation of the cross. The committee solicited public input and held a public
hearing in order to develop proposals for disposal and/or relocation of the cross. The
Eugene Bible College has advised that it is willing to accept the cross and assume all costs
and expenses in connection with its relocation. After the public input and hearing, the
committee recommended that the cross be transferred to the Eugene Bible College. The
City Council adopted the committee's recommendation.
E. Pursuant to Section 2.019 of the Eugene Code, 1971, the City Manager has
authority to adopt administrative orders, adopt permanent and emergency rules, and adopt
amendments to rules to carry out provisions of the Eugene Code, 1971 and City Council
actions.
Now, therefore, based on the above findings,
The City Manager of the City of Eugene orders that:
Notwithstanding any provision of Public Contract Administrative Rule R-121 0, the
Skinner Butte Cross shall be transferred to the Eugene Bible College, providing the
Eugene Bible College enters into an agreement with the City in which the Eugene Bible
College assumes all costs and expenses associated with relocation of the cross, holds the
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City harmless therefrom, and complies with the Court imposed deadline for the cross'
relocation.
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Dated this .....:...L day of June, 1997.
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City Manager