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Cor~,lunicwtion from. E.V.Carter offering the city the Eodf~;;rla tract in the Canyon for the
sum of ~'~~500,00, tiaras next read, on motion of ~V~r, Joy this mater roferred to the
~~~A Realty Committee for inTsestigation and report.
Frost brought up the r~s,tter of repairing the ~^4a,11 betty►een the property of
E.F.Smith and the City. On motian of :~~ir, frost the s'~ater Supt. ;~a,s instructeu to take ~
charge of the matter of repairing the ~~rall and the 4a~ of the ~Frarehouse.
On motion, the council adjaurned.t r
Attest ~~,~ayox .
Re order.
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Ashland, Or~;~;orl, Aug. I~, 1G21.
The council Diet in regular cession a,t ~ o'clock P.~~~. on thi~~ date, Present l~Sayor
Larr~kin; Councilmen Flake, i~-r,ri ter, Pierce, Shinn; sbsent Frost Joy.
~~~inutes of the nreviaus meeting here read and ,approved as read.
The council r-~xt proceeded to consider a n~~itian signed by .sixty-too t~~payers Y asking that the city round af.E the corner of the property r~~~cently
purchased of G.S.
1~ tier at least onto; half of the distance from the building to the longest point of the g ~ land purchased,.l~~otian made and second~l
that the council view the property referred
to after the council meeting, Carried.
l,~x .Jay entered the roan an.~ ~~as a,c~nowledged present.
The recorder next reed a crmm~anicatian from the Oregon Agricultural College submitting
~a1 ~°eport of their findings in the matter of the eva.r~~~ii~a,tion of the L~ra,ter sarr.rles recently
tested for contarnin~,t;on. 5~
1.~ ~ . l~uil ad.{reseed the council s~~,tin that the caul ound at the corner of ~~'a,ter S~rcet and I~~lechanic Streets was a nuisance and
a f ire menace and asked that the
cauncil prohibit ca,rrming in this section. On motion of r~~~r, Shinn this matter was referred
to tale cauncil as a ~rrhole.
l,x, Wihburn presentee a corrr:lunica,tion acl:iressed to tl~e ~~~~ayar and Council in ~uhich he
t~ recited the details of a personal controversy bett~Teer_ himself and Attorney t~,,~. Z~,I Eriggs, ~a~~ After some discussion ar~d ~~Yith the consent
of ~flr . Eriggs, on motion of llr. Jay, seconded
bar Ratner , the 1 et t er eras r ea,d to the coupe i 1 and upon the request of I~yir , inborn and l~w1r .
Lriggs tie s~~iayor appointed Tuesday e~rening, August 23rd, a;s the time far them to appear
before the council when a f~alier explanation can be m~.e by the ?~axties interested.
Clute On mat ion of ~~1~r , Joy, t'~e Pecor~:l~~r was instructed to advance T~~Ir . S. . ~`~~0, 00 on
1~is contact far the conUtruction of the ltiiea~de "trc: t Se~~r~er, said ar~aount to be barroured
j k from t~~e ~~~'i,ter t~ar~~~, S ~4W' t#
G. S.I3utler aske ~ .that a two fact atr ip of land be left between the property
leased ~o :aim and that to by leased to the Civic Improvement Club. On mation of iJ:r. Shinn
the Cit Attarne ~~ra.s instructed to re axe the lease to t'r~e Civic I rovement Club, un ~~r Y Y ~ - p p- ~
direction of the City Engineer, in conformity ~~~Tith the request o" ~r. Fuller, ~
Councilme~~ darner and Shinn asked tc be excused az1;i t~~eir request ~e~~as granted.
i~,~ot ion rr~,de and seconded that fir , ti'.'a,lker be instructed to let ti:e contract for the
const~uetion of the crossing at sixth and C streets, said crossing to cover the full ~:vidth of
thy, street anti the high paint of the raA.d to be the high ~~~c,int of the crossing. The vats
d~~s as folio ~~~s : Ayes Flake, Joy, Pia tee, nays none. Carried. ~ ~
~r. ~ rns asked tr.~t axle be grar_ted permission to put up a sign across Pioneer Avenue,
i:~oved by toy, second by Flake t'zat t,.l® realuest be not grantod. Carried, u~ ,
r~ Afton vie~rint~ the property a,t the corner of ~~a:ter and north ~~~,in Streets the council weci~.ed to round off the corner about one-third of the
distance from the building; to the
~F a r ny _ n~ longest paint of ~.le lang. pu_ „ha~~.,d,
On motian, tre council ac:~jcurnea to m~~~t Tues :~.y, AuF^~st 2'~rd a,t t'~e us~~a,l hour. a ~
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