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r shl~.nd, Oregon, June 3 , 1927 .
The council met. at the call of the i~~a~for at 5 o'clock '.'i. orn this date. Present
~~ayor Fierce; Courlcilmerl Berner, ~:ay, Peters, ~l'horrlton, '~~,~ite; absent '~~ooc~s.
,i~~`otion made and seconded that the council resolve itself into canv~~.ssing bo~.rd ,
~n c~~v_~vass the returns of the special election Meld Tray 31st, c19:~7. CG.rried. ~4
The coun~~il then proceeded to c~;xlvass the r. etta.rns of the election, in accordance
~~fi ' ~~~ith the lags in such cases made any. provided. ~Ihe result of s~.iu c~_nv~:.ss, after having -
` been duly made, was ascez°tained to be as follo~vs: ~~.k~
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I1ITI~i IVY T ~~~SLTRE ,
~ ' Proposed by Initiative etition ~~.nd initiated by the "Canyon Dam Postponement Club",
G.S.Butler~, President, and lt.C.~iininger, Secretary. ~~IR:~~'R VOTES R~C~IV~D.
irs Secon Tota
G~~ ~R~'.I; TITZE- Purpose: To x°equire the Comr~~on Council of the : l'dard i~~ard
City of ~shl~:~d to defer t~~e construction of a
reservoir in .'Lshland Creek Canyon, and the pre- :
liminary work in relation thereto, until Jan. :
1st, 1929, and until such fur°ther time there-
;.,after as the present water supply, as augmented by ; the Cro~Fdson Hill reservoir, the changes in the :
distribution. system, ~:~nd the `~alent Irrigation ry
~ District tivater, shall have been proved to be in-
aderuate, the sufficiency o-`' such water supply,
' after January 1st, 1929, to be a matter to be
deterrlined, by resolution of the Common Council. ,r -a
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ym ~ j 100 ~S I vote for the proposed ordinance. 210 198 408
101 NO I vote against the proposed ordinance. 200 266 466
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~~~a jority of votes against the Y~roposed measure, 58.
Thereupon, the L_ayor did proclaim the Gf~hole dumber of votes cast for ~}nd against the
measure and declared the measure lost.
~ ~~;~oved by Peters, seconded by '~~hite that the bill of the Judges and Clerks of llection
amounting to X5.00 each be paid. Cwrried. ~ ~
Oh motion, the council ad.ourned. ~ ~ „ f~~(
I~,~ayor
fittest :
Recorder.
-.shland, Orel°on, June 7, l`~27.
she ca,.z.1c;1 _l~ ~~e€ular session at '7:30 o'clock P.Ir~. on this gate. Present
P;~ayor Pierce, Councilmen Bergner, Kay, Peters, Lhornton, ~`Jhite, absent ~ocds.
i~ii1~utes of the meetings of loTay 19th and June 3rd, 19'7, ,:-ere read and approved as reG.d.
President Churchill, PLL~of, Redford azld nsiss jluyes of the ~iormal School FG.culty
addressed the Couslcil regarding their plans for the musical ~~'estival to be held in Lithia F ' Park on June 11th. They asked that the Council
co-operate 1=TitYl them in r~laking tYza event '
a success any. that they grant them the use of teams and a force of men to help bring in
trees to be used as a ba~kgroL~rld for the chorus. llso, that ~k;s. ~P~a.lone take charge of
thy; lighting for the eves;ing. It was moved by Ber~~ner seconded by lriorzltor~ that the
various departments affected be ~rlaced at t;he disposal of the Faculty, the ti~~rork to be done under the supervision of the engineer, U-old that the
Chairmen of the various comr~~ittees
d' give their ati:ention to the matter anc~ see that the recuests are carried out. Carried.
~ Attorney J. lw~oore, representing the ~'ru~s.tees of t,~~e ~~oot estate, stated that he
{ ha~rA ~nrepared the necessary deeds to the property pug°ch~.sed by said Trusties for the City ~FK
~r of Ashland for ~par~ purposes, and that he wished to turn s~-yid deeds over to the City <-~t
lU'~ this time. ale stated that the ~l'rustees recor~mend that the f3ungalotill building be ~~r~t~~~ed
a~c~nthat said propel°ty be '~ea~.tified ~.s soon as passible by the planting of trees and
shrubs ,and that no tool house or garage be placed or~ the property.
The council nest proceeded to consid;r a resolution entitled "F.esolution accepting ~x
A deeds of canvey-nce from the trustees of the C.G. Root Jstate, C~, expre ;sing the appre ro
ciation of the City for same." The resolution having been read the first time, on motion,
the rules wer4 suspended, five voting in favor thereof, and the resolution was passed
to the second reaa.Laving been read the se-cond time, roll call was ordered on its
adoption. The vote vvas as fold07,"s: `yes Bergner, Kay, Peters, Thornton, it e, nays
none. Thereuz)on the iuLayor declared the resolution adopted.