Arizona republican., 1913-05-20
Report of Subcommittee Recommending Purchase of Central School Prop erty by City and County Unanimously Endorsed
MEETING LAST NIGHT
 FULLY ATTENDED
The Plan Involves Joint Building for County and City Use, Each Munici- pality to Be Upon It's Own Ground

pality to Be Upon It's
 Own Ground
 The meeting held last night by the general committee composed of the board of supervisors and the county attorney. the mayor and city council of Phoenix and the city attorney, the trustees of school district No. l, the city school superintendent and the executive committee of the Maricopa County On-partisGn Taxpayers league, having under consideration the purchase for use as civic cen ter by the city and county jointly. of the Central school property. was well attended. The following gentlemen were present: William A. MOuer and Frank Luke of the board Of su- pervisors; Mayor Lloyd B. Christy and Claude w. Cisney. Daniel Me Dermott Charles J. McElroy and I1l- mer Warren of the city council; l.. D. Dameron, w. $ Tolleson of the school board, and J. D. Loper, super intendent Of schools; Dwight E. Heard, Walter Bennett, Aaron Gold berg, Eugene Brady O'NeilI. J. w. Walker. P. A. Tharaldson and Sylvan Gang of the executive committee of the taxpayers league
 After a full discussion of the pre- liminary report offered by the sub- committed the following report was, unanimously adopted by the general committee:
 The Report
 "The committee beg to report as follows regarding terms and means for acquiring the Central schobl block as a site for a joint county and municipal building
 First That the county and city make a direct offer to the school dis trict to purchase the block in ques- tion for the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) which sum we believe to be the fair cash value of the property Such of fer to be conditioned upon the tax payers of the county and city voting for the issuance of sufficient bonds to nuke such purchase, upon the question being submitted to them: and the acceptance of such yoffer by the school trustees to be cor1 tiOned upon the school district electors ap proving such acceptance and author izing the sale to the county and city at the price above mentioned.
 Second, That the county purchase one-half and the city one-half of the block and pay the purchase price in that proportion
 Third, In order to avoid all possi- ble legal complications respecting the power of he county and city to be- come joint owners of undivided in terests in the property, We suggest that the title be taken to a separate one-half Of the block by the city and a separate one-half by the county; and, as the county build ings are now on the west side of the city and the city buildings on the east side, we suggest that the county take the west one hundred and fifty feet and the city the east one hundred and fifty feet of the block After consulting with com potent architects we believe that a building can be so designed and built upon and across the dividing line, that the citys portion of the build ing will be upon it's own ground and the county's portion upon its own ground, and that such arrangement will in no wise destroy the archi- tectural symmetry of the building or it's convenient interior arrange ment and that the building can be so arranged that either portion can be added to without detracting from it's architectural effect.
 Fourth, As the payment for the purchase. if made, must be provided for by the issuance of bonds by both county and city. and as the school district must have the money to provide other school accommodations before the Central school building is sur rendered, we suggest that the pro- position to sell the school block to the county and the city at the price mentioned, should be submitted to l the electors of the district at as early a day as practicable. so that if the proposition be favorably acted upon, the question of the issuance by
 the city and county of bonds sui ficient to make the purchase, may be submitted to~tt,e taxpayers early the coming fall.
 1 Fifth, WA refrain from making any suggestions regarding the sale | of the present city and county p1azas for the reason that in this each municipality must act independently land without reference to. the Naction of the other In any event, wessug- gest that the question of the issu- ance of the bonds of the city and county sufficient to provide the pur- chase price of the block be submit | IC,op+i,,uad an Par T,wn}