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Mr; Mohr mQved seconded by Mrs. Beal tha~ the bill be approved and given final passage. Rollcall vote.. All councilmen. present votin~ aye, the bill was declared passed and numbered 16672. II - Items Considereduth Qn~.11oti~QD.'" " d Pre.vicnlSiY' dts.cuSS;e.dat c~lIttte.e":inee.t!nE' held--De.cemh.ev13) -.19.72 (Present: . Conncilwmnan B:eal, pres.tdtng; Councilmen W-illta"rns- ,-. Fterclmer) and Ht'adsftaw-; -- Couricilwoinan Campbell; and Councilman-elect'Murrayl.' A. Assessment Hearing -'Copiesoi the report of 'the assessment- hearing panel of -I I December 12 were distributed to Council members. Since there were no requests for appearances before the panel, the ordinance requirement for a hearing has been met, and these assessment ordinances can be passed at the Council meeting - on December 18. : Comm ,Mr. Williams moved seconded by Mr. Hershner that approval of the assessments 12/13/72 .be placed on the consent calendar. Motion carried unanimously. Approve I B. iDedication, Oak Patch and City View - Wingard - The City has had an offer from Mr. George Wingard to deed seven acres of property lying between Oak Patch 'Road and City View that will be needed by the City for the West Amazon Parkway I iwhen and if the project is built. Accepting the property would allow for the Jrelocating of the Amazon Channel and provide for right-of-way for the parkway, lbicycle paths and so forth. The ceed provides that if the City does not use !the property for public purposes ownership would revert back to Mr. Wingard. ._~. !Manager recommended that the Council act upon this matter on December 18 so ;it can be recorded in 1972. !Councilman Williams asked if acceptance of the~ft for the purpose of highway [construction is a violation of the recent charter amendment requiring voter I ;approval of freeway construction. I I Manager read the City Attorney's opinion which indicated that the City does ,not enter into an agreement by accepting a gift. He also read a similar :opinion with regard to entering into cooperation with another agency for plan- :ning a freeway or thoroughfare facility. Comm 12/13/72 Councilman Williams moved seconded, by Mr. Hershner to accept Mr. Wingard's gift. Approve Motion carried unanimously. - :\::-::-""";:".-:":.'-- - .--, _..+-~ - C. iLane County Labor Council - Proposal for Labor Relations Advisory Commission - Copies: ;of the proposal prepared by Mr. Irving Fletcher, secretary-treasurer of the Lane :County Labor Council, were previously sent to the Council members. Manager intro- tduced Mr. Jens Horstrup, executive board member of the .Labor Council, who attended i the meeting in Mr. Fletcher's absence. Councilman Williams asked Mr. Horstrup if he knew of the operation of this kind of v. commission in any other city, and requested more information on what specific things : such an advisory commission would do. Mr. Horstrup replied that he was not aware of ,any other place where such a commission functioned. Further, he said that he felt ,Mr. Fletcher had clearly spelled out in the proposal theamas to be covered by the I commission. As examples, he cited communications between labor and management; !revision of building codes, which he felt to be outmoded and not practical in many . areas; trespass laws and things of that nature. Councilman Williamsasked Mr. Horstrup ~to elaborate on what he felt the commission's concern would be regarding the trespass . laws. Mr. Horstrup replied that he was thinking of the issue of picketing in partic- I ;ular, but that the commission could also be consulted in other areas where constitu- Itional rights would be affected. Councilman Williams said that both the building :code and trespass questions were not local issues but nationwide or societal problems. :The Department of Housing and Urban Development obligates the City by statute to :adopt the minimum standard building code. Further, he said the question of trespass laws is also a federal legislation matter. I !Councilman Williams asked if there were any instances or concerns of a specific local nature that make Eugene different from Springfield, Albany or Chicago which would 'indicate that a very strong local issue needs. to be resolved or dealt with. Mr. Horstrup replied that there was no one particular issue, but felt that a commis- sion of this type could operate as the Human Rights Commission -- as a source of -~e information to the City and perhaps avoid potential problems. He said that he felt this commission ~ould_~~lp to educate people. Mr. Horstrup stressed the point that the'labor council has no intentions of €mtering - into any negotiations wi th - anybody---C--- the City might deal with, because even the union itself wouldn't want a commission to pry into these affairs. 7>\oq 12/18/72 - 4