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recommendations were to be considered, and a draft plan and roundtable forum were being developed to involve more people as community partners. She said e the organization differed from past plans, and recommendations were intended to be specifically project-oriented. Ms. Wooten said the Citizen Involvement Committee was doing well under the leadership of Chair Ken Tollenaar. She noted that one topic before the committee was the appropriate amount of citizen involvement in joint public/private partnerships, such as those for development projects. The committee was discussing ways to improve quality of citizen involvement and perhaps to reduce quantity, she added. H. Nuclear Free Zone Task Force Ms. Wooten said she was sorry Councilor Bennett was not present to discuss the Nuclear Free Zone Task Force, which recently had held two meetings. She said she had worked quite hard on a compromise between proponents of the original ordinance and those who would like to see the ordinance substantially revised, adding that it had gone well until about the last hour of the meeting. She said Chair Gerry Gaydos had done an admirable job. Ms. Wooten said the task force had agreed on 80 or 85 percent of the ordinance. She added that the task force would hold a public forum on two recommendations concerning the scope of the ordinance and would submit those recommendations and comments to the City Council. Ms. Wooten said she thought the City Council process should recognize the complex, technical nature of the issue and she was unsure about the desired e level of discussion. She said she and Mr. Bennett caul d descri be the compromise proposal, adding that she agreed with scheduling the item for an evening or a long work session. She suggested that she and Mr. Bennett meet with staff about process. Mayor Obie agreed. Responding to Ms. Bascom and Mayor Obie, Ms. Wooten said a public vote or a recommendation from a council subcommittee were possibilities that also could be di scussed. She noted that five task force subcommittees had worked on the reports and said she hoped the council could agree on a compromise. She added that the task force had not made a recommendation about ballot referral. Mr. Holmer asked whether the task force had agreed on City Council appointment of the Nuclear Free Zone Board. Ms. Wooten said that although concern still existed among some of the community about the issue, a majority of the task force had voted in favor of an appointed board. Mr. Holmer said he wanted to implement what the voters had passed, and he thought council appointment would go against that intent. Ms. Bascom said she disagreed) because most of the task force had made the recommendation. Mr. Holmer asked whether the task force had agreed to qualifications for board membership. Ms. Wooten said agreement had been reached, but it had not been complete. She said recommended qualifications had been taken from Chapter 3 of the code for City organizations and from the enforcement provisions of the ordinance. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council Process Session September 21, 1987 Page 4