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<br /> - .- <br /> whose primary intended purpose was to arm, launch, release, target, guide, <br /> trigger, or detonate a nuclear weapon or to operate a defensive system. Mr. <br /> e Potter said the proposal defined "defensive systemll as a system to counter <br /> strategic ballistic missiles or their elements in flight, and would include <br /> anti-ballistic missiles, launchers, and radars, plus other defensive weapons. <br /> The definition of IIcomponentll included items whose primary intended purpose <br /> was to contribute to the operation of a nuclear weapon; command, control, and <br /> communication system; delivery system; or defensive system, or items <br /> peculiarly adapted to one of those systems. He said Proposal A prohibited <br /> active participation in planning for the prosecution of nuclear war, unlike <br /> Proposal B. Other provisions of Proposal A restricted nuclear power <br /> production and transportation of nuclear weapons and nuclear materials to the <br /> extent allowed by existing State and Federal laws and banned food irradiation <br /> in Eugene. Proposal A would establish a seven-member, elected nuclear free <br /> zone board that would work with the City to ensure compl iance with the <br /> ordinance and would help educate the organization and the community on <br /> nuclear-related issues. With regard to enforcement, Proposal A provided for a <br /> $50 minimum fine for violations, with no maximum, and allowed the City to seek <br /> injunctions against violations in appropriate cases. Mr. Potter sa i d the <br /> proposal reta i ned the provisions in the original ordinance for signs, <br /> notification, and an annual commemoration, as did Proposal B. <br /> B. Proposal B <br /> Mr. Potter said Proposal B had been drafted by the City Attorney's Office at <br /> the request of councilor and task force member Rob Bennett, who had requested <br /> retaining as much of the one-time task force consensus as possible while <br /> avoiding issues that had generated questions of clarity for the City <br /> e Attorneys. <br /> Mr. Potter said Proposal B would ban the design, development, testing, <br /> manufacture, production, maintenance, and storage of nuclear weapons, nuclear <br /> weapons systems, and their components. The definition of IInuclear weapons <br /> systems" included weapons; guidance, propulsion, and triggering devices if <br /> they were destroyed when the weapon was used; launching devices for nuclear <br /> weapons; and mechanical systems that directly transmit signals to nuclear <br /> weapons. The proposal did not address defensive systems, he said. <br /> Mr. Potter said Proposal B defi ned "componentll as something specially <br /> manufactured, assembled, or refined for use in a nuclear weapon or a nuclear <br /> weapon system. It called for a nine-member, appointed Nuclear Free Zone Board <br /> that would consist of individuals who support the concepts embodied in the <br /> ordinance. The duties of the board would be similar to those in Proposal A, <br /> except that Proposal A would make the board responsible for a funding plan for <br /> its own work, which was not true of Proposal B. <br /> Mr. Potter said both Proposals A and B would regulate transportation, storage, <br /> and power production to the extent allowed by State and Federal law and would <br /> ban food irradiation. He said Proposal B expressly delegated to the City <br /> Manager the authority to issue administrative rules to regulate the activities <br /> covered by the ordinance and the authority to issue declaratory rulings as to <br /> whether certain activities would or would not constitute violations. Proposal <br /> e MINUTES--Eugene City Council work session December 7, 1987 Page 3 <br />