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e e e the Intergovernmental Human Services Committee (IHSC) the previous week. He said IHSC was monitoring the shelter program. He pointed out that the Day- time Access Center on Glenwood would continue to be open during the summer. Mr. MacDonald said the IHSC had approved the creation of a policy subcommit- tee to oversee social services throughout the area, including services for the homeless. Mr. Boles noted that a potluck would be held on May 10 to celebrate the first year of the Interfaith Emergency Shelter Program. F. 1993 Western Regional NAACP Conference Mayor Miller noted that lobbying efforts in Sacramento were successful and the 1993 Western Regional NAACP Conference would be held in Eugene. He said the Sacramento NAACP conference was worthwhile to him personally in helping him to understand problems related to national civil rights and affirmative action programs. He said he hoped many people would participate in the con- ference when it is held in Eugene. Mr. Rutan congratulated Mayor Miller, Councilor Bobby Green, and Planning Commissioner Greg Evans for successfully lobbying for this event. G. Cross on Skinner Butte Mayor Miller referred to a letter from attorney Charles Porter on the cross on Skinner Butte. He asked City Attorney Bill Gary to comment on the letter. Mr. Gary said the City Council had no role to play with respect to the place- ment of the cross because on May 26, 1970, the voters approved a Charter Amendment, adding Section 2 to Section 42 of the Eugene Charter, reading: "The concrete cross on the south slope of the butte shall remain at the location and in that form as the property of the City and it is hereby dedicated as a memorial to the veterans of all wars in which the United States has participated." Mr. Gary said a charter provision such as this, approved by the voters, could be changed only by the voters. He said that if the council wanted to change the charter, it would have to refer a charter amendment to the voters. He said Mr. Porter's letter, and potential lawsuit, questioned whether this section of the City Charter is constitutional. He said that in 1977 the Oregon Supreme Court resolved the issues specifically relating to the cross in a case called the Eugene Sand and Gravel and American Legion Post #3 vs. The City of Eugene. The Supreme Court held that the cross, as a war memori- al, did not violate the Oregon or US Constitution. Mr. Gary said that as the City Attorney, he would be constrained to advise the council that under the law as it stands today in Oregon, the cross is MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 24, 1991 Page 3