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written reports from commissions for various changes, and it seemed as though there would be a deviation if Council acted to set a public hearing without going through the Human Rights Council. He e felt Council should seriously consider the involvement of the Human Rights Council in this action. ,Mr. Lieuallen said Mr. Russell, speaking on behalf of the Human Rights Council, had just indicated it would prefer the City Council hold the hearing. He said the commissions are not required to make recommendations to Council and the Human Rights Council had just asked Council to hold the hearing. He did not feel the Council would be circumventing the present system. , Mr. Hamel agreed with Mayor Keller, saying the Human Rights Council had a duty to perform and he felt it should act on the proposed amendment first. He was in favor of following the past established process. Mr. Delay felt scheduling a public hearing was a necessity. He said it was not really a new issue and Council was not talking about changing procedures. The group was simply requesting protection for a class of citizens. Mr. Williams thought Council ought to specifically ask the Human Rights Council to give City Council a recommendation. If they fail to provide one in time, then consideration of changing the process could be done at that time. He did not feel Council should bypass the system. e Mr. Haws moved, seconded by Ms. Smith, to amend the motion to ask the Human Rights Council to give City Council a report ten days prior to the hearing. Motion carried unanimously. Vote was taken on the main motion as stated, which carried unanimously. G. Metropolitan Transportation Committee--Mayor Keller appointed Tom Williams as City Council Member. II. Joint Planning Commission--Council Session A. Citizen Involvement Program for 1977--Materials distributed to Council. Manager reviewed background materials for Council. The City Council had adopted a citizen involvement program in December 1975 to meet the requirements of Goal 1 of the Statewide Goals adopted by Land Conservation and Development Commission. The citizen involvement program gave the Planning Commission responsibility to coordinate citizen involvement in land-use planning for the City. An evaluation committee was established and made its report to the Planning Com- mission in May 1977. The committee proposed removing responsibility 8/31/77--3 e ~Sy.