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. Lane County, and final approval by the Department of Environmental Quality. He said at this point the appointment would be a Mayor's appointment, if it were to be a Council member; if it were to be e a citizen-at-large, then Council would make the appointment. He noted the importance of this appointment as it would have a great bearing on the other appointments to the committee. The 1 etter had requested action today. Mayor Keller noted Jack Delay had expressed a great interest in serving on this committee, and the two had discussed it at great length. To this date, he had not heard interest expressed from any other person in the community or on Council. Mr. Hamel recom- mended that Delay be appointed, expressing Mr. Delay's background, interest, and willingness to do a good job. Mr. Williams expressed a concern in that this appointment could be a major function that would substantially influence the enforcement tech- niques in air quality in the futures saying those people on the committee will have a major impact on how the community deals with air quality problems. He noted the link between air quality problems, processes, and procedures, and their relationship to the control of growth in the area. He raised the issue that members of the Council were polarized on the issue of growth-no growth, and wondered whether or not it would be in the best i'nterest of Council to select a person in the community who did not represent such polarization of opinion, and who could better satisfy all Councilors. He noted Mr. Delay had a very strong, established position on the growth issue and wondered if that position e would interfere in establishing policies regarding the air quality standards which would affect growth. Mr. Delay said he had never approached Council problems without a great deal of study, hard work, and objectivity. He acknowledged the differences of opinion on the Council. He pointed out, however, that this was a highly technical area, and the question would deal with how the City was going to allocate the roll-back to meet the DEQ standards. He felt it necessary to have someone on the committee who would be both hard-working and objective. He also hoped the City did not take the same approach as Medford had, and reviewed that city's actions. He said it was a very difficult question and a very technical area, requiring addressing the public factor and intrusion. He felt Mr. Williams was implying he might use the position on this committee for some political purpose, and felt that was an unfair and unfounded statement. Mr. Lieuallen felt it ironic Mr. Williams had couched his remarks in such terms. He said if the City were not able to deal with these problems, it would not be able to expand the industrial base and allow for population growth. He said if the stance were for e 11/30/77 --2 890