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Mayor Keller noted the importance of the passage of this measure, and thanked Mr. Jones for his presentation. - III. Residency on Boards/Commissions/Committees Ordinance distributed to Council. Manager said the present Council bill reflects changes requested by the Council in that a termination of appointment would occur if a person became a nonresident, as soon as a qualified replacement is designated. Second, a pOlicy statement is included that members of all boards, commissions, and committees of the City created by ordinance or resolution would be residents unless expressely waived by Council. Present nonresident membership on boards and commissions would be allowed to serve their terms to the end of 1978. Mr. Lieuallen wondered the reasoning behind extending the terms of office to the end of 1978. Mr. Hamel and Mr. Bradley had been designated as a subcommittee to present a plan to Council. Mr. Hamel said it was his firm conviction that any member of any board or commission who became a nonresi- dent should immediately vacate his position. However, Mr. Bradley wanted to allow non-residents to complete the term of office. As a compromise, it was decided to allow the present nonresident membership to serve terms through the end of 1978. e Mr. Lieuallen suggested two changes: 1) To delete the section contain- ing words to allow nonresidents to serve terms to the end of 1978; and 2) to place a time limit on the amount of time the Council would take to appoint replacement, suggesting two or three months. He recognized the problem in trying to replace those who are currently nonresidents, and wondered how many were involved. Manager said there were ten. He noted for Mr. Lieuallen the difficulty in finding resident applicants for some specialty boards. He believed the suggestion for allowing those to remain to the end of 1978 had been decided in a February Council meeting. Mr. Lieuallen thought that perhaps a distinction could be made between those specialty boards wherein a difficulty exists in finding resident applicants, and such boards as the Library Board and the Airport Board. He noted the latter two were directly involved in serving the City of Eugene and spending City funds. Mayor Keller felt the major concern was regarding the Library Board. However, he noted the difficulty in trying to find people who lived in Eugene who;,f,it ~he category and are willing to serve. Mr. Obie said since the Council had asked two City Councilors to come back to Council with a proposal, that a compromise had been presented, he felt it was encumbent upon Council to act. He said the compromise may not be perfect but thought it would work and felt enough time had been spent talking about this issue. Mr. Haws moved, seconded by Mr. Delay, to amend the proposed ordinance in Section 2 to allow nonresidents to serve their terms to July 1, 1978. e 5/3/78--3 308