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to keep the lines of communication open between the County and the City, and compromise and conciliation should be encouraged. Manager said a member of staff would be attending the meeting. e He felt also,it would be good for the City to have the specific proposals the County is intending to present. Mr. Haws commented the proposals were to be distributed to Council members next week. Mr. Delay qu~stioned whether it was appropriate that the County should be sending proposals to the City, rather than to the L-COG board, and circumventing staff input to the proposals. He felt the County was thus bypassing the legitimate processes and agencies that are already in existence. It was consensus of Council that a decision would be made at the September 27 meeting, after the Council had received materials from the County. c. League of Oregon Cities Meeting--Letter of invitation distributed to Council for a meeting Thursday, September 28, 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, regarding a discussion on the comparative effects of Ballot Measures 11 and 6. Manager noted the League Execu- tive Board had gone on record favoring Ballot Measure 11. D. Herbicide Issue--Manager extended an invitation to Councilors from Groundwork, Inc. to tour certain areas in the Lowell district to see the effects of herbicide spraying. Any Councilor interested should contact the City Manager's office. Groundwork hoped to conduct the tour before the Monday, September 25, meeting. - E. Downtown Park Project--Mr. Delay noted in Planning Commission Minutes of August 28, Dr. MacKinnon had stated he was on the Joint Parks Committee, stated the City was short of money for park purposes, and thus the Downtown Park Project had been dropped. He questioned whether that was accurate. Mr. Obie, a member of the Joint Parks Committee, said to his knowledge, the project had not been dropped. He noted the Joint Parks Committee had not met for several months. Its past actions had been to monitor the spending of the serial levy money as well as prepare proposals for voters. Ed Smith, Parks Director, said the project had not been dropped. In discussing priorities for spending the serial levy, the highest priority had been given to the South Hills Study. However, parks in the central area had not been dropped from the list. F. Herbicide Issue--Mr. Lieuallen distributed a memo outlining background information for the Monday night hearing. G. CETA--Ms. Smith noted the County Commissioners met this morning and were in the process of making substantial changes on the priority list. She said Commissioner Rust had indicated his support for further discussion with ETAC regarding the changed priority list; however, however, Commissioners Weinstein and Wood did not. The . e 9/20/78--2 b2~