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.f"; F. Revenue Task Force Committee Ap~ointment--Mr. Lieuallen announced his new appolntment to the Revenue ask Force would be Sharon Posner, e 2473 Columbia, replacing his former appointment who was not able to continue. G. Supplemental Agenda--Manager announced there would be a supplemental agenda for this meeting to award bids for parking facilities, Bancroft improvement, and airport development bond sales. H. Councilors' Goal-Setting Session--Manager announced again the Council Goal-Setting Session for Friday, September 21; Councilors will depart on the 20th and stay at the Country Place at McKenzie Bridge. Lists of agenda topics will be distributed in the Councilors' packets of September 7, after the lists have been reviewed with the department heads. Councilors agreed to meet with Don Murray in advance of the session to get consensus on items for the agenda. r. Library Tour--Manager announced a Library tour before the Council meeting of September 12 to view the new circulation system and a presentation on proposed plans. Councilors are to meet at the Library at 10:30 a.m. J. Flak Catcher Introduction--Manager Introduced Don Moloney, Fire Department, who will serve as flak catcher for the ensuing six months. K. Report on Laurelwood Golf Course Contract--Manager announced a new contractual arrangement for operation of the golf course. Services e offered will be mainly as before, and the person chosen to operate it is Gary Dutell. Mayor Keller noted that $14,000 to $17,000 is scheduled for equipment and $8,000 to $11,000 for drainage systems. With the high cost of operation, he wonders if the contract can be realistically carried out. Mr. Obie said he has always had concerns about whether the City should be in the golf course business at all. He wondered about selling it and acquiring park land elsewhere. Mayor Keller added he would even favor looking for land to build a municipal 18-hole golf course. Doug Post, Parks Department, said that, to assist the individual contracted to run the operation, drainage improvements were included to facilitate more wintertime play. Also, they agreed that the operator should have improved equipment. L. Re~ort On EQC Hearin~ on Airport Noise--August 9 report on airport nOlse regulations wrltten by Terry Smith, Environmental Analyst for the City of Eugene, was distributed to Council members. There have been staff hearings statewide on this subject. At such times, proposed rules which were developed by the Department of Environmental Quality were presented. More formal hearings were subsequently held on a revision of those rules. There was a hearing in Eugene on July 15, at which time Mr. Smith presented his staff report to the e Lf8Lf 9/5/79--2