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II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Mr. Tollenaar moved, seconded by Mr. Laue, to approve the City Council minutes of January 26, 1998, Meeting; January 28, 1998, Lunch Work Session; and February 11, 1998, Lunch Work Session. Mr. Meisner requested that paragraph 3 on page 6 of the minutes of the January 28, 1998, Lunch Work Session be changed, as follows: C~ Mr. Meisner asked that the City Manager provide additional information regarding her statement that elimination of Department of Public Safety administration resulted in new front-line police staffing. Ms. Elmer said that she would get back to the council in response to the request. Mayor Torrey determined there was no objection to the amendment. The motion was adopted unanimously, 5:0. III. PUBLIC HEARING: TOXICS RIGHT-TO-KNOW PROGRAM FEES City Manager Vicki Elmer announced that the council would hold a public hearing on program fees for the Toxics Right-to-Know program and that action on the fee proposals and program budget was scheduled to take place at the March 16 council meeting. A. Public Hearing Fire Marshal's Office Management Analyst Glen Potter reviewed information about the Eugene Toxics Right-to-Know Program contained in the agenda item summary distributed with the agenda of the meeting. He described provisions of the City Charter amendment, how start-up funding for the program had been provided, and the rationale for the fee recommendation of the Toxics Board. He reviewed budget proposals for the program. He stated that the board would finalize its recommendations on March 11. Don Upson stated that he was a member of the Eugene Toxics Board. He reviewed the fee recommendation of the board. Mr. Upson said that the board discussed a guideline that no individual fee would exceed $15,000. He said the board had not fully discussed the reduced budget proposals, but that there had been general agreement that cuts could be made to its original budget without jeopardy to the program. He requested that the council provide feedback on the reduced budget proposal. Mayor Torrey opened the public hearing. Jack Van Orman, 460 North Danebo, stated that he represented Ross Corporation. He said his company supported the Toxics Right-to-Know program, but that he had a concern about the large budget being proposed and that only 45 companies were expected to pay for it. He said he believed there were additional companies which should be included in the tracking program. He Minutes--Eugene City Council March 9, 1998 Page 2 7:30 p.m.