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<br /> CommitEee Meeting held July 9, 1969 I
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<br /> Present: Mayor Anderson; Councilmen Hayward, Purdy, Wingard, Teague, Bea1 and Mohr; City
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<br /> I .. l. Items .from Mayor and Council
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<br /> Ii a. Appointments, Room Tax Committee -.Mayor Anderson recommended. the following appoint- I
<br /> ,I ments to a committee to consider apportionment of receipts from the transient room 1
<br /> II tax: Ed Cone, former Mayor; Glenn Cougill, Realtor; Harold Thor;i.n,..Goodwill Industries; I
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<br /> Ruben Ross, pr6prietor, City Ce~ter Lodge; Mrs, Leonard Jacobson, housewife for a I
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<br /> !I term of three years. Terms of one, two and three years should be drawn.by lot, with
<br /> I' appointment or reappointment. on January 1 of each year. Mayor Anderson.requested that Ii
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<br /> Ii Mrs. Hayward moved seconded by Dr. Purdy to approve recommendations of the Mayor for Ii
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<br /> II trans~ent room tax committee and their terms of office, and that they.ch00se their own Ii
<br /> chairman. Motion carried. II
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<br /> d Mrs. Hayward moved seconded by Mr. McDonald to approve Item .la of the Committee r.eport. . Motion . !
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<br /> !I Councilman Pur~y-felt the committee should have some Council instruction, and moved, seconded by I
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<br /> Mr. McDonald that the Council resolve that the money from the transient room tax be allocated in the ,
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<br /> d following manner: 1st to auditorium and to auditorium re!3~!Y~_,_ 2nd_ to tou!ist ~e_la~~d pr~grams, "
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<br /> 'I and 3rd to convention related' programs, . percentage-to-be determined by this committee. This resol- i'
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<br /> Ii Councilwoman ,Hayward .had' reservations about laying down any percentages or setting certain uses for
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<br /> I: the money for any length of time, because she thought sentiments of the community could change. II
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<br /> I. Councilman Mohr felt the resolution had an imperfection, in that the word recreation, included in Ii
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<br /> II the Charter resolution, had not been included in the resolution. Dr. Puridy explained that this word ,I
<br /> :1 was brought in to cover everything that might occur for which the Council might wish to use the I'
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<br /> 'I Mayor Anderson suggested that the staff be instructed to prepare an ordinance reiterating the guide-
<br /> \: lines established by the Charter, and give priority to the Auditorium, tourist oriented and conven- ,
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<br /> " tion oriented facilities, and allow latitude for othe~ cultural and recreational activities which I
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<br /> II There was further Council discussion on the intent of the people and limitation of the use of funds. I,
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<br /> d Mr. Mohr moved seconded by Mrs. Hayward to table the motion to draw a resolution, at this time.
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<br /> !I Motion carried with Mr. Mohr, Mrs. Hayward, Messrs. Teague and McDonald for, Wingard, Beal and II
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<br /> 'I Purdy oppos,ed. II
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<br /> " b. Employe Relations Fact Finding Committee Memo - Mayor Anderson distributed a memo to
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<br /> the Council outlining duties of the Employe Relations Fact Finding Committee, and I[
<br /> ii requested suggestions from Councilmen regarding this committee., The memo will be I.
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<br /> .' discussed after further Council study. Ii
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<br /> EWEB Public Hearing, Discussion - Mrs. Beal commented that she was p~eas~~_with the ii
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<br /> 'I results of the joint meeting of the Council with Eugene Water and Electric Board, but I.
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<br /> ., that she felt the Council, should co-sponsor the public hearings. II
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<br /> " Mrs. Beal moved seconded by Mr. Mohr to convey the gratification of the Council, and I:
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<br /> ;: reiterate its desire to co-sponsor these public forums,.. !I
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<br /> II There was Council discussion on whether EWEB was not meeting the request of the Council
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<br /> II .in scheduling public hearings. It was Mr. Mohr's feeling,that_~E~~i~~~thro~gh use
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<br /> ., of a court reporter, record questions of the public; and its answers, either now or il
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<br /> !I in the future, to such questions. All statements,will be documented and made public II
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<br /> " Mrs. Jane Novik and Mr. Paul Koblas, asked that the Council consider co-sponsoring I
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<br /> !: these hearings with EWEB so that the public may be assured of an unbiased hearing. They
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<br /> ! were still of the opinion that EWEB would use this forum to present its arguments in II
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<br /> ,1 favor of nuclear electrical installations. They also felt that.various agencies having I,
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<br /> control over development of the. comr.nunity should be included in this discussion. Mayor :1
<br /> :1 Anderson commented that, so far as the Council is concerned, their request has been Ii
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<br /> II fulfilled, and that the matter will be put into the.public record. II
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<br /> " Vote taken on motion. Motion failed. City Manager was instructed to write to EWEB
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<br /> " expressing Council gratification at outcome of meeting.
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<br /> :1 Mrs. Hayward moved seconded by Mr. MCDonald to receive and file Items lb and lc of the Committee 1:
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<br /> !1 report. Motion carried. II
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<br /> " d. Worksheet, Community Information Center - Councilwoman Hayward distributed a worksheet II
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<br /> I on community information center, for study by Council.
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<br /> 'I Mrs. Hayward moved seconded by Mr. McDonald to receive and file Item ld of the Committee report.
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<br /> Motion carried.
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