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"... 1 },,71 e 5/25/70 : I I I I j :! j, II I ASUO"'~ 'Mr., Corrigan asked permission to lis~ 13th Avenue from Tuesday;'--.!'1ay 26 until the end of the current test closure period. Experiments would be conducted for various uses of this space. He explained some of the plans being made for this time, and that student marshals would be appointed to keep order and eliminate garbage problems. I Dr. Purdy asked if there shouldn't be guidelines set up regarding responsibility ,to make sure fire lanes are kept open, responsibility as to noise, responsibility for payments of costs of cleanup, and whether the University approved the project. Mr. Corrigan said the ASUO would take full responsibility for any expenses necessary to clean up litter. Plans have been ~ade for fire lanes. They are aware of the noise problem created previously, and there will be no amplified instruments. I j II Mr. Mark Swain, student, said he had met with university officials and they were concerned about noise. He said the group would like to bring together people and, exhibit to the community the positive things that can come out of the closure of 13th. e The Manager explained that one of the p~rpElses, of this closure was to allow the university to test their problems of interior circulation. This should be kept in mind, if drawing up a plan. Public Works Director said they had been asked by the University to extend the study to incorporate a one-block area between University and Onyx. His department should be kept informed of the time-table of any activities, so that the street 'may be opened at any section. I I !I I Steve Wertz requested that the Council deny this permission. Finals are com~ng up, and students have been disrupted quite a bit already this quarter. He felt this might be a good idea, bu~ this was the wrong time to do it. Dr. Purdy asked to delay action until the regular monday night meeting, and that the Council be furnished a written statement from the President of the University and the student body requesting these things. He felt a procedure and policy should be set up whicr could be used to handle further requests. Mayor Anderson said he felt the proposal had very definite merit. a formal r~quest from the University administration to the Council that the closed street be utilized for this purpose, and accepting for the time it went on in that area. He asked for requesting responsibility I II I I I Mr. Mohr pointed out that, if the~'motion to vacate the street be passed, title to that land will be with the university. The City Manager said Mr. Merwin, representing Mr. Corrigan and the ASOO, had called asking to 'withdraw their request for use of 13th Avenue. They have not had sufficient time for planning, and problems might be created which would jeopardize final closure of 13th. No further action was taken. I I II I! II II E. New State Constitution - Mrs. Hayward introduced Senator Glen Stadler, and asked him to outline the proposed new Oregon constitution. Senator Stadler explained misconceptions about the new constitution, and how it will improve state government. He pointed out improvements, and new provisions incorporated. - 2. Public Employe Relations Board Procedures - Mr. Ken Brown, State mediator on the staff of PERB, explained that the Public Employe Relations Board had been created to administer a collective bargaining law enacted by the 1969 State Legislature. He explained that it acts as a neutral th~rd party to provide uniform procedure to determine public employe representation and to provide labor dispute settlement. He~explained that it acts as a neutral third party to provide uniform procedure to determine public employe representation and to provide labor dispute settlement. He explained arbitration and fact finding procedures. In-answer to Councilman Mohr, Mr. Brown said he saw no conflict with the Eugene Ordinance which provides for the State fact finding committee to continue on as a city committee, in case of an impasse. In answer to Councilman Purdy, Mr. Brown said the cities of Portland and Eugene now utilize the PERB. He did not believe employe groups would be satisfied with the seqtion of the Eugene Ordinance concerning arbitration which was binding upon the City Manager but not upon the City Council. I 3. Women for Agriculture - Mayor Anderson introduced Mrs. Kent Wiley, Mr. Bill Rose, Mrs. Clarence Venell and Mr. Charles Kizer, representing Women for Agriculture, an organiza- tion to communicate problems of the seed industry. ,\ I, I' Mr. Bill Rose explained that they were still only able to control insects and disease in grass seed by burning, but that this would be a much better summer in Eugene. He - ~ 5/25/70 - 3 I II