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""lII e -10~ 11/30/70 .;,. , .. I c. Audit for 1969-70 - Mr. Richard Flomer, partner in Lybrand, ,Ross Bros, and Montgomery i explained the annual audit his firm had done for the City, and said he had very I excellent cooperation from the City staff. The Ci ty Manager s'uggested .tihe COW2cil-~iev{ew the audif,__~d. ,teturn ~with any_ " questions they may have. Councilman Mohr suggested a subcomrrdttee be appointed to do a thorough analysis. ,. Mayor Anderson was concerned about this procedure and felt Council members could , study the audit to develop substantive questions. Mr. Flomer said the management of his firm would be forwarding correspondence to the Council to cover this rep@rt. No action was taken on this item. ( approve) e d. Wai ver of Fee, Sorgenfri - A letter was received from Lutheran Laymen of Lane County who are building a low rent housing project for the elderly. They requested that the City waive a design fee of $973.73 for work done on Hawthorne Street facilities by the Department of Public Works. This amount would not be recoverable in mortgage proceeds. This precedent has not been followed in the past because has not been received. At a previous meeting the Council did make an ex- I ception on a suorm sewer assessment, and the amount calculated to be carried by I' the City did not quite use up a one-year difference between the tax production of the project and what it would produce if publicly owned. The Council could use :' this as a guideline to comply with this request. Councilwoman Beal could see no reason the.Council should not accede to this request. She moved seconded by Mr. Gribskov to approve a wai ver of design fee for Lutheran Laymen of Lane County. Several members of the Council voiced the opinion every effort should be made to encourage construction of 92 addi tional units of housing for low income elderly in the city. Vote taken on motion as stated. Motion carried. ( approve) e. Liquor License Request approved by Police Department - Retail Malt Beverage Class A, I Pizza Hut, 35 Sil ver Lane (New location) Official action will be taken at the regular meeting, November 30. ( approve) :' f. Traffic Code, Discussion - Previous to the Comrrd ttee meeting, the Council met to ,. discuss the traffic code chapter which is the first of nine chapters recodified and presented for City Council consideration. I Discussion ensued whether to continue to study recodification prior to comrrdttee meetings. It was the consensus that more time would be needed and that some special mee,tings should be scheduled for consideration of future chapters. It was proposed to tentatively set Monday nights when the Council did not meet in regular session for study of recodification chapters. Councilman Williams requested that the code be set up in such a manner that amend- ments qould be mailed to keep copies up to date. ( approve) e g. Justice System of Local Government - Councilman Mohr presented a proposal for initiating a model program for developing a justice system of local government. The proposal suggested elimination of the city jail through increasing use of citations in lieu of arrest, establishment of a regional detoxification center, abolishment of criminal sanctions from the municipal code and establishment of regional correction facilities which will combine both adult and juvenile programs managed by administrators ! rather than police. Councilman Mohr recommended that the Council form a subcomrrd ttee to define action lines to achieve this goal, saying this would be another step toward perfecting the system of justice in Eugene. Mayor Anderson asked how this would relate to the criminal law comrrdttee. He fel t a conflict might possibly occur. Mr. Mohr agreed, but felt the subconmlittee would get direction from a report of I the criminal law coRmrittee. The City Attorney said this proposal was related to the entire problem of the municipal court system and whether it should continue. He felt the only use the city 1fB.de of the jail was to hold people for appearances in court. I' The aty Manager suggested if a comrrdttee was appointed, it should include ,; members of, the staff of various city departments concerned with the subject. (file) e Councilman Mohr said he had a supplementary report concerning the justice system for local government~ but he would present this at the next committee meeting. 11/30/70 - 8 ....