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i . GG. 'Notices ,"lu--:Workshop for Elect;ed Officials on Aging Programs - Friday, May 18,1973, at the Local Government Center, 12th and Court Streets, Salem; Oregon, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 2.. Annual Meeting OANA - Saturday, May 5, 1973, at the Holiday Inn in Portland, Oregon beginning at 8:30 a.m. CQmm 5/2/73 File HH. i ist Avenue Ramps, 6th/7th Extension I-l05 - Staff will develop as much information as possible on procedural process necessary for accomplishing Alternative 2H listed in the State Highway report to give a complete understanding of what it involves when brought for discussion at committee on May 9. In answer to Council- : man Murray, Manager sai d the information developed would include an opinion as 1 to whether an election would be required and about the cost of alterations to , 6th and 7th should that become necessary. Councilman Williams suggested includ- I ing Howard Buford of LCOG in the discussion of impact of traffic moving to the ' River Road area via Blair Boulevard, and the use of the ramps on a long-term basis. \ Gordon Elliott urged Mr.. Buford's input also with regard to relationship between the proposed Roosevelt Freeway and the ramps. ! I Comm 5/2/73 File II. Councilwoman Campbell suggested some discussion about use of automatic closing gates at the~<3:.rnPs. d~ing peak~raff!-:..P€!rJ_o.a.s. ____._ _ , Salvation Army Week - Proclamation was i~;~ed "~">" .....c.... ,May 14-20, 1973 as Salvation . b~ ~ayor Anderson proclaiming :the Salvation Army in its out~:Yd~eek. Rec~gn~t~on.of the week is to salute . .' _ _, ... .... n ~ng commun~ty serv~ce. e JJ. . ~cho Hollow Road Improvement - Councilman Williams advised the Council that he . ~ntends to m~ve for, reconsideration of the Echo Hollow Road improvement at the ~ay l4Co~nc~1 meet~ng. He explained that he and Councilman Murray have been : ~nvolV~d ~n ~xten~ive discussions of the project and although he is not sure recons~derat~on w~ll be requested if it is it will be:B th ! mi tt ' , or e purpose of sub- ! ~~g a ~ncrete proposal as an alternative. He said that staff is aware of I : the d~scuss~ons. \ .Comm 5/9/73 File KK.i Legi~lation, H.B.2853 - Councilwoman Beal, chairing the Council's legislative I comm~ttee, d~stributed copies of a report from the committee with regard to . H;1. 2853 h~v~n~ to do With, creation of Joint Operating Agencies by pub).ic and . P vate ut~l~t~es. She sa~d the committee was unanimous in submitting the re- I port but no act~on on ~t.is requested until EWEB has had an opportunity to t and make known ~ts pos~t~on on the legislation. examinel Comm /5/9/73 'j'. Councilman Williams distributed copies of a memo which he said he prepared on : the ass~mption the ,Council would be requested to oppose the bill. He said it ! deals w~th a number of questions raised and was presented to give the Council I another viewpoint. e Mary Briscoe, president of League of Women Voters, read a statement opposing the legiSlation and said the League's position is that the bill should be rewritten if not tabled. Jane Novick, Future Power Committee, stated that Committee's opposition to the bill. She said formation of Joint Operating Agencies would limit public utilities in their operation, management, and control of power generation and that voters would no longer control the bond- ing procedure. She asked the Council to register its opposition to the bill or ask further hearings at which provisions of the legislation can be examined. Councilwoman Beal referred to the legislative subcommittee's report recommending that the Council not support H.B.2853. She said although Councilman Williams had presented comments on the legislation he is now in agreement on the subcommittee memo. Mayor Anderson noted that the Eugene Water & Electr.ic Board at its meeting this evening favored passage of H.B.2853 for a four to one vote. . Councilman Williams said that he understood that private utilities have the right of eminent domain for kinds of purposes contemplated in this legislation, and that was one of his con- cerns., However, in view of the endorsement of H.B.2853 by the officialselected to take re- sponsibility for generation and transmission of electrical energy, he felt it would be un- acceptable to send a statement on behalf of the City to the Legislature without further consideration of the bill itself. , ' Mrs. Beal agreed that private utiiities do have, the right of eminent domain, but that it would be out of context in relation to this legiSlation since the bill has to do only with genera- tion of power. She said the bill under consideration would insulate generation and wholesaling of electric power from the general public by substituting control of Public Utility Commis- sioner over the Joint Operating Agencies. It would give the opportunity for those agencies to have unlimited power to sell bonds and spend money. .D 15' 5/14-/73 - 17