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. C. B. 261 ~ Paving and sidewalk on 15th Avenue from Acorn Park to 300 feet East (72-39) . Persons to be heard: . NONE There being no written protests on file and no objections to be heard the meeting was canceleftj. It was understood assessments would be levied as proposed. S. Council Minutes, April 9,1973 - As circulated. T. , Appointment, Mall Corrunercial Acti vi ties Corruni ttee - Mayor Anderson announced !appointment of committee to develop policy statement and set of guidelines for :expanding commercial activities on the Eugene City Mall. Those appointed were: Approve Approve George Andrews, 3205 Olive Street (School of Architecture, U of 0) Fred Clarkson, 39 West Broadway (Gay Blade) Navarre Davis, 957 Willamette (Kaufman's) Vince Farina, 82 West Broadway (Flowers unlimited) Lauren Herbert, 4450 Hilyard Street Rachel Starr, 2551 Columbia Street Sally Weston, 2595 Highland ,Drive Ed Smith, Parks and Recreation Director Pam Martin, 1040 Wi1lamette (Gari's Etcetera) e,'. -( U.'.Appointment, Human Rights Commission - Mayor Anderson announced appointment of Comm 'Gerald E. Coldeen, chief of the FAA tower at Mahlon Sweet Field, as a member 5/16/73 of the Human Rights Commission for the balance of the term ending January 1 ,1975. Affirm V. Council -Subcommittee Requested by LOcal #851, IAFF - Copies of letter received .from Pat Flynn, president of IAFF Local #851, were previously distributed to Council members. HI. Flynn requested appointment of a Council subcommi ttee to evaluate existing policy practices and administrative procedures on (1) civil service or hiring procedures; (2) shorter work week; (3) Workmen's Compensation ,claims; (4) review of Section 2.876 of the Eugene Code; and (5) request for stand- ing committee on labor rights. Hr. Flynn reviewed reasons for requesting a subcommittee to review problem areas and report to the Council. He felt this procedure would give the Council an op- portunl ty to determine whether policy is being carried out as intended and to make changes if it is decided they are needed. Councilwoman campbell referred to bUdgetary allocation for updating the Charter and asked how the proposal would dovetail with any possible revisions to the Charter. Hr. Fl ynn replied that the concern is wi th the Charter as it is now ,written. However, he felt hearings before a Council subcommittee might help . to determine whether Charter revisions were needed. .' '" Councilwoman Beal wondered whether discussion of a shorter work week wouldn't ; more properly be a matter of collective bargaining. Mr. Flynn answered 'that the request was directed toward Ci ty policy on shorter work week, not implementation of it. He felt an indication from the Council as to whether they were in favor of it would provide the Fire Fighters the opportunity to determine how they would, proceed. Mrs. Beal remarked that the Council had delegated responsibili ty for Collective bargaining to the Manager and that discussion of the work week was definitely a bargaining matter. She felt a subcommittee could be useful in the : area of labor relations if there was careful separation of policy items and col- lective bargaining items. . Councilman Murray expressed concern with regard to civil service or hiring pro- cedures. Manager said the staff's position would be that some of the items sug- i gested for a subcommittee review are negotiable kinds of problems, and staff I i would prefer being directed to meet with representatives of the IAFF to go through, details of their concerns. Then a report could be brought back to the Council , ei ther showing agreement on the next step, or, on those items determined to be ,'purely policy matters. or which cannot be settled at administrative level, two : posi t.iOllS on the next step for the Council to resol ve. He said the procedure :~ agreed upon when discussing costs of arbitration - working wi th the union for at least 60 days prior to bringing recommendations to the Council - might be fruitful in considering the questions raised. Manager said staff would 'present Council with a historical document showing what occurred with respect to civil service ~n ~aqption of the Char,ter amendment on collective bargaining, and a .' ..... "s 5(29/73 - 12