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u. Valley River Center Rezoning - Councilwoman Campbell asked that the record of , I ,the August 13, 1973 hearing on Valley River's request to rezone property ad- I ;jacent to the Center for commercial use show that she abstained from voting I Comm _. ,on the advice of the City Attorney because of her attendance at the Planning i 8/15/73 .. ICommission hearing on the request, rather than that she was told to abstain. File V. Absence, Councilwoman Campbell- Mrs. Campbell announced she would be gone from Comm the City for about five weeks and would miss both Council meetings in September. 8/1.5/73 File W. Municipal Golf Course - Councilman Keller wondered whether any consideration was being given to creation of a public golf course. He felt something should be started by the City or County to provide the general public with such a facility. Glen Stadler, EWEB, said an organi za tion - Greenway Gol f, Inc. - had been meeting with the Alton Baker Park Advisory Board and with the County Comm Commissioners, working toward a public golf course. It was understood Council 8/15/73 members would be furnished information gathered by that group. File X.'Rezoning property south of Kingsley Road between Goospasture Island Road and willamette River - County AGT to C-2 PD (Hosey) - Councilman Keller moved that C.B.17l rezoning this area to C-2 PD be removed from the table (tabled .at the ) June 25,1973 Council meeting pending study to determine crite~iafor large= Comm scale regional commercial uses and availability of other commercial properties 8/15/73 in the area). The motion had no second. File " Y.. Referendum, Collective Bargaining - Manager noted letter from League of Oregon . Cities pointing out efforts of State Senators Smith, Atiyeh, and Meeker to re- fer to a vote of the people H.B.2263 on public employe collective bargaining approved by the 1973 Legislature. The League Executive Committee has refused . to endorse the referendum but has passed information on to individual -cities. .Manager said that while the legislation in some instances may not be what was hoped for, it is something which will allow the City to continue to operate : under its collective bargaining Charter amendment and Code requirements with- Comm 'out greatly changing the present procedure. There is concern that if it were 8/15/73 to be referred and rejected, the next Legislature could approve less acceptable' File legislation, so it was felt unwise to take official action in support of the : referendum effort. Z.H.B.2965 and S.B.487, Planning Commissions - Copies of the two bills will Comm be distributed to Council members prior to discussion at the joint meeting with the Planning Commission on August 20. The legislation concerns organiza-. 8/15/73 tion and activities of planning commissions, hearings officials, subdivision File . requiremen ts . I M. . Non-White Taxpayers Association re: Revenue Sharing Funds - Councilwoman Beal noted a letter addressed to her from the Non-White Taxpayers Association re- . questing information with regard to distinction between development and de- livery of social services and Affirmative Action. The request is presented in light of exclusion of Chicano and Native American Affairs Center and the Afro-American Institute from revenue sharing funds on the basis that they do not provide an essential social service. Manager said receipt of the letter . was acknowledged with the information that the questions raised would be dis- Comm cussed by the Council. He said it would probably be desirable for the City 8/15/73 and County to develop a joint response which probably could not be done until File ,September because of vacations. Copies of the letter have been distributed to other Council members. I BB. Alley Paving Assessment Procedure - Councilwoman Beal asked when the proposed ordinance allowing change of the present method of assessing for alley improve- ments would be brought to the Council. Manager explained that an ordinance has been drafted but there is disagreement at the staff level wi th regard to the ef- Comm fect the proposed change would have on street assessments, remonstrance procedure, 8/15/73 etc. Mrs. Beal wanted to again point out that it has been a year since the change File was proposed. ,It was understood that as Soon as staf~ has had the opportunity to work out a des~rable Charter amendment, it would be brought for Council consideration. CC. Nois~ Comp~aint, Lane Coun~y Fair - Councilman Wood reported several complaints . rece~ved w~th regard to no~se created by the Lane County Fair. The complainants ~. were concerned with allowing this to continue after 10:00 p.m. and at the same Comm time preventing race tracks and others from operating after that hour. Staff 8/15/73 took notice of the complaint and felt that with 51 weeks before the next Fair _~ ~F:i!-e there would be ample time to discuss the situation with the Fair Board. 273 8/27/73 - 16