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. U: Zoning, Oakmont near Sorrel Way - Councilman Hershner noted considerahle concern had been expressed with regard to commercial zoning on property adjacent to single-family residential property on Oakmont east of Coburg Road. He said he 'was fairly certain the City would receive petition from residents of that area Comm . for some type of transi tional zoning to relieve the si tuation and said he would 11/7/73 '" - 'like to see the Planning Department look into the matter. File ~> I , ' V. Council Members Attendance at Neighborhood Meetings - Councilwoman Campbell asked I the City Attorney's advice with regard to attendance at meetings of neighborhood organizations should a zoning issue come under discussion. City Attorney said , there was no question that attendance of Council members was permissible~ However, I :should zoning be discussed in terms of a specific issue on which the Council may sit in judgment later., then Council members should excuse themselves. Councilman McDonald expressed strong reservations about not being able to partici- pate in neighborhood meetings without jeopardizing one's ability to participate in deliberations on issues before the Council at a later date. Attorney expiained C :that the ruling was not established by the Councilor the Attorney's office. 11/7~~~ 'Rather it was simply an honest interpretation of the decision given in the Fasano . . 'h ' ff' " 1 h d .' d 'II d Flle ,case. He sa~d ~s 0 ~ce was prepar~ng mater~a on t e ec~s~on an w~ spen 'some time with the Council in the near future so that guidelines will be available to them in future deliberations. W.Tru;k Ro;tes - In response to qu~~tion raised recently by Councilman Murray with I regard to problems encountered in implementation of truck routes through the City authorized by the Council, Manager explained Federal highway administration rules ,~ govern freeway signing. At this time there is no space available for signing Comm ~ 'which would forewarn drivers of entrances to truck routes. However, staff is 11/7/73 :still working with the Highway Division sign people in an attempt to find a Fi~e solution. It was'understood Council would be kept posted. X. LOC Meeting, Portland, November 11-13 - Copies of registration and reservation Comm I ,confirmation were distributed to Council members. Transportation to Portland is 11/7/73 I : being arranged by Roger Cleland, intern in the Manager's office. File I Y. South Hills Studies - Manager passed to Council members copy of ecological descriptiqn and land use inventory developed in the South Hills studies. He ad- Comm ,vised that copies were available in the Manager's office should anyone be 11/7/73 ,interested in studying them in more detail. File Zj>lann-iilg "Commissioil-'Min,uteii ;:;"R.elc"idpE"o[ I'lannin'g commission minutes aiter- C~~;;(;il lconsideration of an item covered by the minutes was commented upon by Councilwoman [Campbell. She felt minutes on an item going to the Council could be singled out Comm :and made available before Council consideration. Manager explained that normally 11/21/73 ICouncil discussion is not scheduled until Commission minutes are available but File 'because of the volume of paperwork involved delay sometimes is unavoidable. I I AA.i.Neighborhood Organization policy Brochure - Council~an Murray wondered why the i ." 'brochure on neighborhood organization policy h~d not yet been distributed to [nei~hborhood organizations. M~nager explained that ~uestions arose when staff" I :rev~ewed a draft of the brochure at about the same t~me proposed charter for ne~gh- Comm jborhood oroups was received. He said there was no problem with the policy itself, 11/21/73 :: rather it was a matter of rewording the brochure for correlation purposes. Work' File lis proceeding on it and it is expected that it will be ready soon. I I BB. ;Nonconforming Signs, Cobl.lrg Road - Councilwoman Campbell commented on the non- [conforming signs on Coburg Road - Holiday Inn, Thunderbird, and First National lBank - and wondered why they were permitted to remain. City Attorney explained , Ithat when suit was filed restraining enforcement of the sign ordinance pending I :a decision on its merits there was agreement between attorneys and court that ( ;enforcement against those listed as plaintiffs would be delayed until hearing ~n the matter was held. Plaintiffs in the case had the opportunity for that I (hearing and City couldn't agree to withhold enforcement action against any other I Ithan those plaintiffs listed in the suit. The three mentioned by Mrs. Campbell :are not plaintiffs at this point. A hearing on whether enforcement should apply lto all or plaintiffs listed only is now set for December 3. Public Works Di- Comm rector reported that the Thunderbird people are starting compliance now, and an 11/21/73 appeal was heard by the Sign Code Board of Appeals on the Holiday sign on~Novem- File ber 19. He had no knowledge of the status of the First National Bank sign. CC.:Deadline for Receipt of Planning Commission Applications - Councilwoman Beal . called attention to recent article in the Register-Guard concerning applica- tions for Planning Commission membership listing December 30 as deadline for re- ceipt of applications. Manager explained that the press release listed Decem- i 'ber 3,as the deadline and typographical error resulted in its appearing in the I C ,. . omffi paper as the 30th. He sa~d a correct~on was being prepared. Counc~lman Williams I ll/21/73 said a review of Council action would show the deadline was actually set for I F.l ' ! l e December 10. .. 3S~ 11/26/73 - 16