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M. Intersection, Larch and West Hillside Drive - Councilwoman ca;;h:l~ asked if a-- report had been received yet on this intersection (in response to a complaint that it was dangerous). She said she wanted to know about how long before she ,~ could have an answer for the people who had written her about it. Don Allen, _ ;public works director, answered that it had been put in the "hopper," that if .it had not progressed to the top of the list in' a week's time he would have it C k f f 0 o. ornrn ta en out 0 sequence or ~nvest~gat~on. 10/2/74 N. ~Building Demolition, Salvage - Councilman MUr;~~-aSked if ordinances were foundFi1e )n other cities with regard to regulation of salvage operations. Public Works ;Director answered that inquiry to the International City Management Association had produced no such regulations, but ICMA did suggest information might be available through the legal profession. That inquiry had been made, he said, C oh' O~ w~t no reply yet rece~ved. 10/2/74 File O. ;Parking for Quads - Councilwoman Beal wondered if the forthcoming staff recom- . " I ;mendations with regard to development of quads (multiple-bedroom units with I common kitchen space) could include some provision for ground-floor covered space for parking bicycles, especially in the west University section where there were large numbers of bicycles. Manager noted that quads were scheduled for discussion in the Planning Commission and the Council's interest in explor- ing bicycle parking in connectjon with their development would be transmitted CO~ ., to the Commission. ...,-..-- ,-' .10/2/74 File 4It P. :Air P~llutibn Alert, Official Responsibility - Copies of letter from Lane County , Democratic Central Committee were previously distributed to Council members with , ; regard to apparent lack of concern of public officials in the recent air pollution alert. Manager noted description of pollution alert procedure, a part of the city's.air pollution emergency plan, set out in the agenda distributed to Council members. He said that procedure was followed in the recent a'lerti people were encouraged to cut down on nonessential driving but no attempt was made to stop \ them altogether. It was recognized when the emergency plan was developed, he said, \ that there would have to be an educational process to make people aware some co- i operation was desirable. However, there was also concern that overemphasis of the situation would lead to incredibility when a really serious situation developed. ; Manager added that he felt the Democratic Central Committee's letter was not I accurate in its assessment of public officia~ls' action during the alert, consider- ; ing the variations in opinions of air quality which would lead some to believe '.. public officials were underreacting. ~ Mayor Anderson thought the very word "alert" would describe the action to be taken - : to make people aware of what was going on. He thought to institute emergency 'measures would cause undue alarm when only the alert stage of pollution was reached. ~ Councilwoman Beal thought there should be more concern when the air became polluted, W"'- that there should be increased emphasis on the part of the city and the media urging people to avoid "business as usual," otherwise the pollution would continue , to build up. She suggested that the media in giving weather reports should include information on air pollution and urge citizens to curtal driving. Mayor Anderson , thought an educational program would be of more benefit, gaining co-operation of , the media to explain that there was an air pollution emergency plan and how it : operated. He noted that the recent alert was area-wide, not peculiar to Eugene, and to have aroused the citizenry on a disaster basis would have been unfortunate. Councilman Wil,liams said he thought there was very good coverage of the alert situa- i i tion by the radio'stations. And Councilman Wooa commented on the dissatisfaction I locally with pollution resulting from seed field burning and thought those people I : registering complaints abo~t that should demonstrate their concern by curtailing ; auto use. ' Councilman Murray felt the~Democratic criticism was misdirected, that perhaps it would have been more accurate to charge the general public for not stopping the : use .~~c:.a~~ ~_ _ . .. ___ .. ___.__,-....h'- _. (Manager said his thought in: bringing this to' the Council was that if staff was t'o~..,.( jbe officially charged with taking addit~o~al ~ction during an alert period, the \ _e~rgency plan procedure would need mod~f~cat~on. He commented on the excel~ent 0 ' -..: cQfopera tion of the media and the job done in making ci ti zens aware of the s~ t~a t~on. 'Co.tincilman Wood wondered if it would be appropriate to respond to the Democrat~c I~~ntral Commi ttee, thanking "them for their concern and explaining th~ emergency plan ./ 0 .' .., :.~~nd procedures followed ~n a~~_ POllut~on, ~.~.tl1at~ons____h ....___.___.___ ___'-. ___. .. _... ___ ,t: _, ..- .----.. 10/7/74 - 13 35b