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M I NUT E S - Eugene City Council Dinner/Work Session Eugene Community Conference Center--Hellman Room January 14, 1987 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Debra Ehrman, Freeman Holmer, Emily Schue, Cynthia Wooten, Ruth Bascom, Jeff Miller, Roger Rutan, Robert Bennett The adjourned meeting from January 14, 1987 at 1:30 p.m. of the City Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon, was called to order by His Honor Mayor Brian B. Obie. Mayor Obie said the meeting is not a public hearing although many people are in the audience. He said the meeting is a work session. He reviewed the format to be followed. I. NUCLEAR-FREE ZONE ORDINANCE - City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced the staff presentation. Jody Miller, Director of the Intergovernmental Relations Division (IGR), said the councilors asked for additional information about the Nuclear-Free Zone Ordinance (Measure 51) that was passed on November 4, 1986. She reviewed the material the councilors received prior to the meeting and said a January 13, 1987, memo from Michael Goldstein was distributed to the councilors at their 11:30 a.m. meeting today. She introduced Glen Potter of the IGR staff and Tim Sercombe and Kathleen Pierce from the City Attorney's Office. Mr. Potter introduced people in the audience from Political Action for Lasting Security and the Eugene/Springfield Metropolitan Partnership who, he said, could help answer questions from the councilors. He said there are 132 nuclear-free zones in the United States and 3,100 nuclear-free zones in the world. He said a nuclear-free zone ordinance was passed in November 1986 by the Lane County voters and that ordi nance is di fferent from the Eugene ordinance. He said most people agree that the Eugene ordinance is one of the most aggressive in the United States. Mr. Potter said that to date he is not aware of any measurable economic impact directly attributable to the Eugene nuclear-free zone ordinance. However, the City has received many inquiries about the ordinance. Ms. Pierce discussed the scope of the Eugene nuclear-free zone ordinance and the legal problems caused by the ordinance. She referred to Appendix B of the January 9, 1987, memo titled, "Nuclear-Free Zone Ordinance." The memo was from Micheal Gleason, City Manager, to the Mayor and City Council. Ms. Pierce compared the Lane County and Chicago nuclear-free zone ordinances to the Eugene Ordinance. She said the Lane County ordinance received more votes in Eugene than the Eugene ordinance. The Chicago ordinance has been analyzed ,e MINUTES--Eugene City Council January 14, 1987 Page 1