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e Responding to Mr. Holmer, Mayor Obie said he agreed with Mr. Holmer' s suggestion about the Metropolitan Partnership. However, Mayor Obie said it is important to have representatives of the public school districts on the task force. He suggested the council adopt the concept in the outline and ask the Mayor and the council president and vice president to refine the process. Ms. Wooten said she supported Mr. Holmer's suggestion. Ms. Schue said she supported Mayor Obie1s suggestions but the ordinance is clear about what the City should do about notification and the placement of signs and the City should start doing those things. Mayor Obie suggested the task force advise the City on what kind of signs to erect. Ms. Ehrman said the duties of the task force seemed to be the responsibilities of the Nuclear Free Zone Board created by the ordinance. She wondered if the council could appoint the board and direct the members to do certain things. Mr. Sercombe responded that the activities of the task force would be similar to the responsibilities of the board. However, the duties of the board may impinge upon duties which the City Charter delegates exclusively to the City Council and the City Manager. Mr. Gleason added that empowering the board would raise the question of whether the board's charge in the ordinance is legal. The creation of the task force would enable the judicial concerns to be investigated. e Mr. Holmer said the council has amended the ordinance to indicate that the board should be appointed in March. He assumed the date will be amended again if the Mayor's suggested process is approved. He said he would be reluctant to identify the composition of the task force as the composition of the Nuclear-Free Zone Board. Ms. Ehrman moved, seconded by Mr. Holmer, that the council adopt Mayor Obie's proposal to establish a Nuclear-Free Zone Task Force. Answering a question from Ms. Wooten, Mayor Obie said the task force probably could be appointed within 30 days. Ms. Ehrman said she wi 11 oppose the motion because the task force will be substituted for the Nuclear Free Zone Board. She said the board should be appointed and encouraged to proceed with the responsibilities that are clear in the ordinance. She said the problems in the ordinance will have to be communicated to the community. She said the council could work with the board to solve the problems. Mr. Gleason said the ordinance indicates that the Nuclear-Free Zone Board is temporary. Ms. Bascom said the appointment of the task force will give an opportunity to analyze the powers of the Nuclear Free Zone Board and may facilitate the implementation of the nuclear-free zone ordinance. She said she wants to move ahead in good faith. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council January 14, 1987 Page 5