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e Ms. Ehrman moved, seconded by Ms. Schue, to adopt as a 1987 Legislative top priority major reconstruction/improvement of the Ferry Street Bridge. Roll call vote; the motion carried 5:2 with Councilors Ehrman, Holmer, Schue, Miller, and Rutan voting aye and Councilors Wooten and Bascom voting nay. x. APPROVAL OF FEBRUARY 17, 1987, LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE MINUTES e Discussing a correction in the first paragraph on page 5 of the February 17, 1987, Legislative Subcommittee minutes, Mr. Rutan said the Federal legislation that includes the Mahlon Sweet Airport expansion expires in September 1987. Therefore, the airport issue to be discussed in Washington involves the City's desire to work with the Federal Legislative delegation to get the current legislation continued without interruption. He said continuation of the legislation could mean as much as $1 million to Eugene. He said the City has received $4.7 million from the fund for the Mahlon Sweet Airport and half of the $4.7 million is from enplanement funds. Enplanement funds are based on the number of passengers using the airport. He said the City has also received discretionary money from the fund. In the past, there has been a gap between the expiration of the legislation and its resumption. Ms. Ehrman moved, seconded by Ms. Schue, to approve the February 17, 1987, Legislative Subcommittee minutes subject to the following correction to the first paragraph on page 5 (material in parentheses should be deleted and underlined material should be added): Mr. Rutan said that the (allocation of the airport trust fund based on enplanements would be the better alternative) timely continuation of this legislation and program could yield very good results for Eugene. Roll call vote; the motion carried unanimously, 7:0. XI. SUPER COLLIDER PROJECT Mayor Obie said the super collider project is very important to the University of Oregon. He said he would like to support the project because University of Oregon Vice President John Mosely has asked him to participate in meetings in Washington, D.C. However, the minutes of the Council legislative Subcommittee are not clear about support for the super collider project. Ms. Wooten said Legislative Subcommittee members did not object to support for the super collider project. They simply did not want to spend much time in Washington on it. Ms. Schue agreed with Ms. Wooten. She said subcommittee members knew other people and organizations were working on the super collider and thought the City should support those people and organizations. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 23, 1987 Page 10