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<br />.. <br /> <br />M I NUT E S <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />City Council Dinner/Work Session <br />Bon Sai Restaurant <br /> <br />March 9, 1987 <br />5:30 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Debra Ehrman, Cynthia Wooten, Freeman Holmer, <br />Roger Rutan, Jeff Miller, Rob Bennett. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS ABSENT: Emily Schue, Ruth Bascom. <br /> <br />The work session was called to order by City Council President Debra Ehrman in <br />the absence of His Honor Mayor Brian B. Obie. <br /> <br />I. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REGULATIONS <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />City Manager Micheal Gleason said the City staff has spent much time studying <br />hazardous materials regulations. He serves on a State Department of <br />Environmental Quality (DEQ) committee; Terry Smith of the Public Works <br />Department has worked with the State DEQ and Department of Transportation <br />(ODOT); and Ev Hall, Chief of the Police, Fire and Emergency Services <br />Department, and his staff have worked with the State and Federal Fire <br />Marshal's offices. Mr. Gleason said there is a great deal of legislation <br />concerning hazardous materials and administration of the existing regulations <br />is almost impossible. <br /> <br />Mr. Gleason suggested four options for the council to consider. He said the <br />council could: 1) do nothing about hazardous materials; 2) hire a technical <br />expert who understands and can teach chemical engineering; 3) adopt City <br />regulations that conform to State and Federal regulations and hire someone to <br />enforce the City regulations; or 4) adopt regulations different from the <br />Federa 1 and State regul at ions and hi re someone to enforce them. He <br />recommended the council choose the second option and work with i ndustri a 1 <br />firms to make the existing regulations work. <br /> <br />Mr. Gleason said about 350 firms in the city are affected by the current State <br />and Federal regulations and, if the council decides to hire a technical <br />expert, he recommended the person help those firms meet the existing <br />regulations. He said the program could be financed by a user fee. He <br />displayed a copy of Article 80 (the hazardous materials code) that will <br />probably become part of the Uniform Fire Code which Eugene usually adopts. He <br />said Article 80 addresses mainly the storage of materials. It does not <br />address transportation. <br /> <br />Mr. Gl eason said experi ence i ndi cates that underground petroleum tanks <br />provide the greatest risk to the community. He said the State has preempted <br />underground storage issues but the regulations are not enforced. He said <br />officials of small companies often do not know the regulations. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />MINUTES--City Council Dinner/Work Session <br /> <br />March 9, 1987 <br /> <br />Page 1 <br />