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e "Tonight, 11m calling upon the entire community--teachers, school administrators, parents, and students, and everyone concerned--to keep their collective cool and to behave within the laws of the city and state. This dispute, we must remember, will not be settled at the picket lines. It will only be settled at the negotiating table. liOn behalf of the community, I now call for negotiations between the Eugene Education Association and the Eugene School Board to resume by tomorrow afternoon. This negotiation session must result in a fair settlement for the district, the teachers and the community. If a settlement is not achieved, this community should have a full public explanation by both parties as to why this contract is still not resolved. "Specifically, we are asking the two negotiating teams to meet, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. In addition, we ask that the School Board and the members of the Eugene Education Associ at i on IS Executive Board to come to the conference center and be available to meet with their respective negotiating teams. This council and I will be there to represent the deep concerns of this community. e "I would like to clarify that in asking the Executive Committee of the union and the school board to be there we are not asking them to violate their principles of negotiation. It is my request that they be available in adjacent rooms so they can caucus with their respective parties. I have discussed this proposal with the council and with John Vale, the state mediator, and he has indicated he will be available. Most importantly, he believes the parties can resolve this dispute. "We need our schools. That I s why we pay our taxes. Enough posturi ng has occurred. We must set form aside and deal with substance. We need this settlement. This community needs this settlement now. "Good public education is our foundation of the future. We call upon the negotiating teams to bring harmony once again to our community. We ask each person--union and school board representative alike--to enter these negotiations with one goal: and that goal is to settle this disagreement before our kids cross the picket lines on Wednesday morning. "This memorandum is going to the respective parties. Both of them have indicated preliminary agreement to meet starting late tomorrow afternoon as has the mediator. The councilors and I will be on hand to represent this community's deep concern for a fair settlement and one that happens tomorrow-- not at a 1 ater date. II II. PUBLIC HEARING: FLOODPLAIN CODE REVISION--MOBILE HOMES (CA 87-6) City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced the item. Terry Jones of the Planning Department gave the staff report. She said the proposed amendments are mandated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) which manages a national flood insurance program. She said Eugene participates in the program because there is development within the City that is within the Willamette e MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 27, 1987 Page 2