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Mr. Potter said the task force had been charged to advise the City Council on four subjects: notification of public officials, placement of nuclear free e zone signs at City entrances, appropri ate City response to legal and administrative issues, and whether proposed changes should be acted on by the councilor referred to voters. He said the task force had met twice a month since March and was about halfway through its work plan. He said notification had been sent and signs had been placed on City rights-of-way. Mr. Potter also reported receiving notice today that Lane County had agreed to allow the placement of signs at City entrances that were on County rights-of-way, so that was expected to occur soon. Mr. Potter said the task force had divided into four subcommittees, to deal with issues in the areas of pre-emption, scope of the ordinance, enforcement practices, and public education/citizen participation. He said those subcommittees had developed or were developing recommendations for the task force, and he noted that agenda packets contained reports from those subcommittees, which he said had not yet been ratified by the full task force. Mr. Potter said the council also had received copies of a revised task force work plan, which provided for a final report and recommendation to the council this fall. In addition. to providing those reports, Mr. Potter said the task force today requested authorization to plan for a City-sponsored observance on August 6, the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, as called for in the ordinance, and to invite public testimony on the task force's progress to date. He noted that Attachment F contained details of the August 6 observance, which was proposed as a breakfast to be held at Celeste Campbell Senior Center, for a e cost of $300 to $500. He also said the proposed public testimony would be taken as part of the regular meeting agenda on July 10. Ms. Wooten asked the chair and vice chair of the task force to comment. Mr. Gaydos said the task force was doing a reasonably good job of moving toward completion of its work in a timely fashion. He said some difficulty was occurring in the area of scope, and he thought that issue might be one in which a clear-cut response was not possible. He added that he appreciated the I opportunity to serve in this capacity. Mr. Rutan said he had noted that the report contained mention of several split votes, and he asked whether the task force expected to reach a greater consensus on those issues. Mr. Gaydos said he expected a strong consensus on several areas, but other areas, such as scope, might be more difficult. He said the task force was attempting to reach consensus, but minority reports might be required. Ms. Ehrman said she had not seen much information about whether items should be implemented by the councilor referred to voters and she asked whether that had been discussed. Mr. Gaydos said that had not been discussed, adding that the ; ssue mi ght depend on the final recommendati ons and consensus that developed. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 17, 1987 Page 6