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Ms. Schue said she would appreciate hearing comments about the League of Oregon Cities legislative efforts. She suggested that efforts mi ght be e reorganized to respond to an issue that had arisen regarding the number of small cities versus population. Responding to Ms. Wooten's question, Ms. Schue said Portland was disorganized and was not regularly active in the organization, although it was represented on the executive committee. She said City staff assisted her with the league locally, but they did not attend meetings. She added that staff members were represented on the executive committee. Mayor Obie said he encouraged staff help with that group. R. Budget Committee Mr. Holmer said he was disappointed that Mike Hartwig would be resigning as chair of the Budget Committee. He asked councilors for suggestions of ways to show their appreciation for his work. S. HPORTT Mr. Holmer noted that a week from Thursday would be the first anniversary of the formation of the Historic Preservation Ordinance Task Team (HPORTT). He said the group had developed an ordinance that was three times the length of the previous one. He said he thought progress was being made in the area of delegating administrative rules to a commission or board, but it would be several more months before the group's work was complete. Mr. Rutan asked about cost. Mr. Holmer said he did not know the figures, but the group met about every three weeks and worked with a consultant from Portland. It T. Computer Access for Councilors Mr. Holmer said he recently had requested a report from the National Public Works Council and, using a computer modem in Intergovernmental Relations, had received the report in 20 minutes. He said the report was on disk and had cost the price of a phone call. He noted that a recent newspaper article had mentioned that computer access was available for school board members. Mr. Holmer said he had discussed with staff the possibility of computer modem connections for City Councilors. Mr. Ho 1 mer comp 1 i mented the quality of personnel in the Information Services Division. He said councilors could give thoughts and suggestions to him for exploration, and he would report later on possibilities if they existed. Ms. Wooten said she thought the idea could be very useful. She asked how the council might deal with objections that might be raised, such as non-public communication among councilors. Mr. Holmer said he understood the need for security of certain information and also that a majority of the council or committees were not to meet without adequate public notice. Ms. Bascom said she had found that she did not want modem access, but she would be interested in his report. Mr. Holmer said he wanted to make sure the use would occur often enough to make it feasible and desirable. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council Process Session September 21, 1987 Page 10 ------