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charter amendment requiring voter approval of urban renewal plans and projects." Mr. Holmer added that he was absolutely opposed to the measure, e because he thought it would fail to do the job the way it ought to be done, but he did not agree that the council should approve the ballot title. Ms. Bascom said the issue that appeared to concern the drafters of the initiative was letting the voters of the community have their say in voting on urban renewal measures, and that issue would be discussed, but she today found no significant disagreements about the wording of the title. Ms. Ehrman said she had given no weight to Mr. Harms's opinion in making her decision. Mr. Miller noted that the council was voting only on the narrow issue defined by the City Attorney, and not on the merits of the initiative. Mr. Holmer moved, seconded by Ms. Schue, to deny the appeal of Initiative Ballot Title #51. Roll call vote; the motion carried 7:1, Councilors Ehrman, Miller, Schue, Bascom, Wooten, Rutan, and Bennett voting aye; Councilor Holmer vot i ng nay. Councilors Ehrman and Rutan left the meeting at 1:25 p.m., and Council Vice President Freeman Holmer assumed the chair. He recessed the meeting of the Eugene City Council and convened a meeting of the Eugene Urban Renewal Agency. III. EUGENE RENEWAL AGENCY: EUGENE CONFERENCE CENTER/HILTON HOTEL e AGREEMENT AMENDMENT City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced the item. Development Director Abe Farkas introduced the staff report. Mr. Farkas noted that the City Council and Renewal Agency in 1980 had approved an agreement for an arrangement between the Eugene Community Conference Center and the owners of the Hilton Hotel for use of the conference center facilities. He said staff would review the history of that arrangement and would present information about a new arrangement with prospective buyers. Mr. Farkas said the prospective purchasers worked with a group of venture capital associates from the Southern California area and who operated about eight or ten other hotels. He added that the City Council and the council as Renewal Agency would need to provide the City Manager with the authority to approve the amendments to the original agreement. Bob Hibschman of the Development Department presented the staff report. He noted that the Hilton Hotel had been constructed about ten years ago as part of a hotel project for a renewal agency parcel in the downtown area. That project had resulted in an agreement with the 6th Avenue Hotel Associates and in a subsequent agreement for development of the hotel and conference center. He said First Interstate Bank last year had assumed control of the hotel, and City staff had re-evaluated the agreement and operational relationships with the parking and conference center facilities. He said staff believed the proposed agreement was very benefi cia 1 for the City, for the continued e MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 21, 1987 Page 10