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- --- e Council bill 3051 was read the second time by council bill number only. Mr. Holmer moved, seconded by Ms. Bascom, that the bill be approved and given final passage. Ro 11 ca 11 vote; a 11 councilors voting aye, the bill was declared passed (and became Ordinance No. 19564). V. ORDINANCE CONCERNING A NUCLEAR FREE ZONE City Manager Mike Gleason introduced the item. Mayor Obie asked Mr. Holmer to make a motion, and then have those councilors who wish speak to the issue do so. Mr. Holmer moved, seconded by Ms. Bascom, that Council Bill 3053, an ordinance concerning a nuclear free zone, be read the second time by council bill number only, and that enactment be considered at this time. Ms. Schue said she will be voting against the motion. If she could, she said she would vote for Council Bill 3052, or proposal A. She said this is a voter issue as well as a council one. She said the council has an obligation to follow the will of the people as expressed in two previous elections. She said proposal A most closely follows that will. Mr. Holmer recalled that he has heard that the council should pay attention e to what the voters adopted in 1986. He said he has great respect for the initiative process and feels that it should be preserved. Mr. Holmer said the question of what the voters adopted in 1986 rests in the ballot title. He said he does not believe that the voters of Eugene voted for the original lengthy measure intending for an unconstitutional and illegal ordinance to be adopted. He said the voters in 1986, and again in May of 1988, told the council they want Eugene to be declared a nuclear free zone. He said he is prepared to vote for that despite his own reservations of the desirability of such legislation, because that is what the voters have indicated they want. He said he will not go further than proposal B. Ms. Bascom asked if proposal B is the same as the legislation adopted by Lane County. Mayor Obie said proposal B was requested to be prepared as close to the county's as possible. Ms. Bascom said she is concerned about how the current interpretation by the council impacts the initiative process, although she said she can see why members of the council who work hard on economic issues would be concerned about proposal A. Mr. Miller said proposal B achieves what the citizens of Eugene have asked for and sends the kind of message a local community can send. He said adopting an extreme position does not serve either the community or the cause for peace well. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 27, 1988 Page 5