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e M I NUT E S Eugene City Council Lunch/Work Session McNutt Room--City Hall June 29, 1988 11:30 a.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Freeman Holmer, Ruth Bascom, Robert Bennett, Debra Ehrman, Roger Rutan, Emily Schue, Cynthia Wooten (11:30 - 1 p.m.). COUNCILORS ABSENT: Jeff Mill er The adjourned meeting of June 27, 1988, was called to order by His Honor Mayor Brian B. Obie. 1. ITEMS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR, AND CITY MANAGER A. Sister City e Ms. Wooten referred to a memo from the Sister City Commission announcing that a delegation from the USSR would visit during the Eugene Celebration. Representatives from Kakegawa also are scheduled to visit at that time, and she suggested that special activities should be planned for these international visitors. Mayor Obie added that he was unsure of the response to the invitation to the Soviets. Ms. Wooten requested a report from staff on those visits. Mr. Holmer suggested that representatives of the visiting groups should be encouraged to participate in the Eugene Symphony's Battle of the Batons. Ms. Ehrman shared her favorable impression of the 1988 Eugene Celebration poster. She said the council should receive a memo on the progress of plans for the event. . Mayor Obie said he hoped to meet with the Soviet equivalent of our Mayor and City Council during his upcoming trip to Irkutsk. He appointed Mr. Holmer and Ms. Bascom to serve on a committee to prepare a council message to be carried to that meeting. Mayor Obie also invited members of the community to send things such as letters, art work, or items of economic interest for the Sister City group to deliver to the people of Irkutsk. Agreeing with a suggestion from Ms. Wooten, Mayor Obie said he would be prepared to discuss Eugene's Nuclear Free Zone ordinance, but would not risk embarraSSing his hosts by challenging the governing body of Irkutsk to adopt a similar ordinance. ~MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 29, 1988 Page 1 ._~--