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--- e a report on the City.s budgetary investment in the sister city activities. Mr. Holmer said he had completed office automation training which was very effective. He added that he has not thought of a solution to the problem of extending computer access to all councilors. Mr. Holmer additionally requested that future announcements from the City Manager regarding labor negotiations report the cost of a labor contract in terms of total compensation rather than wages. He also asked whether there are written documents which precede negotiations of labor contracts in which the City announces its proposal; he suggested that the City Council receive copies of these documents before negotiations if they exist. Mayor Obie and Mr. Rutan agreed that they too would like to have a better understanding of what the charter allows and expects from the council in labor negotiations. Mayor Obie announced that he would be going to Disneyland to help celebrate Mickey Mouse's 60th birthday courtesy of Delta Airlines. He said ten underprivileged children will accompany him. Mayor Obie discussed the travelling plans for the visit to Irkutsk. He said he hoped to meet with the Deputy of Trade to see about future trade opportunities and with the Chair of Cultural Opportunity while there. Mayor Obie said he would be in Salem on July 18, 1988, to meet with the Chair of the Transportation Committee and the new highway engineer. He said many of the projects requested in the City's most recent Six-Year Strategic Financial Plan have not been funded. The West Eugene Parkway is included in the plan along with a signal at 30th Avenue and 1-5, but eight other e requested projects will probably not be funded. Ms. Schue expressed frustrations that Lane County was instrumental in working with the League of Oregon Cities to get the gas tax raised. This generated more funds for the State Department of Transportation, and yet Lane County has been slighted in receiving funds for its projects. Mayor Obie said historically, Lane County has not asked for its share of the funds, so now the region is not getting adequate recognition. II. COUNCIL DIRECTION TO COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEES ON FUTURE LIBRARY FINANCING Pat Decker, Planning staff, said the task before the council was to discuss the Mayor's appointments to the Council Committee on Future Library Financing and to provide direction to the committee. Ms. Decker said staff would like the council to come to a consensus on which of the site options the financing committee should develop financial packages for as well. Mayor Obie expressed concern that council members had not fully decided they support building a new library and asked council members to comment on this. Ms. Schue s,'id she is not yet ready to narrow down the possible sites because of the many unanswered questions about the future of downtown Eugene. She felt the community does need a new library, but more time should be taken to choose the location and decide on the funding. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 13, 1988 Page 2