My WebLink
|
Help
|
About
|
Sign Out
Home
Browse
Search
08/08/1988 Meeting (2)
COE
>
City of Eugene
>
Council Minutes
>
Historic Minutes
>
1988
>
08/08/1988 Meeting (2)
Metadata
Thumbnails
Annotations
Entry Properties
Last modified
7/24/2007 12:58:57 AM
Creation date
11/2/2006 4:29:30 PM
Metadata
Fields
Template:
City Council Minutes
Meeting_Type
Meeting
CMO_Meeting_Date
8/8/1988
There are no annotations on this page.
Document management portal powered by Laserfiche WebLink 9 © 1998-2015
Laserfiche.
All rights reserved.
/
16
PDF
Print
Pages to print
Enter page numbers and/or page ranges separated by commas. For example, 1,3,5-12.
After downloading, print the document using a PDF reader (e.g. Adobe Reader).
View images
View plain text
<br /> e Mark Glaess, 575 Union Street, Salem, said he is general manager of the <br /> Oregon Rural Electric Cooperative Association (ORECA), which represents 16 <br /> member-owned cooperatives. He said public power works well together in <br /> Oregon, and reviewed ORECA's opposition to a bill in the 1987 legislature <br /> that would have stripped local government's ability to condemn utility prop- <br /> erty. He said the group opposed the bill because it is not in the best <br /> interest of public power in the legislature. He said the decision by the <br /> council on this issue will have an impact on how public power works together <br /> in the upcoming legislature. He said opposing the transfer will make that <br /> arrangement harmonious. <br /> Richard Butler, 1200 Executive Parkway, said he is general counsel for <br /> Blachley Lane Electric Cooperative Association and ORECA. He said he opposes <br /> the ordinance and asked the council not to decide the issue on perception. <br /> He said the council is being asked to condemn and take over part of a Eugene <br /> business's attractive industrial area. The council should not establish a <br /> precedent whereby it condemns a utility's territory--no matter how low its <br /> rates are--because another utility has even lower rates. He said the council <br /> should provide evidence that economic development in Eugene, Springfield, and <br /> Lane County is being hurt by LEG's rates before it passes this ordinance. <br /> Mr. Butler pointed out electric cooperatives have a system of capital credits <br /> that give cost versatility apart from rates. He described the ordinance <br /> before the council is a political, economic, and public power bombshell. <br /> L.G. Erickson, 77724 High Prairie Oakridge, submitted written testimony. He <br /> e urged the council to cast a negative vote on the utility service transfer. <br /> He said decisions of this nature should be based on rational and logical <br /> facts in consideration of the overall regional implications, and not self- <br /> serving territorial grabs. He said he is concerned about the economic impact <br /> on the region and LEe members; the availability, quality, and cost of elec- <br /> tric power to future consumers in the area; and Oregon PUC territorial desig- <br /> nations. He said all other factors are political and empire-building in <br /> nature. <br /> Chuck Ivey, 24790 Wolf Creek Road, Crow, urged the council to study the Metro <br /> Partnership's presentation, which points out the errors and omissions of City <br /> staff. He said the problem is that four years ago LEC was the only utility <br /> willing to serve the area. From the point of a view of an LEe member, he <br /> said he is not in favor of hampering the utility's economic development <br /> potential by taking away territory. He asked the council to be fair to its <br /> neighbors in making their decision. <br /> Dean Kortge, 5330 Nectar Way, said it appears like one public agency is <br /> trying to cream off a closer-in area from another agency, He urged the <br /> council to leave things a~ they are, and commend LEC on its service system <br /> and reliability. <br /> Ed Zenith, 92160 Blue River Road, Blue River, said he is both an LEC and EWEB <br /> user. He said it is unfortunate that the area has two excellent utilities <br /> that have a disagreement. As a retired utility budget and administrative <br /> e MINUTES--Eugene City Council August 8, 1988 Page 6 <br />
The URL can be used to link to this page
Your browser does not support the video tag.