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e M I NUT E S Eugene City Council Council Chamber--City Hall November 7, 1988 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Cynthia Wooten, Ruth Bascom, Robert Bennett, Debra Ehrman, Freeman Holmer, Jeff Miller, Roger Rutan, Emily Schue. The regular meeting of the Eugene City Council was called to order by His Honor Mayor Brian B. Obie. I. PUBLIC FORUM Mayor Obie welcomed those attending the meeting and said the council has a mandatory adjournment time of 10:30 p.m., unless extended by majority vote of the council. Mayor Obie said the public forum is an opportunity for people to express opinions and provide information to the council about issues that are not scheduled for council consideration. He said the council will not respond immediately to the concerns expressed in the public forum. e Bob Berkley, 2745-1/2 Lincoln Street, spoke as a representative of Oregonians for Clean Air, an organization whose objective Mr. Berkley described as the condemnation and cessation of field burning. Mr. Berkley presented a petition signed by 700 citizens to the council and asked for a response. He referred to a letter from the Mayor of Corvallis to the Governor which he said presented a reasonable position on the field burning issue. Mayor Obie responded that the City Council Legislative Committee is addressing the issue of field burning. Mayor Obie was unsure whether public hearings were scheduled. II. PUBLIC HEARING: ORDINANCE CONCERNING AN ALLEY VACATION REQUEST LOCATED BETWEEN 10TH AND 11TH AVENUES AND PEARL AND HIGH STREETS (SELCO CREDIT UNION) (AV 88-1) City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced the item. Jerry Jacobson, Planning Department staff, presented the staff report. Mr. Jacobson explained that Selco Credit Union requested the council's approval of an alley vacation to allow construction over the alley of a building corridor to link Selco's current structure with a planned office structure to be located north of the alley. Under the proposed vacating ordinance, the alley would continue to function as an access-way for use by the general public. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 7, 1988 Page 1