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e VI. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF HEARING OFFICIAL AND APPROVAL OF IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (HICKORY AVENUE) (JOB #2460) City Manager Mike Gleason introduced the item. Ms. Bascom moved, seconded by Mr. Rutan, to approve the Hearings Official's findings and recommendations of March 23, 1989, and to approve the improvements for paving, curbs, gutters, and sidewalks for Hickory Avenue from Garden Way to 140 feet west. Roll call vote; the motion carried unanimously, 8:0. VII. CONSIDERATION OF THE CITY'S NUCLEAR FREE ZONE STATUS e City Manager Mike Gleason introduced the item. Glen Potter, Intergovern- mental Relations Division, noted that the item had been postponed from the March 6 meeting to allow all councilors to be present for discussion. Mr. Potter reported that one ordinance before the council was proposed by Councilors Boles and Green and differed from the earlier minimally revised version (MRV) in that it calls for an appointed board rather than an elected one. Mr. Potter referred to a third ordinance proposed by Mayor Miller and to a charter amendment for future voter consideration that will incorporate within the provisions of the Eugene City Charter the provisions of the MRV of the original ordinance (providing for an elected board). Mr. Potter said Councilors Boles and Green were asking the council to adopt the ordinance they proposed, and/or refer that ordinance to the voters in May 1989, and/or schedule a charter amendment vote at an earlier date than the required May 1990 election. He noted that the Lane County Election Office requires notice within the next two days to hold an election in May 1989. Mr. Boles clarified that his and Mr. Green's intent was to ask only for council adoption of the MRV with an appointed board and not to consider the other two alternatives. Answering a question from Mr. Holmer, Mr. Potter said the charter amendment would automatically be placed on the May 1990 ballot if the council takes no other action. Ms. Ehrman asked whether the council would become the proponent if it sets an earlier date for the initiative (charter amendment) election. Mr. Sercombe indicated that he believed the petitioners of the initiative measure would be considered the proponents under the City's voters' pamphlet ordinance. Responding to Ms. Bascom's inquiry about the recommendations of the Nuclear Free Zone Task Force, Mr. Potter explained that the task force had forwarded two proposed ordinances to the council for consideration, one of which was the MRV with an elected board. Mr. Potter described Mayor Miller's proposal as an adaptation of the second proposal that came from the task force which differed from that earlier e MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 10, 1989 Page 6