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---- e o. Citizen Committee on Mayor/City Councilor Compensation Mayor Miller reported that this new committee would meet for the first time at noon September 19. Ms. Ehrman said an article on the topic appeared in a recent issue of What's Happening. P. Audience Involvement at Wednesday Meetings Mayor Miller asked the council to consider a process for allowing audience participation at its Wednesday meetings. Ms. Schue emphasized the importance of distinguishing between a speaker who provides the council with needed information and one advocating a position. Mayor Miller suggested that councilors inform staff when a member of the public is to present information and allow staff to introduce the person. He said that would help the council maintain some control. Mr. Holmer pointed out that councilors may not know about the speaker ahead of time, and he would prefer having councilors ask the Mayor to recognize a speaker. The Mayor could then ask for council agreement before allowing someone to speak. Mr. Boles pointed out the need to avoid allowing a line up of proponents or opponents of controversial issues to speak during the council's work sessions. Q. Environmental Protection Agency: Sewer Hook-Up e Mr. Gleason described his meeting with the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) earlier in the day as a cordial one in which he requested clarification of the arrangements for the next phase of the grant. He reported that the EPA is unequivocally adamant that the environmental problem (ground water contamination) must be resolved and the next stage of the grant carried out. Hook-up will be required within the boundary of the designated health hazard area, regardless of local politics and the difficulties of annexation. He said the City will act under express orders of the EPA to make those sewer hook-ups occur. Mr. Gleason explained that the grant agreement required a facilities study which required trunk lines to be placed and the City to proceed with a voluntary annexation program. If that failed to meet the proposed schedule, the City was to undertake an aggressive annexation program. If the schedule still was not met, the EPA specified that it expected hook-ups to occur with or without annexation. Mr. Gleason said the City now must proceed with a change in the plan to allow sewer connections without annexation within the boundary certified as an environmental hazard. Responding to questions, Mr. Gleason said he anticipates that the County will serve as the enforcement agency. If residents choose not to annex, the City will borrow from the State Environmental Pollution Fund, which would increase costs to property owners. An additional work session on the project will be scheduled soon. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 18, 1989 Page 6 Quarterly Process Session