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e - e The Springfield City Council will be acting on this franchise on Monday night and Lane County will consider the franchise in March. Only Eugene's charter mandates the readings at two regular meetings. Action can, however, be deferred on this matter until after the public hearing. The first reading is not necessarily where decisions are made. There will be a study session on February 24, 1982, or, the study session could be moved to February 17 and the council bill read at two regular meetings following that. Councilor Lindberg stated that he did not feel it would be irresponsible to vote on an item without complete information. He has no problem with expediting the process but would prefer having all the information. Mr. Martin stated that the council should have received the commission's full report. Mr. Obie asked if the first reading could be given today and adjustments be made later. Mr. Martin responded that changes could be made later. Ms. Wooten stated that there has been no opportunity to discuss the information. Teleprompter cannot be bound by the franchise changes until all jurisdictions act on them. Mayor Keller noted that the council is, in essence, calling for a public hearing and there must be an ordinance to call a public hearing on. Ms. Wooten stated that she is in favor of calling the public hearing but has not made a decision on the franchise. Ms. Schue noted agreement with Ms. Wooten, as did Mr. Lindberg. CB 2428--An ordinance amending Ordinance No. 18284 entitled "An ordinance granting to Teleprompter Corporation a non-exclusive franchise for the operation of a cable communication system"; and declaring an emergency. Mr. Obie moved, seconded by Ms. Schue, that the bill be read the first time by council bill number only, with unanimous consent of the council, and that a public hearing be called on this issue for March 8, 1982, following which the second reading or other council action will be taken. Roll call vote; motion carried unanimously. IV. STATUS REPORT ON POWER CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN EWEB AND BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION AND AN EXPLANATION OF EWEB'S BUY-BACK PROGRAM FOR WEATHERIZATION Ms. Wooten stated that she is pleased that Jean Reeder and Deborah Brewer, EWEB, have joined the council today to provide information. The council has had questions regarding the specifics of EWEB's weatherization program and the status of the BPA contracts. Ms. Reeder stated that the contract negotiations have been going on for a year. She is not working on this item, but there are four basic categories: 1) firm requirements for power sales contracts (contracts for utilities). Fifteen direct service industries have signed the power sales agreements, but no investor-owned utilities have and only eight public utilities have; 2) exchange agreements for utilities whose costs are higher than those of BPA. Those have been signed by 8 investor-owned utilities; 3) billing credits--she is not sure if there will be contracts, but there will be a meeting on February 25, 1982, at 7:30 p.m. Billing credits are different from the conservation contracts. It is MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 10, 1982 Page 3