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e Mr. Obie moved, seconded by Mr. Hamel, that the bill be read the second time by council bill number only, with unanimous consent of the council, and that enactment be considered at this time. Roll call vote; motion carried unanimously. Council Bill 2489 was read the second time by council bill number only. Mr. Obie moved, seconded by Mr. Hamel, that the bill be approved and given final passage. Roll call vote. All councilors present voting aye, the bill was declared passed and numbered 18991. IV. CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED BPA TRANSMISSION LINE LOCATION (memo, background material distributed) Mr. Gleason introduced Jim Croteau, Planning. Mr. Croteau said that the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) was proposing to upgrade its existing right-of-way through the South Hills with a double circuit, 500 kV transmission line. He said that the project was being undertaken in conjunction with Pacific Power and Light's proposed 500 kV transmission line from Eugene to Medford. He said that the Bureau of Land Management was also involved, since it owns much of the land included in the alignment between Eugene and Medford. He said that the BPA was involved in the northern end of the project and its terminus at existing power sources in the Eugene area. Mr. Croteau said that the end result of the project would be to increase the power capability in PP&L's southern division in the e Medford area. He said that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) had been prepared regarding the BPA's portion of the project and that the proposed preferred alternative called for running the new line through an existing power line corridor that crosses the front of Spencer Butte. He said that the existing corridor now contains a 230 kV power line on steel lattice towers and some smaller lines on wooden towers. Mr. Croteau said that staff members and Councilor Wooten had met with BPA representatives on June 15, 1982. Councilor Wooten said that she, Terry Jones and Jim Croteau of the Planning Department, and Tim Sercombe of the City Attorney's Office had met on June 15, 1982, with four representatives of the BPA, in hopes of getting answers to technical questions regarding all of the proposals and determining whether there was any flexibility in the preferred alternative. She said that the BPA had invited council members to go up, individually~ in the BPA helicopter at noon on June 17, to view the area. She said that the helicopter would leave from the Goshen substation. Ms. Wooten said that she did not get the sense from the BPA representatives that there was room for negotiations or flexibility. She said she did not believe that the need for the project for the Eugene-Springfield area had been demonstrated and that she therefore did not feel that the City of Eugene could agree with the proposal as it is currently proposed. She said that, on that basis, staff had drafted a resolution to be considered by the counc il . Ms. Wooten recommended that the council consider Resolution No. 3685 and noted that Mr. Sercombe was present to respond to questions from councilors. - MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 16, 1982 Page 6