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. e - Res. No. 3743--A resolution establishing a land banking trust fund. Ms. Schue moved, seconded by Mr. Obie, to adopt the resolution. Roll call vote; motion carried unanimously. CB 2589--An ordinance adopting a supplemental budget; making appropriations for the City of Eugene for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1982, and ending June 30, 1983; and declaring an emergency. Ms. Schue moved, seconded by Mr. Obie, 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 2589 was read the second time by council bill number only. Ms. Schue moved, seconded by Mr. Obie, that the bill be approved and given final passage. Roll call vote. All councilors present voting aye, the bill was declared passed and numbered 19087. IV. UPDATE OF CONSERVATION PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS--Presentation by Jean Reeder, EWEB (listing, booklet on EWEB's Buy-Back program distributed) Mr. Gleason introduced Jean Reeder, director of the Conservation Department for the Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB). Ms. Reeder reviewed the City's mandatory weatherization ordinance, discussed EWEB's eight conservation programs, and discussed energy conservation issues from a regional perspective. She noted that EWEB was one of five public utilities leading in implementation of conserva- tion programs through Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). She said EWEB's programs had resulted in a reduction of ten percent per household in electricity use since 1975. Ms. Reeder said that the City had adopted a mandatory weatheriza- tion ordinance in February 1981 and had said that it would review the ordinance in January 1984. She felt that review should include examination of the success of voluntary weatherization efforts, the availability of financing, and a review of regional energy resources. She said that the costs of residential weatheriza- tion for electrically space-heated homes were paid at a ratio of approximately 55 percent by BPA, 25 percent by EWEB, and 22 percent by the customer. She said that 25 percent of EWEB's electric space heating customers had signed up for energy analyses, but that only 25 percent of those who had had analyses performed had actually had the weatherization work done. Ms. Reeder said that EWEB had a study done to determine the cause of this low participation rate and found that customers were not following up on analyses by having work done because they did not have the money to pay their portion of the costs and because the program was too confusing and took too much time. Ms. Reeder said that EWEB had developed a booklet to clarify and simplify the program and noted that copies of the booklet had been distributed to councilors. Ms. Reeder noted that weatherization financing programs were also available for homes heated with oil and gas. She said that EWES had recently signed a contract with the Lane County Housing Authority for a program that would pay 100 percent of weatherization costs for low-income households. MINUTES--Eugene City Council January 19, 1983 Page 5