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e e e M I NUT E S Eugene City Council Work Session--Dinner Session Collier House (Faculty Club), University of Oregon May 28, 1985 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Cynthia Wooten, Richard Hansen, Emily Schue, Freeman Holmer, Debra Ehrman, Ruth Bascom, Roger Rutan, Jeff Miller. The work session was called to order by His Honor Mayor Brian B. Obie. I. Asian Contacts Mayor Obie discussed his recent trip to Asia. He said the contacts made there are important. He visited Chinju, Eugene's Korean sister city. Rep- resentatives of Korean industries will be visiting Eugene, he said. Councilor Hansen encouraged Mayor Obie to have foreign dignitaries stay at his home when they are in Eugene. Mr. Hansen said the City should recognize the Mayor's expenses when people stay at his home. Councilors Bascom and Holmer said they would be glad to have dignitaries stay at their homes. Mayor Obie also traveled to Japan. He discussed the University of Oregon basketball game to be played there November 30, 1985. He encouraged councilors to go. He recommended the City contact representatives of the travel industry in Asia. Mayor Obie then traveled to Europe. He discussed the trip and the possibility that the Lord Mayor of London will visit Eugene next year. II. QUARTERLY PROCESS SESSION Mayor Obie called on each councilor to discuss his or her committees and concerns. A. LRAPA Mr. Hansen said the Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority (LRAPA) apparently will be funded by Eugene, Springfield, and Lane ~ounty this year. He hoped stable, future funding could be arranged. He will report to the council about the possibility of L-COG taking over the management of LRAPA. Mr. Hansen invited other councilors on an LRAPA tour of the Weyerhaeuser facilities. May 28, 1985 Page 1