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M I NUT E S e Eugene City Council City Council Chamber J u 1 y 8, 1 985 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Cynthia Wooten, Richard Hansen, Emily Schue, Freeman Holmer, Ruth Bascom, Debra Ehrman, Jeff Miller. COUNCILORS ABSENT: Roger Rutan. - The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon, was called to order by His Honor Mayor Brian B. Obie. r. PUBLIC FORUM e Mayor Obie said the public forum is an opportunity for citizens to bring things that are not on a regu1 ar agenda to the attention of the council. Councilors will take issues presented in the public forum under advisement. They will not react immediately to the issues. e A. College of Natural Sciences James Peterson, 35 OWasso, said he had submitted a memo to the council which suggested the creation of a College of Natural Sciences. He said the college could develop experts in water recycling and predator control of the gypsy moth. He said stinger wasps cou1 d control gypsy moths. He was concerned about repairing the world environment. B. Business License Revisions Concerning Taxicab Drivers John Burkel, 637 West 7th, said he had been told it will take up to 30 days for the City to certify taxicab drivers. He said that is too long and the new regulations are not workable. One company owner needs three drivers now. Mr. Burkel has telephoned the City staff often and learned that the regulations have changed three times in the last two weeks. He wo u1 d have liked to have input before the regulations were finalized. Mr. Burkel is not satisfied with the process for revising the business license regul ations. Three of the taxicab companies have hired legal counsel to review the process and the time period for certifying taxi drivers. Each day the owners receive different information about the fees, Mr. Burkel said. He cannot get copies of the final regulations. Mayor Obie said the City staff will communicate with Mr. Burkel. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 8, 1985 Page 1