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Councilor Holmer stated that he had been questioned at a Town Hall meeting e regarding the Oakmont Park promised to the residents of that area. He sa i d five acres of park land were being added to the Master Plan Update. He sa i d he was nervous about adding items to the Plan Update which did not represent anything meaningful until financed. Ms. Wooten moved, seconded by Mr. Holmer, to postpone action on the Parks and Recreation Master Plan Update, requesting clarification on the acquisition of Maude Kerns Art Center and the golf course expansion and activity, and corrections to those inclusions referencing the Culture/Leisure Plan. Ro 11 ca 11 vote; the motion carried unanimously, 6:0. IV. EXEMPTION TO ORDINANCE GOVERNING OUTDOOR BURNING (memo, ordinance distributed) {continued) Assistant City Manager David Whitlow introduced the agenda item. Jim Farah of the Planning Department presented the staff report, stating that rare plants were discovered in the Willow Creek Basin during the development of the Metropolitan Plan in 1979 and 1980. He sta ted tha t the property owners worked with the Nature Conservancy to assume management of the rare plant area. He said the Nature Conservancy had contacted the City regarding the possibility of conducting a burn to deal with competing vegetation and to manage the site. Mr. Farah said staff informed the Nature Conservancy that the request was against the Outdoor Burning Ordinance but then began work with the Fire - Department, City Attorney's Office, L-RAPA, and the conservancy to resolve the s i tua t i on . Mr. Farah said the ordinance before the City Council was an exception to the ordinance in which staff balanced the competing goals of maintaining the airshed quality and maintaining the vegetation of Willow Creek Basin. CB 2841--A special ordinance granting an exemption to the application of Eugene Code, 1971, Section 6.200; and declaring an emergency. Ms. Wooten moved, seconded by Mr. Holmer, 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; the motion carried unanimously, 6:0. Council Bill 2841 was read the second time by council bill number only. Ms. Wooten moved, seconded by Mr. Holmer, that the bill be approved and given final passage. Councilor Ehrman commented that the exception to the ordinance was a special circumstance and did not imply any lessening of the council 's concern about air pollution. Roll call vote; all councilors voting aye, the council bill was declared passed (and became Ordinance No. 19343). ~ MINUTES--Eugene City Council August 12, 1985 Pa ge 7