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e e e Ms. Schue called for any ex parte contacts or conflicts of interest. None were declared. The staff notes and minutes were entered into the record. Ms. Schue opened the public hearing. Robert Ackerman, 186 Harvey, spoke on behalf of several property owners. He said that his understanding was that the pollution control tax credit could not be obtained if one financed the sewer hook-up. Mr. Ackerman asked the council to defer action until the deferral programs mentioned by Mr. Smith exist as City ordinances. He questioned the City's ability to assess residents for sewers when hook-up can only be required by action of the Hearings Official. Mr. Ackerman objected to financing the project through revenue bonds when River Road residents are not allowed to vote in City elections. Finally, Mr. Ackerman asked the council to contribute an amount toward the project at least equal to that which it was willing to give to Rohr Industries to encourage that company to locate here. Doug Wade, 126 Arbor Drive, asked which government agency is requiring sewers to be installed. He wondered whether the council would accept or override a remonstrance petition signed by the majority of residents in a particular basin. Mr. Wade asked how much the City would have to repay if sewers are not hooked up in the River Road area. Joseph Barnett, 1425 lake Drive, reported that the sewer has already gone in on his street. He said that he had lived in several other communities where sewer hook-up assessments were not based on square footage but on front footage, which he considered a more fair method. Michael Carmickle, 710 Nadine, represented the Plumber and Steamfitters Union. He inquired about the efforts made to obtain lowers bids for the project and about whether the successful bidders would be paying prevailing wages. Mr. Carmickle asked what provisions had been made regarding work stoppages due to labor disputes and how the contractors' completion of the work had been ensured. Finally, he suggested that River Road residents may be better able to undertake the sewering project than the City of Eugene. Yaqin Sliwinski, 109 East Hillcrest, discussed the Metropolitan Wastewater Treatment Plant's process for treating sewage and claimed that system is responsible for more contaminants entering the Willamette River than are the septic systems used by River Road residents. Rudolph Malnar, 792 Meriau Lane, asked about the bid for the project when the main sewer line was installed in River Road in 1987-88 and said that his assessment had increased from .23 cents to .39 cents per square foot. Dudley Foulk, 793 Blackfoot Avenue, opposed the sewer. Joseph Barnes, 1287 North Park, declined to speak. Marie Gray, 353 Knoop lane, suggested that a board be established to represent River Road residents in matters pertaining to the improvement districts. MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 29, 1990 Page 3