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. Ms. Decker noted that the Springfield City Council could not act on the issue at that time due to a charter provision stipulating that no voting could take place outside the city limits. She indicated that the issue would be placed on the council's consent calendar of July 6, 1992. Ms. Decker moved, seconded by Mr. Berg, that the City of Springfield follow the direction of the City of Eugene and lane County in the issue of allowing the plan amendment appli- cation for Site 29. The motion passed unanimously, 4:0. Mr. Cornacchia and Ms. Dumdi thanked staff members involved in the Industrial lands Special Study for their work on the study. 5. lane County Second Reading and Public Hearing/ Ordinance No. PA 1023 Ms. Dumdi provided the second reading of the ordinance for lane County and called for the staff presentation in the matter of Ordinance No. PA 1023. 6. Staff Introduction Kathy Wiederhold of the lane Council of Governments provided the staff pre- sentation. She described the history of the study and discussed the efforts of the SSAC. Ms. Wiederhold introduced members of the intergovernmental staff team Neil . Bjorklund of Eugene, Mike Copely of lane County, Mel Oberst of Springfield, and Mr. Gordon of the lane Council of Governments. Ms. Wiederhold described the reports, working papers, and inventories associ- ated with the study. She also described the citizen involvement process developed for the study. Ms. Wiederhold noted that as a result of testimony at the joint planning commissions' public hearing, staff was directed by the commissions to add an additional site to the study inventory, the North 66th Street site in Spring- field. Ms. Wiederhold said staff was still working with legal counsel of the three jurisdictions on the issue of "taking" raised in testimony. Staff has made several minor revisions to study documents to clarify the study's intent and avoid the issue of "taking." Ms. Wiederhold noted that staff had distributed supplemental findings to the elected officials, as well as written testimony from Maureen Smith of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Bill Castillo from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Chuck Davis of the Springfield Utility Board. Mr. Gordon said that policy Chapter III-C of the Metropolitan Plan was re- structured and included in the packet. He asked the elected officials to examine the material, noting that staff had removed the findings from the . MINUTES--Joint Elected Officials July 1, 1992 Page 7 ~