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. '. i " , .' . 'MINUTES ,. , Eugene City Council McNutt Room--City Hall October 26, 1992 5:30'p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Ruth Bascom, Debra Ehrman (5:40 p.m.), Randy MacDonald, Paul Nicholson, Kaye Robinette, Roger Rutan. COUNCILORS ABSENT: Shawn Boles, Bobby Green. The adjourned meeting of the Eugene City Council was called to order by His Honor Mayor Jeff Miller. I. CITY COUNCIL DINNER WORK SESSION A. Adootion of the 1991 Fire Code David Nuss, Fire Marshal, explained that the City currently operates under the 1988 version of the Uniform Fire Code. Now that the 1991 edition is avail- able, the City can update it. This is also an opportunity for the City to adopt wildland fire prevention measures. Staff recommends incorporating the . licensing and permitting processes used for hazardous materials in the adoption process. Staff is proposing use of an administrative process, as opposed to an ordinance, for adoption of the Fire Code as well as the special- ty building codes (electrical, structural, plumbing, mechanical, and CABO one- and two-family dwelling). Ms. Ehrman arrived. Glenn Klein, City Attorney's Office, stated that in the past the council has always adopted the provisions of Chapter 8 of the Uniform Building Code by ordinance. With codes other than the Fire Code, the council has no discretion in what it can approve. The City may adopt a Fire Code different from the State's, as long as it provides the same or a greater degree of safety than the State's Fire Code. The new proposed process matches that used by the State legislature: the council would establish broad policy guidelines, and the details of the codes would be adopted by administrative rule. In that way, staff would not have to return to the council whenever the State code changes. Mr. Klein explained that in order for the City Manager to adopt an adminis- trative rule, the rule is written in proposed form and notice is published in the newspaper on five consecutive days. Anyone who has requested to be informed of changes to rules related to a particular program receives individ- ual notice. After a IS-day public comment period, the proposed rule may be . MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 26, 1992 Page 1 5:30 p.m.