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X. Commercial Study, Goodpasture Island - Councilman Keller inquired about the status of the Goodpasture Island commercial study. He noted that it was to have been brought back in six months but it had now been more than a year. He hoped that staff would consider scheduling it for consideration soon. Mayor Anderson agreed, noting that it had been made clear it was to have been a six-month process. John Porter, planning director, explained that it had been an agenda item for the PlanningCommdssion's last two meetings but it had not yet been discussed. Manager said the study itself had been completed in six months. However, evaluation dragged on becau~e of other agenda items before the Commission with deadline priority - items th~t would automatically be approved if action was not taken. Y. Report, Council LegiSlative Subcommittee - Councilwoman Beal reported that legisla- tive items recommended by the subcommittee were acted upon at the January 27 Council meeting,' hence no written report at this time. At the request of Councilman Bradley, she said, there would be written reports in the future unless presentation at the Legislature was needed immediately. Mrs. Beal said the subcommdttee had decided that Eugene would take no position on bills of no immediate concern to the city. There would be no position stated on matters of general principle - annexation, collective bargaining, etc. - unless or until they became applicable to the city of Eugene itself. Z. Newly-elected Officials Workshop, League of Oregon Cities - To be held Friday, February 14, 1975, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Thunderbird Motor Inn. Council members wishing to attend were asked to notify the city manager's office so that reservations could be made. AA. Comm 1/29/75 File e Comm 1/29/75 File Comm 1/29/7 5 File Negotiated Wage Settlements, 1975-76 - Copies of memos from the manager were dis- tributed together with copies of news release with regard to negotiated settlement reached with Fire Fighters Local 851. Manager said the same settlement could occur with AFSCME. He explained that although the negotiation process was his responsi- bili ty, since the "numbers" this year were larger, he was making Council members C e '. amID aware of the settlement in order for them to be prepared to answer questions should diey 1/29/75 arise. He said there was a 13.3% increase in cost of living compared to a 5% wage in- . crease for Fire Fighters in the second year of their two-year contract, and 6% for Fl1e Police, so goin~ into negotiations in October the city found itself behind both in cost-of-living increase and in what comparable employers were paying comparable em- ployes. Further, because the collective bargaining ordinance requires binding arbitra~ tion unless a negotiated settlement was reached prior to February 1, and because the same settlement was expected with AFSCME in order to keep trained personnel, the judgment was made that this settl~ment was good and was preferable to going into bind- ing arbitration. BB. Transfer Covenant Park Housing Funds to Landsby Site - Copies of memo from Joint Housing Commdttee were distributed previously to Council members reporting on the transfer of $63,000 revenue sharing funds from the elderly housing project at 38th and Hilyard (Covenant Park) to a site adjacent to the Gilbert Shopping Center. (Highway 99N - Landsby property). The memo was read explaining the transfer was approved by the Housing Commi ttee because a lawsui t was delaying construction of the 24 units of elderly housing at 38th and Hilyard, unfairly depriving elderly'people of potential housing assistance. Councilman Murray referred to the housing dispersal policy as adopted by the Council providing for disallowing location of subsidized housing in the central and east palnning disricts of the city. He said that although that did not apply to the planning district 26 (in which the Landsby property was located) he thought that people working with the proposal should look at the concerns expressed in the housing dispersal policy and try to accommodate this proposal to them. Although the policy had no requirement for not placing subsidized housing in planning district 26, he said, placing the project there was' not in keeping with the intent. ~2 2/10/75 - 20 Comm 1/29/75 File e