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money. He distributed copies of an excerpt from COIDiI1/>ntary Oll recommenda- tions made by the (;Overnor's Commission on Judicial Rt.!fol'ifl stating both sides of the;issue. . Councilwoman Beal thought the testimony presented to the Council subcom- mittee for approval was well taken, that it spoke to problems encountered in the city's experience and stated factual experience. She saw no need to discuss the principle of the transfer at this time thereby delaying presentation of testimony on the bill. Mr. Haws said he would like to see the concept of transfer adopted as a matter of record so there would be no delay in getting that started. He suggested approval of the concept with reservations about concerns expressed by staff. Assistant Manager said there was no question of delay in transferring state violations to district court if the district court docket could be cleared to take Care of them, that court servicC':; at the district level could be contracted. So it was not a matter of rer{uiring legislation to accomplish that, it was a case of the district court's being able to handle the services. Mr. Bradley moved seconded by Mr. Haws to adopt the concept of transferring state jurisdiction to district court and authorize the Assistant Manager to appear before the Legislature's judiciary committee to express reservations as provisions of the bill would apply to the ci ty. Comm 4/2/75 Approve In response to Coullcilman Keller as to staff's objections at this point, Assistant Manager';aid there was no objection to a policy statement on the transfer, rather tile objection was to the implementation. He felt there had to be better servi,:e level in the district court or the judicial services to the citizens would be degraded. e Vote was taken on the motion as stated. Motion carried unanimously. Councilman Williams was reluctant to take a position opposing H.B.265l as recommended (allolving special service districts for financing TV translators) until it was known whether that legislation would be necessary in Eugene. He explained that the committee appointed to consider translator service versus cable service had asked the county to explore the legal framework for erecting a translator system to serve the urban area and there was the possibility that issue would be taken to the voters. It was fairly possible, he said, that a special taxing district might be part of that issue. Mrs. Beal said the subcommittee had recommended opposition at the request of Ms.Swenson, staff person working with the translator committee, primarily because of the proliferation of taxing districts. Assistant Manager thought there probably was adequate authority f~r the county as a general purpose government to establish a special service district if that was the direction decided upon. However, it was agreed the position on H.B.265l would be withheld to give the opportunity to determine whether provisions of the bill would affect the Eugene situation. Mrs. Beal moved seconded by Mr. Keller to accept the recommenda- tions as presented, except that the position on H.B.265l would be held pending further investigation. Motion carried unanimously. Comm 4/2/75 Approve . F. Wreckers Licenses 1. Machinery Exchange, 2750 Roosevelt Boulevard - License renewal was pre- sented by this establishment for endorsement. The State Highway Division has raised a question with regard to inadequate screening of the operation. Staff had no objections to renewal of the license other than the screening .problems. Assistant Manager explained that the existing land use predated 4/14/75 - 19 \'\