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Councilman Williams said he did not oppose the resolution but he seriously questioned whether the outcome would be a completed document that would be satisfactory from both a legal and philosophical or practical stand- point. He ~hought this a good starting point - to determine the variouS things that were already being done - if the intent of the resolution as it said was to assess economic costs of limiting growth and limiting the processes of growth. Councilwoman shirey also wanted to get the study started. . She hoped that part of the data collected would support the need for plans and statistics from other communities. She didn't think the cost of growth or the rate of growth could be determined if those statistics were not available. e Assistant.. Manager cautioned the Council about economic studies based on population figures, saying population projections coming from this pro- posal would not be any more valid than what was now availa.ble. In addi- tion, uncertain economic conditions would further cloud the issue. He said it was an extremely nebulous affair and he thought the city would be ahead by looking at what had succeeded in,other communities. Councilman Keller found the resolution as presented acceptable from a cost standpoint. He could see where it would fit into budgetary limita- tions, and the information being sought still had to do with economic costs. He agreed that MAPAC was best suited to give the answers because to do the work there would have to be co-operation from other juriSdic- tions. Councilman Bradley supported the idea of the growth study and to a certain extent was in favor of this resolution. His reservations were tied to the recent court case he brought up, and he said if there was as- surance the Council would have the opportunity to take another action later on, he would vote for adoption of the resolution. Councilman Murray took exception to the fact that the Council had not been informed that the LCOG Board at its January 1975 meeting took the stand that any growth study should be limited to the metropolitan area. He found it abhorent that the Council would be allowed to debate that issue when "some people party to the [LeOG] action had not taken the trouble to notify the Eugene Council of that." He said that was not something that was conducive to confidence and good faith. II Vote was taken on the motion to adopt the resolution as presented. Motion carried unanimously. A prepared statement endorsing the proposed growth study was entered into the record by .the League of Women Voters. D. Wayne Morse Property - Council members on tour viewed the Morse ranoh prop- erty, and copies of preliminary report from the parks department were dis- tributed. Assistant Manager explained that a proposal for acquisition of the property was before the State Legislature and that Councilwoman Shirey had requested Council discussion. He reviewed parks department cost estimate fo~ low-level maintenance and program approach until a master plan was de- veloped for the property, and the eventual operational budget impact. A cost of $3,750 was estimated just for beginning services, assuming city opera- tion.for three months of the 1975-76 year. Costs for the first full year of operation, 1976-77, were estimated at $19,725, and for the next year, $34,125. Assistant Manager cautioned that those figures would no doubt be higher when taking inflationary factors into consideration. Costs from then on would depend on the purposes for which the property was used. . 4/28/75 - 20 ZZ$