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Alton Lenhart, president of the Eugene Downtown Association, said the Association had no objections to this activity on the mall. However, they thought some guidelines should be prepared for similar uses in the future. Councilman Keller thought the ~. Council would be in favor of guidelines should many applications for this type ... activity be received in the future. He hoped the Association would continue to take the lead and that discussions of commercial activities in the mall area would con- tinue to be a matter of discussion between the city and the Association. E. Funding Low-cost Housing Eor Single Parents, 21st and Willamette - Copies of memo and proposal outlining the 20-unit twin-type apartment complex proposed by Wes Morgan, sponsor, were previously distributed to Council members. The Joint Housibg Committee recommended expenditure of $60,000 to fund the project from 1974-75 revenue sharing funds, subject to the sponsor's securing financial cornmrit- ment Within 90 days of Council approval. Councilman williams reported the unanimous recommendation of the Joint Housing Committee. He said it was his understanding that the Housing Committee was authorized to recommend expenditure of the funds budgeted for this purpose and he wondered if each individual project had to go through this process. Mr. Williams moved seconded by Mr. Murray to approve the funding as recommended. Comm 4/30/75 Approve Councilman Murray asked how many units were involved in the project. Mr. Morgan described the complex, patterned after one in Vancouver, Washington, primarily geared for use of single parents wi th one child. One advantage he mted was that the units could be converted to housing for elderly people should social changes occur to eliminate the need now seen for single parents housing. He said the project would have 20 units, each having two bedrooms with shared kitchen/ living area to house 40 people (plus children). Vote was taken on the motion to approve. Motion carried unanimously. e F. Legislative Subcommittee Recommendations - April 28, 1975 The Legislati ve Subcommi ttee makes the following recommendations: H.B.2607 - Open meetings law. Due to substantial changes in this bill the subcommittee recommends the Council advise Lane County representatives that the City supports re- ferral of the bill to the House Labor Committee. The bill which the City Council and the League of Oregon Cities originally supported was amended in committee to provide that all collective bargaining would be re- quired to take place in open meetings; that actions taken by governing bodies in meetings that do not com- ply wi th the open meetings law would be voided provided a challenge were filed within 30 days after the meeting; and that selections of persons to fill vacancies on boards and commissions must take place in open public meetings. Selection of chief executive officer of a public body (i.e. city manager, school superintendent) may occur in executive session only if the public body he.s met certain state standards spelled out in the bill regarding recruitment and selection. These provisions were not in the bill originally supported by the City and League of Oregon Cities. It is therefore felt that our prior commitment to the bill is now void. H.B.2686 and S.B.480 - Mobile Home Parks. The subcommittee recom- mends support of the League of Oregon Cities position that local standards be not pre-empted by the state. tit Councilwoman Beal noted hearing scheduled for Monday, Mal' 5.. on H.B.3252 (Kulongoski bill which would prohibit all vehicle traffic and other pollution sources in an air ~mergency alert). Since no posi tion was taken by th(? Council, Mrs. Beal sug- 5/12/75 - 14 ZS9,