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I-A-2 Councilman Hamel said he had reconsidered his abstention In the committee vote. He was strongly opposed to condemnation when the property was to be used for park purposes because of its proximity to the school. He felt the property across the e road would provide the same type facility without having to go against the property owners I will. This item was segregated for voting from the balance of the calendar. Approval of committee action carried - Council members Murray, Wi 11 iams, Haws, and Mayor Anderson voting aye; CouncU members Bradley, Hamel, and Shirey voting no. F. Appointment, Metropoli t!l_n ~<3hlo/Tra'?~.1ator_C:?mm.i .,?Sl~(.'!J - /Iutllor i zed by recent action of the Council in agreement ",j th Springf.ield dn,! Lane County, to be composed of n.i ne members, three [rom eacll jurisdict.ion comprising a Council representative, a cit.izcn, and 3 staff member. '. Councilman Wi lliams, chairman of the Cable/Translator comm.i ttee recommending crea ti on of the Comm.i 5si on, silid tlk' intent was thil t aIllI effort in this area - either cable franchises or tro!nsLoltors - was to beilccomplishod jointl y by the three jurisdictions. He sa.i d c..lble franchi ses now hel d by both Eugene and Spr i.ng- field wi th Te.lePrompter were inadequate and that the company was operating in the county wi thout any franchi.se Lit d Z L. So rcprL'senta ti on from each jurisdiction was recommended ..i t h the id(',J tha I: ldcnt i cal documents could be adopted individually by the qovernin9 bodies of each Jurisdiction In whatever action was decided upon. lie thought his close .in'.'olvt'lIIent with the cable/translator study to date w'ould qualify him as Eugene's Counc.' 1 rel)n:.'s~ntati ve. He recommended appointment of Dr. G.lenn Star l.i n, vi c,:. provos t for academiC affa.irs at the University of Oregon, as the Eugene citizen member, an,l ,1; ice r<utter, community relations officer, as Eugene staff member. lin not:cd illS reluctance ilt sU<J'Jcst.ing the staff appoint- men t , calling attention to (illJ.l1 ficatiuns of Shir ley Swenson from the finance e department who had Ivork,'cl as r(}SOllrt.~'e person for the cable/translator study, as well as Greg Paqo, techno! oq~j .'I'/<:.'n t 1.'1 the manaqer's office. Mayor Anderson com- mented tilat the rL'commt'l1dJtioT:S ~v(.'n' '.Icry qoori, dnd at the Manager's request the appointment of Mrs. f?ut ter as SId ft repr.'sent a t1 VI" was recommended. Mr;. Murray moved second LII! Mrs. Bea.l to approve t. h(: appo i ntments as recommended including Tom r'l i .11 jams as COllnc i 1 reprr:sentat i ve. ., Councilman Bradley reported thdt a Fran Harkan had expressed .In interest to him in serving on the Commission and that shc had a background in radio communica- tions. He raised the issue of ho~v c:ommission members would he selected since it appeared there were no set quidelinL's, they sometimes were appointed after Council interview and sometimes just on Council motion as in thi s instance. Since another indi vidual had expressed eJJl'int"rest this time, he thou9ht there should be some other h1ay of making tJJ(:.' deci.sioIJ. lie wondered i[ Councilman Williams had con- tacted anyone with rec/ard to his Tl:commenrlat ion. Mayor Anderson suggested those having an interest should contact him or staff rather than individual council members. lie sa.id that there wou.ld be other opportun.i ties, the main considera- tion at this time beinCf initiation of the program, t~licy on appointments could be worked out later. Councilman Bradley recommended Council interview of any citizens expressing an interest in appointment to a city commission or committee. When Mayor Anderson pointed out the unworkability of that arrangement in view of the number of ap- pointments to commissions ilnd committees, Mr. Bradley said it might be unworkable but would be more fa.ir and equal treatment. Councilman Williams noted that he had discussed the recommendation for appointment of Dr. Starlin with both Council - .President Murray and Assistant Manager Mart.in pr.ior to this meeting. Councilman liaws said he would vote against the motion, not in the sense of voting against the appointee~ but because he had no idea of the qualifications of the person recommended and because he thought the selection process might be inade- quate. He noted there had been nothing on the agenda to indicate this ci t i zen must be appointed immediately. Mayor Anderson remarked that this was a situation 425 7/28(75 - 7