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I J A ent Panel, Hearing, August 4, 1975 - No ~vritten objectiof1s and no requests . ssessm d . d Recommendation was to levy assessmt'l,t,,'; as proposed to be hear were rece~ve . on C.B.9l6 (project 74-04) and 917 (Project 74-16). Corom It was understood th~ council bills would be pres~nted f~r 8/6/75 Affirm e second reading and passage at the August 11 Cou,nc~1 meeLu'1. K. Invitation Clara Nasholm Retirement tea was received from the Eugene Library Board - hO~oring Miss Nasho1m upon completion of 40 years of servi~e with.the Comm Library - July 31, 1975, 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., at the Library, w~th ret~rement ceremony beginning shorly after 4:00 o'clock. The Board ha~ also e~tab~ished a 7/30/75 book fund in her honor, those wishing to participate may ma~l contr~but~ons to File Mrs. Charles Larson, Board member, or Alice Rutter in the manager's office. L. Breakdown of Election Results, June 17 Budget Election - A t Councilman Haws" re- Corom quest, it was understood a breakdown of election results by wards in the June 17 7/30/75 budget election would be provided to Council members. File M. Article "Free Parking in Downtown? You're kidding!" written by Al Williams, Corom Eugene's traffic engineer, and appearing in the June 1975 issue of Traffic 7/30/75 Engineering was mentioned by Councilman Haws. He complimented Mr. Williams on File the fine article, saying it was nice to see the city employing "real professionals. " He noted that several articles written by the new city manager, Charles Henry, had appeared in n~tional publications. N.Goodpasture Island/Eugene Commercial Study - Letter dated July 14, 1975 from Richard W. Cleveland requested Council action on seven items listed therein. Item 1 in the letter requested postponement of public hearing scheduled July 28 on the Livingston & Blayney recommendation with regard to General Plan amendment relating e to the Goodpasture Island area. The Counci~ at its July 14 meeting did postpone that public hearing to August 25, 1975. At its July 28 meeting, the Council at the re- quest of Ellis Jones, one of the Goodpasture Island citizens ,represented by Mr.Cleve- land, consented to the group's request for action on the other six items to the extenl:: .' that it would listen to staff presentation tvith regard to the requests made. CO~L'1ci.I at t hi [; t.ir-re 2~..~'eer1 to scqre~/a.tD th2 _it(~Ji?8 for d-j.3'-:"l:~'s.J:on ~ ~ Item 2 of the letter requ~sted that intccesterl parties in r.;1-:3 publ.ic h2,-,r.i.:Jg be 1-'9- 1ieved of all requirements not made of parties in similar proceedings. Nanager ex- plained that there was no set practice for submission of written material by citizens in issues under consideration by the Council. It is often the practice of the city to reproduce such material, generally amounting to only a few pages, for distribution to the Council. However, the Goodpasture Island issue has developed many exhibits, and there were 129 pages with this July 14 request alone. Because of this voluminous packet, staff felt the petitioners rather than the general public should bear the cost of reproduction and, suggested that petitioners file 25 copies if the material exceeded four pages. Councilman Haws wondered about the policy with regard to setting the number of pages of material that would be copied for distribution to the Council. Assistant Manager answered that there was no written policy, it was a subjective judgment situation. Sometimes correspondence is merely passed to Council members, other times where an issue is of particular significance Council members will be advised of its contents. Major documents, such as this one of 129 pages, have not been reproduced - Council members are merely told of its presence and invited to look at it if they wish. So -- it was a matter both of judgment as to content, he said, and importance of the issue. Mr. Haws wanted to be sure the petitioners in this instance were being treated the same as others bringing material to the Council. He acknowledged that: limit:ation on 8/11/75 - 22 4-59