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Mrs. Shirey moved seconded by Mrs. Beal to meet at 7'00 . . p.m. Thu~sday, ~cember 4, ~n the McNutt Room in a special session. Comm Mot~on carr~ed, all council members present voting aye except 12/3/75 Mr. Hamel voting no. Approve -- Mr. ~illiams ,would hope staff would notify residents of Shade Oaks of the spec~al meet~ng, but Mrs. Beal feels it will interfere with the B d t C ' t ' . u ge omnu tee meet~ng and :h~nks those people could be heard Monday, December 8, ~t,the regular meet~ng. Mr. Williams was not sure if the December 4 dec~s~on would be discussed at all on December 8 and while there b 1 1 bl' , ' ma y e no ega 0 ~gat~on to hold a hearing on December 4, it would seem important to at least l~sten to people to whom water service may be denied. Mr. Long.noted the residents had been represented at the Boundary Commission meet~ng by an atto~ney and he feels they would want to be heard at any mee~~ng on the subject, that they could be easily contacted in time thro h the~r attorney. ug Mr. Murray would hope it could be made clear to the attorney that it is not intended to be a full-scale public hearing, that perhaps a ten-minute or so time limit could be set; and Mrs. Bea1 suggested holding it as a Co~ttee-of-the-Whole meeting to afford a tentative decision. Whether staff could realistically proceed on a tentative decision was a question raised by Mr. Murray, and Mr. Long thought tentative authorization to file a law suit would be satisfactory since the city Manager may have some authority to do that himself. Mr. Keller would view the December 4. meeting as a simple discussion by Council on whether or not to file a suit, that there should not be room for testimony at that time, and that the December 10 Committee of the Whole meeting would be the suitable time for public comment. Mr. Murray e sensed there is a feeling that the people from the Shade Oaks Subdivision might want to dissuade Council from taking action to file a suit. Manager noted the Council could act to file a suit with the idea that, if necessary~ it could be withdrawn at a later time. Comments regarding the special Council session included feeling it is a waste of time, that ten minutes would be appropriate for public comment, that no decision could possibly be made in one-half hour, and that ten minutes is too short a period of time for testimony to be given. Mrs. Bea1 reiterated her position that, under these circumstances, it would not appear there is any obligation to hold a public hearing at this time. She feels the question of whether to go to court against another public body "is our own affair". The question of principles, she added, seems so much greater at this time than the question of whether ten residents have an opportunity to speak that the City should be under no obligation to citizens outside the city. Mrs.' Beal moved seconded by Mr. Haws that, since th$ issue is a Comm matter involving well stated principles of the City of Eugene, it 12/3/75 will not be necessary to invite outside testimony. Motion carried, Approve all Council members present voting aye except Mr. Williams voting no. . 12/8/75 - 10' ~41