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M I NUT E S EUGENE CITY COUNCIL January 12,1976 . Regular meeting of the Common Council of the city of Eugene, Oregon was called to order by His Honor Mayor Lester E. Anderson at 7:30 p.m. on January 12, 1976 in the Council Chamber with the following council members present: Gus Keller, Eric Haws, Tom Williams, Neil Murray, Ray Bradley, D. W. Hamel, and Edna Shirey. Councilwoman Wickes Beal-was absent. I - Council Officers for 1976 Councilman Murray announced the election in a previous special session - Councilman Gus .Keller as president, and Councilman Eric Haws as vice pr~sident for the coming year. Mayor Anderson offered congratulations to the new officers ~nd expressed apprecia- tion to Mr. Murray for his service as president during the past year. Recognition was given by the Mayor to the importance of the Council president's role and to the fine leadership given by Mr. Murray. II - Annual'Message was read by Mayor Anderson, and a copy was received to be placed on fil III - Public Hearings A. Vacation of utility easement between Central Boulevard and Spring Boulevard (City)(EV 75-5) Recommended by the Planning Commission on October 13, 1975. Manager explained that other arrangements had been made for public facilities and said that staff had no ob- jection to the proposed vacation. e Public hearing was held with no testimony presented. Council Bill No. 989 - Vacating utility easement between Central Boulevard and Spring Boulevard was read by council bill number and title only, there being no council member present requesting that it be read in full. Mr. Keller moved second by Mr. Haws that the bill be read the second time by council bill number only, with unanimous consent of the Council, and that enactment be con- sidered at this time. Motion carried unanimously and the bill was read the second time by council bill number only. Mr. Keller moved second by Mr. Haws that the bill be approved and given final passagE Rollcall vote. All council members present voting aye, the bill was declared passed and numbered 17501. IV - Items acted upon with one motion after discussion of individual items as requested. Previously discussed in committee on December 23, 1975 (Present: Mayor Anderson; Council members Murray, Bradley, Haws, and Shirey) and January 7, 1976 (Present: Mayor Anderson; Council members Murray, Williams, Keller, Bradley, Hamel, Haws, and Shirey). Minutes of those meetings appear below in italics. A.Proposed Bi-Mar~ in Edgewood Shopping Cen~er, 40th and Donald - Council received a letter from Therese Engelmann, attorney, 296 West 8th Avenue, requesting that zoning of the area at 40th and Donald be changed from C-2 to C-1 to conform with requirement of the 1990 Plan that the area contain only neighborhood shopping centers. She further requested that no building permits be issued which were not in confo~ce with the C-l zoning indicated by the 1990 Plan. Manager noted . 3 1/12/76 - 1