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I. January 12 - Recommending street vacation of the "3D-foot wide public right-of-way located across Cal Young Road from Norkenzie Road, B. Maxine Bierly (SV 75-2), assessor's map 17-03-19-1-4. Manager not"ed petit:ione:r has requested a six" weeks' de"lay 'of" the public hearing. - Mr. Keller nrJved seconded by Mrs. Beal to call a public hearing for April 12. Motion carried unaniIrOusly. Carom 2/18/76 Approve J.Southeast Firs Association Application for Recognition as a Neighborhood Organization Memo and proposed charter have been distributed to Council. Manager showed map indicating location of that neighborhood organization, which is bordered by four other organizations. It is located around the Amazon Drive area south of 30th. Carom 2/18/76 Mr. Keller IrOved and it was seconded to approve the charter of the Southeast Approve Firs Neighborhood Group. Motion carried unanirrvusly. K.Request to Place Water Fluoridation Issue on November Ballot - Letter and report from Citizens Committee have been distributed to Council. The endorsing agencies include Lane County Dental .Society, Lane County Medical Society and the County Health Officer. Debra Gordan, 750 E. 15th, #7, chairman of the Citizens Commdttee, expressed the feeling of the commdttee that the issue should be placed on the November ballot to allow the citizens to decide whether they want fluoridated water. Beverly Juilffs, R.N., employed by the school district and Chairman of the Comprehensive Health Planning Committee for Lane County, referred to the 1974 comprehensive, plan objectives which seek to establish a consolidated plan fOr optimum dental health. The first r~comme~dation, she said, hiS to esta~lis~ a flfuolrlidatubilo~ program for ~ll ,~ water suppl~es in Lane County. Furt er, fl uor~dat~on 0 a p ~c water suppl~es ~ ,is mentioned under the plan priorities. stanley Clawson, Dentist, 1775 River Road, member of the Lane County Dental Society, feels fluoridation is the single largest step in preventing dent;al decay in children. Lucille Trine, Rt. 2, Box 383 A-I, member of the National Health Federation of Los Angeles, voiced opposition to fluoridation of the water. She said that research by that federation - conducted by doctors and biocheRdsts - dealt with fl uor idation' s relationship to cancer. She fel t that, before vat ing on the issue, Council should have sorre information regarding that research and its , subsequent findings. She noted too the correlation between crime and the. Rdnd. A chemical that has adverse effects on the mind could increase th e crime rate. Dean Kennedy, 2963 Alder, read a letter from Senator Hatfield dealing with water fluoridation and a bill which would provide federal funding for those local juriSdictions voluntarily requesting programs of this kind. He further 11IE!ntioned a public law called the Safe Water Drinking Act, saying there can be no regulation requiring the addition of any substance for preventive health purposes unrelated to contaRdnation of water. Another provision of that Act provides state regulations shall be no less stringent than federal regulations. It is therefore Mr. Kennedy's view that Council has no authori ty to even place such a measure on the ballot. He also added that calcium fluoride, a natural substance, is not the substance being dealt with but, rather, sodium fluoride, a man-made by-product of the aluminum industry. e Mary Hickey, merrlber of the National Health Federation, reported on fluoride research by a biocheRdst. She noted that areas having fluoridation have the highest rates of tooth decay. Regarding possible birch defeccs, research has lOb 2/23/76 - 14