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Mr. Keller moved second by Mr. Haws to adopt the resolution. Rollcall vote. Motion carried, all Council members present voting aye. E. Annexation east of Kimberly and Dogwood, south of 30th (Tillman) (A 75-11) Denial recommended by the Planning Commission on January 12,1976. Held over from March 8 Council meeting at the request of the petitioner. e Manager explained that this item was being withdrawn from this agenda. The peti- tioner, he said, was working out a revised proposal with staff with the idea that it would be presented to the Council/Planning Commission session scheduled for noon.on March 29 at the Thunderbird. There were no objections. II - County 4ibrary Proposal Consideration of Library Board Report on County Library Plan March 3 report of the Library Board has been distributed to Council members. Manager explained that the proposal is to establish a county-wide service invol ving the Eugene Public library and other ci ty libr.aries. The serial levy would result in a tax rate of 10 cents per thousand TCV, and the monies collected within any city would be returned to that city. In addition to establishing borrowing services for cities outside Eugene, plus a bookmobile, each library would receive an amount of money equal to 5% of what it had spent on library services the previous year. I-B-3 Nancy Hayward, Lane County Commissioner, explained that three or four years ago she was invited to attend a meeting in Florence with library board members and the Eugene librarian to talk about the extension of services to unserved areas. Concern was expressed at that time about lack of improvement or coordination, and a committee was established with representatives from all the communities having libraries, as well as users of the Eugene library. Additionally, a grant was secured from the state library to demonstrate kinds of service that cou 1 d be g.i ven w"i th some sort of regular revenue. Out of the meetings came a promise to submi t a ballot measure "this May" for the purpose of funding county library services. Mrs. Hayward noted the County would approach negotiation on administration of the county library services with an open mind. e Bob Wood, Lane County Commissioner, emphasized the sincerity of the commissioners in cooperating with Eugene to protect its interests in the library administration system. Mrs. FraQk Lacy, Library Board Chairman, said the Board favors a county system but also stresses efficient spending of dollars to support the services. Jim Meeks, Librarian, emphasized the importance of a county-wide system. Dr. Charles Williams, Library Board member, referred to the policy position of the library board as distributed to Council and said the six points contained in that position should be negotiated before the election rather than after. Mr. Murray expressed regret that the issue was going on the ballot without prior comment from the City Council. He accepts all the recorrunendations made by the Library Board. He strongly favors a countywide library system, but he feels the county proposal is a bad one because of the funding scheme. In considering the total investment Eugene citizens have made in their library, he feels the plan seems to be a gi veaway . . Mr. Plilliams wondered if the city Would be "locked in" for four years should the levy pass, even if revenues generated by the levy did not cover costs. Mr. Meeks 3/22/76 - 6 'P"~' -