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. Rights Commission. To avoid the hassle, the managerls office is working with Personnel to develop a suitable format. He said that e there will have to be some give and take, that the Com~issions will possibly ask for some data that cannot be provided. He said he sees positive things happening. He also added that another influential factor has been that there have been certain limitations on CETA hires. Manager also commented that, if requests are to be implemented, budgetary actions are involved. It is a question of priority as to whether a position would be created to work on recruitment of affirmative action hires. Mr. Williams wondered if the city is in compliance with federal statutes. He also wondered what the law said about reverse discrimination. Joyce Benjamin, cityattorneyls office, said that the courts have gone both ways. She cited a Supreme Court case in which the court said the most qualified applicant should be hired. Regarding the question of compliance. Personnel Director Gary Long said that it appears the city is in minimal legal compliance. Regarding reverse discrimination, he sa id , it now appears that is not legal. It is the consensus of both the federal authorities and EEDC that every effort should be made to recruit qualified candidates from protected classes but that it is necessary to select the most qualified candidate. Mr. Murray commented that the issue is not so much one of dollars spent; rather it LS a question of will. Within the framework, the city should spend their energies a little more appropriately. It does not necessarily take hiring someone to work on the matter. Vote was taken on the motion which carried unanimously. e . VI. Code Amendment re: Permitting duplex. triplex and fourplex development as outright use in RA and R-I Districts Report of December 6 from the Planning Department has been dis- tributed to Council. It addresses questions raised by Council at a public hearing on the proposed amendments on November 8. Mrs. Niven, Joint Housing Committee, said that the Committee re Affi rm viewed the matter and made informal recommendations, one of which included submission of proof that either the property has been vacant for five years or, if a residential structure on it had been demolished within that time, the demolition had resulted from an abatement order. }!r. Obie, Council member-elect, said that, as he understood the motion at the Council meeting. it included referral to the Joint Housing Committee. He thought there would be a lay body looking at it and studying the ordinance and answering ques- tions brought up. He expressed disappointment that that has not been done. If there are amendments submitted at the December 13 Council meeting, he felt that would be paramount to holding a public hearing. Mr. Saul responded that there seemed to be strong sentiment that Council wished the decision on the amendments to be kept in its hands. It was staff's understanding that Council wanted a report back for Council cons iderat ion, with referral to the Joint Housing e 12/13/76 - 15 59'1