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. Mrs. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Williams, to accept the report of the Legislative Subcommittee. Motion carried unanimously. Mrs. Smith felt the Council should not completely review and discuss matters that had already been discussed by the Legislative Subcommit- tee, but only those issues which were not unanimously recommended by the Subcommittee. Mr. Bradley asked whether there would frequently be testimony required on bills before they came before the City Council. Mr. Williams responded that is very probable. He said the issue was whether the Council wanted this kind of process to come before a subcommittee where elected officials would be involved, or come just to the City Manager for preview and testimony. Mr. Martin indicated that a tactic often used in Salem is a very fast turnaround on bills being introduced and testimony required. The Council would have to be prepared to deal with that kind of problem. File v. Consideration of revisions to Metro Sewer Agreement Amendments were distributed to Council. Manager reported that at the meeting held Tuesday, February 1, at 7 a.m., between the Springfield City Council, the Lane County Commissioners, and the Eugene City Council, specific proposals were part of the bases of the discussion. One issue revolved around the fact that Eugene has a substantial majority of the population and tax base; as a result, it would be contributing substantially more in funds; therefore, it should have at least a plurality in the vote. [He indicated the Council should accept the recommendations with changes in Sections 9 and 10. Changing the wording of Section 9 and amending to delete number 10.1 He said there were severe time constraints 1n accepting this amended contract. The Metropolitan Wastewater Committee needed to be created and actions needed to be taken in order to meet the May 16 deadline. He said action "today" by the Council should be to proceed with adoption of the agreement and appointment of members for the Commission, which will hold its first meeting February 17, 1977. e Discussion was held on the process of electing officials to the Commission and the persons who should be elected. It was pointed out by Assistant Manager that in order to develop a continuity and consistency of membership on the Commission, perhaps it might be best to ask Mayor Keller to present his recommendations to the Council next week, and any Council member could advise the Mayor of his interest in serving on the Commission. Mr. Williams indi- cated that Mark Westling has already served on the Commission and also that Mr. Jim Hershner, former Council member, has some background and understanding of the problems and might be a good candidate. Mrs. Smith indicated that she felt it would be best to ask the Mayor to make the appointments. Mr. Haws indi- cated that he would prefer to have three City Council members on the Commission. Mr. Bradley felt it was a Council decision and e {OS 2/14/77 - 29