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Com 3/16/77 Affirm Com 3/16/77 Affirm Com 3/16/77 Affirm Com 3/16/77 File Com 3/16/TI Pub Hrg contracts signed by EWEB, involving contracts signed before City water policy came under City jurisdiction. Mr. Martin noted that the state had enjoined all such activity until this matter is litigated. Mr. Long noted the defense of the City of Eugene is acting through EWEB. He said there was no policy decision adopted by the City, but that it would be necessary to have a decision from the court. He mentioned that the City water extensions at issue applied only in those areas where a contractual agreement had been made to do so, and cautioned Council to avoid such future agreements. Mr. Haws requested that City Council be apprised of the matter as the litigation continues. . G. Time Schedules--Manager noted that for future Committee~of-the- Whole meetings, an 11:30 meeting time had been set. He re- quested input from Council as to whether this was a convenient time. It was determined to place this item on the agenda for the scheduled work session. H. Code Provisions for Public Improvement Procedures--Materials were distributed to Council. Manager requested Council to look over the proposed Code revisions between now and the March 23 Committee-of-the-Whole meeting. He indicated this was a product of the Special Assessments Committee and had been thoroughly checked over by the staff and the Committee, and that enactment of the ordinance would have to be done March 28 to meet the April 1 deadline. e I. Council Work Session--Manager indicated April 9 appeared to be the best date for the work session, with only Mr. Williams not able to attend. It was the consensus of the Council that a date should be determined whereby all Council members would be present. Decision was made to tentatively postpone the work session to May 14, with Mr. Williams, Obie, Haws, Lieuallen, and Delay indicating they could attend on that date. Staff will check with remaining Council members to firm up the date. Assistant Manager indicated that Agenda items would be listed with Council members given a chance to poll the agenda items for the highest priority in order that as many items as possible could be covered in the one day. J. Royal Hudson Steam Locomotive Visit to Eugene--Manager noted the Royal Hudson is a steam powered version of the model that carried the Royal family across Canada in 1939, and would be on display in Eugene from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on April 8. Eugene is one of a num- ber of cities being honored by the visit of this Royal H,~dson. M~. B=adley asked if this infoTmation were correct, to which Manager replied it was. K. Room Tax SUbcomm1tt~e--Minutes and reports distributed to Council~ Manager noted the next meeting of the Room Tax Subcommittee would be March 24, at 2 p.m. in the Mayor's office. The major item for discussion was review of pending applications. . l"O 'Z,I?R/77 - 1()