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II. Items acted upon with one motion after discussion of individual items as requested. Previously discussed in Committee-of-the-Whole on April 13. (Present: Mayor Gus Keller; Council members Haws, Hamel, Williams, Bradley, Delay, Lieuallen, Obie, and Smith) and on April 20 (Present: Mayor Gus Keller; Council members Haws, Hamel, Smith, Williams, Delay, Lieuallen, Bradley, and Obie). Minutes of those minutes appear below in different type. . April 13, 1977 I. Items from Mayor and Council Com 4/13/77 File A. Energy Conservation--Mayor Keller noted the City of Eugene had accepted an invitation from the City of McMinnville in a challenge regarding energy conservation. More information will be forthcoming. Com 4/13/77 File B. Field Burning--Mayor Keller noted this morning the Senate Agricultural and Natural Resources Committee requested that a field burning bill be developed which, if passed and signed into law, will essentially set the City back to the late 1960's with no hope of finding a solution. It will set a precedent of increasing pollution in the entire valley to serve the economic goals of a special interest group--the grass seed industry. The committee bill will include the following con- cepts: (1) Allow 235,000 acres to be burned this year, which is approximately 70,000 acres more than could have been burned legally last year. (2) Reduce the fees necessary for funding an adequate .. research development program, from $5.50 per acre to $3.00 per acre~ (3) Allow twelve days of burning in the south valley which would be more than allowed in 1973-74 or 1975. (4) Adopt meaningless goals which are not mandatory. (5) Restructure the Field Sanitation Com- mittee into an advisory board which would essentially dilute the progress made to date. Mayor Keller indicated that it seemed the seed growers industry and some legislators did not intend to contribute their fair share in providing a solution to the field-burning problem. He said the message to the citizens and the Legislature is that the course being pursued is not acceptable to our community, and that the Council would keep the community up-to-date. Com 4/13/77 File C. Growth Management Study, Phase I--Mr. Delay expressed concern in regard to Conclusion No. 13 in the Management Study, saying that he felt there was insufficient data to support that conclusion. He felt it was contrary to common sense to say that population growth had not been a major factor in contributing pollutants in the air in recent years. He said the statement was unfair, and that it did not address the question of geographical growth pattern in regard to pollutants in the area. Manager replied that the study would be reviewed by the Planning Commission and his comments would be transmitted to them. He reminded Council that it would have final review of the Growth Management Stud Y . - :337 4/25/77 - 20