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- Com 4/20/77 File . 4/20/77 rove - A r:quest for a segregation for Item AA-3, Assessment Panel report Aprll 18, under April 20, 1977 Committee-of-the-Whole was made by Harold R. Daughters, 1147 High Street. Stan Long, City Attorney, noted there had already been a public hearing on this assessment an? in order for Council to grant hearing, it would require a tw~- thlrds vote. Mr. Bradley moved, seconded by Mr. Hamel, to open this item for public hearing. M~. Obie n?ted he w~s not in favor of a public hearing at this ~lme, statlng that lf the public hearing were going to be held, lt should be advertised properly. Vote was taken on the motion, which was defeated with all Council members present voting no, except Mr. Bradley voting aye. D. League of Ore on Cities Le islative Meetin --Manager reminded Counc~l 0 the meet~ng Sunday, Apr~l 24, ~n Salem and asked if there would be any Council representation. There was no response as to any Council members planning to attend, although City Manager and Mayor would be in attendance. E. Legislative Subcommittee Report--Manager reviewed the Subcommittee minutes with regard to House Bill 3106 regarding tort liability. He requested that City Council support other provisions of the Bill even though it felt it could not support Section 6. Mr. Williams noted that the Subcommittee had not been requested to review certain portions of the Bill in detail at its meeting. He said if there were firm recommendations from staff regarding other portions than Section 6, perhaps at the next Legislative Subcommittee committee meeting those portions could be dealt with. Mr. Haws noted he felt the original position taken by the City was the best position and if there were other important issues in the bill, they could be taken up at the next meeting. Mr. Bradley arrived. Mr. Williams reviewed reasons for Subcommittee taking its pos~t~on: 1) The public and private sectors should be treated similarly in regard to tort liability; and 2) if a person were injured the City should be expected to pay their fair share of costs and to not be treated any differently than other portions of society in regard to its liabilities. Manager noted this Bill is of critical concern to the League and would probably be discussed at the meeting Sunday in Salem. He asked Council if it might change the wording to "other sections would be supported" rather than "other sections might be support- ed". Mr. Haws noted he was prepared to stand on the position the Subcommittee had taken or go through the Bill item by item. Mr. Williams said he would be willing to take no position if there were going to be some conflict for the Mayor and Manager in meeting with the League Sunday. -3'f' 4/25/77 - 29