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. Mr. Haws moved, seconded by ~lr. Hamel, that Lane County . Corranissioners and the Redistricting Committee be notified by letter that Eugene City Council had reviewed the pro- posed redistricting and had found no objections to it, and authorized staff to continue following this study and bring any additional input to Council. Motion carried unanimously. . V. but Committee Report--Memo distributed to Council. Manager noted the staff supported the Task Force recommendation that so far as possible the gut be maintained on Willamette and confined to an area between 24th Place and 2~th Avenue. Media exposure and educational programs will help gut users understana the proolems inherent in this type of activity and the applicable laws. Enforcement will be enhanced through the use of increased street lighting in some areas and review and improvement of existing ordinances. He directed Council's attention to Task Force Recommendation NO.4, parks Department recommended the City not provioe restrooms and/or trash recepticles in the area. Uave Pompel, Parks lJepartment, noted the original document stated the concensus of the people involved and the reactions to the items are very well covered in the Task Force report. Ms. Smith wondered whether any cOIllInunication had occurred between the liut Committee and the staff re- sponse. She noted there were some recommendations of the Committee that staff did not recommend. Mr. Pompel replied no, but that the en- tire Conmittee had received the memo from him to Assistant Manager and no response had been given back to the Committee in regard to the Task - Force recommendations. He noted ttle Committee had not met since ~larch. i~r. bradley asked if there would be a scheduled public hearing. IVlanager replied he thought it would be appropriate to schedule puolic hearing July 2!>, 1~77, to allow the Committee time to meet and then have the public input before Council. Mr. Williams questioned why it was neces- sary to have a public nearing. Manager said the principal reason would be so that everyone understands where everyone else stands and to final- ize the staff task force recommendations. Ms. Smith wondered rather than having a public tlearing that perhaps after the committee had re- viewed the task force recommendations, the City Council could simply adopt the recommendations. ~Ir. ~radley felt a public hearing was neces- sary to allow citizens input of their opinions of the recommendations. rle sai d tIle pub 1 i c had not had an opportuni ty to address the Counci 1 on th i s ilia t te r . He also questioned in regard to Item 4, if any thought had been given to setting up temporary chemical toilets or temporary recep- tacles for weekends. Ed Smith, Parks and Recreation lJepartment, said the same situation Hould occur as with permanent ones and it would be Just anoUler maintenance operational proDlem. Ivlr. Williams moved, seconded by l"lr. Hamel, to refer the staff recommendation task report back to the liut Committee, with that committe holding a pUblic hearing, and those recommendations Drought baCK to the Council. - 6/15/77 - 5 4-90