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Ms. Smith said as she recalled, Council did not go an record as taking a position. She felt Council was not prepared to take action on this issue ~ today, but preferred to have more information available for Council. Mr. Lieuallen said he was prepared to take action today as he was opposed to the formation of essentially another general purpose government that would not be bound by local guidelines and policy. Mr. Amundson said no action was required by Council until the State Economic Development Commission had taken action on the proposal for formation of the port district. He felt there had been misleading information regarding the district and its powers, as all agencies in the state have to operate under the same guidelines. Mr. Morgan said it had not been stated that a POy't district would have any powers that would exceed local powers or guidelines and goals set by the City. A port district has to conform to every general plan that exists. He said it would be an acting agency within the framework of the local guidelines and laws. There was some discussion by Council as to whether staff should respond at this time or prepare further information for Council to consider and take action at a later date. Mr. Hamel suggested the representatives from the Chamber of Commerce get together with City staff to list the pros and cons of the creation of a port district and report back to Council. Mayor Ke11E'r said he would like included in that response some staff answers to questions raised at today's session, particularly any new issues. Manager reminded Council of the Economic Development Commission's public hearing scheduled April 14, and wondered what the City's posture should ... be. Mr. Porter said testimony could only report the City Council is not ~ ready to act to either support or to not support formation of such a dis- trict. He requested a copy of the Chamber of Commerce proposal. His major concern was- the proposed district would be outside the urban service bounda ry . Mr. Amundson wanted to have deleted from the Planning Department's letter a statement he felt to be inappropriate: II... violate statewide goals and guidelines, 1974 Community Goals statement, and 1990 General P1an.1I Mr. Porter said that was included to call the Council's attention to that concern that the 1990 General Plan did not favor creating a special dis- tricts with broad powers, but rather a general purpose government should provide services. He noted the phrase IIpotential1y could vio1atell was the key phrase. It was consensus that the Chamber of Commerce representatives and Planning Department staff would meet to coordinate information to be returned to Council. ^ short break was taken. Mr. Haws left the meeting. - 4/5178--8 211