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~. M I NUT E S EUGENE CITY COUNCIL April 9, 1979 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon, was called to order by His Honor Mayor Gus Keller at 7;30 p.m., April 9, 1979, in the Council Chamber with the following Councilors present: Jack Delay, Betty Smith, Eric Haws, Scott Lieuallen, Brian Obie, Gretchen Miller, and Emily Schue. Councilor D. W. Hamel was absent. Mayor Keller recognized a request from representatives of VOICE, a group support- ing the community's vote against allowing sexual orientation to be included under the non-discrimination clause in the Human Rights ordinance. He said 10 to 15 minutes would be allotted for their presentation at Wednesday Council Meeting, April 11, 1979. I. Emerald Canal Slide Presentation Charles Porter represented the Emerald Waterways Association, Inc. He noted Lane County had enacted a resolution and the group was asking for cooperation from the City of Eugene in support of the project. e Dr. Jerome Diethelm, University of Oregon, said the proposal was to link the Amazon with the Millrace. Lane County and the Chamber of Commerce have endorsed the study. The Corps of Engineers recently appropriated a $60,000 grant to study some of the questions raised. He noted the 1990 General Update, Section 0, will include the Willamette River and other river corridors in the section under Inland Waterway Corridors. He said there seemed to be a high level of interest in the area for such a project. Several issues were identified regarding this project: urban design in Eugene, development of open park and other development around the waterway, potential to give additional structure to the city, the water runoff system, additional irrigation to farmland west of Eugene, and allowing continued development of the downtown area. The slide presentation was then given, indicating the possible location of the corridor through Eugene and its attendant benefit to the city. Manager said Council would be reenacting a prior resolution in which Council had indicated its tentative support of the project. The intent of the resolution this evening would be that some staff member would work with Lane County and this association to study the issue. Res. No. 3119--Supporting the Amazon Corridor Project was read by number and title. Mr. Delay moved, seconded by Ms. Smith, to adopt the resolution. Motion carried unanimously. - 4/9/79--1 J92.