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<br /> " . <br /> tit M I NUT E S <br /> EUGENE CITY COUNCIL <br /> Special Meeting <br /> July 30, 1979 <br /> Special meeting of the City Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon, was called to <br /> order by His Honor Mayor Gus Keller at 4:30 p.m., Council Chambers, with the <br /> following Councilors present: Gretchen Miller, Scott Lieuallen, D.W. Hamel, <br /> Jack Delay, Betty Smith, Brian Obie, Eric Haws. Councilor Emily Schue was absent. <br /> I. Ordinance: Cities to elect to receive State Revenue Sharing Funds <br /> CB 1938--An ordinance electing to receive State Revenue Sharing Funds <br /> distributed through the Oregon Liquor Control Commission account <br /> for the fiscal year ending July 30, 1980, and declaring an <br /> emergency. <br /> Mr. Delay moved, seconded by Ms. Smith, that the bill be read the <br /> second time by council' bill number only, with unanimous consent of the <br /> Council, and that enactment be considered at this time. The motion <br /> carried unanimously and the bill was read the second time by council <br /> e bill number only. <br /> Mr. Delay moved, seconded by Ms. Smith, that the bill be approved <br /> and given final passage. Ro 11 ca 11 vot e. All Councilors present <br /> voting aye, the bill was declared passed and numbered 18444. <br /> II. Field Burning: Staff Report (materials distributed) <br /> Manager explained the special meeting was called to act on item I, but <br /> also to consider developments on the field-burning front. Because of the <br /> need to discuss and develop positions, precipitated by discussions with <br /> the Governor, it was decided to call a special meeting. Manager referred, <br /> to the status report which had been distributed, as well as slides <br /> explained by Terry Smith. He introduced Mr. Stan Long, City Attorney. <br /> Mr. Long noted that in the last few weeks, staff has been in almost daily <br /> contact with the Council and Council President. He noted that they had <br /> been to court to establish that there was a federal law that set field <br /> burning limits at 50,000 acres. They established that no one could <br /> violate that law simply because they wanted to. <br /> Mr. Long indicated that the Council should make policy decisions. He <br /> described the environment in which the City finds itself. The Environmen- <br /> tal Protection Agency has indicated that it is not going to insist on <br /> enforcement of the 50,000 acre limit for this year. It is not going to <br /> e <br /> Lf/s 7/30/79--1 <br />