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Mr. Delay asked that, since this was a quasi-judicial matter, the records e show that Mr. Perkins had contacted him several times regarding this matter. He had never discussed the merits of the case with him but had helped him expedite the matter with the City because of the unique circumstances involved. Ms. Miller announced that she had talked with Mr. Perkins about moving a building involved in this project, although it was a different building. The building he talked to her about had been demolished. He wanted to move the building onto the property where she was living at the time. They had extensive discussions about that. She felt it did not have anything directly to do with this project. (Mr. Delay commented later in the meeting on the variance process. See VI.) Motion carried unanimously. V. FIELD BURNING OF RYE GRASS ON EUGENE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT PROPERTY--STAFF PRESENTATION (memo distributed) Manager made a brief presentation in order to inform the council about burning on City-owned property in the vicinity of the airport. He wished the council to understand that due consideration is being given to the City.s policy, and posture on field burning generally, in this e. process. He introduced Mr. Shelby. Mr. Shelby explained that some five to ten years ago, the council's predecessors established a poli~y of not allowing field burning on the City's Airport property where rye grass is the principal crop. Airport management has adhered to that policy and has' asked the agricultural tenants to refrain from burning. As part of the implementation of the Airport Master Plan, they have recently acquired 150 acres northeast of the Airport. The acreage has successfully been in a burning program through coordination with the DEQ Burn Program. It has never presented a problem to the Airport. At the same time, there are 220 acres east of the Airport which have been the site of experimental burning. Mr. Shelby recommended keeping the 150 acres in the burn program and adding the 220 acres to the burning program with coordination with the control tower. He introduced Terry Smith, Public Works Department--Environmental Planning, to speak on the technical aspects of the burning. Mr. Smith explained that, after review of the issue, he does not feel that it will cause any serious problems. He did not feel it was wise to burn on the Airport proper. Mr. Smith reported on what he termed lIa near missll (smoke coming into Eugene) yesterday. He explained that a few years ago, similar bizarre wind patterns would have caused a smoke disaster. Due to the refinements in smoke management, they were able to avert the disaster. He distributed e a memorandum explaining the wind conditions. , 7/23/80--5