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ORDINANCE NG. X0112 AN ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTING AMENDMENT IV TG THE EUGENE CHARTER OF 1976. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: A. Amendment IV to the Eugene Charter of 1976 was adopted at the general election on November 5,1996. The Amendment provides in part that hazardous substance users in Eugene shall ~.le an annual materials balance repart that lists inputs and outputs of all hazardous substances obtained, used or generated. The Amendment directs the City Council to appoint a Toxics Board consisting of seven persons to enforce and implement the Amendment. The Council has appointed such a Board, which has developed Hazardous Substance Reporting Forms and Instructions ~"the Instructions"} to assist persons who are required to file a report under the Amendment. B. Article X of Amendment IV provides in part that the Amendment's provisions are self executing insofar as it is reasonable and practicable to so assume, In every other case, Article X of Amendment IV authorizes the Council to enact reasonable ordinances that are necessary and proper to implement the Amendment. C. The Instructions developed by the Toxics Board include numerous provisions that simply describe explicit provisions of Amendment IV. The instructions also contain some interpretations of the Amendment and some provisions which are necessary to implement the Amendment in a practicable manner but which are not expressly contained in the Amendment. The Toxics Board has recommended that the Council adopt the Instructions. D. The Council approves of the Instructions as consistent with the terms and intent of Amendment IV. The Council intends by this ordinance to adopt the Instructions as binding on those persons covered by its terms. E. The Council adopts this ordinance pursuant to its authority under both section 4 of the Eugene Charter of 1976 and Article X of Amendment IV.