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ORDINANCE No . AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE NUCLEAR FREE EUGENE ACT; REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. .~94~~ AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. The City Cauncit of the City of Eugene finds as follows: 1. On November 4, 1986 the electors of the City of Eugene passed an ordinance entitled the "Nuclear Free Eugene Act." Z. Section 5~1} of that ordinance, as amended on November l~, 1986 by ordinance No. 19426, requires the City Council to appoint a temporary Eugene Nuclear Free Zane Board within one hundred twenty ~120~ days of the enactment of the ordinance, 3, on January 14, 198 the City Council created a Temporary Nuclear Fr. ee Zane Task Force to advise the C ity on implementing that ordinance and to study legal, practical and economic issues raised by that ordinance. 4. Additional tame is needed for the Task Force to study the effects and implementation of that ordinance and to prepare a r. eport and for the City Council to act on the recommendations of the Task Force. NOWT THEREFORE, THE CITY GF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Sect ion 5 ~ 1 ~ of the Nuclear Free Eugene Act is amended to read and provide as follows: The people of Eugene shall biennially elect a ~ person Eugene Nuclear Free Zone Board thereinafter referred to as the Boards to oversee adherence to this Act. The elections sha11 occur on the f first Tuesday after the f first Monday in November of every even-numbered year. After considering the report of the Temporary Nuclear Free Zone Task Force, the City Counca.l shall specify a date for appointing a temporary Board to serve until the next indicated election time. Section 2. Ordinance No. 19426, passed by the Council and approved y the Mayor on November 17, 1986, is repealed. Section 3. Because of the .impending deadline far appoint- ments, and the need to a11ow the Temporary Task Force sufficient time to complete its study and report and the Council to act on the Task Force's recommendations, an emergency exists, and this Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the Ordinance - 1