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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/15/1977 Meeting -' v .. fvlINUTES EUGENE CITY COUNCIL June 10, lY77 Aujourned Il1eeti ng--frolll June 13, 11.J77--of the Ci ty Council of the Ci ty of Eugene, Oregon, was called to order by His Honor tvlayor Gus Keller, at l~:lt> p.m. on June 1~, lY77 at the King's Table, Oakway Mall, with the following Council members present: Eric Haws, Tom Williams, Ray Bradley, O. W. Hamel, Jack Delay, Scott Lieuallen, I:3rian Obie, and l3etty Smith. I. Items from Mayor and Council A. Request for speed-reading course--Mr. Delay requested staff look into the possibility of a speed-reading course for Council members. 1:3. Second reading of Council bills--Ivlr. Delay noted Council might want to reconsider the new ~y-Laws in regard to changing the second reading for an ordinance to De held at least one week after first reading. As he understood it, the new l:3y-Laws would allow a second reading to occur before 40 hours had lapsed. He felt it necessary Councilors have time to gather more information and stUdy issues further before a second reading was held. tvlanager rep 1 i ed it may be in the Charter that a second reading would require a full-week interval. He said even so, the Change snould be put in the ordinance. Mr. Uelay requested staff to research dnd report back to Council. - C. Tri-Agency U09 Control Authority--Mr. ~radley reported on a meeting held June 14. He said three potential pound sites were oeing looked at, one in Eugene, one in Springfield, and one owned by Lane County. The group is still trying to determine which site would be most fea- siDle. He also reported the Agency had contracted with Lane County Humane Society for a another six months service. A third item dis- cussed regaroed tne passage of budget revenues for a spay-neuter clinic. rle noted Eugene had in its oudget request alloted funds for such a clinic, and that Lane County will De adopting budget monies for the clinic. However, Springfield is not going to be allocating the funds necessary. Tnis could create some administrative prOblems. u. Request for transfer of CETA funds--Resolution distributed to Council. JVlanager noted this request was a transfer for .'li2,UUU and was coming before Council at this time because the CETA people will be available to start work Monday, June lU. The program will involve nome repairs and the money is needed to provide materials for them. Thus, action by Counci 1 is necessary pri or to 1'.1onday. Resolution No. lbYI--Authorizing transfer of funds, $L,UUU from General Uperating Contingency to Materials and Supplies in the COI~ lIluni ty lJeve 1 opment Improvement Progrdl/l, was read by number dnd ti tl e. tvlr. t-ldWS moved, seconded by Mr. Hamel to adopt the resolution. e b/lS/77 - 1 Jf8b .- _.~ Mr. Obie questioned whether this money would be returned to the City through CD funding. Paul Osborn, HCC, replied the funds will be used to buy equi pment whi ch is not a CD all owab 1 e expense, thus the .~ reason for going through this procedure. He said the money would be used to purchase ladders, paint brushes, rollers, drop cloths, etc. Vote was taken on the motion which passed unanimously. E. Request for Executive Session of Council--Manager noted the Parks and Recreation Department had requested an executive session with the purpose to discuss park land acquisition. Mr. Haws moved, seconded by Mr. Hamel, in accordance with ORS 192.6bU(2)(a), an executive session of the Eugene City Council De scheduled for Wednesday, June 22, 1977, 1:15 p.m., for the purpose of discussing land acquisition. All Counci 1 members present voting aye, motion carried unanimously. F. Budget Committee meeting--Scheduled for Tuesday, June 21, lY77, 7:3U p.m., MCNutt Room. Manager said the purpose of the meeting would be to review and pass on the Recent Room Tax Subcommittee's report and recommendations. lie Uowntown Development Board--Announcement was made of the Mayor's appoi ntment of Ot i s B. Ho 11 and to fi 11 the unexpi red term of Gene 13ates, endi ng January 1, 1970. H. Handicapped Commission--Resignation of Jeffery L. Hicks. . ivlr. Haws moved, seconded by I\lr. t1arne 1, to accept the resignation and advertise for opening. IYJayor Keller ques ti oned how many persons had been on the Hand;- capped Co~nission in the last year. Betsy ~Ierck, Human Ri ghts Specialist, said 11 or 12. ~Ir. Haws wondered if there was some problem that should be looked at. Ms. Merck replied that the Human Rights Council will be making a report to Council next week and this problem would be addressed at that time. Vote was tak~n on the motion and it carried unanimously. II. Liquor License Applications A. La Posada Inc., tid5 East Broadwa (RMB, adding new partner and incorporating, Donald R. Hewitt, adding Alejandra Anderson. IVlr. Haws moved, seconded by jvlr. Hamel, to approve and forward to ULCC. Motion carried unanimously. B. Renewal applications for 1977-78 (list attached). Mr. Haws moved, seconded by jl'lr. Hamel, to approve the renewals. Motion carried unanimously. III. Segregation of Assessment . Gladys W. Ward, northeast corner of Debrick Street and Clinton Drive. 6/15/77 - 2 . - Lf-81 ----- - - . Mr. Haws moved, seconded by Mr. Hamel, to approved the - segregation. 1"10 t ion ca rri ed unani mous ly. I V . Elective Districts for Lane County Cornmissioners--lVlemo, map, statistics, and Chapter III distributed to Council. Manager noted discussion had been held on this issue at COITITlittee-of-the-Whole, June tl, 1977. Mr. Jim Hale, Chairman of the Kedistricting Committee, was not able to attend tOday's Council meeting but offered to be available to discuss the issue at the June ~~ Council meeting. He noted action of the Council might be to approve, disapprove, or recommend changes. He said the item will be initially held for first reading at the June a, Lane County Commissioner's Ineeting, with a second reading and public hearing scheduled July b, 1977. Randi iljornstad, Planning Uepartment, said the memo distributed to Council was the Planning Departnent's opinion and analysis for redistricting of Lane County Commi ss i oners. She noted concern had been rai sed that the City of Eugene was divided among three districts, while at the same time including unincorporated areas within the two predominately Eugene dis- tricts. Further examination showed this situation to be unavoidable be- cause of the constraints under which elective districts must be developed. The "one lIIan, one vote" rule requires that districts have approximately equal populations or voter registrations, depending on which index is used. She said it was the overall opinion of the Planning Department that the Redistricting Committee had done as good a jOb as possible. She noted the Committee had used voter registration, rather than total popu- e lation, which had been checked by the Planning Oepartment who found the figures to De reasonably close in equal proportion of registered voters to population. Voter registration was used as only the 197U Census popu- lation data were available, quite out of date. However, voter registra- tion is up to date, and there was a possibility of redistributing on population figures after the 19<;U Census is completed. 1~lanager sai d note shoul <.l De taken of the charge of the Di stri cti ng Com- mittee as there were some strict parameters laid down as to how the redistricting would proceed. Secondly, Manager noted it would be more workable if there were seven, rather than five, districts created. He gave the example of the district including Springfield where there were 1~,UUU voters, saying each district would have to have ~d,UUU voters. Clearly, Springfield only occupied at best a bare majority of one dis- tri ct. If there were seven districts, ~1,UUU voters per district would be required, oringing Springfield much closer to comprising a district by itself. Also, Eugene would come closer to comprising three districts. ~r. Obie expressed a hesitation to take formal position on the matter, noting that the Council had not been asked to take any formal position. Ivlanager replied the Lane County Commissioners would be holding a hear- ing and would be expecting input from the City Council. He said he was sure the Convni ss i oners woul d 1 i ke some message from the Ci ty Council and it would De necessary to notify them of such a position. !VIr. Williams agreed with Mr. Ubie's statement, saying society was not - short of input and perhaps it was not necessary to take action regarding 6/1 S/77 - :3 Lf88 .~ the public hearing by the Lane County Commissioners. Ms. Smith sai d Council should perhaps consider it would be setting a bad precedent by not taking a position. Mr. Lieuallen suggested perhaps-a letter could . be written to the Commissioners saying Council had been looked at the report and had found no reason for opposition. fvlr. Bradley said the Council owed a responsibility to the citizens to take a position, thus showing leadership by the Coun~il for the citizens in the community, since the redistricting would affect the residents of the city. Mr. Hamel wondered if Council shoul d be acti ng as a city council on its own behalf or for the citizens of Eugene. He noted there would be a pub 1 i c heari ng for the ci ti zens to respond to the Lane County Commi s- sioners. He did not think he should take a position for the people in his ward, but that the people in the areas should get in touch with thei r respecti ve Ci ty Council members or go to the heari ng before the Lane County Commissioners. He expressed a desire to assist his con- stituants in any way. IVlanager sai done mai n reason for bri ngi ng the matter to the Ci ty Council was to make it aware of the problems, what was happening, and to explore possibilities of a better solution and perhaps promote that solution. He said, also, City Council members should be in a position to answer ques- tions by constituants. He also felt the Council should have on record that the matter had been reviewed and no better solution had been found. Mr. Delay felt the Council should express its position, saying the matter had been reviewed and nothing wrong had been found with it. He . noteo that if some time in the future something were found to be wrong, then Council might question whether it had the right to address those issues. IVlr. I1radley expressed the feeling that this was a very sensitive issue and possibly some members of the public might want to address the City Council at a public hearing on a Honday evening. He said it might be well for Council to postpone any action and wait for citizen input. He continued that citizens might prefer to be located in a different manner other than what had been proposed. He said it affects the citizens within the corporate area of Eugene and he had not heard from any citi zens, noti ng that some mi ght want to gi ve Council input. jvlr. De 1 ay noted d pub 1 i c hea ri ng had already been held, there had been various reports in the newspaper, and the redistricting plan had been widely publicized in the community. He said very few people had shown up at the public hearing except those testifying in agreement. He could see no reason for any more postponement, noting the County Commissioners as a courtesy to the City Council had already postponed action to allow Council a chance to review the matter. Mr. Williams expressed the opinion that it would be a disservice to the ci t i zens of the communi ty to ask them to come before the Eugene Ci ty Council for another hearing, noting the place for them to take their concerns would be before the Lane County Commissioners. . 6/15/77 - 4 t:f&~ . Mr. Haws moved, seconded by ~lr. Hamel, that Lane County . Corranissioners and the Redistricting Committee be notified by letter that Eugene City Council had reviewed the pro- posed redistricting and had found no objections to it, and authorized staff to continue following this study and bring any additional input to Council. Motion carried unanimously. . V. but Committee Report--Memo distributed to Council. Manager noted the staff supported the Task Force recommendation that so far as possible the gut be maintained on Willamette and confined to an area between 24th Place and 2~th Avenue. Media exposure and educational programs will help gut users understana the proolems inherent in this type of activity and the applicable laws. Enforcement will be enhanced through the use of increased street lighting in some areas and review and improvement of existing ordinances. He directed Council's attention to Task Force Recommendation NO.4, parks Department recommended the City not provioe restrooms and/or trash recepticles in the area. Uave Pompel, Parks lJepartment, noted the original document stated the concensus of the people involved and the reactions to the items are very well covered in the Task Force report. Ms. Smith wondered whether any cOIllInunication had occurred between the liut Committee and the staff re- sponse. She noted there were some recommendations of the Committee that staff did not recommend. Mr. Pompel replied no, but that the en- tire Conmittee had received the memo from him to Assistant Manager and no response had been given back to the Committee in regard to the Task - Force recommendations. He noted ttle Committee had not met since ~larch. i~r. bradley asked if there would be a scheduled public hearing. IVlanager replied he thought it would be appropriate to schedule puolic hearing July 2!>, 1~77, to allow the Committee time to meet and then have the public input before Council. Mr. Williams questioned why it was neces- sary to have a public nearing. Manager said the principal reason would be so that everyone understands where everyone else stands and to final- ize the staff task force recommendations. Ms. Smith wondered rather than having a public tlearing that perhaps after the committee had re- viewed the task force recommendations, the City Council could simply adopt the recommendations. ~Ir. ~radley felt a public hearing was neces- sary to allow citizens input of their opinions of the recommendations. rle sai d tIle pub 1 i c had not had an opportuni ty to address the Counci 1 on th i s ilia t te r . He also questioned in regard to Item 4, if any thought had been given to setting up temporary chemical toilets or temporary recep- tacles for weekends. Ed Smith, Parks and Recreation lJepartment, said the same situation Hould occur as with permanent ones and it would be Just anoUler maintenance operational proDlem. Ivlr. Williams moved, seconded by l"lr. Hamel, to refer the staff recommendation task report back to the liut Committee, with that committe holding a pUblic hearing, and those recommendations Drought baCK to the Council. - 6/15/77 - 5 4-90 . -.. IVlr. Pompel replied that the Gut Committee had been charged with a job and it had been completed, and the committee had been disbanded. He noted a . public hearing had been held by the Gut Committee and its recommendations had been forwarded to the City Council for action. He said holding an- other public hearing was not part of the original responsibility for the Gut Committee, noting that the committee had done the job it had been charged with. Mr. Williams replied the staff task force had come back with some recom- mendations that did not include what the committee had recommended, and felt the Gut Commi ttee shoul d take a look at the staff response to see if it wanted to make any further response to that task force recommendation. Randi Bjornstad said the Council might take into consideration that the items listed by the Gut Committee were merely suggested courses of action for City Council to consider. She said there were no expectations that all would be recommended by the task force. Mayor Keller noteo another alternative for Council to consider would be to simply accept the report. Mr. Delay said he felt the most appropriate vehicle would be to mail out the staff recommendations and schedule a pUblic hearing. That way the committee and public could consider staff recommendations and their concerns could be heard publicly. Mr. Williams withdrew his motion. t~r. Obie noted the staff recommendations seemed practical and he did not see a need for holding another public hearing, noting Council should - either accept or reject the recommendations. Mr. Delay replied the rec- ommendations were not from the committee but were staff proposals. He felt Council should allow the people in the area to come before Council with their input and opinions. Mr. Hradley concurred that City Council should allow the people in the area an opportunity to address the Council on the recommendations. Ms. Smith movea, seconded by Mr. Hamel to accept the report and schedule public hearing July 25. Motion carried unani- mously with all Council members present voting aye except Willimns and Obie voting no. M~djO~e 22, lY77. C es T. Hen~ City Manager CTH/er,jp/CM12bll 6/1S/77 - 6 . Lft;H . .. FOI~ COUNCIL ACTION .Julle IS, 1977 : _ Please :Ipprove :lnd release following 1 iquor I icense renewal appl iCClt ions for 1977-78. Affid:lvits of noncliscrimin:ltion !l:lve hcen filed, :Ind sLlff has no objections. 1':lckage Store - Ken-Stone I.'oods, :'ll() .Jefferson Street 7-[levcn Food Store. 18 t h I; l'e:lrI Streets 7-!:lcvcn Food Storc, 2777 Friendly Street 7-Elevcn Food Store, 445 C()blll'~~ Road 7-Ucven ':ood Store, 588 West Seventh 7-Eleven Food Store, 2895 Willamettc Strcet 7-[lcvcn Food Store, 2270 West 18th 7-E1evcn Food Store, I :'l)(, A I d C' r S t r e e t I~ct a i I ~1:11 t Beverage - Origin:1! .Joc's of I:ugcne, 795 Willamette Street e e Lfq2