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M I NUT E S
EUGENE CITY COUNCIL
April 11 t 1979
Adjourned meeting from April 9, 1979, of the City Council of the City of Eugene,
Oregon, was called to order by His Honor Mayor Gus Keller, April 11, 1979, 11:45
a.m., Council Chamber, with the following Councilors present: Jack Delay, Betty
Smith, Eric Haws, Scott Lieuallen, Brian Obie, Gretchen Miller, and Emily Schue.
Councilor D. W. Hamel was absent.
I. Items From Mayor and Council
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A. Area Agency on Aging--Ms. Schue represents the City on Lane County
hearings regarding aging matters. At a recent meeting, shet as
well as representatives from the Mayor's Aging Committee and the
Human Rights Aging Commission, indicated the City's position was to
keep the Area Agency on Aging within L-COG.
B. Energy Report--Mr. Delay, at a recent National League of Cities
meeting, had the benefit of a thorough discussion regarding recent
actions by the Carter Administration and Congress regarding the energy
issue. The current position is that the artificially low prices of
oil-based products should be changed by deregulation. He said the
problem with that view is the basic assumption that there is a free
market price in oil and he stated that not to be true. The oil cartel
is organized by the existence of an oversupply and controls prices.
Deregulation would result in continued inflationary prices. Mr. Delay
felt there is a significant question regarding the proposed deregula-
tion policy. There are conservation policies that are not being
implemented, and it might be better to have a tax to encourage people
to preserve the resource.
Mr. Haws arrived.
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Lane County/City Relationships Regarding Jail--Manager noted distri-
bution to Council of a letter and memorandum from the City Attorney's
Office outlining the problem and possible solution. Stan Long, City
Attorney, said the existing jail is owned one-half each by the County
and the City. Lane County is asking the City to share one-half the
expense of some current remodeling of the jail. City staff has not
recommended that be authorized, as it would be a form of double
taxation for Eugene residents and the City's percentage of prisoners
is dropping. There is an agreement between the County and the City
that says major remodeling cannot occur without the City's consent.
However, that agreement does not specify or require the City share
in the expense. It is staff's belief that, should the City refuse
to share in the expense, the matter would be submitted to arbitration
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under the terms specified in the letter requesting the City's consent.
Staff is in no position to recommend the City agree to the expense,
but is proposing consent for the remodeling of the jail on the basis
that Lane County pay the expense. Mr. Long indicated his office and ~
the City Manager had met with County officials and communicated to .
them that his office would not recommend the City incur that expendi-
ture. He also indicated there were other issues, i.e., acquisition of
the jail and ground rules for housing City prisoners, which the City
would like to discuss at one time. The County indicated it was not
ready to move ahead on these other issues.
In response to a question from Mr. Delay, Mr. Long said the City
does pay a per capita fee of operating expenses for City prisoners.
However, the City does not pay for housing of State prisoners. If the
prisoners are in the jail on a charge other than a State charge,
whatever jurisdiction places them in jail pays for the prisoner costs.
Mr. Long said this request for sharing expenses of the remodel was
being made only of Eugene, and not other cities in the county because
of the existence of the 1973 contract.
Manager said negotiations with the County had started at least three
years ago, with the assumption that the new jail would be operating
and the old jail would be cleared for additional parking space. Now
it seems that the County needs the old jail for additional prisoner
space. Two months ago, the County indicated they would keep the
old jail only one more year; however, it now appears that the old
jail will be used for another three to five years.
Mayor Keller noted this was one area where he felt perhaps some
progress could be made in dealing with double taxation. He did
not think the City residents should pay for additional costs just
because they live in Eugene.
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Assistant City Manager said an agreement for jail ownership resulted
from the City's owning the jail at one time, with major renovations
needed. Lane County acquired a half-interest in the jail because of
investments they made at that time for the renovations. The City
operated the jail until 1972 when the current contract went into
effect. Under that contract, any time improvements were made, the
County and City would split improvements fifty percent. He noted
there were times when the County was unable to pay its fifty-percent
share, and the City went ahead and footed the entire bill. He wanted
Council to know staff's recommendation today is not inconsistent with
the way the City has dealt with the County historically.
Mr. Delay moved, seconded by Ms. Smith, to authorize notification
that the City concurs with the remodeling of the jail, contingent
on Lane County bearing all costs. Motion carried unanimously.
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D. Agenda Changes
1. East Butte Historic Landmark Area will be Item III.
2. Item VI: Civic Center Project should be labeled Civic Center
Project Debt Service Payment.
E. Council Support of HB 2424 and SB 629--Manager said a request had
been received at Monday's Council meeting by persons opposing the
Council IS support of the two bills regarding sexual orientation now
at the State Legislature. At that time, Mayor Keller indicated he
would allow a statement to be made at this Wednesday's meeting. Mayor
Keller indicated requests both for and against Council IS action, and
allotted each side five minutes.
Those speaking in favor of the Council IS action supporting the bills
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Constance Newman, 894 West 4th, who said homosexuals are found in
all classes and jobs. She said they are working people, but have
suffered discrimination from employers because they are homosexual.
She said by Council IS support of the bills, it is backing democratic
rights and urged the Council to continue its support.
Rosemary Batori, 2030 East 19th, spoke on behalf of the Women's
Commission. She questioned why the Council was again discussing this
issue, as she felt it had been decided at the April 4 Council meeting.
Dominick Vetri, representing Eugene Citizens For Human Rights, thanked
Council for its support of the bills. He reviewed the progress
that was being made by homosexuals although discrimination still
exists for them. He said Ballot Measure 51 results indicated only 34
percent of the registered voters expressed their disfavor of the
ordinance passed by the Council. He felt the public was beginning to
realize that arbitrary discrimination hurts everyone. He reviewed a
poll which indicated many companies in the country have adopted a
non-discrimination policy toward homosexuals. Many cities and states
are taking similar actions. Also, he said laws were being changed
within the Internal Revenue Service, Federal civil service, and
military to reduce discrimination for homosexuals. He felt civil
liberties have generally never fared well at the polls, and hoped the
Legislature would give civil rights to homosexuals.
Those speaking against Council IS action were as follows:
Mike Hilty, 1905 West 34th, spoke on behalf of VOICE, and Maureen
Gieber. He said of the total 61 precincts, only one had favored the
homosexual ordinance in the May 1978 election. He asked the Council
retract its support of the bills because the voters had stated their
opposition. He felt it unethical and irresponsible that Council
would support the bills in direct contradiction to what the voters
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had indicated at the polls. He felt this action by Council showed a
lack of respect for the voters. If government is to be meaningful,
elected officials have to respect the wishes of the citizens. He
requested no other official statement be made by the City government ~
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John Hubbard, 215 East Beacon Drive, reviewed election returns by
wards, which indicated every ward except Ward 3 (Delay) voted to
repeal the ordinance passed by Council to include homosexuals in
the human rights non-discrimination clause.
Mayor Keller responded as to why he had appropriated time for these
statements. He felt it to be in the best interests of the city to
allow citizens to speak their wishes before the Council. He made it
clear this did not deal with any particular issue, but that he was
responding to the wishes of the people to address the Council. This
was his way to support an open form of government and hoped that would
continue in Eugene. He noted there was not time on the Monday1s
agenda and thus it was scheduled for this Wednesday.
Ms. Schue noted Mr. Hi lty I S comments about wards and preci nets were
incorrect. She said that no Councilorls ward contains just one
precinct.
Mr. Obie appreciated the Mayor allowing citizens to speak. He felt
the Council had a definite credibility factor that goes beyond the
issue, in that Councilors are representatives of voters of the com-
munity. Thus they have a responsibility to represent what the voters
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Mr. Obie moved, seconded by Ms. Smith, that Council direct any
staff or persons representing themselves as representatives of the
City, i.e., human rights commissions, to indicate in their testi-
mony before the State Legislature that the Council supported the
bills; to include in their testimony the results from the voters
of Eugene that came about from the City's referendum on the sexual
orientation ordinance; and to include the Council IS split vote
regarding the proposed State legislation.
Ms. Smith noted her amendment presented at last week1s Council meeting
to allow the Human Rights Council to testify in support of the bill,
but that the Council not take a position in support. She did feel the
Council action indicating support was inappropriate and she supported
Mr. Obiels motion.
Mr. Haws questioned how the motion would be enforced and to whom it
would apply. Mr. Obie responded it would apply to anybody testifying
on an official basis for the City of Eugene. Manager said it would be
enforced by so instructing the City's lobbyist, staff, and members of
the commissions.
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Mr. Delay had questioned why the item had been placed on the agenda
because he was unsure any new information could be presented. He
felt it had not been. He opposed the motion because he felt the
Council acted as it should. The important issue for him was a question
of what the Council should be as elected representatives. He felt as
such, Councilors should be judged on an aggregate basis of the decisions
Councilors make based on various major issues and what actions they
take. He was going to continue to make decisions and act as he
believed to be right for the community. He said if the citizens
did not like that, then they could express that dislike at the polls.
Mr. Haws opposed the motion because he did not think it to be workable.
He also did not agree with any theory in which a large number of
people in Eugene were allowed to vote their biases at the polls and
thus subject those biases to all people in the city.
Ms. Miller agreed there were some matters that could not be .put to a
popular vote. She saw Council IS action as saying that the City
Council of this year was reiterating the position of City Council of
last year regarding the sexual orientation ordinance passed. She felt
the Council was saying they still think that ordinance to be a good
idea. She felt the Council action was correct. However, Council was
not denying what the voters of Eugene were thinking, but making a
statement of what the majority of the Council feels is right.
Mr. Lieuallen did not think the directive in Mr. Obie's motion would
be workable. He noted that the same facts were used by opposite sides
with different interpretations. He did not think it to be workable
unless a definitive directive were written. He also expressed confi-
dence that both sides of the issue would be well-represented at the
Legislative level.
Ms. Smith felt the issue had been blown completely out of perspective.
She noted the motion was simply to clarify and to indicate additional
information when people are testifying on the issue. She still
supported the motion.
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Vote was taken on the motion, which was defeated with all Councilors
present voting no, except Smith and Obie voting aye.
F. Legislative Subcommittee Meeting--Cancelled for Thursday, April 12, 1979.
G. Community Development Committee Vacancy--Manager said this would be
held until the item regarding appointment process was discussed by
Council.
II. Routine Items For Council Approval
A.
Council Minutes April 4, 1979
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Mr. Delay moved, seconded by Ms. Smith, to approve Council minutes
as noted. Motion carried unanimously.
B. Legislative Subcommittee Minutes April 5, 1979--Manager said a split
vote occurred on Senate Bill 489 which eliminates a provision allowing
a public body to conduct labor negotiations in executive session at
the request of either party. Staff recommended opposing the bill.
Subcommittee voted to oppose the bill with Mr. Haws opposing staff's
recommendation.
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Mr. Obie moved, seconded by Ms. Smith, to approve legislative
minutes as noted.
Clarification was asked regarding staff's position. John O'Connor,
Assistant Personnel Director, said he had two major concerns regarding
bargaining in public. The first involved the right of a per~on's
reputation and the right to due process. The second concern was
that this process could be far more extensive and lengthy. He did not
think it would serve the purpose of public/clients representation.
The bill would allow any public or press to sit in on such negotiations.
Mr. Long said the open meeting law, as it currently exists, includes
an exception regarding labor matters as far as those that might come
before Council. He said with a Council/Manager form of government,
such negotiations are done at the staff level and brought to the
Council in the budget process. The bill being proposed would allow
press/public to attend the labor sessions no matter who conducts those
sessions.
Mayor Keller requested a reason why those sessions should be opened. ~
Mr. Haws said his position was that public business should be conducted
in public.
Vote was taken on the motion, which carried unanimously.
C. Improvement Petitions
Res. No. 3125--Authorizing initiating process for sidewalk construction
on the east side of Bailey Hill Road from Westleigh
Street to Warren Avenue (1224), was read by number and
title.
Mr. Delay moved, seconded by Ms. Smith, to adopt the resolution.
Joan Krane, 3573 Kevington, spoke on behalf of homeowners in the area.
She noted a private sidewalk had been installed, and questioned
whether the City was going to assess the homeowners for further
improvements where this sidewalk exists. Don Allen, Public Works
Director, said-the City would simply connect at both ends of the
existing sidewalk. If later this solution seemed unworkable, staff
would come back to Council and request adjacent property owners pay
for any improvements to correct the situation.
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Vote was taken on the motion which carried unanimously.
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Res. No. 3126~-Authorizing initiating process for sidewalk construction
on Warren Avenue from Bailey Hill Road to Timberline
Drive; and on Timberline Drive from Warren Avenue
to Wilshire Lane (1224), was read by number and title.
Mr. Delay moved, seconded by Ms. Smith, to adopt the resolution.
Motion carried unanimously.
East Butte Historic Landmark Area--Ordinance distributed. Manager said
this item had been held over from the Monday, April 9, meeting. Judy
Rees, HCC, reviewed the changes made in the ordinance which were in
response to Council's direction from its March 26 meeting. Those changes
included the following: 1) In Section 4(1), Standards For Alteration of
Existing Structures, the phrase, "While maintaining the integrity of the
structure" has been inserted after, "incompatible" in the last sentence;
2) Section 4(4)(a) Sun Exposure Plane Regulations were amended to include
"may be waived for buildings up to two-and-one-half stories in height";
and 3) Section 4(7) Guidelines For Public Improvements--last sentence
replaced with, "In order to enhance and contribute to historic character
of East Skinner Butte Area, the City shall use the following guidelines to
review all proposals for improvements to public spaces."
Mr. Obie wondered if the two-and-one-half story limitation in the sun
exposure plane would have any impact on the density and how it would
affect developers wanting to build on vacant land. Ms. Rees replied there
are two height regulation factors in this area: One, the sun exposure
plane waiver would allow higher density. The second regulation affecting
height in the area was the Skinner Butte View Corridor.
C.B. 1853--Designating a portion of the East Skinner Butte Area as an
Historic Landmark Area, and declaring an emergency, was read by
council bill number and title only, there being no Councilor
present requesting it be read in full.
Mr. Delay moved, seconded by Ms. Smith, that findings supporting
the Historic designation, as set forth in Historic Review Board
staff notes and minutes of February 8, 1979, be adopted by reference
thereto; that the bill be read the second time by council bill
number only, with unanimous consent of the Council; and that
enactment be considered at this time. Motion carried unanimously
and the bill was read the second time by Council bill number
only.
Mr. Delay moved, seconded by Ms. Smith, that the bill be approved
and given final passage. Rollcall vote. All Councilors present
voting aye, the bill was declared passed and numbered 18371.
Manager said the resolution amending the Whiteaker Refinement Plan required
a public hearing. Jim Farah, Planner, distributed the resolution. He
said the amendment would allow a medium-high density in the area north of
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t-. -t"e vacant alley on 2nd Avenue. The Historic Review Board felt that this
area could be treated separately from other areas in the Whiteaker Refinement
Plan, as this land is essentially vacant.
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Responding to a question from Ms. Miller, Mr. Farah said medium-high
density generally would allow 20 to 40 units per acre. He gave examples
around the city of such a density: Woodlands--23 units per acre; West
Amazon at 35th--20 to 35 units per acre; and a complex on the north side
of Roosevelt between Lassen and Foch at around 30 units per acre. He said
the Skinner Butte height limitation would impact this area in that a
building at 500-feet ground level or less could be built to only 40 feet
Q.bove ground. At a ground level above 500 feet, the building could be
over 40 feet above the ground. He noted the restrictions in the area
would probably make 40 units per acre unachievable and would result in a
density probably no higher than 20 units per acre. The Historic Review
Board also felt that the design review process would protect the area to
the south.
Public hearing was opened.
Otto Poticha, 259 East 5th Avenue, spoke in favor of the resolution. He
owned a property in the vacant area and noted his cooperation with the
neighbors and neighborhood organization over the last two-and-a-half years
in developing the Refinement Plan. He felt it ironic that the final issue
would come down to his development of a piece of property 150 feet by 150
feet. Regarding the density issue, he said the problem was in defining
medium-high density. If it were defined by Creswell standards, it might
be eight units per acre. By New York standards, it could be 400 units per
acre. He felt that 20 to 40 units per acre was only slightly greater than ~
RG zoning and felt it not to be a very high density. ..,
Averill Bennett, 1815 North Danebo, owned property south between 2nd and
3rd. He said that when the area was changed to historic designation, it
did not change the density for his property. He was in favor of a higher
density designation for his property. He said it was economically unfea-
sible for him to remodel or tear down and rebuild his property with
medium-density designation.
Martha Filer, 235 East 3rd, was against the higher density designation for
the vacant land in the alley near 2nd Avenue. She said Mr. poticha's land
was not the only one in question, and said an owner of a much larger
parcel was very much in favor of the medium-density designation, which the
neighborhood organization supports. She said there were many blocks of
high-density in the Whiteaker Neighborhood. The vacant area is presently
1ow-density and by allowing medium-density, this would be a compromise
position between what the city needs for housing and what the neighborhood
wants to preserve the historical character. She said if the land is
vacant and it were zoned medium-density, that would be a great jump from
zero to 20 units per acre. She felt allowing 40 units per acre would make
it difficult to blend in with the other two blocks in the area.
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Responding to a question from Mr. Obie, Mr. Farah said the total size of
the property in question is a little over an acre. He reiterated it was
felt that 40 units per acre would be unachievable, given the other height
1 imitati ons.
Res. No. 3106--Concerning the Whiteaker Refinement Plan; amending Res.
No. 2899 adopted by the City Council May 24, 1978, was read
by number and title.
Mr. Delay moved, seconded by Ms. Smith, to adopt the resolution.
Mr. Lieuallen moved, seconded by Mr. Delay, to amend the motion
to have Council reaffirm its original position regarding medium
density for this area as approved in the Whiteaker Refinement Plan
in May 1978.
Mr. Lieuallen said the issue is very unclear, the designation would result
in destruction of some houses now on the property, and there is already
high density in that neighborhood.
Manager said Mr. Lieuallen's request could be achieved simply by voting
against the resolution.
Mr. Lieuallen, with consent of the second, withdrew his motion.
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Vote was taken on the main motion, which carried with all Councilors
present vot i ng aye, exce'pt Mr. L i eua 11 en vot i ng no.
IV. Public Hearing Re: Housing Assistance Plan--Memo and materials distributed
Robin Johnson, HCC, said the 1979-80 Housing Assistance Plan (HAP) was
being submitted to Council for review, public comment, and approval. The
Joint Housing Committee held a public hearing and approved the plan April
3. She said the HAP is a requirement of the Community Development Block
Grant Program and must accompany this yearls block grant application to be
submitted by mid-April. The HAP document indicates housing conditions and
lower-income needs in the community, establishes goals for meeting those
needs, and defines the geographic locations the housing assistance program
can occur. She reviewed the tables in the materials distributed to
Council .
Public hearing was opened.
Molly Knox, 835 East 37th, was the Countyls Government Senior Housing
Specialist. She noted 32 percent of lower-income households have handi-
capped persons as members of the family or heads of the household. Of
these handicapped lower-income households, more than 25 percent of the
total household income was spent on housing costs. She noted Eugene has a
Jarge handicapped population, with a majority of the service providers
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located in the area. She urged that the City convey to the Federal
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from senior citizens. As HAP is now presented, they are combined. She
recommended the City request revision of the HAP forms so that they would e
indicate the handicapped population, where the funding is, and how it can
be allotted for those handicapped persons. She said there was a great
need for handicapped housing in the area, but was displeased with the
inadequacy of the HAP plan in addressing the needs of the handicapped.
Bill Uhlhorn, 2625 Hilyard, distributed to Council a letter to enter
into the record on behalf of several agencies. He reviewed the letter
and the recommendations for Council. He agreed with Ms. Knox' testimony
that the handicapped should not be included with the elderly, but that
some distinction should be made on the HAP application between the needs
for both those groups, as their needs are different. It was hoped some
distinction could be made to present the type of needs and type of facili-
ties which would address those needs for the handicapped.
Public hearing was closed, their being no further testimony
presented.
Mr. Lieuallen requested a response from staff as to how feasible it would
be to have some of Mr. Uhlhorn's suggestions incorporated into the plan
this year. He also requested a response from the Handicapped Commission.
Ms. Johnson replied April 17 was the deadline for submission of the HAP,
and it would be difficult to respond before that time. However, she felt
that Mr. Uhlhorn and Ms. Knox were correct that the elderly and handicapped
should be shown as separate items. She felt it important to communicate
that the document be changed to show the distinction more clearly. She ~
said an addition could be made to the narrative on Table 3, but it would ',.,
be difficult to change the data in the tables at this time.
Ms. Schue moved, seconded by Mr. Lieuallen, to adopt the Housing
Assistance Plan; that Items 4(b) and (c) as presented in Mr.
Uhlhorn's letter be included in Section 3-a of Table 3; and that
the City express its concern that a clear distinction be made
between handicapped and elderly in the HAP forms. Motion carried
unanimously.
The inclusion of Mr. Uhlhorn's letter would be as follows: No. 4(b):
liThe City wi 11 cont i nue to cons i der budget i ng Ci ty funds and CDBG funds to
provide adequate housing for handicapped individuals/families, particularly
where it can be shown that such funds will leverage other State or Federal
housing subsidies. No. 4(c): The City will seek innovative approaches to
the solution of housing needs for the handicapped.
Mr. Haws and Mr. Obie left the meeting.
v. Council Process For Reviewing Issue Raised By Jet Boats on the Willamette
River--Memo and materials distributed.
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Manager noted Council could consider scheduling a Monday night public
hearing of the issue, and based on testimony, determine what its position
would be regarding this issue. He suggested Monday, May 14. He noted
that quite a bit of staff time and cost would be incurred to get answers
to many of the questions in this issue.
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Mr. Long said Council needed to submit a statement of what its policy
would be at this point. He noted it was a very complicated problem and he
asked the Council to indicate to the Attorney's Office how strongly they
feel about dealing with the issue.
Mr. Delay requested staff response regarding the letters that had been
distributed to Council, noting that none of the correspondence had been
directly with the City. Jim Saul, Planner, noted distribution of a copy
of a letter to Mr. Greenleaf dated December 13, 1978, with no response
received to date. He also had indicated in his memo to Council that he
did not believe the Greenway goal would be applicable. He had checked
with both Portland and Salem, with indications from both cities that the
Greenway goal would not be applicable on the river.
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Mr. Delay asked for clarification of the exact status of the shoulder of
the river, the property abutting the Greenway. He wondered where Eugene's
ownership ended, where the County's ownership began, and what portion
was public land. Mr. Saul responded there was a strip of property, whose
boundaries were subject to debate, along the riverbank which Valley River
Center had dedicated to Lane County. There was a later dedication by
Valley River Center to the City of a larger parcel during the rezoning of property
now being used by Montgomery Ward. He said it was clear that with respect
to the boat operation, it is adjacent to the County-owned property. As
part of the conveyance to the County, the Valley River Center retained a
certain easement and they believe the jet boat operation to be w~thin
that easement right. Regarding the pedestrian path, he said that was a
dedicated pedestrian bike trail and was open to pu~lic use. The actual
placement of the dock constituting a change of use is an arguable point.
He said a change of use as defined by the Greenway goal includes many
things, including substantial structures being added. To focus on the
change of use in the Greenway goals would ce misleading. He felt the
major concern to be the operation of the jet boats on the river.
Mr. Delay expressed his concern that this could be the first case of many
such cases in the next few years. He felt Council needed adequate informa-
tion to deal with those issues in a public forum.
Mr. Long said before his office would undertake a review, he would need
an expression from the Council that it considers the issue important
enough to expend the time and effort necessary. He said that effort would
result in the Cityls taking a position, and then having to make arguments
to sustain that position.
Mr. Lieuallen felt the community was concerned about what was happening to
the river, and noted there were probably different degrees of concern. He
did feel it to be of sufficient concern that the Council try to find an
access point to the problem.
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Ms. Schue said she would prefer to address controlling the situation
without excluding the jet boat operation. She felt it important to
have a public hearing to gather community input and consider what options
are avail abl e.
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Mr. Lieuallen felt a public hearing should be structured very clearly
and suggested two questions: 1) Does the community think it important
that the City try to control the level of this kind of commercial activity
on the river; and 2) Would the citizens support expending legal costs
necessary for such an effort?
Mayor Keller and Manager will formulate a structure for the
public hearing.
Mr. Delay felt, regarding the dock issue, that it opens up other issues
such as whether or not a permit is needed. He also felt the Council
should be apprised of what other areas of concern might occur that the
Council does not know about, and how those would affect the waterway
too.
Manager said staff would research the issues that had been raised.
Mayor Keller noted receipt of a letter from Greenpeace and recognized
Gary Spivak.
Public hearing will be scheduled on the item Monday, May 14.
VI. Civic Center Project Debt Service Payment--Resolution distributed.
Manager said the request was to authorize a loan of $1,066,650 from ~
the Civic Center Capital Project Fund to the General Obligation Bonded
Debt Service Fund to provide for interest payments due on Civic Center
bonds on May 1 and November 1, 1979. If so authorized, the loan would be
repaid no later than June 30, 1980, from the 1979-80 debt service tax
levy. Monies available for the loan are from the interest earnings from
investment of proceeds of the bond sale, November 1978.
Res. No. 3127--Authorizing loan of $1,066,650 from the Civic Center
Capital Project Fund to the General Obligation Bonded
Debt Service Fund, was read by number and title.
Mr. Delay moved, seconded by Ms. Smith, to adopt the resolution.
Rollcall vote. Motion carried unanimously.
VII. Appointment Process for City Boards/Commissions--RESCHEDULED FOR COUNCIL
MEETING APRIL 18, 1979.
Upon motion duly made, seconded, and
April 18, 1979.
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passed, the meeting was adjourned to
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