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Ms. Solomon arrived at 5:35 p.m. The motion carried, 6:1; Ms. Solomon voting in opposition. Ms. Bettman moved, seconded by Mr. Poling, to accept the amended language in Section 1.06 Public Hearings. Ms. Bettman said she did not object to the amended language, but it seemed out of place in 1.06 Public Hearings because the council generally did not consider the motion immediately following the hearing; rather, testimony from the hearing was discussed and then a motion was considered. Mr. Kelly commented that the need for the language was raised as a result of a situation in which a motion to direct staff was placed on the table immediately following a hearing and there was concern that at least one full round of comments on the hearing should occur before a motion was considered. He suggested taking the amended language out of the first paragraph of 1.06 Public Hearings and establishing it as a second paragraph in that section and changing the term "initial comment period" to "initial round of comments" to clarify the intent. Ms. Bettman accepted Mr. Kelly's suggestions as a friendly amendment to the motion. There were no objections. The motion carried, 7:0. Ms. Bettman pointed out that Section 6. 03 Standing Advisory Bodies to the Council still included a reference to the Citizen Involvement Committee, even though that committee had been abolished. Ms. Bettman moved, seconded by Mr. Poling, to delete the reference to the Citizen Involvement Committee in 6. 03 Standing Advisory Bodies to the Council and change the term "five standing advisory bodies" to "four standing advisory bodies." The motion carried, 7:0. Ms. Bettman moved, seconded by Mr. Poling, to accept the amended language in Section 7. 02 Other Meeting Guideline. The motion carried, 7:0. Ms. Nathanson arrived at 5:40 p.m. City Attorney Glenn Klein referred to his memorandum dated April 1, 2004, addressing removal of Section 9. 03 Attending Conferences, Other Meetings, pending further discussion by the council. He said that the section was removed because a question was raised regarding whether the council had the ability to instruct elected officials on how to vote or what to say when they attended another meeting. He said the memoran- dum set forth the issues related to that question. He suggested the council discuss how it wished to deal with the issue and a motion could be crafted to put the section back into the operating agreements in accordance with the council's direction. Mr. Kelly commented that the question arose in part because a concern that if a councilor lobbied, he or she represented the adopted position of the body. He said that the section, as currently written, was directed MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 8, 2004 Page 2 Process Session