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<br />~ City Recorder's Office <br /> <br />City of Eugene <br />777 Pearl Street, Room 105 <br />Eugene, Oregon 97401-2793 <br />(541) 682-5042 <br />(541) 682-5414 FAX <br />eugene.city.recorder@ci.eugene.or.us <br />www..eugene-or.gov <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />CllY OF EUGENE INITIATIVE PROCESS <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />This is a summary of the process for filing an Initiative Petition with the City of Eugene. For <br />additional information, please contact Mary Feldman, City Recorder. <br /> <br />What is an initiative? <br />The initiative is part of Oregon's system of direct legislation by the voters. In Eugene, an <br />initiative petition may propose one of three different types of legislation: <br /> <br />1) an amendment to the Eugene Charter; <br /> <br />2) an ordinance enacting a law of a permanent or general character which creates <br />policy, as opposed to executing policy already in existence; or <br /> <br />3) a "protected" ordinance (in accordance with Eugene Charter of 2002, section 32-A): <br />a. this type of ordinance may be amended or repealed only by another initiative, <br />council referral, or by unanimous vote of councilors present and voting at a <br />council meeting; <br />b. a prospective petition for a protected ordinance must include a statement <br />declaring that the ordinance is proposed as a protected ordinance; <br />c. the petition for a protected ordinance and any qualified ballot measure for a <br />protected ordinance shall state that it is proposed as a protected ordinance and <br />must explain the limitations on its repeal or amendment. <br /> <br />Who may file an initiative petition? <br />Any citizen may initiate legislation by filing with the Eugene City Recorder a prospective initiative <br />petition proposing new legislation and requesting that it be submitted to the electors of the city. <br />The individual responsible for preparation and organization of an initiative petition is the "chief <br />petitioner." Up to three persons may be designated as chief petitioners for anyone initiative <br />petition. <br /> <br />Initiative Petition Process <br />8/2007 <br /> <br />Page 1 <br />