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Mayor Torrey noted that Item C would not be voted on but had been discussed during an earlier
<br />work session. The resolution would come back with some staff adjustments.
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<br />IV. PUBLIC HEARING AND POSSIBLE ACTION: An Ordinance Concerning Video Display
<br /> Gambling Device Tax and Repealing Sections 3.700, 3.702, 3.704, 3.706, 3.708, 3.710,
<br /> 3.712, 3.714, 3.716, 3.718, and 3.720 of the Eugene Code
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<br />Mayor Torrey called for all of the "request to speak" forms for the public hearing.
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<br />Acting City Manager Jim Carlson said that the item was a housekeeping measure to remove
<br />sections of the Eugene Code that were not able to be implemented since a court of appeals had
<br />declared them invalid following legislation, at the State level, to preclude cities from enforcing this
<br />type of ordinance.
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<br />Mayor Torrey opened the public hearing. Seeing no one wishing to speak, he closed the public
<br />hearing and called for comments from the council.
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<br />Acting City Manager Carlson asked the council to consider Council Bill 4744, an ordinance
<br />concerning video display gambling device tax and repealing sections 3.700, 3.702, 3.704, 3.706,
<br />3.708, 3.710, 3.712, 3.714, 3.716, 3.718, and 3.720 of the Eugene Code.
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<br /> Councilor Lee, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved that the bill, with unani-
<br /> mous consent of the council, be read a second time by council bill number
<br /> only, and that enactment be considered at that time.
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<br />Councilor Nathanson expressed her disappointment in the repeal of the ordinance. She said that
<br />the tax would have impacted fewer than 50 individuals in the City and was to be paid only by
<br />people who owned gambling devices. Councilor Nathanson went on to say that video poker had
<br />noticeable and distinguishable impacts on families. She commented that the State legislation was
<br />interfering with home rule authority and taking away something that had been approved by
<br />Eugene voters. She believed that the State legislature had set a very bad precedent in enacting
<br />the repeal legislation.
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<br /> Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 7:0.
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<br />Acting City Manager Carlson, asked the council to consider Council Bill 4744 by number only.
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<br /> Councilor Lee, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved that the bill be approved
<br /> and given final passage. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 7:0,
<br /> and became Ordinance No. 20209.
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<br />V. PUBLIC HEARING: An Ordinance Concerning the Distribution, Sale, and Consumption of
<br /> Tobacco; Amending Sections 3.005, 3.990, 6.225, 6.230, 6.235, and 6.990 of the
<br /> Eugene Code, 1971; Adding Sections 3.500, 3.505, 3.510, 3.515. And 6.240 to that
<br /> Code; and Providing an Effective Date
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<br /> Regular Meeting
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