01.13.20 City Council Work Session Minutes

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Councilor Taylor -did not support voting on the Consent Calendar at the 5:30 p.m. work session because it does not take up much time regardless of where it is on the agenda. Councilor Semple - preferred not to vote on individual annexations and to hold the Consent Calendar vote until after Public Forum. • Mayor Vinis - asked the council to consider what problem it was trying to solve. RESTATEMENT OF MOTION and VOTE (with friendly amendments): Councilor Clark, seconded by Councilor Zelenka, moved to separate out and remove annexations from the Consent Calendar and list them as their own individual item after Public Forum during regular council meetings. PASSED: 6:2, Councilors Yeh and Semple opposed. • Councilor Clark- clarified the intention of his motion was to group annexations into a single vote separate from the Consent Calendar. • Councilor Syrett - voiced her understanding of the motion was as Councilor Clark described. • Councilor Zelenka - thought the vote was not only about annexations, but about other land use issues. • Councilor Clark - agreed with Councilor Zelenka about the need to address land use items separately. • Councilor Semple - supported a six-month pilot of the change. • Mayor Vinis - read a draft motion regarding the timing of the Consent Calendar. • Councilor Taylor - indicated she was not supportive of the draft motion. MOTION: Councilor Taylor, seconded by Councilor Semple, moved to pilot a change to the order of agenda items, scheduling Committee Reports and Items of Interest as well as the Consent Calendar before the Public Forum at regular council meetings. VOTE: 7:1, Councilor Taylor opposed. Council Discussion - Proposed Updates to City Council Operating Agreements • Councilor Semple - questioned whether the last work session of the month was needed; wanted constituents to know how long they would have to testify in advance of the meeting; raised concerns about action items —especially contentious ones —on the agenda for after a Public Forum; pointed out that the bicycle mileage also applied to walking. • Councilor Zelenka -thought the length of the public forums got in the way of council doing business; thought resolutions should go through the same polling process as work sessions. MOTION: Councilor Zelenka, seconded by Clark, moved that resolutions be treated the same as work session items that are scheduled through council polls and the poll needs to reflect the time -sensitivity of the resolution as well. • Councilor Clark- thought most resolutions focused on state and federal issues rather than on city matters; said the total number of resolutions should be limited. • Councilor Syrett - noted council's Operating Agreements provided two avenues for councilors to get items on the agenda and supported both avenues for resolutions. • Councilor Semple - was reluctant to dedicate an entire work session to a resolution. • Councilor Pryor - supported a polling process for resolutions because those without enough support would not get time on the agenda; noted it would be helpful to know if the resolution was coming through a board or commission. • Councilor Yeh - thought resolutions should be handled through a separate process from work session topics. MINUTES - Eugene City Council January 13, 2020 Page 3 Work Session