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MINUTES <br />Eugene City Council <br />Harris Hall, 125 East 8th Avenue <br />Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br />January 15, 2020 <br />12:00 p.m. <br />Councilors Present: Betty Taylor, Emily Semple, Alan Zelenka, Jennifer Yeh, Mike Clark, Claire Syrett, <br />Chris Pryor <br />Councilors Absent: Greg Evans <br />Mayor Vinis opened the January 15, 2020, work session of the Eugene City Council. <br />1. Executive Session <br />An executive session was held pursuant to ORS 192.660(2)(e). <br />2. WORK SESSION: City Council Process Session <br />City Manager Pro Tern Sarah Medary and City Attorney Kathryn Brotherton reminded council <br />where its conversation on piloting several changes to Public Forum ended at its work session <br />earlier that week; there were three motions on the table from the previous work session. <br />Council began with a discussion on the motion limiting the Public Forum time to two minutes. <br />MOTION: Councilor Zelenka, seconded by Councilor Clark, moved to limit testimony to <br />two minutes. <br />Council Discussion: <br />• Councilor Yeh - asked for clarification of whether the motion for change was for a six- <br />month trial. <br />• Councilor Semple - expressed concern about the public's response and advocated for a six- <br />month review; Councilors Zelenka and Clark accepted the idea as a friendly amendment. <br />VOTE (with friendly amendment): PASSED 7:0 <br />Mayor Vinis reminded council that the second motion from the previous work session was to limit <br />Public Forums to twice monthly for 60 minutes each. <br />MOTION: Councilor Zelenka, seconded by Councilor Clark, moved to limit the times for <br />Public Forum to two times a month for one hour. <br />Council Discussion <br />Councilor Semple - offered a friendly amendment for a six-month review of the changes; <br />Councilors Zelenka and Clark accepted the friendly. <br />Councilor Taylor - thought Public Forum should last for as long as it would take to hear all <br />the speakers who signed up. <br />Councilor Semple - supported ending Public Forum after 90 minutes. <br />Councilor Syrett - supported Councilor Semple's 90-minute Public Forum idea. <br />MINUTES - Eugene City Council January 15, 2020 Page 1 <br />Work Session <br />