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Mr. Torrey acknowledged the efforts of Mike Redding of the City Manager's Office and other staff responsible for the United Front lobbying effort. He said that the effort had led directly to the grant funding received by the local community from the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative. Mr. Torrey said that he had written a letter to Lane County and Oregon Department of Transportation regarding the Delta Highway/Beltline intersection asking that a resolution of the issue be expedited. He said that the two agencies were working on several options and an interim solution. Mr. Torrey asked Ms. Nathanson to undertake, as chair of the Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations, an effort to mitigate the loss of parking anticipated as a result of the federal courthouse site selection. Mr. Meisner reminded the council of the Library fund raising campaign kick-off on September 17. Ms. Nathanson reminded the council of the Safer Communities ballot measure kick-off happening the same day. C.Information and Action: Ordinance Amending Sections 7.010, 7.705, 7.715, 7.720, 7.725, and 7.740 of the Eugene Code, 1971; and Declaring an Emergency (Related to Systems Development Charges) Mr. Wong said that the council would consider Council Bill 4698, an ordinance amending sections 7.010, 7.705, 7.715, 7.720, 7.725, and 7.740 of the Eugene Code; and declaring an emergency. Mr. Meisner moved, seconded by Ms. Nathanson, that the bill, with the unanimous consent of the council, be read the second time by council bill number only, and that enactment be considered at this time. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 8:0. Mr. Wong said the council would consider Council Bill 4698 by number only. Mr. Meisner moved, seconded by Ms. Nathanson, that the bill be approved and given final passage. Ms. Taylor asked why the issue was considered an emergency. City Engineer Les Lyle responded that staff wished to put the new rate into place as soon as possible, and without an emergency clause the new rate structure would take an additional 30 days to implement. Mr. Kelly added that the emergency clause allowed staff to include the rate change with other systems development charge adjustments that are being implemented at this time. He thanked staff for its work on the rate setting effort, saying the concerns raised by the council and public had been addressed. He anticipated that the Public Works Rates Advisory Committee (RAC) would address the philosophical issues raised by the council. Mr. Pap6 asked if the RAC would review the changes before the council. Mr. Lyle said yes, they were scheduled to do so on September 21, 1999. Mr. Meisner supported the motion, saying he was glad the RAC and staffwere willing to reexamine the issues that had been of concern to the council. Ms. Nathanson agreed. She said that it was important for the council MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 15, 1999 Page 2 5:30 p.m.