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Councilor Kelly took grave offense to Mr. Urhausen's comments that the council was discriminating against people in the community. He said that there were rumors about the process regarding the resolution that were not true. He noted that the resolution was an announced agenda item and went on to say that, other than ordinances, the council made no distinction between action and nonaction items and that a motion was in order at any time. Mr. Kelly also commented that there was discussion of a work session to clarify the wording of the resolution. Councilor Taylor commented on the importance of having an abundance of secured and covered bicycle parking at the new library. City Manager Johnson responded to Mr. Seymour's comments about June 18. He noted that the case in question had been taken to a grand jury and that the grand jury had refused to prosecute. He said that the process was followed and that the district attorney had handled the situation appropriately. Mayor Torrey said that he had never made the statement that was attributed to him regarding the June 18 incident. 2.CONSENT CALENDAR A. Approval of City Council Minutes September 8, 1999, Work Session; September 27, 1999, Work Session; October 11, 1999, Council Meeting Councilor Meisner, seconded by Councilor Nathanson, moved to approve the items on the Consent Calendar. Councilor Kelly offered corrections to the minutes of September 27. He noted the misspelling of the term "eminent domain" in paragraph 6 on page 2. He also noted that the heading of the agenda item on page 5 should read "Draft Arterial and Collector Street Plan." Mr. Kelly clarified the second sentence in paragraph one under that heading by suggested it be reworded to read "He wondered what the council would receive prior to approval of the plan." Councilor Kelly went on to offer a correction to the minutes of October 11 by noting that it was a regular meeting and not a dinner work session as indicated in the document. Councilor Rayor asked that the word "man" in the remarks attributed to him on page 5 of the September 8 minutes be changed to "human." Councilor Taylor offered a correction to paragraph 5 on page 7 of the minutes of September 8. She asked that the first sentence be changed to read: "Councilor Taylor said that, whatever definition of sustainability the council adopted, it should include the concept of not compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs, and that it should make clear that those needs require the protection of the environment." MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 8, 1999 Page 2 7:30 p.m.