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MINUTES <br /> <br /> Eugene City Council <br /> Council Chamber--City Hall <br /> <br /> July 8, 1998 <br /> 11:30 a.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Pat Farr, Tim Laue, Bobby Lee, Scott Meisner, Nancy Nathanson, <br /> Laurie Swanson Gribskov, Betty Taylor, Ken Tollenaar. <br /> <br />Mayor Jim Torrey called the July 8, 1998, Lunch Work Session of the Eugene City Council to <br />order at 11:35 a.m. <br /> <br /> Mr. Tollenaar moved, seconded by Mr. Lee, that the motion adopted on June <br /> 24, 1998, to postpone until July 13, 1998, consideration of issues related to <br /> options for a memorial on Skinner Butte be reconsidered. <br /> <br />Mr. Tollenaar explained that approval of the motion would bring the motion to direct the City <br />Manager to arrange for moving the existing war memorial to the top of the butte and for erection <br />of a flag before the council. He suggested that, if the motion passed, consideration of the item <br />be placed at the end of the agenda of the meeting because there was no pressing reason for <br />council action to be taken on it at the current meeting. <br /> <br />Mr. Tollenaar announced that, at the appropriate time, he would also move to refer to voters <br />approval of an ordinance duplicating an initiative to amend the City Charter regarding a flag on <br />Skinner Butte being circulated by representatives of the Veterans of Foreign Wars organization. <br />He said such a strategy would allow the council to consider all alternatives, while giving citizens <br />an opportunity to express their desire for a flag. <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson asked why the issue should be considered at the current meeting when doing so <br />eliminated consideration of other significant matters. <br /> <br />City Manager Pro Tern Jim Johnson explained that the amended meeting agenda prepared in <br />anticipation of the council deciding to consider options for a memorial on Skinner Butte <br />postponed the consideration of final recommendations from the Mayor's Parks and Open Space <br />Committee until July 13. He said the proposal was being made to enable ample time for <br />consideration of other important and likely time-consuming issues also on the agenda. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey explained that motions to reconsider were required to be made at the meeting <br />following the one at which the action to be reconsidered was taken. <br /> <br />City Attorney Glenn Klein reminded councilors that action was never taken on June 24 regarding <br />a motion to move the existing war memorial and arrange for erection of a flag on Skinner Butte. <br />He said that reconsideration of the motion to postpone action, which was adopted, was the only <br />way to bring the matter before the council before the time set in the postponement. <br />Mr. Tollenaar stated that his intention to move to refer the initiative being circulated by <br />representatives of the Veterans of Foreign Wars was only possible in connection with the motion <br />on which action was not taken at the June 24 meeting. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 8, 1998 Page 1 <br /> <br /> <br />