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<br /> <br /> <br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Action: Ratification of Unanimous Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) Committee <br />Actions and Discussion and Action on Non-Unanimous IGR Actions on Legislative <br /> <br />Policy from April 29 and May 6, 2009 <br /> <br />Meeting Date: May 11, 2009 Agenda Item Number: 3 <br />Department: City Manager’s Office Staff Contact: Brenda Wilson <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-8441 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br /> <br />This is an action item to ratify the unanimous actions of the Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) <br /> <br />Committee from the April 29, and May 6, 2009, IGR Committee meetings. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />As a matter of procedure, during the legislative session, the City Council is routinely asked to ratify the <br />actions taken by the IGR Committee on Legislation. The committee reviews all bills and their associated <br />staff recommendations and provides direction for each piece of legislation introduced during the <br />legislative session. <br /> <br />Any member of the IGR committee may pull a bill off the IGR Bill Report for discussion. If a bill is not <br />pulled for discussion, the staff recommendation stands. If a bill is pulled for discussion, the IGR <br />committee may keep or change the staff recommendation. Actions on which the IGR committee is not <br />unanimous must be brought before the full City Council for consideration. These bills must be addressed <br />by the full council in order to provide direction to staff in Salem. <br /> <br />The IGR committee met on April 29, and May 6, 2009, to review staff recommendations on bills that <br />have been introduced in the state legislature. The minutes for these meetings are not ready for <br />ratification by the full City Council at this time. <br /> <br />However, the IGR committee vote on several bills was not unanimous. Accordingly, the full council <br />must provide direction before these bills can be lobbied in Salem. The bills for which there was not a <br /> <br />unanimous vote are listed below.Staff comments for each bill are listed in the attached documents. Bills <br />may be accessed via the legislature’s website: http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measures/main.html. <br /> <br />April 29, 2009: <br /> <br />SB 719 <br />: This bill would establish an Urban Growth Boundary Expansion Area Revolving Loan Fund. <br />Money would be appropriated from the fund to the Economic and Community Development Department <br />to provide no-interest loans to finance eligible infrastructure projects in urban growth boundary <br />expansion areas. <br /> <br /> <br /> Z:\CMO\2009 Council Agendas\M090511\S0905113.doc <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />