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-,. ... M I NUT E S - Eugene City Council City Council Chamber November 22, 1982 7: 30 p.m.. COUNCILORS PRESENT: John Ball, D. W. Hamel, Mark Lindberg, Gretchen Miller, Brian Obie, Emily Schue, Betty Smith, Cynthia Wooten. Adjourned meeting of the City Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon, was called to order by His Honor Mayor Gus Keller. 1. AGENDA ADJUSTMENT City Manager Michea1 Gleason recommended that the agenda be amended to delete consideration of Council Bill 2532, an ordinance levying assessments for improve- ments on Goodpasture Island Road, under the item, 1I0rdinances for Second Reading--Levying Assessments.1I He said that the council had received two requests to hold a hearing on this item and noted that such consideration would require a two-thirds vote of the council. He said that the opinion requested from the City Attorney by the Hearings Panel members on matters raised at the Hearings e Panel hearing on this ordinance had only recently been received and that councilors had, therefore, had little time to study the opinion. Mr. Gleason said he had consulted with Hearings Panel Chairperson Betty Smith and that she had concurred with the recommendation that the item be postponed for consideration at the next meeting of the Hearings Panel. Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Ms. Schue, to refer Council Bill 2532 to the Hearings Panel for consideration at its December meeting. Councilor Obie suggested that this matter be heard by the full council rather than the Hearings Panel, since the issue was complex and difficult and had generated considerable public interest. Councilor Schue said that she and Mr. Obie had sat on the Hearings Panel the first time this item was discussed and that she and Ms. Smith had sat on the panel for the second hearing, at which there had been additional public testimony. She felt that the matter could be returned to the Hearings Panel. Ms. Smith amended the motion to defer consideration of Council Bill 2532 to a future meeting with a public hearing before the City Council. Ms. Schue agreed to the amendment. Councilor Miller noted that only the issue of benefits to property owners from improvements in certain situations would be considered and that under the City Charter the council could not amend the assessment policy relative to a specific case, since such amendment could not take effect for six months after its e adoption by the council. MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 22, 1982 Page 1