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MINUTES <br />City Council <br />Council Chamber Eugene City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street Eugene, Oregon <br />February 16, 2010 <br />7:30 p.m. <br />PRESENT: Mike Clark, Betty Taylor, Jennifer Solomon, George Poling, Andrea Ortiz, Chris Pryor, <br />George Brown, members. <br />ABSENT: .Alan Zelenka. <br />Her honor Mayor Ditty Piercy called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. She encouraged <br />councilors to attend the Asian Celebration and noted that the Eugene School District 4J Board of Directors <br />was beginning its deliberations in regard to the fate of Civic Stadium the following day, and suggested <br />that the council consider if it wished to take a position. Mr. Clark requested a memorandum from the City <br />Attorney related to any legal considerations the council needed to keep in mind in regard to taking a <br />position on the stadium if any stadium - related proposal came before it. <br />I. PUBLIC HEARING AND POSSIBLE ACTION <br />An ordinance Adapting Hazardous Substance User Fees for the Fiscal Year Commencing <br />July 1, 2010 <br />Fire and Emergency Medical Services Management Analyst Glen Potter was present for the item. <br />Mayor Piercy opened the public hearing. There being no request to speak, she closed the public hearing. <br />Mayor Piercy determined there was no councilor who objected to taking action on the item. <br />Mr. Clark, seconded by Ms. Ortiz, moved that the council adopt Council Bill 5022, a bill <br />adopting hazardous substance user fees for the fiscal year commencing July 2, 2010. <br />Responding to a question from Mr. Poling about the percentage increase in fee and how it related to other <br />City fees, Mr. Potter said that the fee increase was approximately six percent, but he did not know that <br />increase compared to increases or decreases in other City fees. He said the fee was not derived by a set <br />inflation formula but rather to the number of a reporting firm's employees. <br />Roll call vote; the motion carried 5 :2; Ms. Solomon and Mr. Poling voting no. <br />2. PUBLIC HEARING <br />An ordinance to Redesignate and Rezone "South Willamette Properties" for General office <br />Use by: Amending the Eugene- Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan Diagram; <br />Amending the South Willamette Subarea Plan Diagram and Text; and Amending the Eu-� <br />gene Zoning Map <br />Mayor Piercy called for conflicts of interest or ex parte contacts. Councilors had none to declare. <br />MINUTES —City Council February 16, 2010 Page 1 <br />