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Ms. Solomon guessed that most riders were school-age children. Sgt. Schulz said, according to his <br />personal experience, the children had not been the majority of problem riders. He related that he had <br />conversed with the school resource officers on circulating the information regarding regulation for <br />scooters. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly reiterated that displacement from off-street paths warranted improvement to the on-street <br />transportation facilities. He asked staff to look into electrically assisted bicycles and provide comment. <br />He opined that they fundamentally felt like a bicycle. <br /> <br />Sgt. Schulz commented that it was difficult to catch up with an electrically assisted bicycle on a regular <br />bicycle. He said the chief concerns had been to regulate behavior including noise and speed. He stated <br />that once such a device was set into motion, it was irrelevant what it ran on. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling agreed with Sgt. Schulz that college students should be provided an opportunity to provide <br />input. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner wondered if all jurisdictions chose not to license or regulate such devices. Sgt. Schulz <br />replied that numerous police agencies in this State that interpreted the 'grant privilege' laws through the <br />Department of Motor Vehicle to cover all motorized vehicles and were citing people for driving such <br />devices without a license. He said currently the City of Eugene was not comfortable with issuing citations <br />for such things. Mr. Meisner suggested looking on the Web to find how other jurisdictions were handling <br />them. <br /> <br />Ms. Brotherton commented that regulations varied greatly. She cited a city in Arizona that had banned the <br />scooters outright and the State of Texas which required a person to be nine years old in order to ride them. <br /> <br />In response to a question from Ms. Taylor, Sgt. Schulz clarified that the application of driver's license <br />regulations was only brought into play should a person's license be suspended, as this was a suspension of <br />the grant authority that gave a person the power to operate a vehicle. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey called for the vote. <br /> <br /> The motion passed unanimously, 6:0. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey adjourned the meeting at 1:27 p.m. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br />Dennis M. Taylor <br />City Manager <br /> <br /> (Recorded by Ruth Atcherson) <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 15, 2004 Page 7 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />