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Ms. Bettman, seconded by Ms. Nathanson, moved to adopt Council Bill 4887, an ordinance <br /> concerning real property compensation. <br /> <br />Mr. Klein reviewed newly proposed text regarding the hiring of an appraiser. <br /> <br /> Ms. Bettman, seconded by Mr. Kelly, moved to adopt the text reviewed by Mr. Klein. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman believed that as a matter of due diligence, it was important to have an independent property <br />appraisal to protect the taxpayers' interests. <br /> <br />Ms. Solomon arrived. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap~ suggested that %onflict of interest" could be defined as being pursuant to the statutes. Mr. Klein <br />indicated that would not be sufficient because the conflict of interest statutes did not apply to the property <br />owner. Mr. Pap~ wanted to apply those rules. Mr. Klein said that could be done, but he recommended the <br />council adopt the language before it and consider the suggestion when revisions were made to the ordinance <br />in the future. <br /> <br /> The motion passed unanimously, 8:0. <br /> <br />Mr. Klein reviewed the next possible change, Section (4)(2) related to notice, providing three options: When <br />an application was received, the City could: 1) post on the Web site, as-is; 2) post on the Web site, and <br />require City Manager Taylor to e-mail the same information contained on the Web site to neighborhood <br />groups; or 3) physically mail information about the claim to owners and occupants within 300 feet of the <br />property and to neighborhood groups and organizations. <br /> <br />Mr. Klein noted existing notice provisions did not address what happened when an application was merely <br />received and suggested that such a notice could raise questions at a time when the City had no answers, <br />costing a great deal. <br /> <br /> Mr. Kelly, seconded by Mr. Pap~, moved to adopt Option 2. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly said he supported the option because of the negligible cost and because it gave the neighborhood <br />organizations a ~heads up" at little cost. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman agreed with Mr. Kelly. She believed the situation was different from a land use application as <br />land use applications had associated criteria and an end date for a decision. She requested a friendly <br />amendment that included notice to community organizations outside the boundaries of the area officially <br />recognized by the City Council or those who apply to be on the interested parties list. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly preferred not to include the friendly amendment in the ordinance as he believed the City's Web <br />site design would make it easy for someone to add themselves to the City's interested parties list. City <br />Manager Taylor indicated that was something staff could do in addition to what was required through the <br />ordinance. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman felt it was important to flag her suggestion for the future when further revisions to the <br />ordinance were made. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 24, 2004 Page 2 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />