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before a third penalty caused the privilege to be rescinded. She suggested a parking lot manager would ask <br />a troublesome person to leave, and they would leave in their vehicle. Councilor Bettman said that the City <br />was not legalizing tailgating; people could still have picnics with juice and water. The City Council was <br />legalizing drinking in parking lots. <br /> <br />Councilor Zelenka said that revocation occurred on a third penalty and reinstatement was not automatic. In <br />addition, the ordinance included a provision that allowed citizens to make complaints. <br /> <br /> <br />Roll call vote; the motion as amended passed, 6:2; councilors Taylor and Bettman voting <br />no. <br /> <br />Councilor Zelenka, seconded by Councilor Pryor, moved to direct the city manager to <br />schedule a work session on the ordinance in spring 2008 in time for modifications to take <br />effect before the football season started. <br /> <br />Councilor Poling determined from Mr. Lidz that the ordinance would take effect inside 30 days, and only <br />two home games were scheduled after that. He asked if that would give time for evaluation of the ordinance. <br />Chief Lehner did not believe it made much difference if it was one season or two games. <br /> <br />Councilor Zelenka asked if the ordinance could be made effective immediately with an emergency clause. <br />Mr. Lidz responded that two-thirds of the council must vote in the affirmative for the ordinance to be <br />effective immediately. <br /> <br />Roll call vote; the motion passed, 6:2; councilors Taylor and Bettman voting no. <br /> <br />Councilor Poling thought that there would be sufficient information before spring given the City’s past <br />experience. <br /> <br />Councilor Zelenka moved to reconsider the passage of the ordinance. The motion died for <br />lack of a second. <br /> <br />Councilor Bettman clarified that drinking was still illegal in the parking lots adjacent to Autzen and asked if <br />the City’s existing ordinance would be enforced. Chief Lehner said the ordinance had been essentially <br />unenforceable because of resource constraints and he did not expect that to change in the next 30 days. <br /> <br />Councilor Ortiz left the meeting. <br /> <br /> <br />4. ACTION: <br /> <br />An Ordinance Concerning Initiative and Referendum Procedures; and Amending Sections 2.972 <br />and 2.981 of the Eugene Code, 1971 <br /> <br />Mr. Lidz reminded the council that Section 1 of the ordinance would amend the provision of the Eugene <br />Code defining the number of signatures required for a referendum petition to generate an election, and <br />changed the standard from ten percent of the number of votes cast for all candidates for mayor to ten percent <br />of the number of votes cast for mayor. Section 2 of the ordinance would give the council the option of <br />scheduling an election on a referendum (not initiative measures) at a date different than the election at which <br />it would otherwise be scheduled under current rules. That potentially avoided the cost of a special election. <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council September 24, 2007 Page 6 <br /> Regular Meeting <br /> <br />