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Mayor Piercy adjourned the meeting of the Eugene Urban Renewal Agency and reconvened the meeting of the Eugene City Council at 9:43 p.m. 5. ACTION: An Ordinance Concerning Annexation and Withdrawal Procedures; Amending Sections 2.212, 9.7055, 9.7205, and 9.8035 of the Eugene Code, 1971; Repealing Existing Sections 9.7800 to 9.7885 of that Code; Adding New Sections 9.7800, Through 9.7835 and Sec- tions 9.8115 Through 9.8121 to that Code; Declaring an Emergency; and Providing an Effective Date City Manager Jones explained that under new State law the City must have a process for any new annexation request starting January 2, 2008. She underscored that in order for this to occur the City must adopt a new ordinance at the present meeting. She noted that there had been a lot of discussion and one public hearing on the item. She stated that there were two versions of the ordinance, Attachment A, which consisted of the original draft with minor edits suggested by the Planning Commission, and Attachment B which included the same adjustments as Attachment A plus larger policy changes based on comments made by Councilor Bettman. Councilor Ortiz, seconded by Councilor Pryor, moved that the City Council adopt Attachment A as Council Bill 4960, with the following revisions on page 6 of that ordinance, as follows: ? 30 days Eugene Code 9.7820(1)(c) At least 10 days prior to the date the council considers the Planning Director’s recommendation, notice of the ap- plication that contains the street address or other easily understood geo- graphical reference to the property, the Planning Director’s recommendation and the date and time the council will consider the recommendations shall be mailed to: 1.The applicant; 500 feet 2.Owners and occupants of properties located within 100 feet of the perimeter of the subject property; and 3.The neighborhood group or community organization officially rec- ognized by the City Council that includes the area of the subject property. Councilor Clark offered a friendly amendment in the interest of responding to the request from Santa Clara by adding the following language to EC 9.7820(2)(d)(3): ? Posted in four public places in the City for two successive weeks prior to on the application the hearing date. One of the postings shall be located site and two more posted at the nearest intersections of arterials and/or collectors within the boundaries of the affected neighborhood organiza- tion(s), if applicable. The maker and second accepted the friendly amendment. MINUTES—Eugene City Council December 10, 2007 Page 16 Regular Meeting