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Ms. Bettman, seconded by Ms. Taylor, moved to change the status of the legislation to Monitor and to direct staff to send a letter expressing the committee's concerns about the proposed legislation to the Lane County delegation. The motion passed unanimously. Ms. Bettman, seconded by Ms. Taylor, moved to adopt the package of bills as amended. The motion passed unanimously. 4. Bills of Community Interest Mr. Heuser referred the committee to a document entitled Bipartisan Legislation l/VouM Continue to Provide Benefits to Oregon's Rural Schools, Communities. He said that the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2005 was on the United Front agenda. He recalled that the committee chose not to act upon a resolution to support the legislation at its October 2004 meeting. The bill was Lane County's top priority. Responding to a question from Mr. Pap~, Mr. Heuser did not think Congress had any interest in revising the bill to address local disputes regarding the allocation of funding. He noted that the jurisdictions did not generally interfere with each other's priorities, even though, for example, Lane County did not particularly like some of Eugene's priorities. Mr. Jones called the committee's attention to the upcoming Lane County Roads Advisory Committee meeting on February 23. He noted that City Manager Dennis Taylor and Springfield City Manager Mike Kelly had sent an e-mail to all Lane County City administrators asking them to have their officials appear at that meeting to discuss the distribution of funds as proposed in the Lane County Capital Improvement Program. He believed a discussion of the line between supporting the federal legislation and the leverage Eugene had with Lane County was a very ripe topic. Mr. Heuser indicated that the City could approach the Congressional delegation again about the topic. Ms. Bettman recommended that Mr. Pap~ seek council direction regarding his discussions with the federal delegation. She also recommended that Council President George Poling testify before the Roads Advisory Committee about the City's road funding needs. 5. Salem Report This item was not addressed. 6. Other Legislative Concerns There were no other concerns raised by the committee or staff. The meeting adjourned at 11:30 a.m. (Recorded by Kimberly Young) MINUTES--Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations February 11, 2005 Page 9