Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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Councilor Solomon, seconded by Councilor Ortiz, moved to approve the items on the Consent Calendar. Councilor Kelly said he had previously submitted minutes corrections. Mayor Piercy noted the corrections and deemed them, without objection, approved. Councilor Poling stated that he submitted a correction to the minutes. Mayor Piercy noted the correction and deemed it, without objection, approved. Councilor Bettman indicated she also submitted corrections to the minutes. She pulled the minutes from May 17, 2006, and asked that approval on that set be postponed until the minutes recording staff could review the record. She also pulled Items C and D. Mayor Piercy deemed the corrections to the minutes, without objection, approved. Councilor Papé pulled Item E. Roll call vote; the motion to approve the Consent Calendar with the exception of Items C, D, and E, passed unanimously, 8:0. Regarding Item C, Councilor Bettman reiterated her reasons for voting against the item, clarifying that there was a City policy dictating that growth pay for capacity and this policy was not being followed. Councilor Kelly said because making a change at the present meeting would necessitate referring it back to the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission (MWMC), he would support the resolution. He wished to underscore that when the council was discussing systems development charges (SDCs) that applied only within the city, the council could make sure it was matching adopted City policy. He wanted to figure out a way operationally to make sure those policies carry over to inter-jurisdictional discussions as well. Roll call vote; Consent Agenda Item C, approval of Resolution 4875 amending sys- tems development charge methodology for the regional wastewater system, passed, 7:1; Councilor Bettman voting in opposition. Regarding Item D, Councilor Bettman stated that she had similar objections to the reductions in the credits in the stormwater SDCs. She maintained that the City was not recovering the cost of the capacity and the ratepayers would be required to make up the difference. Councilor Papé favored these kinds of incentives to “do the right thing environmentally,” but he wished to see this done in a composite form whereby credits were given for certain things such as energy savings with lighting, stormwater, green roofs, etc. He hoped the Planning Commission and staff could look at how such credits could be given as a whole and not in a piecemeal manner. Roll call vote; Consent Agenda Item D, approval of Resolution 4876 amending local stormwater systems development charge methodology concerning credits, passed 7:1; Councilor Bettman voting in opposition. MINUTES—Eugene City Council June 12, 2006 Page 4 Regular Meeting