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EXHIBIT A MEASURE Sections 28 and 32 of the Eugene Charter of 1976 are hereby amended to provide as follows. (Language to be deleted from current Charter is indicated in brackets with strike-out; language to be added to the current Charter is indicated in bold, italic print; language that is neither struck-out nor bold-italic is current Charter language that is unchanged by this measure.) Section 28. Adoption of Ordinances. [(1) Exccpt as subscction (3) of this section providcs for reading by title or bill mnnber only, and except as subsection (2) of this section provides for imtllcdiatc adoption of emcrgGncy mGasurGS, an ordinanGG, bcforG bdng finally adoptcd, shall bG fully and distinGtly rcad in opGn council mCGting on two days. (2) EXCGpt as sttbsGction (3) of this scction pro v ides for rGading by title, 01 bill numbGr only, an ordinance neCGssary to IneGt an GmGrgGney 11lay, upon bdng rGad in full and thGn by title, be adopted at a single nleGting oftIK council by unanilllous votG of all councilors prGsGnt. (3) Any reading of an oldinanGG for pmpOSGS of adoption may be by titlG 01 bill mrmber only. ( a) If no councilor pr GSGnt at thG mceting r GqUGsts that thG or dinance be r Gad in full 01 (b) If for onG WGGk prior to the reading a copy of the ordinancG is pro v idGd Gadl councilor and copies arG available for public inspGctioll at the officG of thG lllayor or city manager during rGgulal officG houts and noticG ofthcil availabilit) is posted at the dt) hall or publishGd onGe in a newspaper of general circulation in tile city: (4) An ordinancG adopted aftGr bdng rGad by title 01 bill numbGr only has no legal effect if it differs substantially from its terms as thGY stand when so read, unless Gaeh section incorporating such a diffcrGnGe, as finally amended prior to bdng adoptcd by the cotl1icil, is fully and distinctly rGad in OpGll council nlcGting.] (1) At any meeting, the city council may direct the city manager to prepare an ordinance, or the city manager may suggest an ordinance, for consideration at a subsequent meeting. At least ten working days prior to the council meeting at which the proposed ordinance is to be considered, notice of the proposed ordinance shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city and the notice and text of the ordinance shall be posted on the city's web site. The notice shall include the title of the proposed ordinance and the date, time and place of the council meeting and shall state that copies of the ordinance are posted on the web site and available at the city manager's office. (2) There shall be a public hearing on an ordinance prior to its adoption. (3) Except as provided in this subsection, an ordinance shall not be adopted unless it has been considered by the council during at least two meetings. With the unanimous consent of the council, the council may consider and enact an ordinance at a single meeting if the council does not amend the ordinance in a manner that modifies its substantive effect. Nothing in this section requires the council to consider an ordinance at more than two meetings prior to its adoption. Exhibit A-I