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MINUTES Eugene City Council Harris Hall, 125 East 81h Avenue Eugene, Oregon 97401 ATTACHMENT B February 22, 2017 12:00 p.m. Councilors Present: Emily Semple, Betty Taylor, Alan Zelenka, George Poling, Mike Clark, Greg Evans, Claire Syrett, Chris Pryor Mayor Vinis opened the February 22, 2017, meeting of the Eugene City Council. 1. ACTION: Resolution Supporting Allocation of Lottery Backed Bond Funds to the Eugene Civic Alliance Motion on the table from February 21, 2017: MOTION: Councilor Zelenka, seconded by Councilor Syrett, moved to adopt Resolution 5184 supporting allocation of $6,000,000 in lottery backed bond funds to the Eugene Civic Alliance for development of a community sports and recreation facility on the former Civic Stadium property. MOTION TO AMEND AND VOTE: Councilor Poling, seconded by Councilor Pryor, moved to (a) amend the title of the Resolution so that it reads as follows: A resolution supporting Eugene Civic Alliance's proposal and efforts to seek State funding and private funding to support revitalization of the former Civic Stadium site and (b) amend Section 1 of the Resolution, add Sections 2 and 3, and renumber Section 2 to Section 4, so that those sections read as presented. FAILED 3:4, Councilors Poling, Clark, and Pryor voted in support. (Councilor Evans was absent for the vote.) Council discussion: • Outstanding proposal, but concerned about using lottery -backed funds. • Amount requested is unprecedented; potential unknown conflicts may arise. • Proposal is in line with support from Board of Commissioners and Mayor Lundberg. • Support proposal of it has no impacts on to local efforts for funding. • Proposal may have a significant economic development benefit. • City Manager and IGR Committee will have direct contact with lobbyist to help and track. • Not concerned about competing with other local economic development dollars. MOTION TO AMEND AND VOTE with friendly: Councilor Semple, seconded by Councilor Zelenka, moved that at the end of Section 1 before the period after the word resolution, the following words are added: provided that the current video lottery proceeds for local economic development are maintained. Add a new Section 2, which would read, the City Council directs the City Manager to send a copy of this Resolution to Governor Kate Brown and the local State legislative delegation, and what had been Section 2 is renumbered to Section 3. PASSED 6:1, Councilor Taylor opposed. (Councilor Evans was absent for the vote.) MINUTES — Eugene City Council January 18, 2017 Page 1 Work Session