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MINUTES <br /> <br /> Eugene City Council <br /> Work Session <br /> Council Chamber--City Hall <br /> <br /> March 9, 2005 <br /> Noon <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Poling, Jennifer Solomon, Betty Taylor, David Kelly, Gary Pap~, <br /> Bonny Bettman, Andrea Ortiz, Chris Pryor. <br /> <br />Mayor Kitty Piercy called the work session of the Eugene City Council to order. <br /> <br /> Ms. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Kelly, moved to reconsider to authorize City staff to lobby <br /> against any proposed legislation that would weaken or eliminate any of the powers of the <br /> City with respect to the formation or establishment of any special district whose territory <br /> would overlap land within the boundaries of the City or its UGB. The vote on the motion <br /> was a 4:4 tie; Mr. Kelly, Ms. Bettman, Ms. Ortiz, and Ms. Taylor voting yes, and Mr. <br /> Pap~, Mr. Poling, Ms. Solomon, and Mr. Pryor voting no. Mayor Piercy cast a vote in <br /> support of the motion, and it passed on a final vote of 5:4. <br /> <br /> Mr. Pap~, seconded by Ms. Solomon, moved that the City Council refer this matter to the <br /> Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (CCIGR) as there was no immediate <br /> action required. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman pointed out that a council motion that opposed a particular position on special districts sent a <br />strong message to the State Legislature, as it was its position to take the cities out of the process of <br />determining whether special districts occur. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap~ reasoned that if the issue required immediate attention, the council could take a pro-active <br />position. However, he pointed out that a hurried process was not necessary in this particular case as the <br />legislature has yet to form a committee to debate the issue. <br /> <br /> The vote on the motion was a 4:4 tie; Mr. Kelly, Ms. Bettman, Ms. Ortiz, and Ms. Taylor <br /> voting no, and Mr. Pap~, Mr. Poling, Ms. Solomon, and Mr. Pryor voting yes. Mayor <br /> Piercy cast a vote in opposition to the motion, and it failed on a final vote of 5:4. <br /> <br /> A. WORK SESSION: <br /> Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) and International City Managers Association <br /> (ICMA) Report on Selected Police Operations <br /> <br />City Manager Dennis Taylor quoted a conclusion of the report about to be presented: "Out of crisis comes <br />opportunity." <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council March 9, 2005 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />