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Councilor Solomon asked to pull Item F from the Consent Calendar. Councilor Taylor pulled Item D. Councilor Kelly noted that he had previously submitted minutes corrections electronically. Councilor Bettman said she had previously submitted minutes corrections electronically as well. Mayor Piercy acknowledged the corrections. Roll call vote; the motion to approve the Consent Calendar with the exception of items D and F passed unanimously, 8:0. Councilor Taylor thanked the outgoing members of the Citizen Planning Committee for the Whilamut Natural Area of Alton Baker Park (CPCWNA) for their service. Councilor Pap6 expressed concern regarding the change in the motion before the council and indicated he would offer an amendment to it. He felt there should be a wide array of citizenry serving on such a committee. He noted that no one representing wards 5, 6, 7, and 8 had been selected, though one person from Ward 5 had applied. Councilor Pap6, seconded by Councilor Solomon, moved to amend the motion to appoint Eliot McIntire to Position 15, for the unexpired term of Art Farley, on the Citizen Planning Committee for the Whilamut Natural Area of Alton Backer Park, an interim appointment beginning upon appointment and ending on October 31, 2005. Councilor Bettman indicated her dissatisfaction with the process. She maintained the nominations were under the purview of the Mayor. She did not believe it appropriate to bring up the nomination at this point. She supported upholding the Mayor's recommendations at this time. She suggested that concerns about the geographic distribution of committee members be a topic of discussion for the City Council Process Session scheduled for April 18. Councilor Kelly echoed Councilor Bettman's comments, adding that he did wish that more committees called for council interviews rather than a mayoral lead. Councilor Pap6 understood the change in the recommendations given by the Mayor were based upon the current committee recommendations for who should serve. Mayor Piercy responded that she reviewed the information from the applicants, and then made an "initial run" at making the recommendation. Upon receiving further information, she related that she made changes to her original recommendation. City Attorney Glenn Klein clarified that the motion the council believed to be in the Consent Calendar was the substitute motion. Mayor Piercy affirmed that this was so. Roll call vote; the amendment failed, 5:3; councilors Solomon, Poling, and Pap6 voting in favor. MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 11, 2005 Page 9 Regular Session