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text that said would revise the current law, which stated it was unlawful to operate a bicycle on a sidewalk at greater than ordinary walking speed. The amended bill changed that text to a speed that reasonable under existing conditions, which staff thought was open to interpretation. Mr. Papd said he had only recently traveled through a part of town on bicycle where there were no bicycle lanes and he was forced to use the sidewalk. He questioned the reasonableness of expecting a bicycle commuter to travel at walking speeds, suggesting it would discourage bicycle use. Mr. Cushman said the major problem with the revised text was in regard to bicycle travel in areas such as downtown, where there were more pedestrians. Mr. Papd moved to revise the staff recommendation by eliminating the proposed amend- ment. Ms. Taylor and Ms. Bettman indicated support for the staff recommendation. The motion died for lack of a second. SB 0978 The committee considered SB 0978, carried over from the previous meeting. Members acknowledged the similarity between this bill and HB 3010, previously considered by the CCIGR. SB 1037 Mr. Klein said the bill was the placeholder bill for the comprehensive rewrite of Ballot Measure 37 and he advised the committee to hold the bill over until the next meeting. HB 3312 Mr. Heuser indicated the bill, which would allow those objecting to the initial formation of a historic district to opt out of the district, passed out of House Land Use Committee with amendments on a vote of 5:2. Representative Ackerman had voted against the bill. He said he would prepare a floor letter, where he estimated the bill had a slight chance of passage. He said the bill would be unlikely to receive a hearing in the Senate given the divisiveness of the issue and the length of the session. 6. Salem Report Mr. Heuser said the House General Government Committee was in the process of completing its hearings, and he anticipated the Lane County Local Government Boundary Commission would be preserved. He said that Representative Paul Holvey had done considerable work to keep the bill from passing out of committee. Mr. Heuser reported that HB 3353, the telecommunications bill, had been stalled for six days; it had been scheduled for a public hearing and work session three different times, but the bill had been unable to receive the fifth vote on the House Revenue Committee it needed to move forward. He noted the bill was of concern to other Oregon communities such as Springfield and Creswell, and recommended the City continue to oppose the bill. Mr. Heuser noted that Portland was very opposed to the bill, which would have severe revenue implications for that city. He indicated, in response to a question from Mr. Papd, that the bill had MINUTES--Council Committee on INtergovernmental Relations May 5, 2005 Page 7