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" ~ Roll call vote on the amendment; the motion failed 2:6. with Councilors Wooten and Ehrman voting aye. and Councilors Bascom. Schue. Bennett, Rutan, Holmer, and Miller voting nay. Ms. Wooten moved to add a subsection 8 to Section 2 that requires the ordinance become ineffective in 90 days. She said she is making the motion so that the council will continue working with staff and the Commission on the Rights of Youth to arrive at a more enlightened ordinance. - The motion did not receive a second. Roll call vote on the amended motion; the motion carried unanimously, 8:0. Council bill 3023 was read the second time by council bill number only. Ms. Bascom moved, seconded by Ms. Schue, that the amended motion be approved and given final passage. Ms. Ehrman said she will reluctantly be voting against the motion. She said the council needs to do something. However, she said the ordinance before the council is not appropriate. She reiterated earlier testimony from the public hearing that the impoundment penalty is levied against the vehicle and not the driver. She said this raises the possibility of innocent drivers having their vehicles impounded. Ms. Wooten said she also does not support the ordinance. She said she agrees there is a cruising problem, but added the amended ordinance is an inappropriate way to solve it. She said she regrets that the council has not undertaken an effort to relocate the gut. She said most of the cruisers are youngsters not involved in criminal and malicious behavior. e Ms. Bascom said she hopes Ms. Wooten and Ms. Ehrman will continue to explore other solutions to the gut. Mr. Holmer said the adopted amendment does not sufficiently weaken the ordinance to cause him to change his original vote. Roll call vote on the amended motion; the motion carried 6:2, with Councilors Bascom, Miller, Bennett, Rutan, Holmer, and Schue voting aye, and Councilors Ehrman and Wooten voting nay. The bill was declared passed (and became Ordinance No. 19541). Ms. Ehrman moved, seconded by Ms. Bascom, that the council conduct a mandatory review of the ordinance in six months that includes statistics, on the number of stops and impoundments. Roll call vote; the motion carried unanimously, 8:0. MINUTES--Eugene City Council March 14, 1988 Page 10 -