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e Ms. Bascom said she voted in favor of the ordinance the first time it came before council. However, she said she is sympathetic with Ms. Wooten's concern to revisit the issue. She asked for more information about how the council can proceed with amendments. Mr. Holmer, citing council process guidelines, said any councilor may have an item placed on a council agenda. He said any two councilors can request that an item be postponed to a following meeting. Mr. Holmer asked what is considered the next council meeting. Mr. Gleason said the next meeting would be March 16. Ms. Wooten said it should be in April since every meeting in a given month is an adjourned meeting of the first meeting. Mr. Miller said he appreciates Ms. Wooten's concerns. However, he said Willamette Street neighbors have reached the conclusion that the council does not care about their problems. He said he is not opposed to changing the ordinance at a later date after the hostility has died down. He said delaying the action further would be a mistake. Ms. Wooten said she is not intending to be an obstructionist for solving the existing problem. She said the council needs to respond in an enlightened way, and should not try and fix the problem retroactively. She said it is important to look at the problem accurately and not respond in a hysterical manner: e In response to the next meeting issue, Mr. Arnold said the policy adopted by council states that each meeting in a month is considered a meeting. He confirmed that Ms. Wooten was referring to the fact there is one regular meeting each month. Since the policy does not specifically refer to the next regular meeting, Mr. Arnold said the next council meeting will be March 16. Ms. Bascom affirmed it is possible to delay the issue until Wednesday instead of waiting until April 11. Ms. Schue said she understands the concerns expressed by Ms. Ehrman and Ms. Wooten. She said, however, they do not understand how many meetings and how much time has already been devoted to solving the problem. She said the community has been trying for several years to adequately address the issue, but it continues to get worse. Mr. Rutan said the cruising issue is a social problem and not a traffic problem. He said he also feels the ordinance is flawed, and is not convinced that sending police out with lap-top computers will solve the problem. However, he said he supports taking action tonight because the gut has been an ongoing problem. He said the council has reached the point where it has to try something to solve the problem. Ms. Bascom said she proposed waiting until Wednesday to give staff more time to consider the impact of changing the start time and the number of trips. She said she supports retaining the impoundment penalty. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council March 14, 1988 Page 7