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e Ms. Ehrman moved, seconded by Ms. Schue, to amend the bill to specify a one-year, rather than a two-year, permit period. Roll call vote; the motion to amend passed unanimously, 8:0. The main motion passed unanimously, 8:0. The amended Council Bill 4128 was read the second time by council bill number and title only. Ms. Bascom moved, seconded by Mr. Rutan, that the bill be approved and given final passage. Roll call vote; the motion carrying 5:4, with councilors Ehrman, Schue, Boles, Green, and Mayor Miller voting aye and councilors Rutan, Bascom, Bennett, and Holmer voting against, the bill was declared passed (and become Ordinance No. 19608). II. PUBLIC HEARING: ORDINANCES RELATED TO MALL ACTIVITIES City Manager Mike Gleason introduced the topic. Jan Bohman, Planning, Development, and Building Department explained that the three ordinances under consideration were developed to facilitate management of the mall and other central down~own areas. e Ms. Bohman reported that the Downtown Commission recommended adoption of the ordinances reviewed at the council's January 11 work session. Since that time, minor modifications have been made to the ordinance concerning the Downtown Pedestrian Mall. Ms. Bohman described those changes as clarification of the language and purpose of the ordinance involving an expansion of the findings section which explains the purposes of the mall and describes issues and behaviors inadequately addressed by the current ordinance. More substantive changes made as a result of the council's work session involve the expansion of the definition of commercial pursuits to include solicitation for money or fund-raising. The ordinance will require mall use permits for merchandising or cafe seating, entertainment events, street entertainers, construction-staging, noise disturbances, and any event expected to attract more than 25 people. The ordinance also regulates interference with authorized activities and gives preference to abutting mall businesses in mall use. Ms. Bohman described the ordinance concerning noise disturbance as a housekeeping measure which exempts from the noise ordinance those activities allowed by mall activity permits. Ms. Bohman said the ordinance concerning skateboards will prohibit skateboards on downtown sidewalks where bicycles are already prohibited, in an area bounded by Charnel ton Street, 6th Avenue, Pearl Street, and 11th Avenue, and including the parking structures. She pointed out that skateboards are already prohibited on the mall itself. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 27, 1989 Page 4