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e M I NUT E S Eugene City Council Council Chamber/McNutt Room--City Hall September 26, 1990 11 :30 a.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Emily Schue, Rob Bennett, Freeman Holmer, Roger Rutan, Debra Ehrman (until 12:30 p.m.), Ruth Bascom, Shawn Boles. COUNCILORS ABSENT: Bobby Green. The adjourned meeting of September 24, 1990, of the Eugene City Council was called to order by His Honor Mayor Jeff Miller. I. APPEAL OF BALLOT TITLE: WILLAMETTE STREET/BROADWAY INITIATIVE City Manager Mike Gleason introduced the topic. Bill Gary, City Attorney's Office, provided the staff report. He distributed e sections of the Eugene Code pertaining to this issue. He noted that a por- tion of State Statute regulating the number of words allowed in a ballot title supersedes the Eugene Code. Mr. Gary indicated that the Ballot Measure in question is a charter amendment relating to the Eugene Downtown Mall. The initiative measure was submitted several weeks ago, and a ballot title was prepared and certified. Duri ng the ballot title certification process, a typographical error was discovered in the initiative measure in which the word "access" had been typed as "assess." Ballot measure proponents were informed of the error, but took no action to correct it; the ballot title was certified with the error. Mr. Gary ex- plained that after ballot title certification, the proponents indicated a desire to correct the error. At that point, however, there is no provision to correct the measure. He said that the City Attorney's Office advised the proponents to either circulate the measure with the error or submit a new measure. Proponents chose to submit a new ballot measure and the City Attor- ney's Office was required to submit a new ballot title. Mr. Gary noted that the Eugene Code specifically affords the appellant the right to a public hearing but advised the council to hear testimony from the proponents and appellants of the measure. He also requested a chance to respond to any testimony submitted. Mr. Bennett acknowledged his potential conflict of interest on this issue because he owns a business which is located on the Eugene Downtown Mall. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 26, 1990 Page 1