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Paving in 23 Various Alley Locations in The West University Neighborhood Generally Bounded by Willamette Street, 19th Avenue, Kincaid Street, and Franklin Boulevard (Job #4172, 4309, 4310) Councilor Poling, seconded by Councilor Solomon, moved approval of the Consent Calendar. Councilor Bettman stated that she previously submitted minutes corrections. She asked to pull items C, D, and G from the Consent Calendar. Councilor Kelly said he also submitted minutes corrections electronically. Mayor Piercy acknowledged the minutes corrections. Councilor Taylor indicated she would have also pulled Item G. Roll call vote; the motion to approve the Consent Calendar with the exception of Items C, D and G passed unanimously, 8:0. Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Ortiz, moved to amend the recommendation from the Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations on House Bill 2608 to change it to Priority 2 Oppose. Councilor Bettman averred the bill would discriminate against people who live and work in the community. She thought the council needed to take a stand on it regardless of whether the bill gained traction in the Oregon Legislature. She predicted that, should this bill not move, other bills like it would be presented in time. She underscored that the bill would not make citizens more secure. She predicted that terrorists would be able to falsify documents and receive driver's licenses while it would not be easy for people who were merely living and working in the country to gain the documents needed for them. Councilor Kelly indicated his support for the motion and noted that both the Eugene Police Department (EPD) and the Human Rights Commission (HRC) had taken a stand against the bill. He pointed out that naturalization could take ten years. Councilor Ortiz reiterated that EPD Chief Bob Lehner had recommended opposing the bill. She also wished to call attention to the probability that not only would people be more likely to drive without a license, they would also be more likely to drive uninsured which would increase the liability for members of the community. Councilor Pap~ understood the bill to indicate that people had to be in the state legally but that it did not specifically call for citizenship. He did not see it as an issue of homeland security. He believed a driver's license to be a privilege and not a right. Councilor Pryor commented that he had a difficult time deciding how to vote on this, but based upon the recommendation of Chief Lehner he would support it. MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 9, 2005 Page 8 Regular Session