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Councilor Bettman said she pulled this item primarily because she did not want to be on the record of being in favor of this process. She noted that she proposed an additional session with the City Manager to discuss some of his initiatives, direction, and vision "about the organization and how he works with staff." She said this was an area over which the council had purview, but that it was only privy to anonymous input voluntarily provided by employees. Roll call vote; the motion to approve Item E passed, 7:1; Councilor Bettman voting in opposition. Mayor Piercy moved the council on to Item F. Councilor Pap6 said he was a long time lover of the McKenzie River and that he would support the resolution. However, he thought the findings were lacking in empirical background. Councilor Pap6, seconded by Councilor Poling, moved to amend Item D under the findings to delete "degrading recreational opportunities, reducing prospects for the tourism economy, and..." Councilor Kelly said he disagreed with Councilor Pap6 regarding the findings but did not believe his amendment would impact the conclusion and so he would support it. Roll call vote; the amendment to the motion passed, 7:1; Councilor Taylor voting in opposition. Councilor Pryor expressed his appreciation for all of the "great information" from the ONRC. He planned to support the resolution. He said he attempted to contact the USFS to talk with them about it. He stated that the agency provided tours for people and he had hoped to see the areas in question in order to understand both sides of the issue. Councilor Poling said he had a concern with Section 1.2 of the resolution. Councilor Poling, seconded by Councilor Solomon, moved to amend the Resolution by adding to Section 1.2 the following language after 'McKenzie River Watershed': "... except where necessary for proper forest management." Councilor Bettman indicated that she was unwilling to wordsmith the resolution. She said the council should support asking the forest service to do the right thing. She felt it was especially important to protect the McKenzie River because it was the source of drinking water for the City of Eugene and because the recreational opportunities were integral to the local economy. Councilor Kelly indicated that he could not support the amendment. He said the resolution would not impact ongoing second growth logging. He felt it was possible to have viable logging on younger stands of trees. He underscored that there was no question that road building degraded the ecosystem. Councilor Pap6 said he appreciated the intent of the amendment, but there were already extensive roads in the area that were adequate to handle access to logging areas. He noted that the resolution did not ask that any roads be removed. MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 23, 2005 Page 9 Regular Session