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Washington Square in Clackamas to be on the list. Lane County had two key resources on the list: Autzen Stadium and Valley River Center. He noted that the award was for $50,000 per site. Ms. Bettman thought a case could be made for other key resources. Mr. Tilby concurred. Ms. Bettman was concerned the grant application was being approved retroactively. Mr. Tilby indicated it was staff's failure to bring the application before the committee earlier. Ms. Taylor asked if the funding was really needed. Mr. Tilby said whenever a large number of people congregate at a location at any given time the problem of preventing against a terror act grew exponentially. The purpose of the grant was to allow the department to detect problems at such sites sooner because staff would have a better eye on the situation. For example, the security system at Autzen Stadium would be enhanced, particularly on the perimeter. Ms. Taylor asked what the department would look for at the site. Mr. Tilby indicated the department would be on the lookout for such things as vehicles parked in the wrong place. Responding to a follow-up question from Ms. Taylor, Mr. Tilby said he believed the grant was needed. Ms. Taylor asked what the department would look for at the Valley River Center. Mr. Tilby said the grant would help the department look for explosive devices more precisely and avoid the need for mass evacua- tions. Ms. Taylor asked if Mr. Tilby thought such an incident was likely to happen. Mr. Tilby said no; however, he thought the department would be remiss not to do what was reasonable and available to protect the 30,000 people who traveled through the center each day. Responding to a follow-up question from Ms. Taylor, Mr. Tilby said additional surveillance was not proposed at the center. Mr. Pap~ had some of the same concerns as Ms. Bettman and Ms. Taylor. He asked if there was a site- selection process. Mr. Tilby said yes. He noted that the year previous, only Valley River Center was on the list. He indicated he would do further research about how key resources were identified. Ms. Bettman, seconded by Ms. Taylor, moved to approve the buffer zone grant. The motion passed unanimously. 6. Review Pending Legislation Priority 2 Bills HB 2214A Mr. Jones indicated that House Bill (HB) 2214A, which made technical corrections to existing public contracting statutes, had been signed into law. HB 2472A Ms. Bettman, seconded by Ms. Taylor, moved to change the status of the bill to "Oppose." The motion passed unanimously. HB 3038A MINUTES--Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations June 7, 2005 Page 2