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Ongoing efforts in the public school introduced each new generation to education about water quality issues. Mr. Pap~ suggested that any incremental moneys the City spent in this area were best directed toward Lane County for non-point source protection abatement on lands adjacent to streams in the Willamette River corridor. Mr. Pap~ solicited a third round of council comments and questions. In reference to Ms. Bettman's comments about development subsidies, Mr. Meisner did not understand how that was allowed to happen given the council's adopted policies. He asked when the staff would follow that policy. Mr. Schoening said that the policy was being followed at the PIC and for privately engineered, public improvement projects, but not at the land use review level. He questioned whether the staff would be able to meet the policy in that area. Mr. Meisner questioned the adequacy of the staff response. Ms. Bettman said that the water quality conditions in the river had improved formerly because of the City's stormwater management program. She asked why the City would propose to "gut" the program at this point, when progress was being made. She thought such an action would be irrational. Ms. Bettman, seconded by Ms. Taylor, moved to direct the City Manager to implement Scenario 1. Mr. Meisner, seconded by Mr. Poling, moved to postpone action to August 11, 2003, so that Mayor Torrey and Ms. Nathanson could be present to participate. Ms. Bettman did not object to postponing action given that was the council's process, but she had not been aware of any request to postpone action. Mr. Kelly determined from Council Coordinator Lynda Rose that no request to postpone action had been received from Ms. Nathanson or Mayor Torrey. For that reason, he opposed the motion. Mr. Meisner agreed that the council's process should be followed, but pointed out that no action on the item had been scheduled for today. Mr. Kelly said that there was no staff-proposed motion, which was a difference. He said that there were many occasions on which the council held work sessions without a proposed motion and had taken action. Mr. Kelly felt that a motion was always in order unless precluded by the charter or ground rules. Ms. Taylor thought it was the responsibility of absent councilors to request delay. She said that if the council was not to take action when councilors were absent, it should not be meeting during those absences. The motion to postpone action passed, 4:3; Mr. Kelly, Ms. Taylor, and Ms. Bettman voting no. MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 16, 2003 Page 6 Work Session