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Councilor Meisner thanked those who testified. He raised concern that the State would never have to have a sustainable funding policy for education if the school levy were passed in Eugene. He said he was against the City enabling dysfunctional behavior in the State Legislature. I1. CONSENT CALENDAR A. Approval of Council Minutes: · June 12, 2002, Work Session · June 19, 2002, Work Session B. Approval of Tentative Working Agenda C. Approval of City Manager Job Description and Profile Councilor Kelly, seconded by Councilor Pap~, moved to approve the items on the Consent Calendar. Councilor Taylor pulled items A and C. Councilor Bettman pulled Item B. Councilor Bettman suggested a change to the minutes of June 19, 2002, council work session, reflected on packet page 116. She suggested replacing "move forward" with the word "act." Councilor Taylor asked that the remarks attributed to her in the minutes of June 19 on packet page 119 be replaced with the following: "Ms. Taylor thanked staff for its work and the public for its testimony. She likened the parkway decision facing the council to the decision faced by Macbeth when he was deciding whether to use the opportunity to kill King Duncan, and said that just because the council could authorize the parkway did not mean it should be done. She enumerated Macbeth's arguments against the murder: Duncan was his king, his kinsman, his guest, and a virtuous man--also the consequences would be undesirable for the perpetrator and for the country. She said that the arguments against the parkway are that it would lead to sprawl, require exemptions to the land use goals, destroy wetlands, constitute a misuse of federal money used to purchase the wetlands, would lead to degradation of water quality and habitat, threaten endangered species, and would detract from an educational asset. She said the parkway would have an effect on generations to come. Ms. Taylor said that in Macbeth's case the other side was ambition; in the parkway's case it was profit for some." Councilor Nathanson offered a suggestion for the wording of the minutes of the June 12, work session on packet page 105. She suggested a phrase which would read: "...asking why some cities had intersections where all traffic stops while pedestrians crossed the street." Roll call vote; Item A passed unanimously, 7:0. Responding to a suggestion from Councilor Bettman to move the living wage discussion to the August 12 meeting, City Manager Carlson said it had been an accepted practice to leave time in the last couple of council meetings before the council break for any emerging issues. He cited MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 22, 2002 Page 3 Regular Meeting