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IV. ACTION: Resolution 4737 Calling a City Election on November 5, 2002, for the Purpose of Referring to the Legal Electors of the City of Eugene a Measure Authorizing a Four- Year Local Option Levy to Support Youth, Including School Related Activities Councilor Kelly, seconded by Councilor PapS, moved to approve Resolution 4737 calling an election on November 5, 2002, for the purpose of referring to the legal electors of the City of Eugene, a measure authorizing a four-year local option levy to support youth, including school-related activities. Councilor Rayor distributed a proposed motion related to charter schools in and outside of the city limits. Councilor Rayor, seconded by Councilor PapS, moved to amend the motion by striking the last sentence of Finding J and adding a Finding M that stated: "Charter and contract alternative programs located within 4J and Bethel school districts within the City limits shall receive from each district equitable amounts of levy funds" and add a Section 5 that stated "Findings K, L, and M are bound into this resolution." Councilor Rayor urged the council to approve the amendment. Mr. Klein said there was no problem in doing what Councilor Rayor had suggested. In response to a question from Councilor Farr regarding whether the amendment would change the funding formula for schools, Mr. Klein said it would require an equitable amount. Councilor Fart said he would not support the amendment. He stressed the importance of making the levy as simple as possible so it would pass at the ballot. Councilor Meisner raised concern over possible litigation caused by the amendment. He said that K and L did not say shall happen but should happen. He said the wording would have no force of law. Councilor Kelly offered a friendly amendment to the amendment, which was accepted, to change "should" to "shall" in findings K and L, and add the words "based on existing allocation formula" to the end of Finding M. Councilor Kelly offered a friendly amendment to the amendment, which was accepted, to strike the words "within the city limits" in Finding M. Councilor Bettman said she would support the amendment. In response to a question from Councilor Pap8 regarding whether there was any work with the school districts to come up with a system to get funds to students inside the City boundaries, Jan Bohman of the City Manager's Office said there had been contact with the school districts but no other workable way, within the scope of the project, had been found to address concerns of fairness to all of the students. Councilor Pap8 suggested that the ordinance apply only to fee-based programs and then the fees of students who lived inside city limits could be abated. MINUTES--Eugene City Council August 12, 2002 Page 7 Regular Meeting