Item 3A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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Councilor Zelenka moved to amend the motion so that the ordinance would be enacted 30 days after the close of the legislative session. Mr. Lidz said he would have to look into it to be certain, but he had some doubt that an ordinance could be adopted with an unspecified enacting date. Councilor Zelenka rephrased his amendment so that it stated that the ordinance would be en- acted on August 1, 2007. City Manager Taylor said if the legislature took action sooner the council could take action before the date certain for enactment. Mr. Lidz noted that the City Manager would need some time to develop some administrative rules. Councilor Pryor provided the second. Councilor Poling could not support the amendment. He stated that staff had put a great deal of time into the ordinance. He felt the ordinance should be put into place now. Councilor Bettman indicated she would oppose the amendment. She pointed out that the council did not know what restrictions the State Legislature would approve and they could ultimately be a watered down version of the council’s intent in the ordinance. She underscored that the City’s legislative document was based on home rule. Councilor Zelenka said while he was prepared to vote for the ordinance and put it into place, he was concerned about spending a lot of staff time to create something that could potentially be redundant to what the State was doing. He felt passing the amendment and subsequent ordinance showed financial prudence and concern for staff time. Roll call vote; the amendment failed, 5:3; councilors Zelenka, Clark, and Solomon voting in fa- vor. Roll call vote; the main motion, as amended, passed, 6:2; councilors Clark and Ortiz voting in opposition. The meeting adjourned at 9:13 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Dennis M. Taylor City Manager (Recorded by Ruth Atcherson) MINUTES—Eugene City Council January 8, 2007 Page 11 Regular Meeting