Item 3D: Ratification of IGR Meeting Minutes

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Ms. Taylor thought this was a good idea. She suggested that right after the United Front lobby trip the CCIGR should begin planning for the next year’s trip in order to see if the CCIGR could have more influence on it. Ms. Bettman commented that it did not make sense to do it that way because it took a while for the appropriations to work through the legislative process and the answer as to whether there would be a result from the lobbying would not be known that early in the process. She understood that an agreement between jurisdictions as to what they would support and that they would look for common ground was supposed to be made. She did not believe they were to take things forward that were competing interests and she felt there were competing interests in this list. Ms. Wilson offered to bring back further information on the McKenzie River Path. She reiterated that the United Front lobby group agreed that the project did not compete with the West Bank Trail. Ms. Bettman, seconded by Ms. Taylor, moved to adopt the recommendation for priorities and recommendations from staff for all bills that had not been pulled and all of the bills that were discussed and acted upon at the meeting. The motion passed unanimously, 2:0. Mr. Schoening pointed out that the funding that had gone into the TCSP program had historically been earmarked but there had been a decision to not allow earmarks in 2007. He stated that the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) at the end of the previous week, through the Federal Highways Administration (FHWA), had solicited applications. Staff wanted to take the City’s two projects, the West th Bank Trail and the West 11 Corridor Planning, on a parallel track and would put in a letter of interest to ODOT and the FHWA as well as the United Front. He asked for CCIGR approval of the proposal. Ms. Bettman, seconded by Ms. Taylor, moved approval of the Eugene projects in the United Front federal priorities for Fiscal Year 08. The motion passed unanimously, 2:0. 4. Eugene Police Department Bills Ms. Bettman ascertained that the CCIGR was satisfied with staff’s explanation of the bills and there were no objections to allowing them to proceed. She thanked Ms. Wilson for including the information in the CCIGR material. 5. Priority Assignments for Legislative Tracking Ms. Bettman ascertained that both she and Ms. Taylor approved of the priority assignments for legislative tracking as presented. 6. Approval of Minutes – November 21, 2006 Meeting Ms. Bettman, seconded by Ms. Taylor, moved approval of the minutes from the meeting of the Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations held on November 21, 2006, as written. The motion passed unanimously, 2:0. MINUTES—Council Committee on Intergovernmental January 23, 2007 Page 13 Relations