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Speaking to Item B, Councilor Fart said that the tentative agenda had some 11:30 a.m. meetings scheduled. He noted that if it was accepted those meeting times could not be changed. City Attorney Glenn Klein clarified that the meeting times could be changed if there was an affirmative vote for the first part of Item C. Councilor Kelly offered a correction to the minutes of January 10, 2000, by noting that Councilor Rayor was present at the meeting. Referring to the minutes of the work session on January 17, packet page 45, he noted that there was a vote on an amendment to a motion and not the main motion. Regarding the minutes of the January 22 work session, packet page 52, he clarified that he said it was important to "not over-broaden perceptions." For the meeting of January 22, regular session, packet page 65, he offered the following substitute for the last paragraph, noting that at his request Minutes Recording staff had reviewed the meeting tape: "Councilor Kelly summarized the origin of the action item, recollecting that the City had been unable to prosecute for a violation of the sign code involving second- and third-party contractors. He said that he had originally been concerned over uniform selective enforcement of the ordinance but commended Mr. Klein's efforts to stay within the intent of the code by broadening it to include the concept of person responsible." Councilor Nathanson offered a correction to the minutes of January 22, regular session, packet page 66. She said that her use of "we" was referring to the City, not the City Council. Councilor Farr offered a correction to the work session minutes of January 22; he clarified that he did not want all the streets downtown to be two-way streets. Roll call vote; the motion, excluding Item C, passed unanimously. Councilor Farr, seconded by Councilor Pap6, moved to reconsider the vote moving the Wednesday work session from 5:30 p.m. to 11:30 a.m. The vote resulted in a 4:4 tie. Mayor Torrey voted in favor of the motion. Roll call vote; the motion passed, 5:4, with councilors Meisner, Bettman, Taylor, and Kelly voting in opposition. Mayor Torrey urged the council to find a common ground on considering meeting times. He said that he was "leaning towards" evening meeting times. Councilor Farr suggested that day meetings could be changed to 90 minutes instead of 120 minutes if the rest of the council wanted to keep them during business hours. Councilor Pap6, seconded by Councilor Bettman, moved to amend a previous work session's motion by changing the Wednesday work session times to noon to 1:30 p.m. Councilor Nathanson raised concern that a 90-minute work session would not be enough time for effective deliberations. City Manager Johnson acknowledged that if work session times were shortened for the Wednesday meeting then more work sessions would very likely have to be scheduled. Councilor Kelly, seconded by Councilor Bettman, moved to amend the amendment by changing Monday work session start times to 5 p.m. The amendment to the amendment passed, 5:3, with councilors Taylor, Nathanson, and Rayor voting in opposition. MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 12, 2001 Page 5 Regular Meeting