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Mayor Piercy deemed the minutes corrections, without objection, approved. Roll call vote, the motion to approve the Consent Calendar with the exception of Item B and Item C passed, 8:0. Regarding Item B, Councilor Bettman stated that the poll on her request for a work session on reconsidering an income tax for education and dedicated to the classroom had four councilors requesting the work session but it was not on the tentative agenda. She asked if that was an oversight. City Manager Taylor said that he and Mayor Piercy had been trying to coordinate a meeting with representatives of the two school boards and school districts as they had expressed interest in participating with the council. Councilor Bettman said considerable background information on the funding mechanism was available as a result of work done for the local option levy. She said the work session should be scheduled in accordance with council procedures and school district representatives invited to attend; once council direction was clear, there could be a strategizing session with the districts. City Manager Taylor said a date for the work session would be set in January or February 2007 and stakeholders informed. Mayor Piercy said the work session had not been scheduled because she and the city manager thought it might be useful for the council to discuss funding approaches with the districts to better inform what was brought to the council at the work session. Councilor Kelly said he understood the desirability of collaborating with the education partners but was bothered that the rule that a work session would be scheduled on the tentative agenda within a week of a successful poll had not been followed. City Manager Taylor commented that the council had discussed the concept of a workshop, which would be a more collaborative process involving stakeholders. He said that was the approach he and Mayor Piercy had been taking but he would move to immediately schedule the work session. Councilor Bettman asked that she be kept informed in the future if there was a delay in scheduling a work session. Roll call vote; Consent Agenda Item B, approval of Tentative Working Agenda, passed, 8:0. Regarding Item C, Councilor Papé acknowledged that the City’s Historic Loan Program had done a good job of ensuring that properties met the necessary historic criteria, but it was also important to determine if the loan recipients were credit-worthy. He asked if there were specific rules for determining who could qualify for a loan and the amount of the loan. His concern was with consistency of the City’s credit- worthy standards. Historic Preservation Program manager Ken Guzowski said the loan program was consistent with standards for loan applicants established by the Development Division. Councilor Papé asked if the standards were in writing. Loan Analyst Amanda Nobel said an applicant’s cash flow was analyzed to determine if there was a debt coverage ratio of 1.0 or higher. She said the applicant’s credit report was reviewed and all financial information was compiled into a credit report to be reviewed by an advisory committee that made the final decision. Councilor Papé asked if one year the advisory committee could vote for someone with a certain standard and in three years vote down someone with the same standard because of personnel changes. Ms. Nobel said she MINUTES—Eugene City Council November 27, 2006 Page 4 Regular Meeting