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had not seen any deviation from established standards in the loan program; decisions were based on a compilation of the applicant’s character, collateral and cash flow. Councilor Papé suggested that credit worthiness standards be developed and written down so that all applicants were evaluated in the same way. Roll call vote; Consent Agenda Item C, adoption of Resolution 4829 concerning the City’s Historic Loan Program; repealing Resolution No. 3440; adopting a new His- toric Loan Program; and providing an effective date, passed, 8:0. 3. ACTION: An Ordinance Concerning Transportation System Maintenance Fees (TSMF) and Adding Sections 7.750 through 7.790 to the Eugene Code, 1971 Councilor Solomon, seconded by Councilor Ortiz, moved that the City Council adopt Council Bill 4931, an ordinance concerning a Transportation System Main- tenance Fee. Councilor Bettman stated that with the motion on the table there were at least ten amendments to be considered; that would be a waste of time if there was no support to adopt the ultimate ordinance. She suggested withdrawing the motion on the table and putting in place a motion to not move the ordinance forward so that if there was no support for the ordinance it would go away and the amendments would not need to be considered. Mayor Piercy suggested taking up Councilor Taylor’s motions first as they would either table the motion or return the ordinance to a work session for further refinement. Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to table the motion to adopt the TSMF ordinance. Councilor Kelly pointed out that an item could be tabled to later in the meeting while the alternative motions were discussed and then removed from the table for further consideration. Councilor Bettman questioned why time should be spent discussing the amendments if there was intent to remove the item from the table later in the meeting, requiring consideration of all the amendments again. Roll call vote, the vote to table the motion to adopt the TSMF ordinance was a tie, 4:4; councilors Bettman, Kelly, Pryor, and Taylor voting in favor and councilors Ortiz, Poling, Solomon and Papé voting in opposition. Mayor Piercy voted in op- position and the motion failed on a final vote of 5:4. Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Ortiz, moved to amend the main motion to add a new subsection (3) to section 7.760 of the ordinance as follows: “As long as the TSMF is collected, the percentage of all other transportation revenue that is allocated to operations, maintenance, and preservation on the effective date of this ordinance shall continue to be allocated for those purposes at the same percentage.” MINUTES—Eugene City Council November 27, 2006 Page 5 Regular Meeting