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of the General Obligation Bonds approved for parks. She said the City routinely did so at the point in time the council had committed itself to issuing debt. Councilor Ortiz, seconded by Councilor Pryor, moved to adopt Resolution 1042 delegating au- thority to declare official intent to reimburse expenditures. Councilor Bettman understood that this was a different process than delegating the authority to the City Manager for Parks and Open Space bonds which was a defined amount of money. She asserted that the Urban Renewal District had a provision in its plan that indicated that $250,000 could be spent without coming before council for any project that “could be even loosely construed as benefiting the Urban Renewal District.” She did not think there were any constraints. She believed that this was not a $250,000 per year cap, rather it meant the City Manager could authorize “$250,000 period for any expenditures.” She called this vast latitude for expenditures. She was inclined not to support the resolution. She felt the same thing could be accomplished by bringing these things to the council. Mayor Piercy asked if there was a reason for following the procedure as per the resolution over the way that Councilor Bettman had mentioned in her comments. Ms. Cutsogeorge replied that the biggest difference between supporting the resolution and opposing it would be that opposition would result in Finance staff coming to three meetings instead of two, as staff would have to come and request the delegation authority that the City Manager would be given by the resolution. Mayor Piercy suggested that the resolution would cut a meeting but having these items come before the council alerted the council to activity. Ms. Cutsogeorge responded that the council would know about the activity because the first step in the process would be that the council would say it wanted to fund the project. This was the trigger for such a resolution. City Manager Taylor pointed out that every debt to be issued would require council action. Councilor Taylor said anything that caused the council to focus more on expenditures and caused the public to be more aware was a good thing. She was concerned about “how easy it is” to spend urban renewal funds. Councilor Bettman asserted that these items do not come often and could “certainly” be in the form of a Consent Calendar item with an explanation. She thought the “inconvenience” would be negligible but in terms of the “accountability factor” it seemed to have significance. Roll call vote; the motion passed, 6:2; councilors Taylor and Bettman voting in opposition. Mayor Piercy adjourned the meeting of the Eugene Urban Renewal Agency at 8:16 p.m. and reconvened the meeting of the City Council. 7. ACTION: An Ordinance Prohibiting Extreme Fighting; Adding Section 4.740 to the Eugene Code, 1971; and Amending Section 4.990 of that Code City Manager Taylor asked City Attorney Jerry Lidz to briefly describe the ordinance and the issues before the council. MINUTES—Eugene City Council January 8, 2007 Page 6 Regular Meeting