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Councilor Taylor moved to change the City's position on HB 3466 to Neutral. The motion died for lack of a second. Regarding Item D, Mayor Torrey thanked the Parks and Open Space Committee and Library, Recreation, and Cultural Services Department Director Angel Jones for their efforts in passing Measure 20-37. He told Ms. Jones he was prepared to "pay up." Roll call vote; the motion to adopt Item C passed 5:1:0, Councilor Pap~ being out of the room at the time the vote was taken. Referring to Item E, Councilor Rayor objected to the inclusion of the new paragraph on page 2 of the operating agreements. His objection focused on the fact that people speaking to a lone issue were placed higher in the queue of those to be heard than those who may have signed up to speak first. He preferred a "first-come, first-served" approach. Councilor Rayor, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to delete paragraph 4 on page 218 of the meeting packet. Councilor Taylor said that while she had tentatively supported the change, it was her strong preference that all persons wishing to address the council be allowed to speak. Councilor Kelly noted that he had polled the council by telephone regarding the addition; only Councilor Rayor objected. Councilor Pap~ had raised the issue of needing to let the public know about the change in the process, and he concurred with those points. Councilor Kelly suggested there were two kinds of fairness to consider, the "first-come, first-served" type of fairness, and the type of fairness of allowing those who had never spoken to the council before to speak to it on a single issue and not to be "blind sided" by the fact a large, well-organized group showed up to speak on one topic. Councilor Nathanson supported the addition of the paragraph. She suggested that the last sentence be modified to read "to speak before the public forum is closed" to make it clear that the public forum was scheduled for a finite time period. Councilor Taylor said that it could be a person who had never spoken before and wished to speak on a topic that was one of concern to others at the same meeting might be turned away. That person should also be allowed to speak. Councilor Pap~ said he was convinced to support the change by the fact most times the number of speakers wishing to speak in the Public Forum were limited in number. Roll call vote; 4:2; the motion failed, councilors Rayor and Taylor voting yes. Councilor Rayor moved to add to the paragraph the following: "Should there be more speakers than can be heard for three minutes during each public forum, or if the public forum is not extended, the staff will sort..." The motion to amend died for lack of a second. MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 14, 2001 Page 6 Regular Meeting