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Ms. Taylor said that incremental change was a very important criterion for her. She thought those <br />in the community who were politically active and cared enough to run for office should not have to <br />go through another election right away. She called for keeping the council representation as it <br />was while attempting to be equitable in population. <br /> <br /> Ms. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Kelly, moved to extend the time for the agenda <br /> item by five minutes. The motion passed unanimously, 8:0. <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson asked staff for a recommendation for a wording change to the criterion that <br />reflected that incremental change was preferred, but that drastic changes might be necessary in <br />some cases. She did not want to see wholesale changes made to the boundaries because of the <br />use of the word "drastic." <br />Mr. Kelly thought the first sentence in the criterion addressed Ms. Nathanson's concern. <br />Responding to request for comment from Mr. Meisner, Mr. Pap~ indicated disagreement with Mr. <br />Kelly. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner opposed the amendment as too political and because it called for wholesale changes. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap~ indicated that he would have preferred to eliminate Criterion 5 altogether, or make it <br />neutral. <br /> <br /> The amendment to the motion failed, 6:2; Mr. Pap~ and Mr. Fart voting yes. <br /> <br /> Ms. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Pap~, moved to extend the time for the item for <br /> five more minutes. The motion passed, 7:1; Mr. Kelly voting no. <br /> <br /> Ms. Taylor moved to delete Criterion 2. The motion died for lack of a second. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Meisner, moved to change the range in Criterion <br />1 from five percent to three percent. <br />Mr. Meisner said that plus or minus five percent was a discrepancy of ten percent and he thought <br />a ten percent variation too much. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly noted that all the groups offering recommendations to the council suggested a range of <br />three percent. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman requested staff comment. She thought in some cases staff might need the <br />discretion provided by the five percent figure, and thought staff would strive to minimize the <br />deviation. Mr. Croteau noted that each one percent deviation equaled 217 people, not a large <br />number. He said that the staff was advised by the City Attorney that it was very easy to justify a <br />five percent plus/minus deviation in the courts. He did not think staff would necessarily use the <br />five percent in every case, but it gave staff flexibility to oversize and undersize wards and to follow <br />geographic or natural boundaries in developing ward boundaries that made sense <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey opposed the motion because he wanted staff to have flexibility. <br /> <br /> The motion failed, 6:2; Ms. Taylor and Mr. Meisner voting yes. <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 13, 2001 Page 7 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />