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Mr. Fart reiterated his belief that Section 54 related to the Toxics Right-to-Know law needed to be <br />examined because the law was not being enforced as intended by the people. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap~ concurred with Mr. Kelly, saying the charter should be reviewed periodically to let <br />people affirm consensus about the form of government they had. He supported the broader <br />examination discussed by Mr. Meisner. <br /> <br />Responding to Mr. Kelly's remarks, Mr. Lee agreed that a periodic charter review probably had <br />merit. He reiterated, however, that he had still not heard about any problems, he was concerned <br />about the timing, and he was unclear as to the need. <br /> <br />Regarding the issue of a city auditor position, Mr. Lee said he was familar with examples of the <br />position, but there were tradeoffs between efficiencies realized by such positions and the politics <br />involved. He suggested that the city was not sufficiently large to have a commission form of <br />government, and most cities Eugene's size employed the council/manager form of government. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey said the council needed to keep in mind that the committee's recommendations <br />must be voted on by the public. He wanted to ensure that the committee was representative of <br />the entire community. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey said he did not know what the City could legally do, but it had a problem in that <br />wards contained disproportionate populations. He asked if the City could adjust ward boundaries <br />periodically as infill occurred. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor indicated her concurrence with Mr. Kelly's remarks regarding the need to give specific <br />direction to the committee about those things the council was concerned about. <br /> <br />Regarding the topic list to be given the committee, Mr. Kelly did not want the committee's charge <br />to be outcome-directed. Regarding the auditor position, he noted he was not advocating for an <br />elected auditor. In some areas, the elected officials appoint the auditor. <br /> <br />Mr. Rayor said the committee must receive a topic list or it would be subject to outside political <br />influence to pick the topics. <br />Mr. Meisner said that while he disagreed with Mr. Fart regarding Section 54, he understood his <br />concern. He suggested that the council had authority to seek a recommendation from the Toxics <br />Board regarding the basis for the fee. Mr. Fart said it made sense that the board looked at the <br />issue. <br /> <br />Mr. Johnson said that it appeared the council did not want a word-by-word review of the charter, <br />but rather a focus on selected sections. He said staff would attempt to schedule a work session <br />in August so the council could provide further direction on the topic list. Mr. Johnson suggested <br />that six months could be taken off the process time line if the council agreed that it wanted to <br />retain the council/manager form of government but also wanted to see some "different flavors" of <br />that form. <br /> <br />C.Work Session: Interim Setback Provisions for Open Waterways <br /> <br />City Engineer Les Lyle and Planning Director Jan Childs joined the council for the discussion. Mr. <br />Lyle referred the council to the scope of work for developing an interim setback provision for <br />open waterways included in the meeting packet. He recommended that the council, if it <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 21, 2000 Page 9 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />