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turned down an offer to speak to any private citizen on any topic or to speak to any public employee on any topic. He expressed his hope that what would come out of the situation would be constructive work with the union and with police management and mayor and council. He expressed his gratitude to the mayor and the council for their support. Councilor Meisner said that he had been contacted at home from the media regarding his opinion of the police union lawsuit. He said that was the first he had heard of it and promptly called Councilor Kelly to discuss the matter. He said that he was delighted to find that the notice of intent had been withdrawn and that discussions would proceed. He stated that all of the councilors had taken the job expecting the opportunity and responsibility to speak their minds on policy issues. He added that threat of a lawsuit by the police union was only one form of intimidation that councilors faced and called for the public to condemn all forms of intimidation as roundly and soundly as they had for Councilor Kelly that evening. Councilor Meisner reiterated Councilor Kelly's concerns over LUCU. He added that the City was losing ground to bad development and said that the council could not selectively reopen the record for land use. He agreed that more time was needed for the process but raised concern that if the council delayed the work session to wait for recommendation from citizen groups then the record would have to be reopened for all citizens. Mayor Torrey stressed that councilors needed to notify staff if they wanted to grant, or not grant, the request to delay the work session. Mayor Torrey said that the first time he heard of the lawsuit was the Sunday evening the day before their press conference. He said that when he heard what the police union was proposing to sue about, he urged them to reconsider their action. III.CONSENT CALENDAR Councilor Lee, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to approve the items on the consent calendar. Councilor Kelly offered a correction to the work session minutes of July 7, 2000, page one. He wanted to replace "...the event had been peaceful as a result..." with "...the dialog may have helped keep the event peaceful..." Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 7:0. IV. PUBLIC HEARING: An ordinance concerning Prostitution-Free Zones, and Adding Sections 4.746, 4.747, 4.748, 4.749, and 4.750 to the Eugene Code 1971; and an Ordinance Concerning Traffic Congestion Thoroughfares, and Amending Section 5.155 of the Eugene Code 1971; and an Ordinance Concerning the Penalty for Committing the Crime of Prostitution and Amending Section 4.990 of the Eugene Code 1971 City Manager Jim Johnson noted that one hearing would be held for all three ordinances but that they needed to be adopted as three separate ordinances when the council took action. Mayor Torrey opened the public hearing. MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 10, 2000 Page 5 Regular Meeting