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Councilor Taylor, seconded by Councilor Farr, moved to approve the housing development activities recommended by the Housing Policy Board and described in the council briefing statement. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 6:0. VIII.ACTION: An Ordinance Delegating to the City Manager Authority to Add Additional Chemicals to the List of Hazardous Substances Required to be Reported Under Amendment IV, to the Eugene Charter of 1976; Amending Section 3.692 of the Eugene Code, 1971; and Adding Section 3.696 to that Code. City Manager Johnson asked the council to consider Council Bill 4734, an ordinance delegating to the City Manager authority to add additional chemicals to the list of hazardous substances required to be reported under Amendment IV to the Eugene Charter of 1976; amending Section 3.692 of the Eugene Code 1971; and adding Section 3.696 to that code. Councilor Taylor, seconded by Councilor Farr, moved that the bill, with unani- mous consent of the council, be read a second time by Council Bill number only, and that enactment be considered at that time. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 6:0. City Manager Johnson asked Council to consider Council Bill 4734 by number only. Councilor Taylor, seconded by Councilor Farr, moved that the bill approved and given final passage. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, and became Ordinance No. 20199. IX.ACTION: An Ordinance Amending the West Eugene Wetlands Plan by Adopting New or Revised Wetland Designations for Various Sites within the Plan Boundary and Related Policy and Text Amendments; Adopting a Severability Clause; and Providing an Effective Date In response to a question from Councilor Rayor regarding the feasibility of extending 13th Avenue to Willow Creek, Neil Bj0rklund of the Planning and Development Department said that both the current agenda item and the next agenda item affected that route. He said that the speedway ordinance (Item X) would designate for protection wetlands that laid along that path, so that to make the extension, that ordinance would need to be altered. Mr. Bj0rklund said that the wetlands that lay in the path of the extension were already designated as protected and therefore the current ordinance under consideration would also need to be altered for the extension to be possible. In response to a question from Councilor Rayor regarding the possibility of bridging Willow Creek to avoid the stream side protection, Mr. Bj0rklund said that the waterside protection provisions supplied guidelines for how, when, and where the bridge could be built. Councilor Rayor raised concern that the speedway would not be connected to developable lands to the west and would land lock 18 acres of C-2 zoned land. He acknowledged that access would MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 24, 2000 Page 11 Regular Meeting