Item 6: Ratification of IGR Minutes and Direction on Legislative Policy

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Ms. Bettman moved to Support the bill as a Priority 3. Ms. Taylor indicated she had already moved to support the bill at a Priority 2. Mr. Wold noted that even within a species, bloom times could vary by several weeks depending on location, moisture and other factors. Ms. Bettman said she would favor supporting at Priority 2 with amendments to allow that issue to be addressed. Ms. Taylor suggested it could be called an emergency. Ms. Piercy said she supported the bill in general but did want to pursue trying to resolve those issues. Ms. Bettman stated that the motion was to Support the bill at Priority 2 with amendments. The motion passed unanimously, 3:0. SB 514 Ms. Wilson stated that Ms. Taylor wanted to change the bill’s status to Priority 2 and it was not scheduled for a hearing. Ms. Taylor, seconded by Ms. Piercy, moved to change the status of the bill to Pri- ority 2. The motion passed unanimously, 3:0. HB 2760 Ms. Bettman asserted that legislation related to annexation had resulted from the City’s aggressive annexation strategies. She thought that people who lived in an urban area needed to be on sewer systems and have an urban level of services, but the City had to be careful about how that was accomplished. She noted that a neutral position was taken on a similar bill. Ms. Piercy felt that neutrality did not convey to legislators why some aspects of a bill would create problems for the City. Ms. Taylor suggested either remaining neutral or monitoring the bill. Ms. Wilson said that all of the bills were currently going through a work group that hoped to develop statewide standards for handling annexations. Mr. Yeiter was pleased there was an effort to consolidate annexation legislation. He said there had been a recent article in The Oregon that prompted a response from Finance regarding the tax differential issue for annexed properties. Ms. Bettman, seconded by Ms. Taylor, moved to Monitor the bill at Priority 1. The motion passed unanimously, 3:0. HB 2875 Ms. Bettman asked if a Priority 2, Support position was acceptable. Mr. Cushman said it was. He noted that the bill related to the solicitation of a person under 18 for sexual purposes. MINUTES—Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations March 16, 2007 Page 7