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RESOLUTION NO. 4908 A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING POLICY GOVERNING CITY TESTIMONY AND FUNDING REQUESTS, AND REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 4139. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: A. Under the Eugene Charter, it is the exclusive role of the City Council to set legislative policy for the City. B. On September 13, 1989 the City Council adopted Resolution No. 4139 establishing policy governing testimony and funding requests by City representatives. C. repealed. The City Council has determined that Section 7 of Resolution No. 4139 should be D. The Council finds that Resolution No. 4139 should be repealed in its entirety, and its provisions, other than Section 7, be readopted as hereinafter set forth as City policy governing testimony before the Federal government, the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon or its committees, State agencies, or municipal corporations, and submission of funding requests to such entities. As used herein, in addition to the Congress of the United States, references to "Federal government" includes all committees, commissions, departments, agencies, bureaus, and governmental divisions or instrumentalities of the United States. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Oregon, as follows: Section 1. Based upon the above findings, which are adopted herein, Resolution No. 4139, adopted by the Council on September 13, 1989, and any other Resolution in conflict herewith is hereby repealed as of the effective date of this Resolution, and City policy governing testimony and funding requests is established as hereinafter set forth. Section 2. Any employee or agent of the City, the Mayor or any member of the City Councilor any City board or commission desiring to testify in his or her official capacity on legislative or regulatory matters before the State Legislative Assembly, State agencies, municipal corporations, or the Federal government, or desiring to submit funding requests for municipal activities thereto or to any private foundation, shall present the essence of the testimony or funding request to the Council for prior approval, modification, or disapproval. Section 3. No employee, agent or officer of the City shall testify on legislative or regulatory matters before a governmental entity or request funding from a public or private source in his or her official capacity contrary to the adopted policies of the Council. The Mayor, members of the City Council, and members of City boards or commissions shall not make a Resolution - 1