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Ms. Bettman said it seemed to her that it was “overkill” to have home occupations accessible only by private rights of way handled at the state level. She thought it should be a local decision. Ms. Bettman noted that the staff recommendation had been to Drop the bill. Mr. Yeiter responded that if the bill passed the City could accommodate it; it was a matter of where to put the City’s lobbying energies. Ms. Bettman, seconded by Ms. Taylor, moved to change the stance on the bill to Priority 3 Support. The motion passed unanimously, 3:0. HB3410 Ms. Wilson indicated that this was also one of the bills that had been taken up by the work group. Ms. Taylor, seconded by Mayor Piercy, moved to change the status of the bill to Monitor. The motion passed, 2:1; Ms. Bettman dissenting. Ms. Bettman indicated that she had supported the staff recommendation which was to take a Priority 2 Oppose position. HB 3436 Mr. Yeiter stated that the bill specified that if there was not a coordinated population projection from the County, jurisdictions could straight-line the populations out. Ms. Bettman averred that this would be planning for the future while “looking in the rearview mirror.” She asked why staff recommended supporting the bill. Mr. Yeiter explained that as the Metro Plan aged and given that the land use was tied to the official adopted population that was included in the Metro Plan. He said primarily utilities needed to plan further into the future. He related that utilities such as EWEB and the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission (MWMC) needed to plan further into the future in order to get grants and make plans for adequate facilities to meet future need. It did not make sense to Ms. Bettman because she felt EWEB had access to the same Lane Council of Governments (LCOG) data that the City of Eugene did. She thought projections based on more accurate data would better suit the public’s interest. Ms. Bettman, seconded by Ms. Taylor, moved to adopt a Priority 3 Oppose stance toward HB 3436. Ms. Piercy asked Mr. Yeiter why he thought the bill was reasonable to support. Mr. Yeiter replied that the countywide coordinator’s population projections might not be updated enough or go out far enough for some jurisdictions planning purposes. Ms. Piercy asked what the jurisdictions would do if the bill did not gain support. Ms. Bettman responded that jurisdictions would have to “purchase information from LCOG just like everybody else.” MINUTES—Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations April 5, 2007 Page 8