Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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Councilor Clark had been struck by a fault in the methodology of the survey in that people were interviewed as they were coming or going through the park without adequately ascertaining whether the people were using the park or passing through it in transit from work to home, as an example. Councilor Taylor asserted that businesses thrived from having parks nearby. She believed that the City of Eugene attracted people for the jobs and for its amenities. She said she was sure that people who came to Eugene for business also did things like swimming, hiking, or picnicking while here. Roll call vote; the vote was a tie, 4:4; councilors Pryor, Clark, Solomon, and Poling voting in favor and councilors Bettman, Taylor, Zelenka, and Ortiz voting in opposition. Mayor Piercy voted in opposition of the amendment and it failed on a final vote of 5:4. Roll call vote; the vote on the main motion was a tie, 4:4; councilors Bettman, Taylor, Ze- lenka, and Ortiz voting in favor and councilors Poling, Solomon, Pryor, and Clark voting in opposition. Mayor Piercy voted in favor of the motion and the motion passed on a final vote of 5:4. 6. ACTION: Ratification of Intergovernmental Relations Committee Actions of February 13, 2007, February 22, 2007, March 9, 2007, March 22, 2007, and Direction on Legislative Policy Councilor Ortiz, seconded by Councilor Pryor, moved to ratify the Intergovernmental Rela- tions Committee actions as set forth in the minutes of the February 13, 2007, February 22, 2007, March 9, 2007, and March 16, 2007, meetings. Councilor Pryor stated that the bills that had been pulled for council discussion were House Bill (HB) 2134, Senate Bill (SB) 250, HB 2370, and HB 2370-A. He was primarily concerned with the house bills and indicated he would defer to Councilor Taylor if she wished to discuss SB 250 at the council level. Councilor Taylor said she did not wish to discuss SB 250. Roll call vote; the motion to ratify the Intergovernmental Relations Committee actions on all bills except for HB 2134, HB 2370, and HB 2370-A passed unanimously, 8:0. Councilor Pryor explained that HB 2134 had to do with expanding permissible basis for interceptions of wire, electronic, and oral communication. He said it also limited the grounds for suppression of intercepted communications and was related to the interception of communications. He related that Policy Analyst for the Eugene Police Department (EPD) Ellwood Cushman recommended a Priority 2 Support on the bill and the Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (CCIGR) had, by a 2:1 vote, changed the position to Oppose. Intergovernmental Relations Manager Brenda Wilson reported that Councilor Bettman had been concerned that the expanded authority given to public safety officers would allow them to act as the judge in the cases of personal search warrants or at the time that the interception would take place. She noted that the bill had only one public hearing thus far. She said this point had been raised by several parties including the Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). She stated that there would be another public hearing scheduled and she expected to see amendments before then. MINUTES—Eugene City Council April 9, 2007 Page 9 Regular Meeting