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Ms. Bettman averred that it was important that the document indicate that the CCIGR would meet and <br />review items that the CCIGR had a role in. She felt that the word ‘review’ was not firm enough. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy suggested that the City of Eugene have a neutral conversation with the City of Springfield <br />early in the session in order to share information about their legislative agendas. She was uncertain as to <br />whether the City of Eugene would have ended up doing anything different regarding the Urban Growth <br />Boundary (UGB) issue, but the fact that it had happened with no notification from Springfield had “not been <br />very helpful.” <br /> <br />Ms. Wilson commented that she did not think the bill could be killed in the House but she and Mr. Cuyler <br />were working on it in the halls of the Senate. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy related that she had gone to Salem to work with the legislature on April 23. She felt it had <br />gone “rather poorly.” She said Representative Barnhart had lectured the Eugene delegation for being <br />“obstructive people” and there was a general “don’t get it from our perspective” from the entire delegation. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman opined that someone had done a better job of lobbying. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy said the Homebuilders Association had worked hard to pass the legislation. She related that <br />the Homebuilders Association had taken the position that not expanding the UGB contributed to the lack of <br />housing for low income people. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman, seconded by Ms. Taylor, moved to approve the staff recommendations on the <br />bills that were not pulled and to approve the recommendations as indicated by the Council <br />Committee on Intergovernmental Relations on the bills that had been discussed. The motion <br />passed unanimously, 3:0. <br /> <br />The meeting adjourned at 1:36 p.m. <br /> <br />(Recorded by Ruth Atcherson) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations April 26, 2007 Page 9 <br />