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Mr. Papd noted that the recognition of businesses in a neighborhood was missing in this process. <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson expressed concern about the eight percent rule on size, saying that she was less comfortable <br />with a percentage because it gave the message that it was all right to get bigger and bigger. Ms. Bridges <br />explained that the percentage was an effort to keep existing neighborhood associations intact. Ms. Nathanson <br />said that she was still uncomfortable with it. Mr. Kelly suggested leaving the eight percent at this time, but <br />taking Ms. Nathanson's comments to the NLC and have it review the process one year from now. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly said he wanted to explain that even though the amendment had his name on it, he did not personally <br />think that the additional mechanism was necessary. He said members of the council had expressed that they <br />thought that it was necessary, so he wanted to work with Mr. Meisner to create a mechanism that would work <br />and would have a high enough threshold that it would not be used in a cavalier manner or in a crises-driven <br />way. <br /> <br />Mr. Fart said he thought that the redesign was positive and thanked the councilors and staff for their work. <br /> <br /> Ms. Taylor moved, seconded by Ms. Nathanson, to direct the City Manager to amend <br /> the recommendations on when a neighborhood association's boundary may be called <br /> into question to include a neighborhood petition option. The motion passed <br /> unanimously, 7:0. <br /> <br /> Ms. Taylor moved, seconded by Ms. Nathanson, to direct the City Manager to <br /> implement the Neighborhood Association Newsletter Guidelines, including <br /> acknowledgment of the City as publisher. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly said that he appreciated the distillation of the guidelines onto a single sheet. He continued by <br />saying that he understood the liability reasons for the City to be the publisher, but that there needed to be <br />clear guidelines for the autonomy and predictability for the neighborhoods. He also suggested changing the <br />wording in the fourth block of text on the right side of page 202 to read as follows (stricken text deleted, <br />italicized text added): "May question any part of the newsletter (e.g., article, headline, graphic) in lieu of that <br />does not comply with the guidelines." Ms. Taylor and Ms. Nathanson accepted that as a friendly amendment. <br /> <br /> Mr. Kelly moved, seconded by Mr. Rayor, to amend the motion by adding the <br /> following sentence: The City may question a part of the newsletter only if it fails to <br /> comply with the guidelines. <br /> <br />The councilors discussed the amendment and the motion at length and made the following points: <br /> <br /> · Mr. Rayor favored being very specific and therefore favored the amendment. <br /> · In response to a question from Ms. Taylor, Mr. Kelly said that the amendment did not change <br /> anything, but made it explicit that the City was publisher and that there were guidelines that the <br /> newsletters had to meet. <br /> · Ms. Nathanson did not support the amendment. She gave an example of a technical glitch with <br /> getting information into the newsletter that would not be helped by this amendment. Ms. Bridges <br /> pointed out that the guidelines referenced process agreements between the staff and NLC about <br /> resolved content disagreement and about including required material from the City. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council March 15, 2000 Page 5 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />