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<br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Ratification of Intergovernmental Relations Committee Actions of <br />May 8, 2007, May 22, 2007, May 29, 2007, June 6, 2007, and June 15, 2007 <br /> <br /> <br />Meeting Date: June 25, 2007 Agenda Item Number: 4 <br />Department: City Manager’s Office Staff Contact: Brenda Wilson <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-8441 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br /> <br />This is an action item to ratify the recommendations of the Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) <br />Committee meetings of May 8, May 22, May 29, June 6, 2007, and certain actions of the June 15, 2007, <br />meeting. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />As a matter of procedure, the City Council is routinely asked to ratify the actions taken by the <br />Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) Committee. This is done by submitting the minutes of each <br />committee meeting to the council. <br /> <br />Actions on which the committee is not unanimous are brought before the full City Council for <br />consideration. These bills must be addressed by the full council in order to provide direction to staff in <br />Salem. <br /> <br />SB 573-A and HB 5036 were reviewed at the May 8, 2007, IGR meeting. There were no non-unanimous <br />votes at the May 22, May 29, or the June 6, 2007, meetings. The minutes for the June 15, 2007, are not <br />ready for ratification by the full City Council at this time. <br /> <br />At the June 15, 2007, meeting, however, the IGR Committee voted to refer to the full City Council a <br />request from the Emergency Management Program for authorization to apply for grant funding under a <br />Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) 2007 Technology Program. This grant provides funds to <br />improve data and voice interoperability between public safety agencies and organizations. <br /> <br />Also at the June 15, 2007, meeting, the IGR Committee voted to support the Western Environmental Law <br />Center's (WELC) request to the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission (OEQC) to use its <br />legislatively granted authority to ban all open field burning, propane flaming, stack and pile burning in <br />the Willamette Valley. <br /> <br /> <br />Non-unanimous bills are listed below.Bills may be accessed via the Legislature’s website at <br />http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measures/main.html <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> L:\CMO\2007 Council Agendas\M070625\S0706254.DOC <br /> <br />