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ATTACHMENT A MINUTES Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room--Eugene City Hall June 29, 2005 Noon COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Poling, Jennifer Solomon, Andrea Ortiz, Chris Pryor, Betty Taylor, David Kelly, Bonny Bettman. COUNCILORS ABSENT: Gary Pap6 Mayor Kitty Piercy called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. She conveyed a request from Mr. Pap6 that the council not conduct a vote on the West Eugene Enterprise Zone if he was not present. She said it was her understanding that it was a courtesy request and the council could decide whether to grant it. City Manager Dennis Taylor concurred that the request was a privilege that councilors could ask of the body and the body could then determine whether the issue was too important to postpone action. He said the current situation might warrant such a decision. Ms. Bettman noted that Mr. Pap6 was aware the issue might be on the agenda. She said that in the current situation, not taking action was taking action by default if the council did not take definitive action. She recommended that the council proceed with purposeful action rather than by default. Mr. Kelly pointed out that council ground rules said the body could take action even if there was a request to postpone if a majority of councilors present wished to take action. He said the fact that the enterprise zone would go into effect on July 2, 2005, meant the council was in that situation. He asked if a motion was necessary or if a show of consensus would suffice. City Attorney Jerome Lidz replied that a show of consensus was acceptable. City Manager Taylor explained why the West Eugene Enterprise Zone issue was added to the agenda. He said the council directed staff at its June 27, 2005, meeting to bring the interim standards to the County for consideration and report back on the County commissioners' action, which staff would do at the beginning the of enterprise zone discussion. He recommended that the Neighborhood Initiative Priority Issue Action Plan work session be postponed to a later meeting. A. ACTION: West Eugene Enterprise Zone Application City Manager Taylor related that on June 28, 2005, the State approved the West Eugene Enterprise Zone application jointly submitted by Lane County and the City of Eugene. He said staff met with the Lane Board of County Commissioners on the morning of June 29 and recommended adoption of the interim standards that the council adopted by Resolution 4832 on June 27. He said that following a lively discussion, the County commissioners adopted interim standards that included all of the elements in MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 29, 2005 Page 1 Work Session