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