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Councilor Lee provided context for the issue. He stated his belief that the creation of a plan to preserve order during an emergency was a reasonable thing. Councilor Kelly brought back the question of a definition of weapons. Mr. Klein said that the definition would be supplied at the time of the ban and would be covered in the order from the City Manager. Councilor Kelly, seconded by Councilor Meisner, moved to amend the ordinance in section 4 (g) to change the word "weapons" to the word "firearms." The motion passed unanimously. Councilor Meisner raised questions as to the line of succession in case the City Manager was not available in an emergency. He asked about a line of succession. Councilor Meisner, seconded by Councilor Nathanson, moved to amend the ordinance to say that the first available of the emergency interim successors would invoke the powers of the emergency ordinance. The motion passed unanimously. Councilor Meisner stressed the significance of the disaster that would need to occur before the City Manager could declare an emergency. He also stressed the number of limitations of power that the City Manager would work under in the event that an level three emergency was declared. The motion passed unanimously. City Manager Johnson asked that the council consider Council Bill 4699 by number only. Councilor Meisner, seconded by Councilor Nathanson, moved that Council Bill 4699 be approved and given final passage. Councilor Nathanson commented that the public was generally not aware of the impending action on the ordinance. She expressed a desire for the City to prepare a statement that provided examples of the kind of uses the powers granted to the City Manager during an emergency might be put to. The motion passed unanimously and became Ordinance No. 20164. Vii. ACTION: ORDINANCE CONCERNING GRAFFITI; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 6.005, 6.010, 6.080, 6.100, AND 6.990 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 197'1 City Manager Johnson asked the council to consider Council Bill 4700, an ordinance concerning graffiti; and amending Sections 6.005, 6.010, 6.080, 6.100, and 6.990 of the Eugene Code, 1971 Councilor Meisner, seconded by Councilor Nathanson, moved that Council Bill 4700, with unanimous consent of the council, be read a second time by council bill number only and that enactment be considered at that time. Councilor Meisner reported that he had to leave the meeting and, although the Mayor had left the decision to pull the item from the agenda, he left that decision to the councilors remaining. He MINUTES--Eugene City Council August 9, 1999 Page 10 7:30 p.m.