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Mr. Klein pointed out that sample language to enact various ordinance options had been provided by staff. Ms. Laue asked if recent US Supreme Court decisions regarding lobbyists were relevant to the proposed ordinance. Mr. Klein replied that he had only read news reports of the decisions, but that he did not believe they were related. Mr. Laue moved, seconded by Mr. Tollenaar, that the motion be amended to delete Subsection (4) of the proposed ordinance regarding a requirement that signature gatherers wear a button, and that current Subsections (5), (6), (7), and (8) be renumbered (4), (5), (6), and (7). Mr. Tollenaar said that he supported the amendment because of the small number of signatures required to be collected to place arguments in the City's voter's pamphlet. The motion to amend was adopted unanimously, 7:0. The amended main motion was adopted unanimously, 7:0. Mr. Johnson announced that the council would consider Council Bill 4667, as amended, by number only. Mr. Farr moved, seconded by Mr. Tollenaar, that Council bill 4667, as amended, be approved and given final passage. The motion was adopted unanimously, 7:0. 12. ORDINANCE TO CREATE A POLICE COMMISSION Mr. Johnson stated that he believed suggestions developed at the Council Work Session on creating a Police Commission had been incorporated into the proposed ordinance. Ms. Swanson Gribskov stated that she was pleased that she was able to act on creating a Police Commission during her term as a City Councilor. She said she would like to consider the effects of designating one seat on the commission for a University of Oregon student. She said that if such a designation was not appropriate, she hoped creative ways to incorporate the views of students could be explored. Ms. Taylor stated that she preferred that designations for membership on the commission be suggestive only. She said she would like to have students included on the commission. Ms. Nathanson expressed appreciation for the good work of staff in addressing concerns raised about the proposed ordinance. She noted that Subsection 2.368(2) identified "youths" as a group from which members of the commission should be selected. She said that she did not support designating citizen seats on the commission for special interest groups. She also said she had also considered other suggestions for membership distribution, such as having each councilor make one appointment from his/her ward, but that she had realized that geographic distribution and other factors were regularly considered in council appointments. She said that she liked the way the proposed ordinance was written because it allowed appointment of special MINUTES--Eugene City Council December 7, 1998 Page 18 7:30 p.m.