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<br />Councilor Poling, ~.;e<;onded by Coun(~i1(!r Solomoll, rw)ved to authorize the expe.:ndihlrc of <br />up t.o $WO,OOO th..>H1 the. General Fund c.ontingcney aCl;~O'llHt to pay t~)r a ~.,peciaj ekction <br />on. November 8, 2005. <br />Councilor HeHman \\'ond;;::~red if the $100,000 included money to provide publkinibnnu:tion.. City <br />tylanager Taylor r<::phed that it did nOL <br />Cou:nd!or Beanum ashd why no In<.mey was provided for neutral inthrmat1ontl.Jr'l(jters.. CityManager <br />Taylor expbined that th(~ m~xtmotion the council would l::onsider u:uthonzz.'Xl the expen.d:iture of $20,000 <br />for information to bc dissew.inated, Cmmdb, Hettman averred that tbls was $p~ifically for the Voters' <br />Pamphlet She ::;tated that ~;he had in her fEes t11<;: Pad,,$ and Open Spa.ce bzmd measure and the Police <br />bond mea.:mre; they both l::ontained neutral informationr1.1 makriaL She asked why the charter amendment <br />'Nii:, being treated differentty, <br />Mr, Klein claritled that i;t.<!ff at Hw City Rec:.order's fjHice asked about nemralinf()nnation o;nd he advised <br />that on this measure, unhkc the Parks m.eaSUfe 'which could offer ~"pecitlc factual information, the kind of <br />factual infi.}nnation the City could pwvide 'Hodd he V{.<:ry 1im:itcd. He said tbe City i.:'ould not <:.xplain why <br />an external revk:v.' would be a goodkk~! bCC:<tw,e this wa:s not neutral information. He stressed that veq <br />tiWe information on the z::1wner amendnlt~nt could be pnwid~~ct i.n 0, l1<;utralmmmer. <br />Councilor Bettman <1~.;ked. if the Police Commi:"skm report could be summ.arlzed a:nd provided as <br />information.. Mr. KJei:n replied that lw n:~ad the Polio;: Commission report He reiterated th<.tt the City <br />could. not pay to put infonnation m.l.t that explained why there \Vas a need for this. He stated that the City <br />coul.d not take a recommcndation from the report and print it a~~ information bel;:a\lse of this reason.. <br />Councilor HeUman asked if there Wf1~ a \vay to make the Po1ice Commission report tnoK availahle- ML <br />Klein responded thm it v;ai; already on the Web i;lk and. there. wai; nothing again;;.t the law in leaving it <br />there, Councilor Hettnli1n asked if additional copk~ ofthe r;;:::port CoUld be mack and provided at <br /><:omrmmity centers <m.d the library. Mr.. Klein replied that this was not leg-aHy po::;sibk to do :so. <br />C01.mdkr Papl: asked ifthe amount the ballot would cn~t 'wodd he. reduced if ,-mother entity joined the <br />City on the ballot City Rt."'Coruer tvlaryFeldrmm affirmed that it 'NOtlld reduce the cost but indicated that <br />no one had expressed interes.t in doing ~.;o. She nokd that she contacted the Eugene Water & Electric <br />Hoard {EWEH} and it appeared EWER would not include a bon.d issue on. the Novemb(~r haHot <br />Ron caU vote; the motion passed, 6:2; zXH.mdk,rs Poling and Solomon voting in <br />opposition. <br />Co\mdlor Poling, seconded by Con:ndlor Solomon, mov<xl to authorize the expenditure of <br />up to $20,000 from the General Fund contingem::yaccount to prod:uGe a voters' pamphlet <br />for the November 8, 2005, eJection. Roll caB vote; the motion passed, 6:2; ;;:otmdlors <br />Poling and Solomon voting in opposition. <br />CoUn;:::UOf PoU:ng, seconded by Councilor So!om.on, moved to appoint Mayor Pkrcy, <br />Councilor Ortiz, and CuuJ1cHor Pryor to the cOllunittee to pn.1mn.~ the vowrs^ pamphlet <br />proponent :statement, Roll Gall vote; the. motion pa:.->sed unanimously, f;:(). <br />;\-1INtrrES.....Eugen(: City Council Au.g\!st 8,2005 Page l3 <br />Regular Session <br />