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<br />Councilor Solomon asked if the council had not just learned in the Executive Session that it was not possible <br />to make such a motion. City Manager Taylor responded that he would travel to Salem and ask the interim <br />director to reconsider the application because he believed the State had erred in its designation. This would <br />be the best course of action, that the State reconsider and then the City would not be subject to being barred <br />from submitting future enterprise zone applications. He said the City staff would work toward termination <br />on the basis of its inconsistence with the application the City submitted. He felt face-to-face communication <br />with the department in Salem would be in order and this would allow staff to argue the issue of the City’s <br />unwillingness and inability to fulfill the requirements of such a zone. <br /> <br />Councilor Solomon remarked that the City was able to fulfill such requirements, but a majority of the <br />council was unwilling to do so. <br /> <br />Councilor Papé asked what the motion on the table would do to the motion of June 29. City Attorney Klein <br />replied that it would instruct staff not to try to terminate the zone before July 22. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy called for a third round of comments. <br /> <br />Councilor Bettman believed that the City possibly had the right to legal redress because the resolution that <br />applied for the zone articulated the cap per new job created and the intent to adopt community standards and <br />interim standards set by community members. She opined that the County had breached a contract by <br />returning to earlier agreements and opening a dialogue as if it had been the City that had breached the <br />agreement. She asked that the County honor its original agreement. She thought the 7:1 vote by the council <br />in support of the application as drafted helped influence the progress the application had made. She said she <br />was hoping that the County would not be “willing to sacrifice” the zone and that it would be willing to <br />“uphold its original agreement” with the City. <br /> <br />Councilor Poling recalled that Councilor Kelly once said that the councilors were politicians and politicians <br />sometimes changed their minds. It was important to realize that one had to work with that. He reiterated the <br />importance of installing the enterprise zone at present with interim standards and then working through the <br />details of community standards. He urged the council not to give it up. He felt giving it up would preclude <br />the City from being granted any future enterprise zones. <br /> <br />Councilor Taylor indicated her support for the substitute motion. <br /> <br />Roll call vote; the vote for the substitute motion was a tie, 4:4; councilors Bettman, Ortiz, <br />Kelly, and Taylor voting in favor; councilors Pryor, Poling, Solomon, and Papé voting in <br />opposition. Mayor Piercy voted for the motion and the motion passed. <br /> <br />Roll call vote; the vote for the amended motion was a tie, 4:4; councilors Bettman, Ortiz, <br />Kelly, and Taylor voting in favor; councilors Pryor, Poling, Solomon, and Papé voting in <br />opposition. Mayor Piercy voted for the motion and the motion passed. <br /> <br />The meeting adjourned at 10:48 p.m. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council July 18, 2005 Page 17 <br /> Regular Session <br /> <br />