CC Minutes - 10/29/08 Work Session

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Mr. Poling said he was ready to take action because he had participated in the Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (CCIGR) meetings, though he was interested in listening to Mr. Clark and Ms. Solomon’s concerns. Ms. Taylor asked Intergovernmental Relations Manager, Brenda Wilson, to address the timeline. Ms. Wilson responded that she did not need the document “today” but wished to underscore that the 2009 legislative session was imminent. She said she wanted to be able to begin presenting the document to the legislative delegation in two weeks. Mayor Piercy asked if the councilors would be comfortable with passing the document and then discussing it. Mr. Clark indicated he would vote to approve the document so that it would not be held up, with the caveat that he would reserve the right to bring it back up for reconsideration. Ms. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Zelenka, moved to adopt the Legislative Policies Document. City Attorney Glenn Klein explained that if a councilor wanted to move to reconsider the motion, it would not be truly a motion to reconsider according to Robert’s Rules of Order unless it happened at the very next meeting. He said it could be brought up at a future meeting with a motion to amend the document as adopted, however. The motion passed, 4:1; Ms. Solomon voting in opposition. Mayor Piercy resumed discussion of parking policies. She suggested that Ms. Taylor and Mr. Clark serve on a subcommittee for the discussion of downtown parking. Mr. Ruiz believed that convening a subcommittee was a great idea. He said a basic assumption should be that the fund should be self-sufficient. He also said the subcommittee should consider what the boundaries of the downtown parking zone should be and whether the option to change the fines and fees should be exercised. Mr. Zelenka left the meeting at 1 p.m. and the quorum was lost. Mr. Clark agreed that the subcommittee should take those items into account. He asked for a history of the last five years of the carryover into the General Fund. Mr. Petry replied that it was 12 percent of the operating revenue, noting that it had been fairly stable in the last five years. He noted that in Fiscal Year (FY) 04-05 the parking program reduced the transfer and eliminated one .5 FTE position to balance the parking fund. In response to a question from Mayor Piercy, Mr. Clark said he wanted a lot of advice from outside the council but he hoped the subcommittee would be made up of only councilors. Ms. Solomon expressed a preference for having more than just councilors on the subcommittee. Ms. Taylor preferred having the committee include only councilors. MINUTES—Eugene City Council October 29, 2008 Page 5 Work Session