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both Mayor Piercy and former-Mayor Torrey for their grace, her grace “in victory matched by Jim Torrey’s grace in defeat.” Mayor Piercy closed the forum. She related that the council had a moment of silence for Veterans Day during its work session. She thanked Drix for reminding people of the importance of the day. She also wished to thank everyone for voting for the two city measures. She appreciated the testimony from the residents of Elmira Road, saying she was glad they came out and let their voices be heard. She added that she had really appreciated hearing the comments of Ms. Crieger-Goodwin. Councilor Ortiz wanted to clarify that her motion was not to stop the project, but rather was to direct staff to go back and work with Elmira Road residents to come to an agreement. Councilor Poling noted that Mr. Donald had raised questions about where the gas tax went and how the assessments for upgrades were assigned. He asked the City Manager to make this a top priority to address for the residents of the area. Mr. Ruiz agreed to have someone from the Public Works Department contact Elmira Road residents and do so. 2. CONSENT CALENDAR A. Approval of City Council Minutes - July 23, 2008, Work Session - July 28, 2008, City Council Meeting - October 8, 2008, Work Session B. Approval to Tentative Working Agenda C. Ratification of Intergovernmental Relations Committee Actions of September 24, 2008 Mr. Pryor, seconded by Ms. Bettman, moved to approve the items on the Consent Calendar. Ms. Bettman stated that she had submitted corrections to the minutes via email. Mayor Piercy deemed them, without objection, approved. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 7:0. 3. ACTION: Follow-up on 2009 Legislative Policies Document Intergovernmental Relations Manager, Brenda Wilson, said that the City of Eugene had prepared a legislative policies document for at least the past two decades. She explained that the City provided the document to the legislative delegation and to its intergovernmental partners in order to outline its general policy direction and guidelines. She stated that in every even-numbered year the City updated the document prior to the start of the normal Legislative Session. She related that earlier in the summer the Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (CCIGR) had reviewed the document and made some revisions, with the primary goal to make the document more user-friendly so that a reader could look at it and easily distinguish the policy objectives. She noted that she would be updating the document to replace language referring to Ballot Measure (BM) 37 with language referring to BM 49. Councilor Clark expressed appreciation for the hard work of staff and the CCIGR. He said he had a V number of concerns, specifically with section . He did not think the council majority would accommodate the minority position. He said he would save time and not bother with the argument. He felt troubled by a couple of sections in the document. MINUTES—Eugene City Council November 10, 2008 Page 4 Regular Meeting