Item 2C: Ratification of IGR Committee Actions

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Ms. Wilson noted that she had discussed the legislative concept with Senator Floyd Prozanski and had found that state legislators were leery of introducing bills that would create new crimes thereby increasing the workload of public safety officials. Mr. Poling felt that the matter was important and was worth investigating further to see if it would be feasible to proceed with the legislative process. Ms. Wilson responded that they might not be able to get a peeping tom bill passed now but that they might have greater success with such legislation in the future. Mr. Poling, seconded by Ms. Ortiz, moved to direct the City of Eugene introduce legislation reclassifying peeping tom crimes as a felony rather than a misdemeanor. The motion passed unanimously, 3:0. Ms. Piercy noted that the motion would seem to tweak existing laws rather than creating new crimes that might tax overburdened public safety officers. Ms. Wilson concurred with Ms. Piercy’s assessment and noted she would be drafting the legislative documents along that principle. Ability for Cities to Charge Vehicle Registration Fee Ms. Ortiz noted that she had spoken to Representative Chris Edwards regarding the proposed legislation suggested by Ms. Taylor, and that it was similar to registration fees being planned or already in place at the state level. Ms. Wilson noted that Oregon county governments already had the ability to increase vehicle registration fees but not cities. She further noted that Governor Kulongoski’s transportation bill recommended an increase in county vehicle registration fees. Ms. Taylor expressed that city vehicle registration fees could be used to repair streets and other roadways in Eugene. Ms. Wilson recommended that the CCIGR concentrate its efforts toward supporting amendments to the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) bill rather than creating a vehicle registration fee specific to the City of Eugene. Ms. Ortiz, seconded by Mr. Poling, moved support ODOT transportation bill amendments on behalf of the City and that would allow ODOT to raise vehicle registration fee rates. The motion passed unanimously, 3:0. Public Safety Systems Development Charges (SDC) Ms. Wilson said that public safety SDC’s were not currently permitted and that historically efforts to create such SDC’s had actually endangered the continuation of SDC’s specific to public parks. Ms. Wilson, in response to a comment from Mr. Poling as to whether it was wise to pursue public safety SDC’s, noted that they would be unable to prevent a bill from being introduced that would eliminate park SDC’s. Ms. Wilson suggested that the CCIGR wait for SDC legislation to be introduced to which they might try and introduce an amendment that would create public safety SDC’s. MINUTES— Council Committee on Intergovernmental December 3, 2008 Page 3 Relations