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Councilor Solomon, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved that the City Council adopt Council Bill 4905, an ordinance updating the Goal 5 inventory within the Eugene city lim- its. Councilor Papé noted that Councilor George Poling requested that the council not take action in his absence and he wished to respect that request. He said that traditionally, the council honored such requests. Councilor Solomon hoped that in the past spirit of trust and cooperation, the council would honor Mr. Poling’s request. She said that City Manager Taylor indicated to her there was time on the council calendar to accommodate the item at a future meeting. Councilor Bettman said the council had not always honored councilors’ requests to postpone action. She maintained that the council’s tradition and protocol related to such requests was that they were based on extenuating circumstances, such as a family illness or travel for other council business. She did not think a hunting trip rose to that standard. She maintained that the community was waiting for the council to take action on the item, which had long been on the council’s agenda. She would have been happy to have considered the request if it were for the reasons she previously mentioned. Councilor Bettman said that scheduling a hunting trip while council was in session should not preclude the council from conducting its business in Councilor Poling’s absence. Councilor Kelly said that the council usually honored such requests, but sometimes did not. It was his recollection that the council honored such requests for the reasons mentioned by Councilor Bettman. He found it troubling that Councilor Poling knew of the schedule for at least a month prior to his vacation, and in fact, in his role as council president, offered the body a motion in late October to schedule the item for action on this date. Had Councilor Poling worked with staff at that time, he was sure staff could have rescheduled the item. That Councilor Poling requested the delay the night before the meeting Councilor Kelly found “troubling, and just a wee bit manipulative.” He believed the council’s upcoming meeting schedule was already full and he was concerned about further delay. He said that he would not have spent as much time as he had on the amendments if he knew the item would be delayed. Councilor Papé disagreed with the Councilor Bettman’s recollection. He could recall only one instance where his request for postponement was not honored. He and others had asked for action to be postponed for reasons other than those mentioned by Councilor Bettman and those requests were honored. He objected to comments casting aspersions on Councilor Poling for his request because of his own, similar past requests. He asked the council to honor its traditions. Mr. Klein noted that given a motion was on the table, a councilor would have to move to postpone the motion to a date certain to honor Mr. Poling’s request. Councilor Papé, seconded by Councilor Solomon, moved to postpone the item. Roll call vote; the motion failed, 4:3; councilors Papé, Solomon, and Pryor voting yes. Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to adopt Motion A, which would add a new standard to all provisions in the land use code that allow lots to be divided such that a lot could not be created that would automatically qualify for an adjustment under Eugene Code (EC) 9.8030(21)(a). This adjustment is the adjustment that requires that 33 percent of the lot be either within the /WR setback area, or the area that extends landward beyond the setback. MINUTES—Eugene City Council November 14, 2005 Page 10 Regular Meeting