Item 3A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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depending on the commission’s recommendation, the amendments would be brought before the council for hearings. Councilor Zelenka, seconded by Councilor Clark, moved to initiate infill compatibility stan- dards and opportunity siting code amendments. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanim- ously, 8:0. 3. ACTION: Ratification of Unanimous Intergovernmental Relations Committee Actions and Discussion and Action on Non-unanimous Intergovernmental Relations Committee Actions on Legislative Policy from March 11 and April 1, 2009 Intergovernmental Relations Manager Brenda Wilson began the review of the non-unanimous Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (CCIGR) actions on legislative policy. House Bill 2831 – Provides that temporary employees be included in the definition of ‘appropriate bargaining unit’ for purposes of collective bargaining between public employers and public employees. Ms. Wilson explained that the bill would also prohibit public employers from hiring permanent replacements for public employees engaged in lawful strikes. She said staff recommended adoption of a Priority 3 Oppose position; a motion to change the position to Priority 3 Support had been made but died for lack of a second. Councilor Zelenka, seconded by Councilor Clark, moved to adopt a Priority 3 Oppose posi- tion on House Bill 2831. Roll call vote; the motion passed, 5:3; councilors Taylor, Zelenka, and Brown voting in opposition. House Bill 2690 – Referred to as the “Idaho bike stop” bill, the bill would permit a person on a bicycle to roll through a stop sign at an intersection if there was no cross traffic. Ms. Wilson reported that staff had recommended a Priority 3 Oppose position and the CCIGR had not pulled the bill for discussion. She said because the position had been unanimously supported, the City had adopted a Priority 3 Oppose position at the Legislature. She related that the Mayor, however, had asked that the bill be revisited in the CCIGR on April 1. She explained that a motion had been made to change the Priority 3 Oppose position to a neutral position, but the motion failed, 2:1. She noted that there had been a hearing on the bill in the Transportation Committee and she believed the bill was not going to move. Councilor Zelenka, seconded by Councilor Clark, moved to adopt a Neutral position on House Bill 2690. Councilor Zelenka, seconded by Councilor Brown, moved to substitute a motion to adopt a Support position. Councilor Clark asked Ms. Wilson to explain why the recommendation had been to oppose the bill. He had heard compelling testimony to support the bill. Ms. Wilson responded that the bill had been assigned to five different staff members in five different areas of the City and all of them had recommended a Priority 3 Oppose position. She said one reason for opposition that had stood out was that the terminology and the way the bill was written made it hard to implement. She noted that the testimony during the hearing had echoed this. She explained that the bill did not define what was slowing to a safe speed and how one would know what speed that would be, especially law enforcement. She stated that the committee members had also raised the issue of the “messaging” from the bicycle community. She said staff had opposed the bill during the previous legislative session when it had been introduced for the same reasons. MINUTES—Eugene City Council April 13, 2009 Page 12 Regular Meeting