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Councilor Clark understood that the original intent from the transportation committee was to spread the cost
<br />over everyone equally. He asked them to consider what had changed.
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<br />5. ACTION:
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<br />An Ordinance Concerning Land Use Regulations in the Downtown Plan Area and Notice for Land
<br />Use Applications; Amending Sections 9.2171, 9.2173, 9.2175, 9.3405, 9.3410, 9.4085, 9.4290,
<br />9.4530, 9.5500, 9.7210, 9.7220, 9.7315, 9.7335, 9.7415, 9.7440, 9.7445, 9.7520, 9.7545, 9.7560,
<br />9.7615, 9.7635, 9.7665, 9.7685, and 9.8030 of the Eugene Code, 1971; and Adding Section 9.8007
<br />to that Code
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<br />Councilor Zelenka, seconded by Councilor Clark, moved that the City Council adopt
<br />Council Bill 5001, an ordinance concerning land use regulations in the Downtown Plan
<br />Area. Roll call vote; the motion passed, 7:1; Councilor Brown voting in opposition.
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<br />6. ACTION:
<br />Approval of Minutes, Findings, and Recommendations from the Hearings Official and Adoption of
<br />Resolution 4979 Forming a Local Improvement District for Paving, Constructing Curbs, Gutters,
<br />Sidewalks, Landscape Medians, Street Lights, Traffic Signal, Street Trees, Wastewater, and
<br />Stormwater Drainage and Water Quality Facilities on Chad Drive and Old Coburg Road from the
<br />East End of Chad Drive to North Game Farm Road (Job #3923)
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<br />Councilor Zelenka, seconded by Councilor Clark, moved to approve the Hearings Official’s
<br />Minutes, Findings, and Recommendations of May 29, 2009. Roll call vote; the motion
<br />passed, 6:2; councilors Clark and Solomon voting in opposition.
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<br />Councilor Zelenka, seconded by Councilor Clark, moved to adopt Resolution 4979 forming
<br />a Local Improvement District for paving, constructing curbs, gutters, sidewalks, landscape
<br />medians, street lights, traffic signals, street trees, wastewater, and stormwater drainage and
<br />water quality facilities on Chad Drive and Old Coburg Road from the east end of Chad
<br />Drive to North Game Farm Road (“Chad Drive Extension Project” Job # 3923.)
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<br />Councilor Solomon recalled that when the council had last discussed the item, Councilor Ortiz had made a
<br />motion to continue to discuss the assessment process. She asked if this was on the council’s agenda. Mr.
<br />Schoening replied that it was his understanding that the City would undertake the three projects scheduled
<br />for the summer because a change to the assessment policy would not be able to be enacted in time to affect
<br />them.
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<br />Roll call vote; the motion passed, 5:3; councilors Taylor, Solomon, and Clark voting in
<br />opposition.
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<br />Councilor Zelenka, seconded by Councilor Clark, moved to take the motion on House Bill
<br />2966A back off the table. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 8:0.
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<br />Ms. Wilson stated that prevailing wage was a complex policy issue. She recalled that she had recommended
<br />the Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (CCIGR) not take a position on the prevailing wage
<br />bills because the City Council had not had an opportunity to have a full discussion on prevailing wage and
<br />its impact on different projects such as low-income housing projects and Enterprise Zone projects. She said
<br />the City had not taken a position on approximately a dozen bills that had been presented in the State
<br />Legislature because they had to do with prevailing wage. In response to Councilor Clark’s specific
<br />question, she explained that minimum wage was the lowest wage set by the federal government, with some
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