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<br /> <br /> <br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Action: Ratification of Unanimous Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) Committee <br />Actions and Discussion and Action on Non-Unanimous IGR Actions on Legislative <br />Policy from February 3, 2010 <br /> <br />Meeting Date: February 22, 2010 Agenda Item Number: 3 <br />Department: City Manager’s Office Staff Contact: Brenda Wilson <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-8441 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br /> <br />This is an action item to ratify the unanimous actions of the Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) <br /> <br />Committee from the February 3, 2010, IGR Committee meetings. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />As a matter of procedure, during the legislative session, the City Council is routinely asked to ratify the <br />actions taken by the Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) Committee on legislation. The IGR Committee <br />reviews all bills and their associated staff recommendations and provides direction for each piece of <br />legislation introduced during the legislative session. <br /> <br />Any member of the IGR Committee may pull a bill off the IGR Bill Report for discussion. If a bill is not <br />pulled for discussion, the staff recommendation stands. If a bill is pulled for discussion, the IGR <br />Committee may keep or change the staff recommendation. Actions on which the IGR committee is not <br />unanimous must be brought before the full City Council for consideration. These bills must be addressed <br />by the full council in order to provide direction to staff in Salem. <br /> <br />The IGR Committee met on February 3, 2010, to review staff recommendations on some of the bills that <br />have been introduced in the state legislature for the 2010 Special Session taking place this month. Those <br />bills are set out in Attachment A. The IGR Committee pulled five bills/legislative-concepts for <br />discussion. Of the five bills or concepts pulled for discussion, the IGR Committee’s vote was unanimous <br />on four. The votes on those bills are set out in Attachment B. <br /> <br />The IGR Committee vote on House Bill 3609 (HB 3609) was not unanimous. Accordingly, the full <br /> <br />council must provide direction before this bill can be lobbied in Salem. HB 3609 is set out below.Staff <br />comments for the bill are provided in Attachment C. I have also included a copy of the bill as an <br />attachment. <br /> <br />HB 3609: This bill would permit an enterprise zone sponsor to waive employment requirements and <br />extend property tax exemption periods for authorized business firms under certain economic conditions. <br /> <br />Staff Recommendation: Priority 3 Support <br />IGR Committee Vote: Monitor (2 to 1, Councilor Poling voting No) <br /> Z:\CMO\2010 Council Agendas\M100222\S1002223.doc <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />