Item 3A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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periodically updates its legislative policy document, in this case for the 2009 Oregon Legislative Session. Ms. Wilson noted that the changes to the legislative policies document before the council were primarily formatting changes designed to make the document easier to read. Ms. Wilson noted that certain sections of the document had been pulled by the council for further discussion and that the remainder of the document had been adopted at the council’s October 29, 2008, work session. She added that the document was being brought back to the council for further review in response to a request from Mr. Clark. Ms. Wilson noted that since the document had already been adopted, any changes to the document would need to be introduced as a motion to amend by the council. Ms. Wilson and Ms. Piercy discussed how they would proceed with the review of the document, and felt that it would be best to simply go through it with the council to identify items that would need to be pulled for discussion, either later in the work session or at a different meeting in the future. Ms. Wilson, Ms. Piercy and the council proceeded to go through the legislative policies document and pulled several items for further discussion. Mr. Zelenka asked that the statement regarding the City’s support of transportation funding that “establishes system maintenance, preservation and operation as a priority for funding” be highlighted for greater emphasis within the Transportation section of the legislative policies document. Ms. Piercy asked that quiet zones be added to the City’s support of additional and improved structures under the Rail Services subsection of the Transportation section. Ms. Wilson, responding to a question from Ms. Piercy, noted that the $100 million Housing Trust Fund goal figure listed in the Housing subsection of the Planning and Community Services section of the legislative policies document was accurate. Ms. Wilson, in response to a comment from Ms. Bettman, noted that the use of the term “low-cost housing” under the Housing subsection should actually read “low-income housing.” Ms. Wilson, responding to a question from Mr. Clark, confirmed that the legislative objective for the City to support state-supported homeless shelters had been inserted by Ms. Taylor. The council pulled items from the legislative policies document for further discussion. II. Financing State and Local Government--B3. Urban Renewal Districts Ms. Taylor indicated that she wanted to keep the second legislative objective from the subsection, Eugene’s opposition to mandates that a portion of urban renewal funds be spent on particular types of projects, and eliminate the remaining three bullet points. Ms. Bettman felt that the objective opposing expansion of the types of governments that are allowed to create urban renewal districts should be kept in. Ms. Bettman expressed that the City should change its position to support of additional consent requirements for new MINUTES—Eugene City Council November 24, 2008 Page 4 Work Session