Item 3: Ratification of Unanimous IGR Actions and Action on Non-Unanimous IGR Actions

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Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation Michael Magee LRCS-ADM 2/8/2011 -- -- Comments: LRCS defers to HR on this bill. Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation Susan Mullett CS-HR 1/31/2011 Pri 1 Oppose Comments: Adding temporary employees in the definition of appropriate bargaining unit would have a high financial impact to the City. The City utilizes many temporary employees in various departments. By adding temporary employees to bargaining unit could potentially require departments to offer fewer and/or reduce services to meet the demands of higher personnel costs. SB 0619 Relating Clause: Relating to eminent domain; declaring an emergency. Title: Requires that certain agreements for acquisition of real property by condemner contain provision relating to repurchase of property in event property is not used for public purpose. Sponsored by: By Senator BOQUIST URL: http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/sb0600.dir/sb0619.intro.pdf Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation Jerry Lidz CS-CMO-ATTY 2/6/2011 Pri 3 Oppose Comments: Current law requires a public body that acquires private property by agreement, but under threat of condemnation, to provide in the purchase agreement that the seller may repurchase the property if the public body doesn't put the property to public use within a specified time. This bill would establish a rule if the agreement omits the required provision: if the public body doesn't put the property to public use within 10 years, the seller gets the option to repurchase the property. That's not unreasonable, but the bill would apply to agreements signed before this bill takes effect. That would expose the City to considerable risk on acquisitions we've already made that may require a long time to develop. Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation Amanda Nobel Flannery Denny Braud PDD-ADM 2/9/2011 Pri 3 Oppose Comments: Agree with the City Attorney’s response. The repurchase provision would be reasonable for future projects. However, the retroactive provision could be problematic. Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation Peggy Keppler Russ Royer PWE 2/14/2011 Pri 3 Oppose Comments: Presently ORS chapter 35 provides the rights for a property owner to repurchase property that was condemned if it was not put to the public purpose within 10 years. However, the 13