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<br /> <br />1.05Public Forum <br /> <br />A public comment period generally shall be the first item of every regular meeting of the Eugene <br />City Council. By council majority vote, time-sensitive issues may be moved up in the agenda <br />order. <br /> <br />Persons wishing to speak at the Public Forum must sign up to do so not later than five minutes <br />after the Public Forum has been opened by the Mayor or presiding officer. The Mayor or <br />presiding officer shall inform the audience of the requirement to sign up to speak not later than <br /> <br />fiveminutes after the meeting has been called to order or prior to the conclusion of the Public <br />Forum. <br /> <br />Members of the public may speak about any topic during the Public Forum, except as provided <br />below. If a member of the public wishes to speak on an item that is scheduled for a public hearing <br />at that same meeting, the speaker shall wait until that public hearing. The Public Forum cannot be <br />used to testify about an item that is not a public matter or which has already been heard by a <br />Hearings Official, or to provide or gather additional testimony or information on a quasi-judicial <br />matter after the official record has been closed. <br /> <br />Speakers at the Public Forum will be limited to three minutes. Generally, the speakers will be <br />called upon in the order in which the “request to speak” forms are received by the staff at the <br />meeting. No persons will be allowed to complete a “request to speak” form more than 30 minutes <br />prior to the start of the meeting. <br /> <br />At the end of the Public Forum each member of the Council has the opportunity to respond to <br />comments made during the Public Forum. The time allocated to each member of the Council for <br />such responses shall be up to three minutes. <br /> <br />1.06 Public Hearings <br /> <br /> <br />Public hearings shall generallybe held on the third Monday of the month, except for those months <br />during which a Council break occurs, and shall be held for all ordinances except under the terms <br />delineated in E.C. 2.007 (4). Hearings may be scheduled on other items at the discretion of the <br />Mayor and the City Manager. Persons wishing to speak shall submit a “request to speak” form <br />prior to the commencement of the public hearing at which the person wishes to speak. The Mayor <br />or presiding officer shall inform the audience of this requirement to sign up prior to the <br />commencement of a public hearing. Speakers will be limited to three minutes. Eugene Code <br />- <br />2.015(7) notwithstanding, councilors may ask clarifying or followup questions of individuals <br />providing testimony after that individual has completed his/her testimony. Questions posed by <br />City Councilors should be to provide clarification or additional information on testimony <br />provided. Questions should not be used as an attempt to lengthen or expand the testimony of the <br />individual. Councilors shall be expected to use restraint and be considerate of the meeting time of <br />the Council when exercising this option. The Mayor or presiding officer may intervene if a <br />councilor is violating the spirit of this guideline. At the end of the Public Hearing, each member of <br />the Council has the opportunity to comment on or discuss testimony given during the Public <br />Hearing. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Exhibit A <br /> Eugene City Council Operating Agreements – October 2011 <br /> Page 2 of 19 <br />