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any member of the City Council or any City board or commission desiring to testify in his or her official capacity on legislative or regulatory matters before the State Legislative Assembl�f, State agencies, municipal corporations, or the Federal government, or desiring to submit funding requests for municipal activities thereto or to any private foundation, shall present the essence of the testimony or funding request to the Council for prior approval, modification, or disapproval. S ection 3 . No employee, agent or officer of the City shall testify on legislative or regulatory matters before a governmental entity or request funding from a public or private source in his or her official capacity contrary to the adopted policies of the Council. The Mayor, members of the City Council, and members of City boards or commissions shall not make a funding request contrary to the adopted policies of the Council. No such person shall testify contrary to adopted policies of the Council unless prior to the presentation the speaker submits to the governmental entity a written statement of the City's position and orally acknowledges before speaking that the testimony will be contrary to the City's position. Summaries of all testimony delivered under this section shall be provided to the Council. Each summary shall include a description of the time, place and group before which the statement was made. Section 4 . In the event time pressures do not permit the Council to consider the testimony before the intended time of presentation by a representative of a City board or commission, Ch person may speak for the board or commission, but must explain that the Council has not considered the issue. Summaries of all testimony under this section shall be provided to the Council. Section 5 . Any officer, employee or agent of the City, the Mayor, or a member of the Council or a City board or commission may take a position before or request funding from administrative staff of State agencies, municipal corporations, the Federal government, or private foundations without prior approval of the Council, but must declare that consideration and approval of the Council has not been obtained if that is the case. This declaration need not be given if the position or funding request presented represents application of previously adopted Council policies with respect to the issue being considered. Section G . If the City Manager, or his or her designee determines it is important that the City of Eugene speak on a legislative issue or apply for available funds and the hearing schedule or funding application deadline does not permit prior Council approval, the City Manager or his or her designee is authorized to speak on behalf of the City of Eugene after consultation with the Council Legislative Committee Chair. Summaries of all testimony delivered or funding applications submitted under this section shall be provided to the Council. Resolution -- 2