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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 2C: Ratification of IGR Committee Minutes ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Ratification of Intergovernmental Relations Committee Minutes of February 23, 2011 Meeting Date: March 14, 2011 Agenda Item Number: 2C Department: City Manager’s Office Staff Contact: Brenda Wilson www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-8441 ISSUE STATEMENT This is an action item to ratify the recommendations of the Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) Committee meeting of February 23, 2011. BACKGROUND As a matter of procedure, the City Council is routinely asked to ratify the actions taken by the Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) Committee. This is done by submitting the minutes of each committee meeting to the council. RELATED CITY POLICIES Ratification of IGR Committee actions is the making or affirming of the City of Eugene’s policy with respect to Federal and State legislative issues or such other matters as may come to the council from the committee. COUNCIL OPTIONS The council may ratify or decline to ratify the IGR Committee’s actions as set forth in the minutes of the committee's meeting. CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION The City Manager recommends ratification of the IGR Committee's actions as set forth in the minutes of the committee's meeting. SUGGESTED MOTION Move to ratify the IGR Committee's actions as set forth in the minutes of the February 23, 2011, IGR meeting. ATTACHMENTS A. IGR Committee Minutes of February 23, 2011 \\Cesrv500\cc support\CMO\2011 Council Agendas\M110314\S1103142C.doc FOR MORE INFORMATION Staff Contact: Brenda Wilson Telephone: 541-682-8441 Staff E-Mail: brenda.s.wilson@ci.eugene.or.us ATTACHMENT A M I N U T E S Eugene Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations McNutt Room—Eugene City Hall 777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon February 23, 2011 1:30 p.m. PRESENT: Betty Taylor, George Poling, Mike Clark, members; Mayor Kitty Piercy; Intergovernmental Relations Manager Brenda Wilson, Jessica Mumme, Beth Forrest, City Manager's Office; Jerry Lidz, City Attorney’s Office; Mike Sullivan, Community Development Division; Larry Hill, Central Services Department; Russ Royer, Public Works Department. 1. Call to Order and Review Agenda Mr. Poling called the meeting of the Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (CCIGR) to order. Ms. Wilson added Senate Joint Resolution 36 to the agenda. 2. Approval of Minutes Ms. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Clark, moved to approve the minutes of February 2, February 9, and February 16. The motion passed unanimously, 3:0. 3. Review Pending Legislation The committee reviewed a list of bills pulled from pending legislation by committee members for further discussion. Committee votes, if any, are recorded below: House Bill 3017 (pulled by Taylor) Ms. Taylor moved to change the City’s position on the bill to Oppose. The motion died for lack of a second. House Bill 3146 (pulled by Clark) Mr. Clark, seconded by Mr. Poling moved to change the City’s position on the bill to Priority 3 Support. The vote on the motion was 2:1; Ms. Taylor voted no. MINUTES—Eugene City Council Committee on February 23, 2011 Page 1 Intergovernmental Relations Senate Bill 0619 (pulled by Clark) Mr. Clark, seconded by Mr. Poling, moved to change the City’s position on the bill to Priority 3 Support with amendments to remove the retroactivity element. The motion passed unanimously, 3:0. House Bill 2826 (pulled by Piercy)—No change. Senate Joint Resolution 36 (pulled by Wilson) Ms. Wilson briefly reviewed the elements of the bill and recommended the City take a position of Priority 1, Oppose on the legislation. Mr. Clark, seconded by Ms. Taylor, moved to take a position on Priority 1 Oppose on Senate Joint Resolution 36. The motion passed unanimously, 3:0. Ms. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Clark, moved to adopt the staff recommendation for priorities and recommendations for all bills not pulled for discussion for this meeting and the committee action for all bills that were discussed and acted on at this meeting. The motion passed unanimously, 3:0. 4. Items from Members and Staff Ms. Wilson reported that that she would be bringing 19 bills to the City Council for discussion at the February 28 meeting. She reminded the committee that she would be in Washington, DC, that night and Adam Walsh would represent her before the council. She would call in and be prepared to answer questions. She suggested that the committee might wish to reduce the number of bills on the list, and proposed that the bills that had been the subject of a motion that received no second be dropped, particularly since none had been scheduled for a hearing. Mayor Piercy pointed that no one was precluded from bringing up one of the bills in question on February 28. Mr. Clark, seconded by Mr. Poling, moved to drop the bills that were the subject of a motion that did not receive a second from the report forwarded to the council on February 28 in keeping with current CCIGR rules. Mr. Clark accepted a friendly amendment from Ms. Taylor that staff would continue to track the bills in question and would bring them back to the committee if they began to make progress. The motion passed unanimously, 3:0. The committee rescheduled its March 2 meeting to March 3 at 11 a.m. Mr. Poling adjourned the meeting at 2:05 p.m. (Recorded by Kimberly Young) MINUTES—Eugene City Council Committee on February 23, 2011 Page 2 Intergovernmental Relations