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Eugene City Council
Work Session
McNutt Room--City Hall
June 14, 2004
5:30 p.m.
COUNCILORS PRESENT: Bonny Bettman, George Poling, Nancy Nathanson, Scott Meisner, David
Kelly, Betty Taylor, Gary Papd, Jennifer Solomon.
His Honor Mayor James D. Torrey called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order.
A. ITEMS FROM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND CITY MANAGER
Mr. Poling noted a recent article and editorial in The Register-Guard referring to a paper reportedly
produced by City staff regarding the issue of a new hospital. He asked if there was a way for the council to
receive such papers when they were provided to the media as a part of a public information request so the
council was prepared to respond to questions. He had not seen the paper in question. City Manager Dennis
Taylor indicated he was not aware of the paper in question but would follow up. He suggested the
information referred to could have been drawn from many sources, including e-mail messages. He
acknowledged the appropriateness of ensuring that such documents were made available to the council when
requested by the media.
Mr. Poling referred to a letter the mayor and council had recently received from the Business Roundtable,
which represented a wide range of citizens. The letter included several recommendations regarding the
commercial and industrial buildable lands inventory. He asked what the follow-up would be given that there
were so many people of different political persuasions calling for a response. Mr. Taylor noted some of the
issues mentioned in the letter were being addressed in the Planning and Development Department work plan
and through the fiscal year 2005 budget, and indicated he would follow up.
Ms. Solomon arrived. She said that on June 5, the annual Bethel Celebration had occurred, and it was very
successful and a lot of fun. She reported that on Saturday, Bethel Community Park had opened near the
comer of Legacy Street and Barger Drive, and the opening ceremony was enjoyed by all who attended. She
thanked the voters for their support of the 1998 parks and open space bond, which made construction of the
park possible, and also thanked City staff for being responsive to the residents of that area.
Mr. Meisner concurred with the request of Mr. Poling regarding media information requests.
Mr. Meisner said he attended a June 11 meeting of the Passenger Rail Council in Portland, during which the
council discussed the time of service. An analysis indicated that Union Pacific was largely responsible for
most of the delays experienced by Amtrak. He had learned that Union Pacific, when it acquired Southern
Pacific, made staff reductions that led to some of the problems that were being experienced, and in addition
to recruiting new staff, Union Pacific was reconsidering its decision about whether to maintain the Eugene
yard.
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Mr. Pap6 noted his request for financial information regarding the City's acquisition of the former Chiquita
site and said he had received some data. He requested additional information on the topic, such as what the
City owed the taxpayers in terms of its promises to the community that the acquisition would be a "wash."
Mr. Pap6 was pleased to see that the Parks and Open Space Division received national recognition from the
Public Relations Society of America for its newsletter, "Eugene Outdoors!"
Mr. Pap6 thanked resident John Brown, members of the Southtown Rotary Club, members of the Delta
Rotary Club, and employees of Pacific Continental Bank for their efforts in a recent riverbank cleanup.
Ms. Nathanson had no items.
Mr. Kelly referred to the letter from the Business Roundtable mentioned by Mr. Poling, and agreed that
given the breadth of community interest in the subject, it was important that the council address the topic of
the buildable lands inventory at some future time. He acknowledged that significant resources would be
required for that effort. He asked Mr. Taylor to discuss staff's initial reaction to the proposals contained in
the letter and to prepare a recommendation for proceeding.
Ms. Taylor continued to be concerned about the negative effects of increased densities in established
neighborhoods. She said she was awaiting more information about whether the contractor would take
responsibility for the damage done to Whitbeck Road, which was maintained by current residents. She
asked if the City had standards for people who buik in backyards or on flag lots, and if there were
restrictions on where windows could be located and the height of the building. She reiterated she believed
the City's policies were damaging established neighborhoods.
Ms. Taylor reported that Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority proposed to establish a program for
auxiliary power units for diesel trucks to avoid the problem of long-term truck idling. The agency was
working with Oregon State University to investigate the best of the units available, and then would request a
grant to train people to install them, and borrow money to buy them. She said she had information she
would leave in the council office.
Noting that the memorandum of agreement with the General Services Administration (GSA) did not commit
the GSA to the actual construction of the federal courthouse, Ms. Bettman asked if an agreement could be
developed stipulating a connection between progress on the proposed transportation and other infrastructure
improvements and the progress on the courthouse project. She requested a memorandum updating the
council on the courthouse project and discussing how to create the desired connection.
Mr. Taylor spoke enthusiastically about several park openings that occurred the previous weekend,
including Gilbert Park, Bethel Community Park, and Trainsong Park. He thanked the mayor for his
attendance at the openings, the volunteers who worked on the celebrations, and staff of the Parks and Open
Space Division and Library, Recreation, and Cultural Services Department.
Mayor Torrey noted the upcoming groundbreaking of RiverPlay, a new children's park at Skinner Butte
Park. He said the area Rotary Clubs had been raising additional funds for the park and in the fundraising
process he was asked how the park would be maintained. He asked Mr. Taylor to direct staff to prepare and
mail a one-page response regarding the topic.
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Ms. Bettman, seconded by Mr. Poling, moved to adjust the City Manager's compensation,
placing him on Step 4 of the salary schedule, retroactive to his employment anniversary
date of April 14, 2004, and to increase the City Manager salary range on July 1, 2004, by
1.4 percent to reflect a cost-of-living adjustment.
Ms. Bettman explained that the percentage selected appeared to reflect a middle range of council sentiment
on the subject.
The motion passed unanimously, 8:0.
B. WORK SESSION:
Region 2050 Status Report and Public Outreach
Senior Planner Allen Lowe of the Eugene Planning and Development Department introduced the item, noting
Mayor Torrey's and Mr. Kelly's participation on the Region 2050 Policy Board, which was composed of
two elected officials from several small Lane County cities as well as from the Lane County Board of
Commissioners. He said the effort was entering into a major public outreach phase. Mr. Lowe introduced
Region 2050 Project Manager Carol Heinkel of the Lane Council of Governments, who provided a
PowerPoint presentation on the Region 2050 effort and the public outreach that was being proposed.
Ms. Heinkel provided information on the geographic scope of the effort and the Region 2050 participants.
She reviewed the process, which included: 1) evaluation of alternative scenarios; 2) development of
preferred growth scenarios, and goals, objectives, and actions in areas such as land use, housing, transporta-
tion, and the economy; and 3) agreement on an integrated regional growth management strategy. The policy
board had recently completed work on three alternative scenarios to present to the public.
Ms. Heinkel reviewed the elements of three alternative regional growth scenarios, the Compact Urban
Growth scenario, Satellite Communities scenario, and the Rural Growth scenario. She anticipated the
ultimate result of the public outreach that followed was a scenario would be a hybrid of the three scenarios,
which would again be tested with the public.
Ms. Heinkel shared tables demonstrating examples of the evaluative criteria against which each element was
weighed for each of the three scenarios.
Mayor Torrey called for questions and comments.
Mr. Kelly, a member of the Region 2050 Policy Board, commended the Region 2050 effort and said the fact
the goals of the process had unanimous support from the elected officials of various Lane County communi-
ties was significant in itself.
Mr. Kelly underscored that the three alternative scenarios represented points on a continuum rather than all
future possibilities. The policy board was trying to show distinct differences among the example scenarios.
Referring to the evaluative information shared by Ms. Heinkel, he said there was considerable technical data
behind the tables that people could access.
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Mr. Meisner thanked Ms. Heinkel for the presentation. He expressed disappointment about the lack of
participation of the school districts and the Oregon Department of Education. Ms. Heinkel assured Mr.
Meisner that those parties were engaged in the process and would continue to be engaged. Mr. Meisner
wished they had been involved from the beginning.
Mr. Meisner hoped the regional planning effort had meaning. He pointed to the council's growth manage-
ment policies, and said the council used the policies to determine if what it was doing was consistent with the
policies, but did not consider how to actually implement the spirit of the policies.
Ms. Bettman agreed with Mr. Meisner's latter comments. She questioned how much of the work that
resulted would supercede local policy, and how much would actually have meaning. Ms. Bettman noted the
resources going into the process and expressed skepticism that the process would result in anything that
would improve the livability of the southern Willamette Valley. In fact, she feared it would worsen
conditions by creating so much flexibility there would be very little regulation.
Ms. Bettman recommended that public outreach be very explicit in explaining that the results of moving
forward with the results of the process could result in the opportunity for individuals to circumvent existing
State land use laws.
Ms. Bettman asked how some of the things mentioned by Ms. Heinkel in her presentation would be enforced.
For example, if the region adopted the Compact Urban Growth scenario, how would development proposals
outside the rural areas be addressed? Governance was also an issue for her as it appeared the process was
moving toward a regional government with multiple layers of elected officials, which she thought would
reduce accountability to the citizens.
Ms. Bettman questioned some of the assumptions behind the scenarios, such as how constraining the urban
growth boundary (UGB) would result in spillover development outside the UGB, as that did not take into
account how development occurred within the UGB. A community could have a UGB and still have low-
intensity development.
Mr. Pap~ agreed with Mr. Meisner about the lack of educational representation on the policy board. He
asked if the University of Oregon or Lane Community College were involved. Ms. Heinkel said staff had
met with University representatives and she had also taught a couple of classes on the topic, but she agreed
more needed to be done. Mr. Pap~ suggested the hospitals also should be involved to ensure adequate
planning was done to accommodate future health care needs.
Mr. Pap~ determined from Mr. Lowe that the communities involved in the Region 2050 effort were within
the commute shed of Eugene-Springfield. Mr. Lowe said communities such as Deadwood and Alvadore
were represented on the policy board by the Lane Board of County Commissioners. Ms. Heinkel said there
were some neighborhood association representatives who attended policy board meetings. She indicated that
more outreach would be done to the rural areas. Mr. Pap~ determined from Ms. Heinkel the policy board's
meetings were largely held in the Eugene-Springfield area, a decision of the policy board.
Mr. Poling thought it important to stress to the public that the alternative growth scenarios were a tool for
discussion, and that the ultimate growth scenario was likely to be a hybrid. He said it should also be clear to
the public this was just a starting point. He suggested one result of the public outreach might be some
redefinition or narrowing of the project's goals.
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Mr. Poling referred to the project objectives for jobs and the economy, one of which was to encourage
partnerships with local organizations, communities, and businesses. He urged Ms. Heinkel not to ~reinvent
the wheel." He pointed to the organizations such as the Metro Partnership, which was essentially doing
what the objective called for. He encouraged review of the goals and objectives to ensure they were not
duplicative of other efforts.
Ms. Nathanson was encouraged there was interest in a regional plan but she was also skeptical of the
outcome of the process. She anticipated there would be increasing pressure for development in the area
around Eugene-Springfield as the community filled in. She questioned if Eugene-Springfield could realize
its vision for land use, employment, and residential development if it relied on outlying communities to
modify their zoning codes. She asked if those communities would be willing to make the changes needed to
realize the vision. Ms. Nathanson questioned whether the elected officials on the policy board adequately
represented the sentiments of their constituents. She said there was great resistance to change in the county.
Ms. Nathanson suggested that the transportation system was the key to the issue of growth. She pointed out
all the scenarios would result in more development outside Eugene-Springfield, and there was great
resistance from some to provide new transportation facilities. Some residents could live near their work, but
jobs were mobile and frequently residents had multiple transportation needs requiring them to use a car.
Residents value choice and the ability to move around.
Ms. Solomon noted the Region 2050 effort was purely voluntary, and she questioned whether, if the council
adopted its ultimate strategy, it would have to filter all its decisions through the strategy. She observed that
all three scenarios identified the Lane Community College Basin a growth area, but there had been
resistance to past development proposals in that area and they were not supported by local elected leaders.
Ms. Heinkel said the State's Regional Problem Solving Program gave jurisdictions increased flexibility but
did not give them latitude to act in a manner inconsistent with the statewide planning goals. All State
agencies and local participants must concur on the outcome. She said in November, staff would meet with
the Land Conservation and Development Commission to define how the effort would work to the benefit of
the regional partners.
Speaking to the issue of the Lane Community College Basin, Ms. Heinkel noted that under current
administrative rules, the basin could not be identified as an urban reserve area. If the City determined the
basin was a suitable area for growth, the process enabled Eugene to expand even if the area in question did
not meet the letter of rules. Ms. Solomon observed the process appeared to add more bureaucracy and
questioned whether there was some other way the project's goals could be accomplished.
Mr. Lowe said there was much left to decide in terms of how the process ultimately worked out. He recalled
that Eugene's Growth Management Study acknowledged the need for Eugene to interact with outlying
communities more, and the City's participation in the Region 2050 effort was an outgrowth of that
acknowledgment. He said no one really knew where the process was going, but there was general agreement
in the region about the need to discuss the implications of future growth. Mr. Lowe acknowledged that the
process could fall apart, and it was possible nothing would happen. However, the conversation would have
occurred, and there would be more awareness about the implications of growth and even acknowledgment of
the need to continue the discussion. He suggested the effort was the beginning point of a larger effort that
could take 15 or 20 years to complete.
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Ms. Taylor requested information about the cost of the project and the number of participants. Ms. Heinkel
did not have an exact number of participants. Ms. Taylor expressed concern that a single participant from
one small community was not representative of that community. She thought for all the county's communi-
ties to reach agreement on their goals would take a very long time to accomplish. Ms. Taylor believed a
logical outcome of the process could be that local agencies shared revenues and service responsibilities, but
did not want to have a regional government if that was a goal of the process. Mr. Lowe said the issue of
regional government was a question rather than a goal.
Mayor Torrey thought the Region 2050 process an improvement over the Growth Management Study
process because it involved other Lane County communities, and what Eugene did had an impact on those
communities. He noted that the policy board was discussing strategies rather than policies. He thought the
discussion was worthwhile given the interrelationships between communities and the impact that activities in
one community had on its neighboring communities. As an example, he cited the potential for Junction City
to allow different development patterns along Highway 99 than those Eugene preferred. He thought it best
that Eugene and Junction City have an opportunity to discuss that issue.
Mayor Torrey hoped the community got a better handle on its buildable lands inventory soon.
Mayor Torrey said the region needed to find a way to help the smaller communities address their infrastruc-
ture problems.
Mr. Kelly, seconded by Mr. Pap~, moved to extend time for the item by ten minutes. The
motion passed unanimously, 8:0.
Mayor Torrey called for a second round of comments and questions.
Mr. Kelly said he was also skeptical about the process but preferred to try it as opposed to not trying at all.
He said he would not support the project if he thought it would circumvent local policies or laws. The
policy board had not discussed the concept of a regional government, and he did not think there was support
on the policy board for the idea. He believed the Region 2050 recommendations could only be realized if the
local governments participating in the effort incorporated the recommendations into their local ordinances
and planning documents. He acknowledged a failure on the part of one community to adopt the recommen-
dations could be an issue.
Speaking to a concern expressed earlier by Ms. Bettman, Mr. Kelly clarified that the scenarios accounted
for development inside the UGBs in that an overall density inside each UGB was presumed in each scenario.
Mr. Kelly agreed with Ms. Nathanson that the transportation system was a critical issue. He expressed
concern to Ms. Heinkel about embarking on the public outreach effort without a substantive transportation
model.
Ms. Bettman agreed the dialogue was worthwhile, but questioned the cost of the process creating the
dialogue. She also believed that cost of implementing the agreed-upon strategy for individual jurisdictions
could be quite high. Ms. Bettman believed local governments had the tools they needed to ensure livability,
and it was up to the individual jurisdictions to determine if that was what they wanted to do. She did not
believe a voluntary program would be effective as there would be no enforcement mechanism to stop a
development that the affected jurisdiction desired. Ms. Bettman further objected that each scenario enabled
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the expansion of the UGB. The goals and objectives touched on the question on how services were funded,
and she was not aware of another funding tool outside of service districts that was being considered.
Mr. Pap6 agreed with the mayor that it was important to have the conversation. He asked what was
envisioned in terms of the regional commuter service referred to in the Compact Urban Growth scenario.
Ms. Heinkel said that was not yet defined, and more would be known when the transportation modeling was
done. The scenario assumed a regional commuter services for the population level to be achieved..
Mr. Pap6 suggested that the formation of a regional area commission on transportation could be a useful
way to achieve some of the goals of the process.
Mr. Meisner distinguished between policies, strategies, and implementation steps, and noted that it was
relatively easy to adopt the Growth Management Study policies, but community resistance to much of the
policy implementation was high.
Mr. Meisner questioned the omission of towns such as Marcola and Harrisburg from the effort, emphasizing
the rapid growth in the latter community. He asked what the "market shed" for Eugene-Springfield actually
was.
Ms. Nathanson said several years ago she had been supportive of having a regional discussion about growth
for the reasons cited by Mayor Torrey. She thanked Mr. Lowe for pointing out that a venue for discussion
now existed and that the process was the start of a longer discussion.
Mayor Torrey asked Ms. Heinkel to prepare information for the council regarding the cost of the process
and the staff resource it required.
C. WORK SESSION:
Motor-Assisted Scooters on Off-Street Paths
Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator Diane Bishop and Sergeant Derel Schulz joined the council for the item.
Ms. Bishop shared some illustrative examples of the vehicles in question, noting they came in different sizes
and shapes. She reported that under State law, operators of motor-assisted scooters must be 16 years of age
and older and must wear helmets. The vehicles are legal on City streets with speed limits of 25 miles or
lower. They can also be operated on streets with higher speed limits but must be driven in the bicycle lane.
They are prohibited on sidewalks, and may not be driven at speeds faster than 15 miles per hour. Ms.
Bishop said that motor-assisted scooters can also be ridden on paths, but State law provides for local control
over paths. Currently, City park rules preclude motorized vehicles on City park paths. Many other rules
that apply to bicycles also apply to motor-assisted scooters, such as signaling and having lights at night.
Ms. Bishop said that the City had heard concerns from path users about the use of motor-assisted scooters
on city paths. Those concerns were that the vehicles traveled at high speeds, were too noisy, polluted too
much, and created additional congestion on paths that were already heavily used. Path users particularly
object to their use in natural areas. Many path users believe the scooters are inappropriate because the
paths were designed for bicycle and pedestrian use.
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Speaking to the issues of noise and pollution, Ms. Bishop said residents also expressed concern about the
use of such vehicles in neighborhoods in general.
Ms. Bishop termed motor-assisted scooters the ;;new kids on the block" and said they were sometimes used
for alternative transportation and by those who preferred not to use a car.
Sgt. Schulz discussed the impact of motor-assisted scooters on off-street paths. He made the following
points:
· Education about newly adopted laws is the key to the issue both for the public and for law en-
forcement - local dealers were not required to provide the information to purchasers of the mo-
tor-assisted vehicles. Some were providing good information and some were not.
· The largest hurdle to enforcement is that it involves a violation that must be observed by a po-
lice officer before any enforcement can occur.
· The Eugene Police Department heard complaints related to noise on the paths and the speed at
which vehicles traveled on the paths.
· The laws in place adequately regulate the use of motor-assisted vehicles on the roadway; the de-
partment's major concern is regulation on City paths.
Sgt. Schulz said he did not think motor-assisted scooters were a fad. He believed they were here to stay, and
their ramifications needed to be addressed.
Mayor Torrey called for council questions and comments.
Mr. Meisner preferred to see noise from motor-assisted scooters regulated on both streets and paths. He
said motor-assisted scooters were very loud. He said that helmets were seldom worn by the scooter
operators he saw, including children. He wanted the vehicles to be prohibited on all city paths, not just on
paths in parks. Regarding enforcement, he acknowledged the problem caused by the fact a violation was
involved.
Ms. Taylor said she requested the work session because of the many constituent contacts she received. She
thought the speed, noise, and, in some cases, odors from the vehicles were all problems. She was surprised
that an operator's license was not required to operate a motor-assisted scooter.
Ms. Taylor moved that the City Manager bring back an ordinance to the council ban-
ning motor-assisted scooters from all City bicycle paths and bicycle lanes.
The motion died for lack of a second.
Ms. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Kelly, moved that the City Manager bring back an ordi-
nance banning motor-assisted scooters from all City bicycle paths.
Mr. Meisner objected that the motion did not ban the vehicles on the street and did not address noise.
Ms. Taylor said the vehicles in question were noisy and created a hazard to bicyclists and pedestrians. They
should not be allowed on the City's paths.
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Ms. Bettman said she would like to see an ordinance that included a number of optional provisions,
including provisions addressing the noise issue, on-street use of motor-assisted scooters, and other salient
issues as they arose in the council's discussion. She wanted to hear more from the public, noting that she
had not heard from any constituent objecting to the use of motor-assisted scooters in bike lanes on the
streets. Ms. Taylor and Mr. Kelly accepted Ms. Bettman's suggestion as a friendly amendment.
Ms. Bettman said that the violations of a possible ordinance did not have to be a higher enforcement priority
than other violations. As long as people know there is an ordinance and they could receive a ticket, she
believed it would have some effect as a deterrent.
Mr. Pap6 did not oppose looking at the issue of motor-assisted scooters but did not want the council to limit
its consideration of noise issues, for example, to such vehicles alone. He also pointed out that some bicycles
were motorized, and he was capable of bringing his own non-motorized bicycle up to 20 to 25 miles per
hour on a bicycle path. Mr. Pap6 suggested if the community had a problem with vehicles speeding on
bicycle paths, perhaps speed limits on bicycle paths were needed.
Mr. Pap6 opposed banning motor-assisted scooters from on-street bicycle lanes as he thought that was
where they appropriately belonged.
Ms. Solomon agreed with Mr. Pap& She expressed concern about what seemed to be anti-scooter
sentiment, pointing out that the council frequently discussed the need to reduce vehicle miles traveled in the
community, and motor-assisted scooters were an alternate transportation form that could help accomplish
that. She also noted Sgt. Schulz's remarks that the vehicles were here to stay. Ms. Solomon wanted the
council to be able to provide for the use of motor-assisted scooters in the community, and advocated for
taking a more %an do" attitude toward their use.
Mr. Kelly said he had heard from enough constituents to believe there were gaps in the State law that should
be addressed. He concurred with Ms. Bettman that the council needed options to consider. He did not think
any councilor was expressing opposition to motor-assisted scooters as such, but rather the council was
concerned about the impacts and the compatibility of such vehicles with other City path uses. He said that
he received complaints about the gas-powered scooters more than about the electric-powered scooters and
suggested that staff might want to distinguish between the two types when it considered options. He noted
that State law distinguished between motor-assisted scooters and motor-assisted bicycles, and he thought
those devices were very different from motor-assisted scooters in terms of their noise and pollution impact.
Mr. Kelly requested that staff return with a draft ordinance that did not restrict the ability of people to use
motorized devices for basic mobility due to a disability.
Speaking to Ms. Solomon's remarks, Mr. Kelly said he walked and bicycled frequently on the City's paths,
and was not anti-scooter when the scooter was on a roadway, but when he was out for a quiet walk having
such a vehicle coming up behind him at 20 miles per hour was not a pleasant experience.
Ms. Nathanson said if scooters became a popular alternative form of commuting, that could be a good thing.
However, she acknowledged that residents were increasingly unhappy with the competition for use of the
City's multi-use paths. Ms. Nathanson did not want to create an ordinance that made distinctions based on
the characteristics of the vehicle involved, and advocated for a focus on impact. She pointed out that the
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council could not anticipate all the rapid technological advances that might occur in such vehicles. Where
possible, she wanted to focus on what the council was attempting to achieve.
Mr. Poling supported the motion because he wanted to open up a dialogue on the subject. He believed the
focus of the City's effort needed to be on education and enforcement, particularly education of parents given
the scooters were heavily used by children, frequently without helmets. He said the draft ordinance should
be broad enough to encompass devices such as motor-powered skateboards. He agreed with Ms. Nathanson
about the need to focus on impact. He said there were legitimate reasons for the use of the scooters, and a
discussion about that needed to occur.
Mr. Meisner supported the motion, which he considered sufficiently broad to address the issue that had been
raised. He believed the noise issue needed to be addressed more broadly; he pointed out the City's noise
ordinance addressed structural noise but not vehicular noise. He thought that was a gap, and called for a
~noise ordinance with teeth." He looked forward to the options presented to the council.
Mayor Torrey determined from Sgt. Schulz that the minimum age for the use of such scooters was 16, and
the parent was liable for the violation of allowing the minor to operate the vehicle. The penalty for the
violation averaged $90. Failure to wear a helmet was $25.
Mayor Torrey asked if the City was liable for a collision that occurred on its multi-use paths between the
rider of an uninsured scooter and another individual. Ms. Bishop believed that the rider or parent of the
rider would have liability.
Speaking to Mr. Meisner's comments, Sgt. Schulz noted that there were some statutes that address noise
from vehicles but they were specific to motor vehicles and did not include motor scooters.
Ms. Taylor said she was also concerned about the safety of pedestrians.
Ms. Solomon determined from Ms. Bishop that the only community she was aware of that had passed laws
limiting scooters on paths was Corvallis. A Portland representative indicated to her that Portland had not
experienced any issues with them yet.
Mr. Pap~ emphasized the need to focus on outcomes and to act broadly. He determined from the maker of
the motion and the second that the motion did not preclude consideration of other motorized vehicles, such as
motorized skateboards.
The motion passed unanimously, 8:0.
The meeting adjourned at 7:20 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Dennis M. Taylor
City Manager
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(Recorded by Kimberly Young)
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