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NONE Davidson closed the public hearing and called for Council comments. Sisk supported the open space tax. He suggested very strongly that Council pass it by ordinance. Howard supported the open space tax and that Council adopt it by ordinance. Mayer supported the tax and that Council adopt it by ordinance. He suggested setting up an open space advisory committee, if the voters adopt this in November. Hornbostel supported the tax more for open space. She would like to find a separate funding mechanism for future parks. Lathrop supported the citizens having the right to bring anything by initiative for a vote. His only problem with doing this by ordinance was that by doing it by ordinance, by a vote of the Council, whether by inference or by intent, it seems that Council is supporting it. He felt that an initiative from the citizens should stand on its own, go to the citizens, and be accepted or rejected as that, without the inference of the Council. He was not going to support it for that reason. Hedding agreed with Lathrop's remarks that it should go to a vote of the people as an initiative. Griffiths: Ordinance No. 1119 is the ordinance that was initiated by the petitioners. You would be adopting that ordinance. However, if you looked at Section 2, it says that the ordinance will not take effect unless and until the majority of the registered electors voting at the November 2 city election vote "yes" in response to the following ballot title, which is the same ballot title that's on the initiative measure. If you adopt this ordinance, it will not take effect until it's approved by the voters in November. Hedding stated that on that basis he could support it. Davidson supported the initiative. He felt that the only way Louisville is going to prevent development of land is if the city or County owns it as open space. He felt that it was appropriate for the Council to adopt the ordinance and by doing that they are 10