CC Minutes - 10/10/07 Work Session

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for density; commercial and industrial should have the same expectations. She asked how the list of recommendations from the council was developed. Mr. Nystrom said the recommendations came from council work sessions and comments and emails from councilors. Ms. Bettman stated that she had asked for growth management policies to be adopted as part of the land use code, but that was not on the list. Mr. Nystrom explained that the Planning Commission had identified that as a significant issue, but felt it was too complex for the minor amendments process; he expected that it would be included in the commission's upcoming work program. He noted that a majority of the amend- ments on the list came from the community. Mr. Zelenka praised the work of all those involved in the process to date. He agreed with Ms. Taylor's suggestion to involve the neighborhoods directly. He hoped that amendments would be bundled and brought to the council over a period of time instead of all at once. He said the amendments that were important to him were 8, 101, 12, 109, 95, 151, 192, 193, 206, 209, 35 and 114. Regarding 95, he expressed concern about eliminating site reviews. He asked how the noise and smoking ordinance fit into the process. Mr. Nystrom said the smoking and noise ordinance would amend Chapter 6, not the land use code in Chapter 9. In response to a question from Ms. Piercy, Mr. Nystrom said the downtown code amendments were in Chapter 9. He said the minor amendments process also received many comments regarding downtown and those were referred to the concurrent downtown code amendments process. Mr. Clark took note of the council's recent discussions regarding the need to have representative groups involved in processes like the minor code amendments to mitigate potential conflicts. He felt the list of people invited to participate was reasonably well balanced and most of the items recommended for white papers were from the NLC, although that body was distinct from the neighborhood associates. He supported gathering input from the associations during the next steps. He also noted that with the exception of two items, the remainder of the amendments on the list came from the council. In response to a question from Mr. Zelenka, Mr. Nystrom explained that the downtown amendments process arose from an earlier effort to examine existing and potential tools for downtown; recommendations were forwarded to the council, which identified the issues it wished to see addressed. MINUTES—Eugene City Council October 10, 2007 Page 3 Work Session