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Councilor Solomon stated she was comfortable moving the item forward as the agenda item summary indicated any code amendments would be processed and require public hearings before the Planning Commission and City Council before action could occur. She said the council could request another work session at any time and in the meantime she wanted to see staff begin working on the issues. Councilor Kelly said he was comfortable with the three items that had been added. Councilor Kelly, seconded by Councilor Papé, moved to amend the City Man- ager’s recommendation as follows: TD Transit Oriented Development Overlay consideration of functional floors rather than FAR.. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 7:0. Councilor Kelly, seconded by Councilor Ortiz, moved to amend the City Man- ager’s recommendation as follows: C-3 Major Commercial surface parking limi- tation parking: consider ways to enhance shared parking provisions. Councilor Papé asked for staff’s understanding of the proposed amended language. City Manager Taylor said he understood that Councilor Kelly wished to maximize the opportunity for surface parking to be available for cross-parking agreements with other users to reduce the amount of surface parking in the downtown area. Councilor Kelly added that he wanted to steer the discussion away from relaxation of the current limitations on surface parking. Councilor Solomon expressed concern about too narrowly limiting the discussion. Councilor Kelly said the Land Use Code Update intentionally included substantial limitations on surface parking in the core of downtown and his purpose was to direct the discussion to satisfying parking needs through shared parking instead of increasing surface lots. Councilor Bettman said she would be able to support the motion if it was Councilor Kelly’s intent to preserve existing code provisions on surface parking and new opportunities for parking would be entirely through shared and structured parking. Roll call vote; the motion to amend the reference to C-3 surface parking in Item D passed unanimously, 7:0. Councilor Papé said he saw nothing in the code amendment that would prohibit taking down a building, excavating the site and then leaving it vacant for years. He said those situations were a disgrace to the downtown and should be prevented from occurring. Councilor Bettman agreed with Councilor Papé. She asked if there were any communities that included such a provision in their downtown zoning code that required buildings to be replaced within a certain amount of time after demolition. Ms. Laurence said she had not seen such a provision; the timing of development on a site was influenced by economics and not subject to the code. She would consider how that issue could be addressed as part of the downtown zoning review. MINUTES—Eugene City Council July 24, 2006 Page 4 Regular Meeting