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front could meet that need. Mr. Hinkley pointed out that the retention of on-street parking avoided the construction of off-street parking. Responding to testimony regarding on-street parking, Mr. Kelly said that the challenge to the City was balancing different goals, one goal being to support convenient access to retail uses, one goal being to provide for alternative modes of transportation, and another goal being to provide for dense growth. He asked if the City had mechanisms to move parking toward closely adjacent off-street locations, or alley-entrance parking lots. 2.CONSENT CALENDAR A. Ratification of Intergovernmental Relations Committee Actions of February 9, 1999 B. Approve Council Minutes of November 25, 1998 Mr. Meisner moved, seconded by Ms. Nathanson, to approve the Consent Calendar. Mr. Kelly asked that item A be pulled from the Consent Calendar. Mayor Torrey indicated that Ms. Taylor asked that the last sentence in paragraph 3 on page 3 of the November 25, 1998, be replaced by the following: "She said that she liked Representative Peter DeFazio but that if anything was named for him it should be after he dies or leaves office." Mayor Torrey determined there was no objection to the proposed change. The minutes of November 25, 1999, were approved as revised, 6:0. The council returned to item A. Mr. Rayor maintained that there needed to be more discussion regarding the council's federal priorities. He wanted to ensure that passage of the minutes did not constitute approval of the federal priorities. Mr. Meisner moved, seconded by Ms. Nathanson, to ratify the minutes of the Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations of February 9, 1999. Mr. Rayor moved, seconded by Ms. Taylor, to amend the motion by eliminating the federal priorities until the entire council could consider the priorities. Mr. Rayor said that he was primarily concerned about the parking mitigation for the federal building, and he would prefer to focus on site review and other enhancements to downtown besides parking. In addition, there was considerable discussion of Bus Rapid Transit in the priorities, and the document could be held up as the council's approval of the concept. Ms. Nathanson pointed out to Mr. Rayor that the federal priorities were not only the City's, but the City's intergovernmental partners; for example, Bus Rapid Transit was a Lane Transit District priority that fit the City's goal of compact growth and alternative modes. City goals were often MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 22, 1999 Page 2 7:30 p.m.