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Green noted that the written record will remain open until October 29. He added that all testimony of the record will be available. Green read Lane County's Ordinance PA 1132 into the record. Mayor Torrey noted it was a continuation of the previous hearing for the Eugene City Council. Mayor Maine noted it was a continued hearing for the Springfield City Council. Hilary Wylie, Lane Transit District, stated LTD was continuing its hearing. Bo Adan, 3785 Pine Canyon, Eugene, noted that Eugene and Springfield cut services and activities for community youth. He said the TransPlan needs rethinking, revisioning and rewriting. Eben Fodor, 394 East 32nd Avenue, Eugene, stated he is a professional planner and in Oregon, a planning process is a goal-driven process and the State has 19 goals. He noted the stakeholders of the community were not represented, they were mostly of development and transportation interests. He added people on the committee did not feel their input was reflected in this plan. He said the plan itself is not a good one. He said the plan does not live up to the goal and the choice is to either make a plan that lives up to the goal or change the goal. He asked the officials to endorse the process to make a better plan. Anastasia Sandow, 123 Fir Lane, Eugene, provided visual testimony on the proposed Valley River Bridge area to the officials. Lora Byxbe, 677 West 23rd Avenue, Eugene, stated she wanted the board to consider the Friends of Eugene's proposed community process when adopting TransPlan. David Moon, 1870 Fairmount Boulevard, Eugene, commented that the TransPlan needs to be a plan and encouraged the decision makers to be creative and innovative so the TransPlan is really a plan for the future and not a list of road improvements for the growth of car traffic. He noted for the TransPlan to be successful, existing neighborhoods need to be maintained. He asked that increased emphasis be placed on bicycle transportation, walking and other alternatives. He said he supported off-road bicycle path development. He said that the TransPlan should avoid funding and building car- oriented projects to save time. He stated he was concerned with the Interchange 150 proposal. (Chapter 3, page 29 of the revised TransPlan.) He asked the leaders not to move this interchange proposal to the funded projects category as it would harm one of the older neighborhoods in Eugene. He added the existing interchanges are more than sufficient. Randall Hledik, PO Box 7428, Eugene, stated as a member of the Transportation Demand Management Task Force that was created in 1993, he encouraged the officials to adopt TDM policies Page 2 -- Continued Joint Elected Officials' Meeting -- October 20, 1999 WP bc/m/99136/T