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M I N U T E S <br /> <br /> <br />Eugene City Council <br />Work Session <br />McNutt Room—Eugene City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon <br /> <br />August 13, 2008 <br />Noon <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Chris Pryor, President; Bonny Bettman, Vice President; Betty Taylor, <br />Jennifer Solomon, Andrea Ortiz, Mike Clark, Alan Zelenka, George <br />Poling. <br /> <br /> <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the work session of the Eugene City Council to order. <br />Ms. Ortiz, seconded by Mr. Clark, moved to reschedule the discussion of the MUPTE <br />ordinance for a work session after the council break, on a date to be determined by the <br />Mayor and City Manager. The motion passed unanimously, 7:0. Councilor Jennifer <br />Solomon had not yet arrived to the work session. <br />A. ACTION: <br />th <br />An Ordinance Vacating a Portion of Villard Alley Right-of-Way between East 13 Avenue <br />thth <br />and East 15 Avenue; an Ordinance Vacating a Portion of East 13 Avenue Right-of-Way <br />and <br />East of Its Intersection with Franklin Boulevard <br />City Manager Jon Ruiz indicated staff was ready for discussion and questions regarding the ordinances. <br />Mr. Pryor, seconded by Ms. Bettman, moved that the City Council adopt Council Bill <br />4986, an ordinance vacating a portion of Villard Alley right-of-way. <br />Ms. Taylor indicated her confusion that the council was not discussing the arena while the materials in front <br />of her indicated differently. Planning Division staff Steven Nystrom replied that while the agenda item <br />summaries before the council referenced the public interest/benefits of the arena, only the alley and street <br />vacations were to be discussed. <br />Ms. Taylor said her information only reflected how the vacations would not hurt the public interest and not <br />specifically how they would benefit the public interest. She asked Mr. Nystrom to summarize the public <br />benefits of the alley and street vacations. Mr. Nystrom said the alley had minimal public benefit in terms of <br />its provision of access to the general public. <br />Ms. Taylor again asked Mr. Nystrom to summarize the public benefit of the alley vacation. Mr. Nystrom <br />stated the primary benefit to the City from the vacations would be that it would enhance redevelopment <br />opportunities in the surrounding areas. <br />In response to Ms. Taylor’s inquiry regarding driveways adjacent to the alley in question, Mr. Nystrom <br />stated the elimination of those driveways would enhance traffic circulation. <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council August 13, 2008 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />