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Ms. Bettman referred to the development agreement and said that there were no parameters in the agreement <br />that penalized the developer for failure to follow established deadlines. She would like to see such <br />parameters included. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman recalled a problem with a past parking garage where surfacing problems were addressed by the <br />City rather than the responsible contractor; she suggested the agreement needed a section that protected the <br />City once it took ownership of the garage. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman requested a detailed memorandum regarding the reimbursement for debt. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman noted that she had not received the original parking study to see the changes made by staff. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly acknowledged City Manager Taylor’s comments about why Market of Choice was not contacted <br />to site a store downtown, but said he was disappointed. In his opinion, planning should be proactive, and <br />when the council established a priority around a particular type of development, staff should be soliciting <br />businesses for that development. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman asserted that the Downtown Plan boundaries had been expanded considerably, which made it <br />impossible to compare the past and current studies. She said the area north of the Amtrak Station was now <br />rdth <br />part of the study. The City recently completed the 3/4 Connector in that area and the facility lacked on- <br />street parking. If that was in the downtown area, which needed parking, she questioned why the City <br />“wasted” the right-of-way where on-street parking could have been located. She thought it would have been <br />useful to have such on-street parking. She asked why the City did not include on-street parking when it <br />could. Ms. Laurence said the 2002 study and revised study appeared to have the same study boundaries, <br />although there were three different zones in the study. She could not speak to the issue of why on-street <br />rdth <br />parking was not included on the 3/4 Connector. Ms. Bettman recalled that cover letter accompanying the <br />study indicated staff took into account a broader area, and looked forward to seeing the original studies. <br /> <br />Mr. Papé returned to the council table. <br /> <br /> <br />B. URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY WORK SESSION: Downtown Update—East Broadway <br /> <br />Because of actions taken in regard to the previous agenda item, this item was not addressed. <br /> <br /> <br />C. WORK SESSION: Update on Implementation of Measure 20-106 (Police Auditor) <br /> <br />The council was joined by Government and Public Affairs Manager Mary Walston, staff to the Police <br />Auditor Recruitment and Selection Committee. The committee included Mayor Piercy, Ms. Ortiz, Ms. <br />Solomon, and Police Commission Chair Tim Laue. Ms. Walston called the council’s attention to the AIS, <br />which included a series of recommendations prepared by the committee. <br /> <br />? <br /> The auditor should be an “at will” employee. <br />? <br /> Compensation should be set at a range between 35-37. <br />? <br /> The committee recommended the council allocate funds from the General Fund Contingency to <br />cover the costs of recruitment. <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council February 22, 2006 Page 5 <br /> Regular Meeting <br /> <br />