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stimulate other businesses in the East Broadway area and be good for the community. He heard from many <br />people that redevelopment in the area was desirable, as was additional downtown parking. He pointed out <br />that all of the motions required the agreement to be brought back to the council for final approval and that <br />gave staff and the developer time to work on a proposal that would satisfy the council’s interests and <br />concerns. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman stated that she was adamantly opposed to the proposal as construed. She said there were many <br />options to consider once the council had seen the updated parking study. She said that $5.5 million in urban <br />renewal funds, plus a $2.25 City contribution and $2.5 million to finance the bond debt might not necessar- <br />ily be subsidizing Whole Foods but it was subsidizing the developer and the City should know for certain if <br />it was going to save money. She said the way to determine that money was being saved was to put the <br />project out to competitive bid. She said money could be saved if the public was not building retail and <br />illustrated her design concept for reconfiguring the development and use of the property. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor said that if parking was needed it should be a separate issue and based on an analysis of need <br />and location. She said the project was being pushed by Whole Foods. She said that helping The Shedd was <br />a good idea but there was no urgent need to build either a music school or parking. She would not try to <br />stop Whole Foods from building a store but would not help them either. <br /> <br />The motion passed, 6:2; Ms. Taylor and Ms. Bettman opposed. <br /> <br /> <br />C. WORK SESSION: Parks, Recreation and Open Space General Obligation Bond <br /> <br />City Manager Taylor said the question before the council was whether to put a Parks, Recreation and Open <br />Space General Obligation Bond on the ballot, when to put it on the ballot and the amount of the bond. He <br />introduced Parks Planning Manager Carolyn Weiss. <br /> <br />Ms. Weiss explained that the last parks bond was passed in 1998 and implementation of that bond was <br />almost completed. She used a slide presentation to explain the three potential bond scenarios. She said the <br />scenarios consisted of three funding tiers, which were cumulative and built on one another, and included <br />costs for both capital and maintenance and operation. She described the tiers as follows: <br /> <br />Tier 1 - $20 million <br />? <br /> <br />Park acquisition - $7 million <br />? <br /> <br />Natural area acquisition - $3 million <br />? <br /> <br />Renovations to existing parks - $7.5 million <br />? <br /> <br />Partnership opportunities - $2.5 million <br /> <br />Tier 2 - $35 million <br />? <br /> Park acquisition - $3.5 million (additional) <br />? <br /> Natural area acquisition - $4.8 million (additional) <br />? <br /> Renovations to existing parks - $5.7 million (additional) <br />? <br /> Partnership opportunities - $1 million (additional) <br /> <br />Tier 3 - $50 million <br />? <br /> Natural area acquisition - $5.1 million (additional) <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council February 13, 2006 Page 5 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />