Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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Councilor Kelly thanked everyone for their testimony. He noted that explicit language was added to the PROS plan that pointed out that the City of Eugene did not have jurisdiction outside of city limits. He asked staff for a response regarding the proposed split of the Jefferson Amazon Greenway into two phases. He also wanted a better understanding of testimony regarding the Willakenzie acquisition and the McDougal parcel. Councilor Kelly asked that explicit language be included at the beginning of the PROS plan explaining the priorities and acknowledging that challenges and opportunities would arise down the line and the council would have the ability to alter priorities and add or delete projects as circumstances warrant. Councilor Poling asked staff to provide information at a later time regarding whether there were, as one person alleged, no existing deficiencies in land for neighborhood parks. He noted that the project list on the Web site from April 4 contained three new columns, one of which was labeled preliminary growth share and preliminary growth costs. He wanted to know what that meant. He asked which list the council would be expected to adopt. Additionally, he wished to know if systems development charges (SDCs) were being charged outside of the City limits and whether this was legal or permissible. He asked if the City was charging SDCs for land being acquired to complete additional legs of the Ridgeline Trail. Councilor Bettman averred that the neighborhood park deficiencies were not on a block-by-block basis. She said staff addressed alleged deficiencies on page 228. She did not think that there was much to work out and she favored moving forward. Councilor Papé expressed appreciation for the comments from the people who spoke in support of a whitewater park. He asked if the City could remove the weir in the Willamette River. Mr. Lidz clarified that the City lacked jurisdiction over the middle of the river. Councilor Bettman thought it was possible to place an emergency call box at Golden Gardens Park in the interim as a safety measure. In response to a question from Councilor Bettman, Mr. Medlin explained that at the time the quarry was closed, the County had only acquired that portion that was not being farmed. He said the only that had been transferred to the City, it only received what was owned and the portion on the west side and north side of the pond was very close to the edge of the pond. Councilor Bettman noted that the Friendly Park Plan had been in the Capital Improvement Program five years earlier and it never had been implemented, though it had money allocated to it. Ms. Weiss clarified that Phase 1 of the park would be implemented in the upcoming summer with funds from the 1998 bond measure. She said the money allocated was not going to be enough and it appeared that there would be a Phase 2 in that park. Councilor Bettman asked staff to provide her with information on how much would be spent to implement the plan and to document for her how much had been allocated to the plan and what the funding sources were in the old CIP. Mayor Piercy thanked everyone for staying. The meeting was adjourned at 10:55 p.m. Respectfully submitted, MINUTES—Eugene City Council April 10, 2006 Page 19 Regular Meeting