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plan. He said they then took the plan to the City, but had been told to wait through the PROS process to be put into the “pipeline.” Initially, the plan had been made a Priority 1, and then moved to a Priority 2, but now with the shifting of acquisition before development, it had dropped to Priority 3. Meanwhile, the group worked with the Eugene Stream Team to complete plantings along the north bank for the past three years. He stated that the BLM was moving toward planning the area for stream enhancement. He thought the process might take as long as five years. He asked the City to reprioritize the project to “capture the synergy” of the BLM and act before the neighborhood advocates had “all become senile.” Mayor Piercy closed the public hearing. She called for council questions and comments. Councilor Pryor, seconded by Councilor Solomon, moved to keep the record open for seven days. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 8:0. Councilor Pryor thanked everyone for staying for the hearing. He commented that the process needed to be deliberate. He noted that there were some jurisdictional issues to work through, but it was important to continue working on projects. He related that the Lane Board of County Commissioners adopted a resolution asking the City Council to slow down and work more actively with them. He thought the council should take that into consideration. He said his support for the PROS Plan list would be dependent on getting through some of the collaborative aspects of it. 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. MINUTES—Eugene City Council April 10, 2006 Page 19 Regular Meeting