Item B1: Approval of City Council Minutes

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said one could not answer a question about how urban renewal affects taxes or overlapping tax districts in “ten seconds.” He averred that the memoranda spoke “for themselves” and if Ms. Bettman needed another copy of them he would arrange for Ms. Cutsogeorge to reissue them to her. Ms. Bettman asserted that there was a memorandum that said there were instances in which the urban renewal would increase taxes. She added that she hoped the City Attorney’s Office would release its confidential memorandum to the council to the public so that the attorneys could justify why it was “okay” to have the present discussion but not allowable to have a discussion regarding transportation funding. She believed the council was at a point where it would be deliberating and taking action but could not ask questions of the attorneys except by making a public records request. She averred that the councilors could only make those requests for “what the [attorneys] deemed permissible information.” Ms. Ortiz, seconded by Mr. Pryor, moved to receive the report and direct the Agency Direc- tor to gather comments at the Mayor’s September 19 Community Forum and to distribute those comments to the Urban Renewal Agency for review; and to further direct the Agency Director to return to the Urban Renewal Agency on September 24, 2007, with options, rec- ommendations, and a proposed motion. The motion passed, 6:2; Ms. Bettman and Ms. Tay- lor voting in opposition. Mayor Piercy stated that the whole community had an interest in revitalizing the downtown and she had a great interest in “getting to a win-win for all of us.” Mayor Piercy closed the meeting of the Eugene Urban Renewal Agency at 12:55 p.m. and convened the meeting of the Eugene City Council. B. WORK SESSION: Street Design Standards for the Crest Drive Neighborhood Ms. Jones asked Public Works Executive Director Kurt Corey, to introduce the item. Mr. Corey commended the efforts of all of the people in the Crest Drive neighborhood and the staff who worked on the street design standards. He underscored that the team agreed on almost all of the street design standards. He stated that the purpose of the present meeting was to give the council information to assist in its decision to move ahead in a public hearing process. He introduced Planning Director Lisa Gardner. Ms. Gardner introduced the Crest Drive Community Team members that were present and they were received with a round of applause. She explained that the council directed the group to move forward with the context sensitive solution process in a collaborative manner. She also recognized the contributions of David Roth, Transportation Engineering Technician, Emily Proudfoot, Landscape Architect, and Jenifer Willer, Civil Engineer. She said they attended all of the meetings. She underscored that the target of the collaborative process was to gain agreement among most of the people participating on most of the elements of the design. Ms. Gardner provided an overview of the context sensitive solutions process. She reported that the issue of street width was as yet unresolved. She related that staff had not been able to resolve it administratively; it would have to be resolved legislatively. MINUTES—Eugene City Council September 19, 2007 Page 5 Work Session