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Mr. Clark said while he wanted to support the motion, the options for the property in question did not expire <br />until August and he asked Ms. Bettman why the council should act before it had a specific proposal. Ms. <br />Bettman said the City did not have to buy the site now. City Manager pro tem Jones clarified that the option <br />that was expiring was the Scan Design option; staff could return to the council with more information about <br />the other options at an upcoming work session. <br /> <br />Mr. Pryor concurred with City Manager pro tem Jones. He said the Diamond lot was not expensive and <br />while the option did not expire soon he did not see a reason to postpone a decision given the cost. He agreed <br />a decision was needed soon on Scan Design. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka complemented staff on the work it did in regard to the agenda item. He said the Scan Design <br />option was probably the most valuable option and the one with the potential for the most increase in cost but <br />it seemed rushed to make a decision now. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka said he had identified 15 reasons people opposed the measure, and he thought it was because <br />they were confused, did not care much about downtown, opposed developer subsidies, and thought the <br />project was too big for too much money. He did not think the voters necessarily cared about incremental <br />development. <br /> <br /> The motion passed, 7:1; Ms. Solomon voting no. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling, seconded by Ms. Ortiz, moved to direct the City Manager to extend the option <br />for the Scan Design building. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman asked why the City should acquire the Scan Design property given that there was an existing <br />business occupying it and there was discussion it was going to turn over, which she understood given the <br />uncertainty surrounding the property. She said that nobody had yet made a good case for the acquisition. <br />She hoped that the council could talk about the Shaw Med/Diva building on December 19 so it could discuss <br />turning the building over to the tenants. She did not know why the price would not go down since the urban <br />renewal project was no longer on the table. <br /> <br />City Manager pro tem Jones stated that she had the authority to renew the options if possible without <br />additional funding. She said that she would do that within the resources the City had. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling withdrew the motion. <br /> <br />The meeting adjourned at 7:29 p.m. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Angel Jones <br />City Manager pro tem <br /> <br />(Recorded by Kimberly Young) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council December 10, 2007 Page 12 <br /> Work Session <br />