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thought the experts, the Planning Commissioners, the professionals in the field, and the planners in the PDD, should determine what solutions were needed to achieve the City's objectives. She felt the council was reacting to a particular solution presented to it, while evidence on paper indicated there was not a problem. Ms. Bettman restated the motion. She indicated that she moved to direct the City Manager to move forward with scoping a comprehensive review of the cell tower ordinance to include the three aforementioned issues and any other issues staff identified as needing to be reviewed. The motion passed, 7:1; Mr. Meisner voting in opposition. D. WORK SESSION: Draft Parks, Recreation, And Open Space Comprehensive Plan Mayor Torrey thanked Ms. Nathanson and the committee for diligently working over the past few months on the plan. He wished to particularly thank Ms. Nathanson for the effort she put forward on behalf of the City of Eugene with regard to Parks and Open Space. Ms. Nathanson asked committee members who were present to identify themselves with a show of hands. She thanked them for coming to the meeting. Ms. Nathanson stated that there were hundreds of line items in the report representing millions of dollars in the draft document. She said the committee had no illusion that the council would ;;wave a magic wand" and implement the entire report, but rather, consider the document to represent a vision for the next 20 years. Regarding the draft, Ms. Nathanson called particular attention to the variety of public involvement methods utilized over a period of two years, noted in Chapter 1 of the document. She commended staff for providing the ;;most comprehensive review of funding sources" she had ever seen. She pointed out that it would be difficult to absolutely follow a priority list and encouraged the council to be open to flexibility in funding and in project order because the City should be prepared to take advantage of opportunities as they arise. She also recommended the City be open to collaboration. Ms. Nathanson noted that the committee had met on December 7 and had agreed upon several editorial changes which would be incorporated in the final version, including revised language referring to systems development charges (SDCs) to ensure it was consistent with current rules, some numbers clean up, and some work on parallel phrasing and jargon. She added that there would be information to help interpret Map 3, which showed a lack of access to parks, explaining that it was not just a lack of parks but access issues having to do with parks. Ms. Nathanson said a legal review of the plan would be conducted prior to adoption, specifically in regard to the area covered by the plan as it went beyond the city limits of Eugene. Continuing, Ms. Nathanson compared this plan with the previous one. She underscored that the draft plan held new concepts such as diversity, inclusiveness, partnerships, volunteers, consideration of maintenance and operating costs, sustainability, restoring the environment, new ways of classifying, counting and planning parks, and connectivity. Ms. Nathanson thanked the committee for coming together for two years and commended the staff for the breadth of knowledge and the dedication they demonstrated to their work. She felt the entire committee had worked with dedication and creativity. She related that many members of the committee indicated their wish to continue working with the City as the plan moved through additional MINUTES--Eugene City Council December 8, 2004 Page 5 Work Session