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Councilor Solomon asked what the deadlines were on the options to purchase some of the properties. Mr. <br />Braud responded that the options for purchase of the properties primarily expired in September and October. <br />He said if the record was left open it would delay the process and the submittal of the application. <br /> <br />Councilor Solomon opposed the motion. She averred that there had been “plenty of opportunity” for people <br />to participate in the process and to comment on it. <br /> <br />Councilor Bettman asked how long the public record could be left open and still allow the council to take <br />action prior to its summer break. Mr. Braud replied that action was scheduled for July 23, which would <br />allow for the record to be left open one week. <br /> <br />Councilor Bettman asked if it could be scheduled so that the record could be left open for two weeks. City <br />Manager Taylor responded that there was opportunity to cover this at the work session. <br /> <br />Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to change her motion to read that <br />the record should be left open for two weeks and that the Planning and Development De- <br />partment should post the application and articulate how the specifics of the proposal fulfill <br />the objectives of the HUD criteria. <br /> <br />Councilor Pryor, seconded by Councilor Solomon, moved to amend the motion to leave the <br />record open for one week. <br /> <br />Councilor Bettman thought a one-week timeline was too short for people to access the information, “digest <br />it,” and then give feedback. She did not feel it was reasonable. She asserted that the City should have <br />initially provided all of the information and made it easily accessible and readily available. She alleged that <br />when the City “wanted to let people know about something,” it purchased advertising space in the <br />newspaper. She opined that this was tantamount to an omission. <br /> <br />Councilor Clark felt Councilor Bettman was implying that Planning Division staff was “being sneaky” and <br />“trying to pull one by people.” He asked staff how the present proposal had been advertised differently from <br />typical noticing. Mr. Braud replied that staff had adhered to HUD standards for public hearings and the <br />advertising for them. He reiterated that staff followed HUD’s criteria for submitting an application for <br />Section 108 funds. <br /> <br />Councilor Zelenka reviewed the calendar. He did not believe the council could meet the deadline that leaving <br />the record open for two weeks would create. <br /> <br />City Manager Taylor agreed that this was a dilemma. He underscored that the redevelopment subject had <br />been part of extraordinary public involvement processes and a key cornerstone of a concept on how the City <br />would move forward. He believed that leaving the record open for two weeks would jeopardize the time <br />allowed for the City to submit the application and for HUD to consider it. He added that letting the options <br />on the property expire could make it a more costly process. <br /> <br />Roll call vote; the motion to amend failed, 4:3; councilors Pryor, Zelenka, and Solomon vot- <br />ing in favor. <br /> <br />Roll call vote; the main motion failed, 4:3; councilors Bettman, Ortiz, and Taylor voting in <br />favor. <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council July 16, 2007 Page 5 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />
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