Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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City Manager Ruiz thanked Mayor Piercy and the school district leadership, as well as others who would want to join in supporting the proclamation. Mayor Piercy stated that the response to the graffiti of students and staff at Spencer Butte Middle School was remarkable. They had worked together to make something that was awful, a good learning experience. It raised their level of knowledge and reaffirmed their commitment on this important issue. Councilor Ortiz was proud to be part of a group that took these issues seriously. It was important for our leaders to make their voices heard. She had spent some time at Spencer Butte Middle School, and was amazed at the level of knowledge and commitment. Mayor Piercy called for the vote on the motion. The motion passed 6:0 of those present and 2 votes in favor of the motion from Councilors Pryor and Poling in their absence. Mayor Piercy invited the councilors to attend the school district board meeting with her that evening. A. WORK SESSION: Downtown Code Amendments City Manager Ruiz said the purpose of the Downtown Code Amendments was to facilitate downtown development called for in the Downtown Plan. There had been a significant amount of public participation in development of the proposed amendments. The proposed amendments were limited in scope and would be followed by a more comprehensive review. He introduced Nan Laurence, Planning and Development Department (PDD) staff. Ms. Laurence stated the City Council would hold a public hearing on an ordinance to amend sections of the Eugene Land Use Code on June 16, 2008. The purpose of the amendments was to facilitate desired downtown development and redevelopment. The work session was intended to provide the council with background on this matter prior to the public hearing. Council action on the ordinance was scheduled for July 14, 2008. Staff distributed the following documents that had been inadvertently omitted from the meeting agenda packet: Map 9.4510 Transit Overlay Development Overlay Zone; Floor Area Ratio Calculation; Downtown Eugene Zoning. The project had been split into two phases. Phase I contained code amendments that were limited in scope, not necessarily in terms of their impact but in terms of an actual change that was required in the code. Phase II, would begin immediately after adoption of the proposed Phase I code amendments, and consisted of more extensive changes to the code. Ms. Laurence reviewed the key code amendment provisions in Phase I as they were detailed in the Agenda Item Summary (AIS): 1. /TD Transit Oriented Development Overlay Zone Standards 2. C-2 Community Commercial Zone 3. C-3 Major Commercial Zone Ms. Laurence said on April 28, 2008, the Planning Commission considered an ordinance enacting the proposed code amendments for Phase I, voting six to one to recommend approval of the ordinance. The draft ordinance was included in the AIS. Councilor Taylor would have liked to have seen the minutes to be able to know how Planning Commission- ers voted on the issues. MINUTES—Eugene City Council June 4, 2008 Page 2 Work Session