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MINUTES Eugene City Council Regular Session Council Chamber--City Hall January 24, 2005 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Poling, David Kelly, Betty Taylor, Jennifer Solomon, Chris Pryor, Andrea Ortiz, Bonny Bettman, Gary Pap~. Mayor Kitty Piercy called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. 1. PUBLIC FORUM Mayor Piercy reviewed the rules of the Public Forum. Councilor Poling, seconded by Councilor Solomon, moved to allow all 13 people who had submitted request to speak forms the time to speak. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 8:0. Roxie Cuellar, 2053 Laura Street, spoke on behalf of the Lane County Home Builders Association (LCHBA). She thanked both the City Manager and the City Council for agreeing to hold a work session on the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission (MWMC) Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA). She related that the LCHBA took issue with two elements of the IGA: 1) that wastewater systems development charges (SDCs) would be set by the MWMC instead of by the elected officials; and 2) the facilities plan which the HBA was appealing to the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) based on its contention that this was a land use action. She stated that the LCHBA's concern was that the MWMC could just make project changes on the facilities plan without consulting the elected officials. Ellen Hyman, 3863 Dorchester Lane, welcomed the new councilors and mayor. She said the members of the Santa Clara Committee for Sensible Parks and Open Spaces (SCCSPOS) had put together their own questionnaire that went out to homes in the 97404 zip code area. She related that the committee decided to take this on because they had heard that the City was going to conduct a telephone survey of 400 households in Eugene. The committee did not know how well-informed those to be called would be and also what questions would be asked. She acknowledged that the City's survey might be more statistically scientific, but asserted it would not come close to addressing the heart of the issue, which was the land exchange. She said the issue for the neighborhood was whether or not the Santa Clara residents were willing to accept a deal that allegedly only benefited a private developer and the City coffers. Ms. Hyman felt moving the urban growth boundary (UGB) to benefit one land owner set a dangerous precedent. She opined that nothing about this deal was in the best interest of Santa Clara citizens and predicted the committee's questionnaire would give the residents a real voice in this process. MINUTES--Eugene City Council January 24, 2005 Page 1 Regular Session