Item 3A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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Zachary Vishanoff , Patterson Street, felt there had been a lack of public involvement because the public did not understand the topic. He thought there should be “some kind of advance understanding.” He likened the hearing to an opportunity for him to testify on a “phantom issue.” He did not want fancy developments to be subsidized by other people. He thought the modifications would “streamline” the government process and he opposed this. Mayor Piercy closed the public hearing. Councilor Kelly asked if the goal of the credits was to encourage a reduction of impact to the storm water system and, if so, how would an improvement to water quality give rise to a reduced impact on the system. Mr. McVey said there was a general nexus to reduced impact associated with construction of private water quality facilities as it generally reduced the demand for public water quality facilities. He stated that there were public water quality facilities in the CIP and in the basin plans that were part of the SDC methodol- ogy. Councilor Kelly asked if any of the three cases that were eligible for the ten percent reduction were already receiving an SDC credit for what the developer was required to do under the stormwater standards. Councilor Bettman asked how the reduction in impact was calculated. Mr. McVey stated, in response to Councilor Kelly, that the credit was both a general recognition of reduced impact and a modest incentive to encourage people to go beyond the minimum requirement. He said there was no numerical calculation of reduced impact related to the water quality credit. Councilor Bettman commented that she was for providing an incentive to do so but she worried that the SDCs would not be enough to build out the needed capacity that came with development. She believed it would create a deficit in the resources available to address the capacity needs. Councilor Bettman asked that staff respond to the following questions in a memorandum: ? How would the credits be monitored and enforced? How many full time equivalent (FTE) would it take? Would it be complaint-driven? ? What is the existing SDC administrative component and would it need to be increased? She requested language that explained the purpose for the credits in the resolution adopting the SDC methodology document. 6. ACTION: An Ordinance Establishing Local Criteria in the West Eugene Enterprise Zone and Adopting a Public Benefit Scoring System; Repealing Resolution 4851; and Providing an Effective Date Councilor Solomon, seconded by Councilor Ortiz, moved that the City Council adopt Council Bill 4923, an ordinance establishing local criteria in the West Eugene Enterprise Zone. Councilor Ortiz stated that the subject had been before the council several times. She asked staff if the Lane Board of County Commissioners adopted the local criteria and public benefit scoring system. City Manager Taylor replied that the commissioners had done so. MINUTES—Eugene City Council May 22, 2006 Page 11 Regular Meeting