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Megan Kemple , 39 Cedar Street, reiterated the request to leave the record open. She said she found the information on the Web to be difficult to access and unclear. Anita Van Asperdt , 1754 Moonshadow Lane, stated that she was a professional landscape architect. She also requested more time. She echoed Ms. Stark’s comments. Mayor Piercy closed the public hearing. Councilor Ortiz, seconded by Councilor Solomon, moved to leave the record open until May 22, 2006. Councilor Papé asked if the ordinance would affect the River Road/Santa Clara stormwater basin master plan. Ms. Keppler responded that Therese Walch, civil engineer for the Public Works Department, was working on the plan. She explained that they were in the process of calibrating the stormwater model in that area. She stressed that the plan was not dependent on the ordinance nor was the ordinance dependent on the existing structure of the hydrology in the area in order to operate. Regarding Mr. Handy’s comments, Ms. Keppler stated that in the basin plan, the level of risk and how many different areas should be protected from flooding was reviewed. She said all of Eugene had been looked at and there was a measure for how much risk was to be put “in flooding.” She clarified that what this meant was that if an area was less than 40 acres, development should be designed for a five-year storm event and, if it was larger, it should be designed for a 10-year storm event. She felt chances that a larger need would be created in the River Road/Santa Clara area were minimal. She did not see that higher levels of protection would be necessary. She underscored that the ordinance indicated that the stormwater systems would be designed according to the “flood control storm event.” She stated that this was not identified in the ordinance as a specific number. Councilor Papé asked if the ordinance was time-critical. Ms. Keppler replied that the reason this ordinance was before the City Council was because it was a requirement for the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting process. She said the permit required the City to adopt development standards, but it was not date-specific at this time. Councilor Papé asked if there could be information from the River Road/Santa Clara stormwater plan that would change part of the ordinance. Ms. Keppler replied that no information from the plan would impact the current ordinance before the council. Councilor Ortiz withdrew her motion. Councilor Ortiz, seconded by Councilor Solomon, moved to direct the City Manager to leave the record open until May 22 at 5 p.m. and not to bring the issue back before the council until after the River Road/Santa Clara master plan in regard to stormwater issues was complete. Councilor Kelly said if there was a link between the basin plan and this ordinance he would agree with the motion, but he did not see the link. He thought it would be bad public policy to make a “community collaboration political statement” on what was actually a matter of engineering. He was familiar with a basin plan and did not see a connection between the ordinance and such a plan. MINUTES—Eugene City Council May 8, 2006 Page 15 Regular Meeting