Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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completing the River Road/Santa Clara Basin Plan. She said it would be completed over the next several months in collaboration with the County because of the jurisdictional issues. In response to a follow-up question from Councilor Papé, Ms. Walch assured the council that the ordinance before them would not have an impact on the work being conducted on the River Road/Santa Clara Basin Plan. Mayor Piercy supported moving forward with the ordinance. She thought it would provide better protection from pollution. She also wished to stress to the council and the public that she would work to ensure that the work session on this issue would happen in a timely fashion. Councilor Bettman reiterated that there was a reduction in operations and maintenance costs with green infrastructure as opposed to “pipe and fill.” Councilor Taylor asked if the council could have any assurance of how soon the follow-up would happen. Mayor Piercy stated that it was a simple matter of scheduling. City Manager Taylor responded that the motion made it clear staff would bring back information to deal with things such as open drainage systems and the stormwater basin plans. He noted that the River Road/Santa Clara Basin Plan would not likely be completed before the end of December. He believed there was a tentative date for October to discuss a companion ordinance. In response to a follow-up question from Councilor Taylor, City Manager Taylor affirmed that the council did not have to wait for the completion of the basin plan for the companion ordinance. Roll call vote; the motion to amend passed, 7:1; Councilor Bettman voting in opposi- tion. Councilor Solomon, seconded by Councilor Ortiz, moved that the City Council adopt Council Bill 4922, as amended, an ordinance concerning stormwater provi- sions. Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to amend Section 4 of the proposed ordinance to replace the 3,000 square foot threshold with a 1,000 square foot threshold. Councilor Bettman asserted that there were many properties that were exempt from the standard. She said it sounded to her as though the 3,000 square foot number had been picked by staff. She hoped the council could tighten up standards enough so they would be applied to situations where they were necessary without being overly regulatory. She felt a 1,000 square foot threshold was a good compromise. Ms. Keppler stated that since the preparation of the AIS, staff had conducted a query on the changes in impervious surfaces over the last calendar year. She said they estimated that by reducing the square footage from 3,000 to 1,000, it would increase the number of permits that would potentially reduce pollution from 65 percent to 78 percent. In response to a question from Councilor Papé, Ms. Keppler explained that the water would have to be treated before it left a site according to this ordinance. MINUTES—Eugene City Council June 12, 2006 Page 16 Regular Meeting