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<br />Roll call vote; the motion to approve the Consent Calendar with the minutes correc- <br />tion passed unanimously, 8:0. <br /> <br /> <br />3. ACTION: Approval of Contingency Funds for Eugene Celebration Parking <br /> <br /> <br />City Manager Taylor recommended that the council make no changes to its current policy or, alternatively, <br />the council could vote funds from General Fund contingency dollars to make parking free in all six parking <br />structures during the Eugene Celebration. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy said she felt strongly that if the City invited citizens to come downtown for a celebration they <br />should not have to worry about being ticketed or finding free parking. <br /> <br />Councilor Kelly, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to allocate $7,500 from <br />General Fund contingency to provide for fully free event parking at all City ga- <br />rages for the Eugene Celebration. <br /> <br />Councilor Kelly remarked that letters from downtown merchants supported free parking and those were the <br />small businesses that the council wished to support with its downtown policies. He noted that the <br />Celebration was uniquely different from other events like concerts at the Hult Center or the Bach Festival; <br />it was a specific party that celebrated the City and highlighted downtown and its assets for people who <br />seldom came downtown otherwise. He thought it was important to do everything possible to make it <br />welcoming and while he understood how the Parking Fund operated, this was an instance where a small <br />amount of money could advance very positive goals for downtown revitalization and arts and outdoors <br />priorities. <br /> <br />Councilor Ortiz said she would support the motion and hoped that the amount was sufficient to cover the <br />entire Celebration. Staff indicated that $7,500 would cover the entire period of the Celebration. <br /> <br />Councilor Solomon said she supported the concept but would support the motion only if the $7,500 was <br />taken from the $50,000 already allocated to the Eugene Celebration. <br /> <br />Councilor Solomon, seconded by Councilor Papé, moved to amend the motion to <br />allocate $7,500 from the $50,000 already approved for the Eugene Celebration. <br /> <br />Councilor Bettman said she originally felt that the Celebration was already being subsidized through <br />Budget Committee action, but after considering it she agreed it was a unique event intended to create a <br />sense of community. She said there was a good cost/benefit value for the amount of money free parking <br />would cost and the good will it would generate. She would not support the amendment and would support <br />the main motion. <br /> <br />Councilor Kelly stated he would not support the amendment because it was two different issues: an <br />organization and the public. He said the Budget Committee and the council provided $50,000 to <br />Downtown Events Management, Inc. (DEMI) as part of its budget for the Celebration and DEMI did not <br />ask for free parking. He agreed with Councilor Bettman that it was goodwill purchased cheaply. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy added that many volunteers who assisted with the Celebration last year reported that they <br />were ticketed. <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council August 14, 2006 Page 5 <br /> Regular Meeting <br />
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