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The motion carried 5:2 with Councilors Schue, Holmer, Bascom Rutan, and Hansen voting aye and Councilors Ehrman and Miller e voting nay. Res. No. 4009--A resolution opposing Ballot Measure 12. Ms. Ehrman moved, seconded, by Ms. Schue, to adopt the resolution opposing Ballot Measure 12. The motion carried 6:1 with Councilors Schue, Holmer, Bascom, Ehrman, Rutan, and Hansen voting aye and Councilor Miller voting nay. III. WORK SESSION: ENTRANCE BEAUTIFICATION STUDY City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced consideration of the Draft Entrance Beautification Study. Pat Decker of the Planning Department gave the staff report. Ms. Decker revi ewed the study and then reviewed the changes recommended by the Planning Commission and the staff. Answering a question from Ms. Bascom, Ms. Decker said Policy #7 in the draft study recommends that the site review suffix be applied to improvements along the entrance corridors and that the site review criteria address several things. She said the Planning Commission recommended that an amendment to the code be used instead of the site review suffix. The code amendment would take effect when properties are improved or developed and probably would apply only to landscaping and buffering. Ms. Brody added that a code amendment would affect more properties immediately than the site review suffix because new development along the corridors would be required to provide landscapi~g and e bufferi ng. Replying to questions from Mr. Holmer, Ms. Decker said the code amendment process probably would provide more certainty than the site review process but standards for landscaping and buffering would have to be developed for the code amendment process. The Planning Commission recommended that pedestrian and bi cycl e facil it i es shoul d be incorporated into improvements "wherever they are needed" instead of "where appropriate." Ms. Decker said access to busineses would be the criterion for "wherever they are needed.1I Ms. Bascom said she favors the phrase "where appropri ate. II Answering questions from Ms. Ehrman, Ms. Decker said the Development Department staff recommended the term "downtown" be used instead of "city center.1I The Downtown Commission and the Planning Commission agreed with the recommendation. She said several commissioners indicated it is difficult to know what is in a "city center" but a "downtown" is easily identified. They noted that efforts are being made to strengthen Eugene's downtown. She said peop 1 e i ndi cated duri ng the Communi ty Goals process that "city center" is somewhat obsolete and that "downtown" is a stronger term. She said replacing signs with the term "downtown" will not be expensive because signs have to be replaced periodically. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 8, 1986 Page 5