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Mr. Kelly voiced his support for the amendment. He averred it would maximize the benefit of the enterprise zone. He was pleased to note that the amendment did not break new ground; such a cap had been instituted in a prior zone. Ms. Solomon called it premature to begin to frame community standards at this point. She said the council had already decided to have a community discussion on standards after the initial zone application was submitted. Mr. Pap6 agreed, stating that standards were not needed at this stage of the process. He asked if such a standard would help or hurt the application at the State level. Loan Specialist for the Financial Services Division Denny Braud responded that it would be an interim standard similar to what had been already proposed. Mr. Pap6 reiterated that he would prefer not to discuss and implement individual community standards separately. Mr. Kelly underscored that there was no monetary amount included in the current amendment. He stated that the amendment demonstrated the council's intent to be flexible. Ms. Bettman stated that her intent was that this cap would become "one with the zone" and embed the cap as part of it. Mr. Poling said the council had worked hard to get to a seven-to-one vote on the application process. He recalled that the intent at this point was that the council would go ahead with the process with the understanding that a public process for j ob quality standards would ensue. He reminded the council that City Manager Dennis Taylor had recommended the council use 1997 standards as a placeholder. He did not want to be rushed because the result could be a "shoddy product." He averred that the amendment bypassed the public process and was, as a result, unfair. Mr. Pryor commented that there were two issues that the council was addressing individually. He appreciated the desire on the part of people to insert what they felt was important into the community standards, but stressed that this was "discussion number two." He said the need to get the application in place was "discussion number one." Ms. Bettman said this was not a new issue. She reiterated her reasons for incorporating the cap in the language of the zone. She felt that without specific language, it would be completely open-ended. She predicted the enterprise zone would fail should it come to a tie vote. The motion failed, 5:3; Mr. Kelly, Ms. Ortiz, and Ms. Bettman voting in favor. Mr. Poling said the process should remain as simple as possible. He commented that one tax lot was not railroad property, the site of an auto "pick and pull" yard. Mr. Poling, seconded by Ms. Solomon, moved to adopt Resolution No. 4832, as amended in Attachment B of this agenda item, with the boundary MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 20, 2005 Page 2 Work Session