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e Ms. Wooten said she agrees with Mr. Bennett's comments and would like the MPC representatives to represent this viewpoint to the MPC. She felt frequent changes will undermine the integrity of the plan and said the City has no obligation to process individual amendment requests semi-annually. Ms. Wooten said that with or without the support of Springfield and Lane County, the City needs to maintain its position of more comprehensive planning. Ms. Ehrman said while it is important for the council to express its concerns with regard to these changes to the other jurisdictions, vetoing the plan will only create hard feelings and would be counterproductive. Mr. Holmer agreed with Ms. Ehrman's comments saying that Eugene, Springfield, and Lane County form a partnership but in this case, two of the partners have abdicated from part of their responsibility in the metro planning process. He said he feels the recommendations adopted by MPC represent a fair and equitable way to acknowledge that there ought to be a comprehensive plan, but in the absence of resources to make this possible, an alternative process is necessary. He felt the recommendations should have council support. Answering a question from Ms. Wooten, Steve Gordon (LCOG representative) said this dilemma has caused staff to rethink policies regarding involvement in the Metro Plan and intergovernmental cooperation. He said the alternatives he sees to adopting these recommendations is for Eugene to consider funding all update activities, or, to try to make due with these alternatives as long as absolutely necessary. Mr. Gordon suggested that the source of the e immediate problems could be partially the result of a lack of intergovernmental cooperation in other areas. He said he hoped Eugene would not decide to do an update within its own boundaries, abandoning Springfield and Lane County. Mr. Gordon said while this is possible, it ignores the reality of a metropolitan region. He said it is debatable whether Eugene and Springfield are realistically two distinct cities. Mayor Obie asked where the money the City had budgeted for the update has gone. Mr. Gleason said some of the resources allocated for the update have been shifted to other projects such as the West Eugene Wetlands Management Plan. Ms. Wooten asked how much money Lane County and Springfield have withdrawn from the update process. Ms. Brody said including staff time, they have withdrawn approximately $75,000-$100,000. Ms. Wooten asked to see estimates of the cost for Eugene to continue the update activities within its own boundaries. Mayor Obie agreed that this might be the best solution, saying he is not convinced Eugene should compromise its planning process in the same way Springfield and Lane County seem ready to. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 28, 1988 Page 9