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t, M I NUT E S . Eugene City Council Work Session City Ha11--McNutt Room December 18, 1985 11 : 30 a.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Cynthia Wooten, Emily Schue, Freeman Holmer, Ruth Bascom, Debra Ehrman, Roger Rutan, Jeff Miller. COUNCILOR ABSENT: Richard Hansen. Mayor Brian B. Obie called the work session to order at 11:40 a.m. I. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION ON DRAFT TRANSPLAN Planning Director Susan Brody suggested the councilors review the draft of the TransP1an by examining the recommendations of the Planning Commission which were in a memo to the Mayor and City Council dated December 11, 1985. The memo was attached to the council IS agenda. Ms. Brody said the Planning Com- mission addressed most of the concerns expressed at the council's public hear- e i ng. She introduced Kirk McKinley of the Planning Department, who discussed each of the Planning Commission recommendations and asked for comments from the councilors on each recommendation. Mr. McKinley distributed a memo dated December 16, 1985, to the Mayor and City Council from Councilor Hansen. The memo contained several comments about the TransP1an. Mr. McKinley included Mr. Hansen's comments as he discussed the following recommendations of the Planning Commission presented in the memo: 1. The Planning Commission recommended the addition of the three following paragraphs as a preface to the plan: The automobile will continue to be the primary. . . transit or carpool. To accommodate increases in street and highway traffic. . . new routes. Due to unforeseen circumstances which include lack of funding, not all projects shown in the plan will necessarily be built. Ms. Ehrman questioned the phrase "due to unforeseen circumstances. II She said some circumstances, such as a lack of funding, are not unforeseen. Ms. Bascom said other circumstances that are unforeseen might develop. e MINUTES--Eugene Planning Commission December 18, 1985 Page 1