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e Mr. Holmer commended the two candidates from Ward 5 for the civil, issue- oriented nature of their campaign and said this manner of campaigning should serve as a model for future political campaigns. He noted that the candi- dates had agreed to only accept campaign contributions from individuals who reside in the City and agreed that contributions would not exceed $100. He suggested that in the future the council may want to examine the manner in which campaigns are financed; specifically, it might want to consider parti- san elections. Ms. Schue moved, seconded by Ms. Ehrman, to appoint Paul Nicholson to the council seat in Ward 4 and Kaye Robinette to the council seat in Ward 5 effective upon the receipt of the resignation of those currently holding the positions. The motion carried unanimously, 7:0. Mayor Miller and Ms. Schue presented Councilor Bennett and Councilor Holmer with plaques in recognition of their service on the City Council. (Councilor Schue was not present for discussion of the remaining agenda items. ) III. WORK S ESS ION: COMMERCIAL LANDS STUDY Teresa Bishow, Planning and Development Department, provided a brief status e report on work completed on the draft Eugene Commercial Lands Study. She said that the Planning Commission is scheduled to complete preparation on the draft study in December. The draft study will then go through an extensive public review process. The council is scheduled to hold its first work ses- sion on the draft study in June and if adopted qUickly, plan implementation will begin in July. Nancy Nathanson, Eugene Planning Commission, provided the council with a preliminary look at the emerging recommendations from the Planning Commission discussions. As an overview, she said that the commission is discussing commercial lands supply and demand issues, design concerns, and the portions of the Retail Task Force recommendations which the Planning Commission deemed as relevant. Ken Tollenaar, Eugene Planning Commission, spoke about the supply and demand issues. He indicated that the commission is recommending a supply of commer- cial lands roughly equal to the present supply. He reviewed the following list of tentative Planning Commission recommendations: 1) Include downtown Urban Renewal Agency surface parking lots as part of the "Buildable Commercial lands Supply." 2) Acknowledge the influence physical site constraints have on devel- opment costs and qua4ity of supply. 3) Correct significant plan/zone conflicts to provide greater cer- tainty to developers/community. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 7, 1990 Page 4 ...~~