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does, the co-ordinating com~ittee may determine some to be chosen, that determina- tion to be referred back to the governing bodies for discuss.ion before a final de- cision. That process would preclude nei ther one nor the other from decis.ions on major centers, it would merely involve discussion of common problems. Regardless of e location, he said, any major center would have impact on the ent.ire metropolitan area and would be a matter of common concern. Councilman Murray did not think it a good idea to identify regional sites, nor did he feel the commercial study provided adequate justification for that need. He thought it a very dangerous posture for a community should such sites be identi- fied over a long period of time, consequences would far outweigh the adv~ntages of pinpointing sites. He didn't think potential sites should even be d.i.scu5sed. Tn addi Uon , there ;-Ias thp. pol i tical issue of a neighbor j.n~r CO:'1!7H;,j i t!j a; :,<~rl:-.' ~ ~ ~;.- inq J-:?I~'l1t,i.~~.ic-.'d a S1 t~;..\_ )"I~s.i.statlt t^':Z1niJ.~7er sa..ld tha.t irlentif.icati.ot) ~y'~~.L::; ~'/~~d~ staz".: was recommending for discussion. He added that staff felt the recommendation of the consultants should be explored jointly by the agencies. Their conclusion may be the same as Councilman Murray's, he said. If so, that recommendation would come back to the governing bodies. Or if they decided some sites shQuld be desig- nated, and staff encouraged that to occur, then that recommendation would come back for Council action. Councilman Beal wondered whether any review by the co-ordinating committee would take ~nto consideration changes in the economic situation that have occurred since preparation of the study. Assistant Manager said whatever figures were available would be taken into accOUnt. However, he noted that the consultant in his meeting with the Council and Commission had said he felt the pressures for a third regional center would still exist, that the community should look at them to determine their magnitude. Mrs. Beal remarked that "big business couldn't be told l"here to go, they could only be told where they couldn't go." Councilman Keller added that the most important thing to remember was that whoever controlled the land decided what would develop e and there was no input from those people in this consideration. He thought that discussion with other jurisdictions would be futile, that identification of sites would make the owners of those sites "automatically wealthy." If in fact a govern- ing body decided where a shopping center was going to be built, he said, it would be developed anyway because it was their decision. He said the report could very well do without Recommendation No.1. Assistant Manager pointed out that historically jurisdictions in the central Lane County area have worked together at the policy making level to develope common ground on which to base decisions affecting the metropolitan area. Splitting apart, making separate decisions now, he said, would only tend to increase and magnify common problems. He said creation of a shopping center on Springfield's eastern boundary would be one thing, but if one was created on its western boundary, Eugene would face a major issue of providing facilities in and out - he pointed to traffic congestion at Valley River as a good example. Even though the jurisdictions may disagree, at least it will have been discussed rather than "throwing down the gauntlet. " Councilman Murray agreed completely with Councilman Keller's viewpoint. But most of all, he said, he would like to see action taken on the recommendation to get it settled. He was opposed to referring the item to the co-ordinating committee and would vote against it, not so much because he considered it a dangerous course but because he felt it a waste of time. If it was dangerous at all, he said, it would be the degree to which it would dilute other recommendations in the study trying to concentrate on the downtown area. Mr. Hamel moved seconded by Mr. Murray not to accept the Commission's Corom recommendation on L&B Recommendation No. 1. 7/';/75 e Approve Councilman Bradley suggested consideration of the recommendation by a committee made up of representatives from both Eugene and Springfield councils and the County commissioners. He thought discussions would be more fruitful in co-ordination at the policy making level rather than at the planning level. Assistant Manager said that could be done but would create somewhat of a vacuum because planners would 7/16/75 - 15 3~e