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applying parking lot landscape standards whenever there was a small addition would make expansion prohibitively expensive. There was general consensus among the council to leave the record open for an additional two weeks. Mayor Torrey closed the public hearing. He urged the council to submit its questions in writing due to the time restrictions on the rest of the meeting. Councilor Kelly said it was impossible for him to submit his questions in a timely manner. He said he would try to submit most of his questions in writing but raised concern over taking quick action on such a intricate and large quantity of material. Regarding the canopy tree issue, Councilor Kelly said there was no reason to completely eliminate the need to plant canopy trees when there was a small number of sites where that would be a problem. He said he would not support a complete deletion of that item in the code. City Manager Carlson noted that there were timing problems with extending the record for two full weeks since that would postpone action until the March 10 meeting. Ms. Bishow suggested, to general consensus, keeping the record open until February 19 rather than February 24. This would allow all additional written testimony to be submitted to the City Council in advance of the February 24 meeting. Ms. Bishow asked for clarification from the council on whether it wanted Ordinance 4 placed on the agenda as an action item. Mayor Torrey indicated that it was the majority desire of the council to deal with Ordinance 4 at that time. Councilor Bettman said in Ordinance 5 there were references to removing the word "orderly" from the code in regard to the orderly extension of public streets and infrastructure and called for a memo from legal counsel on how the interpretation of the wording would be changed. Councilor Bettman said Ordinance 5 had consequences that were unintended by staff and said she would call for a clarification of language to rectify the situation. Councilor Poling called for information on how the limit on slope grading was arrived at and also called for information on the limitation on development over 900 feet in elevation. He also called for information on allowing golf courses in agricultural zones between the city limits and the urban growth boundary. Councilor Kelly objected to the hand-raise vote on going to accelerated action on Ordinance 4. He raised concern that councilors would be forced to vote no on items because meeting time was too limited to discuss matters to his satisfaction. Councilor Bettman reiterated Councilor Kelly's comments. Councilor Taylor complained that the time limits on meetings did not allow time to discuss issues to their full extent. She said each one of the ordinances needed discussion. Mayor Torrey suggested, to general consensus, to proceed to Item 8 on the agenda rather than moving on to Item 7. MINUTES-Eugene City Council February 10, 2003 Page 11 Regular Meeting