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Councilor Bettman said that the costs involved in constructing new capacity would be paid by residents in the form of higher taxes or fewer services if it was not paid by the development community. Councilor Pap~ preferred to address each SDC separately. He concurred with Councilor Solomon regarding the geographic adjustment to the transportation SDC saying that he did not think it would be revenue-neutral. He said that if the council wanted to create incentives for downtown development, it should do so without increasing the costs of development outside the core. Councilor Pap~ indicated a willingness to discuss Councilor Nathanson's suggested amendment. With regard to the parks SDC, Councilor Pap~ said he appreciated the information provided by staff but expressed disbelief at the soft costs involved. Councilor Poling also agreed with Councilors Solomon, Pap~, and Meisner. He noted his support for a project-based SDC. He said the proposed geographic adjustment to the transportation SDC was not supported by a 6:1 majority of the Public Works Rates Advisory Committee or the staff, and he considered it a bad idea for which there was no justification. He also supported separating the issues. Mayor Torrey invited the council to divide the issues if it wished to do so. Speaking to Councilor Bettman's remarks about the council's support for the geographic adjustment, Mayor Torrey pointed out that the council that supported the concept initially was no longer in place, and he thought it appropriate to consider the issue given the newly-constituted council. Mayor Torrey called for a second round of council comments. Speaking to Councilor Poling's remarks that there was no justification for the geographic adjustment, Councilor Kelly referred him to page 364 of the packet, which he maintained supported the geographic adjustment because it contrasted the average trip lengths generated for the core and the periphery and demonstrated lower average trip lengths at the core. Councilor Kelly acknowledged Councilor Papa's concerns about the revenue neutrality of the adjustment and suggested that changes could be made in two years during the scheduled review if that did not prove to be the case. Councilor Kelly spoke to the issue of using LOS versus a ClP, and said that some applaud the use of LOS for the transportation system SDC while decrying it for the parks system SDC. He said that "either it is or it isn't" a good thing. Councilor Kelly maintained that failure to pass the resolution, particularly in regard to the parks SDC, would send a message to the residents that they had the choice of paying more money for the same level of park service or expect lower service levels in the future. Speaking to Councilor Bettman's comments regarding the transportation SDC, Councilor Nathanson said there was considerable commercial property legally zoned for commercial uses for example located outside nodes, and that did not address the issue of west Eugene's lack of a bakery. What if a bakery did not want to locate in a node? She further pointed out that there were only 18 nodes in the entire city. MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 28, 2003 Page 13 Regular Meeting