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Councilor Pap~, seconded by Councilor Nathanson, moved to direct the City Manager to bring back a resolution related to the transportation SDC with a geographic adjustment as stated in the agenda materials. Roll call vote; the motion passed, 5:3; Councilors Pap~, Solomon, and Poling voting no. Councilor Pap~, seconded by Councilor Nathanson, moved to direct the City Manager to bring back a resolution related to the stormwater SDC as presented in the materials. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 8:0. Councilor Pap~, seconded by Councilor Nathanson, moved to direct the City Manager to bring back a resolution related to the parks SDC as presented in the materials. Roll call vote; the vote on the parks SDC was 4:4; Councilors Meisner, Pap~, Poling, and Solomon, voting no; Mayor Torrey voted in opposition to the motion, and it failed on a final vote of 5:4. Councilor Pap~, seconded by Councilor Nathanson, moved to direct the City Manager to return with a resolution for a lower parks SDC with appropriate accounting to justify it. Councilor Kelly said that it was his understanding that the SDC calculation was a numeric exercise. He believed that the council was making "an astonishing political statement" by directing staff to return with lower numbers. It was not proposing to change the number of ballfields for example, but just did not like the numbers. Councilor Bettman agreed with Councilor Kelly. She maintained that the council was responding to certain councilors' desires to have lower SDCs without any supporting methodology. The motion was counter to the council's policy related to full-cost recovery. She would oppose the motion. She might have supported a motion that allocated the costs of building parks capacity to commercial and office uses. Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved that the staff return with a resolution regarding the parks SDC that charges the same amount but allocates those costs to all users, commercial, residential, office, and industrial. Responding to a question from Mayor Torrey regarding whether commercial and industrial uses could be included in the parks SDC, City Attorney Jerome Lidz indicated that including those users was legal if supported by the appropriate technical analysis. Assistant City Manager Jim Carlson said that the resolution could not be brought back quickly as the needed technical analysis could not be completed expeditiously. Councilor Bettman confirmed with Mr. McVey that there were other Oregon communities that assess a parks SDC to entities other than residential users. Councilor Pap~ suggested that the parks SDC be reconsidered when the comprehensive parks planning process was completed. He termed some of the costs he had reviewed "unreal," and he needed more background information to support the parks SDC as proposed. MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 28, 2003 Page 15 Regular Meeting