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Mr. Pap~ was happy to learn that the stormwater fee increase implementation had been postponed, and determined from City Manager Dennis Taylor that a work session on the Stormwater Program was scheduled on July 16, 2003. City Manager Taylor indicated the work session would give the council an opportunity to consider the entire program, the impact of suggested reductions to the current program, and the impact of the proposed 50 cent fee increase on the land acquisition program. Mr. Pap~ asked staff to provide him with more information about the reasons leading to the increased cost of providing police at the Veterans Parade. Ms. Taylor was disappointed the fee increase for stormwater was being postponed. She suggested that given the fact that the council initiated the action, it should be the council not the manager that made the decision to postpone the fee implementation. Ms. Taylor was pleased to see the legislature had passed legislation requiring motorists to stop completely at pedestrian crossings and asked what the City planned to do regarding enforcement. Ms. Taylor said that she received several constituent calls about brush clearing that was occurring at the end of West Amazon. She acknowledged that the property owners had the right to clear the land, but she questioned if the property was being monitored for erosion control. Speaking to Ms. Nathanson's earlier comments, Ms. Bettman recalled that the Planning Commission Plus Three had discussed the concept of including the arena at some length in the context of its review of the Downtown Plan update. There had been no support for including an arena in the courthouse area as it was inconsistent with the uses that had been identified as optimal for the site. She recalled that staff had specifically asked the Planning Commission Plus Three not to take formal action on the topic. She asked that the council be provided with the minutes of that discussion. Ms. Bettman highlighted upcoming public input opportunities, noting that on June 30 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. there would be an open house on the Downtown Plan and the Central Area Transportation Study (CATS) at the Eugene Public Library. Ms. Bettman announced that McKenzie Triad was holding three open houses to hear from the community regarding issues related to the hospital. She suggested that the open houses would be a good chance for residents to provide input on the siting issue. To her knowledge, the hospital was not focusing on the core area of the community. The meetings were on June 25 at the Hilyard Community Center; on June 26 at the Willamalane Adult Center; and on July 1 at the Sheldon Community Center. All the meetings were scheduled from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Mr. Meisner did not object to an analysis of siting the arena in the courthouse area but agreed the council should be provided with the minutes of the Planning Commission Plus Three's discussion. Mr. Meisner recalled that the council had directed the manager to pursue an interim parks systems development charge on all categories of users, not just residential users, and after reviewing the agenda packet for the Public Works Rates Advisory Committee, which implied the committee would merely consider the issue, he had reminded the manager of that fact. Mr. Meisner noted the stormwater fee was postponed, not canceled. MINUTES - Eugene City Council June 23, 2003 Page 2 Work Session