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developers gave the City the chance to see something actually happen on the ground rather than <br />on paper. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap~ said that many principles were at work in the node, including land use principles, design <br />principles, and transportation principles, and those could be dictated by the City, but the City could <br />not dictate the economic principles. He hoped the council received answers to its concerns <br />regarding how the standards will work from the testimony it received. <br /> <br />Mr. Rayor pointed out to Ms. Bettman that a degree of impervious surface was required, <br />particularly in a high-density neighborhood. <br /> <br />B. WORK SESSION: Boards, Committees, and Commissions Nomination and Appointment <br /> Process <br /> <br />The council was joined for the item by Mary Walston of the City Manager's Office. Ms. Walston <br />reported that the council had requested a discussion of ward-based representation on the Budget <br />Committee and Planning Commission. She noted that several changes had been made to the <br />ordinances governing the membership of boards and commissions over the last 15 years. Ms. <br />Walston reviewed some of those changes. <br /> <br />Ms. Walston briefly noted the Oregon statutory requirements for the Budget Committee and the <br />Planning Commission. She reminded the council that the City was in the midst of recruiting for <br />boards and commissions, and the recruitment period ended September 25. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey solicited a round of council comments on the topic. <br /> <br />Speaking to the issue of Budget Committee membership, Ms. Taylor differentiated between the <br />committee and other City advisory groups because the committee helped to set policy by its task <br />of reviewing the budget with the council. She thought a change to ward-based representation for <br />that committee would be a good change. Otherwise, if a majority of councilors with a similar <br />political persuasion appointed the committee, it meant that the minority opinion was lost. She <br />suggested that each councilor could select a committee member. Ms. Taylor did not favor a <br />similar change for the Planning Commission or other standing committees. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman saw nothing in the materials before the council to warrant a change in the process. <br />She thought the council should be consistent and fair whatever it did. She suggested that the <br />subject came up because some councilors were dissatisfied with certain Planning <br />Commissioners, and she did not think that a good basis for making policy. Ms. Bettman said that <br />the councilors could solicit qualified people to apply for committees and boards and she thought <br />there was considerable flexibility in the existing process. <br /> <br />Mr. Fart said that his problem with the current makeup of the Planning Commission was the lack <br />of representation of north Eugene residents on the commission. He had been unable to get north <br />Eugene residents to apply. Mr. Fart said that if the council could not be assured of geographic <br />representation on the commission it should make a change. He said the system was not working <br />to geographically represent the community. <br />Regarding the Budget Committee, Mr. Fart said that he had struggled to get a representative from <br />northwest Eugene; one of his suggested candidates had been opposed by some as representing <br />business. He noted the difficulty of getting another northwest resident, Jennifer Solomon, <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 11, 2002 Page 7 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />