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Ms. Nathanson supported the motion, saying she was happy to see "information technology <br />services" join the list of uses. She thought it was the type of industry the City wanted to see <br />more of. <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson suggested that someone might interpret "information technology services" in a <br />overly limited fashion, and asked if it should be "information technology." <br /> <br />Mr. Pap8 encouraged staff to look at factors other than floor square footage. He said that many <br />busineses had two and three stories of equipment in a building off the footprint of the main stow. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman was not convinced information technology services uses were more appropriately <br />located in an I-1 zone as opposed to a general office or commercial zone. She was concerned <br />that I-1 land would be used up by developments better located in other zones. She asked how <br />one determined that an office only served the public on an incidental basis, and how "incidental" <br />was defined. Ms. Bettman said that the statement that 50 percent of the total ground floor <br />square footage will be in industrial use meant that only a small percentage of a three-stow <br />building would include the industrial use for which the zone was intended. The result would be <br />the conversion of industrial land to office space. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor also opposed the motion, questioning why it was needed. Mr. Farr said that the <br />motion was intended to encourage economic diversity. Ms. Taylor did not see how it <br />accomplished that goal. Mr. Kelly added that information technology services were a potential <br />economic diversification tool. He said that several councilors had looked at I-1 as defined in the <br />draft and agreed it did not work. He noted that during the following meeting, he would ask the <br />council to consider a similar approach in commercial zones. He did not view them as exclusive <br />to the I-1 zone. <br /> <br /> The motion passed, 6:2, Ms. Taylor and Ms. Bettman voting no. <br /> <br />The meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br />Jim Johnson <br />City Manager <br /> <br />(Recorded by KimberlyYoung) <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 30, 2000 Page 12 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />