CC Minutes - 11/27/00 Work Session

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was not to spend as little money as possible to accommodate the increase in parking that would occur from the expansion of the stadium. Responding to a question from Ms. Bettman regarding the relationship of Ballot Measure 7 to the IGA, Mr. Johnson said that the University could not make a claim under that measure because the measure was specific to private real property, not public real property. Ms. Bettman said the TDM mitigation account seemed superfluous in that the City was requiring the University of Oregon to cover any costs associated with the program. She was concerned that the minor elements of the TDM plan were not addressed in the section regarding the initial TDM plan requirements, saying that they had a tendency to add up and were not reimbursed. Mr. Kelly said he saw good progress being made, citing several changes to the IGA he preferred. He wanted more information about the University of Oregon's response to the changes. Mr. Johnson said that the University accepted the concept outline. Mr. Kelly requested that response in writing. Mr. Kelly requested feedback from the upcoming series of meetings between the East Alton Baker Park Citizen Planning Committee, the University, and the City after they occurred. Responding to a request from Mr. Kelly for an update on the WISTEC situation, Mr. Johnson said that his discussions with WISTEC did not go well. His suggestions for mitigating the impact of the loss of City- owned parking lot were not acceptable to WISTEC. The organization had many objections. For example, the organization did not think the grass parking area was as desirable because the location of the transit stations required automobiles to be held in the area while the buses left to ensure maximum transit usage. Mr. Johnson confirmed that he had shared the council's intent to eliminate the grass parking with WISTEC. WISTEC recognized that the master plan indicated that parking would be eliminated. He had discussed the possibility of expanding the parking available in the West Alton Baker Park asphalt parking lot on game days or major event days and issuing a Request for Proposals to see if a nonprofit wanted to participate, but WISTEC probably would not submit a proposal under that option because of philosophical disagreements with the approach and concern other nonprofits could out-compete them in the response. Mr. Johnson concluded that WISTEC wanted to retain the asphalt parking lot for parking rather than as a transit station, and wanted to continue to collect and retain the parking revenue. Mr. Kelly said that he was disappointed by Mr. Johnson's report and believed that the "ball was in WISTEC's court" regarding the range of possibilities the organization was prepared to live with. Mr. Johnson said that most of the discussion he had with WISTEC was how to make Option 1 work; WISTEC believed the option would put it out of business. Mr. Kelly said if there was any additional information staff could share on options 2, 3, and 4, he would appreciate it. Ms. Nathanson said if Option 1 would put WISTEC out of business now, she questioned how WISTEC could survive financially when the grassed parking area was eliminated. She was concerned about WISTEC's financial stability, but questioned whether City actions would assure long-term financial stability under that circumstance. MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 27, 2000 Page 8 Work Session