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Councilor Kelly reiterated Councilor Taylor's statements and said that council could give direction to staff as to what kind of information it wanted to see when the item was taken up again. He stressed that voting to delay the decision did not limit options to consider in any way. Mayor Torrey opined that there were not enough votes to pass a specific option at that time and urged that the council pass the motion to postpone the item and give its direction to staff about data that it wanted to consider. In response to a question from Councilor Nathanson regarding the chance that construction would not go through regardless of what the council decided that evening, City Manager Johnson said that there were a number of phases to the University's expansion plans. He noted that a transit station was part of the Phase 1 plans and added that even if none of the other phases came into fruition there would still be some improvements made on the site. In response to a question from Councilor Nathanson regarding whether the University had funding for Phase 1 to proceed, City Manager Johnson said that he believed that there was. In response to a question from Councilor Nathanson regarding modifying a Greenway Permit application before the review process, Jan Childs said that it could possibly be changed prior to City staff sending out notice and outreach to the affected property owners. She said that once notice had been sent out and the public process begun, it would be much more difficult. In response to a question from Councilor Rayor regarding the capacity of the parking area behind the WlSTEC facility, City Manager Johnson said that the capacity was for 350 cars. Councilor Rayor raised concern that parking in that area would negatively impact the riparian growth nearby. He said that he would be strongly against parking in that area because it would harm salmon recovery. He said that he would vote to postpone. City Manager Johnson stressed that any parking in the area would need to comply with the 1995 administrative rule that controlled parking on grassy areas. He said that the Public Works permit process established areas where parking could and could not occur. Roll call vote; the motion to delay passed, 4:3, with councilors PapS, Nathanson, and Meisner voting in opposition. Councilor Kelly noted that there was still the matter of providing staff with direction as to what options the council wanted to consider when they took up the item in January. Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to direct the City Manager to include provisions in the Intergovernmental agreement which would: A. Phase out parking on lots 8 and 9 no later than January 2004. B. Reimburse the City of Eugene for all parking on the Leo Harris Parkway at the market rate, the revenue of which shall be used to offset the loss to WISTEC from parking on parkland and for natural restoration of lots 8 and 9. MINUTES--Eugene City Council December 11, 2000 Page 16 Regular Meeting