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Mayor Piercy said that prior to the meeting, she had the feeling that the two groups were being portrayed as <br />people who did not get along together. She said that she approached the meeting in the opposite way, and <br />had tried to conduct the meeting in the opposite way. She said that she interpreted comments during the <br />meeting that the notion of a shared planning process was about not trusting. She submitted that it was <br />exactly about trusting. She said that the council had gone from a City-managed process (although she <br />thought that Ms. Bettman was still interested in that) to a co-managed process in which the two bodies <br />trusted each other. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy emphasized that all the council was being asked to do was to direct the City Manager to bring <br />back an approach for the two entities to work together on behalf of the community. She hoped that the <br />board would take this leap with the council. She said that the board could always “nix” the process later if <br />it did not seem to be in the best interest of EWEB. She asked that both entities at least “start out the door” <br />with the belief that everyone was mutually interested and committed to serving the best interests of people <br />that they represented. She said that no one was trying to claim to be the superior body and that everyone <br />was in this together. She asked the board to consider this carefully. She said that she thought that the <br />council was willing to try to do this process together. She implored people to cast aside all the old “stuff” <br />that was written about in the paper about relationships between the two bodies. She said that was not <br />valuable. Mayor Piercy said that this was a moment in time and history for the community and that the <br />constituents were looking for their leaders to say, “Let’s head out the door together.” She said that she <br />believed that the two entities could do it. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman restated the motion: <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman, seconded by Ms. Ortiz, moved to direct the City Manager to bring back to a <br />work session a proposal that negotiates City acquisition of the property, in the event that it <br />is declared surplus, and provide options for a City-managed master plan process and a co- <br />managed master plan process, both of which are collaborative with EWEB. <br /> <br />Ms. Solomon asked if the motion meant that the City Manager would wait until EWEB declared the <br />property surplus. Ms. Bettman said that it did not and that it said, “in the event that it is declared surplus.” <br />She said that the planning would not have to wait for that. <br /> <br /> The motion passed, 6:2, with Ms. Solomon and Mr. Poling casting votes in opposition. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy thanked the commissioners for being present and for participating with the council. She said <br />that she hoped that this would be one of many more meetings. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman said that she wanted to thank the commissioners for being willing to reconsider the fish <br />trucking strategy. She said that she thought that it took a lot of courage and foresight. She also thanked the <br />commissioners for their decision on the reservoir. Ms. Bettman said that she was interested in finding out <br />about what would happen to the cell tower infrastructure on top of the water tower when EWEB decommis- <br />sioned the water tower. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy thanked the board for its speedy action to protect the riparian zone. She said that was a huge <br />and wonderful action. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council February 12, 2007 Page 15 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />