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today would assume that the master plan had been done and that would be the “before;” the “after” value <br />would be the same number. <br /> <br />Mr. Brown asked if the Downtown Plan stated that the master plan would be considered as a Type 2 <br />application, which would allow approval by the Planning Director at the applicant’s choice. He also asked <br />if the PL zone allowed a public/private partnership. He said that if EWEB wanted to issue a Request for <br />Qualifications (RFQ), similar to what the City did on some of its properties, and ask for a developer to join <br />them in a master planning process, and include the City in the planning process, it could do that. He said the <br />basis for that statement was that EWEB had a direct financial interest in finding a timely resolution. <br /> <br />City Planner Nan Laurence said that the Downtown Plan did state that the master planning would come in <br />as a Type 2 Land Use Application, which would mean that it could be approved at a staff level. She said <br />that the other applications associated with this, specifically the Metro Plan amendment would need to be <br />approved by the council. She said it could be that all of the applications would be bundled together or could <br />be done separately. She did think that doing a public/private partnership would be permissible in doing the <br />master planning process. City Manager Dennis Taylor added that while EWEB could do the master <br />planning on its own, it was the City’s recommended that there would be some advantages to collaborating <br />without specifically saying how that would be. He repeated that if EWEB should choose to dispose of the <br />property and undertake the master planning, it could do that wholly on its own without any involvement of <br />the staff or the City except for the City’s role to review the master plan or the Metro Plan amendment or the <br />zone change. He said that was one of the issues about who would participate in an advisory group. He said <br />that the City Council and the mayor would have specific roles that they might have to play in a quasi judicial <br />land use issue, so they would be restricted in terms of being involved in a planning process that might have <br />some party allege bias in the future. He recommended that groups other than the elected officials who made <br />the City Council decisions be involved in the planning process until such time as those plans were forwarded <br />as formal applications. <br /> <br />Mr. Brown emphasized that he wanted EWEB to move and that he had been involved in this process for <br />years. He said that his concern was that a large portion of the property would be designated open land space <br />for which there would be no dollar amount tied to it. He said that the solution had to be a win/win solution. <br />He said that EWEB would be able to accept an offer which would say that, had it not been for the open <br />space designation, it would have been C3 and therefore $30 or $40 a square foot. City Manager Dennis <br />Taylor opined that the Mayor and City Council wanted EWEB to move in the best way. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy said that while she understood the board’s desire to realize a good value for the property, she <br />thought that the board had two values to balance: the best value in terms of sale and the best value for the <br />community as a whole. She said that the City also had to balance these values. She said that it was a matter <br />of how to get the “best bang for our buck” for the community and how to get the best result for the <br />community as a whole. She said that she hoped that the board would consider both of these values. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor said that she agreed with Ms. Bettman’s comments and did not think that the council needed to <br />come to a conclusion tonight. Ms. Taylor said that whenever anyone mentioned commercial zoning, she <br />thought of all the commercial space downtown that was empty. She said that she did not know how much <br />commercial space was needed in the City. She referred to Mr. Brown’s earlier comment and asked how <br />staff could say that the property would be one-third commercial and two-thirds residential. Mr. Brown said <br />that he had a memorandum from previous City staff stating that. City Manager Dennis Taylor clarified that <br />if the board declared the property surplus, he would recommend that the City use the opportunity to take the <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council February 12, 2007 Page 6 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />