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there is a successful nodal development in the country. He supports the making of alternate <br />transportation as attractive as possible. <br /> <br />Commissioner Green recessed the meeting for a 15 minutes, to return at 9:30 p.m. <br /> <br />Commissioner Green reconvened the meeting at 9:30 p.m. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey reported that Councilors Meisner and Pape have been excused and the Eugene City <br />Council was no longer officially in session. He stated those members present will reconvene as a <br />subcommittee of the council. <br /> <br />Mayor Maine reported that Councilors Fitch, Hatfield and Lundberg were excused and the Springfield <br />City Council was no longer officially in session. She said those members present will reconvene as a <br />subcommittee of the council. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey stated he has adjourned the meeting of the Eugene City Council at 9:30 p.m. and <br />convened a subcommittee to hear the balance of the testimony. <br /> <br />Mayor Maine did the same for the Springfield City Council. <br /> <br />Hillary Wylie did the same for the Lane Transit District. <br /> <br />Jan VanderTuin, 455 West 1st Street, Eugene, stated he does not want another bridge. He said he <br />works with children on transportation education and the need is to get into the schools with the true <br />cost of transportation. He asked the officials to put more money towards transportation education <br />with youth. <br /> <br />Fred Simmons, 312 South 52nd Street, Springfield, said that as a citizen, he stands opposed to <br />TransPlan the way it is written. He said there needs to be more to facilitate bike use. He added there <br />should be a universal pass for increasing ridership. He said he hopes that the officials will take a <br />collective look at this as citizens, and listen to the people and change the document. He said emphasis <br />should be changed from reliance on the automobile to other modes to maintain a quality of life. He <br />said there should be change for the better for the direction of TransPlan. <br /> <br />Mark Murphy, 2015 West 25th Avenue, Eugene, stated he is a project designer that is working with <br />electric vehicles. He said he has concerns about the TransPlan as it is based on a flawed assumption <br />that the next 20 years will reflect the previous decade's growing dependence on automobile use. He <br />said there is going to be a growing global oil shortfall within the first decade of the next century. He <br />said the TransPlan needs to be refocused to anticipate the events that could result in a managed <br />transition to alternatives of urban mobility and reduce the economic and social repercussions that <br />every community will face as the oil crises develop. He said the TransPlan does not address any such <br />scenario and may result in an overbuilding of traffic infrastructure that will be obsolete at great <br /> <br />Page 8 -- Continued Joint Elected Officials' Meeting -- October 20, 1999 <br />WP bc/m/99136/T <br /> <br /> <br />