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Roxie Cuellar, 1255 Pearl Street, suggested putting the phases of the proposal together. She urged the council to do things right the first time and stressed the importance of making sure that maps being used for the proposal were accurate. She added that the proposal needed reworking. Dick Briggs, 80 West 23rd Avenue, stressed the importance of designating the storm water system. He suggested that the council adopt an interim measure while dealing with the proposed ordinance. He urged caution to the council when considering the proposal. Al Johnson, 767 Willamette Street, submitted a letter with technical information regarding the proposal. He stressed that the ordinance before the council was a land use decision. Al Cooper, 2250 Harris Street, urged the council to slow down the process of approving the proposal. He raised concern over the impacts of the proposed ordinance on other policies, land use decisions, and the UGB. He stressed the importance of allowing more time for the process. Mayor Torrey closed the public hearing. Councilor Lee commented that the City was beginning to see the effects of how the Endangered Species Act and the Storm Water Act were impacting land use decisions and planning. He called on Mr. Lyle to read the names of the members of the Stormwater Management Department Advisory Committee. After Mr. Lyle had read all of the names of the committee, Councilor Lee noted the diverse membership of the committee that had produced the proposal and commented that there was not a personal agenda by the council on the proposal. He commented that the proposal was in reaction to what was going on a national level. Councilor Lee went on to speak in support of the proposal and explained how the open waterways would filter contaminants that were washed into the waterways from the roads. Councilor Meisner reiterated the comments of Councilor Lee regarding personal agendas. He raised concern over permits that were in process during the process of approval of the proposal. Councilor Nathanson reiterated the comments of Councilor Lee. She raised concern as to whether there was enough time to work out any mapping errors and wording problems and called for another round of public review. She suggested having the process go through the Planning Commission. Councilor Kelly commented that the importance of open waterways had been discussed by the Council as early as 1993. He said that Phase 1 of the proposal had its own merit for the filtering that open waterways provided. He said that Phase 2 sounded like a land use decision. He called for more information on the channel modification issue that the representative from School District 4J mentioned. Councilor Kelly said that he agreed with the idea of keeping the record open and with the idea of the council dealing with the issue at a later time. Councilor Taylor did not favor delaying the proposed ordinance any longer than necessary. She commented that any delays allowed more harm to be done. She further commented that even MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 22, 1999 Page 7 7:30 p.m.