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which occurred on June 1, 1997, had resulted from the City Council not listening to citizens in its meeting on May 28, 1997. He said he believed the views of citizens were not listened to by staff and elected leaders. He said Policies 11, 12, 13, and 14 needed to be accompanied by active discouragement of subsidized monthly parking. He said he objected that testimony on Growth Management Policies were being limited to three minutes and hoped that the council would postpone a decision on them to allow additional discussion. Jori Belcher, 1190 West 17th Avenue, stated that he was speaking as co-chair of Jefferson Neighbors. He expressed appreciation for the work of the council on the Growth Management Policies and said he believed they were a good start. He raised concerns about policies which focused on transportation--those encouraging alternative modes of transportation, and those which increase the capacity of streets. He said he believed Policies 11 and 12 which focus on alternative modes of transportation lacked vigor, but that their weaknesses could be corrected later. He said he believed Policies 2, 3, 6, and 10 which focused on adding capacity to streets were not reversible. He said his neighborhood association had addressed its concerns about increased traffic in responses to proposed street classification standards. He said the major concern was that increasing street capacities was based on traffic counts only and did not provide any mitigation procedures. He reported that the Oregon Department of Transportation was operating with a new philosophy which designed streets based on the adjacent properties, not traffic counts. He said he believed Policy 13 could be seen as a mandate to widen roads, regardless of its impact. He proposed adding a phrase to Policy 13, as follows: "... while preserving the viability of residences and businesses that front our streets." He suggested that the council direct the Planning Commission to reopen street classification standards hearings. Moshe Immerman, 3455 Onyx Place, stated that linguistic precision was needed in Growth Management Policies. He said he believed the proposed policies were overly generalized and did not reflect concerns supported by citizens. He suggested that policies under consideration were a mirror showing the inability of staff to reflect clear concerns of citizens. He said precise language was required to implement the will of the people. Determining there were no other persons wishing to testify, Mayor Torrey closed the public hearing. Mr. Lee said that he was concerned about the lateness of the hour and the importance of providing ample time for councilors to discuss issues related to the Growth Management Policies. Mr. Lee moved, seconded by Ms. Nathanson, that council deliberation and decisions about Growth Management Policies be postponed until its meeting scheduled on February 2, 1998. Ms. Nathanson said she would like to include in future council consideration two citizen recommendations not mentioned in the public hearing: (1) that the word "avoid" be substituted for the word "control" in Policy 5; and (2) that the word "new" as a description of affordable housing be removed from Policy 8. Mr. Tollenaar said he would like to include in future council consideration a suggestion of Don Upson that the phrase "... maintain the climate of livability of individual neighborhoods..." be added to Policy 6. Minutes--Eugene City Council January 26, 1998 Page 11 7:30 p.m.