Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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Ms. Bettman said aS$et mapping wa:=; a hroader tOGI than the residential density target 'Nhkh tQok into ;;tCCGunt looking at thi; ;.~om.rmmity <m.d ddermining where the City had oppmtunitks to <lchieve a broad range of djtTi.~rent strategies such as looking to the t\lture at the Willard School, tht L.<m.e C\mnty Fairgrounds, and Civic Stadiurn and determining what was n(~~'kd an.d 'what opportunities existed. If the i:nwntory or mapping \""er<~ done abx~ad of time, it would be easier to phn. It wiB be a component of looking at'MUCs, Ivk Pape thanked the Planning Commis:,ion for its w{)rK, noting that ye~lr in and year out, t.he commission \vas {h'e hardest working body of vohmtecrsin the. City, edipsd only by the l\:Ake C ()m.rnission during the past ;,;ix mmltb. Be expresi;e<.l appreciation fi.>r the coEaborative cffmi in which t.he commission had engaged, noting that the el.iminatkm of overlay zones brought more dtiz<,::n.8 to the t~hk to work on thdr particular areas. He thought the CAHFN had done a mod.d job in 'working with the Planning Cornmission and City CounciL Mr. Pape reviewed the upcorningtAtJC area studie:;;, and as.ked\.vnat \',..a~, going on with 29m Avenue and Wilbmt;He Street area. Principal Plan:.uer Kmi Y dter s.r:id that area had not (fl.l.<t1W.ed fOf the TGM grant funding from the Stak of Oregon because i.t was not l(X~<jted on a State highway. CurrentlY there was no t\.mding, and an of the ~.;talr resources were Ji.)cl.J~.;ed on other pr~jtcti; lii;ted on tht priority list. 1vIr. Fape a:,ked why Rjver Road/Rasor Park MUC was moved up on the priority Ji;,;t when an area ttu!t had intensity and vi.sibility armmd it,like 29~h Avenue and W iHamdk Street, did not get attention.Mr. Yeiter said the \vnW from the State W.<!:; that River Road ~vas. promising, Sinee Rivt:rRoad was an Old territotial highway, it '.vas a Stak pn.~bkm the City had inheritetL The State had tumed down 29lh and Wil1~mletk at lea;,;t twice in the past. Another ,--'ption ti))" the South WH.lamette area was transpmiation issucs. lfbus{..'S werc remuted or the. nUHlber of through lane:, Jbr automobile;,; WiIS redw.:::ed, there wuuld be spHtover onto other n.orth~so:;'lth art.:;:riats. A bro,wkr, area widt: transportation study had been on the wi:;;h Ii::;t for a long time, and ::;taU z::.out!nuezi to look fix opportunities with the hblk Works D<':Tmtm~~nt It ronained an expensive Hem. Mr- Pape said funding sometimes lead prioriti;;::s. 'fhere ',vas ;;t lot going on in the River Road/Santa Clara transition area and he was not ~Mre it needed to be $e-<.':oud on the TvfUC list. He regretkd that tJw ,~ouneU had changt~d the City's Goal '5 diro..--:-tion. I'vbA Muir sai.d st.aff wa~ in the e~J:r1y phases of trying to understand what kinds of work and resource:=; would be requiredfiJr Phase 2. of Goal ), It meant there would be Jewer resources tor ;)ut:reach, edueatkm <lnd implementation, Mr. Pape also reg:retkd the direction the cOtmdl was taking nn the alternative path project. He ClJllclltf.:;:d witht-.Jr. Kdly's commenti; on alternative path tmd suggested estRNishing a time1ine for the pmjccL tvk Muir said then:~ would he (l strkt timdin{~ if a wdmk.al as::;istance ~'Tani i:Vu.s received. :Msy Taylor said she ,-vas happy with the change in the GoalS din:.ction. She .asked whtn Hero 42, one of the mo:4 important thing$ tlwt was listed would be ;;tddrcssed, noting it had been a higher priority in the past. lvI:;;, Muir said a timeline lef those items listed under "Other" had not been devekrped. In req:K)!1Se to a <.p...iestion fTom !vb- Taylor, MS,Mui:r said the cIvic center "vas listed as an emerging iSSll{;$ as pmi of the council priority {Dr a new city haJl and civic centcL City Mznager Taylor added it wai; tied to the (~onncH' s goal armmd City facilities in the downtown area. MINUTBS.....-Eugene (::ity Council July 27, 2005 Page 5 \Vork Session ......-- .. H HHH' HHH......... ......................... ......... .............. . . .. .