Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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Ms. Taytnr asked what had happend to the walkahiiity issue. Ms, Muir said that wa.s partJ.y al<mx~ O,,'I.H1cit ofGovermn.ent:=', (LeOG) project. 1..COO hired con;:,ultant:" to conduct a walkabiJity survey, Mr. y eikr ~aid he had not seen any fmth~r inD}m:wtinn from LCOG. He added that was tied imo !1o',vmuch change could he done to that street without i;htdying Oak Street and Hilyard Street l'vis. Taytnr said f;;he was itnpn;si;~d with how lJlJKh "vork the Plmming Commission did 'V'lithoutn::udl appredatioIL It wa:=', good that th~c Planning Commi~,sion listened to CAHFN, but th<~ h.::4 communi:;::.atkm the 0ourK:lj had was that the gwup was ::;til.1 very concerned -<!hout wrne areas in \^J'hkh it thought they \vere not being: heard, such as building height,m.inin:mm sethacks, an.d arabk bKL Mr. Lawl~~.; said he personally fdt that last n.ight"s very open dialogue brought those small di1Teren<:-es together and in HK scheme of thing::; they were n{Jt sm.al1, but in the number of initial issues only a. handf\ll \v\:Teunresolvoo. '{'he Planning Commission was very open ahout. asking if there \verc umesotvtd iSi;U~S.. His impre~sion was that the meeting ended in a very agreeabk I~ti;hion with a high level of trust. 'fhe df;;tH docu.rnent would be moving forward with minor mnendmems, It \vould he looked at again by CAHFN, other interested parties. and the Planning CommissIon bd~ire the flnal recommcndation went forward to the City CounciL He bdieved that the priDr anxieties were disp;:;:Ued last night. !vb- Taylor ~.;aid :="he was glad the ndghbors were working on saving their neighhorhood, and thought their efforts might transfer to other neighborhm}(l<;, Building: height was really importunt in both the Charnberi; area neighborhood and in south Eugen.e, She ash~d if the ~dkrnHtiYe path wf'Uld i.nvolve flexihility on !'Cmodding p<;~nnits, Mr. Poting extended hb thanks to the Planning Cml1m:is~iol1 fbr the \-vork it does, not only this P~!:)t year, but also all the other year::;. He a:~ked for c.bri:tlcf:ltkm on th,~ timdine II}r the Parks and Open Space (POS) Maskr Phn, He a.-:kcd \vhat issues. other that the routine update~., to the 19R9 plan could be expected. In response, Ms, Muir said it was ~.,chedu!ed ibr the Planning Commission hl {);.;:"tObtT, She So,id thii; w<::~, a shared item \vith Puhli;.::\Vor.ks playing the Iead role. l\.tr. Yeiter said .Planning staff had been reviewing the <lnttl docl,..menti; with Puhlk Worb !:>tafC and. it would providt: some guid<::nce l{)r future acquisition:". Public Worb Director Kurt Corey reported the plan \vould provide a {.~.wnprehensive view of everything involved in Parks, Recreatkm and Ope.n Space., A pn;jed list, similar to the Facilitie!:> Plan '.;vork~ would be developed. Ultinmtdy, it would. be a guiding dmmment that WOUld ariv>;: policy de;:;:lskns around that type of developm.ent and future i:i.mding inclu.ding bond is~mei;, etc." H)!' the next 20 yea.r::;. 'fvtr. Poling aske.d :if the plan would look at lands. in themfxln tn.m~.;iti.o:n area ~!~.; well as what was currently avaitahle within the dty lhniL." thus induding aU of the axc<'l within the urban gmwth hou:ndary (UGH). ..Mr- Corey repl.kxl it would be written from a planning perspective. Mr. Pnlint: ;;tsked if notification WOUld be ,<<cut to the aff:cted property owner:) who Evt;:: outside the city - . bl,.it \vlthin that uitn1n tnm:..;ition area. My. Corey said as a tand use is::;ue, one of the next steps in th{~ path was flUng the plan vlith the State Dep;;Htment of Land Conservation mld DevdopmenL (DLCD), The protx)sed scheduk on the Ph.inning Comm.issioH agenda. contemplat.ed ::;orne reasonable period of tilm~ sub:)cquent to th.at flUng to have t; hill public inpu.t pro<:-e-ss. Ms. Muir noted that the Planning Cnmmission agendaB were postoi on thf: Cit~/s W~b pag(: and im<~reste.d pmties can check there st~Hting in October if they are intere~~ted. MTNUTESnnnEugme City Council JUly 27, 2005 Page 6 Work Session