Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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In n:'~pons.e to a qu~tiDn from 'Mr. Poling, "fv1s. Muir explained hO'w fhe opportunity :riting 1anguagewould be added i.nto the high~priorjty ikm~.;. MaYD!' .Piercy said. the MUC pwce~s provided opportuniLici; for succe:"s whiJ.e presenting tm~i()r cbl11enge:" at tb;:: ~.;ame til.ne. M<.i.yor Piercy saidsl:te heard i.n the community that there Vlerz~ some d.if1lcuhies. getting QDal 5 makdals in a timl;:~lymanner for review. She expressed her appredation thr the "buddy" system ;3;<KI was interestoo in continuing th;:;: dialogue. She said it was important tn get out in front of the d.iscu::;skms so the Phum:ing Commi::;sion did not do a lot of work in a direction that the council did not want to go. Mayor Piercy said it was. important H)r the cound! and commis~ion to ~tay tuned with each otheL Although the eouHeij may at timz~s disagree with the Planning Co.mm:issiou, it \Vas important for the ;~ommis"ion to unden;tand that the council'::; often had w address conJlicting nCt<.b, Mayor Piercy caned on. thc council ii)r a so..::ond rOlmd of que:..;tioT1S and. comnwn.ts. My. Kelly said there was inevitabl.e tensiOll in some oUhe discl..lssion~.; beCilu::;e a neif[.hhorhood's priority uJl.(krstandably is the ndghhorhoDd, whereas the challenge that the Fbnn:ing Commission ;;md the council faced wasboking at cV{;'fything in a citywide context. Being listened to W:<1~'; not the ::;ame as being agreed with~ and that Gao create tension if the Plarm.ing Cornmisi;ion w.kes a different din~ction than what i8 recmrmlended by dtizen:., or the cormci! chGose~; a di.reetbn that varkd. from tht"; Planning Commi::;:"ion reeommend.atio!L 1t did not m<~.<m the i)ollnci1 ignored the ixnnnlission; it ~;imply meant that the coundl :,iJred through all the information given. to it, wl..~igh;::d it ail against other fad or:.;, and made a decision. Mr. Kelly said what CAHFN had b,x~n saying was that an opportunity siting discussinn wa::; needed <1:" well ai; a need to 00 realistic. rfwhat happened in the end did not {;'fode Hvahility or th.; property values of those who invested in the neighborhood, then good things were happening. .~'fs.M\lir said the tradi1ion.al.l.and u~e !>roee~s would be used. for the update of the J. 989 phm, meaning there would 00 ~1 noticed Planning Commi~.;sion work session follo\ved by a public hearing, f(~lbwed by a recommendation to the City Coundl. The council. would aho hotd a work ,~e$8ion ~1nd a publk: hearing, Referring to the Historic Review Board (URH) wOl"kplan,M:,. 'l'.aylor asked if the Santa Chra school. W;;\s ahiBtoric dte.Ms. 'faybr asked if someone \vas going to stl,.ldy the building, <1$ she under"tood the lire did not toud1 the historic part. She hoped the :.;tructure would he saved. NfL Yeiti..c'1' underswod thM. the ~lchnol had n.ot hcc1"l designated and it had not heen studied further since. the fire. He i;aid it was not cllrrently part of the Planning Divisl<m':, \vork proh'TanL Furthermore, the River Road study did not go north ofHe.\tline, thus would. not include the. SdlOOl site, Ms. Ortiz reported that she met with Ck<Jrge Rus~;eH, Superintendent of Bugene School rk4rict 4~J, regarding the Santa (Jam school. The school. district pbnn.ed to selJ the buHdin.gy Thl;:: River Road/Santa Clara. Park and Recreatinn Di~.;trict was hDping t{) purchase that site. Ms. Ortiz understond that the fire .<.1t1e.cted the rmliu structure. It wml1d wst a i;ignifi:e-a.ut amount of money to repair the part of the building that shared a common. ,<vat! w'ith the histork s,~tion> The .Engen<,.:- School District 4-J School fkjard would decide whether it wanted to put mnney into the bl,.li1ding, Regarding Planning Commi::;sinners attending City Council medings, Ms. Taylor thought it would be valunhle tf} have commii;sioner~.; available '~vheu the council addressed planning mhlted issues. I\HNUTE8.....Eugene City Cound! July 27, 2005 Page '7 Work Session .....................................................................................................................................................--......---...--....--..v.--..--...-..............