Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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J\1aYl.r Piercy called for the vot,;: (HI the mnend...'11ent to t.he motion. 'rh,~ ;;tfncndnwnt to the motion failcd, 2:5. M:,>. Bettnwn and ~h. 'Llylor voting in favor of the motion. Ms. Colbath offered an ovcrvko;',v of s-<;~yeral i~';$ue::; the Planning Conunission \vas addressing. She repnrted that i.nteractkm with n.eighbor;:; and ndghhorhood~; had inljm.l\led dramati;:~any during the past k-w yeari;, starting with the East Campus Pl<:n. She ;:;aid that intense ,~t;:lff interaction to work. out the difficuJ.ties as wc!l as last night's puhlk h{:~a:ring pnwid~~d a venue f{)r an op{:~n dialogu.c\'<'ith enthu~;;iastic and dedk.ated re~.;idents in thencighborhoods. The Hanning Commission had consi~.;tently Been that the. neighborhood phmi; were, outdated and were Grcating difficulties. It took abt of effort from staff to do this but it had been a worthwhile venture. Tvh Colbath said tht Planning Commis(:>i.on was looking f()tward to conti.nw...>J n..~edh>{ck from the coundl as it worhxl through Ballot Measure 37 issues. Mr. BekhCf thMk<::d j\.fayor Piercy and the City Council for the opportunity to serve, noting it was a challenge at times. He saw t\VO issucs, Ballut Mea~Rlre 37 and the (!rowthManagem<:-nt Study, whkh would c(',j1tinue to be dmlknging fir the cnmmunity; .Mr, Kelly said thcrew<!s Cl.HT~lltly no definition ofwhat "Other" me.ant l:n the Planning Connnhslon':" 'work prok,.'Tam, He asked that such a definition bc ind;.H;kd ill next year':..; pre:K'ntation to the City Coundl. He again thanked the ;,~ommis$ioners t()r their good work a.nd a good discnssknL Mr. Pryor cxpressed his enormous appreciation 1(.yr the Planning Commission. lIc .looked fs..,rward to working with the Planning ConHIl1ss1on on .~lome ofthc very thorny, diff1c:uhpwject;:;. The commission did the incn~dibl.c amount of homcwork <md study that c.(mndbrs did not have the oppOltnnity to do. He W<!5 very r-diant on the s;;ommi::;sion\, smdy and perspective on many of these ii;sues that had been very helpf1.11.. Hc .lookcd fi)f',vard lo \vurhng together with the Planning Comrnission. Ms, Levis expresscd appred<!tion lurthe in..Jepthway the councilloo.h~d. al1 th.-::se issucs, Unfortutwtdy, tim<;~ would nd allow an opportunity to talk a. EttIe hit m.ore about rdation$hip~.;. The, buddy i;ystern was helpfuL She appreciutd Mf. Kelly's cormnent that just because the coundl did not agree with tl:H:: com.mii;sion nr did not go the way the commissions recommend did not mean the l;::oanci! had not listened to the comrnission, There had h.)en times when the cnrmnission felt it had not hc@heard. (?reating theBc beU<:.r rdatkmship;:; wai; a 'Nay to help the commisdon understand iSS1K':oS ii'om thc cOl.mcit'i; perspe,ctive. (?ity M;;lnager Tayk.r tlum.ked thePhnning COlJill1is:;;ion and the City Council for setting prioritk~s ,;lnd keeping them, noting that if priorities .are sct and work OC;:~lJrS on the highei;t prioritiei; first, tn.ore is accomplishcd. 111a1 was the City's experience :oi.nee di::;cip1:ine had been. imposed last yeaL Hc saw not only the rdationship betwcen. the City Council and Plamling Commi~';$ion growing, but alS(} the reb.tion- ship behveen the Planning Commi:.;;:;ifm, City Counci.l, and the community. He appl;;ludcd the c.om.missirm and coundt thr their foet.ts and dii;dpline. ML Belche.r thanlwd Ms. Muir for the hard wnrk she had done, noting she had been very efi:i:::ctiV(~ since coming to the City, Mayor Pien:y said from alternate p<!ths and oPtxntunity ~.;iting, to talking about tension, ndg:hborhood plans, mixed-use, and R;tHotMca55.ure 37, to working togcther more effectively and more often, she hoped M1NUTES......Eugene City Colt11dl July 27. 20D5 Page 10 \Vork Session . ................................................................-.----......-........-.......................