Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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Re.garding Action Item 4, the sugge~tion to shift neigbhor1xxxi involvement to .<U1 earlier point in the land use proc('..ss,~,k Reily felt thi;,; wouhl reduce contentiowmeS~L He re1atd that the City of Alhany utilized a program. that n;:quired a preudevdopment meeting bdween a ~kvdoper and ndghhorholld residents. Mr. Kcily felt that A.diol1 Item 6, the neighborhood SCooping projects, wuld i;erve as (l tie-in to opportunity nwpping and the gro\.vth d{:1)Slty aLhxation that was discu;,;sed rec{:1)tly. He add.)d that a Sl;::ope without a l.and uj:;e <xmuedion would 'just sit on a shelf." Mr. Pape reite,ated that he wanted the Citv to be carefd not to make promise::; of ndghl:H)rhood..bai;ed . - services (as spt~dfled in the Pa,ks, Recreation, and Open Space Compr-ehem.;ive Plan) it did not have the resources to deliver. lYk Pape thought the f<)(:us of tb;~ iuitbtivt. ;,;hould be pa.rhcipation hy the neighborhood associations. He hoped thnt the large, neighborh{xxi associations \vGuld split into appropriatdy smaller gwups. I-le wanted to detenn.ine i.f the City had every house and .<!re.<! identified as being pan of a speemc neighborhood assodaLioll and whether the associations were effective. He appn::dated al;tion items 30 through 35, which sought to enham~e the roJ.c of ndghborho(xl assoc1.<!tions, He concurred. withtvlayor Piercy's recommendation that the City provide training that would enhaxKe the tl.B1ctionahty .A'the us.sociatl()Hs. ~{"'. Bettm~H1 opined that people WGukl participate with neighborhood as~ociations when they knew their time and dfOli. would. make a dift'<:::rel1>.)c, She noted, in re.gmd to scoping, that the NLC had scoped oh.~h neighborhond in 2{l04 and. had talked about their priority issues i:n a subs;;::qtlcnt document She thought th{~ City could cooperate with the ndghborhoods topert~!n.n their own M::.oping. t<ih. Ortiz thanked staff f<..1r its 'work and .<!<.::know ledged. the amount of dIort that had gpne into H~{~ proposed plau. She shared Ms. Hettman's s{:~ntimentt~ regardi:ng ";gdti:ng buy..in" tl-mn the l;;om.rmmitks. Sh;;:: averred that if the ndghhorhoods v;ere not interested in partkipating, the City may as well m~t pursue the initiative. Ivhyor Pien;'y called for a third nmnd of COml.Tlents and questions, Mr. Kdly cikdA.ction Jt;;:~!l1. 24, n::garding tht~ Citizen involvement Stmtegk Plan, and ohserved. th.<tt rnuch good. stuff work had gone into the Grst iteration of it and he opined that most of the \vw;k went "nmvhere." He thought theitcm COUld be cj.iminated. Mr. Keny thought 1\.)tiol1 Hem. 25, whk:h sc'ught to iw.:-:l\.de: 1t.edha<;k to participants in project plffils, raised a g{xxi point and helped people to f{x~l they hawb-een he.ml Mr. Kelly echoed tv.k Pape's comments on action items 30 thwugh 35. Regarding i\.dinn rtern 30, he encouraged the indusion of the NLC. He rec.alled that on occ.<1SlDn theNLC was not con;;ide:red an off!(:ial entity of the City and asked that it bc;;:o:nJt) one, In closing, 'Mr. Kd.ly opined that it was.an embarrass-m;;::!lt tl} ~e<..~ the diminatbn of the CIC "touted ahnost as if it was prohrre::;s." He Hgreed wit.hMs. Tayior thHt it ::;hould be reeswhli::;hed. Ms. BeLtman aHk-~d thr .llXlre specificity in the outcomes, such as 'active ~:nd ~uc<..~es~ful col.!.aboratio:n with ;~ffed<",d neighborhood):;. \vith tmnsportation devck'pment, parb, and publiv safety issues' and 'hi~)se, .MINUfES...........Eugcne Cit.y Council August 10,2005 Page :5 Work Session .................................------..--..------...--................... . ... ...................... ..................................................................... ............................................................. , . ..