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urban core considered the greater downtown area. She underscored that much of the area that would be covered by the 1.0 FAR was actually within neighborhoods other than the downtown area. She said the change they were looking at would change the floor and not the ceiling – a development could be as dense as economics allowed. She noted that the Newman’s Fish Market building block had been developed to a .4 FAR; a .65 FAR would add 50 percent more density to blocks like that. Councilor Clark asked when the original changes to the code had been instituted that had brought in the 1.0 FAR in the greater downtown area and 2.0 FAR in the core. Ms. Laurence replied that the 2.0 FAR had been in place since 1993 and the density had been increased from a .65 FAR to a 1.0 FAR in the Land Use Code Update (LUCU) of 2001. Councilor Clark remarked that the market was not getting there. He acknowledged that it was the goal to get more density but he felt that moving the FAR to 1.0 begged the question of why they should not move it to 5.0. He thought it would be equally impossible to get development done at the higher FAR. While he agreed that the City should move toward greater density in its core, he did not feel the speed at which they were increasing density requirements was something the market could keep up with. Councilor Solomon commented that no development had happened since the FAR had been increased from .65 to 1.0. Councilor Bettman disputed the assertion that nothing had happened. She averred that people had the ability to renovate their properties and so the change in FAR would not be blocking development. She opined that if the FAR was reduced there would be regular suburban development and asked, if that was the case, why the City would have a TD/ district at all. Roll call vote; the motion to amend failed, 6:2; councilors Bettman and Taylor voting in fa- vor. Roll call vote; the main motion passed, as amended, 7:1; Councilor Bettman voting in oppo- sition. 9. ACTION: Minor Code Amendments Ordinance A: An Ordinance Concerning Land Use Regulations; Amending Sections 9.0020, 9.0500, 9.2160, 9.2450, 9.2630, 9.2683, 9.2740, 9.2741, 9.2751, 9.2760, 9.2761, 9.2775, 9.3310, 9.3810, 9.3910, 9.5500, 9.6790, 9.6791, 9.7010, 9.7055, 9.7105, 9.7205, 9. 7230, 9.8320, 9.8430, 9.8555, and 4.330 of the Eugene Code, 1971; Adding a New Section 9.7007 to that Code; and Providing an Effective Date Ordinance B: An Ordinance Concerning Land Use Regulations; Amending Section 9.2751 of the Eugene Code, 1971; to that Code; and Providing an Effective Date This item was deferred because of the time. The meeting adjourned at 9:58 p.m. MINUTES—Eugene City Council July 14, 2008 Page 15 Regular Meeting