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hearing sessions. She said she was not interested in the City giving away another public asset to the <br />University simply because they had arranged for a full court press on the City Council in order to make <br />them rush the matter through. <br />Ms. Bettman felt Mr. Clark’s statement that postponing the matter might cost the University up to $12 <br />million was nothing short of ridiculous. She said her understanding was that the CUP process would not <br />even be complete until November of 2008 and that asking the City Manager to renegotiate with the <br />University would have been in the public interest. <br />Ms. Bettman said the City had been apprehensive in its efforts to request more remuneration from the <br />University for several years, especially for public safety concerns related to the University. <br />Ms. Bettman summarized saying that since rushing the vacation process was not in the public interest and <br />since the council did not have an appraisal, and also because she believed the discounts on the valuation of <br />the property were arbitrary, she would be voting against the alley vacation. <br />Ms. Taylor agreed with everything Ms. Bettman and Mr. Zelenka said, and said she did not even know how <br />it was in the University’s interest, let alone the public interest, for the council to rush the vacation process. <br />Mayor Piercy called for a vote on Mr. Pryor’s motion to adopt Council Bill 4986. The <br />motion passed, 5:3; Bettman, Zelenka and Taylor dissenting. <br />Mr. Pryor, seconded by Ms. Ortiz, moved that the City Council adopt Council Bill 4987, an <br />th <br />ordinance vacating a portion of East 13 Avenue right-of-way. The motion passed, 5:3; <br />Bettman, Zelenka and Taylor dissenting. <br />B. WORK SESSION: <br />Regional Transportation Planning <br /> <br />Public Works Engineering Division staff Rob Inerfeld restated the list of staff recommendations from the <br />agenda item summary regarding a number of regional transportation planning issues that were previously <br />discussed during the Joint Elected Officials (JEO) meeting on July 15, 2008. He said staff was seeking the <br />council’s concurrence on the recommendations. <br />With respect to the fifth Regional Transportation Planning (RTP) item regarding the development of a <br />Eugene-only Transportation System Plan (TSP), Mr. Inerfeld indicated it was his understanding that the <br />public involvement component of any such TSP was very important to the council. <br />Mr. Inerfeld said the plan was for staff to return to council on September 15 at the JEO meeting with a work <br />plan that would then go to the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) at its October <br />meeting. <br />Mayor Piercy confirmed with Mr. Inerfeld that decisions regarding a TSP work plan would be made at the <br />local level before they would be taken to the JEO meeting in September. <br />Ms. Bettman, seconded by Mr. Zelenka, moved to initiate a TransPlan amendment to delete <br />the West Eugene Parkway (WEP) from the project list and plan as part of the short term <br />amendments, and to add the two Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) facility <br />th <br />projects, West 11 Avenue from Terry Street to Greenhill Road, and the Beltline Highway <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council August 13, 2008 Page 8 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />