Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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Councilor Beitman indicated her support for the slogan. Councilor Pare thanked J'vtr. Lerlgo for coming. He c~mlmer:ted that the slogan had "come up the right way" as it had come frorn the community, Councilor Taylor expressed hope that the slogan \vouJd be aspirationa! and that it would cause the community to H10\/e toward making the arts more accessible. She suggested that one thing that could be done to fUtthcr accessibility would be to reduce the parking fee at the amphitheater. She maintained that the city could do better with regard to open space and should make sure that prime open space would not be ";eaten up by development'" She asse!ted that the Nectar.Dillard forest and the 'Nest Amazon Headwaters should not. be developed. IVlayor Piercy said she was happy to see so many peop1c present in suppo;t of adoption of the s]ogml. Roll can vote; the motion passed unanimously, 8:0. City Manager Tayl()f related that he had found stationery from the turn of the century that had referred the Eugene as "The City of Radiation." Councilor Taylor shared her admiration for the people from Santa Clara for sticking to their goals and \'.lorking hard for them. She hoped the council would do what it could to help out. Councilor HeHman concurred \vith Councilor Kelly's comment::; regarding the "party patrol." Regarding the Neighborhood Initiative, ~:;he assured Jvfr. Hinkley that it \vas a council initiative and had not come from staff. She commented tbat had it been a neighborhood program revision she would not have supported it. She said the council would be presented a revised draft of the initiative tbat she did not thin}.;. would he a revision of the neighborhood program. She underscored that her goal with such an initiative '..vas to put on-the-ground improvements into place, such as increased bicycle patrols in urb<ln parks and addressing the conversion of residential houses to commercial and oilice space adjacent to the downtmvn area. Councilor Ortiz thanked everyone f...,r coming down. She said her concern lay with bringing a motion fonvard and pa~;sing it in the same night without opportunity for public comment. She did not want people to get the impression that the council was not treating all of its constituents the ~:;ame when they \vere coming f()l"\.vard with such a request. She appreciated Councilor Taylor's comments about the need for more accessibility to the arts in the community. Councilor Pryor agreed that it should not be the normal practice to bring an item up and vote on it in the same night, but jn this case he felt it W<lS f<lir to m<lke an exception. Regarding Civic Stadiur..'1, eouncilof Pryor remarked that he understood it to have a deed restriction dictating that it had to be used for educational purposes and could not be sold for another purpose. He said the stadium was only being used by the Eugene Emeralds because tbe school district also used it for gnmes. He tbought it would be interesting to see what sorts of opportunities there were within the restrictions on the pwpelty, but he did not believe that it would be possible t~) build condominiums on the property. Councilor Pape observed that the Mayor's Ali Show was free and accessible to the public, MINUTES ----Eugene City Council Regular Session September 12, 2005 Page 5