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<br />residential and limitations on surface parking. <br /> <br />Ms. Laurence said the council was comfortable with three of the four proposals, noting that it was not <br />comfortable limiting surface parking. The council felt the only citizen involvement had been through the <br />Planning Commission and the Eugene Redevelopment Advisory Committee (BRAC), but there had been <br />no other citizen participation. In a four to four vote, with Mayor Kitty Piercy casting the tie breaking <br /> <br />vote, the council voted to direct staff to solicit additional citizen inputbeforettbe cOl.IDcil initiated a code <br />amendment. H.<::;g@2~51:~:~~~155~f::'.:::::' <br /> <br />""""'.'.""""""""""~ <br />..',..',>,>.,....v,>,'.'.",,-.'.', <br />......0,> '.....V6""~.~'~."._ <br />'.""" ,,'."v.~.~.'.'N,-,.< <br />.... "V"""'"';';'X":"::<: <br /> <br />">v,',",'" .'.:.-,-, " <br /> <br />Speaking as a member of both the Planning Commission and the ~&~Q~i:Mr. Duncati:sijti&the Ri'fking lot <br />"""-C"';-;"'~';';':" ..........c.,.,M............"'^ A." <br />".~".~.;-;.;.~,;,;.;.;.. '.,', .,..,.".....".......^<''''''''-''h^h. <br />discussion was an interim plan to provide opportunities to create l}!:g:Ji~l:::~~g.~ity on cOlnn;2fgiiifiJfoperties <br />in the downtown area. The ERAC recognized that phasing might be the ~E~~~:~ wa:.!o encourage <br />project construction. He said it appeared to him that the undersfOfii::ffijTthe commission <br /> <br />Ms. Laurence said the argument about <br />City Council. <br /> <br /> <br />adequately explained to the <br /> <br />and ERAC were asking for more surface parking <br /> <br />thi!i'i'as an interim measure. <br /> <br />as having too narrow a scope of issues, <br />a broader spectrum of the public, which was the <br /> <br />intent <br /> <br />Mr. Duncan <br /> <br />such as financial feasibility of projects, that needed to be <br /> <br />included in <br /> <br />if he had ideas for getting the information out to the public and to the <br />council. He opined a developers forum could provide a meaningful way to solicit informa- <br />tion. He added that Ms. Laurence had explained the information well before the City Council, and that <br />the council wanted a broader range of opinion. <br /> <br />Mr. Duncan cited the Portland area as an example where lending institutions and other development <br />related organizations provided the type of information that would be helpful for that area. <br /> <br />MINUTES - Eugene Planning COlnn1ission <br />Regular Meeting <br /> <br />September 26, 2005 <br /> <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />