Item 3A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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Councilor Solomon expressed concern with the message to owners who wanted to improve their property and enhance student housing. She said unless someone already had an application in progress they would likely wait 18 months to determine what the final outcome would be. She said the affect would be to stop the building of multi-family housing units in those areas of the City. The motion to amend passed, 5:3; councilors Clark, Pryor and Solomon voting no. The main motion as amended passed, 6:2; councilors Clark and Solomon voting no. Councilor Pryor, seconded by Councilor Bettman, moved to direct the City Manager to forward amendment topics #5, Building Height Transitions in South University Neighborhood Association, and #7, Required Parking for Multi-Family Developments in West University and South University Neighborhood Associa- tions, to the Infill Compatibility Standards project for further consideration to allow for a more comprehensive review and analysis of the issues and policy choices, as well as identification of long-term solutions. The motion passed, 8:0. 4. ACTION: Initiation of Metro Plan Amendment for River Ridge LTD/Jeffries This item was postponed. 5. ACTION: An Ordinance Concerning Downtown Public Safety Zones; and Adding Sections 4.873, 4.874, 4.875, 4.877 and 4.878 to the Eugene Code, 1971 Councilor Pryor, seconded by Councilor Bettman, moved that the City Council adopt Council Bill 4985, an ordinance concerning downtown public safety zones (Version C). Councilor Clark, seconded by Councilor Ortiz, moved to amend Subsection (1) of Section 4.874 of the Ordinance to add Section 4.770 of the Eugene Code, 1971, (urination or defecation in public places) as a violation for which a person may be excluded. City Attorney Jerome Lidz confirmed that Councilor Pryor’s motion related to Version C, which was a hybrid of versions A and B and provided for exclusion prior to conviction of an offense for a smaller list of offenses; exclusion for other offenses would come only after a conviction in criminal court. He said Version C also expanded the exclusion zone by one square block on the west side, contained a sunset clause and created the additional offense of violation of the downtown public safety zone. Councilor Clark said his amendments were intended to address the specific intimidation and harassment that many people were experiencing downtown. Councilor Taylor stated her intent to vote against the ordinance and all associated amendments. Councilor Bettman said she would vote against each amendment. She preferred to consider only the post- conviction ordinance and then amend it to include certain other serious infractions. She would not support an ordinance that excluded people before they were convicted of a crime. Councilor Zelenka agreed that there were behavioral problems downtown, but noted crime was actually down. He said the treatment experienced by Betty Snowden was not acceptable, but it was unclear that the exclusion zone ordinance would accomplish that. He said more police were needed downtown and an