Item 3A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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neighborhood six to ten times a night with many train whistle blasts. She said this was interrupting her sleep and affecting her health. She felt it was affecting property values as well, but she could not afford to move. She encouraged the council to be vigilant in acting to mitigate this problem and to help bring livability back to her neighborhood. Kevin Matthews, PO Box 1588, Eugene, president of Friends of Eugene, wished to comment on the work session that preceded the regular council meeting. He conveyed the point of view of Friends of Eugene on the minor code amendments. He averred that they were mostly minor, but a number of them represented readjustments through a streamlined "low involvement" process. He thought staff was correct that the minor amendments would not cause Ballot Measure 37 claims because he asserted that "virtually every one of them was a liberalization" of development standards. He alleged that the amendments would create increases in property values because they would permit development not currently allowed. Mr. Matthews thanked the council for its 6:1 vote in favor of taking a close look at the Stormwater Acquisition Plan. He surmised from the discussion that there was a 65 percent overlap between the waterways identified in the GoalS water resources process and the waterways identified by the stormwater water quality process. He thought 50 percent more length of waterways were identified for stormwater quality than was identified for GoalS quality. He felt it should be the other way around because the habitat required clean water. Mr. Matthews expressed appreciation for the City Manager's fiscal discipline. He thought it brought up the question of whether environmental stewardship was being conducted on a piecemeal basis while the City's fiscal stewardship was done on a very "sophisticated, robust basis." He asked how the community could move toward a "triple bottom line kind of sustainability concept." He asked how the City could have environmental budgeting that considered and understood the carrying capacity of its natural systems. Council President Poling closed the Public Forum and called for questions and comments from the council. Councilor Bettman thanked everyone for their testimony. In response to Mr. Biggs, she wished to clarify that the police union leadership attended all of the meetings she attended and were very collaborative. She related that the subcommittee of the Police Commission had also spent an hour in discussion with the union's lawyer. 2. CONSENT CALENDAR A. Approval of City Council Minutes -September 12, 2005, Work Session -September 12, 2005, City Council Meeting -September 21, 2005, Work Session B. Approval of Tentative Working Agenda C. Call for Public Hearing on Alley Vacation for the Urban Renewal Agency ofthe City of Eugene (VRI 04-1) Councilor Solomon, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved approval of the Consent Calendar. MINUTES-Eugene City Council Regular Session October 10, 2005 Page 2