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may lower her property values. She recommended that staff sit with the community and come up with a community-sensitive design. She noted the public hearing was scheduled for May 10. Councilor Poling indicated he inadvertently cast a "no" vote to extend the time and corrected his vote for the purpose of the record. He thanked everyone who spoke at the Public Forum. Councilor Pap~ commented that he had not seen such a large turnout in a long time. He concurred with comments made by Councilor Bettman. He noted there was a work session scheduled for April 28 on the street reclassification. City Manager Dennis Taylor remarked that it would be beneficial to hear the background information on this issue. Councilor Pap~ said he was a proponent for the safety that sidewalks bring. He expressed there was a happy medium for pedestrian and bicycle travel on those roads. He looked forward to a process that would both satisfy the needs of the neighborhood and the need of the community for safety. Councilor Pap~ asked if it would be possible to have the work session on housing standards in the Bascom/Tyson Room in the Library, as per the request made at the Public Forum. Mr. Taylor agreed to look into it. Councilor Taylor apologized to those who spoke at the Public Forum for the two-minute limit. She felt it was difficult to change a three-minute presentation to two minutes on short notice and it hindered the ability of people to express their messages to the council. She thanked all those who testified for coming out and doing so. Councilor Taylor said she had walked the Storey Boulevard neighborhood and was familiar with the difficulties that it presented. She related that she had also attended the public hearing before the Planning Commission and had been impressed by the reasoning and passion expressed in the testimony. She hoped the public hearing before the City Council would be well-attended. She agreed the installation of more stop signs was a good idea and also that it would be difficult to widen streets without negatively impacting some of the homes. Councilor Taylor remarked that she had made a motion to have a moratorium on large developments but had been informed by legal counsel that such a moratorium would have no effect on current applications, which included the Wal-Mart application. She noted her motion had failed. Continuing, Councilor Taylor expressed her support for the discussion on housing standards and reiterated that it should have been dealt with in a more timely fashion. Councilor Kelly thanked those who testified. He called the quality of testimony "superb." He commented that he had a lot of detailed notes. He appreciated, in particular, the neighborhood interest in the street reclassification issue and the concern regarding "big box stores." He agreed that the work session on housing standards should be moved to a larger venue. Councilor Kelly opined that the 10 p.m. ending time was too early. MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 12, 2004 Page 9 Regular Meeting