CC Minutes - 11/09/05 WS - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

M I N U T E S Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room—Eugene City Hall November 9, 2005 Noon COUNCILORS PRESENT: Jennifer Solomon, Gary Papé, Bonny Bettman, David Kelly, Betty Taylor, Andrea Ortiz, Chris Pryor. COUNCILORS ABSENT: George Poling. Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the November 9, 2005, work session of the Eugene City Council to order. Mayor Piercy recognized Mr. Papé for a motion. Mr. Papé noted the action taken by the council on October 26 to direct the City Manager to initiate work with the City’s intergovernmental partners on alternative transportation approaches in west Eugene contravened the results of the 2001 ballot measure 20-53 where the City specifically asked the voters if the City should work on alternatives to the West Eugene Parkway. He recalled that he had offered a motion to the body, which failed, to table the October 26 motion so the body review the ballot measures considered by the voters in 2001 prior to taking action. He wished to revisit that issue as he had the opportunity to review that information in the interim. Mr. Papé, seconded by Ms. Solomon, moved to reconsider the motion of the work session of October 26 directing staff to begin to work on alternative plans with Eugene’s govern- mental partners on a fix to transportation issues in west Eugene. Ms. Bettman opposed the motion to reconsider because she believed Eugene needed to get moving on some projects that were removed from consideration in order to fund the West Eugene Parkway (WEP), such as projects that would address safety and operational efficiencies. She wanted to get started on those projects immediately. If the motion to reconsider passed, she would consider a motion that strengthened the intent of the motion of October 26, which she thought was weakened by the friendly amendment offered by Mr. Papé. Ms. Bettman was not interested in further study as there were already other important transportation projects in TransPlan that were placed on the futures list because of the parkway. She wanted to look at those projects and get them “up and running and on the ground as soon as possible.” Mr. Kelly did not support the motion to reconsider because the two motions passed on October 26 had been interrelated. Passage of the first motion indicated a majority of the council no longer believed the parkway should move forward in transportation plans. The second motion acknowledged the transportation issues in west Eugene and dedicated the City to working with its intergovernmental partners on solutions to those problems. He averred that adoption of the motion would leave the council without any options for transportation issues in west Eugene at all, leaving that part of the community “in the lurch.” MINUTES—Eugene City Council November 9, 2005 Page 1 Work Session