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discussion and then a short list of bond issue projects would be brought for consideration in November 2006. Subsequent to this, the project list would be brought to before the council for approval. Councilor Papé asked what was happening with the plan for a community park in the Santa Clara area. Ms. Weiss responded that staff was currently evaluating different options and looking at smaller parcels both within and outside the UGB. In response to a follow-up question from Councilor Papé, Ms. Weiss agreed that the number of existing acres of park in the Santa Clara area was not equitable. She said within the proposed parks plan there would be additions to the neighborhood and community park categories in that area. She reiterated that the project list pointed this out. Councilor Pryor observed that the part of the driving force for wanting to get the PROS plan adopted sooner rather than later had to do with the upcoming bond discussion. Ms. Weiss affirmed this. Councilor Pryor surmised from testimony and from input from the community that there was a real lack of trust with regard to having the PROS plan and the project list as two separate pieces. He did not perceive that people thought that the parks plan project list would be distributed equitably. He said the notion that the acres envisioned for future parks coming out of some place also needed to be fully vetted. He thought the list should be refined and recalled a council discussion on a bond project list. He recalled an earlier version, also called a PROS plan, which created so much controversy it wound up being adopted as an internal document. Because of this, he felt very aware of how distrust could actually “shoot one in the foot.” In addition to leaving the record open, he suggested the council discuss whether it should allow a bond measure to compel it to put out the plan prematurely. He felt the project list could be left a separate document if that was necessary, but it needed to be kept to a parallel course. Councilor Kelly asked what happened to the 1998 bond measure and the project list that went with it. Ms. Weiss replied that the 1998 bond measure process had taken a long time. She recalled that the committee met at length, having started from scratch. She said they did not have an initial project list or priorities. Councilor Kelly asked if the process for the bond measure had utilized the project list from the 1989 plan. Parks and Open Space Director Johnny Medlin responded that the land use arena was different now than it was at that time. As far as the process for the bond, he said the plan from 1989 was ten years old and contained a number of projects that had been implemented and also some projects that, as time passed and the community changed, seemed less prudent to pursue. He recalled the “Field of Dreams” group which tried to get the community moving around the issue of sports facilities. He said this “snowballed” into more conversation about a bond. He noted that, at that time, there had been council and staff discussions about whether to launch a bond or conduct an update of the parks plan prior to launching a bond. He hoped that the PROS Plan process provided an improved foundation with strategies and framework in the document and then a large community effort on the project generation that would come in the subsequent document. He acknowledged that the project list was large and indicated that the comments and direction from the council, particularly on whether there would be a short list of projects in a bond, would be critical to the modification of the list for adoption. Mayor Piercy adjourned the City Council at 9:03 p.m. Mayor Piercy convened the Eugene Urban Renewal Agency at 9:10 p.m. MINUTES—Eugene City Council December 12, 2005 Page 10 Regular Session