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Mayor Piercy closed the public hearing and called for comments and questions from the council. Councilor Kelly stated that the packet included a follow-up to questions raised in the work session, one of which was whether the plan should be adopted as a refinement plan. He asked the City Manager if council direction was needed as to what option for adoption of the plan should be used. City Manager Taylor stated that the recommended option was Option B, though there were no strong feelings in opposition to Option C. Councilor Poling, seconded by Councilor Solomon, moved to keep the record open until December 30, 2005. In response to a question from Councilor Kelly, Ms. Weiss indicated that leaving the record open for two weeks would be sufficient. Councilor Poling asked why the project list had been removed from the plan. Ms. Weiss responded that the list needed to be flexible and able to adapt as new funding mechanisms became available. She stressed that the amendment process would be extensive; should the project list be included and need to be changed, and would take a lot of resources. She conveyed staff’s feeling that the plan should be a “living document.” City Attorney Jerry Lidz reiterated that the idea behind the plan was that it would provide the guidance and the vision, while the project list would remain a living document. He said the hope was that staff and the council would be able to be “lighter on their feet” in terms of amending the project list to respond to opportunities that may arise. Roll call vote; the motion to keep the record open until December 30 passed unanimously, 6:0. Councilor Papé asked if the PROS plan would be reintegrated into the Metro Plan. He questioned the wisdom of having both exist separately. Ms. Weiss replied that the current recommendation was to adopt the PROS plan as a refinement to the Metro Plan. City Manager Taylor clarified that, should the council direct it, Option C would be a strategy that would be equally viable. He reiterated that the way staff was recommending adoption was the traditional way, similar to the 1989 plan, but council requested some legal foundation for another way of adopting the plan. Councilor Papé asked how the council could approach its governmental partners and ask how they liked the City’s aspirations without a project list. Ms. Weiss replied that the project list was available for review on the City’s Web site. She underscored that the intent was that the resolution process by which the project and priority plan would be adopted would include a public hearing and then the list would be inserted into the PROS plan as an appendix. She stated that the whole document would then read as one, but the plan and the list were undergoing separate adoption processes so that it would facilitate amendment to the list as needed. City Manager Taylor stated that there had been council direction to bring back smaller lists sooner with regard to bond issues. He said the process that had been recommended was to have the PROS plan MINUTES—Eugene City Council December 12, 2005 Page 9 Regular Session