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Mr. Zelenka restated his motion: I move to direct the City Manager to move forward with <br />the baseline assumptions expressed as recommended values in column 2 of Attachment C, <br />for the analysis of future employment land needs, residential land needs, and public and <br />semi-public land needs as a starting point baseline that will inform future scenarios and poli- <br />cy discussions. The motion passed, 6:2; Mr. Brown and Ms. Taylor voting no. <br /> <br />B. WORK SESSION: <br /> Downtown Outcomes <br /> <br />Amanda Nobel Flannery, Planning and Development Department, used a slide presentation to provide an overview of <br />the agenda materials. She identified the common themes and aspirations for downtown that had emerged during the <br />planning activities to date and provided some sample outcomes: <br /> <br />? <br /> Downtown as a regional center – a strong economic center that drew everybody downtown <br />? <br /> Building downtown – collaborating with businesses, property owners and developers to generate projects <br />? <br /> Enhancing special places – downtown character identity and civic pride, including open space and public art <br />? <br /> Getting around – making it easier to get to and through downtown by bike, car, walking or transit <br /> <br />The councilors each wrote several desired outcomes on slips of paper that were collected by staff and organized in <br />categories. <br /> <br />Mr. Ruiz stated that staff would develop the outcomes in the collective statements for the council to review. He <br />asked if there were any issues that had not been addressed during the exercise. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor said refurbishing City Hall should be added to the list. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz expressed concern that bringing the subject of urban renewal districts into the discussion would divert <br />attention from downtown development. She preferred the future of the urban renewal district to be a separate <br />conversation. <br /> <br />Mr. Pryor agreed that the discussion at this point should be at the visionary, not the proposal level; the urban renewal <br />district was a specific strategy. <br /> <br />Mr. Brown asserted that all of the discussion was headed toward amendment of the downtown urban renewal district. <br />He had many specific questions on that subject and felt it should be discussed very soon. He saw no value in the <br />council’s visioning exercise as nothing new had been added to the list of outcomes developed in earlier planning <br />processes. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark felt it was productive to have a larger visioning conversation to help the community see and support an <br />image of what downtown could be. He said there would not be fundamental change downtown until the council was <br />willing to take bolder steps such as locating a new city hall on the Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) site and <br />making the current City Hall into a farmers’ market. Those were actions that would significantly change how <br />downtown was used. <br /> <br />Ms. Piercy noted that the council composition had been different during earlier discussions of downtown’s future; the <br />current council had not yet confirmed its common vision. She hoped there was an opportunity to work collaborative- <br />ly with the County. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council August 10, 2009 Page 4 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />