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the City Manager’s Office on the process. She reminded the council that the strategy was an alternative to <br />full updates of all neighborhood plans, which would require most staff resources for up to ten years and a <br />considerable amount of funding. <br /> <br />Mr. Brown continued to be concerned about the establishment of separate planning committees and <br />indicated he preferred to amend the work plan to eliminate that provision. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark continued to be concerned about the amount of time being dedicated to mixed-use centers. He <br />said that people in Eugene disagree about many things, but most agree they live in Eugene due to the quality <br />of life and the community’s beauty. Nothing affected one’s quality of life as much as being able to take care <br />of one’s family. He said that Eugene-Springfield had double-digit unemployment. The City was participat- <br />ing in work teams to establish regional economic development strategies. He noted the proposed resource <br />split, which called for only one percent of resources to be devoted to developing local economic development <br />code amendments. He thought that was a mistake and called for a broader focus on that issue. He thought <br />it was central to what the community was facing and touched on what was needed to get people back to <br />work. Mr. Clark encouraged the commission to give the issue greater thought. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka thought the Strategic Neighborhood Action Plans were extremely important due to their <br />connection to neighborhood livability and because the idea came out of the neighborhood summits. He <br />recalled that he had offered a proposal to change the neighborhood empowerment goal to incorporate <br />planning, to give neighborhoods the ability to use the tools in the land use code to preserve their livability. <br />He thought the plans were the next best thing to refinement plan updates and appreciated the concept. He <br />suggested to Mr. Brown that the neighborhood action planning committees, as he envisioned them, would be <br />subcommittees of the neighborhood organizations rather than distinct and separate bureaucracies. <br /> <br />Speaking to the issue of the resource allocation for the mixed-use center, Mr. Zelenka thought the topic was <br />very important and key to how Eugene grew. It was also a sustainability and transportation issue. He <br />thought the mixed-use centers had important implications for the reduction of vehicle miles traveled and <br />found the allocation of time appropriate. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka, seconded by Mr. Pryor, moved to approve the Fiscal Year 2010 Planning <br />Commission and Planning Division Work Plan. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Brown, moved to direct the City Manager to add “Code <br />Amendment to address 2001 Tree Ordinance Remand” to the list of City Council priorities <br />on pages 8-9 of the draft Planning Division Work Plan and to accommodate this addition by <br />reducing the percentage of staff resources from the Council Priority project “Mixed Use <br />Centers” from twelve percent to four percent and delaying the target completion date of this <br />priority project to the year 2012. The motion failed: 6:2; Ms. Taylor and Mr. Brown voting <br />yes. <br /> <br />The main motion passed on a vote of 6:2; Ms. Taylor and Mr. Brown voting no. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy thanked the commission for its hard work. She supported Mr. Clark’s remarks regarding <br />economic development, but found elements of economic development in the mixed-use centers, infill <br />compatibility standards, and opportunity siting. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka requested that staff provide the memorandum on tree protections mentioned earlier. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—City Council September 9, 2009 Page 5 <br /> <br />