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<br />Councilor Brown, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to substitute that the City <br />Council, acting as the Urban Renewal Agency, keep the public record on the <br />Downtown Urban Renewal District plan amendment open until May 17. <br /> <br />Councilor Ortiz inquired about the timing of council actions and efforts to gather signatures for a ballot <br />referral if the record remained open until May 17 instead of April 30. Mr. Ruiz said the council was <br />scheduled to take formal action on the amendment at its May 24 meeting. He was concerned that extending <br />the record beyond April 30 would make it difficult for staff to provide the council with a compilation and <br />evaluation of any additional testimony by its May 10 work session on the amendment. He said that could be <br />accomplished if the record remained open until April 30. The operational date for signature gathering was the <br />May 24 action by the council. <br /> <br />Councilor Poling said he could not support the substitute motion based on the timeline for council <br />consideration of the amendment and formal action. He said if the substitute motion did pass, the May 10 work <br />session and council action on May 24 should be postponed to allow staff adequate time to process additional <br />information and the council time to review it. <br /> <br />Councilor Zelenka commented that the council typically granted a two-week extension if requested, which <br />would extend the record to May 3. He suggested that as a compromise it would still allow staff time to <br />prepare materials for the council. Mr. Ruiz said staff could provide responses in time for the May 10 work <br />session if the record remained open until May 3. <br /> <br />Councilor Brown preferred to extend the record for a longer period of time because each of the projects was <br />rich with problems and potentially legal problems associated with some of the proposed uses of tax increment <br />financing. He felt that the process was moving too quickly and had not allowed sufficient time for discussion. <br /> <br />Councilor Clark indicated he was willing to extend the record to May 3. <br /> <br />Councilor Brown withdrew his substitute motion. Councilor Taylor agreed. <br /> <br />Councilor Clark amended his motion as follows: Move to leave the record open until <br />May 3. Councilor Taylor concurred with the amendment. The motion passed, 7:0. <br /> <br />The meeting adjourned at 9:08 p.m. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Jon Ruiz <br />City Manager <br /> <br />(Recorded by Lynn Taylor) <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council April 19, 2010 Page 9 <br /> Public Hearing <br />