Item 3A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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B. Approval to Tentative Working Agenda C. Approval of Resolution No. 5006 Annexing Land to the City of Eugene (195 Lindner Lane (City File A 10-1)) D. Resolution 5007 Amending Resolution No. 4867 to Modify the Commencement Date of the Low- th Income Rental Housing Property Tax Exemption for Property Located at 951 West 7 Avenue, Eugene, Oregon (St. Vincent DePaul Society of Lane County, Inc.) Councilor Clark, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to approve the Consent Calendar. Councilor Taylor indicated that she had submitted corrections to the minutes from the work session held on March 10. Mayor Piercy acknowledged the corrections. Roll call vote; the Consent Calendar was approved by a unanimous vote, 8:0. 3. ACTION: An Ordinance Adopting an Amended Urban Renewal Plan for the Downtown Urban Renewal District City Manager Jon Ruiz reviewed the proposed amendment, which he felt would move the City towards its goal of revitalizing the downtown area. He reported that the Veterans Administration had indicated in the previous week that it had not selected the 12th Avenue and Willamette Street site. He said they had revised the amendment to reflect this: the project had been removed, no boundary expansion was contemplated, the spending limit increase had been changed to $13.6 million instead of $16.1 million, and the termination would be one year earlier. Councilor Clark, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to adopt Resolution 5005 approving the Eugene-Springfield 2010 Consolidated Plan for submission to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Councilor Taylor, seconded by Councilor Brown, moved to amend the motion to substitute a motion to place the urban renewal plan amendment on a ballot for a public vote. Councilor Taylor reiterated her support for the Lane Community College (LCC) project and her belief that it could be accomplished without urban renewal. She thought they could retire the urban renewal district and help LCC with other funds. She averred that the parts of downtown that were flourishing were outside of the urban renewal district. She did not believe urban renewal was working. She was sorry the school board had voted to support the amendment. She said though the urban renewal district might not take money from the local school district, it did take money from the revenue stream for schools statewide. Councilor Brown concurred with Councilor Taylor. He thought referring the amendment to the voters was the best way to establish whether there was public support for it. He averred that most projects were passed by the voters. He opined that the majority of the council did not want to put the amendment on the ballot because they thought it would fail. Councilor Clark understood the desire to place the amendment on the ballot. He was not a big fan of tax increment financing, but he was willing to vote in favor of the plan because it was the pragmatic approach to accomplish the ends they were trying to achieve downtown. He ascertained from the City Manager that the first opportunity to place the item on a ballot would be in November and asked what this would do to the timeline for the projects. City Manager Ruiz stated that the LCC project would have to be postponed. He said LCC was hoping to start the project in the fall. MINUTES—Eugene City Council May 24, 2010 Page 10 Regular Meeting