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area. Councilor Solomon was excused from the meeting at 8:28 p.m. Councilor Bettman felt the curfew in the downtown area was too restrictive. She felt the Broadway Plaza was not unlike a city park and should have similar restrictions as other parks had. Councilor Taylor commented that there should no be a curfew at all. Councilor Taylor, seconded by Councilor Kelly, moved to amend the mo- tion by striking language having to do with a curfew, section 4.8722 0) of the Ordinance. Councilor Kelly remarked that the City was trying to create a livelier downtown. He averred there was a distinction between a city park and a town square and, as such, the Broadway Plaza merited different treatment than a park. Councilor Taylor opposed placing a curfew in the downtown area. She said the curfew ran counter to the City's aspiration to have a lively downtown 24 hours per day. She added she felt the entire downtown ordinance was unnecessary; something that was against the law downtown should be against the law everywhere in the City. Councilor Meisner was inclined to support the amendment. He reiterated that the City's goal was to have a lively downtown area 24 hours per day. He thought safety concerns on the Broadway Plaza could be addressed by augmenting the lighting. He asked Police Chief Bob Lehner if a lack of curfew would pose problems to the Eugene Police Department (EPD). Chief Lehner responded that the EPD would do what it needed to do with downtown safety, but said it was a matter of responsiveness and watchfulness. He thought it would provide comfort to have the Broadway Plaza governed in the same manner as the rest of the community. Roll call vote; the amendment passed, 5:2; Councilors Bettman and Pap~ voting in opposition. Roll call vote; the main motion passed unanimously, 7:0. 5. ACTION: An Ordinance Adopting a New Central Area Transportation Study as a Refinement of the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan; Repealing Resolution No. 4369 and the Central Eugene parking and Traffic Circulation Plan Adopted Therein; Adding Section 9.9515 to the Eugene Code, 1971; Adopting a Severability Clause; and Providing an Effective Date Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Poling, moved to approve the changes reflected in Attachment A, modifying the Draft June 2003 Central Area Transportation Study. Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Kelly, moved to amend imple- mentation strategy 1.1 (g) to read as follows: "Willamette Street from 18th Avenue to 20th Avenue; prior to any con-