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Mr. Kelly said by its nature, the moratorium was temporary, and gave the council a chance to look at what other communities had done in terms of regulating big box retail uses. Speaking to Mr. Pap6's remarks, Mr. Kelly pointed out the council had yet to adopt the Planning Division's work program, and the adoption of the motion would inform that discussion. Mr. Meisner asked Mr. Lidz if Ms. Taylor's motion provided enough information to "get the clock running" given that the State statute required notice of the kind of findings that would support the moratorium. Mr. Lidz said no. Mr. Kelly asked Mr. Lidz if the motion was sufficiently specific to allow him to write a notice of intent to hold a public hearing on accepting or processing applications for a retail establishment in excess of 50,000 feet, and if not, was there something that could be added to the motion. Mr. Lidz did not think the motion was sufficiently specific. He said if the goal was to get such an ordinance in place as soon as possible, beginning to write it now facilitated the goal. The motion to table the motion was a 4:4 tie; Mr. Meisner, Ms. Taylor Mr. Kelly, and Ms. Bettman voting in opposition; Ms. Nathanson, Mr. Pap6, Mr. Poling, and Ms. Solomon voting in support. Mayor Torrey cast a vote in support of the motion to table, and it passed on a final vote of 5:4. Speaking to Mr. Poling's comments about the code, Mr. Kelly said there had been considerable work done on definitions during the update process. He believed that there would always be too many types of businesses for a land use code to contain an exhaustive list, meaning there would be judgment calls on the part of staff. He suggested another approach was the alternate path the council had previously expressed interest in. That could encompass performance-based zoning. He hoped to make the alternate path a higher priority for the Planning Division. Mr. Kelly said he understood the mayor's advisory committee on parks planning wanted the council to place a bond measure for parks on an upcoming ballot. He asked how the council could make it clear it wanted to see polling done on such an issue or on the issue of a new police building before it proceeded to take action. City Manager Taylor agreed that a timely assessment of the support for such a measure was important. Mr. Kelly said if there was any question in the manager's mind that he did not possess the authority to proceed with such a survey, he wanted to know. Ms. Nathanson said the motion to table Ms. Taylor's motion regarding a moratorium on big box retail uses did not take the council's work session on the subject off the table. She said the council needed to discuss whether the issue was local ownership, transportation, jobs, or land use; depending on the subject, the focus would be different. Ms. Nathanson noted the motion offered to the mayor's advisory parks planning committee came up two minutes before the meeting was to adjourn and the committee had expressed interest in a survey. She said that such a survey was reliable only when it was specific enough to give good information, and the committee had yet to develop a specific proposal to offer the voters, which would make the results of polling more scientific. MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 12, 2004 Page 4 Work Session