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though he was unsure of exactly when this occurred. Ms. Bettman asked if the question of airport governance could be kept in the discussion of economic development. Mr. Taylor replied that he would prefer the council to say that this was not the time for this discussion so that energies could be focused on other areas that would be more fruitful. He stressed that the City governance did not suffer from good ideas, but rather from the lack of capacity to handle the ideas that were most critical. He averred that keeping every idea alive diluted the strategic prioritization necessary to City functioning. Mr. Meisner said he would not support a motion to keep the discussion of airport governance on the table. He surmised that staff had made it clear that the City wanted to keep governance over the airport. He opined that, should the council wish to proceed, staff would communicate its lack of interest to the other parties in the region. Ms. Bettman summarized the discussion, stating that airport governance had been dropped from the slate of issues the City Council would undertake. B. WORK SESSION: Discussion on Priorities for the Planning Division Work Program City Manager Dennis Taylor introduced Tom Coyle, Executive Director of the Planning and Development Department, and Susan Muir, Planning Division Manager. Mr. Coyle stated that he and Ms. Muir had worked to compile all of the pending work items on one list, including items related to planning, housing, and zoning. He called attention to Attachment A: Planning Division Work Program Discussion Document in the Agenda Item Summary. He conveyed the goal of the document, which was that of determining five items the City Council wished to prioritize above the others. Mr. Kelly affirmed that the list contained more items than could be accomplished in the fiscal year and agreed that prioritization was necessary. He recommended that the council direct staff to determine what sort of resources would be needed for work items that were priorities but remained unfunded. Mr. Kelly expressed frustration that it was not evident in the work plan which work items that had received strong council direction in the past had been brought to fruition or had been set aside for fiscal reasons. Regarding the latter, he declared that such things should be brought back before the council explicitly if previous council direction is to be changed. In response to a question from Mr. Kelly, Ms. Muir stated that any work item with an asterisk was a priority item. Ms. Taylor asserted that the council sometimes set work priorities that would then ~just disappear." She opined that the Civic Center should not be given a high priority. In response to a question from Ms. Taylor, Ms. Muir stated that the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) remand was currently left to the discretion of the department. She added that there were no mandates and there was no funding for that work at this time. MINUTES--Eugene City Council January 21, 2004 Page 4 Work Session