CC Minutes - 02/15/06 Work Session

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Ms. Bettman suggested that Section 6 in the MOU committed the City to enabling site preparation by December 1, which was approximately six months. Ms. Muir clarified that McKenzie-Willamette Medical Clinic was committing to an application submission time line that allowed for the deadline to be met. The City would be processing the applications that allowed the clinic to proceed, but that did not commit the City to the outcome of the application review. Ms. Bettman said the deadline was not a problem unless it interfered with the public’s ability to participate in decision-making points or the City’s thoroughness in the development review. Ms. Bettman maintained that there were issues that had been “glossed over” during the Lane County Local Government Boundary Commission hearing, such as an agreement signed by the Planning Director in the past that was still in effect. She had not received an answer to her question of the significance of that document, which should have been addressed before the boundary commission. She suggested that in this case, the use of the word ‘expedite’ meant “steamroll.” Ms. Ortiz arrived. Mr. Poling said that the use of the word ‘expedite’ did not imply the City would truncate its public processes. Ms. Muir concurred. Mr. Poling asked about the status of the Transportation Impact Analysis (TIA). He said there was a major public concerns about the access to and egress from the development site. He asked how the transportation improvements needed to State facilities would be paid for, adding that the City did not have the money and the funding would have to come from another source. Ms. Muir indicated that the TIA would examine those issues. Mr. Klein added that the council would have the TIA before it when it considered the Metro Plan amendment and could evaluate the solutions being proposed at that time and reject or accept them. Mr. Papé arrived. Responding to a question from Ms. Bettman, Mr. Klein said that staff was contemplating an ordinance that approved the Metro Plan amendment and stipulated that if the hospital was not constructed by a date certain, the designation and zoning would revert. Ms. Bettman, seconded by Mr. Kelly, moved to amend Section 5 of the MOU to add a third sentence that read “McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center will not object to the City making the approvals of the Metro Plan amendment, zone change, and conditional use permit con- tingent upon the construction of the hospital described in paragraph 1, and having the ap- provals be automatically rescinded in the event the hospital is not constructed.” Ms. Bettman asked what would happen if the property owner objected. Mr. Klein said the City still had the authority to act. The ordinance would make it impossible for the property to be used for another use. Mr. Kelly concurred with the amendment being offered, saying it would preclude the potential of undesirable commercial development if the hospital was not built. The amendment to the motion passed, 6:1; Mr. Papé voting no. MINUTES—Eugene City Council February 15, 2006 Page 3 Work Session