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had offered to pay a cash match for a Eugene project. Mr. Boyatt clarified that I-5 was the demarcation <br />between Eugene and Springfield, so half of the Glenwood interchange was in Eugene. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman asked what staff envisioned would result from adoption of the staff-prepared motion. Ms. <br />Gardner said staff envisioned an examination of a broad geographic area to look at access and circulation <br />for the two cities. Staff did not want to limit the examination. <br /> <br />Mr. Sessions noted that approximately two-thirds and as much as 80 percent of the vehicles traveling from <br />either the Glenwood or Franklin interchange were traveling to and from Eugene. He said that whether the <br />actual concrete was in the City’s jurisdiction, the destinations people were traveling to have overwhelmingly <br />been Eugene destinations. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor asked why the City should study a problem that did not exist. She questioned what had been <br />spent on the issue to date. Mr. Boyatt said that ODOT had spent about $180,000 on the process. Ms. <br />Taylor asked if Mr. Boyatt would say the money was spent for nothing. Mr. Boyatt said he would not say <br />that. He thought it was important to explore community questions when they arose. <br /> <br />Responding to a question from Ms. Taylor, Ms. Gardner said the City had a Congressional earmark of <br />$400,000 that required a ten-percent match. Staff was recommending the City pay half of the ten percent <br />and that Springfield pay the other half. Ms. Taylor wanted to know if the study could be limited to the <br />Glenwood interchange. Ms. Gardner did not know, pointing out that Eugene was the first of the three <br />jurisdictions that would consider the issue. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor indicated that she would likely vote against the motion as she did not want to waste taxpayer <br />money, no matter the source. <br /> <br />Ms. Solomon, seconded by Ms. Ortiz, moved to extend time for the item by five minutes. <br /> <br />Ms. Solomon, seconded by Ms. Ortiz, moved to approve the continued study of the I-5 at <br />Franklin interchange (including I-5 at Glenwood) with a refinement planning process, with a <br />financial contribution for the local match of federal funds up to $20,000. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz said that she found it amazing that the City could not use the federal earmark to address the actual <br />transportation problems that existed. She said that $400,000 was a lot of money to study improvements that <br />the community might not be affordable down the road. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly thanked Ms. Lee for her remarks about collaboration on signage and hoped that City staff <br />followed up. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly thought it reasonable to say there were no State issues involved, but there were local transporta- <br />tion issues as well as community development issues for the council to consider. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly, seconded by Ms. Bettman, moved to amend the motion to add a sentence that <br />said “The refinement planning process shall not include consideration of additional ramps <br />across the Willamette River.” <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly said the motion would still allow for consideration of both interchanges and could even include an <br />examination of a new structure at I-5 and Franklin Boulevard that did not affect the river. <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council February 15, 2006 Page 9 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />