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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL C
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Approval of City Council Minutes
Meeting Date: September 12, 2005 Agenda Item Number: 2A
Department: City Manager's Office Staff Contact: Lynda Rose
www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-5017
ISSUE STATEMENT
This is a routine item to approve City Council meeting minutes.
SUGGESTED MOTION
Move to approve the minutes of the July 18,2005, City Council Meeting, July 20,2005, Work Session,
July 25,2005, Work Session, July 25,2005, City Council Meeting, July 27,2005, Work Session,
August 8, 2005, Work Session, August 8, 2005, City Council Meeting, and August 10,2005, Work
Session.
ATTACHMENTS
A. July 18,2005, City Council Meeting
B. July 20,2005, Work Session
C. July 25,2005, Work Session
D. July 25,2005, City Council Meeting
E. July 27,2005, Work Session
F. August 8, 2005, Work Session
G. August 8, 2005, City Council Meeting
H. August 10,2005, Work Session
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Staff Contact: Lynda Rose
Telephone: 682-5017
Staff E-Mail: lynda.1.rose@ci.eugene.or.us
LICMOl200S Council AgendasIMOS09l2IS0S09l22A.doc
AT'l'ACUMENT A
1\fINLTES
Euge.ne City Council
Regular Session
(\.mncH Chamber--uuCity HaH
July 1 S, 2005
7;3n p.lJL
CODNCILORS PRESENT: Georg<;: Pc,ling, Jennifer Sokmlon. Bonny BetLnmn, David Keny, Gary
Pape, Chris Pryor, Bdty Taylor, Andrea Ortiz.
Her Honor Mayor Kitty Fien:.:y convened. the meeting of the City Cound.l.
1. PUHLIC FORUM
Mayor Piercy vlelcomed cv,~ryon<~ to the City Councilllwc1ing and observtd that 18 people signed up tbr
the Public Forum.
Councilor Kelly, seconded by Cou:ndkr Taylor. moved to hold the PubJ.kForam fnr Sf)"
m.inutes, giv'Cn the. numher ofpwpk \vho wer{~ Signed up to $p<;~Hk. RuE call vote; the.
motion pai;~.;ed ummimou::;ly. 7:0. (Cmmdlnr Solomon had not yet reached the dais,)
Coundbr Solomon arrived,
M~1yor Pier<:;y n::vkwed the rule~.; of the Public Forum,
G. ScottPurcdl, 3425 St.rathmore Plac~\ $poh~ in sl,.;pport of the proposed enterpris;;:: zone. He stated that
he waB <1 (:ertiued Public: i\cCOl..Hlbnt and Chief Financial Offwer for two mid..sizd busine;,;se~.;. He said
that the hmntr zone created rnore than 1,500 new jobs l-i)r the (xmnnunity and helped a sign.W.c;;int nUluher
of ::;n,a11 and mid.dzed businesscs expand and becolne more ::;tuble- He urged the c;;!\mdl to adopt the
resolution before thew_. He underscnwd that the businesses that utilized enterpriBe zone incentiv~~ h,-clped
to fo::;kr a mnre lucrative tax l);;1s(~ for the City of Eugene; tho~.:;e tax.e::; helped to pay fer City servkes. He
~kcla:rcd that by enco1.;raging new inveMments today, the zone ,Jo<kd money to the City coffers
"tOnlnfW\V," a "wise fH1aneial ,kcisiol',"
MT'. Purcell asked th{~ council to be thnughtt\d when considering whctlK1' to rev;:ard existing businesses as
weE as new busine;,;se::; for Lhe jd)s they provided. He o-pincd that a t~filurt to t<1ke into account. the
existingjobs would be disrespt;::ctlul to existing hu::;inesses "that create this gn:~at cornrmmiLy we live in"
andwnuld en~oHrage them to !cave. l-k said the resolution appearoo to he a compromise between. the
County and the City Hnd urged. the omndl to <<:~top pointing the finger ~t Lane County, ,. He noted the
Cormiy agreed to a mOfe restrict<;:d map, joh ql,.;aJity standards, Hnd made head.way on the eap, He asked
the council to work with the Lane JJoard of Count.y f.:o!lll:n:issimwrs and stop LHking i.KtlnnS that "irnpair
our reputation" and put the cmnmunity at economic risk. He hoped the councH woutd work with the
Gnvernor'B vision fbr Gregm1 an.d not operat(~ in a vacuum. He lXlinLed out that the City of Eugene had
$~Jeguafd$ with respect to the environment and it::; quality of Efi.~.
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Mayor Fiercy aektlOwkdged that Lan;::: County Conunlssionus Hobby Green and Faye Stcwart were in
att;.:~ndan<:e,
H h (' Ad 1401 E T,th ~ 1 h '." . e<.l n
{} . A1SSl Y, . ~a&t ~ it- vcnu,~, <:ommente( t .at on H8 surtace,We enlelTmse zone ,>e<:m" . l. :.C a
'.win-win sHuati<m" l:Kcaus<;~ it::; ha.sk purpose Vlas to create j(}bs and pmmoti;) growth, thereby incrc<l8ing
revenues for the City. He asked, then" why it had not wOl;kezt He fcH i;uch zs:me.s forced growth and
;~au:.;ed more expz~nses tha:n revem.w 0, that the bent~fits werc going ebewlwre, He .averrcd that johs
provided. in Eugene pften were takG1 hy pe()pk v(ho live ill outlying eomrmmiLies, lIe alleged that haLf of
the citizens in Springfidd and 72 percent of the population of Veneta worked in Eugenc. He opined that
the County shl>u1d help pick HP th{~ tab f()r "fo!"<:e.d growth" in the city of Eugene, He recognized that the
County did not have all i;)x.eeSi; of funds, though it \vould be more possihle if a n{~w publk s.Hfdy district
was approved, He semartnld that after an the years of growth, fh,) city of Eugene ccmld n~)t afford. to
mai.ntain its streds., ~(rnong other things, He said thc enteqrri::;e lone ,vas not a "'whH'lln f(}r everybody,"
D KI' 'ill 94f \V l",th ^ 'd h . j " 'ki' I" . ,
on emsfll.l'" . . J 'est :::> j'W{lnue. sm . e "vas t1re~ or pK' ng up tne ta) for an en.terprisc lxme <UK!
urged the council not to ::;uppOrf. it. He Obsl;:rved that the zone required ,{ wagc of $9 per hour aud. t.his ,<vas
less than what he was m~tl-dng on the day he retired 18 y<:-ars earlk:r, He fdt the en1(~rpris~~ zone ,vas.
'''giving things a\vay" Wht:il dK City could not aff~}fd to adeqnatdy fund its police and -fire departments.
He ass~rtcd that the City sh<.mld not give tax breaks to bu~'(ineS5es. He s.aid the City had givcn "tho\is~mds
in ta~< hre~tl'i$ to Jean Tate - t{l creak what't. He ;;tdded that when he moved to Eugene it had a population
of 14,000 and was a nicc Wtlc city,
L~Hl{}nna Cadisle, 120 North S<;~ne\:".a Street, assistant to the president of Gloryhee fwds, stated that the
company 5ta!t<.:::d in 1975 out. of a garage at a reskh;:nCl;~ on River Road aud. had grown to a company thut
elnployed 90 peopl.e. She said th<;~ growth vms direc.tly M.tributabk to outsidefinandal help a::; the
company never had sufficient capital to "grow the busintsi;:' She recalled. thut. the companyboHowed the
down payment ror its property from a business as::;ocia{e in. 19S7 and was then able to exp<md thrz..>e
difT<;Tent timet'> through bans 6\1n1 the bank tIS wen as. the tax~exempl statu:,; provi.ded by th(: (:nterpri.t'>e
zone. She averred that the tax exeruption l"l(:.i1itated the reduction of capital needed to continue to grow
the bU8lneS5_ She i;tres:,;ed that verification ofthe company's suct.ess wai; on record as the enterprisc .',7},:me
required regul.ar reporting. She reit<;~mted that the tax exempt investrn.ent bend'It wa~; a major component
of the enterprise zone proposal and would f1:K~tor into a deds.ion to be madc by h{-)r company on its next
huilding site. She un.derscored that the busine:,s would prefer k) renmin in El,!gene. She related that
Glorybet Foods intended to huild a $6 million dollar phtnt and <mtkipated a 20-percenJ inerease in the
number of employees. Sh~" bdkv-.:xl that susl~tinahle economic ineentives brought about by an enkrpri:,e
zone \vmdd provide impwved wage and ht.'lldit 8tandm:ds to thc ;~ommunity ~md could mppmi business
prosperity whiJ.e protecti:ng thc ciwironmenL She reitemte<.l that the renewal of the zon.c would be of great
assistance in the pn;jeded expi.ln~.;ion ofCHorybee Foods.
r4ike Clnrk. Che,YI Street, thanked th{~Mayor and coundlori; for th;;;ir service,
Mr. Clark o\}:.,erved t.hat a signifkantportion of the reservt.foryrevenue sh()rttl~ll had been used in the last
t'rLKlget cyck in order to gd the budget to hablKe. He said th(: six..year Gmmcial Ib,ecast indicated the
rest:-:!'ve.for-revcnUi;) shortlan would be depleted in two tn three years. He was concerned that scnding a de
./acto lnessage that the City was not interested in cmnpanies growing in west Engi:~ne would discourage
Uynix SerniyConductor Incorpomted ftom expanding. lk ni)ted that Hynix c:urrently paid six percent of
City tax revenue. He noted that other hUi;ine::;se::; wercl(l~lking to expand ~md if they chose to go
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elsewhere, as \:Vilham:~ Bakery had nx;ently done, it could be the m.<lkinW' of "a perb::t fmandal stonu a
few years down the road" with tough decisions to be runde. atxrut where tiJ cut vital services, He said
bearing th~ fnli;tration::; of fhe process involved in the en.terprise z(me and helping it ~'llo:ng coulu pwvide
sevd'al milUon In.ore dollars to spz~nd three to five years dmvn the ro<:\d. lk thought this could be u~ed to
exp<.m.d fire and public safety ~,ervkes and help fund the action item", re:mlting from i!lx: Cultural Services
Division Comprehensive Phn, He f:llc9urag<:u the council to act with caution and accept the City
Manager'::; fin;t proposal so that the Cjty wdd retu:r:n to the table and tdk \vith the C\1Unty and bring the
zone to fruition.
Dan HerhcI~t, 191:1 Potter Stff:ct, spoke on long-range planning. fh; nokd it was hii; third pre:;;.entl1t!on to
the councit on organiz<!tion for urban development in the noJ decades, lie rez~a:ppcd his presl;:~ntationi;, to
date, the first Gf "vhich focused on the need thr public/private partnerships and the second argued that such
partnershipi; would requi.re proactive dforts by specially designated pub.lic agencies. He ()ffered five
examples of such agencies and ';;:.omruented on their role in planning and devdopment. lk suggei;led thut
dements of any ofthc cxarnpks could be utilized to benefit. the city and Hone were meunt to be taken in
their entirety, The exal.nple::; he provided Wf~re, <1:>; fdlo\vs:
^' The Bnx)k1ngs Institute research pape.r he already dii;tributed to the ~:mm.ci.l;
., 'l'he Portland D,;~yelopment CommL.,sioll, a sepm'aw city .;kpartment with its own policy board and
~.
~.;taff which brought togdh{~r the ptlblic!privak partneri; needed to renEw cmnpJ.cx projects,
coordinating bnd av~pis.ition, financial resources, lnm;ket analysis, et.~.;
... in 1967, the Cjty Council set up the Eugene Re.ne.'\val Agency, much like the Portland
~).
I.kvelopmcnt COHunission, though on a ",maller scale. In 1982. the City Council disH.!lvw j~ and
it was subsumed into the Planning and I.kvdopmcnt Dq.l.<utment (PDD), whkh took oyer its
policy fun.ctions;
,t Pu.blic/private partnerships, set up in 1997 for theMix~:d.Use. BW.<ldway Place; and
5. . 'fhe City':;; at'iin'dahle housing progmm, laudedflx doing an excellent job in its area, having huilt
20 :mcce~';$rul pf(~jects :.,im:e its adyent in 1989.
Mr, Herbert indicated that he wDuld return. to thc next City CounG;} meeting and sUlrmwrize his points
made over three Public .Forurns.
Zadl:'l.11' Vishauoff, hitterSlJl1 Stre.et, provid.ed a packet of articks kn' the council. He l;:l,mmented that
sw.;tairmbihty, stuart k-,'Towth, and "branding" wf:reintertwincd. He thought the City of Eugene :~hould
have a dialoguc about '"branding" the. tuwn [{} determine why Engene should be branded and \vho this
might attmGLHe felt the brand :~hotdd notbc eg.{)6:~ntric or overstated. He thought the current suggestion
exuded ignorance and if Eugene were, perhaps, Barcelona, Spain, it rnight qualify to claim. it ',;'las the
\,inrld'$ greatei:>t city,
ML Vhhanoif asked jf Eugene \vas trying to attract the Olyrnpic Trials in 2008v He ~id "track and
doping" \Vere having a bit of a crisis and. some of the tedmo1ogies that '.;.,<,ere comi.n.g up were not traccable.
fv.k Viihanotf qllestion~<l the need lur el;;onomiG development incentives h,.x\'1Use it was diftkuJt to know
who to attrad. He wa:;; concerned that not enough reguh:tionwas in plm::.e to govern hio..hazards.
Teresa Callaban, 537 Honeysut:kle Lam~, ,-~xplain<xl that she was speaking as a taxpayer, <'l h.::al
physkhn, a mother nfthree $chool~agcd daughters, a forrm~r small husi.ness o\vn(~r, .and the person who
hea.{kd her dmn.:h's co!Urn:ittce on ~conomic jU$tice j",SUei:>. She had been involved in local dis,,:ussions
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about ecoD.(}miG development strategie:o. with various c.onm:n:mity groups ovcr several years, Slv;; wai; not
c{)nvinced that enterprise zune::> w<:;~re the be::,:,t u::;e of taxpayer doUars, b\lt she appn:ciated the ef1\-,rts of
several councill.rs and the ;\;1;;!}'!)r t(.} incorpotl3-te fair community i;t~mdm-d$. into the enlerpris;;; zone to
cnsure taxpayers rto;;ived the hest return on invcstments. She believed thatn:1\:H"e, nut let.,,,, pnbli,~
accountability needed to be part ofthc d:isCUi;~.;jon in which public wx subsidk~ W~'R; provided to privrlk
busines~;es. SfW thought this kind of .i.u::.countabiHty had heen snH.Kwhat lacking in the pa.st.
Dr. C\lHahan recalled thilt when t.,he first nXlved to the city of Eugene, Hvnix wai; being huilt ...md had heen
, .; .
given a ,,,eries of tax breaK$.. She s.nid those tax breaks t.,eew.cd tn be "deals made hi::hind dosed doors."
Sb::: as:3erted that Hynix hri1ed to keep its pwrnise~ of h:eplng certain \vage levels ,-m.d ,"tand31'{:h. of non~
di:..;criminatiOH in h.iring and ci::rtain leveL> of management joh.s for local people and the.rc had been no
consequ.ence::;. Shc hll:ther .i.\~.;"erted that many peopk in the l;:!.mmRln.ity 'were kH feeling that such t.i.!X
brea.ks and zom~s were a waste of HIPuey 'NithnD m.dhod for public 30~01lntabiHty. SlK w.i.w.Led "real
teeth" in an enlerprisf: zone. She averred that the community standards incoqx.1:G.:;k<.:1 into the City
Cm:mcil's original propOi'.-uJ. wa~ apositivG res[Xmsc to the unhappiness mnny in the community felt about
past tax breaks, She added that not enough tirne or opportunity for real puhlic input had been provided,
John Brown., 1.260 Charnehon Stn:~et, thanked the council on. behalf of the ea! Y omig Neighborhood
Assod.ation fDr restaffing Fire Sh:\tior1 9, which serv;;;d his neighborhood.
ML Brown aho wished to bring to the coundr S Httention the critical need f()f inz~re~;ts,xt vigilance along
tl"ie river ha:nks hx the next 60 days, He sakL as along..time advocate for the river ~m.d the \V iHametk
Greenway: the incrt~a3e in rel;;reational usage .i.!Hd homde::;s GHrlplng be:..:-,-tu::>e ofvofafm.,~r wt~\ther caus<.xl a
lV~gati.ve imp.a;.;:t to the riparian i;HWL He stated that an increase in preventive l:neasure~.; over th.l.~ next 60
days v;ould be greMly appn;~ciated by aren rcsid,~Jlt:3.
Kathy Smith. 88649 fir View Street., asked the Goundl to vote to nl;:cept the Cityl\-1B.nag,~r's
rz~o:mnwnili\ti()n ['or the emerp:dsc Zl.ne re::;olutit)l1, She wished to remind t;ou:ndiors that a citizen's
advii;;ofY committee on which t,he had servcd. had reviewed th{~ zonc ilnd she underscored its divert,e
con:;ti.tnency. She rdak>D that the gI!:mp reached an agr<.:ement to reomlm{:1)d to th,;~ City and the County
the creation of an enwrprisi:: zone to promok johs and ne.\V invet.,tment in the cormnunity, She noted that
the rec:mnmcndation provi.ded t()r greakrpoknhal benefit for :tlnns that expanded on exii;ting redeveloped
hrowni1dds and infiH sites and that the group believed community standards warranted iXH1si.dcmtion.
She related thnt the dtimn gr<.lUp gave signifi;;:<.mt time, study, and di.tKu::,:,::>ion and had learned much in
order t'O frame a pmpos<~t to t!-it;; l;;ouucil ,m.d to rctk<;t agreement on key bsue~.;br a '''umqudy Bugene
7.o.nc," Shx: asked the council to t:ontinue the group's progre:;>s and vote to at:cq1t the resolution.
Joseph McKinney. 2968 Smnrnit Sky Boulevard, president of Oregz)n RDads, submitted hi,,, tl'.~stimon;y in
writing. He explained that hh tldd wa~~ l;~oln.mer6ai iind CDnsumer tending. I.le averred that .i.! bl.lsinesi;
owner would tbcus on opportunities i.lvai1ahk through thl;~ l;;reatiou of an enterprise zone, He thought one
cnmpanyn1ight try to take adv(mtage of such a zone aud Gutma:neuver iw cornpd.1Wr,;;, He s1.lggested that
brokeri; and coutractors WOUld profit He ::;aid information movtd fast and such a U.Hle \vas not
~.;ustainabl.eA
Mr-Ml.:iKhmey asked what Im:(''1uive a community had to accept this zone if it did. nDt come with good
st(mdanb. He said., as a local business pf;:rsOH< he did no!. bdh.~ve s.ometh.ing that was not good for tbe
hwal economy at large was in his bei;t interest. Bec<Hlse the ecnnomy is c:ons.mller-drlvt.'U, it ii{ imp(utant,
he klt, to recognize that the consumer benefited fmrn community :..;taudardsA He likened iucenti ves to
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busines::; H:, puhlic ussiswU{~e and it \\1.;:\$ reai;Orli.lble to Httach caveats in ord~::r to ensure that :,;tH::.h assisuHKC
achieved thi:: desired dIed, He :,;aid it \vas reasonable, just .as when grantin.g a loan, to attach pcdhrmance
requirem.ent::; to the zone such as good jobs., dean andlawftll huslrwss practices, and a long.term
comm:itn:H;:nt to th<~ i.:'mmnun.lty, He undcr;:;cored thM th<:: public expected a net gain from tlw incen!ivt::8
provided 13.y an cnterprise zon.c, Hc asked if there were guarankes SUdl as ;:. penalty daltSe for a husine::;:,
that "cut and nm."
Lucy Lalli', 2095 Fieree Stret:.C staled that ~.,he worhxl "vith the Eugene!SpringEdd Solidarity Network ~
J<.lbs with Jm;tkt) (;hapkr. She acknowledged the ',york the conm::i\ors and Mllyor had undcrtaken to
provide a good tax incentive that invest cd tax do!lan; in business development and mainknance. She
eonv~::yed ttK Solidarity Netwl)rk';:; a.ppreciation that the council's language provi;;kd ()pportunities for
both exhting and new businesses and that the council and the Lane Board of (\mnty Commissioners \vere
engag"\:xl in a di$;~nssion, hoping it \vouhl henefit the entire community, 'rhe network had been "somewhat
smvrised and dismayed" that the conlmissi.oncrs had nGt t~}lh:p;ved th:w\.lgh with the ,.lgreemeni '"forged
with the City Conncil" thc prCVi01.1S week. She averred Lhat the ,eason 6.)[ economic tools sueh as an
entel1Jri:,;e zone W<1~., to lTeate ne\v jobs, att.raGt ne\V bushKSSCS, and to SUPPOJt exii;ting businesses h)oklng
to grow. She iterated it was critical that dedei..l oftkiah Hnd quasi~govenHnent agencies using taxpaycr
money for ec.onomk development reprc:,eni the taxpayen~. stK stressed that taxpayers wanted hnnily
wage jobs so that they conld ;;tfi:ord to live .In this community, obtain afforruihle hea.tthcarc, and wntrihuk
to a stabk Lax base to S1.:pport public servke:", p':ihlk educntion, and local in.fmstruCturc. Shc said that in
ordcr to maintain the public trust, the proc(.'$S had to be tfanspare.nt. She supported the en.i}.l,cement of
cormnunity standards and accountubility, so that bUSlnCSS(lS "vcn;: aCGonnwbk D)r adhereno;: to thos.e
standards, Shc quott;:d th.,m a b1.1Sil1es.i; n:;cf1,.litment brodrure from the Lane \-km.l Partnership, as foHows:
'"Lane County busine::;:,e::; enjoy w{)rki.ng as :1 t.earn vlith local govccrn.mcnt to End witHvin solutions to
saListy l.msim::$s Hnd citizeni; alike,"
l'Yh. LahJ ai;ked that Eugene citizeni; keep working together to satisfy the needs z)f the entire community.
Pnul Conie-, 146J. \Vest Wth Avenue, :mhrniti.ed his testimony in writing. He supported the City Council's
original position on appropriate commn:n:ity stand(l;r(t~ thr a new enterprise zone, Ik thought Lhe
agr<::Cl1lcnt provided fix "st;:Jlsihk assurance" ttu!t tax breaks. would be lid to job creation, He Idt ttwt
recent positions taken hy :,ome of the Lane Board of County Con.u;..,issioners wa::; not ivhRt "rnost
Eugcneans wOtJ.!d <.~ndorse," f.k advised the council to nUlwally support one another after "hllmmt;:ring
out" a diHlcuh p(j.~.;ition on <mi~.;:me. He felt a shin from the original agreement could t.mdermine the
cound.l's abihty to vlork in good faith to'iVard future (~ompromise.s.
Continuin.g,.tvk Conte pres<)!w;)d an 1.lpdatc on tht;~ work of the Chambers Area F.<w.ri!ks iDr Healthy
Neighhorhood::; {CAFHN}. He called it a positiv{:) cxampk of'\~onstructive and creative publk
involvemen.t" He reported that C,'\FHN c-ompleted an inventory of neighborhood ;:;ites that were 'ixmed R-
3,R-4,. and C...2 and kknti.ficd over 30 pareels with high potential for rcsidenti.al deve.lopm;:::nt. 'rh~ group
thought this could. support more than 475 ne\v dweUing un.its a.nd could hdp stabilize ex.i:,ting
ndghb{H'hood~~ in that arC;;t. l-k said t.he work se.rved to improvc th<) outlook fix a Chambcrs Multi..Ust::
Center Pbn that WGuld pmted the irreplaceable dose-in ei;tab!iihed ndghborhl)od;:;, fIe pointed Gul that
CAfHN ddivcred its fhU l,.1ensitY analysis, whk:h was include.d in council packets. He strcs,~ed that t.tK
!:,.'TOUp'S pmpo::;al thr InfiU :"tandards exceeded "every metro, city, and local den::;ity benchmark." He felt
the group kept its promise to aid in the. work and expn.:.:ssd hope that the work would he of value to the
CGuncil Rnd the rImming CommiSSion in discn::;sions of .Muhi~Use Center:,. .fIe th<mkt~d t.he council.for its
efforts towlyrk h.lwaJd the weU-being of the entire community.
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.Bruee Ull)nigen. If.l39 'fay-tor Stre-d, ~.;poke in w:ndemwith Mr. Cont<), Regarding n{~ighl:H)rh()od design
i;tHndards, he underscored that a:" a prot(.i;:>or of economks at the Uuiversity of Oregon, helx:Heved. in the
power of market for~~e;,L lk s<tid the compelling argum.e.ut based on the pmve.r of the m.arket w<.u, the
nohnn thm. the WHY 10 encourage Gompae-t re.:'>identi.al ndghborhood::; in the core of the citks W<l~ to nutke
them attractive places t;,) live. Be a::;sertcd that no amount of "hand-wri.nging" wou.ld S{;)P pres~ure. zm the
urban grov,rth boundary (UGH} shonkl thoi;e neighborhoods not be :.lttmctivc relative tG d\velli!1g;~ on the
J..-'eriphery,He ob;:;en-,,~d that in hh neighborhood, the current zoning stanrumh were allowing the
degradation of e-ore neighhorhoods, making them less attradi ve. He pointed out that. :,>ome rcsidents of his
neighbod1ood left b<:cause of just such ekment~, noting that an ugly mulh~nnit dwelling had been
;:;:ons.truded next to hL~ house. He reuladced that the hou::;jng market was not ~o simple as to eq\w.k- one
unit of infiH with one. less u:n:it ofspmwl. lk averred that in order to make the infHl \in.it preferenti.al, it
Heeded to have <l greater appeal. fIe suggested tbt the design st::mdanh developed by (.'AFHN went a
long way to en:,>ure ne-w d;:;:vdopment would hc compatihle with core neighborhoods,
Me Blonigen lauded his <~xpe-rien.ce with CAFHN, He shared that he and b.i", "vlte. pmticlpakd i.n many
meeting;~ and ihe- group dedicated many hour:> to come up with detailed analy:;,e~ and SOlutions. much
based nn decades ~)freskknc.<~ in the neighbor.bood. Hc asbd the City Coundl to (;onsider the
recommendations of CAPlIN a:=; It ~~onsidcnx1 the Cha.ulbersMu.lti..(Tse Center.
Phillip Car:r(lH, 1054 VanBuren Street, spoke a~ a re::;ident ofthc Jeff(Ti;~)n/We~.,t::;ide.NeighbGrho()d and
;;! represenbtive of the Eugene Tree Foundation. Hc ~aid that during the (;harnbers Neighborhood
Revisited (CNR) pHKess, the urban forest was frequently referred tc citizen:..; bec.am;e they recog.nizii'J the
vabe of the landseapc. He l.mdii'rscoTed that one goat of the CNR pmcz~ss was to proln.ote density Bnd
infiH that was c.ompatible 'vvith existing ndghborhood {Cham,-~ter. He averred tbit the ud;!an torc:>t W:<!$ a
cornponent of said charader and the succes;:;ful fhw.::tion ufthe neighhorhood. He stated that the bnd~C;;!'pe
W.<lS due to the health and diversity of the area. which dep<)nded 011 $ufllcleatly large areas of contiguou~
pJ.antabk soil. espedHl1y tho~.,e fOnl1ed by ntighboring back ymds, He ?x1id such yanb pwvid.ed area
resid<:::nh with thc opportu:n:ity tc partie-ip.<ite :in t.he creation of them-ban fbre~.,t and the st<;:wardship of the
rieighbortHxH::l. He fdt that the cnnSf.l1.ictkm ofinnH that was om of scab with the rest of the
ndghhorhood w~)Utd chop up planting areas .<md create chaHeng;c:s to the tamb::ape, He {:.ommented thai n
heaIthy urbanbrcst was not the enemy ofd{,'Uslty, He cite.d an experience he ha.d living in a row house in
San Francisco inwhkh his backyard supported <!variety of pbnhngs, as did an of' the backyards m that
neighhorhood,He asked the eoulKit to think ahout these factors and tG ls){)k closdy at the proposals. from
CAFHN. He-: av~~rred that contributing to the d{'.-Sirability and quality of downtown Jiving \vou1d incrz:.'~a::;e
resl<;kne-y.
RulbPbelps, 54A5 Donald Strtet,wiihed to bring to the attention of the City C:Otm(~il .and resident:'> ofth{:~
So\,th Hili:.; area that Station 5 no 10ng<:T had an a.mbulance and that the Fire and Emerg:ency Medkal
Sz-)!:vices (EMS) Departrnem expected StaLk!\} 1 to provide coverage, Sht m.~.lntained that thj~w@ld
impact the fOn.H11lnute rcspOfl.:>e tim.e the depmiment aspircd to because the other station;:; W(Te too 11tr
a\v.ay. She noted that thc otlwr ambutance that wa::; to cover the arca wa$ located at the fire station. W1
Hailey HiURoad. Sh~ darified that the ambUlance itsdfw.<!:> i;til1 klcateu at StatiDn 5, but the creew w:<!~.; no
longer there.
Hecky Rik}'. 202 Ha\:l/tbornc Street. enCi.Juf{{g(.xl the City CouncE to stand Finn when deliberating. over tax
breaks, She did not suppo!i giving tax break.; to corporations. Shc fOWld it difficult to bdk:v~~ that .an
enterprise. 20m: wai; the best way to suppmt thc local ecnnoniy and prom.ote busincss growth, She
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wondered 1f tax hre8.ks were truly nece~sary and w-b.cther fh.;;::y (lUtweighed the eomnmnily bend'its to he
reap;:;:d, She. H10ught the cost 'Nas too high tn the envin.Hunent, public school:>, mads, puhlk~ wdt~'in:: and
satCty. Sh(~ qlJ<;~;:;tioned whether such tax brcaJ:s v;ere 1Hx:e~.,sary tZ) attr8.d and retain qtmtity johi': in the
Hrea. She averred that votG..npproved limits on property wxatkm .;;md dedining COllX.lmte tax rates helped
to push Stati;) S(TV!l.:-:es and infmstmcmre into l:\;'::ep funding crii;es. She noted that the Oregon Center for
l\:blic Policy indicated that in lhe upcoming budget cyek, corpGrations o-p~wting in Oregon would pay 71
percenl kss in i;h\te corporate income taxes as .a share of the economy than th~~y di.d i.n the late 1970~. She
lludersco,ed that \~ork:ng fiuniHes .and small hUi;ine::;~,e::;were p8.ying a larger share of sL:ate income taxes
tbm a generation ag(j. She felt it wa!:; difficu.lt to understand why additiomd tax hreaks would be. a priority
in the f:ace of ,su.ch .a shift. Sbx~ said that, at the very least, thz~ eotmdl sh.cH.:dd i;tand firrn hehind the rUles it
had adopted, induding limiting tax breaks to the indu~triei; that build or expB;nd on ii..:H"U"KT industrial sites
and limiting lhe size of tax hre-<.ib per job created, Spedtk.<t1ly, "he thOll.ght given that jobs created w.<\s
one of the key gO<lls of the enterprise. zone \::oncept and that the limit made sense as an important way to
ensure accountability, She urgz..'Xl the council not to abandon the COlrmmr1!ty stan.dards bec.ause they
provided rational limits on the "uhsidies that were heing offcn;:d, She asked that the tuundl ahandon t.he
enterprise zone shoul.d theL<l:ne County Com.m.issionem refuHe to accept t.he conditions. Should this be
the case, ~he asked that the coum.::il redirect its energies to :finding other stn\tegie~> ({) attract. new
t}(.l.sinei;~.;e~. She preterred that new strategies nOl be dependent {)Jl "offering <;.lpen-endcd. public s1.:bsidies,"
Jnzef Siekd<IAzieu.ldd, 1025 Taylor Stred, s.ubmitted written testlmony from his partacr on another
subj<x~t, primarily f(}l;;used on the po~.,sihility of fhe conslructi.on of aWhok Food" Grocery in the
downtown aW<L
[\11'. Zdl..ienkk.i said he participated on the steering committee f(.,r Ct\.Fl-fr4, cornprised of profci':sion8.1s and
others who wcre. trying to sd i;tHndards ({l maintain a "bungakNHype" n.cighborhx!i)d while pwmoting
muhlp1e use in parts o[the ,~,pC(~ial zone in. that area. He tHt that the cmmnerdal a::;peet between
Chambers Slreet .;;md Garfield Stred bId uot heen (.':mphasized by consul.t;;int8 and the Planning
fkpartmf..'nL I:k~ opined that it ~N.as the place to intensify density ai; hou~in.g could be built i:n the upstairs
oftb;::i;i;:: commercial buildings. He proposed that the neighborh-i;lod ht;: rmintained ai; it was with nne-and-
a-half swr-yhGw,<:::s. lk thought the oth>:::T commerdal area~ with "tin shed::;" and vacant 101S W;:::\'C fip>::: fix
devdopm.cnt,
Laud Segel. 1210 Bai;( 2~lh Place, edinedM::;.H:ilcy's cmnments regarding the enterprise :lone, She
urged the ixnm.cil to consider everything 1\'1&, Riky said regarding the zone and czmununity stand8.nk
IJsa Arkin., 29136 GimVl HiD Ro.;;\d, i;upporh:d (he council .~, original agreement on zxm1l:nu:nity standard~
tor the enterprise zone, She expresst.><;l apprz.':Cbtion. KY!' the work of the Mayor and councilors t{) reach
ZXH1s(~n.sus, or near eonSt.::HS:tl8, on a "'very controversial i~sl..le." She believed that by respecting those
i;::ffort~, the cmmd! demonstrated good faith to on(~ another B:nd to the members of the crnmnunity, She
averred that whe.n public lax :mbsidk'i> ,.if<;:: awarded, the public should be ahle to exped a(~cmH1tahiHt:y and
sta:ndard::; that mov<:~ the community towa:rd a realization of its values i;uch as smart grmvth, ec.onornic
jl.lstice,wmker and enviromneutal protection::;, She said it was reasonahle to exp~::ct ~uch guarantecs. In
conclusion., ~he not<:::d that she had been appointed to the Maynr'i; Su.st;:lin.ahle BUsines~ Initiative (SHl)
Task. force, It was her as::;wuption that the task {()fee would be working on 1..-kv'Clopment of community
standards tor sustainable economic <.kveh}pment
Mosbe Immerman, 1295 McLean Boulevard, invited the council to the M.nivcrsary celebration of the
Corvallis fond co.(}perativc-.
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Mr. fmltl.tnnan allegcd that HYlmd.ai, now Uynix, had rcceivcd "iJkgal tax brcab!' He ass0licd that
HyundaL, wb;~n '."lriginally looking at Eugene, walked 'away from Qv,)r $800 rnilUon in tax breaks in the
state ()fOk1ahoma, 1-k nwintaincd that Hyundai enn::;;";: here becatLse of the w~!ter ;::md other factors and not
tax breab, He behevx-xl that many progrm:ns had. been l;;m in on:l;:;:r to gi.ve tax hreaks t;) Byundai,
progmms such a8 the Hmrmn Rights Program and parks and. re.creatkm programs.
ML Immerrnan said that the C:orvaUi8 fund c(H.lpWaS thi;: most '~joyi'ul, pmitive, magical place" to vlork in
Ore.gon. He said he was working to start a f~10d C(!~(yp iuEugene, thinking it ~vould he possible to open a
branch of thc CorvaUis co~op.He sugg<;~i;Led that i:{om~oland Sel;;urity funds could be used to creak a f~10d
co.op, He averred that local food securit.y was a '''huge issue."
Mayor Piercy dos<<i the Public. Forum and ;.:";::dled for queSt1c'ns and. ;.:".omment:.. tfora thc er,unciL
Couneilor Kdly thanked cve:ryon;:;: fhr their testimony. 1-1<:: explained that the '~oundl would be ri;)tiring
into an executivc s.ession be-thm wking action ml the emerp:ri&xo zonc r~olution in ord;:::r to ask the City
A.ttomey :..;even~l J.egal qucstions. He ollled it disingcnuous t(J say that. outside bu:..;inesses wonJd be
hVOR'd oVQr rcsident bi.::"ines~ts. He underseored that t.he rules tr<;:ated everyone equally; should a job be
create<L a tax break wouldb::: granted. He did not hc1icH~ thHt enterprise ~ones. -wen;~ the only tool for
ecc,nomic zk\-,"olopment. He felt there had hecn a greut deal of m:isinform<rtion regarding th<~ zon.e. He
cited GIO!yhee hx}ds as an example and said that, according to his calcUlator, the comp,my would ,eceive
the :.;ame benefit in (m ,;nkrp,ise zone, ","ith or without H job cap.
Councilor Bettn:wn sl:rcssed that the City and the County wanted an enterprise z.one, but now the tW(l
jurisdictions Wt.:::re "haggling over t.he price:' She :..;aid one issue W<'IS whether the two \vou.ld h:l.vc "re~d
standard::;" or \vhdh;::~r SUdl :..;tandards would he "window drtssing." She th~!ught the proposaL-> on the
tabk were '<\vindc>w dres~ing" and tlK impact on the magnitndxo ofth<~ benefit would henegHgibk.
Coundtor Taylor than.ked evcryone t()r ~.;pei.lking. Sh<~ asscrtcd that Hn enterp:r!:,>e zon<~ could not require
f{,imily w'agQs,k!Ug~t<:Tm comrnitment,local hiring, or envinmmenwJ p:rott::dion 1.m.der current State la"l,v,
She opposed any entelT~risc .zone, She opined that the stalJdarcts, a$. proposed by the council, wcre
ruinimal and ~;hou1d not b<;:: lowered-
tvhyor Pkrcy tbw.ked Mr. Bnnvn for bringing the !lox1 f()r extra patrols on the rivcr b;::w.b over tbe next
60 days to the cou.ncil' s aUenti<mA Shc understood that th~"e had becn an increase in the nnmher of pohcc
bicycle patrols in that area, She also wished to thank thc member:.; of CAFJfNkr thf:ir work with the
f.:ity, c>:lUing it "extraordinary,"
C\mncilo:r Poling expre:..;soo hii', enthusiasm for the tour he \vould he t.aking of the Chawbtrs area the next
day, courtesy of CAFHN rncmbcrs,
Regarding the enterprise zone, Councilor Po1ing wish.)(l to darify and addre% some of thc assertions
made during the Public Forum. Hc staled that, though somc would portJ"<!y the City Coundi and th~o LmK
Hoard of COtlHty Cornrni.ssioners as being .at '''complete odds," the truth was that the. two Jurisdictions had
agreed upon the interim s.tandards, the nmp, bm'Vlnfidd devdopment and the removal of somel';;lHwad
propcrtks. m, well as the S30,DOO per job cap, He .said the only rcrnainingissne was job retention, He
strcssed that no taxpa.yer money would be "gUillg (jUt" ~.u, au exi~ting company or uew company wou.lei
cont.inue to pay the exi:..;ting mmmnt of tax and th;:::: unly thing that the excmptkm applied to 'vvai; the
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improvements fhatw()uJd be made^ 'fhb exemption z~xpi:r~C<..i ai-kr three to f:ve year~ and the amou:nt of tax
on the inrpn:rv~lnent::; w~)Ul.d hi;) added to the amount already on the tax fOnS. He stated that thcre were
~ati;.guards in phtcc, sh.rn;dd a company rcm~ge on a deal. He ;)itcd HMT, vihid1 left befure H~., H..':nure and
had to pay app:roxi.m.itcly S750J)OO as <l resu.lt
COlirH.::Uor Pape rc.ikn:ted that the enterprise zone utilized tax hrcab and not tax suhsklics, He aho
commended CAFHN f~,r th.<;~ work the group had done. He catkd the group ~! community mode.! t~x
creating n.eighborhood ::;o1ida:rity to bring an jJ:',::;ue k) the ;:::olmdL.; attention.
2" CONSENT CALENDAR
A, Approval of City Council Minutes
- June 8~ 2005, \-Vork S(~sh.rn
~ June n, 2n05~ W(ltk ScssiQU
,Jun", 13, 2005, City Coundl.~leetiug
R. Approval of l'entati.ve WQrlung Agenda
C. Appn1val of Minutes, Findlng~ and Rec()mmeudathms from the n~arings Official
.-ind Aduption of Res(lluti()u 4847 Forming a LOi;al1mprQvcment Dish'let fot< l)aviug~
C()ustructlug Curbs} Gntters~ Sidewalks, an Storm Sj'stel1l: on lkbrkk Road from
CHntull Ot'lve t() VaHey Bntte Drive} and Butte Laue frum CUutmt ndv~ tu 700 ftet
S(lutb Oob #4111)
l). Appmval of Minutes. Finding, and RH~onUUNldati(lns from the HcaJ<lugs Offidlll
aud Adupti.on of Resolution 4848F(lrming a Locallmprovem~ut District for Paving,
Constructing Curbs. GnU~rs, Sidewalks, Landsi;ap~ Medians, Stn.',etLights, Stre~t
Tre~s, \Vastewater, and Storm.\:Vater Drnimige on 3xd and 411< Avenues between Pe.-~rl
Street and Linculn Str~et, North of the Suufl:H:~nll).acifk RaUrond .-md S(mth of
Skinn~r Butte Park {Job #3827}
E. Initiation Qf Code Amendment for l)(fwntuwn 7.JHling HiI4rkt
F. A.doptl()l} of Res()lutlon 4846 Authorizing Lease of Kaufman Center to Emerald
Empire OJl.UlCU on Aging
Councilor PQling, sec.onded by Coul:1(~ili)r SOlon:Wll, moved approval of t.he C~lnscnt
Calendar.
Councilor Kdly :,;tated that he p:rcvio\!sly sllbmitted one correction to the. minutes ded:mnlc<'lEy. lie
pulled ikm's B andH,
COUneHi)r Bdtman ~.;aid ::;he previously submitted minutes corrections, She pulled items C and E
Councilor Taylor indicated that she had also suhmitted one- <:orredlon to the minutes,
i'vtayor Piercy nott.d the corrections,
Roll call vote; the motion it) approv'C th<~ Consent Caknd,-tr, with the exception of items B,
C E, and F passed umminlon::;Jy, 8:(1,
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Regardi.ng Hem B, the tentative working agenda, Coundlor Kelly requested H wPl"k :,;es;,:;ion on outdoor
:"moking areas prior to the pu.blic hearing; sd:Hxhl!ed krr Septernbcr 12. City Mi:m8.g<:T THy101 asked if it
'would be suff'ieic:nt to do::;o on the sanle tvening as the action, Cormdkr Kelly re::;pond~\i that he
pretcrn;:.d L{) ;,;eparat.e the tW(,.
COl..lndbr Poling noted that the July 20 work ~.;e;,;sbn item on conmen:,;at,on for th<;; CitvMan.af:er had been
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movcd to July 25.
Councilor B{:ttman reiterated th{~ Police Cnnnn.ission requcstDJr the entire work scssion of July 25. City
Manager Taylor assHrcdher that the compensation item would be ;,:;ch<xl:uld for the i;::oundl's regular
rneetmg.
Coun-cdo!' lkttman concurred 'with CO\lru:-ilor Kelly regarding his request fur a work sesi;ion.
Rol1 caE vote; thc!rwtkm to approve lkrn B, Tentative Worki.ng Agenda, pa:i:>sed
unanimou$ly, 8:0.
Regarding Itern C. a res,-d1ltion to form a Local Improwrnent District {LID), Councilor Bettman wished to
know if syst{:ms develnprnent charge~ (SDCs) \vnuld be involved in the project Principal Civil EUJ;,rinee:r
Paul KJope replied that storm SDCs >.;<;ould be involvd but becm.lse it \'las alo<;al street, tf<lHsportation
spes could not be u:..;ed for it.
Councilor f.kttman :;;urmi:"ed tlmt City Road Fumh \vere being us<~<.l instead. She ~opposedusing Road
Funds H}r such a p:roje.ct hecause she averred the c(nmcil had detcrmined that wch funds ~;hould only be
uscdfi:;rmaintenance and preservation.
Coundk,r Kelly asked what. llon..asscssable portion of ilk road project tht funds covcred.lvk Klope
repUd that in acci.)rdaw;:e with Eugene (.::ity Code, lnkrsedion::..; could not he ass,;:;,;s,;::d, nor could exi;<;ting
impnwementi; that had to he "ren:H)ved to fit" be asse:"sl.."{1.
City Attorl:wy Cilcnn Kkin explained that hecause Ute item had been puHed, two motions \vould biVe to b~~
v~Jted upon.
Councilor Poling, secondt.d hy Councllor Solomon, moved to <'tppwve th.l.c Hearings
Ot1kiar s ?~fhrl.ltes, Findings andRecormnendatin@ of July 1 J, 2005, Roll call vote; the
nmtion passed, 7: 1; Councilor HeHman voting in oppm.;iLion,
COul1(~i.lor Poling, seconded by (\)und.lor Sok,mnn, moved to. ad~)pt Resoh;tion 4847
!"'HTning a Local Improvement District fhr paving. eon~trudjng ;;:urb:,;, gutters, sidewalks,
and storm sys.tem on Debri!::k Road from CHntun Drive to Valley Butte Drive, and Butte
Lane from Clinton Drive to 700 feet south, (Job #41. 1 J} Roll <;all vole; the motion
passed, 7:.1 ~ Counci.lor Betnnan voting in oppoi;itiotL
CounclJ.or Kdly tdt th~re were ~.;ignific(jnt c~Jnsiderations in initiating the Downtf!\vn Ziming District, a:;;
set tbrth in Item E. and requested a work i;ession. City 1\1anager 'faylor indkat~<.l h.i" willil1i;,>Jles::; to
schedUle a work sc:ssion after the council break
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Cuuncilor Kelly, seconded by Councihr 'ray!!)!', rnovt::<l t<J tahle tlk initiaiion of a ;;;ode
~m1endrnent for .a LNw11tmvn Zoning district to a September vlork s<:$sion, RoB caU vot<;:;
tbx~ motkm pa:.:;s(~d, 7:1; ('ouncil(lr Poling voting in oPPoi;ition,
Councilor Bettm.an conveyed her opposition to Item F as it was written.
Councilor J:kHm.an, seconded by Councilor O,tiz, trll,ved to amend the second ~entence of
Recital F L'o read as follows: 'The b<t~rk rent may increas~"'; C<.1ch year during the te.rm oftb.<;:
lease, but the month.ly rent may not ex;~eed. an annual arnm.mt of $lO,O{)O if the fadlity i:.:;
pmviding Stxvke$ and. activities to senior citizens. '
Cou.n;;;i!or Pape asked if staff had determined market rent tt)r the fHdlity. Glen SVt~ndsen., Division
T\tan;;lger h>r the FadlitJes Divisions, responded that stafflwd not done so. He addd that cmnparahk
rentals ranged from 50 cents to $125 per ::;quare f,}ot He pointed out that a good portion of the i;tm<.:ture
w.as basement and that access to thi:: upstairi; W~!$ limjted,
Coundlor Pape ~.;urmi:.,ed that as proposed. the City would provide sornewhat subsidized space fbr this
:.:;en.ior z,ervic(~:.:; fadUty.Mry Svendsen agreed and, in resp<lTIse t;) a fono\y-Up questinn, I.':xp1aine:;j thai th<;,
City h.admadc a number of exterior im.pmvi::me.nts to the facility Hndhad c.kaned up sorne of the bru"h at
a cost of $21 ,oOtt
Mayor pjercy ascertained from Mr. Svew;ben that the Elnerai.dEmpirc Council on Aging fEECA)
l.)rganbxl a nl,.ltnoor of projectz< with community groups., with nrtlch c,-f'the work and materials donatt::<l,
Councilor Keny indicated he would support the mohon.
RoH caU vote: the motion to amend the Rewluti~m passed, 7: L; Councilor Pa:pe voting in
opposition,
City i\tto:nKY Kkin explained that the counci1shouldnmv vote on the resolution.
Roil call. V\Jk; them..otion to adopt Resoh.ltkm 4846 passed unanimousty, 8:{).
Coundl.nr Bettma:n., seeOH<kd hy Coundlor Ortiz, rnoved to direct the City Managt;T to
ne.gotiate <! lease or lea.se amen.dmentf{x the Kaufman Ccnter with the Emerald Empire
Council nn Aging, 'fhe ne\.v lca8e l,r lea:i;e amendment ::;hould exknd the five.year tcrm
approved by Resolution 4846, and include a bask rent cap thai does not exceed an annual
amount of $10,000, so tong l3,i; the fadlity i~., provlding services and adivitk~ to scnior
citizens,
City tv!:anager Taylor asked for darifkation as to '\vhethet tb;:: ma.ker of the motion intend(~d t.he kase
agreement to be specific (;:) the F.BCA. or if it wa},l specific to services provided to ~;enior clhzen:.:;,
Councilor HeHman indieakd tll.<1t she assmned the EECA wOl:dd be the only provider, but she was wining
to be kSi; spedtk in the language.
Councilor BeHln.an modified tht~ hH1h'Uagc~ to dekte the Emeral.d Ernpire CnuncH on
Aging. The second was amenahk to the modit1.C;;lttI1U.
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rn respon;,:,e to a question frmn Couw~ilor KeIly,Mr. Klein ex.plain~d thnt the first m()ti.on .lnkndd to
address the iblllth and fHIh yeari; of the !case and the second l1lotkm i;ought to d<~;;tl with six.th year and
beyond,
Coundlor Kelly said while he. supported the ,<ve,rk that theEE(:/\ did on behalf of senior dtizens he
n1:jeded to f1'xing thc max.irnum rental amount into perpf:tuHy. Conndlor f:kttrmm s:uggeskd i:ndtlsion ()f
H reference tornabng changes to retlect in.tlation
C'z)unci!o!" Kelly offered a friendly amendment that add~d 'plw, an infbtinn t~'!ctor'
b;:g-irming in Year 6' afl:e.r '$10,000.' The mtlker ~md second acci;~pti;xl the friendly
amendment.
Councilor Pape expressed concern that his s;:;:rvi;;:e on the board ofthe WiltiJmeH.e C\:nrummity Health
Solutions cOI,dd be construcd tiS a ({millet Df interest Mr. Klein assured him that i!wa:.:; only a potential
connict of inN:~rcst and that having dcdared it, Councilor Pare could continue to participate.
The rnotion passed ummimoui;ly, iht
}, ACTION~
Interim Appointments to the Ihnmm Rights Omunisslou
(::ouncilor Poling, seconded by Councilor SOlomon, moved to appoint Chl:ii;tina Greening
to Position. 6 on the Human Ri~~hts Commis.sion for an inkrim appointment to ser\-'e fhe
l,.m,~xpired term of Dwight Sou~rs, ib, a term beginning on July 18, 2005, and (~nding on
October 31,2007, Roll call vote; the motion. pa~';$ed unanin:1Gusly, $:0.
Coundlor Poting, seconded by C\)uncUor Solomon, lJwved to appoint h::remiahMegowan
to l\n.;ihon I (/ on the Human Rights Con,mhsion ror an interim appointment to serve the
unexpired lean of Megan 'fhol:npson for a term beginning July 18, 20GS, and ending on
October 31, 2006,
Councilor Solom.on thanked her (X)Heag1ws for supporting Mr. Mego\vWt, ;;1 re-pre:;;entative for V<!ard 6.
COlindlor Bdtm.an thankx::d Mr- Szmer:.:; t"(.!r his years of i;ervke.
CGl.rndlor Papt lauded all live applicant::; and exprcsscd hope that the other thn~c would continue with
t.heir lukrest in the I-lumanRights Commission.
Ron call vote; the. motion passed unanimous.ly, 8:0.
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l:).m'Sllimt to Ore.gon Revi.sed Statute (ORS) '1 92,660(2)(f} the City (\'uncilwent inw an exeeutivc s~si;ion
1'1)r flw purposes of consulting 'Nifn legal counsel regarding HK: proposed West Eugene <:.'Ut<::rprise zone at
9;lO p.m.
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The City C<..1tmcil ren.lrned to the Coundl Chamber at 1 0:05 p..m,
S" .A.CTION;
Resolution 4849 Establishing Interim l.ocal Criteria Applicable in tbe Proposed West Eugene
enterprise lone and AdapHng a l)ublk Benefit Scoring System; ami R(~pe~ling Resolution 4845
CoundJo! Pare, seconded by Councilor Poling, moved to extend the meeting by one..half
hour, RoH call vote: the rnotion passed unanimously, 2:0,
Councilor Ortiz mov'Cd to direct the City .l\.f;;mager to infurm the Stat<;: and the County that
the City does not intend to appoint a Local Zone manager ullder ORS :ZS5C W5 and
Oregon Admini~triltive Rub;:: (OAR) 11:Hi65..0200 until after City and County ele<;.ted
offkh1s have additional discussi.ons and reach agreement about how to deal vlith the.
question of job retentioR The motion died for hwk of a ::;econd.
Coundlor Papt., se.o;mded by C\.nmcilor Poling,m.oved to dirz~ct thi;) City Manager to cea;:;c
his el1brts to tenninate the newly created enteq:H'ise ZOIl>;,
Cm.rncHnr Bettn:w:n, ;:;eeon<kd by Councilor Kdly, moved a sub;,:,titme motion that the City
Council reinforce its c'mnrnitmz~nt to it,., previous resoluti.on tor the enterprise zone
applk.ation of April 20 and its Interim Standards Resolution of June 27; Lane (\mnty
"vou.ld be a welcome partner m tl:H:: en..h:Tpr1,.,e zone should it not H)' the City of it::;
concurren~e by July 22, 2005. Failing such concurrerv...::e the City T\-fanager shall end
Eugr:nc's p<\rtkipaticHl in th{~ z~ntcrprise :lone,
Councilor Pape ,aised a point of \.xoer in that he had not been provided the nppmtlm:ity to speak t(l his
Inotinn.
Councilor fk1tman ad;;ed him to ::;peaK to his rnotion,
COl.l.ndlor Pape felt CoundlorBdtman's rnotion was "splitting hHiri;," He regrethcd that his p~\rticipatio.n
in thi:: ,<vork se~sion at which t.he initb;J vot<;~ on the entefprisz~ nme had been taken had been prevented by ~l
poor telephon.e connection. He said he wonld have opposui the motion to direct tht';: City Manager to
i.)eaSt~ purRlance of the enkrpri;:;ez;;HJe, He Jdt that both the City t;;nd the Cuunty wanted what many
peopJ.e in the <..xmmmnity \vanted, I-le thought vlaiking away from thh mechanism for increasing economic
vii<tiity in the commrm:ity over a mino!' change in the tax breaks would make the City C:Olmdl ";look. lik<;~ a
::;hip offoo!s,"
Councilor Bettman thought the council adopted a compromise mmion for interim standar<h,. She averred
that tbi; near-s;;onsensus had led to thc ~UCI;::ess of the motion. She said the Zl'ne, as l~.onceived with those
::;tand.ards, would provide benefits t()r local businesses and tor ntw husine:;;se:;; as well as pn:rvidingjl)bs
and bHlandng the City\; need for enough revenue to pmvide essential services. She ,ecaEed that the
C:ou:n.ty agreed to it in April a.nd had no langn.age about job retention or the possibility that the cap could
he waivett She (l~;s(~rted that the County rdwaGtivdy t.ried. to change the tenni; of the u!:,.'Tecment. She
bdic\;'cd that l:aii;e.d legal. i.:.,sue~. She- thought the standards as proposed by the County provi(hxl
"extr3.o:rdlnmy" bt:nefih to business developers,
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Councilor Kdly ::;uppmted Couw~ilor BdJrn<'ln's subi;Htute mmil.)n, He n:;serted that it had only been
through com.pwmi:;e and collaboration that the City Cotmdl was able to arrive at a decision on the
enterprise zone in thl.~ firi;t ph!i~e. He felt the C01.mty's cbmgz~s jeopardiz.ed thi:;; 1evd {}f <'\grcemeut He
n.oted th<tt the enterpri~e zone WM an agreement to give up bx revenuc in o:rd(T to provide an inccnthT to.
a busine:;;s for cxp<.mi;ion. He said the balancing act for an elected ofiit.ial \vas to maintain equilibrium
bdwetn the in~xmtivc,,> provided with the revenue ne\:~ded for servke::<. He avernxlthat the counGWs
proposal did so, He assertcd that it had been hinted th<'it "all e;.;:onomic developml.:-nt would cease" \vithout
the enteq1rise zone. He disagreed with this notion and hoped that the (~nkrpd:.;e zone conld be retained
with the cap as orlginaHy pro.po:;ed.
Councilor Ortiz was disappointed that no one was willing to discu,Ss thl.~ motion. she had set forth. She
undersc.;)red that she would vote on behalf of the best interests of hcr <.:oni;htuency. She pointed IJut that
her constituents ne<.")'-1ed job:;,
Coundlor Pryor could not support the motion, He refused to he~td down the path toward termination of
the enterprise :wrv;::, He believed a solution could be reached. He acknowledgd tlwt councilors would
lu!ve different pcr~pective$ but by trying to terminate the ZOl1l::, press1..,re Vias being creakd that ~.v~!:;
unnecessary. He thought the couneil had g;,:me a long way in tenns of reaching .<'!greenlent, having agreed
rm :"tandaxds, boundaries, that bfownGekb would he targeted over greenfield!'" a cap, and;) who}ev<!riety
.of other ~m;::a$, He pointed. out that thc County had m::cepted some of the coundl's ~tweemems and now it
wa:" the (~ity's turn to accept :wme of the Connty's dechions ill a spirit of wmprmnise. 1-1e stress<~.d that
fhl~ first step would be to not c.ontinue to try to knn:inate thc zone. Hc bdievtxl that termination would
create probh:~ms Md <.:odd "bh.ttkbal1" Hw City from. hdng able to apply for another one. He supported
the original motion and not the suhstitute motion.
Councilor Poling indicated h:is opposition to the sub!',htme nwtionA He agn;~ed that the County made
wncz~ssions.as h<'ld th<;: City. He noted that the vote on the cap had been a 5A vote and thM b.asd on that
vote, the 1;;("}UllCii Y{)ted 7:1 to move forward. He thought it unfortunate that the cOl..md! had not included
th{:~ (\~unty in its di:;cus:;ioni; on what the dollar amount of thc cap \vmdd be. He said support for the
original motion 'would allow the cUlmcH a:n !}pportunity to f()Eow up with the snggested motion in the
agenda item summary (AIS) and the Uty \\iodd have ,Some local confrol and loeal stanilim..Js oyer the
ent~"Prise zone thaJ was now in dTec:t. He stre::;:"ed that B. eompany could come in <it present and it would.
be under State guidelines; thcre \v{mld be no lo<.:al <xmtroL He felt it hoded down to the "retention pmt.'"
I.le averred that a <;;~llnpa:ny that .had been in the cornmunity tl;n' ~! lnng time and w<inted to rnake a
substantial inve::;tmem in the company \voukt in the kmg nm, allow the City to make more money even if
no employees. were added, He oppo:"ed trcating thcm d.ifkrently from an out-of....state or o1lfnofclJuntry
entity that vlOuld bring ht new jobs and dtimatdy cre.ate more work for the infrastrudure aud public
servicei;. He noted that .f'vlr. Ca~lsidy asserti;)(l in the Public Forum that the City of Eugenc w<::; creating
jobs for people who res.ided outside nfCity limits and opined that this wa:; nut a bad thing. He pointed out
that the City received tax money that resulted {l'om the business such en,ployee,~ workd <'it \vhiIe the
serviees to thosc employeei; were being provided on "someone eLse's tah:' He reiterated that the principle
of an enterprise zone was to inl.:rease the tax hase through job c.rea:tlon,joh retention., stabi.lir,atkm of the
base, and through the S\ip'port f()t. gn}wth and for local husin(~sc,,>,He corn:mented that six companies
\v<;::re h'.mking at the enterprise zone, He predkted the City WOUld lose tho:"e companies should thc
substitute motbn be pass\:~d,
Councilor Pa:pe explained that he had not seeonded the motion made hy Cormdlor Ortiz because he
thought ;;lnything that could he interpreted by the State as an indination toward ten:ninati.on of the
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mkrprise mnc \vo\:!d he detrimentul to tb:~ applk~ition and thtun.:: applications. He funy suppmt.ed
Re~.wbti<m 4849 and hoped it w<mld be roUowedby a n:.solution to ~;pp()int t\V() councilor::; or th<;~rv1ayor
and a cnuncilor to meet with the Lane Board of (\mnty Commis::;ioners to H:,sOl-Ve the iS~?'\..les,
Mayor Piercy carled fbr a s€'x.~{)nd round of CQrmnents.
Cou.ndlor BeHnHm averred that the k.me hoihxl down to th;;:: new to "uphold contracts" a:Hd that the City
made a contract to apply under "certain drcUlmtanccs'. and. the County ah'Te'.:d to it, She opined that
people who did not "want to uphold and honor ttm;:;e contrads" caned fbr more discm,;::;i~vL She felt that
on.e did not go hack and r~negot.iate tlJ3,:: terms of a Gontract after onc had the job,
Councilor Hdtman ai;ke<.l if Hynix would H..'X;eivc, under the rctention stamb.rds, tax hreak;; ba5:'ed on both
the existingjob5:' for whkh it had. already received a tax incentive and thc new jobs 'Nhen it reapplied t~:H' ;;t
ne'Yv factory in the enterprise zone <m.d only cn;.ated 50 johs though it \~:a::\ a $2 billion investrn.ent. Denny
Braud, (.If the Planning and Devdopnwnt DepartnK:n.t replied that 11ynix wDdd have to innea::,e its
em:plnyn:\l;nt by "10 percent to be. eligible br the program. lIe explained thai given that the plant employed
900 pe<;)pk, it would have w gl::nerate at least 90 new joh::; to meet the bask eligibility criteria.
O:n:mdbr Hdtrmm surmised that Hynix c.ould re6;lve t~iX <x....'"'<.hb tOr both existing and new job::" She felt
thl.':: comp<m.y would be '\k!Ubk~dipril1g." Me Braud undCn'i).;Of<..-'d that credits would on.ly be baf,ed on the
new job:~ created, Councilor HeHman re~.;p(}nded that this was not her question,
O:mtinuing:, CouJ1;.>ilor Dettman averred that her !Hot!OI1 did nut diminB.te the enterprisc Z011e bot Hitbe.r
endorsed .a zone that she thought would be workab-k Hnd a benefit {;;; bU:5inesse:". She did not think the
connrmnity was in. favor of"un!im:ited benefits" for busiw::sses. She hd.iz~ved th~ ixnnmun:ity w.mted
as~:urancc that tax doHars a:n.d pttblic seivices would he protect.:'>:} through this pnxx:ss. She pointed out
tlwt the jobs being considered 'w'erz~ "just rnanufaz::tu:fing jobs." She did not think aU of the cconomk
devdopment dollars should be channeled in.to this. She asb:~d how nlldl taxpayer~, wanted to pay per job-.
Councilor Taylor sai.d. 8;11. <;~nkrpri::;e zone was not the only way to create jobs or attn!d businesses, She
th<.mght t:lH:-:rC wen:~ other way::; whelp bUSlrv;.:i;ses that did not Heed t,.l be restr:kkd to manufacturers, Sh~
opil:1\.~d th~t good companies go to communities :fi)t reasons other than tax breaks,
Councihr Pry()r pointed Z)ut that the motion m1 the table continued to try to knninl1te the enterprise zone,
\'\Ihkh he did not see as reaffirming its valucC. He suggested th~t the way h) reafEr.m ~.mch an incentive
would be to figure out how to mak<;~ it work, tk~ said the cOlmdl h.ad COiXK'. ;;-to~.;e to arri.ving ~1t local
standards and pointed o'ut that pie-':lently the City had !l{) such standards, Fie underscored tb<.i.t for whatcver
time period the enterprise zone was in effect with no standards, SOH1eone co~!id apply and, whcth<;T the
City picked up the application or Hot, the ";n[!lHl~mdaid:~" {i.e., State standards) w'ou.ld ~pply. He st.ressl.'::d
the i.n:1portance of stt.-Tpil1g hs,ck .and rrmint.aining tb:": discllssionwith the County, adding thai hc could not
:5ee that thi::; would. occur while the coundl \lias sUE making an. eHurL tu tem1l:nak the. zorw,
Councilor Poling reiterated that no ont; wai; asking taxpayers to pay for jobs 3;nd no one. was giving any
tax money ({) companies. He wished to u:ndcrs;~ore that the enterprise Zl:Jrle. pmvkkd tax exemption::; on
impn..we.ments to an existing site only, He z::omrnentcd th.at he did not vlish to be part ot'the legacy thaL
t{)ok perhi~ps the higgest and be~t ~~c011omic tool ont ofthe toolho.x and tos$cdit away beGHlBe of"one
stkking point with t.he Comity," He ,<mid to thnnv away the [~nkrpri~.;e zone would be devastating to the
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and KKk care e,fiti; <:itizeni;, He c,)uld not suppol1 the sub::;t:itutc motion. He. thmlked coundkrs Pryor aud
Kelly for the work th~y had donc with County Commissioners Green ilnd St.c\.vart to reach a nljddJ.e
ground but he did not think further dh;c\;sskm., given how immovabk the two sides bB,d be.cumc, would
g<Hn any groun.d, He suggeskxl that the council step back and try to raum to the original propo~ed
motion as it allowed "some bre-'-Jthing room" and kX":<'ll control over an enteq:lri::;e zonx~.
Coundlor Kelly darUkd that C\mncilor BettmB;n'~ motion did not i>uggest terrn:ination of the zone unlcs~;
the C01..mty would not ag.we to the per j()b cap, He also wishcd to point out that, thnugh the City did not
hand money to a company pe, joh, it was lost :rcvenm:~, He. said whether one ha:!l(kd the money to a
company and it djd not give it back or whethei it WilS not handed tht) m{)nx~y in thelJrst p!acz":, it was lost
revenue. He said it was. only lo:.,t ievennc if the company kit the community entirely if it did m>t re--::ei ve
the dollar.
Mayor Piercy predicted a tie vote. Shc stn:~i;sed the impO!i:anc,~ of having an enterprise zone that worked,
hut. ;,:,he aw:ncd the lOl1<:: before the council was no 10ng(T the '.zone we si!:-,'ned up for." She!'C;~alkd that
wb:.n the councl1 voted to move tmvard terrninatiou becau:"e the County Com.mbsis:.m.e.ii> decided not to
accept the ime.rim standards pa.sscd by the COUl1i;:~U, she was uw;:ertain she \vould 11"vi:: vot<.'d to terminate at
that point had the voteb;:en a t1(;\ She rd.ated thaI. she asked coundlors Pryo, and Keny to meet with thi::
two connnisi;ioners bec.ause :.:;he thought ttK~ enterprise zone wa" too good to N::rminate. She thanked
Commission.crs Crec:!l and Stewart tix their willingness to meet with the toundbr::;. She said the first
ii;suc had been about thz~ num.ber on t1w job capi; and the cOlindlors were willing to nHtke snme lnovement
on that. She s"id the next issue, had heen the possibility of <1tl. optional waiver on the caps and it w"s
thought that there could be agreemen.t on this. She staled that the commi,sdoncrs cr::Jkd out the "retentkrn
piece," though it had not been s\lt~jed {{) discu::;sion previOUSlY, She had thought the agreement had been
n;~~H;;hed. Howevei, she returned to work .and the cormn.lssi(mers tosi>ed (mt thc rz~tcnt!()n p;;\rt i)f the
agreement. Ikcaus.) of this, s.he supported Councilor Bdtman'8 motion t;;! reaffirm the 1;;()uucH ':.:;
com:mitment to it-> original agrccnwnt. She predicted that the City and County could ::;tin have its
entel.1xi::;e zone.
Cm.m.dlor Solomon as.b:~d what thc legal hnplic~!tiow.; of Councilor lkttmrm.'~; motion Wi::re. City AUnmey
Klein. explained that should the motion pHSS, people would be able to fik applications for the enleqxi::;e
zone because it would he in dn.~ct until the daw spl;~cifled. Sh{juld there he no motion to di.s,~ontimK the
r.errnmation, the City Mmuger would be required to take steps to terminate it He wai> uw.::ertaln how long
this would take.
Councilor Sol.on:1011 remarked that nothing in the moHnn encouraged the council to w;,Hk with the County.
Rather, she said, it seemed the motion was an uhimatum to the County to ''"gd on bOi.!.rd." or the City 9lould
walk a,,vay,
Councilor HeUman. re~tated th.) motion.
Counc:ibr SOlomon askcd if the council had not j1..lSt learned in the Executivc Session that it was not
possible to make i;uch a mntinn, City Manager "faylor respond(:d th;;lt h.) w;;mId travel to Salem and ask
the interim di.rector to re<::():!1'S.ider th~ npplk<ttion b{X<UJse he bdleved the St.ate bid e:m~i in :it~ designation.
Thi" would be the hCi>t iXlUr::;e of action, that the State l'C;;:onskkr and then the City \Ilould not. be subjcct to
lxdng bmred from suhmitting fut:url'5 I'5nf.l'51-prhe zonf applicatiolls- He said tht: City st.aff vlonJd wurk
toward t<..~nnination on the bai;is ofiti; lncon:d::;tence \vith the application thc City submitted, He telt face-
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w~faee cornw.unication with the department in Sakw. w{)1..11d be in ordG and thi::; would aHow staff ro argue
the i::;:me of the City's unwillingness and itwbil1ty to fulfi.n thc requirement.s of such a ume.
Cmmdbr Solo.lHon renw.rked that th.) City \VaH Hble to fuWn such rer--.ll.limuents, but a majority d the
counc-ii was rmwH.hng to dn so,
Councilor Pape ;;!$ked what the motion on the tabk would do to the rnotion of June 29. City Attorney
Klein re.plied that it \voukl instruct ~tHff not to try to tenninate the zons:": hefQre JUly 22.
Mayor Piercy caJhxl t~)r a third round of comment~.
Councilor HeHman believed that the (~ity t:HJ$sihly had the rik{ht to legal rdress becaus~ the reBQtution that
applkd tbr the zone articulated the l;:ap per ne\v job cn.cakd aHd the intent to adopt commlmity standards
and inkrimst;;lndards Sl;:t by community mcrnh:rs. She (jpined that the COl.-HIt)' had hreachd a eontn3-ct by
rs:":tl..HTung to earlier agrel.~ments and opening a dialogue as if it tun:l been the (jty tlmt had breached the
<ign..."ement. Shc Mk<;~d that the Cmlnty honG{' its original agreemen.t She thought the 7: 1 vote by th:
council in support of the a:pphcatio!,1 as drafted helped influence the pwgre:;;s the applicatkm had made.
She :.wid she Vlas hoping that the Count.y 'Nf!UJd not be "willing w sacrifice" the zone ~m.d that it would be
willing to "uphold h::; original agreement" with thc City.
COl,mdior Po1ing recalled th;;lt Councilor Kelly once said that thl;~ !;;("lUKilnr:s 'Nere politicians and
pditicb:nB somet1Jnes changed their minds, ltwas importani. w realize that une had to work with that. He
reiterated the importanee of inst~dling the enterprise zone at ptei;t:Tlt with interir:..'1 Mandan:ls and then
'.vorking through the detaUs of community standHnh He urged t.he eou:ndl not to give it up, He felt
giving it up would predude the City from being granted ::my tUtun.::. enteq:3ri",e zone~,.
Coundlor Taylor indicated hcr support for the ::;ub",tituk motion,
Holl can vote; thc vote for the substitute motion wa$ a tie, 4:4; councilors lkttrrlan, Ortiz,
Kelly, and Taybr voting i.n. fa.vor; eOlm<:ilor:> Pryor, Poling, So!m"!lon" ;and P8;pe voting in
opposition, IviayorPien::y 'loted tbr the Hlot1nn and the moti.on passed,
Ih,l! <;;aU vote; the vote for the amended lHotion \vas H. t.ie, 4:4; l;:oundlors Bettrmm, Ortiz,
Kelly, and Taykrvoting in favor; cou:ndktfS Pryor, P{lling, SolmrlOn, <m.d P,xpC voting in
oppo",irinn, '[\'-1.ayor Pien))' vot<;::d t~'r the mot1nn and the motion pass.ed.
The meeting a~journed at WAg P,n:\.
Respectfully suhmitted,
Denni::; wL 'rayi.n[:
{.~ity J\-fanager
{Rl".~con;hxl by Ruth ,-:'\kherson)
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Eugene City C(}u:n,-~i!
\Vork Se:"sioD.
McNutt "Rol.)n\ City Ban
Ju.!y 20, 2005
Noon
COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Poling, Da'V:id K,-~Hy, Betty Taylor, Bonny
Hettman, Gary Pap-e, i\:ndrea Ortiz, Chris Pryor,
C()UNCILOR ABSENT: .knnikr Sok,mon
Her Ih)nor t-laynr Kitty Pi<):rey l;:aUed the meeting ofthc 'Eug<;'ne City Council tZ) order.
A. ACTION: WcstEugf.u~Eut~rprise 7.hIW
Ms. Ortiz, seconded hyMe KeLly, n10ved to change the dMe Hx Lan,~ County'i;
notiGcation on th(i enterprise z!.me issue, contained in. the motion pasi;M at the
July 28 City CZXl!1;:;:!.l meeting, from JUly 22 to AUg1Ui.t 2.
M", Ortiz expbiw:;:(l that the wl.umL.,sioncrs do not n.wet h:~iDre July 22 and su:ggl.~sted that as a
matter ofprokssional i.xrurtesy, the comm:ission<::rs 1.1<:: given unW August 2 to respond to the
COWlCi!' S l;;oncern:", She then voiccd hop<:: that the City CmmciJ and th.)l<me Board e,f COlinty
Connnissioners could revisit the l;:.nkrpriHe zone i::;sue in the near ftlture.
M.L Kdly connrlt'uteu that he supported .Ms. Bettm.m1's motion at the JUlY 1& City Coun.dJ
n1eeting as it affinneu the City Councifs GOmmitnK~nt to th.) enterprise zone, fIe ::;aid,howevcr,
he was pkcn.sed to provide the Lane Cm.md.r Comrnisskmers with ~dditi<.nlal time to respond to the
cOH:ndl's a;.;~tion.
M.s. Heitman t.ommented thatMs, (ktiz's IfH..>!kHl postponed the d~"ddhl1e for the County (0
respond; ho'wever, she pl;;reeived "inknf' inMs, Ol1iz^~.; COn1l:nents that drenmv.)nkd the m!.}(ion
of July 1 g i.n order fl:1r the City Council and the Lane r~oard of ('oH:nty Cornmisi;ione-ri;- tn come
together and negotiate, t-"h Ortiz concurred that a revi::lit ot'the issue with tIlt' Board wa::; a
formklabk g;.xl.L Ms. Dettman stawd ~he wa~ willing to extend the deadline to the
commisdrmer\ next HWding in (lrder to provide the-IU the op-porttmity to take ad[.;;m on the
resolution of April. 20; hc,wever, she said s.he w:a~., not wiHing to extend the deadline to <;.:ondnue a
dialogue of disagn:~emenL
t-k Pape ::;tated he did not support 1\,h Bettrmm's original motion.: hmvcv')L h,;: \<;ai; wining to
:~upport Ms. Ortiz's motion in order tD rnove the i::;sue for>vard in a (:ongenial setting. He opined
that the t>Wtlty had legitimate rea;,:,rms to take its cnm:~n.t position; additinnaUy. he noted that of
the eight City Counci.lor~ an.d five County Cormnls:";lonen; debating thi~ i.ssue, cight wi~.;hed to
cm1tinue the enterprise zone dialogue. He voiced disup}x>intment that flv!; l1Kmberi; were ::;taHing
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the f,."II'OceSi;, Mr. Papt ttll:ther opi.ned that the Cnunty had not been disingenuous in this pn)Ces;)~
rather, it was Mkmpti:ng to do what was ht.:--:st for the enterprise zone.
i\.1L Pryor voiced appreciation for !'v'1s. Ortiz's motkrn and noted his d~s.lre tbtt an a.greemz~nt
het\vzx.'ll the t\VO cntities could ultimately he rcalized..
;\1L Kelly ~!~.;ked Ivl",. (JJi:iz to assurc th;:;: C01.ltKil tlKtt the motion ~he pnt f~lrth was not broader t.b.l!1
the language stated, M.s. Oltiz assured M1'. Kelly that the lan.guage 8poke soh::!y 1oMs, Be{tr;''1iln'~;
original. motion. and cxplaincd it was her persor!<1! preferen(.c that .'m agreement with the County
ui.timatdy ,;vas f<:''ached through additional d!alogw;~> Mr. Keny din::.cted staff not to inkrpret .Ms.
Ortiz's moti.l,n t'O be broader than ::;pecitled.
Ms. Dettman stated fix the record. t.hat on l,ugust 2, H.'there wa:, no agreement with the Cou:nty
and it d.echnes to uphold its original <lgreement with the City of Engene fl)make applic~!tion, the
coun.d.1 witl. proc0~d to end the City's participation in th{~ enterprise Zl,nc. 1\'1s. Ortiz concurred
with this ;;ts;)etmnent ofthe proceS:i:>. City Manag;,;~r l);;m:nis Taylor l;;tmmlented that a:i:>~uming no
agreernent was reached. het\veen the two books, a In.eeting with the State director in. (~harge of the
enterpris~) zone prograro would be scheduled to recon::;ider the designation; fb:rther, a diseu.ssiml
of legal option..~ to ternrinak the enterprise zone would. tmsnc, basl.-xi on the. City's inability kl
provide zone man<lgtlnent servlcl;:s,
Ms. Bettman stated she 'Nould vote ag.ai:!ts.i l\h. Ortiz's motion a:'i the po",tpon~11:K'1li was
unnecessarily long, She noted that the ci)mn:;:issionmeels on Tuesday July 26 and could discuss
the issue at that tirne.Ms. Bcttman th;:;~n qu.estioned how :'itaLf would proceed if an application
were to h.) re.edVi;~d prior to A:ugust 2. City Attorney Lid?: responded that it \.vould. not be
processd aCl;:onling to the coundl's action on Monday, July 1 f-l; howl.cveL, h,;~ d1,bI.1D;!tcd that if
th.;:;~ application were eventually process-ed, it would he suhject to the. State's standards, Ms.
Dettman pointed tmt that it wai; due to I..<me County's n.cglige!Ki;) in prot<xting the iHt~fests of the
community regarding the entel1:lrise zone that no standards currmt!y ~xisted.
T\-1;:;. Taylor. sccoill:kd by M::;, Bt~ttn:mH, moved to amend the 111otit)n t{} change the
respon.se date from A1,.,gust 2 tn July 26, The amendrnent faiJ.ed 2;5, with Ms..
Taylor ~md Ms. Bdtrnan voting yes,
In :mppnrt of the motion to amend, T\-is. 'faylor stated tlwrc was no viable reu:wn to prolong the
process tZ) August 2 as. the com:mission m(~ets on July 26.
M;;tyor Pier<..~y ;:;:ommcnt cd that the council action of July 1 B reaff-imll;:d the original agreermmt for
the Lane Boar-d of (:'tmnty Cormnissicm.ers; howeve., ~he ~.tated that ~;uch action. would not
preclude additional dialogue. She voiced hope that an agreement between the two bodies ;~o!lld
ultimately he .eached..
The motion pas.s~d 5:2, with Ms. Betlman and Ivk Taylo. voting no.
B, \VORI\: SESSION: Railroad CnJssiug Quiet hmcs
'l':nrffic Engineer Tom Lars.en ~umrnari.zed thc mat<:~rial cont~dnCli in the Agenda Hern Summary,
Hc cxplaiuCli that recent federalmle::;, effective June 24, 2005, estahlish a process to obtain a
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quiet zone de::>ib'llation by in.>talling sakty measures at all cr~}ss:ing~ in any half..rnik :)kce of
. . V;... A
tr-acL Mr. Larson then t'Cti;::rn:;d to a map iHtt~1rati.ng 3,000 i.hct ofrallroad track in the downtown
and the Whitcakcr ndghlx)rhoods.
Mr. Larsen referred to a spreadshed. which out1int.d eight diffen::~nt .aHermttives to meet the fi.r~,t
requiremcnt stipulated in the rules ... ranging in ::;cope .from instaUing a suppkmcntal safety
measure at all croi;::;ings toinstaUing ~mprlerne!ltal safety rHeasure::; at two or three crossings. fh~
spoke of alL{.11)Htive safety measures that would m)t re~.,uH in quiet zones:: targeted enii.)1"ccwent
and an edtl<'...'l.tion.a! prog,am. tIe said ifthcse measure:., wcr;::: de.cmed effective, the iix:kral
Rail.road Adminii;tration (FR.A) might w;;cept them.
f:v.kL.arsen exphim..>{J t.hat if Eugene m.d the NatlconaJ lUsk Index level, an annual rcevi.ew would
ensue and if the inde.x level d<;:crei.l~,oo, additl'z,n;1! suppkme:ntal. safety meaSUn)~ would be
nXl\lired to lnainw.in the quid zone..
l\,1.r. Larsen stressed that the rules \Vcre quite convolu.ted and nn jurisdk:tion had yet gone tlm.lugh
th{~ pn..,c:esK th:. said there Wf.:i'C many r.amificatiDns to the instaHatinn of alternative ~akty
measun;~s and referred to photographs that illustrated quad gates which stop vehicks horn driving
through the gates and require additional deti..."'CtionJprecmption equipment from the. railroad as the
j' 'I h fl . < 'M r j 'h h dd'''l
appmaC:1 garc must c os<:. . e ore t 1e e.xmng gatC, l' r.. Am.,en, revea .e~1 t,13J t ,e a ltlona ,
detection aDd pr<:emption equipment reqtrired to iw.;tall (juad gates eould cust appmxim.at.dy $2
rniHiOlL He commented that sllch gak'S would have the !cast impact on a(~joining busine.>ses and
would require that the City enter into an tl.!;,.'lecmcnt "'lith thl;::. railroad to maintain them,
M.r.L;trSi;m went on to say that, at a mw;;:h lower co::>t, the City could inst.;,dl mt.diaus, fIe
~~xpbi:ncd tl~tt the initial requirement to instaU a median was that a street \vithin 60 fed of a
speciiit;:;d crossing \.<fould n,-%d to be dosed bef(m~ a median Cl:H.Jld be bui1tMr.. Larsen spnke of
the Hilyard at 8th, Pearl at 5th, and Lincoln at :1rdbcations and opined that those thr<.~e sites
would he inappropriate for medians due to the requirement to dose the i;ide street He then
explained fhat an additional requirement to instal! medians was that <Ill comm.crciai driveWflYS
within tOO feet of the cwssing wo\;ld need to be c1oM.~d, In coneh1sion, iYk I...arsen stated that to
meet the requircmcnt~ ti.)r 13, "whistle zone," six of the remaining St;:;ven si.tes appropriMe ti))"
medians WOUld n~%d to be dosed and opined that that codd he aCi.xlmpJ.1:i:Jwd.
NfL Larsen rderred to the railroad inspection leports, noting thcy W'Cf<) out of date fbr Eugene Ml.d
hence tht. risk aualy:"i::; fl.g:nr~~ wer<;: n.;;.!t reh~thle. He stated th;;tt ifthcy wereto be taken into
account, the City's .Risk lndex level wm:dd be approximatdy 23JlOO and the national figure wa.s
17,000.
Nt.. Larsen repOlted th.at medians cnuld be bl..li1tbr appmxi111atdy 5120,000. He then noted tbt
smne btlsinesses \voul.d be afil:::cted, as they were within 100 tix:t of the cws~.;ing and the City
won.ld bz~ Hahle f~1t damages tD tho::;e hn.::;l'nesses, .M:r, Larsen spoke to other ahernativ~~, sw;:h as
convGting tWO'WHY streets to (me~WHY and the use of <.l:uaI gaks on the one-way appt'O.ai.::lL He
opined that the most reasonable approa.ch WQuid be signab; two quad gat<..~ signals would COi;t the
City appwximatdy $3 mill.ion. In regard to the Jederal process,Mr. Lam;;:~n n!)kd HUtt the City
wuuld be requin..>{J to provide noti.fkation and phns, whicl1 he said \vas a six"l:\l<ll1th proces:..;,Mr..
fi1XS()l.1 thnher explained that any dedgn would nc~d to be sent to tbe Oreg:o:n fkparlment of
Tr-.anspcutatinn {ODOT)R.ail Section, which also required (j six.,month process..
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Me Larsen explained. that the Risk index level involves the Avcrage Daily Tnrffic (AUf), the
nmnber of trains, an.;;! the width and alignment of the rail and ahp seems to lean heavily rm
"crash" history.
:tvIayor Piercy ::;ohdted a first round. of coundl comments and o.uestion~,
Mr. Papt eon1pHmented staiTand City T\.tanager 'f;:rylor 11;51' the. excellent background n:uOlkri.<tb
and voil::ed hope that the public cou.k! be mad;::: aware e,flle,w cmnplex and ,~osHy it would be for
Eugene to irnplement a quiet ;>:one.He YOl<;t:d support for ilniher exploration of ch}i;ing some
c.rossing:.,. as a possible soiution,
In response to (p..lei;tinn from~.fr. .rapt:, .Me Larscn !'eplied that the propoSitI for the lwspitaI
v((mld turn Patterson i.nto .an undt:f crossing and the Agate crossing vlouJd become redunilimt and
most prob;;ibly dos,;, City Manager Taylor noted that th;::: University of Oregon Board of Trustees
and Riverfront Research Park w{:1'c stakeholders in that p"p;~jed and. have a contrary prdi;;:rcncc t{l
that crossing; themf(xe, addition.al engineering would need. to ensue,
r4s, Ortiz spoke to thc cost thr such a pwiect and joined Mr. Papt in supporting resC'.dTch on the
j.rossibihty of closi.ng somc crossingi;; hmvever, she sugge;:,ted that the ndghb-;)fhood ussociatkrns
be brought into the proo;::ss prior to any final. de-,;:.idom. In re,,;;ponsc t;) a qu~stion frorn Ms. Ortiz,
lvkLarscJJ stated then:: \Nou1cl be some lOW costs as~~ociatcd with dosing crosi;ings, a::> they much
less costly tlw.n instaWng qua.d gates, He spoke of the mohility con;;-em and the increased risk.
(i.e., ;;:lo~.;jngMonroe Street i.\dOB additiona.l traffic to Madison Street); additkrnal1y, he rdtemted
that the do:;:;;ure of two streets "vodd. W)t raise the Risk indtx level to the point n(.'Cd(ld. to gain a
whistle-free zone hom Jdll:.Ti;on Street going we::;t. \'1r.Larsen reiterated that th,~ rules wew
sp~itk in that a quid zone rnw.;t be one-half mile in kngth,
In. response to a question fn:.,m.Ms, Ikttman, Me Larsen statoo he did not know \vhi.ch fundi.ng
source could. he t.apped for such a proj~cL Ms. Bdtman noted that the City SpZ~l1t $250,fJOO on. <3-
bkyde. lane \vhich has yet to be built and opined fundingwoul.d be aVi3-Uab.le for such a pr~kct if
. the council. \"ished to nmke this p!'(~jed a high priority,
Me Kclly com:menkd there was a re~d c.omrnunity de~:jre to respond tn the noisc horn thc train
horns. In n:::i;!X)nSe tD a question from Mr. Kdly,MLLarsl.ln replied that the C'>HTt:nt gates were
on railroad right-of-way and 'Nere therefore ma:intaincd by the railroad, Ht. said the FRA slates
that any local jurisdict.ion which undertakes a quiet zonc ,"'>"odd pay the ,;::onslruction cosL., 01 the
improvcments to the rail system an.d t.hc milroad would maintain the zone but would hkdy expect
jnrlsdietiomno maintain anything OHT and above the current standa.rds, J\.:k Kelly sai.d that i.fthc
project mo\''Cs forward, it shtmld be ai;certa.ined whether the FRA wordd be willing to enter into
negutiations regarding tlY~se costs. He mqul..\<;ted th<)J st.aff tine..tnnc (.!)i;( estimates mu:l option~.; as
well as id.entify available resources and consider il.Hlding .<dtenU!tivei; soch ai; the private ~.:;ect(}r.
ML Kelly notcd that the FRA would be willing to measure curn..'rli levels to hring. the Risk lndex
up..to--date for Eugene.
Mf:lyor Pierey spoke. to t1K~ interim nodal diS'.;u.si;ions that were underway a.nd ~.,aid support czmld
possibly come from ttmt m'etw. She tht:n mentioned the Ames, Iowa wayside hon1s and Mr.
l.4ir::;en said that such device,,; ;:::ou.ld be &;n alternative safdy nlt:.<ts,>,u;::. He dabt}rated that the
fedcral ruk'S stipulate th.at 'NB.yskk ho-ms could bcillstaUei.:l, even in quid umes; however, if the
City Wi;:l'C to .atternpt to <.::Hkdate a reduction in the Risk Index, tht:ci\~ wouldb-e no reduction fi:tr
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imtaUing w1tyside horns. lvfr- Larsen said ,~on1*) monitoring could bc undt.riaking to ascertain if
wayside homs were iw:ked dlb;.;tivc, Hc conduded therc was a p:roc~:., in t.he federal register
tb.at aUows Hlkmatives SUdl as \.vayi;ide homs to he. upgraded when additional research was
undertaken, 'Mr. Kelly noted that wayside horns were directed to traftk 1wd therefore have. less
effect on ndghhorhood~.;.
Ivk PnUng. seeonikd by Ms, Tuykr, move,:l to diret::( sUltfto monitor the etlbtts
of ot.her jurisdktioHi; in their eff<:H1S to obtain quiet. zon<~s under the Rii;k Index
with Horns criteria until such time ;;is an impkmentation and ~-:Ogt history \Vu.s
devdoped.
Mr. Kelly, sL''{xmded by Ms. Bl:::ttrnan, umved to amend tht.motion to direct the.
City J\.:bnager to tlneylune quiet lone cost estimates and construction uptioni;,
using intcrnal and ex.ternal knnwlcdge resources. and tD consider funding
alternative:." including private sector partid:pation.
.Mr. .Pap';) otkreJ. a friendly ame.ndment, accepted by thehody, to dire\-,:t the City
M.an.ager to re:.,ea:n:;h if th(~ comhinations of islands and quads \Y<;TC ttnahle, and.
il.Hther, to direct th,~ City Manag-er to identify funding sour;;es and costs for a
qlUtd gate and island and asce.rtain if resources we!'C .av<.lilah1e in the 2006/07
budget cydc to und<:Ttake such. a project with thc ink'nt of moving forward with .a
quiet zoncifl. the fut1....re, The amendmcnt passedmwnimously.
Then1Gt!on pas$ed un.animou::;ly_
C, \VORK SESSION~ ImpkmentatlQu ~)fMin.>o..l.)se (NQd.al) Developmeut
Program
A11enLowe of the Plann.ing andDeve1opmentDcpartm;;;~tlt stated that staff \VUS seekjng council
c.onfim1atiol1 of prog:r-,;im consistency wjth growth management policies, He then proceeded with
H PowuI\)int pr<:~sentation referencing staff materials. oHMixed-the CentersfNoda.l Ikvelopr.u<:.nt
and spokc to the lDUowing:
L History of Mixcd.Use in D,lge.ne
'-l ty.nxed~Us~~ Development Essential Charackristics
.;.,
." Specific .i'\n:"-<! Planning Pmjt..'Cts
.:L
4. Priority N(jdes
S. Pending P.wjed.s
6, Le:.,sons Leamed
Me Lmve summarized his. presentatiouwith the followin.g points:
'* Tb:::Mixedythe PmgmlJl 'Nas consistcnt with adopted polki.es,
. Work in PfOb'1W,S rcquires the. City to aili!pt and be flexihk
. The City must be wilJing to e.xperiment with different apprmwhes.
. ('hanges win oc<;;ur in<;-rementally and over- a kmg period of time,
Mayor Piercy ca11ed fbr a first round ofcomrnents and <-pestlons.
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M.. Kelly thanked~.fLLowe for the ~xHnpn::hcllsi.ve background materials and subsequ\::nt
pre::;eni.ationA He stated hc remains ;;onmliUed to mixed-use devebpment and densifkatirJrl.. Mr.
Kelly beHcv<)d that the m(yre economkal approach and quality of life was den~;ity; however, he
strt:;sMXl that this direction needs to don;;":: right. He opind that part of the pwbkrn with this
projz,x;t has been. the lack ofpolitical \viU, and noted the ::;low progress to date. Mr. Kelly s.<tid,
howev;;:~r, that the L.<md Us.e Code Update cbmg\.-"tl i.he direction in a p.;)sitiveway to t~tc:i!itate the
sort of development under discussion. In Gon.<:hl$ion, Mr. Kelly stated that opportunity siting
provided swffwith a fl:)cused direction from the coundl aud was critic.al br on:'"the-ground
change .and eomnnmity partkipation.
M:}. Be.ttman concurred with the comrnents e::>rpres.'>(ld byi.v.k KeLly ,'l;nd stated ~he cuuld endorse
the pnx;ess to move [{m^!{'1.rd but could n.ot endorse the gencral scope of the prognlm, She asked
staff to denrH;~ a "rnixed-use cenkr" and a "rnixed..usc zonc:' Mr. Low<~. rt:;sponded that the
^'zm1e" \Va5 the spechk tool utilized to ereale the center; the "center" was. the phy:,;ica.l
manikstath;m.
Ms. Dettman noted that the original concept fbr mixt"tl-nse cent(~rs "vas based on transit-oriented
development and a requlrem~'tlt ofthose centers was frequent tmm~it acct:S$. Shcpnintd out that
currently, the Lane '"[mnsH District (LID) has cut btlck on transit aceeSi; and H)cu~,ed on Uti:..;
Rapid Tnmsit (BRT); ttwrdore, she pcdnkd (}Ut that tht:; center::; would nnt realize :mch transit
~;ervice for many decade~" lYh. Bettman urged that :4ai'f fbens on the changed realities as t.hc
pnJl;;CSS moved forward and to devdop a practical modd for the next 10..20 years. She opined
thr:1:t adding density to a mixed~used ccnter without frequent tmnsit aco;~ss W<t:) wunteryprQ<.h.lCdve
to the City'3 goals.
I\-fr. Pryor askcl for dariGcatinn fwm Ms. Bettman if it wa::; her wi::;h that <.lPpOnUnlty siting be
incorporatd, or substituted, into :..;cnne of the sub~.:;tautive worK. 'rvis. Bettman reptled that.
opportunity siting would. be used as {1. pr1mary tool for achieving density She elaborated that
rath~~r than zoning an cntire residen.tial area as a way to achieve density, the density WOUld be:
achieved by opportunity siting, My, Pryor stmY:clsed that staff already recognized and would:
incoqx.lratc into the neighhorhood. devebprnent strategy ~mch a component. tit \VM~ noted that
s.taff vmu.ld make 11 pre::;entation on how this strategy cmJd lx" achiev(~d: at an upeomi:ng C.'ity
(\mncil WfH;k scssion.)
In re~,p(}n.::;e to a question trOtH tv1ayor Piercy,t~fr. Lowe replied that how to adl1eVe density and
maintain the quality of eXlstin.g neighbodlooda woul.d be cardillly considered, He explain{:-.d that
discowry of how t;) satis(y SOUK of the. ti.mdam<:ntah l)fservi<~\::s, op<:n space, tYP<)8 ofhousbg,
HHhn.bhilitywill result in a vt:;ry rich mix.
;\layo.r Piercy thanked start for pn~senting this i:'>sue to t.he n.eighhorhoods. She spe~ificat1y
prai.sed the Whiteaker ndghborhood for setting a Hnt: examp.lc to other nei.ghbod10ods on
achieving mixed"l..lses dlh~tivdy,
'fYh 'faybr stated that the ClJITtmt density proposal:.-; were inappropriate in many areas of Eugene.
Shz~ urged staff to consider such den::;lty in suitabk a.reas nn.ly.Ms. Taylor pointed out that
houses W(i'C being built on vacant lots that "wre totally om of chamcwr with the neighborhood.
She then turned to the ernployment and ;;;OJnHlercial eeHters and pointed out that the::;e center~
tontinue to be under discussion.Ms, Taylor question~-0 how an employment or tOB:ll:nerdal z.one
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<xmhl be called a mixed.-usc ct:n.ter ;;H' a node. Me Lowe respondcd thM an cmploy'ment center
had daily activity '.:vith th;r: peopte \vho work there, I.e., rcst<1UX;;lnL'(, b;;lnks, He com.mented that ;'1
hroadplan to include ernpluyment, shopping, and entertaimnent environments w{}uld result in
divt:ndty (.Jef services. 'Mr. Lowe added. that discussions ~trnund ::>uch a plan would then ensue to
dehate t.hc pros and c{',ns,~.h. Taylor argued that ~mch an area should not h,;) laheled a mixed. use
center.
ML Lowe noted the City Council had asked tk1t the program. be "fixt:'<l" and that ::>taff interpreted
that direction hroadly. It reviewed, and \viH eon.thmc to' review, all the dements nf the program to'
as<~ertain what W;;lS not h)nabk and craH i;nlution~-l and/or approaches kl 1rnp:rovc aceO'rdingI:y\ He
added that one of thost": comtxments tmder review was in the "nan1in.g" of tb;: various dements
and st~drcreated technique", todifferenti.ate between diffen:~nt types of areas. Ms, Taylm
concnITtxl thcre should be <litle-rencei.'> in nodes.; however, she reiterated that an empk)yment
ccntf:r W{lS not a mixe.d"l..we center. She suggested that the City Council take action on stairs
proposed plan regarding the:..;e center~.:;,
Mr. Foling stated that when done correctly, mixed..use ,;h;~vek"fplnt:'nt WH~; a vi.abk product fIe
}Joint.ed out that residents WGC fighting to save thdr ncighborhoodi>. An increase in d~'Hj:My was
the right i:tpp:mach at this timc and will protel::t the integrity of the v<lrim.l.s neig,hborhoo<ts.
tv1L Papi ;;-ommenkd that the iir:..;t rule W<.t:.-l "do no hann" whkh he said th{~ (\ty Vlas Dttempting
to accOinp1i:..;lL He thanked the Planning Commission. m{~mbcrsin the audienee for the o.emphny
work they put t()rth toward this pro.lecLMr, P;'lp~S recognized that there w~~rem.any wrique m'eas.
thn.mghom.Fll.gcne and customizin.g tlK mixed-use conccpt wHi result in a tine product. He noted
that the West Unh.'ersity neighbO'rhood hai; densi1ied with renter~.;, studer"b, conversion::;, and
<:partments and hot>ed thatfi,lture densiflcation wilt he lwndled in a different manner. My- Pape
pointed out that opportunity siting was one a:;;pect of m:ixed-usc zoning" hut a bmadcr direction
was requirl.->{.1 Hnd urgz.>{l strJfto move the project in the direction the .Planning Com.mission
rccommcnds,
.Ms. Bci1rnan, seconded hy, Mr. Poling, moved to dirl?ct the City I\Janager to
ineorporatc oPPO'rt\mity siting ai; de~Krib(d in the Jdy 19, 2005, emait to the
~.hyor and City ('oundi w., H primary ~.;trakgy for achieving density targeti; in
mixed.use l;;enter~.;,
'Ms. HeUman thanked the Planning Commi~.:;sion, staff. and colleagues for thci.r wiHingnes:;; to
cmbrac~:- innovation and. look f~lr!h"'.;V ways to ai..:comp1i~h the gnal~ set forth,
Mr. Kelly, in agreemt:nt with Ivk Poling, oHered. a h:iendly amendment to
reque;;;t that opportunity siting he combined wit.h citywide e::;timatcs ()ff:hture
popul.ation whic.h will. he approximately alkK:awd to mixcd usc districts ,wd O'ther
areai; in the city.
'rhe m.otkm passzxl ummimously.
Ms. Be.tlman. s(:<)orH;kd by l\.-ts, Ortiz, moved to d.ir(:ct the City fvhn.age:r to
~.:;(:hedu!e ajointwork session with the Planning Commis;,:ion in October 20G5 .for
l:n.orc pol.ky di.scussion.
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Mg, lkttma:n explained that the componen.ts of \.~olnn.lerciat use Hnd t:mnSI1 inmixGd l..l~.;e l;;enten:;
l:tJd yet tiJ been .<tddress\.->tl and f,;wth(:r disC\.!~sion::> with the .Planning Ct)mmi~.,sion staff would
assist to l:Dove the pro:kct tbrward appwpri.awly.
The motion passz~d un{l:n:imow~ly.
The meeting atlj<.rurned at 1 :25 p.m.
(Recorded hF Joyce Og&:i{)
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Work Se~;,;ion
McNutt Room------Eugene CityH.aJ.!
Ju.ly 25, 2005
530 p,m.
COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Poling, Jenni:f(:r Sok,1n.(w, David Kelly, Betty Taylor, Gary Pape,
Andrea Ortiz., Ou'is Prynr, Bonny Heitman.
P{)LICE COr\1MISSION; 'l'imL;H;}e, Angie Sifl..lentez, John Brown, C.arla Newbre, Maurke
Delmer, John Ahk~n
Her Hnn()r }..'layor Kitty Piercy caHed the July 25 work session ofth,~ .Engen,;: City Council to order.
A, COMMITTEERKPORTS AND ITEMS OF lNTERES'IFROM MA V'OR, CITY
COUNCIL AND CITYMANAGJ.;R
MavorPi.ercv anr.H.H.mc,~d that Eugens: had been named dne of the best waHdrm (:itie:<. in America hv th,,,
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.American Podiatric Medk,-tl Association, She ah,o mentkll)edthat A~.;si~.;tant City~~1anagG Jim Ca:r1son
and cnnsulwni Joshua Proudkll:',t had written ,-m article entitled "Managing a;nd Reporting Sustainabi1ity
Progres8 in City Opemtions" that was featured in t.he SpbngiSmnmer editkm of SustaiN magazine.
\fr. Pryor rcpork,.i thut <'ll.lring- the July 2l, 2005, meetiri;g of t.he La:ne Metro Partneri;hip, an increa:"c in
activity among smal1er G.H:opnnies kKJlx:en reported and that the rec:reallonal vehicle industry 1,V.aS now a
slightly brger cmployer in tht:. area than \-\'{}od prodnds. He Baict the partnership was <xmLinuing towol'k
with Mole(:tdar Probes and \ViHiams Bakery on their rdoeatlons. He said employers were beginning to
experience (l shmtage. of s;-:mployabk people, whkh emp.hasized th,,, :im.portance of linkages between.
employment and training, He annmmced th;:lt ;;::mployrnltnL award~.; v{ould he prei?,ented at a luncheon on
August 2.5, 2005, at ths;-: Valley River ImL
tyls. ReHman reminded residents in wards 1 and 2 that tbe Mayor's Ot1<;:.on--one wnversation would he
held on July 2(j at Market iJf Choki:: on 291h Avem.le and\VillameUe Stn..>cL
Ms. Ortiz described a recen.t report by thcmV AHiaHeeHo the Lane Cmmty Hunmn Services (:ommissi.on,
She said the. alEance 'was cutting its nctXlk exchange program and u::ling Hmitcd {(sources to provide
insurance for people who wen:: H.rV~positive inste<!d of prevention i;ervke~'L She said the ncedk excha:ng(~
program. cost $ t 40,000 mmually and was too expensive to bz~ c.ontinued, She not<;:d Hwt the alliance
reponed no lW\V cases of HI V among youth and Mk<,x:l anyon.e \vith i;uggestkms on how to maintam
prevention programs to contact the allianc.e.
!vIs. OrtiJ.~ reponed that she spoke at Lan,~ C\rmmu.n:ity (}oLkg,~ (Lee) youth emprn.<;enm:::nt classes for
drUdren of color and encuuragedYGung people to becorne involw'd in the pohtical pwce::;:", a::; ~Ndl as to
consider mcd.ical and puhlic s.atdy careers, She ::;aid th<lt Fire Chief'fom Tallon w.<'!S sending a repre:.->enw-
tive to the d.aBsCB to foHow up with i.nterested students. ..
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[VIs. Ortiz related that she would be cOfilPeLing in the Rdav for lAc at Lee zwer th,;, .xnn:hlr!. \veekend and
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invited everyone to attend the graud opening of the Santa Clara Fire Station on July 30" 200S, She MSi)
noted that the Lane Indept'TI.dcnt Living Allbnc~~ \,'ol,.i!d prcsent a play Z)Xl July1{i and reCGgniz~ Human
Rig.hts Commissioner Dwight Souers f~,r his barrier-aware.ness effnrts. She thanked the .Eugene Lihmr~(
for conducting Spanish~1anguage n;~Hdings for youth.
~{k rape asked when the City C.:otm<::il wf>ukl addn~ss the iH$.ue of green building:;; certitkatiotL City
Man.agi;)f Dennis Taylor re.plied that a work session wa:;; sch(~dtlkd in the faIL
ML Papt repeated Ms. Ortiz's invitation to the fire station l'pening in S;;mta Clara. lie reported that he
had h.een .attending l"xweti:ngs of the Oregon. Passenger Rail Adviwry C\mncil ((JPRAC) and the legish!ture
was worldnglx:hind the &::.enes to res.olve. budgetary issues that remained deadlockezf,He i;aid the critical
issue t(x rail was the difference between the How.,e and Senate funding levels. 1-1<:: e.ncnuraged m.)mber~.; t{)
i;;ommunkat<;' their support f~,r funding f:)r two tr-.alns.
My, Kdly :reported that hcmd with inc01ning Ass.ociate<.l Students of the University of Oregon (1\SUO)
president AdarnWa!i;h to disc:u::.;s \VB,yS in which the City and University could work more doseJy
togdhec He encoumgz'>,i involvt'weut of the University in the arts and outdoors initiative ai; it was an
important player in hoth areas, H.e said that few membcrs of the general puhlk: (l,tl;.;nded University (~Venti;
that WGe opcn to them and hoped that the publie's awareness of those e'vcnts could be rais.xL
1',11::>. 'faylor commented that one ofth.; reaSC)Jl.s people did rll.t go to University tu.nGtlon.s "'....as the lack of
parking, She i;aid a mil. Hnc from downtown to the University would enable people to travel back and
forth hetween dUWTl.k)W11 and t.he campw.;.
\-ifs. 'faylor said a recent phone can .from a repre~;entati ve of the Obsidians ra.ised the is;:,rl!.:') "f th~~ rigidity
of some of t.he City's regulations and ch%itl<;;ation of a group as a business when it V,ias not a busines~;.
She said tht: Obsidians wankd to remodel and slightly expand its lodge hut regulations required differe:nt
fire preventkm meai;ures that might prcvent the expamkm. Shc said the group Vl<'lS told it wm:dd need
sprinkkrs and a reSef'lOlr, Shc .ash~d if there >;.vas ,'my Hexibi1ityon such requirements when the planned
expans.bn wa::; mini1naL She i;aid she "vas remimkd d' the Gard.en Cbb 'vvhidi wa:, also elas$ified as a
business and noted that neither th(~ Obsidians nor the (iarden Club existed w mah: money,
Me Poling i"aid h,;~ rect::ntly uttended a H).<::eting relatz..>d to the Sorrd Way traffic c[;hning P,(~jec-tHe said
that the meeting was weH..attcnded and City Haff did a W,od job of outlining options in it:;; presentation
and taking fix'xlback. He ~.,aid another rne<ting waH planned in S.:pt<:mbe, 2005. He said he planned to
attend .<! Cal Young Neighbors meeting on Jury 28, 2005, at the Sheldon Community Center und called
attention to th;::: third armud Tvluhicul.tHml Fci;L1val occurring at the center on August 2, 2005.
('ity 'i'dauaget Taylor agreed with .ML KeUy' s comments r~~gt:rding greuter opportun;itkSt(t involve the
Unive-ri;ity, not. only in the arts and outdooc~ dfort bl..lt to build on the ~<<l<lyor' s theme of a watkabk
community. He said that many people did not realize it w.<!s an easy walk from downtown to the campus
and he trequentlywHlked to the Un.h;T~rsity fiJrmeeting::;, vlhieh i3-lso solved any parking pn:ib1cm he rnight
encounter,
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U. WORK SESSION: Annu~ll Meeting with. Police Cm:mnlssiou ftndP:n:~sentatiou ofPullee
Cumplaiut System RcenmmNldathms
Mayor Piercy welcomed tb.emembers .of the Police Comrnission who wue in a1tendance and noted that
f\.ts. Ortiz ~md Ms, Bettn1.i3;n were also members oftb.e z::ommi:;;sioR
City Manager 'ray!or introduced Polk:e Commission Chair Tim Laue, V ice f.:ha:ir Angie Sifw;;-:nwz, and
rnembcr:.; John Brmvn and Carht Newbre and invited them to join the l;:ouncit to' prc~~ent their report and
recornmen.dation{3,
Mr. Lane th>::lnk:cd the Mayor and the council fbr the opportunity to present th.l.cconunission's report and
said tktt two outcomes \.vcre. desired: l) approvaj of the l;;ommi::;:"ion':;; \-vork plan lOT'the next year; and 2)
direction from the cOlmcil on the next steps in tenns of dv~iHan oversif!"jli fbr the eom.nnmity. He outlined
the format of the presc.ntaJion and tkmked thc many cnrmnuHity mg<m:izMions and m.el.nhcr!'> ';;vho
partidpatedin the pn)ces::; of developing re;:olmnendations fi,1r.a polke cmnplaint systi;.~m. He aho
thanked the merrihers of the Polke COHuuissi.on Md the ;;;mnm1::;sion's staff for the !m:~ject, Jeannine Pafhi
and Karen Hyatt, for their extraordinary el1brts,
.Ms. Sifbentez presenti...>{l hi.gh.1i.ghts of the Police OmlmissiQn Annual Report; F1' 2004~2{){)5 and the
proposed work p.lan f(..,r July 2005 -March 200/5- She said the \vorkpbn proposed that the z~ommission
continue refining the ovec'tight model and outstanding issue:.;, pending direction from the cCHJncil, and
begin working with the P(j1iceDep.utment on the development ofpo.licies and ordinancc bnguage
ne\.~e~.;s.<lry to impkment portions of the model.
Ms, Sifuentez notz..>{l that in .addition tD the complaint system, the <;(nnrnission 'wOl;ked On in-car
yideo/aud.io reeording pnli.des, which wcre giH~n cow;;eptual approval by tlw i;:ommis~';1()n as werl as
approval fhr funding .th:nn h~lcl;:omrm.micatinns taxe$ fbr a two..year implementation period. Shc .<tbo drew
the council's attcntion to the cmnmis::;ion's work on a uniform ~.;tand.ards ordinmKi;~ th~tt wO\Jld ensure that
Eugme police officers were c,"l.sHy distinguii;hab1e from other publk safety officers, She said the
ordinance would go into etIect hnuary 1,2006. She was pleased t{) report fl:wi the dlort <::lso ,~u1ted in
changes ;;tl the Stale level thi.lnk.~ to support th.nn SenawrF.loyd Pro'lanskL She m..,ted that t.he Dovmtown
Publk Safety Action Pian was subrnittoo to the cormdl in September 2004 and it included a range of
s.trawgies to support a safe and vibrant d.owntown.
.Ms. Newbte stated that in addition to extC1"1i;ive r~earch on vari.ou,~ oversight rnodeh, the G.Hnmi:;;sion
conducted a ",eries of p1.1blk forums. to dd.errn:im;: thc specifk concern::; of the Go:nummity. She p01nted out
that specific qlJ.e~tion.~~ asked at tll.<; public fbrmn~ were induded iH the agenda packet materials, She said
t.hat fear of ret<lJintiDn was the primary thing preventing people from filing a conrplaint against the polbe,
along with concern!'> about possible bias and a bdiefthat eomplaints would not be taken seriously. She
said that h13,Se.d 1..>H those respon~.,ei:l, the .Intake Committt~e iucused h.trgdy on. how complaints were
received and pmcessed and it sGon h<~came apparent that an. auditor's onke was needed, She ~;aid the
intah~ modd n;:commendadons ret1ecwd a variation of a dual-intake proce~s becauSi:: it provided an
independent, neutrallocation for people to iile complai.nts and it r~~direct<;:d c~!:.;e-h~md1i.ng dedsions, such
as dassification of complaints and po:;;sibihtie:;; tCn' aIt;;-mativ<~ re-solution, to help ensurc that aU com-
plaints were treated 'with due d:iHgmce. She illustrated the proz~ess with (3, schematic of the proposed
n:1odd and noted the Van{)Ui; access points based on cw:mnunity members' reque~~t tor scvcraI optioni; for
obtainin.g information. She said th(~ Z~01Jlmitt0~ stn..>ngly recommended tl:Hlt the term "inquiri' {10 longer
he, used became it generated controversy in the conmmnity> She said the, cmnplaint-handling process
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emphasized two values: I) improved ~H.:-cei:>S and safety and 2) thcilit;;tting the be:,t fe,;,;oluhon to a
eomp!<tinL
Mr. Bro\vn reported that Lhe AAindic.ation Review Model Committee, which he chaired, reviewed thJee
models for civilian review and agreed that the hybrid :,ystem 'NilS the. .hrvore-d i;yste,YL He Hoted that \vhat
the committee reeommended \va$ not what was before the council; the comrnittee's U;;CQnnnendatkln \vas
l1wditkxl at the commi$si.on kwl based on ongoing public input He said the hybrid model CGHsisLed of
profei;sional civilian cmph'yees supervis;;::d outside ofth(~ Po1iceDepartment who actively monitored
1lwcBtigations fbr {jualit.y a%umnce, plus a five~ to sevenymember revkw board nfvolul1te;::~rs who
reflected the community hut di.d not reprei:>ent any constitw;:ncy to evaluak the work nfthe auditor; the
revle-w board conld reopen dosed cases, He said that in order to emmrl;:. that alkgMio:ns of mbconduct
\vu'e investigated in a t.horo~igh, objective and timely rnanner, the commission was recomm{~nd.ing that
lntemal Aftl1h'S (1A) be restnlcl.ured to become a sp<:..'Cializcdinvestigative unit ha:ndJing internal
investigation::; w that superviRm; were nn longer hoth conducting investig-.;;!tbn.s ,-m.d making a rCCOrHlnen-
datiol1 k,r the oukome of that investigation, He review~~d the functions and autho:dty of the auditor and
the review' hoard. Hc s.tatui that while the hybrid sy:4enl had checks and bahmce::; to elBure strong
az~(;ountability< SU<A.::ess of the system depended on th~:- qualilY of the sek>cted auditor. the committee
volunteer::;' ability to be impartial and fai.r i.n. aU aSptcti; of the work, and adequate funding,
Mr. Laue emphasized that one of the commi~f-jon ':;; goals :.!t the heginning of the prnce::;:, \Vas the
development of a ~.;y~.;te.m that it kit '<'Vas h<;~st h>r tbe cnmmunity, tlwt wai; open and acz~essibh::, :.md that
cc,dd build community consenSUi; around the alterw~Jives fix policing, He said to ~!l;:hkve that goal
communitym<;~m.bers and organizations were involved extensively in the pmce~.;s,He noted that there was
un:.minlous support on the ;;:(Hrunii:>~,i{)n fnr th{~ modd as :.!whole that was presented tu the council, hnt th.at
did not mean (,:very rnember agreed with every ai:>pect; it did mean that the l;;mn.mi::;:;;.ion thought the model
wai:> the he$t way to moVl;; ti:nward.
\-\lith respect to outstanding issues,lVk Laue l.istd the following:
. The model '.VB.S a fnun.;;::work and required filling in of details as well. as cmp.toy(x~ contractual and
puhlic records i:.;sues resolvedlx:forc impkmentatiOlL
. The system would need to be continua.l1y evah;atcd and retain t1exibUHy fIX :.!dju.'>tmen.ts as it W,IS
impkmented,
.. Approval of the ;~omrnis:}ion's work plan by the ,~oundl w<Juld aHmv work on rcfinenlt;:nts to
continut;: and a preliminary plan for implementation of the model to be dt;~vdopcd.
. A decii:>ion from t.he z~oun.dl and possibly the community bdbre the model C.,-U1 be finalizcd.
. Adequate fundi.ng to sUPPOJ1 the model.
. A charter a:mendment to allmv thcmayor :.md C(>UllCit to hin) an auditor and appoint a review
board. 'fhis govcrn~mc<;~ approach was ::;elected because the i:>tructum! ind~pendence ofthe OVl;::r^
sight model was important to cngendering trui:>t and building support in tb;; ;;:.onmmnity for hoth
th(l Police D(Tartment and the auditor's ofi:1ce.
Continuing. Mr, Laue said that research indicated oversight models tended to fai.1, in part, because there
Wt;;re not adequate resoun.::-es to impkmcnt thenl welL Tie noted that governance of the model would work
either under the <!Uspicei; of the City COHndl or t.he Chy Manager. He said that if a c.h;;trtcr amendm.ent
failed at the ballot the commiMion fully expected the cound.l to move the modd thrward under the City
\t.<'tniJger'i; (Jff1ce. He added that there were a number of ways that g'Ovenwn;;:e by the mayor and coundl
COUld occnr, hut thc ci)mmi:.;<,;ion had left t.hat decision to the coundLHe <l.sked for direction frmn tbe
cOl,.1Ucil em how the t~mnmis~;ion sh01.l1d pnjceed and a decision em the COrHln.isi;ion 's extended work plan.
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Mayor Pier~~y eom.ruenaed the commlsi;ion for its work. She called on the cOl..m.dl for qu,:::,:~;(ioni; and
cormlwnt:.;.
Me Kelly added his thank$ tD the con:anissil"l'n tbr the extensive alJlotmt d' work it did. Refer.ring to the
i~,sue of wan:.::mt$ and records check:.;, he asked inA ",,'odd have to ad on an outstanding warrant
dbcovcred during the itwestigation of a complaint referred hy the auditor and if so, under \Vha{ authority.
1v1:-" Nevlhre said it was her understanding that wan-ant:.; we,e ordcrs is.~ued by ~tjudgc and police ()fficers
\vere required to act on theIn.
ML Kel1y :indicated he was impressed by the intek,'Takd nature. of the recommendation and the unanimous
support fnr it and was int.;J'CSkd in pursuin.g a charter amel1(hm~nt tor a cOl..lHcil-appo:intedmode1.
:tvh Taylor asked if it was neces::;ary to che.ck on the ex;sknce c.fw<trrant::;. She opined that some of the
people who were likely to hav>: ixnnpla:int':l WGe likely to have heen in trouble with the h"w in the past an.d
werc .athid, ~{L Laue replkd that a rc:.::o,ds check on aU parties involved would h~ the firM step for an
officer \vhen a complaint wai:> referred hy t.hc auditor's office; that W~tS a i;tandard practice in polic.lng, He
said that failing tv fol1mv standa:rd invt;'i;tigative protoeo! or best practices in t.hat n;~gmd wGurd open the
officer and the (.::ity to liabiHtie~,. t-:h.;. SlftleHh::zpointed out that the auditor \vas not obliged t;;! WTest a
person if there was a warrant, hut could advi;,;e the person that thert. was an ontsta:nding warrant that
should he resolved, She s.aid that did not mean that the auditor would not {DHQW through on the
complai.n.tMr. Laue added that th(::r~" W~l:'; a di~;;tinctio!l hetweenminor warrantf; and those thatn.eeded w
he add upon irnmediakJy, such ai:> warrant::; fbr vloknt leloniei:>, 'fvk Brown &3,id thut an anOn}T!1.0nS
complaint Gould bc filed.
Ms, Taylor ohserved that external polke review alnKI~.,t pas~~ed \vhen it \IiW,i on the haUot s.ix or seven years
.ago, which indicated ,':ltmng intcrest in the com:tnunity.
Mr. Pryor conmlf..':ndd the conrmisi;iou':" work. He reft:rroo to the three fuH..time staff positions that were
ree-ommew;kd to i:>UPpor!. the auditor function and asked ift.he comrni~.;si(}n had discussed the cai:>doad that
w:<tS <.mticipak>f.1.Mr. l.aw;: sai<1 that hist()ricaHy;, 50 t;) 60 complaints that requird tUI iuvei:>tigati.vc files
tD be opened wcn;~ r>:cdved each yz~aL He expected that numher to incn;~<:se some\Vhat in the first ye~tri:>
the model \lias irnpkmented, He said the cO!nmission did nG( discu;,;s the dolhr M1(..Wnts aSi;odated 'v'lith
the required staff-lng, which l;;ould consist of two additional investigatiy'C officeri:>, plus an auditor,
mantlgementanalyst, and administfativ~ aide.
Mr. J\)hng complimented the commis.skm '$ efforts and as.h~d i.f the m.anagernent analyst .and ad:mini$tra~
dye aide po:"itlons could be nlkd by (.ll..mHtled personnd cl..lrr~nt1y within the deptlrtment or be kept
completely separate. Mr. Laue replied that the c.omrnls::;;on felt the auditor's office ::;hould bc separate
from the Police Dcpartment as it rCf.,luired sorHC form cd'structuml independenc;;:: to gain the neceSSalY
credibility_
Mr. Poling asked inhere vvas a bre-akdmvn in thf: ~o:mm.unities that used an extcrna.l audhnr t'iystern
lx:t\.vo;:n those where the auditor rQPorted to dected officiab an.d thosc where the auditor reported to a city
In.a.nagcr or adm:inistf<ltoL Polke CommisSion .analyst Jea.nnine Pa.ri::;; replkxl that she cotdd pwvide that
in1hrrnatirm but it was not a straigl1t <;ompari~,onbecamie difti::t'Cnl municipalities had differz~nt govcrnance
;,;tmctlm.."S, She sakl that typi,~al.1y when:. there was a strongm.ayor [-onn of government, the auditor
r~porte.<.l to the mayor and when there \.va::; an dect<;:d body~ the ill.J.d.itor reported to the ,;.::.ity man.ageL City
Mauagn 1'ayk), comm.t)nted that a common feature among the com.rmmities was that where the auditor
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was extcrnal to the poliee department the auditor reported to the chief executivt;~ officer, depending (ln
whether it wa~ a strong mayor or city manager lunn of govcrnnKnt,
Mr, .Poling questi<.med why the councE would take the is~ue to the haUot at a CZ)~t of $1 OO,OOD when the
commissionindicakd dther governance approuchwould \york for the. modd and the conn.dl would
implement the city mB11ager g'Overnanc.e approach iftJ~c ballot mea.:mre fB.ikdA He askeJ what nle~sag(:
wodd be sent to the voters if the baUot mt~<t~n.lrebikd and the council irnplemented them.od.d anyway, In
the interests of cost, spe<;~d and efficiency, he reco.mmended tlwt the councHn.ot w~!it u.ntil November !)f
;\1ay to put the lnatter on t.he baHot when it had the authority to move f~)rward and haw the City Manager
make the appointment no\v and begin to implement the rnm:kL
i'-kr. Pape prai~ed the con:;:mission's wnrk. t.he thoroughncss of its report and M.r. Lowe's k-d.dership. l:k
ashx'l about the pl..lrrmi;e ofthe task. force on. the altemative rZ~Glution th.M was rderenced in thc
commission's repo!t.M:r. Laue rephed that the cnmro:!ssion was recmrmwnding that in concert with the
Human Righb Connnissi';}n (HRC), \vhkh had handied m.ediation for the past ten years, a ta~k force h<~
fnrn1ed to inv;)lw com.nll..m.ity sl<l.kel'iolders in an 5..~xamination of Cli..'Tent pradices and the role of
mediation and advocacy in th(~ t;:!..>tnphint pmcesi;.He said mtlny pe(lple believed thM alternative
resolution was a "whHvin" sitn'ation with respect to ~ompbiut::;. He ~ai.d that the c(nmdl would approve
any task force that was established,
Tv1r. Pap(~ asked how thc <;ommi~,sion'::; recmn.mt:-ndations compared to thn::;e in the Intcrnation;,:11
Chy!COllHtyManagement AssodatinlJ..Polke Executive Research Forum {I.CMA-,PERf') report. .l\.Jr.Laue
replied that the ICMA..PfiRF report recommended that the Police Commission hC'..::ome an external review
board, which \va;,; anathema to the commission,
;\1L Pape urged the wundl to remember during its dditKTation~, the EugenePolicz~ EmpI.Oy'Ct;:s As.i;ocia-
tinn comm@i that many of the i.SSUt;~S that prompted a call fbr oversight 'wen:: due t(l inadequate :..;taffing
andinadcquak hiring and screening mechanisms, whk::h would not h<) cured by an oversight proee~s. Tk
urged the council to continue to 8,odress thc lack of resource:~ in the Pol!eeDep;;lrtme.nt
Mr. Laue cnmmenkd that the p(llice union and the c.ommission had an ut1l:kdying wlue that aside fronl
the oversight modet hoth were looking fnr ways t.o imp-rove Si;)fVkes to the l;;ommunity,
Ms. Solomon remarked thai she had bez~n on tlK: ,)ommission for a year and wa~, alway'" amazed at the
con.sh.;tently high quality of its w(lrk and 3taHing. She qnestionGI the process by whkh a decii;iou on a
Novembcr de;;:tion was made during a single m.cering 8J1d asked why that decision had to be made
inunediatdy_ (;ityMa:nager Taylor s.nid that the ;,;teps and. tlmefram(l for placing S;;!lHdhing on the
NowmhtT ballot requ.ired that the cm.mcll provide d:irt,:ction today y
"fvls, SolOHli.m expres~.;ed concem with taking immediatc a,)tion as this. was the first discusshn the conndl
had had on the issue and therc hadht;:en no public heari.n~):>. She acknowledged the extensive puhlk
outreach conducted by the wmmis~>ion but fdt tk c()mmis~iolJ's credibility should also be suppnrted by
the council through f\:mmll puNic hearings on the rec.onllilendations. She statz~d that if the coun;:;'U decided
to move f(..,rward with a November electl<)11. it would need to t:stahlish langtwge H)r the charter amend-
rmmt, which contradicted ML Lm..c'i; earlier sbtements alxmt. the need to rN;,dn fh~xibi1it:~/ in the model,
She wa:..; very reluctant to procz'X':d with a charter 8;lUetKhnent and preferred lYk Poling's suggestion that
the COUlli::ii move to imrnediatdv im.p.k':mf,.~nt the.- model under the CitvManaQer's :~lH)ervisio!L She said
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this. would retain tkxihility and a11mv the By~;tem to be revised as lle.cessaty &k Laue rephed tbtt th5..~
eommis~inlJ had. n;commended a charter amendment election on narrow term3 that would give the council
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the authority tn hire and aw;litor <ind appoint a review hoard. Lk did not expect that the council \wmkl
ind.ude '-my of the other det<.tih in the report.
:tYh. SnknIlon wa:,; not ct)liain she could support a council-appoinw-d auditor who would report dirc;;:tly k
the cOlmdL She felt tJU!t the Cityh-lanager's joh was to be the ;~OIKh.lit from the City orgim.ization tD the
;:.ollucil <.md for the council to have .an cmpk,y<x:: re-port direl;;l.ly to it would uwkrrnine the City Managtr's
authority .and that form of gove,nment She wa;;; rdUdtint to se.c that in the fbnn of ii chart.er amendment
iind w{lUld prefer rw. nrdinanc(.
M.s. lkttman t.h.a.nked the l;;()mrni~.;sion and its officers and ~ubcmnmittc<~ >.::h.!irs. She ~.;aid the Cjty of
SeaHle'z, oversight i..'l1tity wa;;; (:aHcd th.) Gake ofProfe~:.;ional Accountability and she .likcd the name
lx:caui;e Im::.k of accountability Of perceived ahsenee of uccountability l..wtaidy pre:judiced the conlmun1ty' s
app.rcdadon of the Police Department \; dedicated empbyee;;;. She felt the cm:mnis~don' s reeomrnenda-
tloni; ,epresented. a form of Gvenight. th<lt was independent of the Pnlk:.e Depart.ment and rz~spGnsivc tn thi::
public through the nonnalehmmds of dernocmtic gov,crnment She quoted from the <mthor of t'roblcm-
Oriented Policing that ""fo the degrc~ th.at \-v\:: expcnd n:::i;ourcei; on st,ategie:..; that don't 'solve pwbJ.cms. we
\vin always ho;ve inadequate n:.SOUfces, Vie mu::;t move to :"martcf budgets 0.nd ;;;u:rgic.al strakg-i<;:i;; rathtr
than :;;\v.iitfhe~;, we :;;hm.ild in;;;taH screens:' She s.aid $h(: vie".I,'Ci.-i the l>f(}po~.;al as ins(:::..llling a ::;creen, She
sa.id th(~ only is~;ut:: th.!t wl;:ndd go on the bal10t w<.ru!d be the fonn of governance MH.l the questi.on of who
the police auditor w:<.t::; lliXountahk W,
Nt.;. Ortiz echoed the thanks and praise from other c,mndlors and also thtinkd the BItC, y\lhitt<iker
Communi.ty Coundl and the Po1ke Department for their participatizm in and :,;upport of the pny...~ess, She
said :;;he wa::; not wmbrtab1e with the audit,)f reporting to the council but th(: comrm.;nity had a"h::d H)f an
cxtcrnal rcv1cw board that wa::; outside the purview of the City. She :,;aid it was Dwed tZ) th;:~ community to
have the complaint process be 0.S tt'anspaTent as possihle and if the. com:.m.ission 's H.'cr.mnnendation was to
\vay to get there she would support it
Referring to }.'k Po!ing'~.; que~.;tiO'n about why go to the balht if the c<.mncH would then implemcnt the
::;y::;tem under the CityMMW.gcr,Mr. KeHy said that the govcr:mmce \v.as not a foregone l;;ondui;ion~ while
the cnnunis~.io:n's. 1'<::pOIt did indicate the City MwU!ger approach was <:rwther optiJm, he could not support.
it Decaus<.::. of the fW.Hlarnenhl js~.;ue (jf structural independence. .He z,aid there 'Na:;; a ,:rdibihty p.roblem
that needed to be addressed and g'()ing with a system that was seen hy the public as not funy independcnt
would not solve it. He agreed with Ms. Solpmnn's point that this was the first rneet.jng alwhich the
cormdl had considered the c.Ol:nmi~)don';;; report and recommendMi.onB, but noted the tho:roughne;;;s ofthe
commission's work over the p.!~.;t year, including exten~i \Ie public outreach. He said the charter amend-
ment 'vvou.ld bc very hrief and basically ask if the coun(~U ;;;houl.d he allowed to .appoint an auoito:r and a
ciyilian reYlew board, He characterized the amendment as a very w.inor change to the structure of
government that did not undermine the citym~mage.r govcJnan;;:e stn.KtuK.
Mr, Part disagreed with ML Kdly's temarks. He s.!id tl1<!t having an al.lditorreprding to the council wa~
a hugz~ Z:hange in the governance model. H:~~ agreed ,.vith thc need fo.r an ovcrsight board an.d thc need fo:r
a chmit::r mrmudment to establish nne, He appreciate-d the eOinmission"s peThpective. but the cOl..mdl
should take a broader Vlc";>..' and ask \vhether it was wilhng to changc the strong cityman.ager form "f
gnvernmenL He asked ifthe oversif!)1t board, in reviewing the Huditor's work. ei;bblbhCi.-l the public
cwdi.hil.ity and transparency that seem to be at issue, Mr. Laue responded that wa,~ part of it, and the
con.uni:"sion feH the oversight board had to he appotnkxl hy the council, but also fdt the auditor needed on
,';)ome Ie,/;:::! be a;;:COW1tahte to th~~ l.~ou:ndL Me Bmwn notNl that an optio.n thc cOl.mnission crmsiderd t~)1'
the oversight hoard that dif.fered from the way otht.':r boards and commis;;;ions were appointed W0.S tor the
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mayor to appoint a broad sedkm of the \.xmmmnity M a lKnn:inatiag or :..;creening ;;:ommittee~ although that
W<t~.; not 6b1igatory. fIe i;u.id the intent was to ensure that the ovmi~~ht board was :not pohtidzed or
(~onstituent";hased, but hased. purdy 0.n fairness,
Ml'. Pape observed th8J the previous baUot l1k.lsure related to an oversight board and not an auditor. He
cautioned. the council to re.aUy \:,Qnsider whether it 'vvamed to have employees and the assodah~d
:;1..;penri~~ory resp<.m:;;ihiHties, He felt that transparenl;;y ';;:ould be ach:ievi.->d through th.l.c city manager
go\''Crn.ance appro<H;;lL
.~.fs. Dettman pointoo out that the col..mdl ',vouM onlY h:\\:<:. the auditor ,mo the auditor would he respon::;ihh::
hx hiring and supervising the other staff .she dted !)tiler comr(U,mities thst had an ovcrsight entity that
was answerahk: to the lcgisbtive body. In t<;:nn~ of whether the oversight entity sh0dd be administered by
the J.egistative or administrative brand} of govz~rnn:lent, ::;he pointed out thi;tt there \v<;xe three ;.;:ityman.agers
in on-lcc during the tirne that officers .Magana and Lar.;! were com:mitting 0rim.cs and the model COUld h<'lv(
be.cn institm[:d at <my tim~\ butwa$ not.
Mr. Pry0.r apprec:iatedMs. Solomon's cO!J<.::ems alxmt thi') implications of a charter amendment and his
instind \vas h) he rductant t() opcn a d(y.;::um{~nt as. important .as a charter. He ~id that action i;houtd he
thoug,htful and dl aspects coni;idercd, but circun1sf.an\.~e.s were extraordinary and it was important to
resolw the i:..;sue,~ {!ftrui;t and acc;;mntability. lk Jsked \vhB.t dis<;u~~.;jons thc commi:.,sion. had a,ound OK
signifjca:nll.y different impads in tenm of the trust and .a;.;:countahiEty ofthe two gOVi:~mance models. He
could i>ee trust ls::;u:cs in b()th approacht-s and wanted to choosc the one that ~Nodd l;:.reaw thcmaximun1
~mKn.mt oftrus.t within the c.ommun:ity, M.r. Lme said it was a diffkult d:is<;ui;:";Jon f\.1f the commissiQ!l and
tilt: biggest conccrn about <Amncil involvellient in personnel matters related to making people's Job
poEtical; ho\veve" the eommiMion dtim<'ltdy de\:ided tl1M ::;trudmal independence of the a1..!ditor^::; otTice
from the dlief executiH~ of the l:uunidpd organization was important. 1k :..;aid there >.,'ere r:i::;ks in both
approadles and speculak"f.l that the corml1.ission'<3 ded:"ion Wl1/; influenced by operating in the t;.ontext of
}vtaganalLara and the abuse that zwcurt\::d over a period of years.
In respow.,e to a req\B::i;t from Ms, Tay!or, Ms. Heuman read the proposed baUd xneai;ure hmguagc: '.ShaH
the Eng\.~ne (::lwrter be anleNk:d t(} authorize the c()undl to apfJt!l11t a civilian review hoard and employ a
professional poliee auditor?"
Ms. Taylor noted that the language did nut ::;pedfy any detail:;; m oblig<!te the council to spedf:ic <'lctions; it
asked permission from the votCIS to appz)int and hire, Sh{~ agreed that the puhlk: hearings nKntion<A:l by
Ms, Solon-iOn :.,hodd happen <It a later date, along vlith conslderdbk diseui;sion hy thi:: c-oulleil <:md with tl:\<)
I;;OlJmmmty.
th. Ortiz said her support ofthe ;;:ommi:..;:,ion'g n;CJ~ll11!nendation was not per::;onal with respect to the City
Manager' <3 role or tlK P<llice Department and was nd about pb>.::ing blmnc t~x problerns. She said it wa!:',
ab(}l..jt putting in pla<;e a ::;ystem. t1wt would ensure tran~paren\:y in the complaint proc\;:ss so. that hcr
constituents t:.ould fed there \VaS an 1mbi~sed verson availabk to dis01SS their issues,
.Mayor Piercy solkited a i;ecnnd rotmd :of con,m<;;nts.
Mr. Kelly said that changes to the structure of gov<::nullent a::.-> represe:ntai by th{~ proposed model. would.
take the (;~'1\.:el11el1t nfthe voters of the eniire city, not just a decision by the connciL With rc.speet to
tl:wughHhlne:..;s, he &'l,idme!nber:., of the Communities United fhr Hetkr Policing mga:n.ization had becn
working i)U the issue '"'for decades, "H.e agn;cd that there WM th~ potential. for poEticizing the proceH:., but.
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rz~po!t~~d that pt!tting ove,sight unz'h::T the City 1\-1anager zxmk'i be ju:;t a;,; political as putting oversight l..mdt)r
the City Council. He a.iso noted that the council, as a muhiype,son body, provkkx.i checks a.nd halances
that a singk individual could not.
Mr, Papt clarified that he was in suppm1 of a banGt mCflBure ior the civilian review board, but his conc(.'ffi
was wifh whcn'. the auditor should report. He ~.;aid he v\.'as not yet convinced that the auditor should report
tu the counc!.l and. more thought should be given to that rnaUer.He noted that at ka:;t one of the cities
hst;;~d by M~;;. HeUman did n.ot have a city rnanager fi:)D:n of gove:rnrnenL He rerninded flK: i.~ounl;:H that in
100 I., the Ch.arter Review Cmnmis~;ion exan.1incd the current city managi.~r form of fwvernment and
;;dfirmed that it wa~ the appropriate governance structure tor the community. He said the {xtm:mb;i;iQH' s
ProIK}Sal would change the basic ~tmctu.re of t.t'K: way the City operated and a 90uminuk di~.usi;ion "vas
inadequate for that decision..
Ms. Bettmiln said the council would not be making the ded~ion ab-out stmctural dw.nge; the voters would
decide if thcy \lianted a ne\v WilY of overseeing polio;:: functions. She said that having the kgi.sbtive
branch over~ee the auditor {m(l civilian revie>.;<; hoard would provh:k the key piece z)f ~trud.ural i.ndq:H::nd.
enc.~ that 'Nai;misi;ing. She asserted thM an auditor and a police chief who were in the sa.rHC <;hain of
comrmmd. wew unlikely to disagree.
!'dayor Piercy spoke ofhcr great re;,;peet "f{")r the City Mani:;ger and hii; role. She said. :.,he l:wd given
considerahle thought to hoth a:ppnxlChe~ and, while it wml1d be ::;impler an.d less e.xpensive to move
1.()rward \vith the city manager approach, she Hswn,:d t(:; the people whose advke was ~olkited and would
support the structural independence of the ~\utUtnr and review board in order to rehuild trust in the
cmnmu:n:ity, She wouId i;upport ,-w. independt..'Tlt auditor and. revi\:w board.
Referring tot-"h Bcttman's remark.; about three dty managers taiHng to implement amodd \vhen
problems were occurring, tvk Poling noted: that the council had nGt acted to direct. the C:ityManager to
bring ibnvard a proposal (:hh'~L He sai.d therewa~ an oppmtunity to vote to din;:ct the City~4anager to
h.~gin the proCe.Si; and add.re:;;s the con~{:ms of peopk with compbinti;. He wa;,; concernL"f.l ubont fhe legal
i~;;:'>Ue::; surrounding the ;:;:oundl's hiring of an auditor and subjecting an auditor to nine sllpe:rvbors, He Jdt
it would be a cleHner and qukker proCto"SS to direct the (.:ity lvfanagt;T to begin the proce~s now. He Mked
if there had heen any pol.1ing to d.;;::tennine whether '-\ baEot measure wa~. hkdy kl pas,,,. Me Laue said he
was not aware of Hny po!L
Mr. Pohng, sZ:.-'0ondcd hy Ms. Solomon, moved tD di.rect the City Mauager to bring
back to the council a} a proposed Charter A1nen.d:ment to authorize: a n:view buad
conslstt.c'nt with the Pdi{.)c Commission propo&:d hut not incJ.ude in the proposed
Charkr ;\.mendment the appointlJlent of the auditor by fh;:;: i.~ounCn, and b) a reso-
lution or ordinance caHing an ekction en the Charter Amendment for a Noven:"!hc.r
1005 eh:~ction.
l\:k Poling :noted thaI if thc Jnotion l.!assed it did not mean there would not he an auditor; it nKam that tbx~
City Manage, would trl.()ve forward with hiring an auditor-
Mr. Reily, seconded by Ms. HeHman, moved to amend the rnotkm with a suhsti-
tute motion to direct the City lVtanager to bring back to thi:: ,~oundl .at i.ts i\ugust 8,
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:...t l.J), rneetmg a) a pmpose{ ; after.f :me:n(lm.ent ;.~onslSt<~nt Wit "1 tne 0 l:;:".e
Comn:tission proposal, and b) a re~;;obtion or ord.inance calling a:n dection on thc
C~ha!tef Amendmcnt tor a November e1edirm.
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J\1L Kelty said the mattcr wa~.; one of fundamental goveman;.;:e and he felt the issues were dearly on the
table and before the c\.ml!TlUnity.
i\ts. Hethnan thought it "vas unfortunate that Mr. Poling placz'xl a :tnotion un the tabk: that hask.aUy
rdleck>J the comtm:':nts of one eoun.dkr regarding ~pliJti:n.g the auditor and revkw board functions. She
said the trelnendou.s downside of i:iphtting those two fum;;tions wa~':i that when the Police Commission
deliberakd, It Msmned there was a vast universe of optio.n;>; aV.<libble for t.he check> und bahinces of an
oversight model and those 8.SSWllption::; wcre changed when the auditor governance 'Nas separated frnm
the revievll:h)ard goverm!.l1ce. She preferred to put l1othi:ng on the ballot rather thml Mr. Pohng's m(ltion
and i;upportedMr. Kelly's suhi:ititute motion bcc.<mst;:: she believed that structural indepemknce was the
fundamcnt<d ii:i~.;ue that needed h,:' betaken to fhecomrmmity.
ML Pryor said hi~ Hrst ins.tinct W.l::; to sUPP::f!t M1'. Poling's recomrl1endatil,n, but the connci! Ilc\:.ded to
trust someone at this point. He s.<lid as much a~ he was r\:.h..dant to change the hmdarnental structure of
Eugene's gove!mnenl, taking everything into account he would support T\-f;. Kelty's motion primarily
because it was t.he reeo:m.mendation of the Police Commisi:ilon, w:hich had dune Hli.K:h wnrk and study. He
did not like being pushed to make decisions in 90 lninuk~s bul would support the (?nmmission's reC.Oln-
mendation,
Mr. Pape did not fcd the issue WtlJd be vetted. in 90 m.inutes and preferred_ to have {lnoth~r work ~.;es::;ion,
H.e said that the couneil lacked informati-on on what other cmmnunities with a city manager fbrm of
government had the type nf gnve:mance structure being pmpos(~d in Mr. Kelly's motion. He said there
were many questiOlls that still needed to hz-~ answered.
Responding tn Ms. Bettman's remark,~AL Po.ling ass.erted that his motion \V;:lS not based ~.;ore1y on-one
(:ou:ncilor'~.; connnents; it rdkckd his g>;ueral sen~.:;e of the dis\.~ussion up to that point. His intent '<<'<1$ not
to demean or slight thc work of the conJ.mi~;sio:n as h~ understood how difficult its t<lsk was, He felt that
placing the <mditor under the City Manager was a more effic-knt and effective appn.la~~h ;;lnd spending
:5 WO,OOO on aH election fDr something the cOi.H1dl aIready had the authority to do did not l.nake sen~e. He
".<Iid it was dear that aU (:-l:H:mciJors Wt;'.re interested in impk'nKnUug the <ll.lditor .<md civilianl'Cvkw oo.<m.i
i.mplemented quickJy. He wuJd not unden,tand sp\.~nding taxpayer money on an dCdion which., if it
faikd, the wundl would implement anyway,
Ms, Heitman stated ~.:;he d.idlwt think the mon\:.y \vas wOlth it withoul struetural independence ofHK
ovelxight {;"'Dtity because it w;~H;;ld be redundant to existing rnanagement protocols. She point;;d out that
there Vlas an external auditDr report and recommendationsfsx three years in a row <Uld action wa::; not
takt:::n until the Magana/Lam sea:ndaL With respect t() :.:;pe-:nding funds for <in election. fShe ~ai.d that the
thrce times thc City attempted to pil~,S- a hond k:vy to build a police sVlHon it had r;;likd; it W11S now tiTne to
go hack aud make an investmtm in a "w~feen insi.ead of a f1yswatkr." She said that \.vhether the auditor,
support stall .<md l;;iyi1ian revic\'\' board \vere tmder the purview of the (~ityMal1ager or the cmlucH, the
c.osi. would he the~ame~ the only issue was the fO:m1 of gove.mance.
fvh .Piercy ackno',v1edged that eve-:rynne at {ht table appreclHted the work of the commission and
SUpjXlli:\.-"{l the concept of an auditor and external review hoard and only differed on the stn.wtuml
~eparal;i(}!L
The moti<m to mnend with a ~ubs.tit:ut\:: motion passed, 5:3; Mr, PerEng, Ms, Solo-
mon an.dM.r. Pare voting in oppo~Hjon,
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Tilt.:'. amended motion J.la::;sed, .5~3;!vfL Pn1ilJg, 1v1$, Solomon an.d Mr. Pare voting
in opposjtinn,
Mr, Poling moved to approve fhe Pl11ke COlnmlsskm FY<J6 Wm"k Ph:n as. pro-
po::;eJ. The motion passed unanimously.
The meeting adjourned at 7:1 {) p,!U.
Re~pectfuHy su.bmitted,
Denni.sM, Taylor
City Manager
(Recorded by Lynn Taylor}
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Eugene City Council
Regular Sei;::;lon
Co~mdl Chambcr...---City Hat!
July 25, 2005
7:30 pArt
COLTNC.U..oRS PRESENT: Georg~ Poling, Jennifer Solcmxm, Bonny Bdtrnan, f)avid Kelly. Gary
Pape, Chris Pryor, Hetty 'TaYlor, ,A.n.drea Orth.
He.r fkmof 1\4aYQf Kitty Pien:-y (xmvt)ncd the meeLi.ng ofthc Eugent;; City Conndl.
L PURLICFORUM
Mayor Piercy wekoroed everyone to the City (?otl:n<:it meeting: an,d reviewed tbe rules of the Public
Forum.
Petel' f'erri.s, 1400 C.md1eHght Drive, Space #224, explai.ned that he WiiS the own.er of an older model
trailer in BriarwoodM{)bilc Home Park. He f~"JJ there was a crids in such parks. He related that the
management of the mobile hon,e park indicated 1t might seE thc si.de. of the park on which. h1i-> trailer was
located., He ::>aid park residcnts met w1th the Mayor and representatives of thc Planning and Development
DepartnK11t (POD) and abo with the Chair of tbe J:hmsing Policy Board, John VanL;tndlngham. He
averred that rnobi!e hOlDe' parks :repre~.,emed the greatest resource for afford-able how';lng in Eugene and in
Lane (\mnty, He noted that there were OHT 18,000 mobile l:h)meS ~md 70 mobile h<.)!Ht. parks in tbe
COUHty. He ~.:;taJ.ed that he raid $14,000 for his mobile home. $345 for his monthly space n;~nt, and there
was nowhi;)rc eb~ one could find housing space at that cost.
Han lkrbert, 1913 Potter Street, swmm.H1zed hi~ previous three presentations. He pointed out that three.
critical 1Hsues would likdy dmninaw the Ci.ty's planning and devdopment ag~nda: 1} population growth.
2) the City's role in prohlems related to inequallty ill its schools; and 3) and the devdopment of mixed~usi.::
l;;entem,HekH th~~se iSSl,K~i; w{lukl create new planning ..m.d developrncnt tasks that v..-ouid dema:nd
rethinking the City's role in development, e$pedaHy for larg.) prliects. He suggeskd that a spec:i.ahzed
public agency should bc (ksign~tted for ~nch hrg~~r projec-ts that v;ou.U be empowe.red to fnmmlate
devdopm~~nt policy and act a8 a partn~~r in pubJii.:)private agnx~ments, He thought thc Hou;,;ing Policy
Board, created by the City Coundl in 19B9, and othcr natlnnal ~wd regbni:ll ex.;}mpks could be u::>ed as (l
refen..'llee to help <;Ie-ate this new agency, vY1-ilkhe did not expu'i tb:~ City Cmwell to z~ndorse his
sugge;,;tion, he :asked that 1;:omK:ilor::> con~;izkr Mking its fitaiTfnr a preliminary ~~l,!rvey of the fad~~ related
to the ten poinb he had raised in his time at the podium. Thosc point.; weie:
L The projected populati6n of 2050;
.'} SdlOfA inequailty prohlcrn.s;
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3~ Mixed-lL'le centes;
4, 'The pre~ent organi::r-ation fur pl.anning and development;
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5. An estimak' ofttw ;;-lumging d.ernand f,-,r planning and development service::; in the com:ing
decades;
6, 'The Brookings Report;
^"' The Portland D~~vclopm.~nt Comrnission;
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8. Eugcne Renewal Ageney;
9. The Broadv{ay Place; and
1 n. The affordabJ.e homdng program,
Mr. Herbert felt this i:niornuttion w{)llld provide a fa;::h1al basts fbr a council. discu5;sion on how to proceed.
H<.~ ~mbmitted his te~.;timony in writing.
Randy Prince, PO Box 927, asked the wundl to ,econaidcr its goal f(.,r having an acute care hGsphaI built
in thz~ "IDw-lying an:'.<ts of Eugene." fIe dkd n..~cent geologic findings by Bri.an .Atwatcr that explained
why this area did not exper:icnee th::qw:.nt eatthquakes..Mr. At\vawr, he S~tid, determi1h:.',d that the arca did
not expcdcn;:::e small <::atthquakes, but 'waa pro.ne to large st.bmic event::; at a frequetKY of 300 to 800
yeari;, iovith the last one oceufring in the year 1700. He noted tht: recent change~.; in public polky, 5;1)CI1 ;.1$
more frequent earthquake driIl$ in the ~;chools and the requi,ement that nc""v construction be sut~jeckd tD
careful survey an.d seismic stan&m:ls. He pointed out that there was no requirement to forcc scismii:':
retrofits of City Hall or Anny COl1:lS of EnghK\:Ts (ACOE) dam::;. He unde:ucored thtt land l..ls.e dedsion:s
made in t.he prcsent, StKh ai; one to site a hm,pital along the river~ would last lHme than the iif,-%p;m of
such a building. He said it \Vas ckar, looking at the Multi~H<izard Plan, thc dams the AeOE huilt \vere
bdow the standard8 a seismic event ()f hrreat magnitude would require. He felt the City Wi% subject t-o
inundatiow.; of 10 to 45 feet of water should sw:.h an event occur.
Charles IHggs, 540 Antt:lopeWay, corm:nende,d the PuhhcW()rks l)ep.artm;;::~ttt Transportation Division
for its \vorkshi)p on traffic cahHiug for the Sorrel. Way.an:a, He felt staffh~td done an excdknt job of
fostering grasBWOt.<; ::;llpport and had not (:;;une to the w()rkshop with a prcconcdv,~d notion. of what to
de:"ign. He t.hought the \I,-'orkshup should be held up as an ex.ampk: ti)J" all departrnents,
Mr. Higgs als;;! complimented the. Parks, Rec,eation, and Open Spaee Division fhr its Movie$ in the Parh
program, He s~tid that he recently attended a movie SlK!Wn in WashingtDll Pa,k and noted the high
attendancc. He suggested th,;, division put on movie::; in every neighhorhood thc City could afford to.
n~l1iel ROllyak 29H Knapp Lane, announced that thefC ~Nould be a Eugene Film FestivaL He sai.d he \V;JS
part of the group called Oregon Screeml,-'riter~.; that sought to "'ponsor the ft'<'itivaJ, along with the Hijou
Cinemas, the ~kDonald Theater, and the Univcrsity ofOregDn.
Mr. Ronyak also addresi;ed the bsue of trai.n yard n.oise. lIe asked that the City of Eugene approach thc
prohlem with creativity, such as forming a team of,ehred ::;dentiat$ or pdha:p~ uniwrsity sti.H;knh, He
thought such a team could ~.,tudy the prohlem with a '''widc..open mind." He compa,ed the tf<lins with the
Space Shuttle as both cOHv--cycd cargD and weighed in exceS$ of a hillion pGUnds. lIe s.aid thc shuttle
would dock with the space station in orhit: and th<.~ doddng pr(!i.~edure \vuuId pnxh..K:e no noise wbitsocver.
He wOl1denxl if rn.ore could not be doncto abate train poEutlo]1 from the rail yard t.hat pMaHds the.
Nmthwt;st Expressway. He questioned the need for the trains to slam togdher at aU hours of the nik~ht
with thc same noisc that ~l large anKmnL of TNT might generate. He did not bC.licvc no tedmolugy <;;xi~.;ted
that CGuld mitigati..~ this noise issue. He pdnted nut that huild.ing a berm along side thc rail yardg \t'fiUld dQ
much to reduce the noise and that type ofkchndogy 'utilized only dhi.. He undersw,ed that t.he train yard
should not be using 1 940s technology whcn 19905 tcclmoiogy was avaibble. in wndm;iol1, he rC.lated
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that a Mudywas cf!ndtlct~d on the use of spcaker~.; that would gEnerate a train whistJ.c noi~,e and t{)Cusit
only at inwrsccHnmL
Matt Purvis, 1391 West Broadway Street, a memher for the steering cmnmittee for Chambers Area
Families ftlr HeaIthy Neighborhoods (CAFHN), tha:nh:A the council D:)[ adopting Councilor Hc1tmttn's
motinn directi:ng statTto incOlvoratc opportunity sit.ing as the prim<try strategy fbr a;;:h:kving dewdty
targets in mixed~use centers, He was pleased that the council una:n:irn.ousty supported an approach to
density that would protect the ehamckr of an eswhlished neighborhood whiJ.e doin.g a better job of
achieving eon:-.pact growth. He rz,)itemted tk!t CAFHN dist.ributed its mOi;t recent report to the wuncilors,
lh:: said the report. WM thi:: n;;sult of hundreds of1KlW:i; of work and (~on",;;olidated the information (:ontained
in previ01.ls1y submitted repO!ts, Ik noted that th{~ Fbnn:ing Commi5skm was holding hearings on
development sta:ndards for <l Chambers Sp.;dal Area zone, He shared that CAFHN' was pk,1.se.d that staff
pn..~sEn.ti::d proposed standards th13J agn:.e with mallY of its n;:cou.unendullons.HovleVEf, he wi$hed to call
attention to one L%u.;; in the ~!re<1 of preventing exce$sivdy tut! or large iuGn SLnldl.lres adjacent to
baz~kyards "sta.ffhad pre~{.'nted propo8als that [were} rl.t1.l with .;rror," He avern...'d that the. public W<.lS
opposed to the propo8al, while CAfUN propGsat~ had wide~.;pread supped> He i;uggeste<.l that the pubhc
was wa:khing tIus bsue us a test oflegitin:mk puhlic planning and urged th~ council not to ll:tKk:rwt
citizen involvement.
Ntwman Riddle, 1238 Cre~t Drive, said he read about th.e St. Vincent lk:Paul proposal to do Gutre<'l,,~h to
hornde3s in the parks and it rais<xl his ire. He related thM he work.ed \vith the lj{)mek~s:c p(lpuh!tion [Dr
nearly] 7 years and heard "thotli:;ands" of storks. of"the::;e human being~." He believed thut the problem
h!y in a shortage of sen..-iees av:<dlabk He 1ik'n{'Xl it to rnissing pieces nfthe pn.hk'::m, He noted Hwt
Congressman DeFazio said the area did n;;!t have a h(}mele~;;s probJ.em hecau.se it c(mld he solved
immediately ift.h",,::resi.dents lwd the \Vm. lie thought, like the ovemight purki:ngprognnn, theproposa.t
w'odd (:reate a grayareu that WOUld deny vulnerable homeks~ people thHH the consistent and trdl1SpaWl1t
grievance process they wcr~ ~ntit1ed to as. the proposed a;;:tlOHi; were contrdcted to priVB.t<..~ h~ith--b<!se<..i
agencie$., lit averred that puhlic lKa1t.h and safety wai; the fundamental :t'Cspollsibility of hx.al
govermn~'nt, He said t~) create H "level of oh:::,curity"I:H:{WCt;u the proper <ll..ithorities and the eomnnmity' s
rnost vtlJn<~H!blem.~mhers was a "terrible id~~n" ~md an .'admL.,5ion of failure to ai:~ccpt respon~';lbility:'
l''lbyor Piercy dosed t1K P'ubHc Forum. and called for questinns and cmnmems {mn} the cmmc:i1.
Councilor Fape tha:nkedML Herbert for his ongoing tc~;timony and ai;ked him t{) StlmmarlZe h,s
presentations in writing for the coundL
Councilor Taylor thanked ewryonc tl..1f testifying, She expressed interest in hearing more fwmMr.
Ridd.!e,
CouneHor Taybr a.lso expres.::>ed uppreciation for the work lYk Herbert had dO!w. Shc shared her
admimtio]} .for the work .of CAFHN.
C\mncibr Heltman thanked T'vfL Riddle for "caring about pcople without homes:' She 8uggested that she
rnect with Ium to give him the "full expository" on the ii;$ue. She ~aid the imt:-:nz of the prograrn was to
conduct outre;;icn to homeh::ss people and not to pdke t.hem.
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Councilor HeHman was renlimk:d byMr. Purvi:,,' testim.ony on CAFHN that she had a questiDn reg:;;nJing
the as~.;umptions on density, She thought fhi:: ~wndanls CAFHN based. its proposal on were from. older
policy bnguage and a::;ked that i;taffdarify this fbr 1)e1'.
Councilor Rilly tha;nked everyone for pmviding testimony, fIe 'Nishcd to {oHow up no th{~ mol>Ue how.eo
i:.:;sue, giv'.m that mobile homes represented a $i.f:~:ifkftn.t portion of the low-income hou~ing stock in the
City of Eug~~th~. He saki he would. appreciate a sumnu!ry from the Planni:ng and Devdopm;;.<nt I.kpa:rtment
(PDD) regarding the constraint?, on mobile home pm"ks and \vhether they came from StBJC or lOl.::.Hl law,
Additionally, Councilor Killy :;;t.ated that he had yet to thoroughly revie\v the rnakrial. n:om CA:FUK He
hoped that staff would do what it <;:.ou!d to make S1.lJ"C that everynne was "h~~1ding the i;ame di,edion" in
order to avoid the potential. for eonEiet when it came tIme for the council tD vote on it
City Manager Taylor mentioned that a di.scussion at the Planning Commission k:vd on the lten1 'NilS
pl<umed and thut there would i3Jso be an oppnrtuni.ty fbr council disc1.:$sion in October.
Mayor Piercy thanked Mr. Ferris for speaking about the mohik home iH:me, She thought there might be
som{:: ordinances <'Hl which t11(~ coun.cil could wurk She fdt it was a rek:\i:ant conversatiou, particularly i:n
\XH\Jtmction \vith the council priority issue concern.ing hor!ldessne~s,
tvbyor Piercy aho thankcdML Biggs for giving kudos to (:ity staff, s.<:ying that Hhe uppre6ated his
zxn:ornents regarding the devebprnent of creatin;: s(llu(ioHi;,
2. CONSENT C ALEND.AR
,A. Appn)val of City Council Minutes
A ,June ;l2. 20US~ Work SeS:f;ioll
June 21, 2005~ Work Session
- June 27, 100.5. City Council .Meeting
H., Apprl)val of Tentative Wurking Agenda
(\xmd.lor Poling, secomkd by (\mncHor Solmnon, moved appfOv<d ofthe Consent
Ca.kn<lar,
Coundlnr Kdly stated that he bad p,eviou::;ly submitted on.e corre.eHon to the mim..:lte::> electronkaHy.
.M ayor Pif~rcy :noted the corro;;:tion,
Roil c.<dl vok; the motion Lu approve the (~omel1t Calendar pas~cd 1..iHauin:Kll..dy, 8:0.
3. l}I,JRUC HEAltlNG;
An Ordinance COllcerning Offellsef;: Amending St."ctions 4.105~ 4.807, an.d 4.990 o:f the Engene
Code, 1971; Adding St~etions 4.710,4.7:28.4.822.4,880, and 4,922 to that Code
City J\.:h.H1ager Tayl.or stated that City Prosecuter Dan BUl"koVlc and City A.Homey Gknn Klein were both
available to answer questions, should they ar:!se.
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C!.mndlor Kelly ne,ted that Municipal (\"lUrt had experienced a:?G-percent increascin ;;tdivity and aiked if
thcre had been a reHt.,on for thL~ ris<~, 1\1L Barkovic expia:illt:'d that f,ome O'f the irKfease was be(~ause mpre
cases werebdng rderred to Ml.midp;;tJ CO'urt by Bugene Polke Department (EP.D) oflicert.;, He recalled
that the District Attorney had gone th:wngh a proces.s during the previous year 1n which he de.cided n(jt to
fik as !:oany c~!~.;es. As a result, he observed that more cases were coming through Municipal Court. Ik
said, too, that the increase was drwin part hom lDcused patrols on. vari!.ms is:mes su;;;.h ,t~Driving Under
the Intluence of Intoxicants (DUm, which resulwd in a drHmatic increase in arrests.
In re::;ponse to a question from Counei1or KcHy, Mr. Barkovic affh-nwd th<tt ddinitions in the .language of
the O'rdina:n<:-e were identical t(, thnse in the Oregon Revised Statutes tORS).
City Manager Taylor said, in response to Councilor PapC, that gtaffrecommended the adoption of the
onlinance.
Councilor HeH:man indicated her t.,upport f~lr tht~ nrdin<U1ce, She noted that fin.andal fnuJd crimes 'v'len.~
prevt,::ntabk and thought i.->t.1ucatkm and outrea<:-h might make up for what the City wai; no lon.ger doin.g to
pWHecute such crimes.
Mayor PierzlY opencd the publiG hearing, Sed.ng no one wh!.) wished to spz\"lk, she dosed the puhlic
hearing.
Mayor Piercy asct.'rtained from the 1;;!.}Undkr::; that there was unanim.ous coment for taking action on tht.
ordi:n.ancc at the present meeting,
Councilor Poling, second<..~d hy Cuuncilor So1mnon, moved that the City Coundl adopt
Council Hill 4904, ~m ordimmce con~{;11)ing offb13es~ ~Hnendi.ng $ec:tions 4.105, 4.g0?, .and
4.990 nfthe Eugene Code, 1971; adding i;tGtions 4,710, 4.728,4.82.2.,4'&'80, and 4.922 to
that code. Roll can vote; the motion pas~ed unanimously, 8:0,
4, AC'n(lN~
City .Mrmnger Compensation
COl...lnc.dorPo1ing, sez~onded by Cm.itl.>:i.lor So1ornnn, l.llOved to incn:::asc th<:: City Manager's
compensation hy a cost nfhving adjustment of 2,8 percent effective July l, 2005. RoB
call vote; the motion passed unanimously, S::(l.
CoundJor Poling, seconded by Cm..mcdor Solornon, moved to' adjust the Ci.tyManager':=;
compeni;al1on to Step .5 ofthe salary range effective April 14, lOOS,
(;ounc:Hor Kelly s.aid h.e wai; happy to snpport. the cost of living ~H:ljustment (COLA), but he could not
support the move to Step 5 of the sabry mnge in light nfconcems h.e had expressed in th.e City Manager's
perfon:nau..::e review.
Councilor Ortiz conv--eyed satisfK:tionwith City Manager Taylor's work, She reiated that she had been
ex.ciwd to h.ave him I;;Oln.e into the cmnmun:ityand to her neighborhood and she fe1t he was very
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accessibk^ She i;uppmied wh.atev~;T compen::;ation the City could give hirn,adding th.at h~~ "earned every
penny," She hhm~d working with thc City (::ouucil to "herding cat::;."
CO\n16lor PapzS asks::d ifitwoul.d be possible to create an intermediak }%'l.!ary i;tep, Lauren Cho1.!inard,
execmive director for fh.~ l-luman Resoun::-c and Rii;k Services, r\)sponded that a ditkrent step in th(: s<.'thry
range could he ;~reatoo under exc~~ptjonal circumstances, He added that, ge.nerally -",peaking, it WHS better
to staywitb. the ::;alary' stepsy
C~otH1>;il~)r Pape sai.d while he thuught a rais(~ wai; merited he did not think it should he a fuU step nor did
he think that it should be retroactive, He indkated his oppl)sition t{) the 1Hotion,
Cou:ndlor HeHman oppo::;ed the m.otion based on. the perfonnance evaluation sl1\:: sd.l1nitted. She hoped
that the ~"ituation would impwve over the next year and that then she would support a m<::rl.t increase.
Mayor Piercy ~1atoo that she would, bas~;::d upon her positive reviev,,' of the City .tyhnager'sjob
ped.IJrrnam.:e, support the merit increase should the vote end in a tk:. Sh.~ opined that he deserved a merit
in(~r0.ase in the fut! increment.
Councilor Poling pointed out that <my step increa.se slK'uld be based on the ovendl mting and not on <"m.
indivi.dual. eou:ndior's opinion. He pointed (HJ! that if one tallied aU. of till) rating numbers" City Manager
'laylorn1d the expectation of a satisfactory evaluation.. 11t~ beJiev~<.l the City Manager d<;~serYed the step
inc.ease. He chrifwd tlu!t the reason the step was retroactive wasb-eCB.U$0 it went back to the anniversary
of his hiring in April 2003.
Coundbr Taylor opinoo that a rm~rit r'aise. should be based on more th;;!n.i Ui;t a ~"atidactory rating, She
indkatt<.l that ::;he vlOuld not support the motl{)11,
Roll GaB vote; the vote was a tie, 4:4; councilors Solomon, Poling, Ortiz, and Pryor voting
ytS and c.ouncilof$ Papc, Taykl'f, Kelly, and Bc1tman voting in opposition, .Mayor Pk:rcy
voted to support the motion and th.:: .motion pa::;sed,
TIK meeting adjourned at 8: 13 p.m.
Regpedih11y ~mbrn.iHcd,
D~;::mri~.; M, Taylor
City.Manager
(Recorded by Ruth Atcherson)
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Eugene City Council
W ork Se~.;sion
McNutt Room---:f:,:ugene City .Hall
July 27, 2005
l<.lonn
COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Poling, Jennifer Solornon, David Kdly. I:ktty l'aylor, Gary Papi:,
Andrca Ortiz, Clu:is Pryor, Bonny BdtrnatL
Her Honor Maym' Kitty Piercy caned the Ju.ly 27 work sesi;lon of the Eugene City CowKil to orde"
A., 'VORK SESSION; Ain.mlltl,JQint Meeting with Eugen~ Phnming Cmnmission
Mayor Picr(:y Wt:!comed. thcn:H::mbe.a; of the Planning Commission who wcr.) in. attcwlmo;:: John
Law1e:,;s, MitLj Colhath, John Bekher, Rick Dlincan~ Randy Hledj.k, Phillip Hudspeth, and Anne Marie
Levis.
Ci.tyManager Denni.s Taylor introduccd Ading Phmnlng and Devdopment. D~partm~ntExecutive
Manager Su~an MUlL
\-fs, Mu.ir reported that. one of the Planning Commj::;sion'i; primary act.omph~.;hmen.ti; a:,; p<trt of the City
Council prioritization was to fo,.)us its wOI;k based upon the eouJldl's priori.tie~LMs. .~.fuir opined fhat
fbcHS enabled :"taff and the Planning Conuni::;skm to be more effective and effk.ient with the counci1\.;
help and disdpEm:. in setting priorities. She said ocea~ionaHy itcms from prcvious work prog!'<H:n.~; or
commitment:; n:t'ld.c hy fonner :;;taffwlxmim...>.<.l irlcmn:plete. She h{)ped that those itetn~.; would be approved
by the City Co),mdl [IJX inclusion in thc Fiscal Ye.ar {FY} 2005.20D6 work program so that the Planning
(:ommi~.,sio!l would have one wDrk program. This would help staff to i"bcus andm.ore ckm:ly underst,md
the council priorities.
i\,ts.M:ui:r ,Jffen~d ll!l update to the FVOS Project Surmnaries jnduded. in the dmft FY06 \Vork Program.
Rtferring tOpHg~ 164. Du}mtuH"~1 and CuurtfWl.lse .)ssoGiated pn:"de~~hl, she noted that. i:l City ("\mncil work
scssion had been ~;chednled for September 12,2005.
Referring to the Goal 5 (Nmural Resow'ces) project:,; ou page 164 of the agenda pH>.:'Ket, Ms. Muir said the
Pbnning Connnisslon made a dedsioll and r~conl!ncndation to the City Coundl on July 18, 2005, that
would b(: wmi:n.g to the eou:nci! 1n Sept{:-:mber 2005.
Ivb. Muir S<.tid L<me County W~tS the kad agcney on the t:nu?rgt'ngIss?u?s projects. A contract had been
awarded to FCO Nmth:\vcst to complete (j :;tndy ofthe buildable hmd supply t~)r the wrmnerdallindustria}
study feview. The project should take <tpproximatdy six months tel complete.
Hd~1Ting to the City Council Priorities/Planning Division .FY06 Work Program on page 164,~.h.Mliir
~.;aid the highest priority item,Mixi::d. r.J~e Ccnters (MLlC), could be modified tZ) reflect the City Council's
July 20, ZOOS, HI0t1011 to amend High Priority hem 1 to include opportunity siting. Ivh t>,{air suggested
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that Item 42 on page 169, cntitled ('unduct comprehensive rn'iew ~lthe elf}' 's zoning map in c"(F{!/um:tio}l
1Vi'th f),'{S(;[ nwpping, be incorporated into Mi;"'<cd-Use Centers,
M~,,!\{nir intmdw:;:cd John Lawle3:'>, Plarminf!. Commission Frcsident. Mr, L.lwkss expre~~sed. the
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apprltciation of the Planning Commission for the opportunity to talk with the City Cou.nciL He invited the
council. to ;:;:ajJ upon the (.om.rni~.;sioners when issues arose related to Planning COHnn:bskm work pn::,gram
items, ~m.d ai:;ked for "real-time" feedhai;:k that provkk.d a venue thr responsive conm:n:inkation,
Mr. Lawless commended staff t"{)r 1ts efforts in helping the Planning Cnmnli:"sion., noting that th(~ work of
the commissio.n had. moved smoothly and efficiently due to staff assistance.I'his resulted in the (xmnnis-
sio11 being ~!hle t(l addres:'> more of the hik~h-priorityitcms on its work prognnn.
Mr, Lav;r1e::;:" revle'.:ved the cmnmission's blgXqniority Accomplishmen.ts. He noted the "Chambers
Rec(..>nsidcred" public hearings had heen very productive. They den:w11strated a high level of cooperation
and collaboration with the citizens in the affeded neighborhood. He noted that th,;) Eugl;:~ne Redevdopy
went Advisory Committee (ER.A.C) recommendations for dfjwntown had been a vel)' coHaborati.ve process
that brought people with different per::;pectives together tn z~Olbborak <lnd share their ideas., B()th prqjects
occurred in a very progressive f<.1rm.at that hid;;! tQlArH:lation fbr future work
'Mr. Law1es,<; said discussions on th~~ ahem~tiye path would eontinue, and it would be H<)t ody an
;;tltem<ttive path, but also~! <<path of di::;covery:' The Planning Cnmroission l.ooked forward to citizen,
commu.n:ity, business, and City poEcyinput as a1t<;:mativ,~ path recormntndationi:; were developed,
1-k Lmvks::; introduci...xl Commissiom~r Randy Hlcdik, who otIl::Ted a brid1ng on t\-v<;! \lpc:oming high-
priority itcmB,Mixed.lhe Centers CMUC) and the South BiUs \Vildhlb Hablt<lt Study, He ~;aid the
c{nmnii:;sion's Gri;t objective was to' complete <l review of the (~harnbersMLC.rh:: n)ported that there lwd
heCl1 a high degree of hr<,rdvemenL t}-otn th<;:: (,hamber~; Area Familie;,; for He.'llthy Neighborhoods
(CAHFN), and noted that the infonnal, tll1al public hearing on that issue was held on July 26, 2005, The
main the.me.s that l;kvdop<<i from this f.H'ocltsi;i.n.duded:
* The degree of densifkation., ~!t least in this neighborhood, and prei:;erv~!ti.on of private open space
appeared to he the key:,> to pre:,>efving the neighborhood chamcttc'1'.
*' Ne'N tooL., that \vereloc.'lHty-specific 'vvere being considered. C.'AHFN, stan: and the Planning
Commission wen) looking at ;;t unique <!pproadl to reguhting height:.; and sethacb in thh pwce;,;s
as one exmnpk.
. (}t.her ndg.hbw:'hooos '\-wre 'vvatching this process very ~~a:rduHy. It was premah1w to know if the
tei;SOns that were k~!rned from this proceS3 could apply to similar work in other neig.hborhoods.
Mr. Hkdik said the commissionwo'llkl ~!bo look at the River RoadfRa3or Park MUC, one of the nriginal
eight priorit.y nodes. The commission's review worlld be a timely supplement. to t.heRiver Road/Santa
Clara Tr<.mi;itiml Project provided the Oregon Departmt:'nt of Transportation (ODOT) tr.an:-;portatiou
growth management Cl.'CHvt) grant was appro-ve~l 'rhe project 9loutd ,~a1t in l;;tte 2005 .and he ;)o:mpkted
apprm;.imately two year::; later.
.t-,-1r. Hled.ik said t.he commission was alsolooki.ng at rheWaln.m Station JvH.K';^A1though it \Vas one of the
original 33 MUCs, bec.w..!~;e- of other devdopments in the area, 31lCh ai:; the L~me Tnmi:;it District {LTI>) BU.i;
Rapid Tum:.;i! (BRT) station at the University of Oregon (UO), the cum;truct.ion of the federal cO\Jrthm.lse,
a po::;:-;ihle new un bai:;ketball arena, and the potential .for a111~5 h'rid.g(~ mmp, t1K' ;;irca WM ripe for
<;ommen.:-iaI redevelopment so a coordinated planning dTortwas wammted at this time. He announced
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that the Planning Cornmission would ::>tart discussing citizcn involvement eftbn::> in Augn:,;t 2005 on this
proiect.
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iY.k Hkdik n:.:port<;;d that tbe Planning Cornmission was also continuing olJtreach and co lla bomtion with
neighborhoods reg;inling the. MUCs, Staff rrmde 28 presentations that were showing gl::nerat support
Rmong the residents for providing smaU shopping opportunities withinneifEpborhood::;.Not :,;nrprisin.gly,
ncighbors w,;:re not keen on introducing Lratlk into their neighborhoods t(~r shopping, nor were they
particularly keen on \,valking do\vn establishcd bllSY streets kl th~e :;;hopping center:,;, Continuing concern
existed aOO1.lt demiiil.::.ation in the neighborh{}(.lds. The initial flndings of theMUC status report should be
available in time for the Octoher joint mcding IJct\vecn th.e City ('i:H:mcil and Planning Cm1ll.l1is::;ion.
T\.1r. ffkxhk said that bascd on the City CounciL's July 20, 200$, work session, the Planning Commhsion
\"01.11d als.o address ()Pportunity ~.;iting, which the cornmission und{;1'.stood w be i1 strafegy to put density
where it made the most sen:,;e, and not just anywhcre or evcry"\vlwre, i\dditionally, the Planning
Conmrission planned to rev'kw the long-range grmvth pf(~lections for the community to ddermine where
future populations could fit in.
ML Hkdlk sajd thc s;;-.ope ofthe S01.!th Hills Wildlife Habitat Study w(mld encompa:.,::> 7,OOn acres aud
2,000 separate lots. 'rh{:~ f<KUS z)fthe study was to dctcrrninc the exknt to '-v-hlch thc natural resources
cOl.lld kg,dly be pwtede<..i, rather than protecting the importance of the natural re:~ource::> involved. Much
{}f the south hills \Vcrc either already built up orindw:kd a good deal of still hui1dabk lands, Thl::
Planning Cornmii;sion would be i;truggling with the i:.,sue:..; involving regulations, incentives, aud perhaps
eV{;11 acquL<;ltion in appropriate cases.
i.v.kH.kdik said if success in achieving a balanced outcorn.e in thi::; t;Te of a land usz~ matter could he
mt.Hsllr-ed by how little contn}vemy a final project generated, the water reSOllH;e conservation pl<m ;.:md
ordinance coming to the (:ity Council in September r{;-presented a f(iir job of halancing. The relatively
small number ofissues that w,~re r.ais.)d at th.) Planning Commission.'s final Goal 5 hearing ;:::",~idcnccd this,
Achieving a :;;imibr level of balance or puhlic acceptance for the South H!l1H \Vildlife H.<tbitat evaluation
coutd well require ;;l ;sirnUar and considembk ;;tmount of public outreach as thM provi.dcd by staff and the
Planning Conrmisskm for the GoalS etTixL The public outreach proc~:.; Ui;ro fbr Goal 5 ~.;eemed to work
well in inkrming the public ahout objectives and r'amifi.Gl.tions of that effort and :;;hould b<:~ considered ill
thi:..; undertaking as wel1. The Phrmiug Cormnii;si()n \vrmld bef!Jn work rm the South HUb pH~je<;;t in the
tall.
Me Lawless introduced Con:~miss.i(;{wr Fhillip Hudspcth, ~vho addresscd "Building Effcl..~tive.Rdati.on.-
~,h!p~," Ik asked if the council wa:;; getting what it ncz.:xbd from the Planning Comrnission, and hGW
;;:onlmission <;;ould providem.orc and better information to thl..~ Gou:nciL He asked if Gonndl "l:mddkc,,>,"
en:l<l!1 and written communications, and individual rneetings \vere working fhr the cOl.-mdt
M.r. Hud::;peth said the Plmming Commi::;sion was looking lurwaru to the October meeting, He i;ald the
I::om.m:iss.ion wantcd to bc :more eft';:::-:ctivc in pnw1ding dirz~ct input h) the City (\mnciJ., and asked if it
would he eflbctive to have a Planning Cormr!:isi;loner attend City (' oundllm~etings whcn the (:ou:ndl
dcbated iss'\.lcS on '~vhich thc PJanni:n.g Commi.ssion had workcd.
;vir- Hudspeth sa.id identifying r(Xorrllnmd~!tions for successindudcd recogn:izing the difkrences i.n the
rotes of the C01,;n.;:~'U and <;::onunission t() ensurc succe%. Hc cited the Jury :~6, 2005, Planning C.lmmission
public hearing on the Ch1'Hnher:~ Recon~iden..:xI Project a:., a good example -Gf positive citizen involvement
under Mr. Lawks~.,' leadership,
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Mr- Hudspeth asked how the Planning Commii;i>ion ;;-oukl be mo,e effi:,>ctive in t~m~ca:;tin,g major tn:~nds
<Ind }xJlky i~.",uei; '8ith the G{)~mciL
Mr. LilWks~ said the Planning (~ommission \.vas wide opcn to s1.,ggestions from the City ('<-n.meH thut
(:ould b<.'Come a kit of tools tZ)i" the cmmnisi;ion,
Mr. Lawk.,s ",aid the Pb.nning COlumi::;:"ion W<'l::; excited ahout the October j;:)im meeting, and was hoping
for an infonu.at meding with .an open di~doglJe without the meeting being wrapped in formality, '{'he
commi~sion looked for'Jlard tl..'r addressing opportu:nity siting, thc R,;:giun 2050 planning efknt, ~md in-WI
lSSUes.
Mayor Piercy called f()r council Gomments and questions.
Mr. Ke!ly expressd his appreciation to the Plllnning Commission for it~ hard, important \vork He was
disappointed that fW:ecn months afkr the City Cuuncil made it ~t high priority~ the alternative p~tth work
Wlli:; in its infancy.
tvrs,~\1 uir ~,aid the Planning COlnmis::;ion conducted three wo,k sessions on alternative path::;. There had
been H) search at the f;Jaffk:vd, and outrea.ch to the Americ;;H1 Phnning AssO\~iatkm (APi\} and other
groups as the City Council .had suggested. Ms, ~v1 uir had been re~t;;-.hing out around the state to find (}U( if
there ..."ere. othcr exanrpks in Oregon that she (.oukl n.~vkw and one was t.)und in the City ofWi.b::mvi.He.
The Eugtme Ph.uming Comnllsslon intended to meet \vith the Wibonvi11e Planni.ng Connnisskm, and ;,;taff
was exploring gwnts for te.chnkal .assistmKe ;:md other res;)urcl.% to fnnd th;;:: projl..xt
Referring tD items 14 and 42 in ttw Pwposl;:~d Planning Di vision Work Jln..>gr.arn., ~-fr, KeHy said they were
similar but n.ot kk-ntical. lwm 42 oCGtmed. after the Clty adopted the La:nd Use Code Update (UJCU}.
There \vere ~t number ofpost~LUCU work program items and thc c:oundl sdecte.d dw top three:, whk:h
incl.ud.l.od Item 42. Mr- Kel1y opim.>J that Item 42 wai; mud). mme than MUCs. It v.as ~.;tepping ba<;K
citywide and looking at the oVl;::mlJ contOH:rS ",fEugene's zoning and what wa.~1 g(ling where.
RegardIng opportunity ~iting, 1:tr. Kelly j,',aid opportunitk., for redevelopment out::>ide of a MUC for
selective densifi<'::<tt1Qrl. should !x~ hased uponpopu.latio:n predictions.
T\.h Bettrmm thanked commissit..,ners for their presentation and for \'1orking eoUahorativdy workhlg with
citizcns. Shc also thanked the cit.izens ,<\ib.l wok the t1rne to he inbrmed, tn he actively engaged, and to
work with stIff, Ms, Bdtman said ~.;he was interested in th<;: downto\.vn housing p.lan pohcy analysis. Now
thai. the item was finished, she. asked what happened next, as it was not fon-Hally adopted, On the erral.a
$heet., she nohc\.-'"{l the density mmlbers were corrected. She i>aid the <;;t..'rre;~tioni; wen~ not consistent "vith
the ::>ummmy, and asked if it would be changed.
Mr. Yelk, sai.d the DowntDwn Housing Jlolky Analysis (DHP A) was completi..'"{.1 a:" an informationa.l piece
or staff report that was not f()rmaUy adopted, It was an analysis of what was awund the d,;!\vntown area.
There was a bit of Opp{wtunity siting that identifted underutWze{'j arz~<l::; and historic :"ites th;;lt might be
wmthy ofprcserv.ation. The DEEA will bt~ a. good information piece k~tding into the broader discussion of
opport.tHlhy siting and <;odd serve ai; ;;t t<;s\ CMC when l.~oB.sidcring how oppormnity ~iting might be used to
~iuppnrt change,
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Ms. Bettman said aS$et mapping wa:=; a hroader tOGI than the residential density target 'Nhkh tQok into
;;tCCGunt looking at thi; ;.~om.rmmity <m.d ddermining where the City had oppmtunitks to <lchieve a broad
range of djtTi.~rent strategies such as looking to the t\lture at the Willard School, tht L.<m.e C\mnty
Fairgrounds, and Civic Stadiurn and determining what was n(~~'kd an.d 'what opportunities existed. If the
i:nwntory or mapping \""er<~ done abx~ad of time, it would be easier to phn. It wiB be a component of
looking at'MUCs,
Ivk Pape thanked the Planning Commis:,ion for its w{)rK, noting that ye~lr in and year out, t.he commission
\vas {h'e hardest working body of vohmtecrsin the. City, edipsd only by the l\:Ake C ()m.rnission during
the past ;,;ix mmltb. Be expresi;e<.l appreciation fi.>r the coEaborative cffmi in which t.he commission had
engaged, noting that the el.iminatkm of overlay zones brought more dtiz<,::n.8 to the t~hk to work on thdr
particular areas. He thought the CAHFN had done a mod.d job in 'working with the Planning Cornmission
and City CounciL
Mr. Pape reviewed the upcorningtAtJC area studie:;;, and as.ked\.vnat \',..a~, going on with 29m Avenue and
Wilbmt;He Street area. Principal Plan:.uer Kmi Y dter s.r:id that area had not (fl.l.<t1W.ed fOf the TGM grant
funding from the Stak of Oregon because i.t was not l(X~<jted on a State highway. CurrentlY there was no
t\.mding, and an of the ~.;talr resources were Ji.)cl.J~.;ed on other pr~jtcti; lii;ted on tht priority list.
1vIr. Fape a:,ked why Rjver Road/Rasor Park MUC was moved up on the priority Ji;,;t when an area ttu!t had
intensity and vi.sibility armmd it,like 29~h Avenue and W iHamdk Street, did not get attention.Mr. Yeiter
said the \vnW from the State W.<!:; that River Road ~vas. promising, Sinee Rivt:rRoad was an Old territotial
highway, it '.vas a Stak pn.~bkm the City had inheritetL The State had tumed down 29lh and Wil1~mletk at
lea;,;t twice in the past. Another ,--'ption ti))" the South WH.lamette area was transpmiation issucs. lfbus{..'S
werc remuted or the. nUHlber of through lane:, Jbr automobile;,; WiIS redw.:::ed, there wuuld be spHtover onto
other n.orth~so:;'lth art.:;:riats. A bro,wkr, area widt: transportation study had been on the wi:;;h Ii::;t for a long
time, and ::;taU z::.out!nuezi to look fix opportunities with the hblk Works D<':Tmtm~~nt It ronained an
expensive Hem.
Mr- Pape said funding sometimes lead prioriti;;::s. 'fhere ',vas ;;t lot going on in the River Road/Santa Clara
transition area and he was not ~Mre it needed to be $e-<.':oud on the TvfUC list. He regretkd that tJw ,~ouneU
had changt~d the City's Goal '5 diro..--:-tion. I'vbA Muir sai.d st.aff wa~ in the e~J:r1y phases of trying to
understand what kinds of work and resource:=; would be requiredfiJr Phase 2. of Goal ), It meant there
would be Jewer resources tor ;)ut:reach, edueatkm <lnd implementation,
Mr. Pape also reg:retkd the direction the cOtmdl was taking nn the alternative path project. He ClJllclltf.:;:d
witht-.Jr. Kdly's commenti; on alternative path tmd suggested estRNishing a time1ine for the pmjccL tvk
Muir said then:~ would he (l strkt timdin{~ if a wdmk.al as::;istance ~'Tani i:Vu.s received.
:Msy Taylor said she ,-vas happy with the change in the GoalS din:.ction. She .asked whtn Hero 42, one of
the mo:4 important thing$ tlwt was listed would be ;;tddrcssed, noting it had been a higher priority in the
past.
lvI:;;, Muir said a timeline lef those items listed under "Other" had not been devekrped.
In req:K)!1Se to a <.p...iestion fTom !vb- Taylor, MS,Mui:r said the cIvic center "vas listed as an emerging iSSll{;$
as pmi of the council priority {Dr a new city haJl and civic centcL City Mznager Taylor added it wai; tied
to the (~onncH' s goal armmd City facilities in the downtown area.
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Ms. Taytnr asked what had happend to the walkahiiity issue. Ms, Muir said that wa.s partJ.y al<mx~
O,,'I.H1cit ofGovermn.ent:=', (LeOG) project. 1..COO hired con;:,ultant:" to conduct a walkabiJity survey, Mr.
y eikr ~aid he had not seen any fmth~r inD}m:wtinn from LCOG. He added that was tied imo !1o',vmuch
change could he done to that street without i;htdying Oak Street and Hilyard Street
l'vis. Taytnr said f;;he was itnpn;si;~d with how lJlJKh "vork the Plmming Commission did 'V'lithoutn::udl
appredatioIL It wa:=', good that th~c Planning Commi~,sion listened to CAHFN, but th<~ h.::4 communi:;::.atkm
the 0ourK:lj had was that the gwup was ::;til.1 very concerned -<!hout wrne areas in \^J'hkh it thought they
\vere not being: heard, such as building height,m.inin:mm sethacks, an.d arabk bKL Mr. Lawl~~.; said he
personally fdt that last n.ight"s very open dialogue brought those small di1Teren<:-es together and in HK
scheme of thing::; they were n{Jt sm.al1, but in the number of initial issues only a. handf\ll \v\:Teunresolvoo.
'{'he Planning Commission was very open ahout. asking if there \verc umesotvtd iSi;U~S.. His impre~sion
was that the meeting ended in a very agreeabk I~ti;hion with a high level of trust. 'fhe df;;tH docu.rnent
would be moving forward with minor mnendmems, It \vould he looked at again by CAHFN, other
interested parties. and the Planning CommissIon bd~ire the flnal recommcndation went forward to the City
CounciL He bdieved that the priDr anxieties were disp;:;:Ued last night.
!vb- Taylor ~.;aid :="he was glad the ndghbors were working on saving their neighhorhood, and thought their
efforts might transfer to other neighborhm}(l<;, Building: height was really importunt in both the Charnberi;
area neighborhood and in south Eugen.e, She ash~d if the ~dkrnHtiYe path wf'Uld i.nvolve flexihility on
!'Cmodding p<;~nnits,
Mr. Poting extended hb thanks to the Planning Cml1m:is~iol1 fbr the \-vork it does, not only this P~!:)t year,
but also all the other year::;. He a:~ked for c.bri:tlcf:ltkm on th,~ timdine II}r the Parks and Open Space (POS)
Maskr Phn, He a.-:kcd \vhat issues. other that the routine update~., to the 19R9 plan could be expected. In
response, Ms, Muir said it was ~.,chedu!ed ibr the Planning Commission hl {);.;:"tObtT, She So,id thii; w<::~, a
shared item \vith Puhli;.::\Vor.ks playing the Iead role.
l\.tr. Yeiter said .Planning staff had been reviewing the <lnttl docl,..menti; with Puhlk Worb !:>tafC and. it
would providt: some guid<::nce l{)r future acquisition:".
Public Worb Director Kurt Corey reported the plan \vould provide a {.~.wnprehensive view of everything
involved in Parks, Recreatkm and Ope.n Space., A pn;jed list, similar to the Facilitie!:> Plan '.;vork~ would
be developed. Ultinmtdy, it would. be a guiding dmmment that WOUld ariv>;: policy de;:;:lskns around that
type of developm.ent and future i:i.mding inclu.ding bond is~mei;, etc." H)!' the next 20 yea.r::;.
'fvtr. Poling aske.d :if the plan would look at lands. in themfxln tn.m~.;iti.o:n area ~!~.; well as what was currently
avaitahle within the dty lhniL." thus induding aU of the axc<'l within the urban gmwth hou:ndary (UGH).
..Mr- Corey repl.kxl it would be written from a planning perspective.
Mr. Pnlint: ;;tsked if notification WOUld be ,<<cut to the aff:cted property owner:) who Evt;:: outside the city
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bl,.it \vlthin that uitn1n tnm:..;ition area. My. Corey said as a tand use is::;ue, one of the next steps in th{~ path
was flUng the plan vlith the State Dep;;Htment of Land Conservation mld DevdopmenL (DLCD), The
protx)sed scheduk on the Ph.inning Comm.issioH agenda. contemplat.ed ::;orne reasonable period of tilm~
sub:)cquent to th.at flUng to have t; hill public inpu.t pro<:-e-ss.
Ms. Muir noted that the Planning Cnmmission agendaB were postoi on thf: Cit~/s W~b pag(: and im<~reste.d
pmties can check there st~Hting in October if they are intere~~ted.
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In n:'~pons.e to a qu~tiDn from 'Mr. Poling, "fv1s. Muir explained hO'w fhe opportunity :riting 1anguagewould
be added i.nto the high~priorjty ikm~.;.
MaYD!' .Piercy said. the MUC pwce~s provided opportuniLici; for succe:"s whiJ.e presenting tm~i()r cbl11enge:"
at tb;:: ~.;ame til.ne.
M<.i.yor Piercy saidsl:te heard i.n the community that there Vlerz~ some d.if1lcuhies. getting QDal 5 makdals in
a timl;:~lymanner for review. She expressed her appredation thr the "buddy" system ;3;<KI was interestoo in
continuing th;:;: dialogue. She said it was important tn get out in front of the d.iscu::;skms so the Phum:ing
Commi::;sion did not do a lot of work in a direction that the council did not want to go. Mayor Piercy said
it was. important H)r the cound! and commis~ion to ~tay tuned with each otheL Although the eouHeij may
at timz~s disagree with the Planning Co.mm:issiou, it \Vas important for the ;~ommis"ion to unden;tand that
the council'::; often had w address conJlicting nCt<.b,
Mayor Piercy caned on. thc council ii)r a so..::ond rOlmd of que:..;tioT1S and. comnwn.ts.
My. Kelly said there was inevitabl.e tensiOll in some oUhe discl..lssion~.; beCilu::;e a neif[.hhorhood's priority
uJl.(krstandably is the ndghhorhoDd, whereas the challenge that the Fbnn:ing Commission ;;md the council
faced wasboking at cV{;'fything in a citywide context. Being listened to W:<1~'; not the ::;ame as being agreed
with~ and that Gao create tension if the Plarm.ing Cornmisi;ion w.kes a different din~ction than what i8
recmrmlended by dtizen:., or the cormci! chGose~; a di.reetbn that varkd. from tht"; Planning Commi::;:"ion
reeommend.atio!L 1t did not m<~.<m the i)ollnci1 ignored the ixnnnlission; it ~;imply meant that the coundl
:,iJred through all the information given. to it, wl..~igh;::d it ail against other fad or:.;, and made a decision.
Mr. Kelly said what CAHFN had b,x~n saying was that an opportunity siting discussinn wa::; needed <1:"
well ai; a need to 00 realistic. rfwhat happened in the end did not {;'fode Hvahility or th.; property values of
those who invested in the neighborhood, then good things were happening.
.~'fs.M\lir said the tradi1ion.al.l.and u~e !>roee~s would be used. for the update of the J. 989 phm, meaning
there would 00 ~1 noticed Planning Commi~.;sion work session follo\ved by a public hearing, f(~lbwed by a
recommendation to the City Coundl. The council. would aho hotd a work ,~e$8ion ~1nd a publk: hearing,
Referring to the Historic Review Board (URH) wOl"kplan,M:,. 'l'.aylor asked if the Santa Chra school. W;;\s
ahiBtoric dte.Ms. 'faybr asked if someone \vas going to stl,.ldy the building, <1$ she under"tood the lire
did not toud1 the historic part. She hoped the :.;tructure would he saved. NfL Yeiti..c'1' underswod thM. the
~lchnol had n.ot hcc1"l designated and it had not heen studied further since. the fire. He i;aid it was not
cllrrently part of the Planning Divisl<m':, \vork proh'TanL Furthermore, the River Road study did not go
north ofHe.\tline, thus would. not include the. SdlOOl site,
Ms. Ortiz reported that she met with Ck<Jrge Rus~;eH, Superintendent of Bugene School rk4rict 4~J,
regarding the Santa (Jam school. The school. district pbnn.ed to selJ the buHdin.gy Thl;:: River Road/Santa
Clara. Park and Recreatinn Di~.;trict was hDping t{) purchase that site.
Ms. Ortiz understond that the fire .<.1t1e.cted the rmliu structure. It wml1d wst a i;ignifi:e-a.ut amount of
money to repair the part of the building that shared a common. ,<vat! w'ith the histork s,~tion> The .Engen<,.:-
School District 4-J School fkjard would decide whether it wanted to put mnney into the bl,.li1ding,
Regarding Planning Commi::;sinners attending City Council medings, Ms. Taylor thought it would be
valunhle tf} have commii;sioner~.; available '~vheu the council addressed planning mhlted issues.
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["h, Levi::; ~aid she too strl1ggkd with the. lengthy tirndinehx alkrnativl.~ path L%ues, Sht c<.nnmended
staff fur looking at the ahemative path issut8 in a n<::w way, She. e:xJJfes~.,ed frn::;tration bec;;tuse m.any of
th€~ neighborhood phms "vere outdated and there '..va::; no fhnding avaHabk to update the plans, S!V~ !:laid
that outdated neighborhood plans arc a l;:ritical is.sue for each neigbborhoo..1, ,>vhieh was not a;pp.areHt to the
neighbors until tbeir neighbodKlodhad anissuc,
Mr- Poling, seconded bytvb, Taylor, moved to .appro\'-c the FY06 Planning Connn:isskm
Work Frogram cont.ained in the attm::hed ryOS Annual Report including the Hi8tori.c Re..
view Board FY06 V/ork Program.
Referring to the DHP.A,Mr- Kdly ::;aid p,1rts ofit were very 'weak, pa:rticularJ.y in its recmmnendati~)m; and
in accomplishing its desired stated purpose of looking at central city residential stock and quality. He 'NilS
!:ltruck that there was outreach to four neighborhood.s and (:a(~h of the tour neif!)lborhoods spoke strongly in
S1.,pport of de.sign standard:..; or desif:~ review, There 'Na~ potential for that to tic into opportunity siting
and a recent initiative .about '\knsity done right"
l\'k Kelly expn::sseJ. concern that the Planning Commi:,;sinn outreach on fhe po:"sibk downt.own :lone
wmlld be n.~stridcd to soliciting tt~edh(lck from theER.A.C, Although in:putfh:m.~ th~!t f!F)UP \vas vah;able
and repn$t::nkJ. a diver~e gnmp ~)f c.itize,ns, they had a specific fhcu:" that may be very different fmmbnth
the m'~1ority of prop{:~rty owners within. the downto\vn :lone v<'ho would be .afi:ix:ted and the bro~!der public.
Tvir, Kelty noti...>{J that the tim.dine i',-)!' the minor land use code amendm{~nts, Phasl.~ 2, had slipped. f>Ss,
Muir eont1nned that .a broad public ou.trl;:ad~ proc<:::ss wodd solidtkedback on priorities -thr thoi;e,
amendments,
Ms, BeHrnan said ~;;tle would ~.,llprort the motion with the understanding that the I'AtK'::;were evolving as
weB as the downtown plan, She hoped t.hat {.)reB.tion. -;)f an urban ren(:waJ district wm.Jkl be conskkr<:::d so
money \vould he <.tvailahle to reinve:,;t in order to provide the infrastructure and do the kinds of sHe
sp\::dfk planning th.at are no::(lcd.
Ms. Bett:man reealkd that when ;;tltern.ative path was first d:iseUSS<<f, ttK: h:y component was workhlg with
fhe neighh{}r::; and the neigh!x}rh(xxh, and she did not wani. that to get lo::;t.
Ms, Hettman said she suhmitted art-Tort 15 years ago to Pla.nning ::;taff that provided percentages of the
ne<~d tor l1on..j(n::al (:ommerci::lJ v'CfSUS residential zoning in plannin.g for long~term popubtion growth,
Mr. Pape said he thought theK \overe rn:i.xed~use Bxms \vith higher pri.o:ritks tbm t.heH:iver R.oad/Santa
Clam area, and a.sked to have those prioritiei; reviewtd. He was disappointed that the City did not .'get -\mt
in fmnt of' the 29!hAvenue and Wi!J.amette Street ri..~kvdopment and \Villard SdHx)l to take advantage of
opportunities.
.M'I. Pape said although the siting of1Kl$pitals <.md other lnedi<::<il use ~tre~t~.; wa.s not part oftbe Phnning
Commission \\iork program, it was important to grasp ways with which to get out ahead of the is,~ue.
'Mr. P<.tpe noted that the City of SpringHeld mu:l Lane County ku;l b(~~H pob1ic.ly n::evah,wJing their
participation in the shared. Metro Plan. Ms, Muir sitid there. had been discussions regarJ.ing the pn>pos.ed
public s.afety district and t.he i~sHe h.ad come up at the staff level as welL Shz~ understood that Lane
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County was looking ut the pro;,; and cons of t.he M.etro Phm.Mayor Piercy acknowledged that '[Vbyor
Leiken did an opinion piece whne he m~~nti()Hed the iSi',ue.
Ms, tvtui.r clarified the motion. Staffundt:rstood that if the motion passed, it would indude the change to
adc.pt the motion on opportrm:ity siting and the MUC h.igh priorities,
MfL'raylOf, seconded by Ms. Bettrnan, rnoved to am.end the motion to moy-c Item 43,
which is the remand a.n.d used to be at the. top of the lii;t, to the number 5 posit.ion, and
move everything else down.
tvlL Kelly sairlithad been a hnkst.anding concern of his that what COW1CU said. was a high priority often
'''drifted awav:'Havlnu said th~lt, there was. \:::mTentlv s.o much on the high-prior:itv list that he ecould not
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:>l..lpport the rm>tion, in spite of the bct that therc had noth{:en ~lny progress on those important i~.;sues,
Me Pape wncurred with ML Kel1y.
tvh BeHman said :..;he consistently heard over the years from constituents that this W.1S anirnportant issue
hsuesimportant to the community, such as the pfot~:ction ofherit.<lge tr<xs and the loss of that canopy,
~>{en:; more important to the cormnunity than Hl0:..;t ofthe UJCU is::;ues that have heen proees~~ed by the
Planning (;ornmi.ssi.on. and City Council.
.Mr. KeUy asked City .Manager 'fayk>r to have Public Wor:h ;;md Planning return with a proposal to
address {JHly the tree ordinance i~:..;ue to take advantage of the good \vf)-l"k done on the tree ordinanee In
200(t
City Manager Dermis Taylor s~lid it would be relatively easy to ptit that together and bring the ii',:..;ue back
to the City Council in a narrower scnse than is envisioM:d in the PUD draft \vGrk program,
Ms. Taybr concurred with M::;. DeHman that there wa~ nothing more important to the C{.lmnlunity than
protecting its trees and cvery week that did not ha:pp(~n, Eugene lost more tre(~s,
Mr, Pape :..;aid he did not want to imply tD the puhlic that Eugene did not have tree protections, lk
betieved tlK~ City's curre.m histork tre.e presecv--.ation was not regulated properly,
City Attl>mey Gk:nn Klein s;;lid the reg:.:daHons that were in phct.now on trte~, were the same ones. Hwt
were in place prior to thc rcrnand. Cutti.ng trces n.~qu.ired per:mlts u.nder eertain circu!:nstances depending
upon whether the property was developed or not developed, They also required permits dependi.ng on the
number oftrce$ to he (:ut, Permit applications go to t.hc IJrban .Forester, so thew were protc,..--:tion.s that
were currently in phtce. The protections that would have heen ill place had the tree ordi.nance not been
remanded wert) improv--cments over \vhat was in pia,)e today,
Mr, Pape s.aid the Euge.ne Tre.e Foundation was working nn .historie tree designatkms .and asked If there
were any regulation::; around hi~toric tree~. Mr, Klein i;airl he w.a~.; not aware of any.. hut there were
provisions in the eharter that n;-latcd to some very old trees within celt.ain rights~of.way.
Mr. PapC ~aid m~my historic tn)c:,; werc in the public domain, and he appreciated that they W{;1'C not
dh~turh(:d. AdditlDnally, there was puhlie int'om1ati.on provided by t.he Urhan Forester prior to any of those
tree~ being i:;u.t dD\llH.
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J\1aYl.r Piercy called for the vot,;: (HI the mnend...'11ent to t.he motion.
'rh,~ ;;tfncndnwnt to the motion failcd, 2:5. M:,>. Bettnwn and ~h. 'Llylor voting in favor of
the motion.
Ms. Colbath offered an ovcrvko;',v of s-<;~yeral i~';$ue::; the Planning Conunission \vas addressing. She
repnrted that i.nteractkm with n.eighbor;:; and ndghhorhood~; had inljm.l\led dramati;:~any during the past k-w
yeari;, starting with the East Campus Pl<:n. She ;:;aid that intense ,~t;:lff interaction to work. out the
difficuJ.ties as wc!l as last night's puhlk h{:~a:ring pnwid~~d a venue f{)r an op{:~n dialogu.c\'<'ith enthu~;;iastic
and dedk.ated re~.;idents in thencighborhoods. The Hanning Commission had consi~.;tently Been that the.
neighborhood phmi; were, outdated and were Grcating difficulties. It took abt of effort from staff to do
this but it had been a worthwhile venture.
Tvh Colbath said tht Planning Commis(:>i.on was looking f()tward to conti.nw...>J n..~edh>{ck from the coundl
as it worhxl through Ballot Measure 37 issues.
Mr. BekhCf thMk<::d j\.fayor Piercy and the City Council for the opportunity to serve, noting it was a
challenge at times. He saw t\VO issucs, Ballut Mea~Rlre 37 and the (!rowthManagem<:-nt Study, whkh
would c(',j1tinue to be dmlknging fir the cnmmunity;
.Mr, Kelly said thcrew<!s Cl.HT~lltly no definition ofwhat "Other" me.ant l:n the Planning Connnhslon':"
'work prok,.'Tam, He asked that such a definition bc ind;.H;kd ill next year':..; pre:K'ntation to the City Coundl.
He again thanked the ;,~ommis$ioners t()r their good work a.nd a good discnssknL
Mr. Pryor cxpressed his enormous appreciation 1(.yr the Planning Commission. lIc .looked fs..,rward to
working with the Planning ConHIl1ss1on on .~lome ofthc very thorny, diff1c:uhpwject;:;. The commission
did the incn~dibl.c amount of homcwork <md study that c.(mndbrs did not have the oppOltnnity to do. He
W<!5 very r-diant on the s;;ommi::;sion\, smdy and perspective on many of these ii;sues that had been very
helpf1.11.. Hc .lookcd fi)f',vard lo \vurhng together with the Planning Comrnission.
Ms, Levis expresscd appred<!tion lurthe in..Jepthway the councilloo.h~d. al1 th.-::se issucs, Unfortutwtdy,
tim<;~ would nd allow an opportunity to talk a. EttIe hit m.ore about rdation$hip~.;. The, buddy i;ystern was
helpfuL She appreciutd Mf. Kelly's cormnent that just because the coundl did not agree with tl:H::
com.mii;sion nr did not go the way the commissions recommend did not mean the l;::oanci! had not listened
to the comrnission, There had h.)en times when the cnrmnission felt it had not hc@heard. (?reating theBc
beU<:.r rdatkmship;:; wai; a 'Nay to help the commisdon understand iSS1K':oS ii'om thc cOl.mcit'i; perspe,ctive.
(?ity M;;lnager Tayk.r tlum.ked thePhnning COlJill1is:;;ion and the City Council for setting prioritk~s ,;lnd
keeping them, noting that if priorities .are sct and work OC;:~lJrS on the highei;t prioritiei; first, tn.ore is
accomplishcd. 111a1 was the City's experience :oi.nee di::;cip1:ine had been. imposed last yeaL Hc saw not
only the rdationship betwcen. the City Council and Plamling Commi~';$ion growing, but alS(} the reb.tion-
ship behveen the Planning Commi:.;;:;ifm, City Counci.l, and the community. He appl;;ludcd the c.om.missirm
and coundt thr their foet.ts and dii;dpline.
ML Belche.r thanlwd Ms. Muir for the hard wnrk she had done, noting she had been very efi:i:::ctiV(~ since
coming to the City,
Mayor Pien:y said from alternate p<!ths and oPtxntunity ~.;iting, to talking about tension, ndg:hborhood
plans, mixed-use, and R;tHotMca55.ure 37, to working togcther more effectively and more often, she hoped
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aU those thing):> WGuld contimw.
?v1aY(Jr Piercy calledklt th<;~ vote on the arnendment to the moti()tL
ThemoLion pa~~.;ed unUnim{Hlsly, 7;().
.Mayor Piercy a:unOUfKed that fedenll money for a num.her of thing;,; t.he City had wl>rkel..i f~}r as a
commu...'1ity wa~ sta:rti:ng to come in.
The m.eeting ~adjourned at 1 :28 p.m,
Respectfully ~ubmitted,
tknnIsM. T~tyl()r
City Manager
(Recorded by Linda Henry)
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McNutt Room......El..lgene City .flail
August 8, 2005
5:30p.m.
COUNClf..(jRS PRESENT: George Poling, J<;~n:Hif.:"r Solomon, Bon:ny lkUrn<m, David Kelly, Betty
Taylor, Gary Pape, Andrea Ortiz, Chri~.; Pryor.
Ivlayof Kitty Piercy calkd the Augu::;t 8, 2005, work session of the Eugen~ City Conned to on:kr.
A, COMMTIT.EE RKPORTS. ITEMS OJ;' IN1'.ER.mrr FROM MA VOR, CITY COUNCIL.
AND CITV MANAGER
Mayor Picn;:y m}kd :"everal hems of recent intGest to the t.omnmnit.y, rcporting thM the previou:" \veek a
federal tnm.::;portation hill had pa,,;sed and R~-presentative l\:ter IkFaz.io had sectin...0 $55 million in federal
funding fix L.<m.e C\mnty in the hiLl. She reported that she hadM.r. Pryor reeemly trl<;;-( with S<.mb Clara
citizens. She ~aid she attended the kickoff of thl Oregon Crafted GuidelxxA, noting-Ms:. 'Taylor had aho
been in attendance at the event. Tvtayor Piercy i;aid she alw celd,mted National Kkb Day with the Boy:"
and Girls Cluh and. h;:::ard Cole Porter musk at 'fhe Shedd. She partkiptted in ~t c-eremony commen:Wl"at..
ing the loss of life at Hiro~h:hna and.Nagas.aki. Mayor Piercy said that aU had heenimportant and
interesting commn:nity events,
Ms. Soknnon had 110 item.s.
Mr. Pryor said the mayor's remarks addressed. most of his items,
Ms. Dettman Hsked if the agz:)ndas of neighhorhood m~etings C01..dd he included on. the puhlk rnectingi;
calendar- CUl:ri;ntty~ most meetings have general ndghborhood is,~'ues as the hsted agenda,
Ms, Ortiz reported on the grand opening of Fire Station It that iJcc-urred on j\ugust. 6. saying~.:fay()r
Piercy and Fire ChkfTom Tallon spoke and the event was ::;ucce~sfuL She had been able to vi~"it with
m.any st.<dYmemher::; and had a good ti.me.
Ivk Pape said he also attended the grand opening of the llre st<ttion, and he Hgreed the event. went well an.d
had been a lot of tun tor participants. He enc01l,aged re::;jdents t.o vi.::;it the station~ which ,vas. designed tD
fundion as a neighborhood center.
Mr. Pape i;aid that the Lane ('(mncH of Govemments (LC()(r) Board hdd ~t phnning retreat the previou:"
mDnth and it appeared t.hat LCOG would co.n;,,::entrHte on tnm::;portatkm. and ez'kwatkm is~ues, He. W(ll;dd
h.<tw mS;jre to report nn when LC(}(, Maff finaEz:,~d. the board's goals tor the cc'ming yt'.<ir.
Mr. Pap(l t.hanked Ms, Taylor and Ms. HeHman fo, their \vork during the recently completed legislative
ses::;jDn as mz~nihers of the CouncH Committee Qn lntergovernmental Re.htiol1s. lk thank.<~d lnkrgovern-
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mental Relations Director Jascm. Heu::;er and ;,ib;ltf members Lii;a Klernp and Kdty Brooks {o! their work as
'NelL Mr. Pape believed the City realized many of it::; goals during the sessiv!L
Mr. KeHy ah;~rtcd the pllbiic that the wunc:il had been discussing future plans for th{~ City Hall con::p1cx
and downtown City ofncz~sin gener',;\l. The <:z)undl would be getting into thaJ issue in more detail in the
futuK Then~ was a public hearing s<:hduk"tl on the topic during the 7:30 p.tn.. meeting occurring ,}n
September 12.
Ivk Kelly a~kcd that ;,itatI consider additional ;,:,ignage along the bicycle path askingpenpk to travel on. the
right side ofthe path to reduce coniliets h;;::tween Cy;;-bsti; and pedestriani;.
Me Kelly also expressed appre(:iatknl {or the new fire station, particuhrly the green huilding techniques
used in construction. He thought. the buHding was an:::hite.ctun-dly pleasing, ~md said he under::;tood from
Fire staff that it was also a V<;TY functional buildin.g,
Ms. 'faylor said she enjoy<;~d her strv-ke on the Council Committ.ee ol1lnt.erg;)vernmental Rdations.
Regarding the 2005 Oregon Leg:ishture,Ms. 'L;lyJor said shc was hr,ppy about the retention of the ;,:,econd
passenger train and the legislature's agreement to allow ()regon communitks limited participation i.n the
federal Forest Legacy program. She suggested there w'cn:: several pbcei; in Eugene where tho::;e funds
<;~O'uld be llsed tor acquisition ~md expre~.;sed hope that staff would look into how to apply for the funds.
~k '1'aylor commendcd the. mayO'r and i;t.<tffDJr the time they :..;pent showing the rnayor of Katm.andu
awund the cornmunity. She thou~..ht he appn>cchikd the time and enjoyed his visit tremendously. Sh<;~
hoped the visit re..energiz<;~d thc City's involvement with the Si:..;ter City Program.
Mr. Poling also <;~xpr<:,'SsCi.:l apprel;::btion tf.X the fire st~(tion opening and thanked the ::;taff wll{) tzxk time to
visit with his grandson.
.Mr. .Poling Sa1G that th{~ repairs on \ViJhkenzk Street were cm:npkt<xL He ask<:.\.i City Manager Dennii;
Taylor if the City had any :"tandard it applied to companies \'lith which it contracted. for flagger::;.He said
that he heard rnany complaints fmm constituents regl1rding the pcrthrman.a: of t1~\gg(~rs durin.g c~..mSlmc.
tion and the con.fusion cn;:ated by the Haggers and traftlc Hl.anagement plan.
Me Poling noted tnatFire Station 1. W(l~; no"v completely vacated and. starfwas op(~r.ating out ofthe new
do\,,'ntown1l.re stadoR
}.k Poling expressed appreciation fix the re;;:.ent mu1tkultural fe;,:,tival at the Sheldon Cornmunity Center.
It '.;vas a well.attended event. lIe thanked staff from Parks and Reere.atlon and tbe Polke Department fix
their effnrts at the event-
City Manager '1'aylDr noted the upcoming Volunteer Appn>cchtion Picnic occurring on August 13. He said
theh,rnnut was l,.'$uaEY'lery gzx.xt and the volunteers rtpresented many thol.ls<.tnds{}fhzmn; OfW011 and
m.any diffen:~nt C:ity program.~.He invited the councilors to attend the eV[~nl, \vhich would be hdd at .A.lt.on
Baker Park from 5 p.m. tn S p.m.
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U. \-VORK SESSION~ CfTY COriN(~lLPRIORlTY ISSUF.r-HOSP.nAL nl~VELOPMENT
IN 'rUE CEN'IE.R CORE
City Manager Taylor iutrudu<x:d the item, ree.aUing that in 2.0G4 the council had adopted as its onlY go""l
that the ~;;iting of a hospital in the eenter core, <m area defined as <12.1/2 mik area an>und 2"4 Avenue and
Chamh<:Ts Stn;~et 011 the i;outh side of t.he river. 'fhat god was eanied forward in 2005. Staff had pn:vanx'l
an action p1ankr the goal (A.tt.adune.m B in the rnetting packet) that outEned a thnx,>.phase pnx:ess.....Site
Sekdion, Planning and Design, and Con:~t.ruction-tz) accomplish tl:k goal. He antidpated a three. to
five-year process before a ne"l,V hospital could be buill.
City Manag{.'T 'raylor rcminded the c-ounc:H that th~ City reached the outline of an agrecm<~nt 'with the
MeK;:;:nzie..WiHamdk Health Center and with staff from t1H:~Eug.eneWater & E1c.:tric BOHrd {EWEB) iu
Fall 2004. He recalkd that on;;:: of the issues thc council discussed at its Dec{''11:lber 2n04 work session on
the Sll~jcct Vias the hospital':..; stipulation that it~ location on thi;: EWER site depended on the <;;i.)Hi;tmction
of an u!1dcrpa"~s in the Patterson Street ~m~H. Staff had developed a f1nandng and conf,tnKtion plait tl))"
that facility, anticipating the coMs would be repaid by thc tax incxement generakd by an $;~;5 milHon
hospital located in the urhan rene\val di~.,tricL The cOli..'1cil ah,(l discu::;f,ed purchasing th;:;: riparian edge of
the EWEB property to ensure it could control what occurred in that area \vith regard to pedestrian and
bkyc1ing connections. Funding \Vas induded in thc tlscal year 1006 budget to support the $taiT \vork
/\.t th.is point City i\fa:nager "faybr j,',aid., ail the elemcnts under the City's control \ve.rc in place, The
outstanding Issue that remai.ned was site sdectkn and. land <I$serribly, wh.ich precluded the Chy fmm
executing an agre.ement that allowed it to be!;,>1n to design the undcrpaj,',s, The City lacked <.lnly l1 finn
commitment or ti.mdine from the hospital tor the purchase of the EWEB site. Sp<;~aking to that iSi;ue, City
tvhnager Taylor $aid that at the.la~.;t EWEB meeting, E\VEB :4affreconnnended the commi:;;sioners pur::;ue
the move of :,;ome or aU of its ope:rat.i<.)m to a new site in a pha.sed ml1!1ncr. The commissioncrs dcdbed to
adopt the i;ta1T r<x:omlm~ndaLion, and instem:l directed stafT to l;:.ontinue work on the engineering and
;:m.:hitedural design nece:,;::;ary fbr anxrve that occurred either in phases or aU at once. Hc antkipi;lkd that
work would not be done until mid,Nove:mbt:L
City tvhnager Taylor acknowledged hope th<:t the i;ite tm:nsadion would. h.ave already o<;t::urroo, darifyhlg
the location of the hospital in time to influence the cert.ifkate of need process through "l,vhkh the hospit.al
h.ad to go, aHowing E\VEB to put forw<m:l a refinancing proposal thii; year. However, that would nS:Jt be
the ca:,;e. 1ne City'::; plans remained in effect.. Stafrwa~, prepared to move f!)lward vlhen n<x:essary. lk
added that {h.i: work the City had done with regard to phtrming l{lr the 1,.m.derpaH~., had application not Oilly
for this project, hut for othcr projects in. t.he urban ren.ewal district.
Cit.yfvlanagt:'f 'l'aylm acknowledged t.he work of Acting Phnning and Devdopment. Director Susan i.v.luir,
Assistant City Manag<;T Jim C~u'bon, Public \Vorh Director Kurt Corey, Keli Oi;bom (If the Ph:rmiug and
Development DepHrtnlenL and Sue Cutwgeorge of the Centml Servlcei; Department, who were aU pre:..;ent
to answer questions it'D-eeded.
tvhyor Piercy called on the .~.ollndl for qucstions aHd cou:nnmts.
M:..;. Ortiz. determined fn.nn the manager that if the hospital did not HI..H:-ceed in securing the HVfEB i;ite, the
coun>:-Ll ~ldion plan \Voul.d. n~)t go ti)nvarcL
Ms. Ortiz a.sked if the City would offer a similar package of a::;sistance to anothcr private ho::;plbL City
Manager Tayior believed thc City would offer a simitar pad..:<ige to a development locating in an urban
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renev;al district that \Nodd l.everage at k~st $85 rnilliou in property tax improvem,;:nts. He i;aid the
fHlckagc in ({1,H:'i;tion wa:;; ::>pecifk to the hospital. at that sitc.
Ms. 50lmnon :;;aid the conndl had been \vorking 011 the iswe fbr ::;onw time and it did n.ot secm rnu;;-h
progw,>s vIas hdng made. She believed the City had done what it <;:l>uld, and it \vas up to the hospital and
'E\VEH to resol.ve the site acquisition question. Ms. Solomon aiked what the hospital's "drop dead" date
\vas, if the lKlspital had a "Flan B," and if staff had discus~;ed other potential site::; identified by the City
\vith thc hospitHI. City Manager Taylor said that 'M.cKenzie-\Villmnette Hospital indicated its first choke
~He wa.s the EWE.R lo;:;:atioR Tb;: hospital had not indicated to him or other City staff that it had any b.a<.::k~
up ~.;ites. He ~knowledged there was ~lpceu!ation about th,;: tbirgwunds as a pos~.;ib1e site fbr the hospital,
but he emphasizcd that W<tS spt:cuh.ttive. Another option wa:" f()r the hospital to rehuild in its <:;un:ent
bcation. OtlH~r than thc EWEB site. rqn'Csentatin:s ofth.t:: hospitallwd not been specific about other
~ites, and :n..~maiHcd committed to muking the EWEB ::;ire work. Ms. Solomon aiked how l.ong dw hospital.
\vas prepa.red to wait for a decision. Cltyl\:hmager 'l'aylor did not .kn;.)w.
Me Keily applauded the stafftc<'in1 fbr the thorouk{hnes~ of its work
Ivlr. K.dly hoped that the EWER l;;ommi::;sioners becarne com.t"()rt.abie with the propo~al. as he eon.sidcf<;:d
that site th<.~ hest av-ai1abk site., fk said the "rumor mill" seemed to have quieted somewh,it, but he \vimted
to be dear that McKemie-\VilbmetteMed:icai C(~n.kr in.dk:ated that if EWES t\;Hy or pmti.<tHY1ni.wed, it
would make use of the EWEB headquarters building i{rr medical offices and other ho:;;pital fund.ions.
M.. Kelly spoke to concerns abc>ut the rip.<.irian edge, saying part of the plan was for the (;hy to az~quire a
strip of property along th<:: rivcr to improve thc native. e.nviromnent and bicyck ac;;:ess. in the Hn::H. He
appredated the manager m.eutioning those points,
\'fr. Kelty rett:;rroo to the. Patterson underpass, and said that the previous fall the wuncillooked at several.
options for required emerg(~n.cy acce~s. One option involved ex.ten.ding ,.'\gate Stn::ct through th;;:::
Riverfront Rei;e~tn::.h Park. Seveml councilors,ret1ec:ting what he Hverred was communlty ::>entiment,
suggeskd that the extension w'O'tl.ld (~ompH;::~ate the is~n~~ by creating additional public controversy. Roy
Ocr of MeKt::nzie--\Vil.!-<tuK;ik indieatt,xl ihen that if the Patterson extension w-<ts in place, tl:mt option i...~ould
be dropped 'frnm consideration. Me Kelly Hc.kno\'ik.dged the lack of a council vole on the tc>pk but said it
stlemed to b{~ dropped from G.H1:"ideration. Howevcr, the packet included a. map that ~howed a connection
from A.venue l\ e~t~>t to Agate Street Mr. Kelly requested an explanation ofthe note,
City Manager Taylor recalled thilt the wuncil had previOUSlY seen the lJmp in que::>tion, which was an
,:.x.<mlpk of a solution, thol.tgh not nt::cei;sarily the prd'<;Trc;;l solution. If(: aske.d Mr. Corey tl) speak to tl:w
issue.Mr. Corey ,':laid the extension was not '\m the table" M pa:i of thc discussion. staff Vla~ having with
the hospita1. He ::>ai<.l the pnx:e:>shad 11(~t progn:::i;Sed to the degree where the City had hired .<t cn~ultant t<.l
examine opti.ons kg" el'Of-,sing the tracks. 'I'h<:: plans before t.hc cound.1 were conceptual in n.ature. .Mr.
Kelty determined from Me Corey that it was nnt the City's intent to o.)n11ed Agate Stred thmugh the
process.
Respondi;n.g to a qucstion frmu .Mr. Polin.g, City Manager 'faylo;, recalled t.hat the council set aside
$5{)O,OOO as an initial incentive!}.}!" a hospital to locate within tb-;~ preferred area, rfthe real estat;;.-:
tmn,-:;a(~ti;)n ht1\vc@. thc hospital and E\VER did n{)t come to fruition, he\vould ,em,n to the c.mmcil [(j
verify the City \vnuld continue to {lUe, incentives within the preferred a,ea.
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Me Pohng said therc \\'M an <'urban legend" cin::ulating that the City was trying to three thl.~ issuc by
directing the ho~pital to the r;VJEB siti::. 'fo the l;:ontra.ry~ they '.\fere the only "tWI} players at the table
talking." He \vanted the public to he uware that ifth(~ proposal did nnt C('ln.e H:rrough, the council would
continue its "vork to locate a hospital in the are.a kkntified hv the council two veat"i; alfP,
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tvk Pape also th{l:nh~d staff tbr its \vork. He noted that a hO$pitaJ in centr;;dEugene was the <::zmncil's only
goal tbr 2004, which '.;vai; Hot mentioned in th;;:: agend~ materials. He wa~ di:..;appointed and frustn;tted by
the lack of progre;:ls. However, 11<:: acknowledged the resoiution to t.he issue was not comph:~tdy within the
City's purview,
Mr. Pape said ifE\\lEB nee(kd additional funds to finance its move, he believed it would be too mu<-:h f.:)!"
McKenzk~Wmmnette to pay. He a::'<ke<.l about theho$pita1's reaction to the proposed \::ost of $67mi11ion.
City tv.bnager 'faylor clarmed that was. not the offer the hO$pital had made, and hc did not think it '<vas a
price the hospital would be wiWng to pay. He also did not think that \-vas the expectation of the EWTB
eommissiomTs with regard to the sale, \Vit.h regard to the real estate tra!1sa~~tinn, t111.c ci)mtn:issiomTs
v;ranted W know how tlK utility could mov;;:: in part or at once withO'!.l.t <rffect.i.ng its ratepayers, 'rhe
es.timaLe of $67 million wa.s above previou::; e:.:;timates. City Manager 1'aylor did not think there was an
expectati.on. the real estate trans.aMlon wm.ikl cover aU the CO$t~.; of moving the utility at the price:" that had
been qu.ok<.L
Mr. hpe H$ked if EWEB had come up wi.th at1mmdug pian. City Mllnagc!" Taylor said he d.idn.ot think
so, 11w hoard was waiting f\.lr f"inal !1tl:mbcrs.
\\-'llileMc Pape agreed withtv.k Kelly that the EWEB sHe was the he~,t on.e of an avaHabk, he vlondcn~d
\-vhat it wO\lld take to assemble <, i;ik nx~<\r th<~ tairgnmnds and ~uggestt.d a ~tafftemn be fbrrned to look
into that potentiaL City Mam.1gc!" 'faybr said because ofMcKenzk~WHhn1<:1te 's t'-)CUS on the EWEB sh.),
that work had nDt be>;:;n dmle. rftht. ho~pitallooked tD another site, the City WOUld ",;ofk with it on that
He :"aid the ho:"pital was not i:nkrested i:n t.he fairgrounds at. this t!rn.c. Hc thought itpr<)mature. tor the City
to initiate i;uch an eHhrt \vithout a Higm.d from the ho~pitaL
Mr. Pave s<lid ttwt until there \VaH more dear direction about what would OCClir in the future, he preferred
:.:;taff to halt work on the FWEH site-
Ms. Bettm.an agreed with Me Kelly and T\.-ff- Pape that the E\oVEH $ite was the be::;t avuihh1e for the
hospitaL She ad.Jl0\l,'kdged that some conununity mcmbers had other visions lor tb;~ $ile, but if{he
ho::;pital did not locate there, it did not Hlean tho~e visiml$ \vould be realized, given the constmint:" that
existed on th.) property.
Ms, .Bdtman 1wted that EWER's plans for !"doeation indtll..ied <::xpansi.on. tor futnrc gm\vth. Shi:: did not
think the utility expected tho~e costs to be captured by the ~a.k price of the property, Tho:.:;e cOHb woukl
be illCllITed and tnmst\:Trcd to the rate.payers re.gardkss ofthc hxation. She did not know hc,w EWEB
would "get aroun.d that,"
tvk Reitman aske.d why theE\VEB eom.misston;;::rs ,<vere n.ot taking any action beyon.d requesting
enginecring $tudie::;. City Manager Taylor did not know. He did not think staff knew dearly why the
cl)rmrli~i;ioner~ <lded as Hwy had. He ttH;!Ught tlw ,)ommi.ssioners hdievdl they needed more time. 'fhe
con.mussioncrs h.ad been working on the 'EWEHt.,..iast<::r Pl.an for roany years and w'.anted to incorporate the
decbion into that planning and did not wRnt to be rushed into a. decii;ion without due diligence. The
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<>~llnmi3sioners :"eerned to bdkve there was.a benefit to movil1ll in phases but they had not come to H Bnal
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Zkclslon.
Ms. Bdtman::;hamd the fmstmtirm of other councilors that the City had tZ) wait \vhik other:..; Hlade it
decision and 3uggesi.ed the City should take actiDn to int1uence Plan R She beh.~ved that if the fai, board
put the hirgrounds on the labk it. \vodd ;:;~ause a mass exodu:" from. the ~dj~!(.~ent ndghbod10ods and create
a ring ofurhan blight. She s~!id. those who she talked to v; ere very conccrned all.out the issue, and that
someone other than them wodd decide the fate of their property values. and where they Hv;;xl, She urged
caution with regard to that i;ikM:", HeHman wished the:re wm, a "\'vay fi'Jt the City to sit d("}v.m with
""""'ht;""rtM'l'~ 't'l 'd .tt "'w''''''lh,')lKl. .~. n"let, b "St'" ,'t .p:, D
~epH:$UJ,a :\.e.o~} ,d; :h.bf.H..a, an ge 0 :tv:. Ol^. ~ ,w .6Ve:lu-e <lrh. ..mln, ,er", lver. S!.e as . J.an .
~{'KH" ,-u'dth"h.,,'tn'M""-"i't., 'j,,' !-.')n<1\..=., OY'dCl"'h'nSt>..~;.... H'
. t. e J ,eg^e. e ..<;;. ~)Spl.".l ,.~4U U,), S hH\H In,er<;;st ll1 t le 'c. r ~vll.ue <b ~ mUl I.:t.,>. TZ.e, .':i"~" , <.
did 1X}t think it made i;ense 1'0, the City to do design work then,; or at the fairgrounds until it heard from the
hospitaL Be was not. inkre~kd in stopping statYwork on t.he E\VEB site, although he suspected the
amount of effort \Vai; low given the activity goi.n.g on in other arenas, CityM.an:ager 'Tay!or <,!greal
City Manager 'faybr said. once the real estate transaction was <:;omplete, there wordd he more opporhmj~
tks fix City involvemeni ar;;nmd the tr,deotls that would he involved with regard to the riparian area a:"ir.
related to pedestrian and hk.yde access, envimnmental prokctioH, and the hospital design, He said the
hospital would be requ:ired to prodllo;~ a master plan, which would b<..~ subjed lQ public review.tv.tr. Kelly
agreed then;~ v;ould he oPPOltunities fbr publk input in the futu,e given the many hnd use proCl:.SSt;::i;
1T1'lolved.
'Mr. Kelly said for several months in 2005, a diverse group of dght people with both devdopmt:-:nt and
enviwmnental iutere::;r::;, the "RiparianIstas:' met togethe, to dL.,cus::; riparian dz~vdopn:H;~nt principles,
'Those pr1ndples woul.d be. presented ~!t the City Club on ::kptcmh<..~r 27.
Mayor Ple-fCY called f()r a second round of cOl.w.dl s;;ommen:t.-:; and questions.
Ms, Ortiz pninled om there was aJr;:;~ady a hospital in Eugene, Sacred Hemt Hospital, ,md that was not
mcntionedin th.~ ,~oundl ~!genda rm!terlils, She had no viBion for t.!KE\VEB site, although she w{)u!d be
<..~xcited ~!bout a hospital at 2:Kl A venue and (;hambers Stn;:et. Tlwt made sense to h{;'1'. T\its. Ortiz noted her
employment at Sacred lkart Hospital and acknowledged the Cbl1k-nges peopk: tao;~d daily in attempting
to reach the hospita1. She would not stand in the way of the coundl'i; prevlnus diR'Ction.. hut the proposal
to locate a hospital at the EWEn sik "did not fly" with heL She pointed out tk!t Sacred Heart':..; current
location wa::; within the 2-1/2 mile mdius identified by the i.xn.mci1, and it 'Nou.ld have more of a pre.sence
in the downtown core than it originally planned ',~/hen it d(A~kh::<l to move i;fHne operation::; to the
Riverfk-nd campus,
Speaking toMs. Oltiz' i.~onu:nents, t\.-h Dettman said the reason the identified radius :included tb:~ ;;-:urrent
S<u;Ted Heart i;ite was in case it decided to retain a fuH emerge.ney room ~md diHgm.1i;tk services at that
site. That sik \.vas also eLigible for th~ ince:nti ves being dhcussed. 'Ms.Bettman emphas:ized that the
c(}l,.lm::i1 wa:..; interested in locating H .fllll-scrv'ke hospital in. downtown. h;::w;;eHealth, the operator of
Sacred Heart Hospital., had consistentlY indicated tbat was going to occur at r.heRiver.Rcnd i~am.pus.
.t\1 s. HcHman ~aid the coundl had. the <!hility to consolidak property and ::;he suggested the City begin to
consider way:" to do so at 2r~l Avcnu(~ an.d Ch~mbcrs Street a::; an attractive Plan.R She sugg<.."%te.d the City
be proacti ve in that effnrtmther than wait for EW.EB to act. She thought a lot of people in the c.mnmunit.y
wouJd be g.n..1tcful ifthe City took that ,approach.
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Ms. Hettroan referred ((3 pag<:. 12 of the council meeting packet (/\tt.<v..::lnnt::ut B) and ,ecaHed t.hat Avenue A
WH~ previc'usly removed as u:nnei::ded. She wanted to take out the bnlk1ed. item at the bottom of the Dclge
, '
rdhencing that before the council a:ppmved the plan.
lYk Poling, seconded hyf'vh SoIOn1i)U, moved to appwve the propo:'>edHmpital Tkvcl..
opmem in the Centnd Core Acti<.m Plan,
~v'hL Sobmon said she would support the plan for the time being. She was not interested in <::::ndorsiug tht
Chambers Stred and 2nd Avenue site as a Plan H at this. time, She thrHJght it would be in the best interest
of the public if th<::: City went "lXll;;k tu the drawing hoard" and Jooked13J sites pfevkll..i~.;ly identifjed both
within and out.side of the ],..112 mih:: radius. Ms. SoloHKln sugge::;ted that [z:)examination would invdve
reprt::sentative:..; ofMcKenz1c-\ViHarn.dk. She hoped that v{hen the hospital become interested in a Plan H.
the City was "ready to gD,"
ML Pryor declared a conilict of interest due to hi:" wife's employment withi:vkKenzie~Wilbmd1t;::
.HospitaL
I'vi:;, BeUmiHl offered an. amendment to the motion that stipulated Exhibit :2 \vas for iUustrmive purpose::;
and \vas not adopted as shown, and that the mention of extending Avenue A to the RiverITont .Res.~an~h
Park property he de:lek"{l.Mr, Po-lmg and Ms. Solnmon aco:~pkd~..-ls, Bdtrmm amendment a:..; a friendty
amendment to them(.:,{ioH,
Mr. Pap.S on-ered l::Jl ameudm~nt to the Ull,tiOH, stating he w(juld like to :..;ee the fiTht pamgraph of
Attachment 13 modified 'with the mention of both the 2004 and 2005 council rdreats of the Eu.gefw City
C01.mdL ML Poting aHd l\h. Snlo!nl'tl aQ..::epted the amendment as a friendly amendment to the motion.
'Mr. Kelly pointed to thz~ top of page 9 of the council packet ;;lS the ptace. the amelldHK~nt would OCC\.lL
'rh1.O motion passed., 6: 1: 1;, lvk Pryw' abstaining from thev-ote aHd Ms. Ortiz voting in OPy
position to the motion.
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'fhe council was joined by l:luman Re~lou.rz~es and Ris.k S(~rvk:cs Di:reGtor Lauren Chouinard and IJurn;;lu
Rights Dh\."'Ctor Greg Rikhoff tor the item. Me Chouinard acknmvledged. the contribution of stafT
rnembus Lynda Rose, Rachel \\leHs, Ka:r1.On Loy, andMLRi.khoff
Mr. Chouinard revlcws;:d the chan~ws mads;: to the Race Priority Action Plan ill feSrwmi;t:: 1.'0 cOl.mdl remml~i;
at the June 13w01'k session on the t.opic.
Mr, Chouinard noh'X! the inelusion in the !Deeting p.::Kk1.Ot of the City's diversity trai.ning calendar, whkh
he terrned tbe lJmst extensive in CkegOiL He ah>o caned the cnuucit.s attenti<.rn to a pledge ,~pecting
diversity .and hnnoring human :rights, which had b(';<~n signed hy metnbers of the council seven :YC:.1rs
earlier, He invited questions.
Mayor Pk-rcy sugge~lted that that the Cormnunities of (\.~lor proccss necded to be .an ongoing one. City
Manager Taylor said that the. City u~.;cd to do $0, but it was genemlly thcused at the executive level. The
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pfopo::;ed phm (:nvisioned .a rkhcr di~Kui;sion Involving: more peopk, including tht. eJected officiak
~vlayc'r Piercy suggested the City ask the atTecti;)d cornm.unitie~, h(,w otten such an event ~honld OCC1jf.
Mayor Piercy caHed for questions .and comrnents frorn the councIL
.Ms. Ortiz ~id she p~trtkipated in several Community of Color eventi; and fbund them to he both painfu.l
and fm:"trat.ing: as no progrz>-..ss seemed to bew.ade in rei;ponse tn the input ilnd c:dtieism. oHl::Ted ~tt those
events, People often l..l~.;ed the oppmtunity to tell the City ~Nhat it was doing wro,w ~md there wa.s no
opportunity for dialogue, She hoped another ttJn.nat c(Juld be fnund.
M-:o., Ortiz ash-xl if the job des~,ription fix the div>;Tsity l;;onsultant w<!~.; on the City':" \Veb site.Mr,
Chouinard said YCi;. City Manager Taylor noted his hope the position rcsul.tcd in rnOK retention of
emplnyees.
},.fs. J:kttman {;~xpressed appn;:d.atio:n fOf the changes ,Hade to the pian and Said she lo(}k~"f.l fmward to
pmtlGipHting in the privilege tT<iining,
Ms. ReHman thought it a good :"trat.egy to involve hoards and conunlssions iH the diversity training. She
suggested a complementary piece would be the deve1Dpment ofa .strategy to actively and specifically seek
the sanK input from comnmnitii;)s of color that the City sought from the Gmmnunity in genera1.
Ms. HeHman Hh,d the element of the plan reg<lr(!ing the Goundl's ;;:.oUedive reacti()n to acts of md:->sn in
the cOlrlnu.mity an.d found it important. She i.l:~ked how that con.ld he impJ.emented, as sh~c usually h~c<mi
ahout radal1y rel.ated incidents lon.g (lft;;:~r they oecun:;;:~d. There did Hot seem to be a process in phH~e to
alert cOtm.dlori; about i.nddenb w that they ;;:.ould ,eact or s;;oHectivdy take ,i wm& She ::;uggested that be
incorporated into the objective.
'fvfs, Bettn:wn af,h..><.l about the participation rate !Dr optional courses, J.vk Chouinard S,11d it was qn:ite
good. The City had so rn.any training requirements that it did not want to ove,whdm staff Staff was also
evaluated on. its partkipat.ion In such extra trainings.
T\-k Kelly thanked ~.;taff fbr the changes made to the action. plaU, which he wn-:o.idered generally positive
additions, He thought it important for the council adopt sud~ a phn, but he wished h>;: was happkr wilh
the plan, and looked thrward to revisiting it. Me Keily be1ievto"f.l the phm cominm.."f.l wbe v<feak in regard
to the <::ornrmmity and organizational dements, ~md l;-:ited as. an ~xample of the organizationaI dem>;:nt th.~
lack of any mm:ltion of the organizati,:m's response to the recent evaluation ~,fthe City's divenlity
dementi;, He :mggei;ted that ,tn ~H;tion ikm i;tating that the orgmliz.aHon w01.11d rei;p(.md to the iSS1.leS Htised
in the evaluatbn \Vas needed.Mr.. Chouinard said the two {:HvI;..TIity consn.ltants would be meeting: 'Nith
the executive manageri; i.n Septeml'Cr ~tS part ofth.e toH-ow.,up, Mr- Kelty hoped tl1.1:: c<mU\::i1 would h.ear
something about that
With regard to the community element, T\-k Kelly sald ifthe Ci.ty decided that outreach that cost money
was n goc'\:l thing, the docmnenJ lacked mention of any way f~,r it be :funded, He also called f~,r organiza-
tional and cm:nn:nmity outcomes as well as mayor aud council outccomes,
M.L Pap~~ commended staff f(:)r commi~lsioning the eva!uatkm of the diversity program, and looked fbrwa,d
to amen:l.orandum with the re;;lults oft.he evaluation. and the next aGtiO!1 st-c-ps.
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Mr. Pare expressed apprt..'Ciatlon Ibr the pledge and aske-d if the l;;nuHcH needed. to n~cGlnmlt tG it or pai;::; it
back to the Human Rights COrD:missi()u (HRCi- He :,;uggeskd the pkdge be nKlunted on the McNutt
Room waU to reinfnn.::.e it:,; rn.es:,;age.
I'd::;. l'aylor reea.lkd that th;:;~ pledge had beeu on the McNutt Room vlaH oJ one tiHK"..
Ms. Taylor referred to the pu;<post;::d mee-tings between the council a:nd communities of ;;:okr mentioned on
page 30 of the meeting packet, ,wd aBked how statY decided who represented the conmmnities of color.
Me Chouinard s.aid ~.;taff geneml1y kit that iswe up to th.) cmnl.uunities in questintL ;\ broad invitation
was ext<;~ndect and the me.etings ktd bee-n quite large. ["is. Taylor suggested that peopk would not
niX-essarily fed repres{:1)te{i by another person simply because they were the same color or cthnkity. .t\-lr.
Chouinard said that was why the City's invitations had been bro;;id in natm;:;~.
Mi;. T~tylor asked what the proposed fa.cilitator would h<;: used. ti.)r.Mr. Chouinard indic~tted tht tadlitatnr
would he u:,;ed fl:1r the facilitated d.i;;ilogue ;;m race.~.'h Taylor note...i her opposition to hiri:ng facilitators
w.ld asked why ()ne WHS needed. Me Chouinm..i ~;;(jid staff found it vz~ry heneficialin stICh discussions to
I V'lx! 'c T
:lave a s II c' tacl.!talor present.
Mayor Piercy ~.:;(}hcitcd a :.:;econd mund of qm~stkH1s and eomments..
J\.:k Kellyenc<mmged aU councilors to be present at th<..~ S~~:ptemtKT di'v'Crsity training, both ilJf the.
i;ubstant.e and sym.holic nature of all being present together t{.l discrLss the is:.:;ue.
Responding to a quest.ion fmmtd'r. KeUy, Mr. Chouinard said the City's previous Diversity Coordinator
position was fnore focused on cornmunity issu;:;~s that, in tHan)' casei;, we-re more the purview' of Mr.
RikhoiT as the diredor of the Human Rights P:mgmm. The City '.vanted to refocus the positkm to wod" on
best practices in re(:n.litm(~nt, sdedion, and retention. The position was an inttmaHy focui;e-d position.
Mr. Keny aekn.owkAged the need to iW! i)verwhdm the fIRe vlith additional work hut suggested more
resources couU be diriX-ted to the cmnmii;::;ion to a.ddres::; i:.:;sue~.:; ofrac!sm. City Manager 'fayhr said he
Bpoke with Sam Rich, ch.air of the ERe, who believed th<;: cmmnisskm t:01.l.ld be of g:rc<1t assist;;mc(: to the
council in this area. lk looked ti)fward to pmtneringwith the commission in executing the phm if it W~t"
adopted by the coundL
Maynr Piercy expressed appreciation fbr the way in which the conversation had heen l;;onducted <md the
man:ner in \vhich staffin;;:orpomted the councU's sugg<;:sti;;ms in the phm. SlK~ noted that she would be
rmab1e to he present f()r the entire diversity training scht.x!uk>;;l for Septem.her due to a previous coml.T~it-
mcnL
ML Pape said that the position name '"Diversity Consultant"ilnplied tu him an out.side consulta.nt rather
than an employee, and he. W,JS worrie.d that the titte might make thepcrson fed he or she \VB.S not part of
the organization, Mr. Chouinard said that worldwide.. huma.n resource depa....tments 'Nere rnaking a i;hift
from being tbe regulator to being advisors and cousu1t:mJs, which '\'vas n::fkcted in position titles, He
acknowledged the concern expressed by tvlr. Pape, but he helieved the exe;;::ulive staff owned the dive:rsity
managem;:;~nt rok and needed an expe.rt consultan.t :rather than a d.iversity man>:1ger.
Mr. P<.tpe hoped the work plan w(mid be revisited with the cOl..mdl ~.:;o it couId track pmgrei;s, ddennine if
rnid--course comxtiom w{''fe m~eded, and cekhrate the City's aecompHshments. (.:ity lv.tanager 'raylo:r
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judicated :;;taff would provjde quarkr!y up<.l~!les ()u the goal as w'ith other goals. In additioH, jn.hm:nation
on th,~ coundl\:, goals and progres.s on them 'Noukl be poskd on th<~ City's 'Neb ~,ite.
M.,.,. Ortiz said ",he would beprnud to ::;ign the pledge, She ;,:,aid t.hat if staff needed additional money 1'0,
ou:tr<;-'~\I;;h and t,aining, it should ~!~.;k the council. for it.
lvi:;;, Bettman agreed that Hdnpting the pl.cdg;;: 'Nai; a good jdea and suggested it be edik'f.l to he more Cityy
ccmrk. She aho ::;upportcdmo,.:mting the pledge on thcmevting mom walL
Mr.Pohng, sel;:onded by Ms. SdOlnOI1, mowG to approve t.he revised R~Ke Priority Issue
/\dl;;m Plan, The motion passed l.,tHl:trimol.ls1y,
Mayor Piercy thanked st~ttrtl;.J.r iti; wutlnm..."f.l dfort in working on the eormdl' s eight priority goals,
The l:n<~ti.!1g adj>)umcd at 6:50 p,m.
Re~,pcetf\lny i;ubmitted,
Denni:.; M. Taylor
('ity .Manager
(1{ecnrded by Kirnbcdy Y Qung)
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l\'llNUTES
Eugene ('ity Council
Regular Sei::::;ion
Counc.il Chamber---..City HaJI
f\ugust 8, 2005
7:30 p.m.
COUNCILORS PRESENT: George l\,hng, Jennifer Solomon, Bonny Hcttrnan, David Kelty, (Jary
Pare, Chris Pryor, Betty Taylor, i\n.dre.a Ortiz.
Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy convened the meeting of the Eug.~ne City COl,.H1t.iL
1. PUBLIC .FfiRUM
Mayor Piercywekomed everyone to tht;~ City Council meeting and: revk:,wed the rules of the Public
Forum.
GerlT Gaydt)s, 440 EH~.;t Bn;adway Stred, Suite 302, spoh: in ~upp()rt of the enterprise zon.e. .He
recognized that its merits had be;::~n amply deha1t.:::d. He telt this indicated. that good. pe.ople c~m. di~ahYfee zm
the i:mrKnianC(~ of many thingi;, including tax incenti\les, He believed the enkrpri.:;;e zone to be important
tbr both the busines~ cnmmunity and the community at..hrge ai; it would help in(~reasl..~ the tax bas<~ and
fund public scr\!!ces. He appreciated the risk Mayor Piercy took in looking for a compromise bet~Ne{:-:n th(~
City and the County. He commended Hyn:ix Senrkondw:tor, Incorporated, and expressed appr;;::dation to
the Connty Com!l1issioner~ for their drmt~ toward resolution.. He said it was Vt::ry important to provide
adequate johs fnr the wmmnn:ity. H;;:: not~d the tirne he recently ~;;pent with Unitcd. \;\/ay looking ~!t ways
to do so and 10 I mprovt; the el;;onomy. I-le opined that the eOl.wdi' S sr!ppl"l'rt of the enterprise zone would
be hdph:l in that -regard,
IVhyor Piercy acknowledged that County COmmii;:3ioner Faye Stewart was present.
Zacbary Vorhies. 1693 .MIlJ Alky, suggested there be a parking fee w'aiver f~1r p~"),)pk who dri.nk and
th;::~!l choose not to dri ve. He related t.hat, according to Mot.hers Against Drunk Driving (MAUD}, the
State ofOrcgon recorded 5 i 2 tmni;:.>rdated death:> in 2003, ofwhkh 40 percz~nt were alcohol.fehted, He
shared that he er~ioyed hi~ right to drink and that he mad.e the f{:spo:n1"ibk dedsion. not to d.rive if he drank
too much. He al1egi.-"{l that the (:ity of Eugene aggres:3ivdy tkkete<.l. cars <md that his veh:icle recently \.vas
Impouwkd. lIe com.tnenkd that $82 wa~.; a lot of money to a college student. l-h;: telt there should be a
WaY of getting one'::; fees dropped, such as showing re<;t:ipti:: frnm a drinking establishment tn dClDnnstn'lk
tl4'!t a eat was parked iHegally hecau::;e of 11 re$.pnn.sibk choice nnt to drive after having imbibed too much
alcnhoL
Sara Fay, 2033 Sixth Avenue, S{'~dttk, Washington, spoke on h.)half of the Pa;;;ili-.:-l-kmsing Advisors.
She thanked the City Cm.mcil t~)r its ::;up0)r( of affordabl.e housing ;;1l1d fur its 1;;()nsidemtioH of a property
tax ex{:)m.ption for the R~dwood. Park Apartments on the. corner of 18th Avenu;;:: and Bertelsen Road. She
said Redwood Park would be converted to 100 pertent afklrdabk hoti.9ing after substM1tbJ renovations..
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She stated HuH the renovation would add 16 ne'<v units hringing the total oflo-w . income unih in that
pr~k<;t to 23:2- She indicatd that the tnmsaction was :;;cheduled to dose in September o;nd asked tbat th(~
~mmciJ apprc,ve the prop~rty tax o.emption.
Zacbaxy VisbtUloff, Patter::;on St.red. ~~xpressed hope that everyone would pmtkipah~ in a rmhlk f{)wm
regarding the propo$.ed baskdbaH arena to he built on the oW Williams Bakery site. lIe asked ifthe
coun;:;:i.l eO'uld <xme:;;pond ekctronkaHy and confirm a dMe. O'n which to hOld the brum or fixmns. He
remarked that it seemed the burden to organize this lay on his shoulders. He SUK?ested a stoff person help
hiro detenniw.::: a date that would aHow i;tu.dems to attend. lk thought the "gwund..truthing" that c(mW
happen w<mld save the City .from a "land w:;e quagi.uire.."
Ml. Vi::;hanoff ask<xl the c(>undl to Googl\.c search 'Gendic Doping 2008 Olympkc:..;' in order to see that
the City had a "prohlem coming '>'lith the 01 ymp1c::;." He encouraged the council to think .about what
wouJ.d happen if the Olympk trials were held in Eugene in 2008.
T\-1ayor Piercy exp1<tined that the next thn:~e people lutd corne to her most n;:cent OHe~t)tH:m.e meeting and
she had invited them to speak at the Public Forum,
Olga Grt:'{~()v.a, ] 743 Ferry Alley, spoke on. b~half O'f the ShtVl<;. Home, a new n.on..proflt organization in
Eugene. She stated that ttK mission of the organi7;lJion \VM to promote cllltlrral diversity in. the
cmnmunity through a variety of programs that Vlere dos.e1y related to Eadem European culture::;, life, and
eduGational system::;. She said ,~oU{ses would be offered in. Sl.avi.c langll~tges, Bast~'TIl Europeml hiSh:HY,
natural scien.ces, theat<;T, art, music, and adaptation st;rvices for rocent immigrants. She noted that some
clasi;t:'s would be hdd for sen.ior dtizGli; as well. She hoped the organization ,'<fould bring together people
of dift"'~rent ages, including children, and broaden cultural <rwareness. She averred that the programs
would give young peopk eon^~tnB:1ive activities in which to participate, She i;tHted that Slavic Hom,-~ was
largdy dependen.t on gnmts and donat:ion::; and that anyon(~ \vho wish<Si..i to help was. welcome, She kit the
work of the Slavic Home woutd. be impossibk wiLho1.,t City Cmmz::.il :-mpport Sh\.~ added that the
urganization WOUld focus on how to giobalize hu::;in~$s ideas ;;'\nd ~~s(;..'tbJish cmmnunity organizations such
as the. Rotary Club in East{.'ffi Eur~}pe..
lrina G.dgorian Best., 3&08 Peppf~rtn::eDriH\ sought help and support for the establishment of social.
::;erviceprograms.at the Slavic Home, She 'wGl1den:~d if the bullying ofa Jrx::d :.:;chod hoy of East em
European de",cent coul.d have been prevented if he had a place to go to tBJk .ahO'ut what wa", happening to
him.. She avem:~d Hwt the irmnif.,'fant popuiation from th.at area wa~ gre.wing and needed help with
translation and !earning to a{:,~ess servkes. She noted, a:.:; an example, th13.t Head Start had infbnnation
avad.abIe O'nlyin Englii;h and Spani::;h. She hoped to be .ahle to help people make a successful tmnsition
into the diveThe community of Eugene.. She i;aid :;;hewould meet with poTents and drildren and would be
avaibbk to med with trww. at their children's sehools to help with parenHeacher conferences" 1:1e. She
.<.tbn intended to Grganize actiyitks .at the Slavic Home to keep dlildn::-:n inte:rcst.xl and o(;cu:pkd after
schooL Sht;: t;:xperienc<Si..i.firi;t-hand how desperately a liaison WHS needed between wc!al service providGS
and the Rl1::;siu1:Hpeaking community, Sht; shared that she had been volunteering her time but it lwd
hecorne more dit1kuH given the growt.h in population. In order to develop the p.l\\.,'Tam, the appropriate
blll1ding needed w be found. She. stressed that everyone would he welcmn.e in 111,;: Slavic Home and 1:',he
hoped it would foster a gre-ater understa:nding be.tween Cl.Jltllre~,
M.atvey A, lvasltov, 1956 WmxhonLoop, explained that tht; Slavic Hom.e was ane~v organizatiO'n
incorporated i.n April 2005. He underscored that the organization's prirnary need wm:; a location f.x its
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comrl.llhng oHke or center for the community and 11 phH;:e to uevehp the pmg:r;;u:n;;; they had be!:-,'Un.Hc
also hoped. for SOlne help in applying f<..,r 501 (;;-)f}) st:atmL He asked that the Mayor and councit support
the Slavic Home and perhaps 'pwvi<'l~ a rd'en.~nce-. He also wondered ifintorm.atil>n \vas available on
where t<'l End cOontacts to privat<~ ti.:H.mdation::; and public support for a.n orguni:zatiOon such as the Skvic
Home. He observed tha.t Eugtme was d.iverse and many similar programs ~Nere alrt.ady established, but
none of them rdated to the Siavic culture. He n.oted that the City of Springfield had a large Ukrainian
population and held aUkmini;;m (:e.kbratinrL Member::> of the S.lavk community in Eugene have held a
. A ~.
Russian Ne\v Yt:ar Gdebmtion since 1996. He provided a folder oHnfo.unation t(; the City Coum.::iL
Rusty Rexius, 86301 Panonmut Road, Springfield, bW'iincss addresi;: 1275 Bailey Hill. Road, .Engen.),
thanked Iv1ayo; Piercy f()r the eon:1promiSt (.;he rt.a;;-hed with County com:n:l.issione-rs in regard to the
enterprise zone, fit remarked that the definition of a compromise was an agreement in whkh pe\.)pk did
my! get exactly what they want;;::d, He. tJl;,mked the City Council andl..ane HOilrd of Comity Commi~.,siOllers
fOol' thei.r work on th~ enkrprise zone. He zibserved that no OJK got l;:~x~!dly \vhat they wanted in the
e-ompromise, I.Ie recall.ed his work on the Mayor's Committee on fk{lnOomic I)evdopment and thanked the
z~mm.dJ for finishing what the committee ;,.;tmti...y.l two years earlier in Iwpe(.; that the i;;ouncii. w~)uld J.eave its
meeting with '<~.;omething that. is very hendki.ai, helpful, and u.ltimatdy {{pod t"()r the comnmnity,"
Melody Spear, 1442 Pearl Street, explain~;:d that sht: and her husband own<0 a local chiropradk otIicl;:.
caHed 8041.' a/Light. She <.mrmunGed an event. t.hey were holding ;~aik'd "Kids Day America," whkh 'Nas
happening aH over tlK >,vodd on th.) same day and w<.t~., being ::;ponsoRy.l hy ehiropra<:tk ot!lce-s. She said
the event w~!(.; free to the community, though donations "'muld. he ac;;-epted to bendH the LitemcyPartners
Program sponsored by the Eugene ./\rca Chamber of Commerce, Shz~ stated that Kkb Day A.mcrka was
de-dkakd to health, ::;afdy, and environme.ntal awareness, She rdate.d that the heaHh a:"pcct wodd he
Gwered hy her oWce, which would be conducting spiual ::;creening and providing b:alth intlJmwtion <'l!l
topks such as nutrition and breasUbedi.n.g, She notl;::d that the police or sheriff':.:; department WOUld be
present to fingerprint the children and create identifkation cards n.sing photos taken, at thl;:~ l;:~venL
AdditimmU y, she said, a dentist would he prc.sent to start il record of the 1..mique dental fbtu.re::; of the
(~hildren. She underscored thM the- e-vent was f,ee and wzmld be hdd on S~pkmber 17. Slw' thanhA the
Ivhyo; for ::;igning (J pnx:.l<'lmad{)11 fOor Kids .Day America.
Paul SQlom.ou, 2100 Tyler St;eet, Direl;;tor zyf~1"en' s Services at the Sponsors prog:r;;u:n, ex~pbjned that the
.WOb.'Tam pmvkled tmnsltbnal services for ex.off;;:~n.ders for the- lJast 32 years. He thanked the wundl fOor
considering ilmding 1(..>1" the {Jl.lfchase of a quad in the West Univ~i'sityNdghl:H)rh(X)d through the Homt
Investment Panner::>hip Program.. He stat<::d that the p1..:n;;h<.i$e W01J1d allow Spon::>or::; to serve greakr
numbers of low^"im:'.mne. eX-{jftendelli in their bid to becOome more ;:;:o.n;;tnKti.v'C, hw..abidillg membti.TS of
the cOommunity_ He Ci;lHed it an inva.luabh:: opportunity il.'}r the City, [(); Sponsors, and for t.he c.lients it
serves,
Eugene lkh:, 307-~<East JAill ,\venue, introduced hitmdf as a resident of the West Universh.y
neighborhood, He said Charlntte Lennon named the nd.ghb01;hood association the Vie;;;t Uniyeri;ity
Neighbors. He thanked the council for the recent aUey impf(}vement~.; it authorized, He z::.mnrnentcd that
the <.tHeys looked good and the nmm$ and zbteg of each alley ~;vere poskd on a sign. He announced thM
the n.d.ghborhood. was holding a '.waIk of names." on Augu.st 11, at whiGh natnes of people who had a
positive In.f1uec-nce on the neighbod:Klodwzmld be Oon diBplay. He suggested th~c conn.d.1 check his Weh site
at www,llrix.,Qrg tbr more details,
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RohHandy, 455..h River [(<.lad, opined that the Bethel Pedestrian Path was an important project for an
underserved sef:.~ment of the commxmity. He thanked the Puhlie Worb Dep<.trtinenL the Departmcnt of
Envi.ro:mnental Qu.<dity (DEQ), and the consultanti; tor Union..Pacitk Railroad t~:Jr tht.ir work on "gett1ng
SOlne of the kink;:;; out of this projee-t" and mnving it ti.Kw;;trd.
Mr. Handy mbted that ;;t rl~cent River R<.lad Counnunity {)rg:anir,,'lJion me<::ting had a big tU.rnouthecause
ofthe pot<;~ntial for <.t Rasor Park Mixed-Llse Center. He said r~idents \vere exdted about \vhat thii; could
mean for the ndghl:wrhood and supported the rl.-o"Cent application to the St.<!te for a Transportation (:irowth
Mmuge-Inent (TGM) gmnt He averred that more pwtedive infiH standards were w:::ed,;d in !}rder to
protQct t.he ehamckr and i;bhility {)f neighborhoods. He thought neighbodlood protection and higher
density i:lhould be eom.patibh:: goali;. He conveyed hi:.,. gratitude to the couU\::i! tor making the
N<::.ighborhDod Initiative a priority. He suggested that one thing the City could d(l wa~<;: to ensure tht:
hackJoad (!fstreet maintenaw;;e pf(~jects wa::; priorit.ized, ;;is well as \:Teate polide:, t{) fund and implernent
safe parks t"{)[ t:ami.lies to gather. He recormne.nded looking at Albany's dev;;::lopment ordirm:ne-e, which
enco\,raged developer~.. to meet with neighborhoods befnn: sdmrittal orland use applications,
Ivk Handy a~..ked the council t{) look tow'm'd the Ndghborhood u-<!de.rship Counc.H (NLC) and w'hat it
could do to hdp with citizen involvemenL
In cJ.osi:ng.fvk Handy expr.;si;ed dis<;Qmfort with the :4ance the County cmnn:os-si(lncrs took on the
tnterprise zone. He <.t:..;serted that the commissioners undermined the iment of \vhat the City Council
sought to accomplish. He af,ked if "staifhad w.bsed the boat on this," He wondered if the "puhlicly
funded }..ktw p.mtnership" Wilt.; '"involved in duplidty and the enC(lUmgem.ent ;A' contentiousness bdween
the commissioners and council." He thought th;;; City of Eugene should hx)k into an ind~'.Pend.ent audit.or
for the (':::ity.
Councilor Pding, seconded hy Couneilor Solmnon, rnon:d to extend the time by ten
minutes, Roll caH vote; tbe motion passed unanimously, 8:0,
Randy Prince, PO Box 927, Eugene, reiterated his concerns regarding c<'l:rthquake preparedm~i;sv He i;<rid
a recent geologic discovery indk,.:'lkd that '''giant'' earthquah:s did not happt:n randomly in this area, hut
rather h.appened at regular intervals- He ilVe!red that the "next one was due' and exprc::;sed concern that
nnt enough wa::; being done. He fdt the govf.:mment's role was to g<:1 info-rrn;;\!io-n 01.!t top<;opk site.
critical fadlities such as hospitals in tbe right phu:es, identify facilities needing retrd1tting such a::; da.ms,
and ensure the Emergency Managernent Sy::;tem wa::; workin.g correctly. He remark<::d th:at the big prohlem
was fear, He asserted that the City should ta.k<:~ on its fear by preparing ~u;-cl)rdingly,
Ruth Duemler, 1745 Fin:rest Drive, oppoi;~d the enterprise zone, She said the large amount of poverty in
Lane C\mnty a.nd the 'EUgfc'fl~ area becan"l(~ apparen.t when one read the lruited Way study. She ;.'\$serted
that citizens would be expected to pay hr those servk.es that $Orne busines;,.;es in th~ enterprise zone 'NGuld
be r~Heved of paying for. She ilHeged that schools and human se.rv1ce providers would k~.;e money. She
reca.lled that Hyn.ix had wme to town needing "che<lp" hbor and ah.undant water and said it did not need
tax breaks. She thmght tax hreaks were i.l thing of the pat..t and should be diminati..."f.l. She was ::;addend
by tl:l.<:: lack nf puhlk forum on this issue, She averred that voting on tb.t: t:ntt:rprbe- :.>:one during smnm.er
break ::>ought to underrnine public involvement She wanted a more open democratic process in th(~
community. Whi1e sIlt thOlif.')"lt an enterprise zone could help srnaH bushle~::; people at th:n.es, the City
ihDuld fInd another way to support them WH:hOHt spendin.g and giving money away.
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Mayor Pi.ercy dosoo the Puhlic Forum .and l;;alled for questions .<md CP1nments frotH the coundL
COl..meLlor Kelly thanketl everyone f~!r thdr te~timouy. He wish(:d to thank the n;-:rr~~:,;(:n.tMives from
Sponsor:.; and from the .P.a.;:itk H(lUi;ing AdvisiJrs for coming to speak about their pn~jed:'>.. He rlpphwdcd
the work of Spo.nsonL I:k ah~o rdt,;:rated hi~.; support for any addiLionallmv-incorne housing project.
C01.lW'::.llor KeHy 'Nished t.he people who :'>ought to find a kn.::.ation and funding kg' the ShiviG Botne the be..~t
ofIu<:k. He s.<,id they '..\fere drcami:n.g big and he appreciated their e.fforti;. He did .not think the City
Council COUld provide a recornrnendation for Hon-proilt status.. Rather, he thou.ght it wai; a Tnatter of
ci;bblishing a board and meeting the requir~'TI:H;-:nts set forth by the lntermil Revenue Service (IRS).
Councilor Pap~~ eOn.cuw;:d with comment::; made to the propl)nent~ (If the Slavic Home. He. thOUf!)lt United
\V",y co1.l1d be a good rewurce forthem regarding the 501 (c)(3} process. He twted that there was a
manual, updakd annually, th.<tt listed all foundations,..hoth public and private, and he "vas rdativ-cly certain
it was in the Eugene Public Library.
CounGilor Tayk'r ,;:.chotd comrnents made aboul the testimony from the Slavic Home repn::scntati ve~.;,
Coun.cilor Taylor .<tgreed with Mr. I:Iandy's comments regarding the need for :,;tandan1s for infUL She felt
they were desperately needed, aJkgillg sllch development was "happt)uing aU the time with no rea:,>ol1abk
standards,"
Cou.uGilo:r Tayh)r .agreed with i\'h, Duc.mkr's aS$ertion that the council was acting on the enterprii;c ZDne
during the snmmer wh<;:n peopk we:re on vacation and also was taking !.>H IHrge iSi;ues "without any public
Inwdvement, "
2. CONSENT CALENDAR
A. Appruval of City CoundlMinutes
- June 29~ :mnS,Work Session
- ;luly B~ 1005. Wl)rk Session
July 18, 2005, \-Vark Session
R Approval of 'tentative Working Agenda
C. Ap.pruval af Home Investment Pal.tne.-ships Program funding to Acquire "Existing
H ousingllnits
D. Adaption of Resolution 4852 Approving a L<rw-Ine(lme Rental Housing Property
Tax Ex~mption for tbe Pn)pecrty I...ocated at 2t~5 Wl?st at!! Avenue. Eugene, Oregon
(Assessor~s Number 17-0.3<n~t2 Tax Lots 13700, 14106~ 142(0) (J\:letmpoHtan
Affordable uausing Cor-poration)
E. Adoption of Resolution 4853 Approying Lo'w-Income Rental HonsingPJ'operty '.rax
Exemption for tbe Prnpnfy Located at 4103 West 18{!l A\"~mH\Eugelle, Or\:'g"Qn
(Assessur's Number (718914) (RedwoodPartnerl'i.~ lJ",C<J
F. Appointment tn the Citizen Planning Committee for the \Vhihmmt Natural Are.a of
Alton nak(~r 'Park
G. Approva.l of Overseas Tnwd Rt~q{wtit
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Councilor Fohng. so.~onded by Councilor Sol.on10n, moved appmv111 of the CQn$em
Cakndar,
Councilor HeHman said she previowdy submi.tt~;:<l mlnulei; conectionB. She puIk.d Item (L
Councilor Papt provided a correction to the minutes of the \vork ::;e!:lsion hdd on JUHe 2:9. He wiihcd to
emphasize in the minuks thaJ he had done his best to pa:rti.cipat<:: by tekphone and w'as nn.ahk to get
cO!ln.l.ockd due. to probkmswith k~hnical equipment. He also \vanted to puH Ite.m C.
TV1.ayor Piercy noted the czmection;,; to the mimltes and deemed th@1 accepted.
Ron calI vote~ the motion to approve th{~ O.H1Sl..~ut Cakndar, with the eX(:(,'Pt1on. of :items C
and G, pa::;:.,.ed unanimously, 8:0.
C 'I P , · d fj 'of ' fl CI C C' dUb '"' . M co
_.ounG or : ape asxe . .01' Cl~'in J-;:.MlOn 0 km ,on t:lC Au-sent ..alcn .ar. r an SerViCes 1 'anager ror
the .Phwning and Development Depmiment, JUc:hk Weimnan, explained that th{~ St Vinccnt DePad
prnposal had heen pulled ,mil would be brought back before the c:Otwdl at a bh.-:r time. COlindkr Papt
WOtH;l<:~t'Cd ifpas$illg the Sponsors proposal would change the mmmut to be aHO'';:<lted to St. Vino;~nt
DePauLM.r. \Veinman replkd that it would noL
Roll calI vote; the lllotion to .<lpprove Consent Calendar Ite':m C, the HOJne. Investment
Partm;:fship$ PrOb'Htrn funding to acquire cxisti:ng housing \wits., passoo unanim<mdy, 8:0.
Tv1.avorPiercv askcd the council to ;,;-oHsider Consent Calendar Hem G.
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Councilor Bettman, se<.:onded by Cormdlor K.e.l1y, moved to amt:n<l the rm}tion :";0 that an
overseas travel requc:st would be granted to only one ,epn$t.'ntative^
Speaking to the motion to amend, Co\wdor Bettrnan averred that \vhile the Sister City P{ogrmn was
vabable, it had not tared welL She said it was de..funded .and struggled to :..;urvive. She preferred sending
only one repre::;entahve, a.dding th.at the bene.fit to the program WOUld not be doubled by ~lendin.g two,
Councilo, Kelly $upported the SisK'f (:ity Pmgram as evidenced by his :mPlxrrt of its cnntinu(..'(l pmihl
funding, He O'bserved that generally the City had only paid the travel expense for one reprcs~~ntative. He
supported the mnendulenL
Councilor Pape disagreed. He recalk>d times ,vlwn twO' rcpresen.tatives had been sent as part of offkial
dekgations.He pointed out that this trip \voukl visit two Si:..;te, Citie::; and would have a dnubk iropact.
He c.<tlkd the trip a worthy effort
TIle motion to amend faded, 6:2; councilors IkttnWJl and Kelly voting in taVOL
'"Che main moti.on pm;sed, 7: 1; Coundlm' Bettm.an voting in oppos:ition.
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3, ACTION;
Resolutioll 4851 EstaMhhJng InterimLQcal Criteria Applicabk in tbe West 'Eugene enterprise
mne and Adopting a Public Benefit Scoring System; And Repealing ReMlution 4845
Councilor Poling, si..."Czmded by Councilor Solon1on, moved to adopt Resnlution 48:51
estahlishing interim local criteria applicahle in the \Vest Eugenc Cl}krprise zone and
adopting a public bcndlt sO".lring syst~'m; and repealing Resolution 4845.
I.v1aynr Piercy explained that this was the pwpo:.:;al ::;he had taken to the Lane Board of County
Commi~sion.ers in the hope that it would. move H:n'war<l with a omlpromise pz)sitkm, She said the B()ard
of Commisi;kmeri; supported it aDd expn~sst.d hope that the council wmikl as. wt;::ll.
Mayor Piercy caned on the conndl for questions and cnmments.
Councilor Bettrm.Ul a::;Sk'rted. that in the proposal and the exmnpks cited in the. Agenda. Hem Sumr:..,Hry
(AIS} and Th~.: Register~(Juard. $4.4 miHion would b~~ refunded. She asked which 7J.)l1e ~pon.sor \vt;mld
rec.eive thii; paYlJ1ent, She al.legcd that the County had, in 1997. i.nsiskd it receive 50 pe,cent of the
refunded benefit, though it contributed only 10 perc'ent.
Dcnny Bnmd of the Planning ilnd Devdi)pmen.t Department explained that the payment in-lieu uftaxes
wuuld come as a public benef1t cnntrihu:Unn :.,imilar to the publ.k bcnei1t contribution made rmder the
public benefit criteria. He further c.b:r:iHcd that per the resolution, 40 percent would he distributed to the
C.'ounty. 40 percent \-vl;!ukl be distributed to the City, and 20 percent \votdd be distributed to the educatlon~
rdatedfi.md.
C01.:ndlor Dettman a.sked what percentage of its revenue. the County was tixegplug compared. to the City.
Mr. Braud. replied that it was based on the tax H!te in that the City paid approxim;;itdy $7 per $1 ,000 and
the C01.mty paid appro:dmaiely $2 per $l,OHO of real. value. He statl;~d thai the breakdown of the public
benefit '>vas in the exh,bit thath<::ld thi:: public benefit criteri.a.
C:.H.mci1or Bettrnan {.lpined. that it 'Nas a "good deal tor the Comity."
Councilor BeUrnan ree-aBed that Hynix had a layoff during its p,eviou::; upgrade a.nd. ash~d if the company
WOUld get credit for- hiring bad~ a hid offwOl"k force as if it thi:: jobs. W(Te newly creak\.t Mr. Braud
replied that this wuuld. not bepossibk; only jnbi; that had previously not existed qualified for the credit.
City Attorney Glenn Klein eO!Kurre.d with Mr. Bra.ud.
Councilor HeH.mrm averred th;;it I-lynix had, in 1995. indicated that it:., Phase 2 devekJpmcnt would he B;n.
investment of $2 billion. but it wa.s now pn~ji...'XOted to cost $500mHHon, She postu!~;ted that on an
investment of $1 hiJHon the job cap woul.d become moot. Mr. Bnmd responded that the mathematics was
com:plicatCi..1 becaui;e one needed to factnr in depreciation, Cound.kll' H<:~tman n)marked ill,,!t dep,edation
usually kicked :in after the zone had. expired and tht;~ taxei; wert due.
Councilor Ortiz indicated her support tbr Mnyor Pittcy" s resolution, She remaint.,,{l unhappy 'Nith the
resolution a~ it stood, .Howevl.~, she had consub:::d her constituents and they were, by i;H1d largl.:, 111 SUPPOlt
of something that brought more jobs to the community. She observed tha.t many people 1n her
neighborhood worked two job:.:; af minin1urn wage with no benefits and had a. paper route in addition just
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in order to pay their rent. She said anything she could personully do that would hdp to hring jobs and
increase the quality of hh~ tor he.r cQnstitut:nL.; WGuld be "greaL" She wished to nok ,yh~H the topic of
'{';;lC~\tiOW; was raised that peopk in her neighborhood did not get vacation:~. Ri1th~~r, th:y '.;yeat to tb;'. pml
or had a day of swhruning and "called. it good,"
('onndJor Pap( thank.~<.l the Mayor and Councilor Ortiz for tl)(~ir \vork with the Lane Board of County
Commissioner::; to reach a n::~lolution, He aiso thank.ed COlmnii;sionen; Green and Stewmi.
In response to fhrther postl,llation from Councilor Hdtman, M"r. Braud explained that a hypothetical $2
billion investmcnt that resulted in 5DO new jobs 'Nould bring the one...third rule into play and Hynix would
receive a 67 percent tax exemption, If the company created 1,000 n.ew jobs, HyniA l;:ould receive.;;\ 100
percent exemption.
Couneilor Ekttrnan tmdemtood the exal.uple in the AIS to be n:H.:1'dy an exaropi.c and not the anticipated
:"cenario. Shc wish~-0 to n::inforce what Cou:ndlor Ortiz said regHrding thefJeopk in the community who
neededjot>s. However, she asserted the en.terprhe zone w"as a "massive gih~l.way," SIK: thought the
magnitude of the "giveaway" would negatively prejudk;::: the ahility of peopk to hav<:. economic justice in
the conrrmmity. She allege.d that one entity would receive a gift from t.he comn:mnity, the magnitude of
\^l'hi,;::h so ["l.T outweighed t.he hcnefit that. it was not justifiahle,
(\"}UlKilor Taylor also opposed the enterprl$e zone. She wa::; disappointed that this "deat was hrokered
'Ni.thout the City Council consent" She did not think that Hynix should have a voke in the zone. She did
not believe Uynix was 'Nailing on. (l. tax break nor did she \vish to $uhgidhe that smi of job. She averred
that w'orking for '''less than $30,000 a yea!'" wodd. mA allow a pe.rSOH tQ afford how.;ing in the community.
She wanted to :mhsidize rc"il assets to the community, those hminesses that paid a hving wage and werc
t;~n:vironmJ;~ntally friendly.
COl.mci!or Kelly expre$sed di~.;appointment that the. iSi;ue had '"led to i;imp1e pohri7J..\tion" in which one
was only pro.hmines::l or anti.husiness. He thought the eoundt had worked. ha:rd to get "into subtlety and
I;;OnSen$!.4';" and that was ne'w '\mt the window." He reiterated thal the council had supported an
enterprise zone in April by a 7:1 vote. He ::;till ~mpported this original ide"l. for an enterprise zone, fIe
thought the council f;;houkl ask vlh<'t magnitude of tax break was enough. He observed that the City was
being a~,hd. to give a $96,000 tax break per job over the cumse of three years.. Ik r~caUed that. he
originally ha.d not wanted to apply for rm. cntt:1"prise zone but decided to support. it because the cormdl
"propt:dy" tHrgded aHd capped it within the constraints. ofStak Inw. l-k Ophlcd that th.~ H)solution bdi)re
the council abando11{~d "a reasm:whk maximrm1 amount of tax." given up pel" job agreed tn in good faith by
the council.
Councilor Kelly said H)/llix was an <.t~.;set t() the cmmimnity and he did not ,,"ish to .;;\ppear to be opposed
specifkally to that (:ompany, Howev<;:r. ht~ k~lt a $3 million ta){ br(xtk was enough.
COl..lHl.::.i1or Poiing observed that the coundlors had not achieved. unanimous agreement on the caps:, the
rV1.ayor h;;td hroken the tic and the cap had been added in. He unden,cored that the 7: I vote wa.s in :mpport
ofpunmance of an enterprise zone. He decbgd that the eouncE and Countl needed to get pa~~t t.he
"quagrnire" they had falkn i.n.to, "3/hich h{~ attributed to a lack of communk;ation hetween the tW(}
governlue:n!t.;. He said the resolution returned ;;;ontroI to local government hrx.lies and aHowed the City and
Cm.mty to initiate tht;: hroader discussion.
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Regarding the specifks of Hynlx that had been cite.d, Councilor Pollng wl~h.l.cd to point o~;t that seven
<;ornpanies were currentlY looking at the City nfEuW.11C and ow:: thing they were loobng at wr;s th~
cnhcrprise zone, He felt an enterprise lOll.> was not the det.iding factor fl.,r a busintsi; seeking to !l"1Gve. hut
it \-\<115 'thc icing on tht i,;:ake," He pOlnicd out th'it scmK cities were nearly giving !.and away,
CouncHor Poling i;t.tted that while Hynix received a $5{l million tax break, it provided a return.of $270
,nilHon into the economy, and $l.9 millit)n in 2003-2004 into the educ.<!tion system alone ahove the
pmpt>rty taxes. He telt it \vas time to stoppkbng on orH::~ i,;:ompany and look at tk hrgcr Vlew. He
\vanted to get heyond personal diffCren<;ts and hegin the "real" discussion abO\lt permanent community
standards. 1h;:: tlu.mked the Mayor fbr continuing thc diw';:llsi;io.us in order to bring control. ofth;;::: ;;::~nkrprise
zonelxJ:.ik W the local jurisdictions.
Coundl.o.r HeHman a.lkge.d that Hynix wt)rked with the County, HK .Mayor, and sdel;~kd t:(}lmdkrs to
"dictate" what the fbregpne tax revenue would be She said she would not have j',npported an ;;ippHcatkm
tell' the enterprise zone had i;he known the State statute was "inxnmtahk" in terms of guaranteeing a two-
thirds hendh "no matter what." Shl;: fdt she had heen misled about this,
C\mncHor Hett:ma:n reiterated ht~r disapprlintmenL that the Gouncil's original intent h;:,.;;l b(~en aHered, She
thought the way the cOHlKil de~igned the maximum job cap was.<! "goo<.l~ stra:tegk, eommn:ic tooL" She
felt the zone could allow Hyni?, sh()'utdit mak.e a large, capital i]}w~stmmt, to have a $70 minil}n "\vrhe~
off." She asked if the Mayor and eoundkrs kno,v th{jJ \vhen ttu;7 wtrG "negotiating this ::;o--cdJ.ed
cf!mpn:H1tis~~."
Councilor Kdly asserte.d that the lack of conmmnkation between the bodie~ ww:; because City staff had
not kept the ctlundl infhrmed that the Cm.m.ty (\)mn:"!issi.on.crs had to concur on the toeal ct:iteri<:. He
averred that had he known.. JK \.vould. have been com.tn.l;mkating with theIr!. regularly and asking to hord
joint meetings.
Comu.::.ilor Pryor l;;alled this situation a "po::;kr~chikl exampl.e" of the nld adage thBJ says the t',V(l fhings
onc did not \van.t tl) watch being made we.re s.aus.<!ge and gDvernment. He stated that it had heen a long:
wad and In.Ost everything Hwt m:.eded to be said had been sakI. He {''1lcouragcd tlK council to m,-l've ahead
and vote.
Connellor Pap6 commented t.h;at most of the d:isl;:u.ssion at tbx:: tabk was ab01.lt what the City was giving up,
but it was important t<.l look at what the City would be receiving, He asserted that the City would be
gaini.ng rnost1y good jobs, the majority of \vhich would come through expansion of existing busine~>ses,
l-k pointed to tb.!;:. testimony ofbl..lslnes~ representatives that sptike to the suc.Gesse~ of the enteq1ri::;e zone
injobs and hz~nd1ts gained, He hoped that Hyn.ix would build a $2 bUli!)!} addition to its plant .<(s the
exempti()n would go away in three years, Even with derredatiou, he ob~erved, the City stood to gain.
Mayor Piercy w;;knowkdg('''i..1 the lwrd work of aU the elected {}Wciab, She under::;cored that she tded to
be transparent in her efforts. She tried to pay attention to the d.>,,-ire not to count existing emploYt>es and
to get community staudards in ploce, She. stressed that the City had an enterprise :wne in place with no
cOnlrnu:n:ity standards and no cap and was i'a;;:ing a kg-at n:~mt~dy that she did not believe the City wodd
win. She arrived at the proposal hccause ~he beUeved it to he in. the best i.nkre~t nfth;:~ comnmnity^ She
rdated that tohe discussed the zone with many people and in .an ~HtiGk in Th? Register-Guard, She
appreciated the support of the Lane Board of C{)lmty Commi~.,sioners and asked the !.xlUnci1 for its support
as well.
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RoB call vote: the l:r1.otion passed, 5:3; coundkrrs K.dly, 'faylor, and Lk::(tman voting in
i)pposition,
4. ACIION:
Resolution 485ft Caning a City EI{'CtiOll on November S, 200S, for thePUn:Klse {if Referring to
tilt. Legal Elechws of tbe City of .Eugene a Measnn:' Amending the Eugene Cha.t'tet' of 2002 to
Authorize the City Counell toPrnvide fur External RevIew of pl)lke~Related Complaints
Comv;;:ilor Poling, seconded by Coundtor Solomon, moved to ~Ii.:k,p( Resolution 4850
T 't l' N b" TO~ f; 1- f .,. ".
CoaL mg a C1Y e ectlon on!. ovem er~, tl ),. or tie PU-,-'1"}ose 0.. rcterrmg to tne legal
dectnrs of the- City of Eugene a me.asure amending thi:: Eugene Charter of 2002 to
,mtl:Kldze the (:ity (:onn;.~H to provide {or external review of polke-relat.ed complaints.
Councilor Poling pointed out that the motion on the table 'used the upWlted Resolution 48.50 which was
distrihuted to the l..~ouncilors,
Mayor Piercy caUed on the Gonndl for qHestioHs and comments.
Counc!.lor PoHng opposed the. motion. He did not believe the resolutlDn waB about instilling trust in the
Eugene Police Department (EFD), making; pez)pl.e fed s;),fe, or \vhether the council \Ilantoo an external
3,uditor and citizen review bO.<tn.:L He ob:;erved that the wundl ",upport\...>{.1 an auditor and review bo.an;l, but
should the meu",ure he sent to tlK vnters it would change. the {hndamental strw;;tu:re of Eugene'i;
goV(~nnneHt. He nOkd that Police Corxmli;,;sione, Tim Laue recommended that the auditor .and review
hoard report directly to the City (;oundl, bnl ~aid it aJso wouh:l work to have them report tu the City
Manager. He unders.corcd that the City Mamlge, cotdd impl~1)1~'nt the eXt{.<:rnul audit and form the reVl.c-lN
lx}ard '\omorrow" at no. added expe1Be to the citizens of Eugen.e, but this H}(,tion, i;hould it pai;S, would
cost approximMdy $120,Ol)D and would delay acllol1tl;.l:r month., until the dec;tlon was cert.lf1ed. He did
no.t tmdel'stand why the cou.ndJ would choose to. exercise thi~ option.
(':::ou:ndbr P<{p(~ in<.lk.Hted that he felt both an external auditor and u citizen review board had merit. While
he %rreed with Cm.mcibr Poling's rcmarks, he said thM he wotl.ld not oppose going to the vot~rs, though
he disHkt;~d spending the money. He believed. how~ver, that the public would be better ",erved by::;plittiTlg
the exwrn:al anditor and review bo.ard into separMe votcs,He th(mght cmnbinlng them couI(l place tlwm at
risk
Councilor Dettman averred the recomm.endatinn ve",ted authority in the two hodies and they had
z.xHn:p.kmema:ry authoritics. She said splitting the recom:me.ndati0H would dmsticaHy change and "hlmv
apart" the Police Commission's reconlm~-ndat:ion. She tho.ught it should bc rdcrred to the voters as it
stood,
Regarding th~ cost, C01.m.dlor Hdtman noted that thx~ City spent $109.000 on the Police Executive.
Iksearch .Forum {PERF}/lnternation.al. City!CountyManagemem Association (lC;MA) n.."fX1rt and $70,000
on the study and researdl that th.e PoLice C(..,mmisskm had reo:llHy undertak<:n, She abopointed 01.!t that
the City was expendin.g "umoidlni.l1ions" in Ht:igatlon and setth.lment Sh~ ~;aid the City spent $25,000 to
S30.000 tQ place a !KW/ police station on the ballot. She thought the is",ue had heen studied and re:.,eumhed
"'to death." She support~d the resoLution.
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Council()[ Solomon i;uPpol'kd an exkmal ;:iUditor and a police rev1cW hoard but not at the expense of the
City'~ form oJ governrnent. She felt it would mHk~rmine th~ rebtionship the cm:mdl had with the City
T'danager. She also did not believe that thi~ s.hould be a charter ulutndment as it would take another
charter mnendment to l;:hange it ,-md, without it., the re~ollition could be "t'.vcaked" as. I!jX(k>t1. She
rdteu!ted that the audito.r and ;.;:ltiZl;:~ns' hoard con.1d be f~,nned immediately at the din.:dion of the City
CounciL
Councilor Po.ling asked how such action would h(: interpreted if the charter :unen.dment lost at. the haUot.
City Mmiager Dennis 'frrylol: caUed it a eonu.ndrum, .He observed that eVl~tyone was in support of this type
of revk'N and the only opposition was how to go about bringing it to fruition. .He :t\:cotmul?:ndd that the
City go forward within the charter and implement the police auditor as '\veH a~ determine how to provide
civilian r~cview to increase police acc~)untahility, transp~tn;::ncy, and complaint-handling.
In responi;e tD a que::;tioH from. Counei1or PoUng~ City Manager '1'ayl()f affinu\xl that the ~mditor and
rcview hoard coutd be bnmght into play '.vit.h a simpk vote oftrw City Council to authorize the City
Manager to do so,
Councilor Poling asked hi,)wmany other external auditors .and/or CitiZ'eH review boards report directly to
tln l;:~kckd body~ City Manager Taylor said he was. a\va:re of no local govemn:wn.ts that had thii; <;ap;;!dty,
.He ~;tak>tl that many local governments had an auditor 'who reported. to the ~idministratjve head of the
govcnuuent - either the City Manager or thel\layo:r. Regarding the civilian review, he noted that there
were rnany inKtances wl:K~rc botlrds that aS$i(.;t in some pbm;e of the comphint-hf:H1dhng prO<X~i;S existed in
both the s..ttongMayor and City Munager form;,; of government.
In reBponse tD a q~B?-stkn fmm Councilor Pding, City Attornq' Kl.ein tlHIrmed tlmt H coundk1pPO'inted
body wenild meet the definition of a gov(~ming hody acmnling to' the language O'f d:w Public-Meetings Jaw.
Councilor Poling a:;;ked how this would .aftixt arbitration in cases where a PO'llce employee was subject to
an inv;;::stigatioH and reviev! and then decided to' appeal t.he d~~ision.Mr. Klein $~!id thos.e i~.,sue$ had been
addre~.;s.ed by City Attnrne.y Sharon Rudnick and in;;:lmkd in the ;\.gend.a Item Summ.ary. He unde:a:tood
that mechanisms. to significantly reduce that {)Ve of problem had oc;:m. idcntitlcd that could be
iw;;orporated inw an ordin;:mc~: resulting from paS$age ()f the charter amendmen.t
CmmdlGr Killy di1'>puted the <1~sf~rtiOll that the charkr amendment \vould be a change to the City's form
of govenunent. He averred that council/manager governments around the eou:ntry \.~ame "in a variety of
Havors.'" .He cited the City of Spri:ngtkld ;;\s an example ~md Pi)inted out that the Springfidd City Council
approved an department h<;-.ad hires,
Cnundlo.r K;::My <werred that allowing the City Manager by a :;;impk motioll of the C:ity ('ouncii to
contract the services of an ~xtlo'ffial auditor and fom1 a dviH::m review board wuuld only work ifitwm,
credibk in the eOtn,nnmity, He believed, given the current enVimlln1tmt in the community,m.aking such a
move WOUldllOf be perceivcd as credible. He .added thtlt he could 1)(}t i;UPfX}rt Councilor Papes
$uggei;tkm to split the motion.
Council.or Pryor supporti..>d the Police Commission '8 report but had heen tn.mh1ed by the vote. Ultimatdy
he i;uppmied the recomrnendation because the e.normity nfth.) pol.ice review' i~.;sue w<.!.rra.uted a significant
response. He bdiev-ed there to be a ;;:.ri~.,i::; of c-Glxfldence the extent of w'hkh ;;::ould only he determined hy
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placing thi~ resolution l'fn the baHoL He ::;aid if the voters did not fed there was a crisis, th{;y tvo~lld rv.)t
vote to SUPtxrrt the measun;,
Councilor Pryor observ'Cd that th>::~ h:nguage indicat<...>d the new body would be prepared to report on
complaints and trends and police practices in gew::~raL The latter made him wonder if this was the
beginning of a move toward f:[ g;:mcral city mlditor, which he d.id not. support. He sensed that the Police
Commission sought to adjudicate complaints about the EPD and not general police practices. Wb.le he
~;n.pported this; he indicated he would watch closely to ::;ee w'h(~te this was going.
Councilor Taylor supported the motion. Regarding the idea of splitting the two issues, she said t.he
council could e~tablish a civitkm review board without a vote. She thought there wen:~ very good reawni;
that both the audit.or and t.hc dvil.ian revkw board would report to the council.
(\mucilor Ort.iz maintain.ed that this r~~sol1l1ion was not hpersonal," but rather was abzmt a change in
process that sought to reestablish comnmnit.y trust She cmnmended the peopk: \vh(! wcn~ "doing the job
so well for us" at t.his point in time,
Mayor Fiercy ::;upportcd the resolution. She thought it was nel;:essary tOr the l~.(}fnnmnity and for EFf).
Sh~ w;;inted assurance that the City was not s.hortchanging its effort::; t.o 1wmnt :1 winnahle call1paign by
placing the charter an1endment on the Novelllhcr ballot,
Councilor Pape expressed similar conccrn about of the timing of th(~pr;.)pose.d baUot measure. I.h;:. asked
Poli<:;l;~ CornmissioHl;T TimL<lU<.:': to speak tn the cmnw.ission's recommendation.
Mr. Laue reiterated tlutt the highest res;;Ol.nmenrtatkm of the Police Commi:.,sion vms w ha\le both the
external audihlf and the civilian revie\v board report to tll!;: City (;)unciL He said the l~.o1rmljssion."s
intention W~!:.; that it could work either way, though there wa::; no di:"cussion about splitting the two n.n.d
making one l.m.der the auspices of the City M.a:n;;igeL He av<;rred that placing them separatdy on the ballot
codd result in only the i.ll..1dihJr pas~.;ing, which would not he a vrorkahle scenario. Regarding Councilor
Pryor'::; concern about the language rd~"rring to general police pmctki::s, he ~t;;ited that this W<l$ int<;~ndeli
f~lrthe servke improvement component for polke services. He s.aid. it had <dways been the comw.ii;sit,n's
intt:ntion that the auditor w<.t:.; m)t ju:4 there to ferret out complaint::; and identify things that were not
working well. He stated t.hat the comm!~sion was i:n no way advo;;;ating for a gcne.fal auditor h)r the entire
City organization.
1\.{r. Laue- shared cnncerni; expressed regarding the po:"sibility of failure on the balbt and the shmt time
frame prior to the vote, but wa~ cont1ctent that it would w(!rk l;:ither way,
CO\Hldlor Bl::ttman asserted that a civilian review hoard without <m audikn' would not have any pm.veL
She felt this would lx:~ a h:re-ach of trust with thc cWl,ens ofthe eommuni.ty. Regarding t.h~~ date ofthe
dcctitm, she pointed out that the wrn:munity had been prnmised action more than a year ago, She opposed
m.oving the election to May 2H06.
Coundkn' Pap.S voked his SUPPO!t for the moti.on.. Hi.)Wt:ver, heiw:tk:<'l.kd that that h~~ was not in f;wor of
having the auditor report tu the City Council.
RoE caE vote; the motion pa::;sed, 6:2; councilor::; Poling and Solomon voting in
oPPOSitkH1.
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Councilor Poling, ~.;e<;onded by Coun(~i1(!r Solomoll, rw)ved to authorize the expe.:ndihlrc of
up t.o $WO,OOO th..>H1 the. General Fund c.ontingcney aCl;~O'llHt to pay t~)r a ~.,peciaj ekction
on. November 8, 2005.
Councilor HeHman \\'ond;;::~red if the $100,000 included money to provide publkinibnnu:tion.. City
tylanager Taylor r<::phed that it did nOL
Cou:nd!or Beanum ashd why no In<.mey was provided for neutral inthrmat1ontl.Jr'l(jters.. CityManager
Taylor expbined that th(~ m~xtmotion the council would l::onsider u:uthonzz.'Xl the expen.d:iture of $20,000
for information to bc dissew.inated, Cmmdb, Hettman averred that tbls was $p~ifically for the Voters'
Pamphlet She ::;tated that ~;he had in her fEes t11<;: Pad,,$ and Open Spa.ce bzmd measure and the Police
bond mea.:mre; they both l::ontained neutral informationr1.1 makriaL She asked why the charter amendment
'Nii:, being treated differentty,
Mr, Klein claritled that i;t.<!ff at Hw City Rec:.order's fjHice asked about nemralinf()nnation o;nd he advised
that on this measure, unhkc the Parks m.eaSUfe 'which could offer ~"pecitlc factual information, the kind of
factual infi.}nnation the City could pwvide 'Hodd he V{.<:ry 1im:itcd. He said tbe City i.:'ould not <:.xplain why
an external revk:v.' would be a goodkk~! bCC:<tw,e this wa:s not neutral information. He stressed that veq
tiWe information on the z::1wner amendnlt~nt could be pnwid~~ct i.n 0, l1<;utralmmmer.
Councilor Bettman <1~.;ked. if the Police Commi:"skm report could be summ.arlzed a:nd provided as
information.. Mr. KJei:n replied that lw n:~ad the Polio;: Commission report He reiterated th<.tt the City
could. not pay to put infonnation m.l.t that explained why there \Vas a need for this. He stated that the City
coul.d not take a recommcndation from the report and print it a~~ information bel;:a\lse of this reason..
Councilor HeUman asked if there Wf1~ a \vay to make the Po1ice Commission report tnoK availahle- ML
Klein responded thm it v;ai; already on the Web i;lk and. there. wai; nothing again;;.t the law in leaving it
there, Councilor Hettnli1n asked if additional copk~ ofthe r;;:::port CoUld be mack and provided at
<:omrmmity centers <m.d the library. Mr.. Klein replied that this was not leg-aHy po::;sibk to do :so.
C01.mdkr Papl: asked ifthe amount the ballot would cn~t 'wodd he. reduced if ,-mother entity joined the
City on the ballot City Rt."'Coruer tvlaryFeldrmm affirmed that it 'NOtlld reduce the cost but indicated that
no one had expressed interes.t in doing ~.;o. She nokd that she contacted the Eugene Water & Electric
Hoard {EWEH} and it appeared EWER would not include a bon.d issue on. the Novemb(~r haHot
Ron caU vote; the motion passed, 6:2; zXH.mdk,rs Poling and Solomon voting in
opposition.
Co\mdlor Poling, seconded by Con:ndlor Solomon, mov<xl to authorize the expenditure of
up to $20,000 from the General Fund contingem::yaccount to prod:uGe a voters' pamphlet
for the November 8, 2005, eJection. Roll caB vote; the motion passed, 6:2; ;;:otmdlors
Poling and Solomon voting in opposition.
CoUn;:::UOf PoU:ng, seconded by Councilor So!om.on, moved to appoint Mayor Pkrcy,
Councilor Ortiz, and CuuJ1cHor Pryor to the cOllunittee to pn.1mn.~ the vowrs^ pamphlet
proponent :statement, Roll Gall vote; the. motion pa:.->sed unanimously, f;:().
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The meeting atijourned at 9:24 p.m.
RespccHhHy suhmitted,
Dt::nni", M. Taylor
City Manager
{Recorded by Ruth Atchcrson)
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Wor.k Session
3\1 cNutt Room..... Eugene City lInH
Ang1l$.t 10, ZOOS
Noon
COUNCILORS PRESENT: Cieorge Pnling, Jennit(~r Solomon, Bonny BeUrmm, David Kelly, Betty
Taylor, Gary Pape, Andrea Ortiz, Chrb Pryor.
Mayor Kitty Fiemy cal.kd the Augw<t 10, 2CHJS, work sei;sion of the Eugene City Council tz) order,
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City CtHmdl Priority Issue - IAmndl NdghbodlOOd Initiative
City Manager Dennis Taylor introduced the ih:m, noting the wurk session was the bi;t of the initial ~,taff
present,-ttion:, on action plans to irnrlement or address the (:ity Council's eight priority issues. TIc
complim~~ntcd .Public Wi:dr..s Ikpart!:ocnt Di:rcdGr Kurt CGn~y and his i(.{lm fIx the hard work they did on
the action. plan under consideration.
Mr. Cm'ey lmderscored that this presentation was ~.,taff's alternp'! at providing inforllHlt1on!:t'l.ck to the
couneil that had been gen<::ral1y g<lrner~~d from the eoumKnts made at the C01.irKU'S tWOoool:1ay retreat hdd in.
Februmy, He .hoped that when it re.ached the point of adoption, it wonk! truly he the connd!'s plan. He
revicw(A the proce.ss bywhil::h the plan had lxx-:n t~)nnuh!ted ~m.d listed the interdepartmental ~.;taff
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rqrre::;enl.atlVi.:)S that Wlc'1'e engag;e m t k) process, as .:0 .lOW,;;:
,. L~!rry Hill, Senior Management .i\llaly~tfor the. Fimmce Divii;ion~
,. lvbtt Shuler, Deputy Fire ChieL
" Renee Grube. Recre,-ttion Services Director for the .Library, Recreation, and CUltural Services
Department;
,. Beth Bridges, Neighborhoo<.l Mam!ger for the Planning auJ D~vdopment Depmtrnent;
,., Richie Weinrm.m, Urban Selvic~ Manager for the Planning and Devdoprnen.t Dep<trtment
,., Lieutenant Rex Harrong, Eugene Police lkpmtment;
'* Fred M.cV ey,Engineering Data Services Manag\:~r tbr the Puhlie Works fkpartment:,
. C~!rn1yn Weis.s, Landscape Archite;;-t for the Parks ~md Open Space Division ofPublh.:: \Vorks~
. .Lisa Gardner, Senior Transportation Planner fbr the Public Works Department;
. Eric Johnson, Surfacz~ OpcmtionsManage:r for the Fublic Works Dcpa:rtm,-ont;
. Rohmd Hoskins. Managt::mt:nt /uw!yst h)r the Pablic Works DepmtmenL
IVk Corey noted that. tAL l-bskins :.,erved ,-t~., staff kad [{lIthe projec:t and \va.s responi;ibk for a~serubling
the ideas aud pumng th<;: plan wgetheL He ad;:nowledgcd the work of the group, whkh met every
Wu.hwsday fbr three months to develop Hw plan being pre,;;enJed to the cmm.dl.
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Mr. Corey st.awd that the gn;lup ;~ondw~kd an internal audit of (~tl:r:rcnt <Ktivitk~ and reviewed th~~ best
m.armgement pl'acticei:> [1'Orn several ot.her ci.tk:s that .dopkd neighborhood Strategic plans. cities ~uch <i~';
Alhany, Oregon; Scattle, Wa~hingtQ!l~ and San Jose, (;alifbrnia. The. i:::rOll:;:J held hrain;,:,ton:n:h:Hz scssions in
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an en-brt to ad.d to the coundl Cf',nunents and infi.mnation provided from past neighborhood z1i:,>cu~;;siom;,
Ndghbol'hocnd Leader~.,hip Council (NLC:) medings, and thi;; cQllectlve expen.ise of the ;;lsscmbied st<df
}''fr, Corey di:n...'X;ted counc!.lors to a sprcadshed po~te<..i on thi;; \vaH whkh ind.lz~atdj the d:iftcn.:~n:t connllenb
and how they had been Qrganized and information extrapolated from them to form prlmary zibjective,c;. He
reported that the gn:.mD us~~d. <l d,)t exercise to l;;ondud prehminarv prioritization and ulti;:natdv identified
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39 individuat action ~;;teps,He revk:wedAttlu~hment A: Council Strategic Priorities Action Phm
.l.m.mc:!t Nt~i,ghboduxnflnittath'e, spel;::iflcaHy the Planning Hori:;on andF'ocl)s B;nd the 8YraN.'gic Prim'i~y
Outcomes and the ruspc;;:tive timdin{~s, He str~c:ssed that aU of the impkmentation was dependent on
res,-n:trc~~s being put into ptace to ac<:.:ompbh the tasb.
In reviewing the list in the Action Plan, Mr. Corey said. there were atk~lst 30 t'8.irl.y significan.t activities
l..mde1"Nay_ He acknowledgi..,>{l i.1-mt. there "vas much 'work to do but 'Nanted. to t;::mphasize the importance of
recognizing the dlorb already heing made., He poiuted nut t.hat the resource key was SUbJ0~tive and
activitks requiring 1e~::; than $.50,000 werc genera-By l;:onskkred to-w f(:)SOl,ln.::.e and thOi;i;; i;;:'>dmated up to
$100,000 Wi;;re (;rwi;idered medium and tlmi:>e over that ammmt or involvin.g FuH 'fimeEquivale.nt (FTB)
employees would be considered to require <l targe resourc:e.
Continuing.Mr. Corey ackn(!\vkdW;~d the <:ritidsm fl;::ce;ived. about the bx:k ofndghborhood outreach in
putting the plan togethe,. fIe shared his respon~e to fhe critkisln: that this was the '"Hrst cut" at tIlt;
coundl's pb;n. a:nd thi.s type of outreach would h<~ a loglc<d l;::omponent to thi~, plan. He ~.,tresi;ed that thi::;
was the beginning point and not the ending point ami that there was no de:;;.ire to exdude neighborhood
groups,
Mayor PierGY c.alkd on the council kn. l..~on:H:n.(::nts and questions.
Mr. Kdly appredated the g~}od \york in t.he ph.m an.d the mergin.g of ideas "of a .lot of ti)J.b:' He t\.~h thi::re
were a ntnnbet of probkms .is welL He wank-'d the revii::-io.u of the pian to include neighhorhood 01ltreat::1L
He opined that the plan wa.s "an emharras:'>ment ofrkhe:'>" and. wanted t.he pbn tohavc a mort~ narrowed
fOCus, He n.ot~:<l that nm;.;:h of the focus of the c(!undI retri;.~tt in this regard. had been on the Polke
Depmtment. and Planning and I.kvdopment, with some t()(~US on Public \Vol'k.s bm to a lesser extent. .He
dt<;::d Item 14, sidewalk inillL ai; an action item that could. he mken off the IbL
Mr. Kelly obi;erved a synergy between the :,>e<:.:ond. theme, Enhance Public EngagememActivities, <md the
third theme, Support .N'r:.:i"ghborhood hwolvement l~n Problem Solving. "fie t.hought enh;)ncen:H:~nt oftlK role
of neighborhood aswciations through empo'wennent would raise puhbc invulvement hel;;m..lSe people
would think paltkipation in such an association. \~rould give thcm the oppmtunity to make a differcncc.
ML Kelly calkd the outcomes for Phase 1 '\vay too Huffy," He wiihed to see outcomes that tied hack to
the thret them(.-'0.
1\.1.r. Pape observed that the plan was an ambitious ~.;tarL He agreed that it ~ould be too hnxtd in SCOpi;;, but
said he p:rdi;~m~i to dn~.am big .and then cut hack. He cm:omented that som~~ of the items" while they mig:bt
in.dude or touch on neighborhoods, might be better addressed on a citywide has-is. 1-k citednllmbers 21.
through 23, which addre:'>i::-ed diversity in <:':G1nmuniti~, a:,> smndh:ing that did Hot spedfkally involve
neighborhood as.sociations. and might be addres~ed through an entity :'>uch <1:'; the Human Right., CmrmliH-
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sion, Mr. Corey expb.ined tll<1t thes<:3 items were in rz~spons~ to co:;.m>.:-.il conimenLs about Q:ettlnl:! "mon:::
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peopk to the table" than the few who Vler~~ typil::aUy involved in such activities today,
Vv'1likMr. Pape support.ed re~ching ou.t to a tm.lader cirde of people, he wa$. uncert.<lin wll'.d.her thi~ goal
sho.uld bc part of the neighborhood initiative,
In re$.ponsi;~ to another qu.estion from !Vir- Papt,Mr. ('orey ex:phined th.<!t the fDCUi; on inuH was in
re~.;pon::;e to the planning aspects of the. cotmnents that were made and the ong(}ing n::v'kw of hnd Ui;ef>. lIe
feH it was a l-ligher level "generk" responsc to those conmlent$,
Mr. Pape asked 'fYk Corcy to spc.'lk to Action Step 0, having to do with ::>coping prz)ject$.~'lk Con:~y said
scoping pr~jects had been compkted in t'VG neighborhoods and at the high€:.f>t level vi/ere activities that
hrought into. t~)cm the prbrities of the Indi vidual neighbor:hoo,k He stated it was a f<.%ourceyint€:11sive
activity and the City had 17 neighbod100ds .left "to go" iftbh scoring f>hnuld continue.
Mr.Pape asked it this touch(~d on updating neighborhood p!an~.;, Mr. Corey asked Planning Diviskm
Managl..~r SUSM Muir to respond. Ivk \.hdr stated that the scoping could le.'ld to making such a IbL
Ms, Bridges darifle<..i that the i;l:::oping projects ha.d taken a difkn.:11t approac.h to neighbottKH)d rdlncmcn.t
plam, as they d.id not have the same land me stan.ding as ;;\ :rdinement pbtL She. i;ald it was a way for the
differcnt stakeholders in a, ndghborhood to come together and identify the ::;ervice needs that tlhoy had Bnd
to identify ::;ome prioritief> ~mch as whefher to. build sitkwalks or bicycle path..~. Sh<;~ note<..1 that the.se
projccts had be(~n compkted in the Wc:st Un! ver",ity and the. Bethel ndghborhood:;;,
.Mf- Papf: a,sccrtained fromMs, Bridges that the City cf.mld nut u.ndertake fu.rther scoping prz)jects using
the available resources,
Rega.rd-ing Ad.!on !t{:1)1 9,N.k Pape o.pined th;;tt it would bc good t!) idenHt~, the neighborhood-ba~.;ed
s.ervices it rderred to in order to ensure that the City cou1d ddiver the rcsourcz:>int{:1)sive sz~rvkes. He
thought that the City shou.ld start 'with ndg:bborhoods to which it could deliver s<:Tvices,
t\.-1s. Taylor corn:menkd that the best thing in the plan wa::; an inc.rease in funding t"()r neighhorhood
nm.vslctteTh. She averred that th{~ plan seemed to cncompass .'evi;)rything that the City does." She i;ought
to find ways to get citizens more involved in their nelghhorhood~., in (}r<.ler to bette, facilitate communica-
tion and the flow of information between citizens and the City. She remark<::d t.h;;tt morc involveme.m
might kad to more conientlol,IS1:leSS but thii; dcveh>pment could have a pOf>itive iui111ence on City
government She wish(~l t.o .focm; on a higher level of involvement and not a high.)r level of siJtisfb,ction,
Ms. 'ravlnr related that she had bc<::!l concerncd hritiaHv that an of th<:3 inti.nmation wai; from staif and
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none was from the neighlxrrhood le.a.ders, She thought that tl:w plan should sta.lt with >,vhat the City
thought it should do and then work with what the neighborhood kader$ thought the inlti'ltive should dn.
She :;;.hare<.l her shock in seeing t.he citizen involvement phm. She opined it was a backward ll1GVC and
shoutd not he co:;.:nted <1$ an achkvement given that the City had dif>wlveU the Citizen Involvement
Committe(~ (CIC}, She thought a good step to take wo.u.ld be to reactivate t.he Cle.
Continnh1Q:.Ms,'favbr suggested that the co.uneil start ridding the E~t of items, af> the plan was unwieldy.
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;vls. Bdtman tha:nh~d staff fOf the progn:~ss that had been made on ()pportmrity siting and the Safe Parks
plan,whkh increased police bicycle patrols in the City's pm'k areas, hoth gDalil sh~o hdd for the ndghbor..
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hood initiative, She averred that lwighborhoods and downtown hUi',ine~.,:=;e~;; \Vere very graktUl il,r the
offk~'1's. She fe1t the City had begun to make some progress on \vhat had been her persona! intent "\vhen
she pat this goal on the tabk.
M.s. Hettman calkd the list exhaastive, She as'bx1 that ev~~rything the organlzHt1on W<1~., already doing he
taken dT the J.l.st. She thought th,)re 8ho'nld b;:: di.iTerentiation hetwi...~1) neighborhfKH:is and n<:::ighb(')l'hood
assf!i..::iat1ons. When fDrH1ubting: the goal, she had neighborhoods in mind in terms of livahHity. She
helieved heaHhy ndghhorhoods to be tb;~ fundamental building blocks to a healthy eity. Sb:: recorn..
mended bt;~ginningwith an overarching value thM explored how thiB livability (odd be preserved and
enl:wm.:C{L She ob~erved that things ,omch as density, inillt commen:ial development, and transportation.
pn)je;.;~ts had the (apacity to enhance or degrade a neighhorhood,
M.J". Pryor a:prreciatd the dTm1 that gone into the phm and agreed with wmments suggesting the plan
should he more focused. He remarked that wh.)H thir&Jng about neighborhoods and the City'~;; role in
them, he thought ~thout the people and the City'~ relationship and partnership \vith them. He [eft tb;~i;e
areas should be thc ones on which to {!JCllS. the most energy. He 1iked what was ~.,aid in the proposed plan
regarding public engagement and efforts to try tf} create greakr nutreachin th.) cotmnunity. He s~tid while
the general Pop\lla1ion of the neighborhoods should help to bring the initiative to fwitiun, the l:1(~ighbor-
hood as~;ociati.o!1s had an important role in getting those individuals involved. He wanted to work on
strategies to en~.;ure the City was in contact with e'leryone.He corn.mented that it 'Nas a "'struggle" to hnd
out wh;;tt happy pmpk: think hecause. usuaJ1y the eounci] only heard from.1.mhappy people and quality
infonn<1tion wGald indude hoth. He agreed that disagreement~ 'were he,'llthy. but averred dn"!t t.he purpose
f r j j' H fk d '1 f '1 ,.
o . ( 1.&1.gR~ement "',v.as to reac 1 a r~~so .H1l.0:n.,'.c t'.) ,t K o;.;~lS on 8ervtce I; t;~Uvery,
.Mr.Poli.ng thanked staff for all the time and dfort that had gone i.nto tht~ pIan. He ;;igreed. th<'l.t the plan
wai; tno broad and Hlmost overwhelming. He concurred with Mr. Pryor's ~.;entiments regarding invoive-
rnent of neighborhood resident~;; thmn~/;,ndghbod1ood a::;sGcbtkms in order to get morz~ people in the city
involved with what w.as going on.
Mayor Pien:;y said the dmsity of the inforrmtion W<lS an interesting way for the wu.ndt ~md staff to ~.;ee aU
of the rebtionshipi; benveen the things that happen in the ndghhorhouds and aU of the things the City did
to reach om into the neighborhoods, She supported helping the ndghborhood orgmlizations be as .'strong
as the City could <1~.,:=;i~.,t them in heing" so that they fed empowered to be a ::;ignificant part of the di.-o"Cision-
making proo;:ss in the. community. Sbx; hoped ttw City eoukl provid.e trainings fiJf neighborhood
organizations hecau.se it wa::; wmeti.mes diffkult to run a meeting w that. people with different point::; of
view felt thx7 W<;Te partkipating and being heard.
Reg:an:llng div~;Tshy, l\--1ayor Piercy thought the City should talk with neighborhood. associations .ahout
stmkgks to engage more people and what they might do to help bring more people in, She (jbselved that
the Msodations wa.ntt)d memh.)rship t;;! be repJ'Csentativt: nfneighhorhood (hv;;::~rsity. She opined that ;;;o:me
of the neighborhood association:..; had become too big.
1\4ayol Piercy called fhr a ~;;ec{md mund of council questioni; and I;;om.rnents,
lYk Kelly agreed that neighbor.hood livability was critical. He averred that if the initiative \Ilorked the
way it \Ilas intended, it \vnuld i;Lrengthen the neighborhood i.\8s;;!cbtions byini,)rc;),singinvolvnnen.t,
Mr. KeHy recommended that Action Item 1, the devdop-ment of aNeighborhood~I:Klsed Community
Policing Strategy, involvc the participation of neighborhood a.ssnz:iations.
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Re.garding Action Item 4, the sugge~tion to shift neigbhor1xxxi involvement to .<U1 earlier point in the land
use proc('..ss,~,k Reily felt thi;,; wouhl reduce contentiowmeS~L He re1atd that the City of Alhany utilized
a program. that n;:quired a preudevdopment meeting bdween a ~kvdoper and ndghhorholld residents.
Mr. Kcily felt that A.diol1 Item 6, the neighborhood SCooping projects, wuld i;erve as (l tie-in to opportunity
nwpping and the gro\.vth d{:1)Slty aLhxation that was discu;,;sed rec{:1)tly. He add.)d that a Sl;::ope without a
l.and uj:;e <xmuedion would 'just sit on a shelf."
Mr. Pape reite,ated that he wanted the Citv to be carefd not to make promise::; of ndghl:H)rhood..bai;ed
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services (as spt~dfled in the Pa,ks, Recreation, and Open Space Compr-ehem.;ive Plan) it did not have the
resources to deliver.
lYk Pape thought the f<)(:us of tb;~ iuitbtivt. ;,;hould be pa.rhcipation hy the neighborhood associations. He
hoped thnt the large, neighborh{xxi associations \vGuld split into appropriatdy smaller gwups. I-le wanted
to detenn.ine i.f the City had every house and .<!re.<! identified as being pan of a speemc neighborhood
assodaLioll and whether the associations were effective. He appn::dated al;tion items 30 through 35,
which sought to enham~e the roJ.c of ndghborho(xl assoc1.<!tions, He concurred. withtvlayor Piercy's
recommendation that the City provide training that would enhaxKe the tl.B1ctionahty .A'the us.sociatl()Hs.
~{"'. Bettm~H1 opined that people WGukl participate with neighborhood as~ociations when they knew their
time and dfOli. would. make a dift'<:::rel1>.)c, She noted, in re.gmd to scoping, that the NLC had scoped oh.~h
neighborhond in 2{l04 and. had talked about their priority issues i:n a subs;;::qtlcnt document She thought
th{~ City could cooperate with the ndghborhoods topert~!n.n their own M::.oping.
t<ih. Ortiz thanked staff f<..1r its 'work and .<!<.::know ledged. the amount of dIort that had gpne into H~{~
proposed plau. She shared Ms. Hettman's s{:~ntimentt~ regardi:ng ";gdti:ng buy..in" tl-mn the l;;om.rmmitks.
Sh;;:: averred that if the ndghhorhoods v;ere not interested in partkipating, the City may as well m~t pursue
the initiative.
Ivhyor Pien;'y called for a third nmnd of COml.Tlents and questions,
Mr. Kdly cikdA.ction Jt;;:~!l1. 24, n::garding tht~ Citizen involvement Stmtegk Plan, and ohserved. th.<tt rnuch
good. stuff work had gone into the Grst iteration of it and he opined that most of the \vw;k went "nmvhere."
He thought theitcm COUld be cj.iminated.
Mr. Keny thought 1\.)tiol1 Hem. 25, whk:h sc'ught to iw.:-:l\.de: 1t.edha<;k to participants in project plffils,
raised a g{xxi point and helped people to f{x~l they hawb-een he.ml
Mr. Kelly echoed tv.k Pape's comments on action items 30 thwugh 35. Regarding i\.dinn rtern 30, he
encouraged the indusion of the NLC. He rec.alled that on occ.<1SlDn theNLC was not con;;ide:red an
off!(:ial entity of the City and asked that it bc;;:o:nJt) one,
In closing, 'Mr. Kd.ly opined that it was.an embarrass-m;;::!lt tl} ~e<..~ the diminatbn of the CIC "touted ahnost
as if it was prohrre::;s." He Hgreed wit.hMs. Tayior thHt it ::;hould be reeswhli::;hed.
Ms. BeLtman aHk-~d thr .llXlre specificity in the outcomes, such as 'active ~:nd ~uc<..~es~ful col.!.aboratio:n with
;~ffed<",d neighborhood):;. \vith tmnsportation devck'pment, parb, and publiv safety issues' and 'hi~)se,
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long-term residenc:y and home O\vnership.' She wished to see the phmse 'less contentiousness around
development applications' changed to "residents and neighborhoods suppo!"t devdopment applications,'
Ms, Bettman asked staff to revie\v a pmposal written by Joseph Cunningh~m1,
Ms. H(~ctman rem.arked that minimization of Cl:.mversiuns from residential us~~s to commercial nses had
remained unaddress(~d,
Mr. Papi commented that the ere was inten&d to have a greate. function than neighhcu"hood associa-
tions. He did ni)t s(~e that as a neighborhood goal.
My, Corey st.ated that the plan would be brought befixe the council for further (;()nsideratkm and adoption
at later dates, He felt neighborhood input would be app.opriate when the plan was aUgned more dosdy
with the co\mdl priorities, The cmmdl acknowledgz.>cl the plan should be brought back for further
consideration before soliciting tl.'mnal input from neighborhood w,sociations,
Me Kelly suggested th~lt staff send an email to the ndghborhood leaders explaining this fir::;t step in the
process,
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Programming of Surface Transportation l)rogramN"Urban Funds
City Manager Taylor stated that City .Engineer Mark Schoening was present to review the prqject listf{)f
funds to be progmmmed by the Metropnlitan Policy Committee (MPC),
Mr. Schoening reviewed the inf<mnation in the Agenda Item Summary (A1S) regarding the Programming
of Sur :face Tramportation Pmgram-Urlnltl Funds, He said the schedule h~(d been complicated by the air
quality assessment and the work of the (~itizen Advisory Committee (CAe), He explained that Attach~
me-nt A Preservation twt! J10demiztflirm (md Phwlling andPmJect Development Pro]ectList delineated
the projects,
Mr. Schoening stated that t!:w modemln~tion project on Game Farm Road had already been budgeted-He
explained that a change in the funding source .equired that it be bwuf!)lt back ~f{).e the counciL He said,
if successluL the fedend llmds w'Quld replace syst(~ms devdopment charges (SDCs) and would fill the gap
where other fbnds had previowdy been identified, thought t{l come from Springfkld and/or the County.
He noted tbat the project had been identified in part because ot'the synergy with the County's project on
Game .Farm Road, the City's project to extend Chad Drive, and the Oregon Department of Transpoli.ation
(ODOT) pn~ject to replace the bddge.s over Game Farm Road.
Mr. Schoening reviewed the preservation proj(~cts on tl:w Hst, He explained that the transportation
planning a{tivity continued the past practice of securing funds fur such activities \vhich he predicted
wouid become c.itical a:3 the Cnunty had, in its .Fiscal Year (FY) 200& Capita; Plan, discontinued the
City/County partnership money, appmximatdy $1 rninion, He stated th~tt the iist indicated the prqjeds
the City wanted to submit appiic~ttkms for, He repl)rted that thelY.rPC "Vyonld review the recomme-ndations
of the Transportation Planlllng Committe-~ {TPC) on August 11; the application period be.gan then and
would. end Oll August 2:L
Mavor Piercy called on the councii fo. questions and conunentiL
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Ms. B~ttm.an felt the inclusion of the policies regarding street preservation indicated somc progress had
been mad(~. She opined that the Game Farm Road pr~ject diverted from the City's odginaI intent on how
it would be funded. She observed that the bulk of the project was outside ofthe dty limits, Mr.
Schoening clarified that the bulk of the pn:tject was within Eugene city lhnits.
Ms. Bdtman recalled that ::;ome funding was slated to come from the City of Springfield and the County.
Mr. Schmming explained that the City anticipated securing tlmding from the County and/or Springfield.
He noted that the portion fmm the mid-line oflnterstate 5 was in th~ City of S.pringfkld.
Ms. Bettman asked if Springfield was not paying for its portion. Mr. Schoening resjXmded that the City of
Eugene c.ould ask that Springt1eld pay, but all entities in the metropolitan area worke.d together in the
regional pm<:~ss that regarded Surface 'fmnsportation Pr(}gram-Urban (STP-V) funding.
Ms. f:kt.tman ohserved that $225.00Q was originally slated to come from Lime County Road Funds and
$125,000 in assessments had been reducd to $42,000. S!:w dedared the pr~ie<:t to be inconsistent with
tk City's policies because it was a capacity upgrade and because it ,vould not be built to the City's
standards.
Mr, Schoening explaine.d that the northern patt of the mad was <'lUtside the urban grO'Y\'th boundary (VGB}
He noted that it \-vould be similar to the way fklta Highway had been built between Green Acres Drive
and Ayres Road, as that tral1sport<ttion iitdlity had an urban section on the cast sid~ .and a rural section on
the west side.
M::;. Hettman reiterated her as::;ertkm that the project was inconsistent with City poHcy, She did not
believe the City should take u.p its ability to compete for money t'O build pfi...'.i~ts that were important to
the City of Eugene by building projects that were important to Lane County and Springfield, when the
County and Springt1dd w(:re not c;::mtribu.ting. She. objected to using the funding sources fbr this project,
calling it "misguided."
Regarding the planning money, MS- Bettman observed that It had been increased by $W5,OOO per ye.\r.
She questioned why there was such a "huge" jump in fhnding. Me Schc.'ening replied that it was a
difference between what was being asked for and what. the City was likely to fel.~dve. He underscored that
the City was asking for aU of the funds Ex \vhich it was eligible, but did n.ot ant.icipate receiving the fuB
amount He noted that the City received $125,000 fOf planning cach of the last thre.e years. H~ added that
Lane County, Lane Transit District (LTD), and Coburg had not asked fbr planning dollars during the .last
funding it(~ration. hut would be making dw request in the next round of tlmding,
Ms. ReHman remarked that it was difticuh to determllw if this 'proj(~ct was thl;:~ best one for the City when
it was the only one heing reviewed,
\\..tr. Poling asked how the Game Farm Road modernization project had been determined to be at. the top of
the priority list Mr. Schoening replied that the council adopted a capital budget with the pn..-tject in it, so
there was a ::;ense that ::;ome sort of prioritization. placed it th~re over other pf(~!ect,>, He said, based on the
existing scoring criteria, it was tHt that the project would Sl;::ore highly.
M.r. Poling a~ked if money allocated to moderniz.ation projects could be reaHocated to preservation
projects. Mr. Schoening responded that it would take an actIon by the Metropolitan Policy Committee
(MPC) to make SHch a change.
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In n::~sponse t{) a f()How-up que::;tion from Mr. Poling, Me Schoening explained that STP-U money
allocated to this mo<:kmization pn~ject would he reaHocated to the next highest priority prnject (~1 the list
should the council not approve it. Mr. Poling asked if the City of Eugene had another project for
consideration on the lit->t. Mr. Schoening rep1ied that there was no other project in the. queue tor this
iteration of funding and removal of the Game Farm R.o.ad project would release that funding for a pr~ject
in another jurisdiction.
fvk Poling asked if the vyo:rk on the Chad Drive prltlect., should it be approved, wot!ld be conducted in
conjunction with the extension work that was already approved. Mr. Schoening affirmed that the work
could be coordinate-i.
fvk Kelly opined that the proposal mad(~ at the MPC meeting the previous month to program only one
year of funding and allocate 20 percent to modernization prc~ects was the "best the City could hope to
get." He oolleved an attempt to lower it from there would have been a losing hattle.
Mr. Kelly said he was ''troubled'' by the Game Farm Road prqject. He asked Ms. Bettman ifthere was a
bigger projel;'t she. would prefer ;;)1" if she wished tor the City t{) sit out this fOund offunding.He also
\.vished to ask staff about the money anocated for planning, He .asked what fund was paying t()f the
planning at this point Mr. Sdwening replied that it came fronl the Road Fund moneys that went into the
operating budget. Mr. Kelly commented that he would pretbr to lower the amount requested but did not
want t{) "eat up" more Road Fund dollari;.
Mr. Pape concurred with concerns expressed about the Game Farm Road pf(~iecL He a.."kcd why the
\vhok road \vas not being done and if it was not .a priority &H' the County. Mr. Schoening assured him that
the other portion of the road was under <:-onstructkm at present by the Cm.mty, He t->aid the City'::; work
wotlld ~omplete the last piecl.~ of It. He noted that ODOT was planning to replace the hridges.as part of its
bridge replacement pmgram. an.d indkated a wil!in!!pess to add this pr~ject as a change order. City
.f-danager Taylor added that this was one reason it scored so \'veil and that working in tandem with ODOT
and the C:mnty benefited the City by helping to control costs,
Mr. Pare asked for clarificatiol1 on why half of the road WOUld be built to County standards and the other
half to City standards, Mr. Sdweningstated that the pave.ment standards of the road would be consit->tent,
but the County side would not have a sidewalk and the drainage would be directed into the diteh rather
than routed with cHrbs an.d gutters.
Mr. Pape asked who developed the scoring system, Mr. Schoening said the staff of an the paJ1icipating
agencies c;;mki develop a proposal for changing the scoring at the direction of elected officials. Mr, Pare
asked how a higher priority could 00 given for 'pavem(~nt preservation,Mr. Schoening (~xplained that the
curre.nt crit(~ria came from 'rran::;Plan policies and t{)CUSOO on alternative modes. He said the removal and
replacement of asphalt bet\veen the curbs had a t(:ndency ';not to score a lot of points."
Mr. Pape askd for a memorandum on the scoring crit(~da.
Mr. Pap~ asked v/hat amount in b'TOSS dollars W~tS allocated to planning for the region,Mr. Schoening
replied that it was a little over $2 mi!lion,Mr. Pape opined that Eugene seemed to be asking ['or a sraaB
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ln response to a question from M'so Ortiz,Ml"- Schoening explained that Game Farm Rood was fairly cbse
to the Bdtline Highway!lnterstak 5 interchange project and the she where ODOT planned to replace
bridges, and because of this the City had he.enint.egrating with ODOT to ~ondlJct the projects efficiently,
He said the ODOTinterchange project would not affel,.~t the Game Farm Road project
~vfs. Taylor felt encouraged to see an ofthe presen;atlon prQjects. She viondered if there was a good
chance that the projects wo-uld go tln'o~lgk Mr. Schoening replied that the devcl.opment of good criteria
that foc~lsed on arterial and ~olledor streets could improve the chances,
in response to a question from. Ms. Taylor, !'vfr. Schoening assured her that the City ofE~lgene was entirely
responsihle for ehoos!ng which mod<:~rnization j}rQjects to submit
Mayor Piercy called for a second round of questions and comments.
T'vh Heitman caned the assertion that an external entity made the decision on what 'pn~jects to submit.
"nothing but pretense:' She alleged that Eugene, Springfield, and Lane County staff made the matrix and
chose \'vhkh projects to submit. She opined that all the elected offkia1s needed to do was to ::;ay 'no' once
or twice and staff would "get the mes::;age" that the policy shOUld be upheld, She approved of the list of
preservation proj<::cts, as that was th(~ City's highest priority. She felt there was no guarantee that staff
members \vould. prioritize them when they "got into that little room to m.ake the decision" unless the
council said that was what it wanted,
.fvis. Bettnmn agreed t.hat the cDuncil had adDpted the Game Farm Road project when adopting its capital
project list but she noted that the funding mechanism had changed, She que::;tioned the "pretend matrix."
Mr. Poling, seconded by Ms, Solomon, moved to approve the attached list of projects for
submittal of applications tor federal Surface Transportation Program-Urban funds for
FY()7.FY(J9 to be programmed hy the ivtetropolitan 'Policy Committee.
Mr. Kelly h~lt preservation projects had more chance for funding now than they had a few years earlier,
He &'lid ::;hould ideas held by the Tnmsporuttion Planning Committee (TPC) on h...w/ fl.lm.iing was allocated
remain un(:hanged, there would he a little over $5 million available for the \-vho!c region over three years.
He observed that be<:-ause the list ofpreservation projects being put forward totaled ov~r $8 million, it
would likely he "whittled aL"Mr. Schoening responded that the actual funding totaled $14 million
because part of the ~ritefia was that the City provided a local match to the STP..U funding,
Mr. Schoening said one of the reasons the list was broad \.vas that the s(:oring crit<:~r)a was uncertain at this
point
In rc::;r(}n~e to a question from Mr. Kelly. Mr, Schoening affirmed. that the federal rules prohibited the
MPC f1.om dividing the money up by jurisdiction because ofthe region's designation m; atranspt)r1ation
management area.
Mr. Kelly observ...."<l that the pr(~!ects c.ame from a coHectiw decision made by staff and elected officials
butjurisdktions were unable to take the money and use it Jndependently. He commented that \vhik he
saw value in the Game Farm Road prqject, he w'ould likely S~lp'pOtt Ms, Henman's intended amendment to
remove it from the list. lk l;al!ed this \vork "horse trading," He imagined that if Eugene did nm compete
t()f the "moderni7jltion pie" and Springfield received more than its fair share of that money, the. other
jurisdktionsmight be inclined to give Eugene more than its fair share of the preservation money,
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Ms. Hertman, seconded by Ms. 'faylof, moved to amend th~~ motion to remove Surface
Transportation Program-Urban money from the Game Farm Road pn:~e;.;t
Ms, Bettman averred that the amendment \vould not stop the pr~ject She noted that l}revio~!sly $125.000
in assessments had been identified and that amount had fallen to $42,000. She said the policy that
dictated that people living adjacent to such improvements must he asse.ssed was "hard and fast" She sa\v
no reason to reduce the aSi;essments. She reiterated that the pn~iect could go forward but would have to
"revert to its original funding medul.nism.." She agreed with Me Kelly's assertion that this would nuke a
statement that would HKltivate the ~fPC to allocate more prc::;ervation funding to the City ofEug~~ne.
Mr, Pape a::;ked how subjective the criteria. were. iv.k Schoening responded that it would be disingenuous
t-o say there was no di::;cussion betwet:m jurisdictions hut he would not characterize it as "hor::;e trading:'
He felt this characterization overstated the discussion at the TPC and the MPC;. He underscored that as
transportation dollars became "tighter" otherjurisdictions had their eyes on the planning money and other
n.~sources and <:ompetltion became stltTl\tr. Pape surmised that there wa::; a large amount of su~iectivity
put into the scoring ::;ystem.
Ms. Solomon felt it would be irresp;,;:msible to not apply fbr modernization dollars, She averred that the
prqject met the goal t-oimpn)ve transportation in the system and it would ultimately take some of the
trank. demand from the Cohurg Road/Beltline.Higlr"v~ty interchange. She believed that the voters
exp~~cte.d the City to coHaborate with its partners.
The vote on the amendment was a 4:4 tie~ Ms. Taylor,Ms, Reitman, My. Kelly, and Ms.
Ortiz voting yes, ~md M" Papt\ Mr. Poling, M.s. Solomon, and IVlr. Pryor voting in opposi~
tkm. Mayor Piercy voted against the Mrendm.ent and it failed on a final vote of 5:4.
In re::;ponse to a question from [\,{L Papt\ Mr. Schoening explained that he had looked at the unified
planning work program and how much ::;taff resource the City (d' Eugene used tDlmplement its portion of
it. Then he looked at the scnrl!rg criteria which allocated points for matching up to a 50 percent match.
He stated what was requested wa::; 50 percent of what the City of EugeH(~ w,ed to implement the unified
planning work program, assuming that the City would put in a 50 percent match from the Road Fund to
gain the maxilnurn Hum.ber ofpoinh. He added that the larger problem was that 20 per<:ent of$10.5
milhon did not cover everyone's planning needs in the region,
M" Pape asked how the money was allocated, assuming $720,000 per year went int{) planning.Mr,
Schoening replied that it W~tS allocated hy the MPC on a recommendation from the 'fPC using the criteria
established for all of the categories.
Mr. KeHy indicated he would oppose. the main motion, He averred that failure oCthe amendment ran
counter to the sort of discu::;:"ion the City Council had in the past on strat(~gies to increase ro~td preserva~
tion funding.
Mr. Pape appreciated the amendment butremaine<.l concerned that this body had staff working on this
Game Farm Road project He felt that reversing it .and putting ".asunder" an of the planning and wurk
(kme by staff at the council's previous direction was not prudent.
Ms. HeUman opined that using STP-U money for this projC{:t was a ."drastic reversal of comse."
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Mr. Kdly remarked that he did !lOt }mpport the Rrnendment in order tel skwv dov,/T1 or stop the Game Farm
Road project, He noted that the c<J\.mcH had already approved it with a different funding mechanism.
Ivk Solomon askedMr, Schoening to describe the original funding pwposaLMr, SdlOening explained
that the total budget had been $638,000, of which $225,000 was listed as from other $\.1un;es and $125,000
was to be paid for from assessment",. He said in reevaluating the project, it was determined that less of the
pf(~iect was assessable to adjacent property {lWners, 'l'he remainder ofthe funding was to come from
transportation SDC::;.
t<,tk Solomon remarked that the prqjed funding did not look like a reconfigumtion of funding to her.
Mayor Piercy conve.yed her commitm.ent to getting preservation dollars targeted thwugh her work on the
MPC She stressed her willingness to work with the council to ensure that the policies the council put in
place were adhered to, She '<-vas not convinced that the Game Farm Road was nl'}t the right project to
submit as a modernization project, She averred that suttT knew the council prinrlties a:nd how the dollars
\'\'ere to be used.
The main motion passed, 5:3; tvk Kelly, M.s. Taylor, and Ms, Bettma:n voting in opposi-
tion.
The meeting adjOlJlT1ed at 1 :30 p.m,
Respectfully :3uhrnitted,
Dennis M. Taylor
City Manager
{Recorded by Ruth Atcherson)
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