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Ms. Taylor moved to substitute the Mayor's proposal. The motion died for lack of asec- <br /> ond. <br /> Ms. Taylor indicated that she would oppose the motion. She did not believe it would solve the problem. <br /> She felt it was ethically, morally, and legally wrong. She questioned whether it was legal to "destroy" <br /> land purchased with federal money. <br /> Ms. Solomon conveyed her continued support for the WEP. She expressed concern that taking the WEP <br /> off the table would increase the acrimony, given that more than half of Eugene voters had voted in favor <br /> of it twice. She said the council should not dismiss the will of the voters. She also did not think it should <br /> be taken off the table. She indicated her willingness to work with an entity such as the Oregon Consensus <br /> Group in order to pursue other options but not at the expense of what had already been invested in the <br /> WEP. She did not believe the present vote would preclude inclusion of some kind of amendment to the <br /> WEP that might be the result of such a process. <br /> Mr. Kelly agreed that there were transportation problems in West Eugene and he also agreed that the WEP <br /> was not the solution to those problems. Regarding Ms. Solomon's suggestion that the collaborative <br /> process could be worked on in parallel, he asserted that staff and technical resources were not available. <br /> He remarked that he would prefer to apply staff and technical resources to a project that might be built in <br /> his lifetimes. <br /> Mr. Kelly requested that the aerial photos supplied in Mr. Stiles' presentation be enlarged to facilitate <br /> <br /> reading them. He also asked that the maps be posted on the ODOT Web site. <br /> Continuing, Mr. Kelly said he did not take the will of the voters lightly. He opined that the project before <br /> the council was not the project the voters had approved. He noted that a portion of the WEP was slated to <br /> <br /> be maintained by the City of Eugene and this had also not been approved by voters. <br /> Mr. Poling supported the WEP because the voters had supported it, 50.9 percent voting in favor. He noted <br /> <br /> that over 60 percent had voted not to consider any more alternatives. He averred that elected officials <br /> <br /> were obligated to respect the will of the voters. He did not think the City had the staff or resources to look <br /> into other alternatives. <br /> <br /> MINUTES-Eugene City Council October 26, 2005 Page 11 <br /> Work Session <br /> _ <br /> <br />