Sam - why are you asking? Or should the question be - are you not asking after the fact? The council already approved the amendment, it seems to me that "considering the ordinance" will merely be a formality. Like so many other things that this city does, there is no real debate (that includes the public) - rather some folks in city government gather a quarum and keep spending our money - no vote of the people, no TRUE discussion (merely the formality of going through the motions). We see it time and time again - it happened with the tram, it happened when we voted down some of the light rail, it happened with the "voter owned elections". About the only time in recent history that I didn't see it happen was the covering of the Mt. Tabor reservours.

So I guess I'm asking why you bother to post it? It's obvious that the council members think they know best; so why even ask it on this blog?

As usual you won't like my opinion but here it is. The couplet is a waste of taxpayer money followed by a MUCH bigger waste of a streetcar (bigger waste in that it's truely a waste of time, money and resources). When the URA is over, it needs to be over. This city continues to NOT bring the (so called) districts back into the normal tax rolls and this is a terrible hoax on all citizens in the city.

Told you that you wouldn't like my opinion.