CC Minutes - 11/28/07 Work Session

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? Neighborhood based refinements plans—staff would provide council updates on scoping of plan updates through council memos. Following the scoping phase, it was anticipated that additional tasks would be proposed in the FY09 work program. ? Ongoing code amendments—following the completion of the Minor Code Amendment process initiated in FY07, staff would pursue the development of an implementation strategy for ongoing code amendments (Fall 2009). ? In addition to the above mentioned specific tasks, the council would receive updates on other plan- ning projects and programs as appropriate through council memos, council newsletters, or requests for work sessions when additional specific direction was needed. Mayor Piercy thanked staff for coming back to the council and responding to councilors’ questions. Ms. Taylor, referring to HB 3337, asked if the City Council approved the work program was it also approving a commercial and industrial lands study. Ms. Gardner responded the recommendation from the Planning Commission was to provide all of the necessary tools to look at all initiatives including infill, mixed use centers (MUC), and opportunity siting by having a comprehensive assessment of all land types, including natural resources and redevelopment capacity. Much of the redevelopment capacity lay in industrial and commercial properties, thus the Commission recommended conducting a comprehensive study. She confirmed Ms. Taylor’s statement that element would need to be removed from the recommenda- tion if the council did not wish to proceed with the study. Ms. Taylor understood that the urban growth boundary (UGB) did not need to be changed until it was looked at through the normal review process. Ms. Gardner stated review of the UGB was not part of the work program task before the council today. City Attorney Emily Jerome said the results of a land assessment would dictate whether the council needed to make any changes, such as densifying. HB 3337 was focused in amending statutes pertaining to residential land, but required establishment of a UGB separate from Springfield. At the time the UGB was established, regional plans, which currently were residential and industrial, would need to have a Eugene focus. Currently, the acknowledged residential land study went to 2015 while the commercial and industrial land studies went through 2010. Prior to the expiration of these studies, there should be an assessment of all of these lands by 2010. The City should expect to hear from the State Department of Lane Conservation and Development (DLCD) in 2014 regarding the next periodic review. Ms. Bettman said she had some amendments when the motion was on the table, one to limit the work program to address only the deadline driven requirements detailed in HB 3337 and the other to add to amendments to the code incorporating the growth management policies. Noting the council had been left out, under the heading “Regional Transportation Planning” she wanted to add council to the list of bodies that Planning staff would assist with transportation planning. Ms. Bettman expressed concern about a form-based code, stating that staff initiated a policy change without bringing it to the council. She was concerned it looked at the building design as opposed to the use, noting different uses had different impacts. Focusing on the structure was not enough to protect adjacent land uses. She was concerned there needed to be additional resources and reprioritization to get water quality protection ordinances or the water resources overlay going. MINUTES—Eugene City Council November 28, 2007 Page 2 Work Session