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<br /> <br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Work Session: Region 2050 <br /> <br /> <br />Meeting Date: August 14, 2006 Agenda Item Number: C <br />Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Allen Lowe <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-5113 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br />The Region 2050 process has resulted in development of the Southern Willamette Valley Regional <br />Growth Management Strategy, hereafter referred to as the Strategy. At this work session, the council <br />will discuss whether or not to endorse the Strategy. In endorsing the Strategy, the City of Eugene agrees <br />to “use the goals and objectives and Regional Growth Concept, including the coordinated population <br />allocations, as a tool to guide growth and development.” Endorsement also implies that the City will <br />implement those actions that the City Council determines to be “appropriate to the needs and desires” of <br />the community. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />Region 2050 is a collaborative regional planning effort for the southern Willamette Valley. The <br />planning process began in the summer of 1999 with the adoption of resolutions by the Lane County <br />Board of Commissioners and the City Councils of Coburg, Cottage Grove, Creswell, Eugene, Junction <br />City, Lowell, Oakridge, Springfield, Veneta, and Westfir, endorsing the concept of a regional growth <br />management strategy. Since that time, elected officials from each of these jurisdictions, along with a <br />Lane Transit District Board member and staff from the Governor’s Office have engaged in an extended <br />discussion about the future of this region. Each of these jurisdictions (excluding the State and LTD) has <br />appointed elected officials to serve on the Region 2050 Regional Policy Advisory Board, a body formed <br />to guide the Region 2050 process. Mayor Piercy and Councilor Kelly have served as representatives of <br />the Eugene City Council; former Mayor Torrey also served on the board. <br /> <br />The Strategy is presented as a tool to help participating jurisdictions manage their own growth while <br />identifying and addressing regional growth issues that cannot be effectively resolved by any single <br />jurisdiction. The Strategy provides a framework for inter-jurisdictional cooperation on regional issues <br />related to seven quality-of-life categories including: land use and development patterns; housing; the <br />economy; transportation; natural resources; open space and the environment; community facilities and <br />services; and education. The Strategy is based on a visioning process that established regional goals and <br />objectives, and a Regional Growth Concept that provides a graphic depiction of assumptions that have <br />been made about future land use mixes, development densities, and potential future growth areas. Both <br />the visioning process and the Regional Growth Concept were developed from information derived from <br />an extensive citizen involvement process carried out over a six-year period that involved citizens from <br />all affected communities, including those in unincorporated portions of Lane County. <br /> <br />Note: The Executive Summary of the Southern Willamette Valley Regional Growth Management <br />. <br />Strategy is included in this staff report as Attachment A The Strategy and related technical documents <br /> L:\CMO\2006 Council Agendas\M060814\S060814C.doc <br /> <br />