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M I NUT E S -- Joint City Council/Planning Commission Dinner/Work Session Valley River Inn February 23, 1987 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Debra Ehrman, Emily Schue, Cynthia Wooten, Ruth Bascom, Roger Rutan, Jeff Miller, Rob Bennett. COUNCILORS ABSENT: Freeman Holmer. PLANNING COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Gerry Gaydos, Jim Ellison, Eleanor Mulder, Dorothy Anderson, Hugh Prichard, Nancy Nathanson, John Van Landingham. The work session of the Eugene City Council and the Eugene Planning Commission was called to order by His Honor Mayor Brian B. Obie. I. ALTERNATIVE INDUSTRIAL GROWTH AREAS STUDY PROCESS e Ms. Brody said the Alternative Industrial Growth Areas Study was initiated because of amendments submitted during the Metro Plan Mid-Period Review that would have resulted in expanding the urban growth boundary. She said one of the amendments involved the Awbrey-Meadowview site north of the city. The council decided not to approve the amendments that would have expanded the urban growth boundary and directed the preparation of the Alternative Industrial Growth Areas Study. Several things related to the inventory of industrial lands in the metropolitan area were considered in the study. She said the team that prepared the study was composed of staff from Eugene, Spri ngfi e 1 d, and Lane County. The draft of the study was completed comparatively quickly because most of the public input was deferred until the draft was completed. Ms. Brody said the Eugene, Springfield, and Lane County planning commissions held two public hearings on the draft study. The testimony indicated that the study was not adequate to make final decisions about changes in the industrial lands inventory and that the industrial lands inventory should be considered with the commercial lands inventory during the update of the Metro Plan. Ms. Brody reviewed issues addressed in the Alternative Industrial Growth Areas Study. She said the study conclusions state that past trends indicate that the existing industrial lands inventory is adequate. However, the study conclusions also state that some land allocations have been based on policies that indicate the kind of development people wish to attract. For example, allocations for special light industries are policy based. She said the study conclusions indicate that the light- and medium-industrial allocations are e MINUTES--Joint Eugene City Council/ February 23, 1987 Planning Commission Dinner Session Page 1