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<br /> <br />Some community members have raised a concern that the City Council will soon be finalizing ECLA as <br />an unchangeable, adopted study, without more opportunity for citizen review and feedback. This is not <br />the case. House Bill 3337 requires that the residential land components of ECLA be “complete” by the <br />end of 2009. House Bill 3337 does not direct the City Council to adopt any part of ECLA. In fact, the <br />Eugene City Attorney’s office believes that, based on recent court decisions, the Land Use Board of <br />Appeals would not allow the City to adopt ECLA at this time, because cities are required to address the <br />documented land need concurrently with the determination of this need. As such, in December of this <br />year, staff will present the City Council with a motion that simply recognizes that, through ECLA, the <br />City of Eugene has met the deadline set by House Bill 3337, requiring the City to complete by <br />December 31, 2009: an inventory of the supply of buildable residential lands, an analysis of the City’s <br />housing needs and a determination of the number of residential units and the amount of land needed for <br />each housing type for the next 20 years. <br /> <br />In the event that this determination indicates an insufficient land supply, options for accommodating the <br />City’s 20-year residential, commercial and industrial demand will need to be explored. In the context of <br />those discussions, if it becomes clear that there was an error in the 2009 ECLA assumptions, the council <br />would have the option, given that ECLA was not formally adopted, to make revisions without the need <br />for a formal amendment process. <br /> <br />Next Steps <br />Additional council updates are scheduled to occur in the coming months to discuss variations to the <br />baseline analysis and to move toward compliance with House Bill 3337 by December 31. An updated <br />project timeline is included in Attachment C. Below is a tentative list of upcoming work sessions and <br />the anticipated topics: <br /> <br />? <br /> <br />Late September – Review BLI, discuss process for upcoming work sessions <br />? <br /> <br />Mid October – Review and discuss variations to baseline assumption <br />? <br /> <br />Late October – Review and discuss variations to baseline assumption. Select assumption to be <br />used in determining land need <br />? <br /> <br />Early-Mid December – Review and accept land need determination <br /> <br />Determination and acceptance of 20-year land need will address Eugene’s compliance with House Bill <br />3337. <br /> <br /> <br />RELATED CITY POLICIES <br />? <br /> <br />The City Council has included ECLA as a priority item on the Planning Division Work Program. <br />? <br /> <br />Growth Management Policies are related to ECLA, most notably policies 1, 2, and 5. <br /> <br />Policy 1 – Support the existing Eugene Urban Growth Boundary by taking actions to increase <br />o <br />density and use existing vacant land and under-used land within the boundary more efficiently. <br /> <br />Policy 2 – Encourage in-fill, mixed-use, redevelopment, and higher density development. <br />o <br /> <br />Policy 5 – Work cooperatively with Metro area partners (Springfield and Lane County) and other <br />o <br />nearby cities to avoid urban sprawl and preserve the rural character in areas outside the urban <br />growth boundaries. <br /> <br /> <br /> Z:\CMO\2009 Council Agendas\M090928\S090928C.doc <br /> <br />