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ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Work Session: Eugene Comprehensive Lands Assessment Meeting Date: December 9, 2009 Agenda Item Number: A Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Jason Dedrick www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-5451 ISSUE STATEMENT This work session provides council with an opportunity to discuss and take action on the resolution to accept the draft products associated with the Eugene Comprehensive Lands Assessment (ECLA). BACKGROUND The goal of the comprehensive lands assessment is to determine whether Eugene has a sufficient supply of land within the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) to meet the projected demand for residential, commercial, industrial, and public/semi-public land over the next 20 years. This work was undertaken in response to House Bill 3337 which requires Eugene and Springfield to each take action to establish separate urban growth boundaries. HB 3337 also requires that the first step in that process, a land needs assessment, be completed by December 31, 2009. The attached resolution (Attachment A) is intended to address this requirement. As a result of a motion approved by the council at the October 28, 2009, work session, the resolution draft that is before the council today acknowledges council acceptance of a of the required land needs assessment. Following additional data analysis and engagement from the community, a final assessment will be presented to the council for acceptance in April of 2010. Draft Land Need The attached resolution includes a series of draft reports that have been previously presented to the council for review. Given the draft status of these reports, it is appropriate to characterize the draft land needs assessment as a potential range rather than a specific number at this point. Based on current data, this range of estimated land need is identified as 1,500 to 3,000 acres. However, it is important to note that additional analysis and potential adjustments to the data set, subsequent to the draft acceptance between January and April 2010, could result in a land need outside of this “draft” range. The range provided for council’s consideration was derived by examining the question of how much land will be needed over the next 20 years given recent trends and our current policies. In answering this question, a set of values was assigned to variables resulting in a baseline assumption. Based on current information, this baseline assumption identifies a draft land need of 2,262 acres. The range represents values that are 33% higher and 33% lower than the baseline assumption. This range of land need is supported by the Community Advisory Committee (CAC), within the specific context of addressing the outstanding issues and data questions, as well as the final land need prior to April 2010, and with the Z:\CMO\2009 Council Agendas\M091209\S091209A.doc