CC Minutes - 10/13/10 Work Session

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MINUTES Eugene City Council McNutt Room—Eugene City Hall 777 Pearl Street — Eugene, Oregon October 13, 2010 Noon COUNCILORS PRESENT: Mike Clark, Betty Taylor, George Poling, Chris Pryor, Alan Zelenka, George Brown, members. COUNCILORS ABSENT: Jennifer Solomon, Andrea Ortiz. Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the October 13, 2010, work session of the Eugene City Council to order. A. WORK SESSION: Envision Eugene The council was joined by Planning Director Lisa Gardner, Metropolitan and Community Planning Manager Carolyn Weiss, and City Attorney Emily Jerome, who were present to provide an update on the Envision Eugene process. Ms. Gardner reminded the council that it heard an update on the process in June, and at that time the council had approved the concept of the Community Resource Group (CRG). City Attorney Jerome spoke to concerns that had been expressed by some residents about the potential the State Legislature would intervene in Eugene's examination of its urban growth boundary (UGB). She explained each Oregon municipality must periodically demonstrate to the State that it had enough land inside its UGB to accommodate need for the next 20 years. Cities must accommodate growth within their UGBs before looking beyond current boundaries. City Attorney Jerome said the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) had authority to adopt rules that governed the process. The DLCD had indicated that once cities adopted a UGB, the DLCD or Land Conservation and Development Commission could approve or remand the products of that effort. Continuing, City Attorney Jerome reported that in Eugene's case, the State Legislature had mandated through House Bill 3337 that Eugene and Springfield have separate UGBs and separate land supplies and complete the initial studies for that process by a date certain. The initial studies had been accomplished by the established deadline. That had been accomplished. The State did not mandate a deadline for the actual adoption of a final UGB for either Eugene or Springfield. City Attorney Jerome said that the City was acting in complete accord with State law. She thought it unlikely that the upcoming legislative session would take action to preempt what Eugene was doing as long as it continued to move diligently toward the adoption of a Eugene -only UGB. She invited questions. Ms. Gardner and Ms. Weiss shared a PowerPoint presentation that highlighted the project goals, the State framework and local principles guiding the process, public involvement activities, the work of the CRG to date, and project timing. MINUTES— Eugene City Council October 13, 2010 Page 1 Work Session