Item 1: JEO Meeting: Delta Sand & Gravel

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ATTACHMENT C M I N U T E S Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room—Eugene City Hall April 18, 2007 Noon COUNCILORS PRESENT: Andrea Ortiz, Chris Pryor, Betty Taylor, Bonny Bettman, George Poling, Jennifer Solomon, Mike Clark, Alan Zelenka. C. WORK SESSION: Delta Sand and Gravel Metro Plan Amendment City Manager Taylor introduced Principal Planner Kurt Yeiter and City Attorney Emily Jerome to discuss more definitive direction regarding the City’s review and decision-making on the Delta Sand and Gravel request for a Metro Plan amendment. Mr. Yeiter said that staff was requesting affirmation from the council that its decision was being imple- mented appropriately. He reviewed the council’s previous actions, which determined by straw poll that the application was complete and the site was not a significant resource by Goal 5 standards. He said that draft findings were included with the agenda item summary, which outlined the council’s options. He noted that the Lane County Board of Commissioners had met that morning and voted to postpone the issue until its May 1 meeting. He noted that Kent Howe and Stephanie Schulz of Lane County Planning Division were available to answer questions. Ms. Bettman commented that a major issue was Delta Sand and Gravel’s claim that there would be no increase in production and therefore no increase in the number of trucks. She said that should be reflected in the findings. She asked what the outcome would be if the City and County did not agree on whether there was a significant resource and, if they did agree, whether the applicant would refine the testing and sampling procedures and resubmit them. Ms. Jerome said that code provisions regarding the Metro Plan process did not clearly answer that type of question. She said those scenarios had been discussed with County staff and legal counsel and the interpretation of the code provision that the decisions had to be identical was that the decisions had to agree but the reasons for them as expressed in findings did not need to match. She said the Metropolitan Policy Committee would step in if the City and County decisions were not in agreement. Ms. Bettman asked if making a determination on the basis of significant resource precluded deliberation on other items. Ms. Jerome said that on direction from the council, staff would prepare an ordinance that did not become effective until identical decisions were reached. She believed that until the ordinances were finally in effect, the council did have the opportunity to continue to deliberate. She said the process would end when both the City and County decisions were in agreement. MINUTES—Eugene City Council April 18, 2007 Page 1 Work Session