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Mr. Belcher recalled a Hearings Official decision in July regarding an application in the Jefferson West Side neighborhood that involved a conceptual drawing that staff had said was not applicable. However, the Hearings Official said it was, as what was planned should be part of the approval process. Mr. Belcher asked for an explanation. Gabe Flock said that it was a different situation in that it was a Type 2 application for a partition and that the criteria were very specific as to existing development He said a proposal \\'ith a conceptual plan was typical of a policy-level planning action and would provide context to help inform the decision-making. Mr. Lawless asked for more detail about the purpose, intent and context of a conceptual site plan that was not a part of the land use action being requested. He wanted to know how it did or did not fit in, why it was there, and what they should be looking for. and why. Ms. O'Donnell said the applicant was trying to provide a graphic representation of the intent of their proposed text amendments. Mr. Belcher received clarification that an approval of the land use actions would not mandate adherence to a conceptual plan. Mr. Flock said the text \vas the important pal1 for members to look at. If they wanted to add more specificity to the text, that would have to be part of the deliberation. III. FINAL DRAFT REVIEW o.F PLANNING DIVISION WOHK })ROGRAM Terri Harding referenced charts and survey reports in the packet materials and handouts. She and Mr. Nystrom noted that the priorities shown on the first chart reflected priorities that had been identified by Planning Commission members, as well as some resource information. They noted that the chart reflected a near-final plan. There was some discussion of terminology, priorities, and the content and structure of the plan. Mr. Carroll wanted to include monitoring of the Willamette United Act legislation on the plan as a separate item, not under the "legislative tracking" section. Mr. Duncan thought that they had previously discussed developing a property inventory or data collection for City property pursuant to HB 3337 requirements. Mr. Nystrom said staff wanted to clarify the intent of the discussion. He understood that the suggestion was to have something beyond a full buildable lands analysis, to include commercial, industrial and residential properties, plus MfNUTES-Eugene Planning Commission October 15.2007 Page 9