CC Minutes - 02/12/08 Joint Elected Officials

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? Transportation planning and funding – the Metropolitan Policy Committee (MPC) has adopted the Regional Transportation Plan that called for the TransPlan to be consistent with it; ? The Eugene council desired a discussion on Area Commissions on Transportation (ACTs) and the transportation funding needed for preservation and maintenance. Mayor Leiken stated the following: ? The Springfield City Council was in agreement that the TransPlan work plan issue was important as were the Metro Plan UGB changes that had arisen from HB 3337. ? Springfield wanted to bring forward the need for an update of the population projections. Mayor Leiken averred that Eugene and Springfield needed to have separate projections. He said Springfield prepared its final draft of the residential lands study and was initiating a study of industrial lands. He wanted to ensure that, with that information, the projections would show where the two cities needed to go. Commissioner Stewart presented three items from the Lane Board of County Commissioners: ? The commissioners had concerns related to the Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) 190 agreements of urban transition between the city limits and UGBs and that sometimes citizens in that area did not feel they had representation; ? Financial/revenue concerns – property tax revenue was substantially reduced by ballot measures 5, 47, and 50 and the County was experiencing difficulty in meeting the demands of its citizens for ser- vices. One of the problems lay in the Metro Plan and what it required to create a special district; ? The commissioners also had concerns regarding how resource areas, farm ground and forest ground, could be protected as growth was allowed to occur. Commissioner Stewart remarked that none of the elected officials around the table were present when some of the agreements and working documents had been established, such as the Metro Plan. He shared the frustration other elected officials felt as to how those agreements applied and as to whether they were working in the present. He agreed that it might be time to look into them and see if they could be improved to help serve the citizens better. Commissioner Stewart encouraged the elected officials who were present to make comments that were constructive and positive. Discussion – Preferred Approach(es) to Address Issues and Establishment of Priorities Commissioner Stewart asked to go around the table in order to garner input on preferred approaches to addressing the issues. He noted that the Joint Elected Officials would likely have to meet again since it would not be possible to tackle all of the issues in one sitting. Mayor Piercy suggested forming cross-jurisdictional groups to meet given the magnitude of the issues. Eugene Councilor Bettman believed the issues were shared but the strategies of the jurisdictions were different. She pointed out that all of the jurisdictions wanted to improve public safety but she believed the County wished to establish a special district to do so. She recalled that the Eugene City Council had not supported the establishment of such a district in the past. She acknowledged that the Metro Plan amend- ments would have to be dealt with given the passage of HB 3337. She thought the cities of Eugene and Springfield could come up with separate drafts for the amendments and then reconcile the two. MINUTES—Joint Elected Officials— February 12, 2008 Page 2 Lane Board of County Commissioners and Eugene and Springfield City Councils