Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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ATTACHMENT A M I N U T E S Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room—Eugene City Hall 777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon November 28, 2007 Noon COUNCILORS PRESENT: Andrea Ortiz , Chris Pryor, Bonny Bettman, George Poling, Jennifer Solomon, Betty Taylor, Mike Clark, Alan Zelenka (participated by tele- phone). Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy convened the Eugene City Council Work Session. A. WORK SESSION: PLANNING DIVISION WORK PROGRAM FOLLOW-UP Mayor Piercy noted Mr. Zelenka was out of town and would be participating via telephone. She stated City Manager pro tem Angel Jones was also out of town and would be represented by Acting Assistant City Manager Scott Luell. Mr. Luell introduced Planning Director Lisa Gardner, who provided follow-up information from the joint meeting with the Planning Commission, held on October 24, 2007. At that joint work session, the Planning Commission presented its annual report, and staff outlined the Planning Division Work Program for FY08. To allow adequate time to consider work plan tasks, the council requested a follow-up work session and subsequently identified issues and question to be addressed at the work session. Ms. Gardner indicated that staff prepared responses to those questions and issues, included as Attachment A to the Agenda Item Summary (AIS). Questions regarding the implementation of House Bill (HB) 3337 were addressed separately in a memorandum provided to the City Attorney, included as Attachment B to the AIS. If the council approved the motion, as recommended by the City Manager, staff would proceed with the implementation of work program tasks. At this time, it was anticipated that the council would have additional opportunities to provide direction on the following work program tasks: ? Scoping of a comprehensive lands assessment process—prior to beginning the assessment process, staff would provide scoping options to the council for additional direction (Spring 2008). ? Walnut Station Mixed Use Center—the council would be asked to approve the vision concept, including the recommended form based code (Summer 2008). ? Infill Compatibility and Opportunity Siting—the council would be receiving ongoing periodic updates to the progress of both work program tasks through council memos and newsletter. Follow- ing completion of the task team work, proposed compatibility standards and opportunity siting strategies or proposals would be forwarded to council for direction and/or approval (Fall 2008/Winter 2009). MINUTES—Eugene City Council November 28, 2007 Page 1 Work Session