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Councilor Bettman noted that contained in the Planning Issues/Land Use section of the memorandum were <br />the words ‘land use assumptions’ and questioned what those were. Planning Division Director for the City <br />of Eugene, Lisa Gardner, explained that staff from all three jurisdictions had identified the elements that the <br />three would have to coordinate at this point. She said they were trying to map the work plan, calendar it, <br />and put the decision points in place. She anticipated that until September they would work to develop those <br />specific elements to provide a foundation for the discussion. She underscored that at this point the <br />discussion focused at a high level on what the processes and outcomes were. <br /> <br />Councilor Bettman averred that tying it to land use assumptions made it a land use process. She observed <br />that staff had been working on this for six months and was saying that there would be no initial scope of <br />work, or timeline, until September, and in this time there had been no public process. Ms. Gardner <br />responded that no decision-making opportunities or strategies had been proposed. She stressed that they had <br />been working closely with the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) staff and with <br />the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) staff to determine what it meant to be compliant with the <br />TransPlan. She said until those specific pieces had been identified, assumptions were unknown and there <br />was not yet a need for public involvement. <br /> <br />Councilor Bettman asked about HB 3337. Ms. Gardner replied that Springfield had been working on this <br />for a longer period of time, while Eugene had only been working on this issue since January. She stated that <br />one of the goals of the regional coordinating effort was to understand what parallel paths there were for the <br />two cities and to allow each city to work at its own pace while figuring out what opportunities there were for <br />coordinated problem solving and decision points. <br /> <br />Councilor Bettman opined that it was difficult to understand how this would work out given that the City of <br />Springfield had begun work on the process, while the City of Eugene was still trying to figure out what the <br />process would be. <br /> <br />Eugene Councilor Clark appreciated the work staff had been doing on this. He shared concern about <br />waiting until September. He asked staff to consider looking at ways that a report and initial assessment of <br />the process could be provided sooner than September. He was concerned that the City of Eugene might be <br />strained in reaching its deadline. <br /> <br />Eugene Councilor Zelenka echoed those comments. He wanted to see the Joint Elected Officials reconvene <br />prior to the summer break regarding this item. <br /> <br />Eugene City Manager Jon Ruiz agreed to work on this. <br /> <br /> <br />D. Public Safety: Short-Term Remedies and Long-Term Solutions <br /> <br />Commissioner Stewart stated that he had provided a presentation to the Eugene City Council and the Eugene <br />Budget Committee regarding the Lane County budget process. He asked the County’s Intergovernmental <br />Relations Manager Alex Cuyler to provide an update regarding federal funding. <br /> <br />Mr. Cuyler reported that the news from Washington, D.C. was not favorable. He related that there was <br />dissent about bringing a supplemental bill forward. He said so far there was no Secure Rural Schools <br />reauthorization as a one-year effort in the House supplemental bill, but there was a Senate effort to move a <br />bill forward as part of the President’s war funding package. He stated that the President had been adamant <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Joint Elected Officials— May 13, 2008 Page 2 <br /> Lane Board of County Commissioners and Eugene and Springfield City Councils <br /> <br />