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4 Experts in relevant topic areas (climate recovery, architecture, services to low-income individuals, etc.) 3 Representatives of city commissions, including Planning, Human Rights, and Sustainability 3 Representatives of other key stakeholders (for example, the University) 2 Representatives from the city- staff and council TOTAL: 96 “representatives” Obviously, this is impractical. The proposal also includes broadening the scope to include affordable housing policy and addressing homelessness. The estimate is for another 18 months of meetings before getting around to some next step to address local situations. This necessarily would have to be a staff-driven process. One of the fundamental errors in the SW-SAZ process was “mission creep” that led to a geographic and conceptual broadening beyond the capacity for ensuring effective public engagement and support. The WE CAN proposal would multiply that problem by one or two orders of magnitude. The proposal also suggests a terribly flawed idea of having this committee “allocate” certain types of housing to the various transit corridors. From a practical standpoint, it would be impossible to do this with any reasonable empirical basis or fairness without fine-grained work and engagement in the various areas. This idea is a textbook example of cooking up some grand scheme that has no grounding in reality. It’s a non-starter. We have the necessary foundation to proceed The WE CAN proposal assumes the city can’t move ahead with refinement planning because the Envision Eugene document approved by City Council is inadequate. First off, that’s wrong – the EE document provides a good set of “pillars,” widely agreed upon. But the EE document goes further with respect to housing in particular, establishing for example that implementation strategies must “be in accordance with the goals and recommendations of the Infill Compatibility Standards and Opportunity Siting Task Teams. The EE Multiple-use (Re)Development Committee produced 18 very specific recommendations that would guide development along key transit corridors. The City Council has already directed that “Opportunity Siting” be the primary strategy for mixed-use development in established neighborhood communities. All that’s needed now is for the City Council to approve a “charter” with scope and specific direction for a Planning Team and a South Willamette Street Area Refinement Plan. This first effort would be the best way to work out the “kinks” so similar processes can be initiated in other areas. Although some revisions would no doubt improve the Brown/Clark Initiative, that document provides a concrete and viable starting point. A very great advantage of using this as the starting point is that the initiative is already widely supported by the community. Thank you for your consideration.