Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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Councilor Papé noted that the funding for affordable housing projects discussed building to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards but did not specify to which standard such housing would be built. He said the council had not had a work session on what it would design public buildings to. He thought if the City was subsidizing a project it should be required to build to the same standards the City had adopted. City Manager Taylor asked Stephanie Jennings of the Planning and Development Department to respond. Ms. Jennings said one piece of the request for proposals (RFP) this year was to ask the organizations if they would be willing to consider building to “green” standards. She related that many of them were already been incorporating these kinds of standards into their work and the department wanted to ask them what would be possible for them given no additional funding. She reported that Metro Affordable Housing and St. Vincent DePaul came forward with proposals that incorporated a number of green building standards. She added that part of what they were hoping to do in the future was to take a closer look at the different types of standards that were being used at present. In response to a follow-up question from Councilor Papé, Ms. Jennings stated that the intent of the application was to acquire LEED residential certification, the basic standard of LEED certification which said that developers would build to LEED standards but would not go through the costly LEED certifica- tion process. She said staff would ask for documentation on the work to ensure that LEED standards were being adhered to. Mayor Piercy commented that she attended the United States Conference of Mayors and the issue of green standards had been raised. The point had been made that even though buildings constructed to LEED standards were more expensive, they were built to last a long time so there was a return on the investment. Councilor Kelly thought the City should ultimately require LEED certification. Roll call vote; Consent Calendar Item E which sought approval for funding for af- fordable housing projects passed unanimously, 8:0. 3. PUBLIC HEARING: A Special Ordinance Granting an Exemption to the Application of the Eugene Code, 1971, Section 6.200 (Ordinance to Renew Five-Year Exception to Application of Eugene Code 6.000 (Open Burning) for Prescribed Wetland Management Burning) City Manager Taylor stated that this item was something that had been done before and was a continuation of an application that had been in place. Mayor Piercy opened the public hearing. Seeing that no one wished to speak to the item, she closed the public hearing. 4. PUBLIC HEARING: Lane Plywood Measure 37 Claim for Compensation (M37 05-1) City Attorney Glenn Klein explained that this was a public hearing on Lane Plywood’s Measure 37 claim. He indicated that a letter and an additional document from the Schwabe,Williamson, & Wyatt law firm had been submitted on behalf of the claimant, which was part of the record. MINUTES—Eugene City Council June 12, 2006 Page 5 Regular Meeting