Item A: Joint Meeting with Eugene Planning Commission

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ATTACHMENT C RESOLUTION NO. 4554 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING GROWTH MANAGEMENT POLICIES; AND REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 3867. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: A. In the fall of 1995, the City Council adopted a work program and scope of work for a growth management study. The Planning Commission conducted an initial set of citizen workshops and a survey in December 1995. Based on that community input, the Planning Commission and two members of the council appointed as liaisons to the Planning Commission for the study picked eight topic areas to study in depth. B. In June 1996, the City held a community open house at the Fairgrounds to provide the community with background information on eight topic areas, existing policy direction and programs supporting each policy area and issues and possible directions for future. Also during the summer of 1996, the Planning Commission and council liaisons developed four scenarios to describe alternative growth management directions the community could follow: (1) encourage growth; (2) maintain current trends; (3) discourage growth; and (4) recycle Eugene. C. In November and December 1996, the four scenarios were discussed in community workshops, tabloid responses, and surveys. The results showed community support for policy direction in the "recycle Eugene" scenario. D. In the spring of 1997, the Planning Commission and council liaisons prepared a set of recommendations on growth management policies based on the community input. In July 1997, the City Council held a public hearing on those recommendations. The Council then held several work sessions in November and December 1997 to review and revise the policies. On December 10, 1997, the Council tentatively approved 19 policies to be used to direct the work of the City Manager and staff in developing proposed actions for Council consideration and approval. Those actions include amendments to the Eugene Code, 1971, such as the land use code update, and other work program and budget priorities. E. Based on that tentative approval, Resolution No. 3867, which adopted the 1984 Eugene Community Goals and Policies on September 10, 1984, should be repealed. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Oregon, as follows: Section 1. Based on the above findings and the findings set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein, the Council adopts the following Growth Management Policies: