Item A: Joint Meeting with Eugene Planning Commission

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ATTACHMENT A EXCERPTS FROM E-MAIL CHAIN Clarifying intent of Opportunity Siting program -----Original Message----- From: BETTMAN Bonny S Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 9:55 PM Subject: RE: opportunity siting display at planning dept. I suggested that we identify ONE site as a demonstration project; and that it would be preferable that the first site be on Public Property, either acquired or owned by the city. I believe that a demonstration project will serve as both an opportunity to refine the process as well as stand as a successful example to stimulate future projects. Maintaining control of the first project will help streamline development of the strategy. It also means we can focus on one site, in the immediate future, instead of postponing implementation until the entire strategy is encoded, without the benefit of practical experience. The latter could take years. I hope this clarifies my intent for staff as well as interested neighborhood leaders. Thank you, Bonny Bettman -----Original Message----- From: BETTMAN Bonny S Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 6:31 PM Subject: RE: opportunity siting display at planning dept. The Op Siting strategy, as I describe it, will be implemented with Neighborhood collaboration to identify sites and to define compatibility standards on a site by site basis. Since the Planning Commission and Planning Department projected a long time line to develop the policies and procedures, I, and others, thought it would be a good plan to move forward a.s.a.p. with one demonstration project. In order to maximize the potential for using the first project as a prototype to inform policy and implementation of Opportunity Siting; I suggested that the demo project be on public land. I was thinking of abandoned, or soon to be abandoned, school sites, other school district property, utilities, etc. I was not thinking, or even imagined anyone would be considering using a park site for high density residential. It is certainly plausible to use a private development site as a demonstration site, but that would take more detailed and time consuming negotiation with a developer who may want the upzone but not the collaboration and design standards. To make a successful demo project the city needs a modicum of control, once we prove it will be successful, and accepted at the neighborhood level, then we can move forward with specific Op Sites on private land. Thank you for alerting me to this problem. Bonny Bettman