Item A: Joint Meeting with Eugene Planning Commission

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Introduction: This menu was prepared by the Planning Commission to facilitate discussion about future work related to opportunity siting, new compatibility standards for infill development in established neighborhoods, and population projections related to infill development. These discussions stem primarily from the following July 20, 2005, City Council action: Ms. Bettman moved to direct the City Manager to incorporate opportunity-siting as described in the July 19, 2005 email to the Mayor and to City Council as a primary strategy for achieving density targets in mixed use centers. Mr. Kelly offered a friendly amendment: to request that opportunity-siting be combined with city-wide estimates of future population which will be approximately allocated to mixed use districts and other areas in the city. The motion passed unanimously. From these and subsequent Council discussions, the creation of more effective standards to mitigate the effects of, or eliminate altogether, incompatible infill development became part of this menu. The FY 06-07 City Manager’s draft budget includes one additional employee in the Planning Division, who, if approved, could work on items included in this menu. Notes and Caveats: This is a draft menu intended only for general discussion purposes. There are many possible variations on each task listed on the menu. After direction is given and preferences are provided by the Council, costs and schedules can be refined by staff. Most of the tasks will rely on in-house GIS services, at no additional costs. Supporting studies are separate tasks, in addition to the resource needs listed above them. All tasks contain some public outreach and involvement to neighborhood organizations, Neighborhood Leaders Council, property owners, development community, and other interested parties, but the amount of outreach and involvement varies by task. Larger projects would contain much more public involvement. The relative staff time and costs of public involvement is reflected in the projected resource needs to some extent. The Planning Commission recommends that infill standards be developed concurrently with opportunity siting, not ahead or in place of opportunity siting. 2