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In response to a question from Mr. Pap6, Mr. Braud said the Oregon Economic Community Development Director had ultimate approval authority for the zone. He noted he had participated in the past on a panel of communities that reviewed such applications and made recommendations for approval to the director. B. WORK SESSION: Sustainability Practices at the City of Eugene Mayor Piercy said thc City had much to recognize and applaud regarding its sustainability efforts. She hoped thc City Council would listen and give direction to the City staff to continue its work and to set sustainability goals for each department and across departments. City Manager Taylor called sustainability an area that thc City could build on what was already in place. He said since the late 1990s sustainability had been a goal of thc City and though much had been accomplished, it still had a long way to go. Assistant City Manager Jim Carlson conveyed his regret that Mr. Kelly was ill, given Mr. Kelly's interest in thc subject matter. He stated that Public Works Department (PWD) Director Kurt Corcy and PDD Director Tom Coylc sat on thc environmental policy team that oversaw the City's activities on sustainabil- ity issues. Mr. Carlson reminded everyone that sustainability had three elements: environmental stewardship, social equity, and economic vitality. He thought, overall, that thc City made thc greatest effort around environmental stewardship issues. He encouraged thc council to think about the economic vitality and social equity portions of sustainability. Mr. Carlson reviewed Resolution No 4618 in thc Agenda Item Summary. He felt much of what thc City worked on in its planning centered on sustainability. He provided an overview of the information included in thc memorandum entitled Update on Sustainability Activities. Mr. Carlson highlighted thc City's Wetland Mitigation Bank, which enabled developers of properties to easily mitigate impacted wetlands and did it in a way that was better, as it resulted in a connected system of wetlands rather than protected, isolated half-acre plots. He stated that this was a key reason that the Public Works Department had been given thc Julian Award for sustainability. Mr. Carlson spoke about thc Business Development Fund loan program, which targeted money to small businesses working in the area of sustainability. He listed some of thc recipients, such as the Plaza Latina Market, Holy Cow Vegetarian Foods, Green Gear Cycling, Co-Motion Cycles, New Day Bakery and World Caf& Continuing, Mr. Carlson highlighted the efforts to educate the local community through a brochure entitled The City of Eugene and Sustainability and other pamphlets, as well as the work done with volunteers throughout the City organization in programs such as the Neighborwoods Program and the parks volunteers. He noted that, in the effort to think globally and act locally, the City was working with Bob Doppelt and one of his graduate classes on an inventory of greenhouse gases in Eugene, the ultimate result of which could be the development of a local climate-change plan. MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 16, 2005 Page 5 Work Session