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e e e ---. M I NUT E S City Council Dinner/Work Session Eugene Hilton Hotel--Studio A April 28, 1986 5:30 p.m. PRESENT: Brian Obie, Mayor: Richard Hansen, Freeman Holmer, Debra Ehrman, Jeff Miller, Roger Rutan, Ruth Bascom, Emily Schue, councilors; Mike Gleason, City Manager; Susan Brody, Tim Sercombe, Barb Bellamy, Dave Whitlow, Pat Decker, Steve Gordon, Bob Hibschman, Cindy Pappas, staff; Jim Boyd, The Register-Guard. The work session was called to order by the Mayor at 5:30 p.m. I. RIVERFRONT PARK SUPPLEMENTAL FINDINGS Ms. Decker reported that the Planning Commission has forwarded its recom- mendation regarding Riverfront Park to the City Council. The Riverfront Park study was adopted by the City Council in September 1985. In October, an appeal was filed to the Land Use Board of Appeals by a group of citizens which identified eight errors in process or substance. The City was upheld by the Land Use Board of Appeals in seven of the eight areas appealed. In the eighth area, they asked the City to adopt additional findings and explain why a portion of the area is designated parks and open space, but not included in the Goal Five inventory. Goal Five deals with natural resources and open space. As part of the Metropolitan Plan, an inventory of Goal Five resources was developed, according to Ms. Decker. When this was done, it was determined that there was no need for additional parkland or open space at that time. Subsequently, a Master plan was adopted by the City Council, and in that process, other sites were considered for potential park development. The area in question did not meet any of the 12 criteria established in that report. Ms. Decker explained that there were two issues being considered at the public hearing tonight, and that they are fairly narrow: 1. LUBA has asked for an explanation for the City's distinction between listing a property as green on the Master Plan diagram, and listing that property on the Goal Five inventory. Approximately 26 addi- tional findings are included in the material prepared for this public hearing. Part of the reason that the Riverfront Park area is designated as green on the Master plan diagram is that the green areas indicate the Willamette Greenway in the metropolitan area; the area is not on the City's open space inventory. MINUTES--City Council Dinner/Work Session Apri 1 28, 1986 Page 1