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Ms. Bishow said staff hoped to receive direction as to which parts of the periodic review order needed modification or strengthening. She said action e was scheduled for August 13, and she added that the council was the first elected body to conduct a public hearing and probably to take action. Ms. Bishow noted that Mr. Darnie11e was present to answer questions of L-COG. III. METROPOLITAN AREA PUBLIC FACILITIES PLAN Ms. Bishow said the Metropolitan Area Public Facilities Plan was required by the State Legislature to ensure that communities had action plans for providing needed services. She said the plan was required to address four areas of public facilities: Transportation, Sewer, Water, and Storm Sewer, and it examined projected needs, general financing, and revenue sources. Ms. Bishow introduced Ms. Pappas, who worked to coordinate the Public Facilities Plan among the three jurisdictions and other agencies. Ms. Pappas described the relationship of the Public Facilities Plan, the Metro Plan, and the TransPlan. She said the TransP1an was the Transportation element of the Public Facilities Plan and was incorporated by reference. She added that Transportation included a bicycle element and airport information. Ms. Pappas said the cost estimates, financing, and project phasing in the plan would not be incorporated as Metro Plan policy, but were included as technical information supporting the policies of the Metro Plan. Ms. Pappas said the Springfield and Eugene Planning Commissions had forwarded the plan draft and accompanying revisions to the two city councils. She said e the Lane County Planning Commission had examined more closely the Cedar Creek Basin, in the Thurston area, where a local flooding problem had resulted in a commissioner's request that the plan contain more detailed information. Ms. Pappas added that a Metro Plan policy assigning jurisdictional responsibility for the area was a possibility, and she said action was not planned for tonight because of possible revisions to the plan. She a 1 so said the Springfield City Council would hold a work session July 21. Ms. Bascom said she thought the State may have had a good idea, but it had then laid the responsibility on local jurisdictions. She said TransPlan had been available, but a storm sewer plan had not, and so a plan had been developed quickly and contained several inaccuracies and extravagant ideas. She asked how the plan would be useful to the local area. Ms. Brody said she thought the plan was useful. She noted that City staff had worked to have the Storm Sewer requirement deleted, because they had not believed the requirement accurately reflected the legislation passed. She added that staff supported the concept of the legislation, and she noted that the plan had been useful in terms of meeting with area service districts and of collecting varied information into one document. Ms. Bascom said she was surprised that joint police training facilities had not been included in the plan. Ms. Pappas said she thought future updates of the plan might contain additional service facilities like Library, Police, and Fire. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council Dinner Session July 14, 1986 Page 5