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e city's industrial land supply at the level provided by the Metro Plan. Mr. Holmer read a memorandum supporting the need to adjust the inventory of land now available for industrial use in response to the wetlands designation's removal of over 700 acres of demonstrably needed inventory. Mr. Holmer supported the third alternative outlined by Ms. Decker and urged the council to direct staff to pursue that option in recognition of the urgency of the need for an interim amendment to the Metro Plan that will address the loss of marketable industrial land while long-range studies are being complet~d. Ms. Schue pointed out that the MPC has acted to accept the staff recommendation and has chided the City for not responding to the issue earlier. She said the update of the Metro Plan was cancelled because metro partners did not all agree to make the financial commitment required for that work. She added that there was no indication that the other two jurisdictions are willing to commit additional financial resources to this issue. While Ms. Schue appreciated Mr. Holmer's preference for quicker action, she was unsure that committing additional staff resources would be effective. Mr. Rutan concurred with Mr. Holmer's comments and added that the Metro Plan assures the availability of ready-to-develop land. He stressed that if land is not appropriately zoned, serviced, and ready for industrial development, that development will not occur. Mr. Rutan commented that the council's role should be that of pro-active decision-maker. Regarding the issue of timing, e he proposed proceeding with a "floating proposal" (stating the need to expand the urban growth boundary by 200-300 acres of additional, developable, industrial-zoned land), subject to regular review and revision, and paralleling the wetlands study. He noted this would be similar to the approach used with the airport project where the City proceeded with design work and committing funds to that effort before we had a final vote. Without having all the facts, we could still move ahead. Mr. Rutan concluded by saying the Council Committee on Economic Diversification should have discussed the matter before it was presented to the council. Responding to an inquiry from Ms. Bascom, Ms. Decker said that 465 acres of industrial land are potentially impacted by wetlands. Mr. Holmer agreed with Mr. Rutan that a "floating" number should be used because the actual number of acres could vary depending on the results of the wetlands study. Councilors asked Steve Gordon, Lane Council of Governments, for further clarification. He said there are 465 acres of potentially regulated wetlands on land designated industrial by the Metropolitan Plan. In some cases, that includes acreage encompassing whole tax lots and in other cases it is acreage consuming only a portion of a tax lot. There may be an impact beyond that 465 acres on the usability of additional sites, due to location or size of that acreage on the tax lot that may not be accessible or usable. Regarding amending the buildable land inventory, Mr. Gordon said he and Jim Carlson suggested that option, and he cited the South Hills as a parallel e MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 28, 1989 Page 7