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e City of Eugene needs to decide how important it feels the field burning issue is to the community. Ms. Schue said that when the initiative proposing a phase out of field burning is ready, the Legislative Subcommittee will bring it to the council for discussion and possible action. Mr. Boles hoped that the City would not try to address the PMI0 pollution problem solely through a curtailment of wood burning. He noted that although wood burning may be the major source of PMI0, other sources should be addressed as well. Mr. Arkell said there is an effort to build a coalition to address PMI0 in a more comprehensive manner. He stressed that there are other sources of PMI0 such as dusty roads, field burning, and industrial operations. Mr. Boles requested a breakdown of the number of elderly and poor citizens who need to use wood heating for financial reasons. He also asked for a more detailed analysis of the success of the voluntary curtailment program. Mr. Arkell said that LRAPA intends to try to collect this data over the next two years. He said that since the voluntary program was introduced, there have not been many "red" days during which burning should not have occurred. He said that people do seem to comply with the voluntary curtailment program, but LRAPA has not been able to collect hard data documenting this observation. e V. WORK SESSION: DRAFT GLENWOOD REFINEMENT PLAN Terry Jones, Planning Division, gave the staff report. She said the purpose of this work session was to prepare councilors for the October 11 joint public hearing with the Lane County Board of Commissioners on the draft Glenwood Refinement Plan. The Eugene and Lane County planning commissions have reviewed and revised the refinement plan and now recommend its approval to their respective elected officials. Ms. Jones introduced Steve Moe, Chair of the Glenwood Planning Team. Ms. Jones said that in 1984, the three metropolitan governments adopted the Glenwood Jurisdictional Study which gave jurisdictional responsibility for Glenwood to Eugene. The Metro Plan was subsequently amended to reflect the results of the jurisdictional study. Ms. Jones said that the draft Glenwood Refinement Plan reflects the complexity of land use, transportation, and service issues that are within Glenwood itself. The refinement plan is the product of the work of two planning teams over the past four years. It includes the Phase I Glenwood Refinement Plan which the City Council and Board of County Commissioners adopted in 1986. Some aspects of the refinement plan are specific to the Phase I area and reflect what has already been adopted, but most of the goals, policies, and implementation strategies in the refinement plan pertain to both phases. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 27, 1989 Page 7