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e Mr. Gleason said that staff would present, at the next City Council meeting, a presentation which would also respond to Mr. Warren's document. From that presentation, the council will work out its presentation for the public hearing June 17. C. Solar Access in Eugene/Springfield Ms. Miller referred to the report given to the City Council before its noon meeting. Conservation and the use of solar energy is still an important council priority. She was glad the staff continued to work on energy conservation. The need for solar energy will increase in the future. D. National Development Council Training Session Mr. Lindberg, Cathy Briner, Business Assistance Team Director, and Charles Kupper, HCC, attended a training session put on by the National Development Council. They were learning about what the Small Business Association calls a certified development corporation. A program called SBA 503 releases money generated by the Federal Finance Board, backed by the Federal government. It sells these debentures on Wall Street for the purpose of passing through to a certified development corporation loans to small business people interested in expanding their current operation. Mr. Lindberg and staff will be presenting a program of possible City participation in a certified development corporation. - E. Review of Community Goals Mayor Keller noted that he had discussed with Planning Commission President Randy Thwing the need to begin the major update of the Eugene Community Goals and Policies. He indicated the council would discuss appointments to a steering committee after July 1. F. Elected Officials Committee Mayor Keller and Ms. Miller attended the last meeting of the Elected Officials Committee. The issue of FIC zoning, now called ICU, has resolved many of the intergovernmental problems. The City Council will be getting a recommendation. The area of compromise is near the Airport. Ms. Miller reported everyone had approved the report in concept. It is a genuine compromise. The problem was what to do with land specifically indus- trially and commercially zoned, outside the city limits, and inside the urban growth boundary. How was that land to be developed and to what standards? The cities were concerned with 1,600 acres of affected land. If that land were divided, the cities would lose tracts they were relying on. There would be capital investments and service delivery problems generated. The County, recognizing the problem, proposed an accelerated annexation policy for the industrial zoning inside the urban growth boundary. During the interim period, one to two years, building would be permitted with the concurrent approval of the serving city and of the appropriate body of the County. If the plan is to be on the LCDC agenda in August, the County Commissioners have to have the first reading of the ordinance no later than a week from today. The City will set up procedures before going to the LCDC in the next week. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 9, 1982 Page 2