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..' ". e e - M E M 0 RAN DUM April 24, 1985 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: SUBJ: Planning Department METRO PLAN MID-PERIOD REVIEW A special joint meeting of the City Council and Planning Commission is scheduled for May 1 from 11:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. concerning the Metro Plan Mid- Period Review. The meeting will allow both groups to discuss the proposals raised during the Mid-Period Review process and to provide direction to their representatives on the Metropolitan Policy Committee. Some of the issues 1) a~e appropriate to consider during the Mid-Period Review; 2) point to the need for future studies; or 3) identify concerns to be addressed during the next major update of the Plan. On April 8, the Planning Commission completed an initial review of the issues and forwarded recommendations to MPC regarding the time frame for considering the proposals. The document enclosed was used by the Planning Commission to aid in analyzing the various proposals. The matrix includes a summary of the proposals and groups the issues into four major categories: A. Proposed Metro Plan Text Changes; B. Proposed Metro Plan Diagram Changes; C. Proposed Metro Plan Auxiliary Map Changes; D. Proposed Implementation Activities/Special Studies. The matrix also indicates the time frame recommended for each item by the Metro Planning Team, the three local planning commissions and the Metropolitan Area Planning Advisory Committee. During the Eugene Planning Commission's review of the various items, some of the issues generated more discussion than others. Listed below are some of those issues: 1. Item 2, page IV-I. The Chamber of Commerce submitted a request to re-examine the tone of the Plan to emphasize development as a positive community force. While both the Planning Commission and Chamber realized that major revisions to the fundamental principles to the Plan are outside the scope of the Mid-Period Review, there was a strong desire to identify editorial changes to the Plan text that would highlight the value of development. 2. Item 15, page IV-7; Items 23 and 24, page IV-8; Items 30 and 33, page IV-g. These items are all proposals to make major changes to the existing Urban Growth Boundary. The Eugene Planning Commission recommended that the work program for a speci a 1 study of alternative areas for expansion of the UGB be developed during the Mid-Period Review, but that the 'study be conducted after the Mid- Period Review and prior to the next major update.