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e e - Mr. Ball said the three jurisdictions agreed that a land swap in the Pudding Creek area is the preferable solution. So far, it has been lane County's responsibility to swap County land for private holdings. He wondered if the Eugene and Springfield City Councils would be willing to help. Ms. Wooten said a land swap is the County's responsibility. The attorneys have indicated that an NR designation for the Pudding Creek Heronry is not a "taking" issue and, therefore, a land exchange is not necessary for the application of the NR designation. Mr. DeFazio said the land swap issue should be separated from the heronry protection issues. The three jurisdictions agreed that a land swap was the preferable solution during an earlier consideration of the Metro Plan. The Lane County Board of Commissioners, the Eugene City Council, and the representatives of the Springfield City Council divided into their respective groups for discussion about 9:30 p.m. Eugene City Council Mayor Obie opened the discussion. He said the recommendation for the airport exception area contained new information. Ms. Brody replied that the recom- mended EFU zone and the overlay zone are acceptable to her, to Airport Manager Bob Shelby, and to City Manager Micheal Gleason. Ms. Brody said the Planning Commission voted 5:2 to recommend the operational management plan for the Pudding Creek Heronry. Dorothy Anderson, President of the Planning Commission, said she had voted with the minority of the commis- sion. Ms. Brody said the majority of the commission indicated the operational plan is an experiment which looks as though it will provide protection and the minority were concerned with the level of protection provided the heronry. Mr. Hansen said all the agencies are willing to work with the operational management plan and there are lots of checks and balances. He urged cooper- ation. He said protection of the birds is the most important thing. He supported the MPC and Planning Commission recommendation. Ms. Schue is on the MPC. She said the original staff recommendation to the MPC was the NR designation for each heronry. She said the Babbs, who own Delta Sand and Gravel, wanted to protect the herons and wanted to be coopera- tive. The NR designation was worked out satisfactorily. Representatives from Wildish Land Company did not want the NR designation. The MPC members kept telling the staff to find a compromise. If the MPC members had wanted the NR designation for the Wildish property, they should have said so to the staff. The staff worked out a compromise for the Pudding Creek area. Most of the MPC members approved the compromise even though it might not be the best solution. Only one MPC member opposed the recommendation. Ms. Wooten said she would not support the MPC recommendation for Pudding Creek. She thought an NR designation would provide more protection for the heronry and she did not want to create a precedent for a change in the MINUTES--Eugene City Council, Springfield City Council Lane County Board of Commissioners May 22, 1985 Page 8