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e e e Councilman Haws asked if the proposed project was for elderly people only and whether fund~ under "Section VIII" would be committeed for it. Manager a~swered t~at,the project was for elderly people only, and that subsidy was from the c~ty s general revenue sharing money. "Section VIII" fund h 'd . h d " s, e sa~ , m~g t be ~se some t~me ~n the future on the 38th and Hilyard site. He acknowledged ~n further response to Mr. Haws that the location of the project on the Landsby p~operty would be through public hearing process and conditional use permit. J~m Saul, planner, added that the property was subject to planned unit develop- ment procedures and as.such would be the subject of public hearing. It would be referred to the Act~ve Bethel Citizens group, he said, as a part of that process. Councilman Williams commented that it was his understanding the housing dis- persal policy exempted elderly housing because it was felt that type of housing should be located where services for the elderly were provided and easily ac- cessible. If the proposed project was for family housing, he said, concerns should be raised about locating it in a district already having a substantial amount of subsidized housing. CC.Growth Study - Copies of report were previously distributed to Council members from LCOG Growth Task Force comprising representatives of Springfield, Lane County, and Eugene appointed to develop an outline of what would be involved _ time frame and costs - in undertaking a growth study. Manager expressed con- cern with what he felt was a conservative estimate of cost of a projected two- year study - $183,000. He suggested referral not only to the Eugene budget comndttee but also to the Lane County and Springfield budget committees if the Council wished to pursue the study. In response to Mayor Anderson, Manager said the Planning Commission had not reviewed the Task Froce report at this time. Councilwoman Beal who with Councilman Murray had initially requested the growth study asked why the boundaries of the study had been enlarged to encompass all of Lane County. She said the initial request was for a study of costs of growth in the Eugene/Springfield metropolitan area to tie in with the 1990 General Plan boundaries. Douglas Halley, LCOG director, replied that the study focused on the urbanized area covered in the 1990 Plan but that contributing factors from outside the boundary which would have an impact on growth in the urban area could not be ignored. He added that the entire Willamette basin as it relates to water quality control and management and other factors would have a bearing on growth in Eugene, and although the study could start from the urbanized area it would soon become involved with factors beyond that boundary. Mrs. Beal wondered whether the Council could meet with the Task Force members where questions ~oth she and Mr. Murray had could be raised. Councilman Williams, member of the Task Force, said the effort was made to direct the study to specifically implement Eugene's community goals statements on the basis that they were made after broad public input and reflected atti- tudes of the city. However, the committee decided that the entire area would have to be\considered if intelligent planning and implementation was to take place, that only in this way would urban sprawl be avoided. Councilman Keller pointed to the Goodpasture Island commercial study as an example of difficulty encountered without co-operation of neighboring juriSdic- tions. He was concerned too about the estimated cost which he fel t was a staggering amount considering the current funding situation. Councilman Bradley called attention to the estimated figure of $161,000 for local matching funds if Federal funds were available. Galen Howard of the LCOG staff corrected that to $61,000. He also corrected the membership of the steering comrndttee suggested to 15 - 5 elected officials, 5 appointed officials, and 5 citizens. Councilman Murray asked why there was no reference to social cost of growth in the outline. Ken Battaile, LCOG staff, said the comndttee envisioned the social costs would included in housing element, services, legal aspects shown '=:,3 2/10/75 - 21