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as Lane County Commissioners, Eugene or Springfield City Council members, or planning commissioners of Lane County, Eugene, or Springfield; 5. Applicants for the position of project director to be reviewed by the steering committee and final selection to rest with the ~teering committee; and 6. The proposed growth study outline presented by LCOG, in all other respects, to be recognized as a starting point and guide- line and not as an inflexible or unchanging document. In making the motion, Councilman Murray said it was an attempt to assure that any g~owth study undertaken would be consistent with the community goals statement which first .brought the matter of a growth study to the fore. Jt was critical to remember, he said, that the community goals conference was based on broad citizen participation which singled out a proposed growth study as an item of major im- portanceand emphasized (1) that the study be conducted by a citizen committee with extensive citizen involvement; (2) that it cover the metropolitan area and not all of Lane County; and (3) that it focus primarily on costs of growth. He wanted those assurances and desires'expressed at the beginning. Councilman Williams said he had no problems with making a definite statement as proposed in the motion except where it concerned limiting the geographic area of the study to the metropolitan area and limiting membership of the steering com- mittee to officials and other citizens from that area. He said that he as a member of the LCOG task force strongly stated that as Eugene's position with as strong a statement in opposition from the balance of the task force on the basis that factors affecting growth in the metropolitan area have a much broader base than just the urban service boundary. He said the task force decided that if out- lying jurisdictions were not in agreement on certain factors or policies, there would be the very real potential for "leap fragging" development and scatteration. . James Bain, member of the LCOG task force, said that regardless of whether the metropolitan area was considered the target area or whether the study was limited to that area gets into political questions as to funding. Both points of view were raised in the task force and not really resolved there any more than agree- ment that the area to be covered needed clearly to be more than the urban service area. Galen Howard,' LCOG staff, said any decision should include the surrounding communities because they would be experiencing growth toward Eugene as much as Eugene would be growing toward them. Councilman Murray recognized that growth was not localized, but he thought the problem most acute in Eugene. Also, he said it seemed Eugene always financed studies such as this and he was reluctant to solve other's problems with Eugene's money. He agreed that what lies outside Eugene couldn't be ignored, but at the same time everything couldn't be encompassed. Councilman Bradley wondered if the projected urban service area in the 1990 Plan could be designated as the study area to broaden the investigation rather than just the defined urban service area. Councilman Keller was concerned not only with limiting the study to the metropolitan area and composition of the steering committee but also with selectin of a project director where expertise would have to far outweight the political aspects. He re- ferred to the "extremely political" makeup of the proposed steering committee and said some representation from business or industry might be beneficial. Mr. Keller also expressed concern with cost of the study. Especially at a time when the city was considering reduction of its work force he couldn't see how a project such as this could take priority. Councilwoman Shirey thought availability of funds would determine the scope of the study. ,She asked if there was any way of assessing help which might be coming 2/24/75 - 28 ~" . . =- '