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. e Don Allen, Public Works, said one of the benefits of the Highway 126 proposal would be a master floodway program for that area. He said if Highway 126 were not built, the floodway and drainage problems would have to be confronted in a massive program. This proposal would compli- ment Highway 126. Mr. Haws moved, seconded by Mr. Hamel, to schedule public hearing August 22, 1977. Motion carried unanimously. A short recess was taken. VI. Review of Metropolitan Plan Policy Committee's (MPPC) "Metro Plan Update Work Program" Manager said this was a status report on the work program. Mr. Bradley reported to Council that MPPC had been formed in May 1976. The two documents distributed to Council were: 1) a reevaluation summary to be discussed in Phase II; and 2) a work program. The issues would be discussed by the various jurisdictions in their review of the update of the 1990 Plan. He said there had been two public hearings by MPPC for input from the public on both documents. John Porter, Planning Department, said the work program and the re- evaluation summary had been submitted to the Lane County Commissioners, Springfield, and Eugene for review. At the present time, the Lane County e Planning Commission and County Commissioners had approved the work program. They had given emphasis to three areas: urban, economic, and industrial goals. He said Springfield would be taking action JUly 13. City Council approval of the program was being requested by staff so the program could be submitted to L-COG, the coordinating agency. Mr. Porter continued that the most important part of the program was the reevaluation of the compact urban growth concept. This had been adopted before LCDC had been formed and a major part of the update given to that issue. He said reevaluation was directed at whether goals had been achieved, whether the urban service boundary area should be adjusted--made smaller or larger. Information would be available to Council regarding the effect of the present plan to assist in making that decision. Another major aspect was the economic sector, especially relating to industrial. He noted there was involvement with various reports at the metro level. He continued there were plans to add two additional sections, housing and energy. Mr. Porter said the City has additional documents, noting the 1974 Community Goals and Policies. He said these would give a good basis for a revised 1990 Plan. The City Council was in a good position to indicate to staff the areas in which emphasis should be given, and any additional areas which should be included. Any changes could be made in the work program through the fall, but Mr. Porter requested feedback from Council as soon as possible to allow staff to proceed. It was consensus of Council that further discussion would be held e over to Wednesday, July 13. Mr. Bradley reminded Council that two months ago a document had been distributed to Council from which the reevaluation summary had been summarized. He noted Council members might wish to look at that docu- ment for additional information. 538 7/6/77--7