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- e e , . ~ Council Assistants' time to be used for general office staff time in the City Manager's Office. A time log could be used to determine that they spend no more time than that. It is especially important to be able to have additional staff during budget time. Council consensus was to approve this proposal. The council meeting was adjourned to the McNutt Room to discuss the Metropolitan Plan Update. VI. METROPOLITAN PLAN UPDATE--PRESENTATION/DISCUSSION (additional informa- tion distributed) Jim Croteau stated that on May 8, Springfield would be holding a public hearing and any changes in their recommendations would be forwarded within the next week. This update has been adopted by three planning commissions. In places where there is disagreement, the update lists the addition or deletion and which agency is recommending the change. This presentation/discussion is going to be outlined chapter by chapter where any disagreements occur. Mr. Croteau stated he would be giving an overview of the general update, Steve Gordon from L-COG would be going into more detail on Chapter I, and Jim Carlson, Planning, would provide information on the population and employment projections which were used as the basis for the update. He noted also that a background report has been distributed. He hopes to be able to answer common ques- tions regarding projections and how the update was done. The 1990 Plan called for an update and this one was started three years ago. This document represents changes, but the concepts of the 1990 Plan remain the same. The Metropolitan Plan will continue to be the general long-range plan- ning document for these jurisdictions. The Metropolitan Plan inter- faces with surrounding rural areas of Lane County. The County has changed their approach to rural land use planning and will be doing away with separate subarea plans for rural areas. Rural planning will happen under the Rural Land Development Program. This plan meshes with the Rural Land Development Program. One of the critical issues is the disagreement of jurisdictional boundaries which the Metropolitan Plan covers. All three jurisdictions had to agree on changes to the plan. Lane County Planning Commission did not feel the plan should go so far out into the rural areas. Through a series of compromises, the juris- dictional boundaries were established. This would protect the City's interests around the Airport and in areas where they can expect legit- imate expansion. There is still disagreement regarding the Howard Buford/Mount Pisgah area--Springfield would like it included in the plan, but Lane County disagrees. This update is divided into five chapters, with the attempt being to make the document more under- standable. 5/7/80--11