CC Agenda Packet 05-30-18 Work Session

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with regard to jurisdictional roles within the Metro Plan Boundary and any future Urban Reserve area. These include the ability of land owners to request plan amendments if they are included in an urban reserve, and how agencies should provide services in urban reserve areas. In addition, some County Planning Commission members have expressed concerns and raised questions about the urban reserve process, and the benefits or drawbacks of engaging in it. A Lane County Planning Commission work session on urban reserves was held in September 2017 to begin the process of understanding the issues and potential impacts on County interests. Ongoing updates and work sessions will continue throughout the life of the project. In order to achieve urban reserves, issues and questions will ultimately need to be resolved, with specific service questions addressed in intergovernmental agreements. Constraints The following are potential factors that may limit our ability to carry out the project or to fully achieve the project goals. Past issues related to jurisdictional authority, representation, UGB expansion and annexation have strained relationships between the City and some County residents, both inside the UGB (for example in River Road and Santa Clara) and outside (for example in the expansion study areas in the Russel Creek/LCC basin, Bailey Hill/Gimpl Hill area, and Crest/Chambers area). Planning staff is continually striving to build trust and lay the foundation for collaboration with residents and County officials, most recently through the UGB expansion study process and the River Road Santa Clara planning process. City relationship to neighborhood residents, neighborhood associations, and Homebuilders Association Envision Eugene engaged thousands of Eugene residents, and the resulting community vision is widely supported. But as the vision begins to be implemented, and in this case applied to a longer time frame and bigger population and geographic study area, it will be tested. All of the issues that were surfaced during the early Community Resource Group process may come up again, such as how to accomplish compatible infill housing in existing neighborhoods, how to design and fund development along key corridors, and how to increase good paying jobs and affordable housing options. It will be critical to clarify the project scope and what is or is not included in urban reserves planning. For the most part, assumptions made about future growth during Envision Eugene will need to be kept constant for urban reserves to complete the project in the allotted timeframe. Thorough analysis and updating, if necessary, of growth assumptions and trends will occur once we have the first growth monitoring report. Neighborhood associations, residents, and the Homebuilders Association are examples of groups that have a stake in the outcome and will be critical to nurture relationships with for a good project outcome. Adequate staffing and funding The project has an ambitious timeline and substantial funding, but there are many unknowns in this new-to-Eugene process and many other priorities planning will require rigorous and lengthy analysis. It will also require attention from city staff across the organization, as well as inter-agency partners. These staff will have competing demands on their time 16 | Page