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· Why have staff not told the council that completion of the process would take an <br /> additional two to three years? <br /> · Is the West Eugene Wetland Plan a local wetland inventory accepted by the Division of <br /> State Lands? <br /> · Where is it stated in the Oregon Administrative Rules that a local government must do <br /> a second local wetland inventory? <br /> · Does the draft before the council contain corrections to sites that have been amended <br /> and have the sites been evaluated for their numeric rating? <br /> <br />Terry Connolly, Eugene Chamber of Commerce 1401 Willamette Street, asked that the council <br />not approve the Planning Commission recommendation on the significance criteria and the Goal 5 <br />Inventory. He expressed a hope that serious consideration would be given to using the safe <br />harbor approach to complete the process. <br /> <br />Larry Reed, Arlie and Company, urged the council to take the safe harbor approach. He said the <br />only way to manage growth was proper planning. He said there were other ways to protect <br />natural resources. He noted that the City of Eugene had lost over 1,000 acres of land to <br />protected wetlands. He commented that the City could not afford to take another 3,500 acres out <br />of its buildable land inventory. <br /> <br />Jim Welsh, 950 Kelly Lane, Elmira, spoke representing the Eugene Association of Realtors which <br />recommended taking the safe harbor approach for the upland wildlife habitat resources. He said <br />the group was reviewing the standard approach for riparian areas. He said the safe harbor <br />approach would enable the City to complete the process in a timely manner with less cost to the <br />City. <br /> <br />Jim Hoffman, 975 Oak Street, spoke representing his clients who were unable to attend. He said <br />his clients owned property included in the Goal 5 Inventory. He said the method used for the <br />inventory made no sense and suggested that, rather than using a blanket inclusion method that <br />took in huge areas of the City, the City take the safe harbor approach and only use the standard <br />approach if the City could show endangered species lived on a specific lot. <br /> <br />Rob Handy, 455 1/2 River Road, spoke of a friend's recent trip to Italy and how Italy had preserved <br />its land while having a vibrant economy. He urged the council to change its thinking by revaluing <br />its resources. <br /> <br />Kevin Matthews, Friends of Eugene, Southeast Neighbors, said the inventory was simply a list of <br />wildlife habitat left in the community. He said the community would have to decide what to pave <br />and what to save. He said the safe harbor approach was a pathetic, despicable, last-minute <br />attempt to avoid any reasonable process to protect the natural resources of the City. <br /> <br />Laura Byxbe, 677 West 23rd Avenue, asked the council to resist changes to the Metro Plan and <br />adopt the inventory and take all the necessary steps to complete the Goal 5 process. <br /> <br />Jenel Jorgensen, 1645 Kennelridge Lane, said she had recently purchased land in the south hills <br />with the intent to build a home. She said she had received first notice of her property's inclusion <br />in the inventory on May 20. She stated that the Land Use Board of Appeals had designated her <br />property as buildable and was not a waterway. She urged the council to take her land off the <br />inventory list. <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 9, 2003 Page 15 <br /> Regular Session <br /> <br /> <br />