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Ms. Muir said the work session was a follow-up of the council's June 8 action regarding State Goal 5. Since then, staff had researched the issue and proposed several options for the council's review. She noted the options before the council: 1. Implement the June 8, 2005, City Council motion as approved. 2. Direct the City Manager to review and update the Goal 5 wildlife habitat inventory for the south hills, after completion of the current Goal 5 work program, using the safe harbor inventory meth- odology in Oregon Administrative Rule 660-023-0110 in light of new information concerning the presence of the sensitive species Pileated Woodpecker in substantial areas of the south hills. 3. Direct the City Manager to add to the Goal 5 inventory, after completion of the current work program, the remainder of the wildlife habitat areas in the south hills that were proposed to be included in the inventory by the Planning Commission in 2003. 4. Amend the June 8, 2005, motion to add the Goal 5 inventory, after completion of the current Goal 5 program, the remainder of the wildlife habitat areas that were proposed to be included in the inventory by the Planning Commission in 2003, within the Eugene urban growth boundary. Ms. Muir noted the City Manager's recommendation for Option 3, because it would allow timely completion of the State-mandated periodic review, allow the City to take a holistic look at natural resource protection throughout the city, and allow the council to place a high priority on what Ms. Muir termed the next phase of Goal 5 in the work program to ensure it was completed. Ms. Muir noted the alternative motion prepared at the request of Mr. Kelly and indicated that staff believed it would accomplish what was outlined by staff. She called the council's attention to the technical memorandum prepared by Mr. Bj6rklund, attached to the Agenda Item Summary. Ms. Muir introduced Margarete Nabata of the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD), who was present to hear the discussion. Mr. Poling, seconded by Ms. Solomon, moved to direct the City Manager to complete the current Goal 5 periodic review work task per the tentative schedule outlined in the Agenda Item Summary; in the work program to be discussed at the council's joint meeting with the Planning Commission on July 27, include as a high-priority item the amending of the Goal 5 inventory to apply the standard inventory process to those wildlife habitat inventory areas in the south hills to which the Safe Harbor inventory provisions were applied in 2003; also in- clude as a high-priority item the completion of the Goal 5 ESEE (Economic Social Envi- ronmental Energy analysis) processes for those areas; determine if outside resources are needed as part of this work and determine or recommend a funding mechanism to complete the work in a timely manner. Responding to a question from Mayor Piercy about whether the council could move from the Safe Harbor to the standard approach for a particular habitat type, Mr. Bj6rklund said the question had been raised in the past. When the council adopted the existing inventory in 2003, it had applied the Safe Harbor provisions to some upland wildlife habitat sites, and the standard inventory provisions to the remainder. That occurred with the agreement and cooperation of LCDC staff. The inventory was acknowledged as being consistent with the rules. Mr. Bj6rklund said the City Manager's recommendation was consistent with the Oregon Administrative Rules (OARs). MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 27, 2005 Page 8 Work Session