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Mr. Pap~ offered thanks to Pat Rawlins, who spearheaded a drive to replace the police dog that was killed in <br />an accident. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap~ asked if there was a proposal to close Fire station 9. Mr. Carlson said no; staff proposed to move a <br />piece of fire apparatus to a new location in Santa Clara. The Emergency Medical Services would remain in <br />the station. As the City moved toward a permanent solution, the fire apparatus would be returned. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey had no items. <br /> <br />Mr. Carlson noted that later in the evening the council would consider a Eugene Water & Electric Board bond <br />issue, and staff learned earlier in the day that Standard and Poors had lowered the utility's bond rating slightly, <br />from AA to AA-. The other bond rating agencies had not changed their ratings. Staff believed it had no effect <br />on what the council was being asked to do. <br /> <br />Mr. Carlson said he had also learned earlier that day Qwest filed an appeal of the recent Circuit Court <br />decision awarding cities the withheld franchise fees. <br /> <br />Mr. Carlson said that Jim Gangle of the Tax Assessor's Office had contacted the City with an outline of what <br />he proposed to do in terms of reserving money, should Hynix's tax appeal be successful. <br /> <br />B. Work Session: Status Update on Regional 2050 Study and the Willamette Valley Alternative <br /> Transportation Future Project <br /> <br />Jim Croteau, Acting Assistant City Manager, joined the council for the item. He introduced a presentation by <br />Jim Just of Friends of Linn County and 1,000 Friends of Oregon, noting it was developed in conjunction with <br />the Governor John Kitzhaber's Willamette Livability Forum. <br /> <br />Mr. Just provided a PowerPoint presentation entitled Willamette Valley Alternative Futures Project. He <br />overviewed the process used to develop alternative futures for the Willamette Valley, noted the participants in <br />the process, and described the alternative futures for the valley developed through the process. Mr. Just said <br />the project was focused on how the valley could accommodate a doubling of population without sacrificing <br />farm and forest land. The project considered both current the development pattern and a land conserving <br />pattern. A third alternative, mapped but not analyzed, examined the valley's future without land use laws. <br /> <br />Mr. Just reviewed key elements of the two alternatives, and noted that one key feature of the land conserving <br />scenario was that no rural residential development would be allowed. <br /> <br />Mr. Just reviewed a series of maps that illustrated different development densities in communities in the <br />Portland area in 2050 using the two alternative scenarios. He also showed maps of the southern valley <br />projecting densities under the two scenarios. He shared maps of those areas illustrating the impacts of the <br />two scenarios on farm and forest land throughout the valley. <br /> <br />Mr. Just said that if current development patterns continued, the valley would need to add 100,000 acres to <br />urban growth boundaries to accommodate growth; the land conserving alternative could save 50,000 acres. <br />He said that more efficient development in the larger cities was key to conserving land. He said that land <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 13, 2002 Page 3 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />