Agenda Packet 6-24-19 Work Session

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June 24, 2019, Work Session – Item 2 On November 27, 2017, staff provided the Eugene Planning Commission with an introduction and overview of urban reserves planning. The Eugene Planning Commission reviewed the draft Project Charter and Public Involvement Plan on May 8, 2018. Following that meeting, staff presented the project to the Lane County Planning Commission twice, on May 15, 2018, and June 5, 2018, to the Eugene City Council on June 11, 2018, and to the Lane County Board of Commissioners on June 19, 2018. On June 25, 2018, the Eugene Planning Commission approved the Urban Reserves Public Involvement Plan, and on July 10, 2018, they recommended a Planning Commissioner to participate on the Envision Eugene Technical Advisory Committee, or EETAC. Staff provided the Eugene Planning Commission with a project update on May 20, 2019, and on the following evening, on May 21, 2019, staff presented the project to the Lane County Planning Commission. On June 11, 2019, staff gave the Lane County Board of Commissioners a project update. As project-related questions arise, we are updating the FAQ’s on our project web page for the public to be able to review. WORK TO DATE The urban reserves project will be completed in five phases; each phase is designed to build on the previous one, as shown below: We are currently wrapping up Phase 2, Technical Analysis and moving into Option Development, which is shown graphically in the Urban Reserves Outreach Process (Attachment A). The technical analysis has been a multi-step process focused on identifying the amount of land needed for urban reserves; identifying land in the study area that is developable; and beginning to identify the developable land that would be suitable for urban reserves. The last time a project update was provided the City Council, staff was nearing completion of the Project Initiation phase. Key work since that time is summarized below with more information in the Technical Analysis Supplement, Attachment B. Urban Reserves Technical Analysis The order of analysis and minimum elements included in urban reserves planning work is laid out by state rules, particularly Oregon Administrative Rules, Chapter 660, Division 21. Staff is following this structure, which is generally described below, and outlined in Attachment C, Urban Reserves Outline for Analysis. The three key components of the Technical Analysis include development of the Urban Reserves Land Need Model; Study Area; and Land Supply Model.