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<br /> <br />June 24, 2019, Work Session – Item 2 <br /> <br />Members of the EETAC include a City Councilor (Jennifer Yeh), Eugene Planning Commissioner and Sustainability Commissioner; representatives from the Lane County Homebuilders Association, Eugene Chamber of Commerce, 1000 Friends of Oregon, and Beyond Toxics; a local realtor and appraiser, and interested citizens from inside and outside the UGB. It is worth mentioning that urban reserves planning cannot succeed without the strong collaboration of Lane County as a critical project partner. County staff are key participants on the <br />Project Management Team, which includes City and County staff tasked with carrying out the project in accordance with the Project Charter. The PMT has been meeting monthly since January 2018. County staff have also been active participants in the Service Provider Working Group. A Lane County Transportation Advisory Committee representative is participating on the TBL Sounding Board, as well as a county resident on behalf of the Neighborhood Leaders Council. A county resident also participates on the EETAC. City and County staff are working closely together to ensure County interests are represented in urban reserves planning. Other project partners include a diverse list of interested parties who are kept up to date on Urban Reserves through a monthly newsletter and a regularly updated webpage with project information and a study area web map. Public notice has been sent twice—in September 2018 and May 2019—to approximately 1,500 urban reserves study area (County) residents. Over 100 participants visited the Urban Reserves area at the City’s Planning Division Project Fair on October 5, 2018 and June 5, 2019. Area-specific meetings will be held in the Fall. See the Project Participation list for more project partners (Attachment D). <br />Growth Monitoring Coordination As described in the Project Charter, and in the Technical Analysis Supplement (Attachment B), Urban Reserves planning is carrying forward several key assumptions from the recent UGB analysis, most notably development density and housing mix. In some cases, these assumptions took years of analysis and discussion to agree upon for the 2017 UGB analysis, and are not being revisited for Urban Reserves planning. Instead, they will be revisited when the first growth monitoring report is complete in 2021, per council direction, when there will be opportunity to update assumptions based on new data. The connection between Growth Monitoring and Urban Reserves planning is shown in the graphic included as Attachment E. <br /> <br />City Council Decision-Making The Eugene City Council and Lane County Board of Commissioners have joint decision-making authority in the urban reserves project, including the following: <br /> Review and provide input on the Public Involvement Plan and Project Charter <br /> Receive updates and provide direction to the Project Management Team throughout the planning process <br /> Provide direction on a proposed urban reserve option (by January 2020) <br /> Convene public hearings, consider the Planning Commission recommendations, and act to adopt by Ordinance the urban reserves proposal as spelled out in state statute (Fall 2020).