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MINUTES <br /> <br /> Eugene City Council <br /> Work Session <br /> McNutt Room--City Hall <br /> <br /> February 21, 2001 <br /> Noon <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Betty Taylor, David Kelly, Nancy Nathanson, Pat Fart, Scott <br /> Meisner, Gary Rayor, Gary Pap~, Bonny Bettman. <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br /> <br />A. Metro Urban Reserve Study <br /> <br />Jim Croteau of the Planning and Development Department joined the council for a presentation on <br />the Metropolitan Urban Reserve Study. He introduced Clare VanBIoem of Lane Council of <br />Governments, who was present to assist with the presentation. Mr. Croteau provided the council <br />with the history of the concept of urban reserves and said the study was initiated due to State <br />changes in the rules regarding urban reserves. He called the council's attention to the State <br />criteria for urban reserves, included in the meeting packet, and emphasized that urban reserves <br />were not required by the State or the Eugene- Springfield Metropolitan General Area Plan. <br /> <br />Mr. Croteau noted the location of urban reserves established in the Eugene-Springfield <br />metropolitan area on a wall map. He noted that the need for urban reserve land must first be met <br />by nonresource areas, then by marginal lands, and finally, if the community could not meet its <br />needs for urban reserves, resource areas. He pointed out that most of the urban area in Eugene- <br />Springfield was surrounded by resource lands. <br /> <br />Mr. Croteau said the Eugene Planning Commission discussed the information contained in the <br />study and recommended to the council that the urban reserves be eliminated. He noted that <br />motions reflecting several options were included in the meeting packet. <br /> <br />Responding to a question from Ms. Taylor regarding the options if the three jurisdictions did not <br />agree on the subject of whether there should be urban reserves, Mr. Croteau referred her to the <br />dispute resolution process overseen by the Metropolitan Policy Committee (MPC). <br /> <br />In response to a question from Ms. Bettman, Mr. Croteau clarified that the process for bringing <br />land into the boundary was the same as establishing urban reserves; the City must still go through <br />an evaluation to determine which lands have the most resource value. He said the Metro Urban <br />Reserve Study was valuable because it provided the needed analysis if the community later <br />decided to add back urban reserves. Mr. Croteau noted that State law also stipulates that the <br />City must provide a 20-year land supply when it expands its urban growth boundary. <br />Mr. Fart confirmed with staff that land in the urban reserve probably had a higher value than land <br />outside the urban reserve, although Mr. Croteau believed it would take an appraiser to make that <br />determination. Mr. Fart asked if Measure 7 affected the study. City Attorney Glenn Klein said that <br />the answer was probably no, because Measure 7 applied where a regulation was in place <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 21, 2000 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />