Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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ATTACHMENT A M I N U T E S Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room—Eugene City Hall January 17, 2007 Noon COUNCILORS PRESENT: Jennifer Solomon, Andrea Ortiz, Alan Zelenka, Betty Taylor, Mike Clark, Bonny Bettman, Chris Pryor, George Poling. Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. A. WORK SESSION: Green Infrastructure and Low-Impact Development City Manager Taylor stated that City Engineer Mark Schoening was present to continue the discussion on green infrastructure and low-impact development the council initiated during summer 2006 when consider- ing the stormwater ordinance. Mr. Schoening recalled the public hearing to consider stormwater development changes, which would require changes to Chapter 9 of the Land Use Code that addressed stormwater quantity and quality from new development sites. He related that substantial public comment had been submitted before and after the public record closed. He said testimony included comments pertaining to the topics of the present work session. Mr. Schoening reported that staff was currently working with Lane County to develop the final Basin Plan for the River Road/Santa Clara area. He said prior to the close of the public record a memorandum had been sent to the mayor and councilors that explained the relationship between the River Road/Santa Clara Basin Plan and stormwater development standards with the conclusion that the two were complementary and there was no need to delay the adoption of the latter. After adoption of the stormwater development standards, the council directed staff to review the public comment that was submitted after the close of the public record and return to the council at a later time. This work session was subsequent to that direction. Mr. Schoening stated that low-impact development had the goal of integrating stormwater management and land use planning with the objective of maintaining the predevelopment hydrologic regime in urban watersheds. He said the City could approach this through regulations or through incentives utilizing the Land Use Code. He cited examples of the implementation of low-impact development standards from the City of Portland that delineated the use of incentive and the use of regulations. Continuing, Mr. Schoening explained that there could be barriers or opportunities in some of the administra- tive policies and procedures, such as the street standards which were adopted administratively. He said the City of Eugene had a “skinny street standard” which had a beneficial effect for stormwater management. MINUTES—Eugene City Council January 17, 2007 Page 1 Work Session