Agenda Packet 1-29-20 Work Session

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January 27, 2020, Work Session – Item 1 Collectively, staff has met with the Eugene and Lane County Planning Commissions, City Council, and Lane County Board of Commissioners twelve times: 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 following, on July 10, 2018, they recommended a Planning Commissioner to participate on the Envision Eugene Technical Advisory Committee, or EETAC. On May 20, 2019, staff provided the Eugene Planning Commission with a project update. The following evening, on May 21, 2019, staff presented the project to the Lane County Planning Commission. On June 11, 2019, staff presented a project update to the Lane County Board of Commissioners, and on June 24, 2019, to the Eugene City Council. WORK TO DATE The Urban Reserves project is organized into five phases; each designed to build on the previous one, as shown below and in more detail in the Project Timeline (Attachment A). The order of analysis and minimum elements included in Urban Reserves planning 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 B, Urban Reserves Outline for Analysis. Staff is currently wrapping up the third phase, Suitability Analysis, and moving into Option Development. At the time of the last project update to City Council, staff were nearing completion of the Technical Analysis phase, which was 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 determining how many homes or jobs can be accommodated on the developable land. Please see the Urban Reserves Technical Analysis Story Map on the project web page for complete information. Key work since that time is summarized below.