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Mr. Yeiter noted that LCOG often straight-lined things out. He said the coordinated population projections had begun with the Office of Economic Opportunity. He related that the State made very detailed projections over time and then LCOG utilized this information as a starting point. He stated that the original Metro Plan had been formulated with low and high straight-line projections. He conveyed staff’s position which was that anything over ten years was inaccurate. Mayor Piercy said it did not seem like a very important bill. She questioned why the CCIGR did not just drop it. Ms. Bettman replied that she thought it was important in that it was a bad idea to base population projections on which planning was then based on something “as inaccurate” as a trajectory. Ms. Bettman, seconded by Ms. Taylor, withdrew her motion to Oppose and changed it to adopt a Drop stance on the bill. The motion passed unanimously, 3:0. HB 3446 Ms. Taylor, seconded by Mayor Piercy, moved to change the status of the bill to Monitor. The motion passed unanimously, 3:0. HB 3462 Mr. Yeiter explained that the bill made it permissive for the 20-year supply of buildable lands but it did not say how the cities would be expected to satisfy the state goals of providing housing. He noted that it was supported by the Farm Bureau because it sought to constrain UGB expansion. He related that the bill also said if the UGB was expanded to accommodate population-based schools, waste treatment, wetland mitigations, parks, playgrounds, and areas for reclaimed water must be included. He said the MWMC would be able to use reclaimed water for an agricultural use, as an example, or the City could purchase and improve parks outside the UGB to serve its population. Ms. Taylor thought the bill would limit expansion. Mr. Yeiter said the bill could provide higher densities within the urbanized area. In response to a question from Ms. Bettman, Ms. Wilson indicated that the bill had not had a hearing. Ms. Bettman, seconded by Ms. Taylor, moved to Monitor the bill. The motion passed unanimously, 3:0. SB 795 Ms. Bettman, seconded by Ms. Taylor, moved to change the stance on HB 795 from Prior- ity 3 Support to Priority 2 Support. The motion passed unanimously, 3:0. SB 827 Ms. Wilson reported that the bill had already had a hearing. She said it looked like the bill would be worked on further. Ms. Bettman stated that the City had a policy that said the developers pay for providing the cost of providing capacity for new development and not the taxpayers. MINUTES—Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations April 5, 2007 Page 9