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Mr. Lee asked why Department of Land Conservation and Development chose one year to complete the <br />effort, and if making that commitment would draw resources away from other priorities. Ms. Childs said that <br />was Springfield's concern. The one-year commitment was a desire that the community "get on with it." She <br />suggested it was a beginning point for further discussion with the State. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner expressed hope that the nodal development text was not so minimal, flexible, and vague that it <br />became meaningless. He asked staff to identify those areas related to nodal development where Eugene could <br />act independently. Mr. Meisner considered the State's comments to be among the most meaningful pieces of <br />testimony, adding that if the community did not apply interim measures to protect those nodes, it could lose <br />the opportunities presented by the nodes. While he doubted the task could be accomplished in a year, he <br />believed it should be attempted. <br /> <br />Ms. Childs noted that the State had asked the metropolitan area to prepare a draft nodal development overlay <br />zone. Staff agreed, and public comment on a Eugene overlay zone would occur during a hearing before the <br />Planning Commission on March 28. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly said a nodal development definition as broad as the current definition would not accomplish the <br />goals of TransPlan. He wondered if the definition hybrid staff had discussed previously would allow the <br />nodal development contemplated by Springfield and, if not, was there some modification that could be made <br />that accomplished that. Mr. Kelly endorsed Land Use Policy 5 as a good start, and said he thought the <br />community needed to commit to the one-year period requested by the State to protect the nodes. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor pointed out that the State was calling for the interim protection measures to be adopted within a <br />year of the adoption of TransPlan, not one year from today, and she thought there was sufficient time to <br />complete that task. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner briefly left the meeting. Mayor Torrey noted the temporary loss of a quorum. <br /> <br />Mr. Lee suggested that staff ask the State if it intended to financially support the effort of developing interim <br />protection measures. Ms. Childs noted Springfield's interest in that same question. Other councilors agreed <br />that the question should be asked of the State. <br /> <br />Mr. Rayor asked if the City employed overlay districts. Ms. Childs said yes; for example, site review is an <br />overlay zone. She confirmed that the City also had overlays in the form of natural resource districts for <br />waterside protection and wetland buffers. Ms. Childs said in the case of the nodal development overlay zone, <br />the community would be looking at something to apply on an interim basis until the nodal development plans <br />were completed and zoning districts applied to the area. Mr. Rayor asked for information about Portland <br />nodal overlay zones. Ms. Childs did not know, and said would find out more about the overlay zones <br />employed in Portland. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly said that Larry Shaw, a land use attorney who worked with Portland Metro when it was developing <br />its Region 2040 plan, had testified that agency had, at the metropolitan level, applied circles of a half-mile <br />radius and placed, within the inner quarter mile of that, strong restrictions and conditions that included <br />minimum density and use restrictions. Metro then gave the individual jurisdictions the opportunity to more <br />completely refine those boundaries. He believed there was a lot to be learned from what Metro had <br />accomplished. Mr. Kelly added that those circles were more often than not drawn around light rail stations, <br />and suggested that it would make sense to draw those circles locally around Bus Rapid Transit stations. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 28, 2000 Page 5 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />