CC Minutes - 02/11/98 Work Session

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the policy components had gotten out through notice on the Internet from the Citizens for Public Accountability. Ms. Nathanson concurred with Mr. Torrey's suggestion that staff identify specific impacts. Ms. Taylor asked if Neil Bj~rklund of Planning and Development Department had provided feedback on the letter from Mr. Cornacchia. She maintained that Steve Gordon of LC©G was not an expert on wetlands. Ms. Elmer indicated that staff would analyze Mr. Cornacchia's letter. Ms. Childs anticipated other specific changes to the criteria would be suggested at the hearing, and staff would provide analysis of all changes related to all proposed amendments. Mr. Laue asked what would occur if the elected officials could not agree on the criteria. Ms. Childs responded that the existing plan criteria would be used to evaluate the sites. Mr. Meisner asked if the City had ever approached the County about eliminating the County from the planning process. Ms. Childs said no, because the wetlands plan was focused on wetlands systems, which did not recognize artificial jurisdictional boundaries. Mr. Meisner asked how much area covered by the plan was outside the city. Ms. Childs said that she would provide that information at the meeting with the board. Mr. Tollenaar asked if the site designations would change if the existing plan criteria were used. Ms. Childs said no; the proposed amendments were intended to clarify the criteria and make them easier for the public to use. She noted that the amendments proposed by Mr. Cornacchia went beyond that scope. Ms. Childs reviewed the format for the February 18 meeting. The council discussed a proposal by the board to give those wishing to offer testimony five minutes because of the complexity of the issues involved. The council agreed that speakers would be given no less than three minutes and possibly up to five minutes to testify, depending on the number of people in attendance. Ms. Childs reviewed a new recommended policy establishing planned transportation corridors through protected wetlands. She said that, at the request of the Board of County Commissioners, she had presented the policy to the County's Roads Advisory Committee. The committee expressed concern that the plan limited application of designation to projects that were currently existing in TransPlan. She intended to research the intent of the policy. Ms. Childs reviewed a new recommended policy establishing underground utility corridors through protected wetlands. Ms. Childs urged the council to read Mr. Cornacchia's letter carefully and compare the recommendations to the planning commissions' recommendations in preparation for discussion the following week. She said that Mr. Cornacchia's letter stated his concern about the need for balance between protection and development in west Eugene, and the application of the criteria and its cumulative effect on the supply of campus industrially zoned land. Ms. Childs said that Mr. Cornacchia suggested alternative language as a starting point for discussion. MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 11, 1998 Page 5 11:30 a.m.