CC Minutes - 02/11/98 Work Session

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Ms. Childs said that the distributed material contained an agreement signed by Hyundai and the City of Eugene calling for Hyundai to fund an independent analysis of new information submitted at the hearing. The Lane Council of Governments would complete the analysis. Ms. Elmer said that the contract included funding for LC©G to contract with outside experts to evaluate conflicting testimony. Responding to a question from Mr. Lee, Ms. Childs confirmed that Mr. Cornacchia was concerned that there were more protection criteria than development criteria. He offered specific suggestions for new development criteria. Ms. Childs said that there were originally eight protection criteria and five development criteria in the plan; staff recommended an additional criteria for both categories calling for balance and examination of each site's unique characteristics. Ms. Nathanson asked if the site amendments were being proposed because of new information and site delineations. Ms. Childs said yes. Some sites were designated in 1992 using an off-site delineation method. Lane County had asked the City to conduct on-site delineations of those properties and that was done to the extent possible. In addition, the National Wetlands Inventory Map was updated and revised between the initial inventory and plan adoption, and the regulatory agencies directed Eugene to bring new sites identified on the map into the inventory. She said that some sites were simply overlooked by the City's consultant, and the Division of State Lands requested that the City revisit a couple of other sites. Mr. Torrey reminded the council that the policy issue and criteria were not quasi judicial issues and the council could discuss them with anyone, but specific sites amendments were quasi judicial and could not be discussed. MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 11, 1998 Page 6 11:30 a.m.