CC Minutes - 04/08/98 Work Session

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said that staff would include the change in the next package for consideration by the elected officials. Mr. Torrey agreed with Mr. Cornacchia that the elected officials needed to know the impact of the plan on future development, particularly on large sized parcels. He suggested that the strength of the plan lay in the dialogue created between parties. Mr. Torrey pointed out that the Bureau of Land Management, as a partner to the WEWP, had purchased more than 1,300 acres of land but would not get more federal funding if the two jurisdictions were not able to reach agreement on the plan amendments. Mr. Torrey supported the staff recommendation related to the site-specific designations, and endorsed Mr. Cornacchia's remarks regarding the need to proceed with the transportation and utility corridors. He asked the council and board for concurrence. The council and board concurred that they supported postponement of the site-specific designations and early consideration of the transportation and utility corridor designations. Responding to a question from Ms. Childs, Mr. Cornacchia said that he would be satisfied with the 1992 industrial lands inventory, adjusted for changes made by the council. Mr. Meisner asked staff to consider where rezoning to mixed use had added to the industrial lands inventory, particularly on a large scale. Ms. Childs noted that the majority of properties designated for mixed use added to the inventory were already developed. Mr. Meisner acknowledged that fact, but said he thought it was important to demonstrate where the City had added to the inventory as well as deleted lands from it. Ms. Childs said that she would work to schedule follow-up individual work sessions for the council and board in May and June. The meeting adjourned at 1:26 p.m. Respectfully submitted, James D. Johnson City Manager Pro Tem (Recorded by Kimberly Young) MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 8, 1998 Page 8 11:30 a.m.