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Mayor Torrey recalled that one of the initial stimuli for the LUCU was cost-cutting, required by <br />passage of Ballot Measure 47/50. Planning Division Manager Jan Childs said that study of <br />LUCU and its cost impacts was scheduled for council review at a future work session. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey said he believed it would be important for the community to be better informed of <br />the impacts of growth management issues such as in-fill development. Administrative Services <br />Director Warren Wong said that staff was aware of the need for improving communications with <br />the public about Growth Management Policies. <br /> <br /> B. Policy Trade-Offs <br /> <br />Mr. Croteau stated that implementation of each Growth Management policy created possible <br />conflicts with other established policies. He referred to wall charts which illustrated his statement <br />in relationship to transportation and financing of public infrastructure issues. <br /> <br />Mr. Tollenaar said that he believed it was important in considering growth management <br />implementation to be informed of the fact that there would be 50,000 additional residents within <br />the Eugene Urban Growth Boundary by the year 2015. It is important to move ahead with the <br />direction of the policies. <br /> <br />Mr. Lee stated that he believed each neighborhood in the City had different values. He said that <br />an example was that residents in area of the University of Oregon which he served preferred <br />high-density conditions and were not interested in large back yards. <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson joined the meeting at 7 p.m. <br /> <br />Mr. Lee suggested that implementation of Growth Management policies needed to be <br />neighborhood-driven. He said it would be "political suicide" for councilors to force policies on <br />areas in which residents did not fully understand their implications. <br /> <br />Ms. Swanson Gribskov suggested that the council should discuss "policy disconnects" which <br />showed the need for trade-offs in implementation of Growth Management Policies. She said the <br />council needed to be made aware of the "tough practical" results of policy development. <br /> <br />Ms. Swanson Gribskov said that she disagreed with Mr. Lee about growth management policy <br />needing to be implemented on a neighborhood level. She said she believed such policies <br />needed to be implemented citywide. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey commented that development of areas in the neighborhood of the University of <br />Oregon were not controlled by residents, but property owners who sometimes had disjunctive <br />interests. He said he believed the council needed to clearly describe the implications of growth <br />management to all who were involved. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor said that she did not believe "political suicide" should be considered when making <br />growth management decisions. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor said that she did not believe most Eugene citizens wanted 50,000 additional residents <br />and that she hoped it would be possible to convince State authorities that a continual 20-year <br />supply of residential land was not needed within an urban growth boundary. <br /> <br />MINUTES-Eugene City Council October 5, 1998 Page 5 <br />5:30 p.m. <br /> <br /> <br />