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other local jurisdictions did not make a finding of consistency for a number of reasons. He conveyed staff’s <br />recommendation that they take the work plan approach. He said since the MPC adoption of the RTP, staff <br />for the local jurisdictions had met with the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the <br />Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) to develop a draft work plan that was <br />coordinated with local land use efforts. <br /> <br />Mr. Inerfeld stated that the work plan was divided into three elements, short-term, medium-term, and long- <br />term actions. He explained that the short-term actions would address more immediate concerns from DLCD <br />and ODOT regarding RTP TransPlan consistency and included deleting the completed projects from the <br />TransPlan project list, extending the TransPlan planning horizon, and elimination of language addressing the <br />West Eugene Parkway (WEP). He said the mid-term actions could be initiated prior to the LCDC meeting <br />and included a decision on whether Springfield and Eugene would have their own TSP or whether they <br />would continue to have a shared TSP and a shared Regional Transportation System Plan (RTSP). He noted <br />that another issue was to determine whether the four ODOT facility projects that had been moved from the <br />illustrative list to the financially constrained list in the RTP should be moved from the one list to the other in <br />the TransPlan. He related that the long-range regional transportation planning work plan that would lead to <br />having both the TSP and the RTSP consistent with the regional transportation plan. He stated that at this <br />point staff had identified the major developments of the long-range work plan, but staff intended to refine <br />this into a more detailed work plan that would be brought before the JEO in September. <br /> <br />In response to a question from Commissioner Sorenson, Mr. Inerfeld explained that TransPlan was a state <br />required plan and it would be important to coordinate the update to the TransPlan and any land use planning <br />work. <br /> <br />Commissioner Sorenson wanted to know about the federal requirement to have a consistent plan and asked <br />what that was called. Mr. Inerfeld replied that it was called the RTP. <br /> <br />Commissioner Sorenson asked if the jurisdictions would have to do the RTP and the TransPlan at the same <br />time. Mr. Inerfeld responded that the federal government required the RTP to be updated every four years, <br />with the next update scheduled for November, 2011. He said ideally that would be coordinated with and <br />would reflect the local land use and transportation planning that was done, so that when passed by the MPC <br />it would be consistent with local plans. <br /> <br />Eugene Councilor Bettman had not seen any public involvement in the outline. Mr. Inerfeld responded that <br />staff intended to have a public input component in the plan when staff returned before the JEO in Septem- <br />ber. Councilor Bettman opined that there would be pressure in September to approve it; this created a short <br />timeline. Mr. Inerfeld said if the JEO needed more time it would be possible to request more time. <br /> <br />Councilor Bettman asked if the language deletion regarding the WEP would delete the project from the <br />TransPlan. Mr. Inerfeld said it would not. <br /> <br />Eugene Councilor Zelenka arrived. <br /> <br />Councilor Bettman requested a memorandum from the Eugene City Attorney on the impact of not taking the <br />WEP out. She understood that the Eugene City Council had taken action to delete the project from the list <br />and to replace it with other projects that had been “futured” to fit the TransPlan. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Joint Elected Officials— July 15, 2008 Page 2 <br /> Lane Board of County Commissioners and Eugene and Springfield City Councils <br /> <br />