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Joint Elected Officials Meeting Minutes <br />September 15, 2008 <br />Page 4 <br /> <br />Ms. Barry said the primary work was City work that was related to urban projects and a lot of the <br />analysis would be done by Lane Council of Governments (LCOG). The County staff’s plan at this <br />time was to be in the loop on regional discussions. There was some debate among staff about what <br />it meant to comply with the regional language in the TPR. County staff was having discussions <br />with legal counsel who were inclined to think there was a minimal approach, with minimal County <br />staff work. <br /> <br />Commissioner Dwyer said there was so much in the horizon. He felt that land use should come <br />before transportation planning. <br /> <br />Ms. Barry said she agreed. She referred to the right side of the chart in Attachment A which <br />showed the land use work that had been going on and was a priority. <br /> <br />Commissioner Dwyer said the County was looking at rural reserves. Under current law, any time <br />the urban growth boundary (UGB) was increased, everything inside was developed and committed. <br />If farmland was put into the UGB, it was gone and used by the cities for other purposes. He gave <br />examples. He felt they needed to think about that for the future to insure that those people that <br />provided the food source didn’t have to pay exorbitant transportation costs in order to grow food. <br />The Board was looking into what they could do to establish rural reserves. He noted that <br />Springfield had an element in their plan that referred to critical soils, and he felt the City and <br />County needed to work together collectively. There was nothing definitive in Eugene’s plan about <br />preserving critical soils. <br /> <br />Commissioner Fleenor said he agreed with Commissioner Dwyer that we needed to move forward <br />th <br />cautiously. He recommended that the City of Eugene move the West 11 Avenue out to Veneta, <br />rather than just Terry Street. With respect to the draft document, he asked if there were any choke <br />points that could stop the process. <br /> <br />Ms. Barry said there was co-adoption required at certain points following the public process. If <br />there was disagreement, it could delay the process. <br /> <br />Commissioner Fleenor said the elected officials needed to maintain the highest level of <br />communication and cooperation so they agreed at those junctures. <br /> <br />th <br />Ms. Barry referred to the West 11 and Terry issue and noted that it was a short term measure so <br />they could move forward for longer term planning. Beyond Terry would be something the County <br />would look at as far as transportation efforts. That was simply to comply with the consistency <br />requirements of the TPR regarding projects. What Commissioner Fleenor was promoting would <br />not be precluded by this project list. <br /> <br />Mayor Leiken referred to the final paragraph on page 2 which he felt summed up the plan. He read <br />from the document, “While the work plan provides an estimated timeline for completion it should <br />be noted that the work plan will need to remain flexible in order to respond to data and policy <br />direction derived from the activities in the right-hand column.” He said Springfield Council held <br />City staff’s feet to the fire regarding flexibility. Planning was very challenging because of the <br />global community. He complimented staff for including ‘flexibility’. <br /> <br />Councilor Ballew said staff had done a good job of laying out a program of how to get where we <br />needed to be. There was a lot of public involvement. There would be bumps along the way, such as <br /> <br />