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Joint Elected Officials Meeting Minutes <br />September 15, 2008 <br />Page 7 <br /> <br /> <br />Commissioner Sorenson asked why transportation staff was involved in land use on this project, <br />but not in the development of rural reserves. <br /> <br />Ms. Barry said transportation staff was not involved in land use, but they did have a responsibility <br />to ensure that transportation didn’t conflict with policy direction from the Commissioners on land <br />use issues. They were required by the TPR to coordinate land use and transportation planning. <br />Transportation planning staff had a responsibility to listen to the conversations on the other issues. <br /> <br />Councilor Clark thanked Springfield for hosting today’s meeting. He asked when the work plan <br />needed to be submitted to the LCDC. <br /> <br />Mr. Boyatt said staff had an appointment with that commission on October 16. They could submit <br />the plan in advance for their discussion. Public testimony would be held on October 16. <br /> <br />Councilor Clark said that was prior to the Eugene Council removing the WEP, which was <br />scheduled for the first quarter of 2009. He asked how that would be reflected in the work plan. <br /> <br />Mr. Inerfeld said the work plan showed that it was anticipated the Eugene Council would remove it <br />in 2009. <br /> <br />Councilor Clark asked if the LCDC would make a determination at that time if the land use <br />planning in west Eugene was consistent. <br /> <br />Mr. Boyatt said LCDC would just be approving the work plan, not the detail. There was an appeal <br />process if needed. <br /> <br />Councilor Clark wanted to know if action taken to this point would put them in conflict with the <br />plan. <br /> <br />Mr. Inerfeld said the modeling would identify what was happening in west Eugene and what the <br />future would hold in terms of land use and transportation. <br /> <br />Ms. Barry said there had been discussion with legal counsel and staff about what to give to LCDC. <br />One possibility was to only give them what was in the left hand column, because that was the only <br />work in complying with the TPR. The right hand column was for the elected officials’ information. <br /> <br />Councilor Taylor said Eugene had already approved the plan. She thanked Springfield for the <br />lunch and for hosting. She noted Councilor Wylie’s remark about the difficulty in making these <br />types of decision during an election year. She said she appreciated Commissioner Dwyer’s <br />comments regarding rural reserves and noted that it tied in with what Eugene had been doing in <br />response to Mayor Piercy’s sustainability. It was important to have food sources close to the <br />people. Cities did have their part in protecting the urban growth boundary. <br /> <br />Commissioner Fleenor said consideration needed to be taken regarding financial challenges that all <br />jurisdictions would be facing. Unless there was major property tax reform, each had structural <br />deficits. When they asked where the money would come from for the long-range planning sessions, <br />it was not a trivial question, but significant. Perhaps the jurisdictions needed to consolidate some of <br /> <br />