Item A: Goal 5 Natural Resources Study

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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY c Work Session: Goal 5 Natural Resources Study Meeting Date: September 21,2005 Department: Planning and Development www.eugene-or.gov Agenda Item Number: A Staff Contact: Neil Bjorklund Contact Telephone Number: 682-5507 ISSUE STATEMENT The council will hold a work session on the Eugene Goal 5 Natural Resources Study in preparation for a public hearing on September 26, 2005. BACKGROUND In 1992, the Eugene City Council held work sessions and public hearings on a previous version of the Goal 5 inventory at the metropolitan scale, the Natural Resources Special Study (NRSS). In September 1992, the Eugene City Council approved the draft Goal 5 Natural Resources Functional Plan that was developed as a product of the NRSS. However, the Lane County Board of Commissioners and the Springfield City Council did not approve the draft Functional Plan, and therefore, the draft Functional Plan has no official status. The NRSS did not progress any further because the three jurisdictions could not reach agreement on certain issues. In 1994, the Eugene and Springfield City Councils adopted the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan Periodic Review Work Program, which was approved by the Land Conservation and Development Commission in 1995. The work program included completion of the Metropolitan Natural Resources Study. The study was delayed by changes in the Goal 5 rules, and by repeated funding shortfalls. In November 2002, the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) issued a letter stating that Eugene and Springfield could independently pursue adoption of Goal 5 inventories and completion of the Goal 5 process within their jurisdictions. The Eugene Goal 5 Natural Resources Project is still a mandatOlY part of Metro Periodic Review Task 7, which is the final task to be completedfor the Metro Periodic Review Work Program. On July 28,2003 the council adopted Ordinance Nos. 20295 and 20296, adopting inventories of significant Goal 5 riparian sites and upland wildlife habitat sites. On April 22, 2004, in response to a petition filed under Senate Bill 920 related to Eugene's Periodic Review requirements before the Land Conservation and Development Commission, the City committed to a deadline of June 30, 2005, for completion of its Periodic Review requirements for Goal 5. LICMOl200S Council AgendaslMOS0921 ISOS0921A.doc