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<br />MINUTES <br /> <br />Eugene City Council <br />Work Session <br />McNutt Room-Eugene City Hall <br /> <br />September 21,2005 <br />Noon <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: <br /> <br />George Poling, Jennifer Solomon, Bonny Bettman, David Kelly, Betty <br />Taylor, Gary Pape, Andrea Ortiz, Chris Pryor. <br /> <br />Mayor Kitty Piercy called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order and reported that Item B, Public <br />Safety Task Team Update, had been postponed and an executive session was added. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman, seconded by Mr. Kelly, moved to extend the time for Item A to 1: 15 p.m. to <br />allow the council to consider two motions having to do with the November ballot measure <br />and related mailings. That would extend the meeting end time to 1:45 p.m. <br /> <br />Mr. Pape indicated he did not think he would be able to stay past the 1 :30 p.m. deadline due to a previous <br />conflict. <br /> <br />The motion passed, 6:2; Ms. Solomon and Mr. Pape voting no. <br /> <br />A. WORK SESSION: GoalS Natural Resources Study <br /> <br />City Manager Taylor introduced the item, noting the City's GoalS Natural Resources Study was 14 years in <br />the making and was a part of the City's partnership with its other regional partners in the Eugene- <br />Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan, Springfield and Lane County. The study was a result of State- <br />mandated periodic review of the Metro Plan. He introduced Natural Resources Planner Neil Bjorklund, who <br />provided a PowerPoint presentation entitled Goal 5 Natural Resources Conservation Project. <br /> <br />Mr. Bjorklund reminded the council that Oregon's land use planning program was designed around 19 <br />goals, of which GoalS was one. The Natural Resources Study involved only natural resources and <br />addressed only a few of the natural resources in the community. It interacted with Goal 9, Economic <br />Development, and Goal 10, Housing. GoalS discussed how to address natural resources inside the planning <br />area. He said the guidelines for implementing Goal 9 specifically mentioned the need to consider the <br />carrying capacity of the air, land, and water resources of a planning area as a major determinant, and <br />stipulated that land conservation and development actions provided by planning documents should not <br />exceed the carrying capacity of those resources. Mr. Bjorklund said the three goals worked together to <br />balance development and economic needs with natural resources protection needs inside an urban area. <br /> <br />Mr. Bjorklund discussed some of the economic and social benefits of protecting natural resources, which <br />included increased property values, reduced costs of maintaining water quality, physical and mental health <br />benefits, recreational experiences for those who could not afford to travel outside the city, and attracting and <br />keeping employers and employees in the area. <br /> <br />MINUTES-Eugene City Council <br />Work Session <br /> <br />September 21,2005 <br /> <br />Page 1 <br />