Item B: Parks, Recreation and Open Space Comprehensive Plan

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University Park reconfiguration, see the attached City Council Agenda Item Summary and Council minutes, dated September 28, 2005. 10. How will the process for adoption of the PROS Projects and Priorities Plan move forward and could a resolution without a public hearing be used to approve projects in the future? Staff Response: The PROS Projects and Priorities Plan identifies projects and suggested priorities, and is based on input from thousands of Eugene residents. By nature, the PROS Projects and Priorities Plan needs to be flexible; priorities need to be able to shift in order to respond to funding opportunities, community trends and needs. An earlier draft of the PROS Comprehensive Plan included a detailed project list. That project list was (and is) intended to comply with state statutory system development charge (SDC) requirements set forth at ORS 223.304 and ORS 223.209. In order to preserve the necessary flexibility of the project list, the list was separated from the PROS Comprehensive Plan and will be presented to the City Council for adoption as part of the PROS Priorities and Projects Plan. The PROS Priorities and Projects Plan is proposed for adoption by Council Resolution. Although a public hearing is not legally required for this process, one will be held. Adoption of the proposed PROS Priorities and Projects Plan will follow the Comprehensive Plan adoption and is currently scheduled for January, 2006. Once the separate adoption processes are complete, the PROS Priorities and Projects Plan will be attached to the PROS Comprehensive Plan document as an appendix. The PROS Comprehensive Plan will explicitly state that the PROS Priorities and Projects Plan is being appended for reference purposes only and is not being adopted as a part of the PROS Comprehensive Plan. Prior to the final adoption of the PROS Priorities and Projects Plan by Council resolution, City staff will include an appendix place-holder for the document to be inserted into the PROS Comprehensive Plan after adoption. Amendments to the PROS Priorities and Projects Plan will be made by Council Resolution. Whether or not a public hearing is held on a proposed amendment will be a Council decision. The project list will be required to be updated each time the SDC methodology is updated. This process includes public hearings and occurs approximately every five years. Another opportunity for amending the project list may occur with the annual budget process. This process also includes public hearings. The types of action necessary to implement specific projects listed in the PROS Priorities and Projects List will vary depending on the type of land to be used for Attachment A October 31, 2005 Page 8