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<br />e) PROS forces City parks and parks planning into lands over which it has <br />no jurisdiction. <br /> <br />Staff Response: <br />a) See staff's response to Planning Commission question 7, above. <br />b) See staff's response to Planning Commission question 10, above. <br />c) The PROS Comprehensive Plan and PROS Project and Priority Plan are <br />both available on the City's website and have been throughout the <br />Planning Commission process. <br />d) See staff's response to Planning Commission question 2, above. <br />e) See staff's response to Planning Commission question 5, above. Adoption <br />of the PROS Comprehensive Plan does not amount to the City exercising <br />any governmental authority outside of the UGB or outside of the City's <br />limits. As noted in the PROS Comprehensive Plan, the document has no <br />regulatory effect on land not under the City's jurisdictional authority. The <br />PROS Comprehensive Plan is not intended to have any legal or regulatory <br />effect for land located outside City limits. It is strategy j planning <br />document that is intended as a guide for the City as it moves forward to <br />meet the recreational and park needs of the City's residents. <br /> <br />15. Terry Connolly, Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce, testimony (October 17, <br />2005) questions the comprehensiveness of the PROS Plan for the following <br />reasons: <br />a) The inventory does not take into account all public lands and private <br />lands which provide open space and recreational opportunities. <br />b) Will all 1,600 proposed acres come from within the Urban Growth <br />Boundary? And what is the underlying zoning of these lands? <br />c) It is not being measured against present day inventories of buildable <br />lands or incorporate other public uses which have removed lands from the <br />buildable inventory such as GoalS and the West Eugene Wetlands Plan. <br /> <br />Staff Response: <br />a) See staff's response to Planning Commission question 3, above. There are <br />numerous agencies and private entities which own land within Eugene's <br />Urban Growth Boundary and provide recreation opportunities to Eugene <br />residents. There is no guarantee that these lands will remain in perpetuity <br />as public open space andj or recreation facilities. Although these <br />providers are part of a system which contributes to the parks, recreation <br />and open space services of the area, only lands which are actually owned <br />by the City of Eugene are included in the PROS Comprehensive Plan <br />inventory. <br /> <br />Attachment A <br /> <br />October 31, 2005 <br /> <br />Page 13 <br />