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focus of opportunity siting was trying to find ways to encourage development that was good for neighbor- <br />hoods and neighbors would welcome. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor asked if there was currently any way to prevent incompatible development. Ms. Harding replied <br />that it could be limited only to the extent allowed by current zoning regulations. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman stated that bifurcating the process into infill compatibility and opportunity siting meant it was <br />no longer consistent with the original objective to absorb more housing units within the urban growth <br />boundary without destroying existing neighborhoods. She said the result would be density that was no <br />longer compatible. She said one of the problems with lack of higher density development was that they were <br />originally intended to occur in mixed use centers where appropriate services were available; there was a <br />disincentive to develop away from those services. She said allowing indiscriminate density everywhere <br />eliminated the effectiveness of leverage such as incentives. She stressed the importance of a firm urban <br />growth boundary to maintaining the value of land. <br /> <br />In response to a question from Mr. Clark, Ms. Harding said one of the criteria for identifying an opportunity <br />site was active property owner participation. She said the task team felt it was critical to work with a <br />willing owner of property, whether the owner was the developer or not. <br /> <br />Ms. Piercy asked if neighbors had discussed what they wanted their neighborhood to look like in 20 years. <br />She encouraged that discussion as a part of the process. Ms. Thomas said there was a workshop exercise <br />that did look at current neighborhood character and what needed to be protected, but not necessarily at a <br />long-range vision of the neighborhood. She said that conversation could be included in the future. <br /> <br />C. WORK SESSION <br /> City Council Goal Update – Neighborhood Empowerment <br /> <br />Renee Grube, Library, Recreation and Cultural Services, said the council’s neighborhood empowerment <br />goal focused on two things: building strong leadership in neighborhoods and working collaboratively with <br />residents to deliver City services and achieve neighborhood priorities. She said a joint committee of <br />neighborhood leaders and City staff had been meeting monthly for the past year to work through the 23 <br />action items identified in the Neighborhood Empowerment Action Plan. She recognized a number of <br />committee members in the audience. She introduced Carolyn Weiss, project lead, to discuss the committee’s <br />progress to date. <br /> <br />Ms. Weiss said the committee had focused its efforts on the following action items that were identified as <br />high priorities for the neighborhoods at the 2007 neighborhood summit: <br /> <br />1. Shift involvement of neighborhood associations to be earlier in the land use process. <br />2. Infill compatibility standards and opportunity siting. <br />3. Increase ongoing support for neighborhood associations. <br />4. Integrate neighborhood priorities identified in the City’s operating budget and capital improvement <br />program and the council’s goals. <br /> <br />Ms. Weiss said progress on those items included hiring a neighborhood planner to assist neighborhoods to <br />be more informed about and effective in the land use process. She listed a number of steps taken to improve <br />communications with neighborhoods and said the City had provided 14 scholarships to the Oregon Planning <br />Institute conference to interested neighborhoods. She said an assessment of the neighborhood services <br />program had just been completed to identify ways to improve support for neighborhoods. She announced <br />that another neighborhood summit was planned for March 7, 2009, with a focus on identifying methods to <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council December 8, 2008 Page 6 <br /> Work Session <br />
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