Item A: Ordinance Adopting New PROS Comprehensive Plan

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a)Land within the West Eugene Wetlands inventory that is owned by the City of Eugene is included in the PROS Plan inventory. The Bureau of Land Management owns 742 acres of land in Eugene’s UGB. These lands are not included in the PROS Plan inventory. The Goal 5 inventory is regulatory in nature. The PROS Plan is not regulatory, but is aspirational. While some lands identified on the Goal 5 inventory coincide with existing park and open space properties, there is no direct correlation. b)To meet the needs of residents in 2025, approximately 1,300 additional parkland acres will be needed (as opposed to the stated in 1,600 in the question). Table B-1 identifies the total net need for the current Eugene population and also the projected population in 2025. The total acreage identified in the projected 2025 population column is the total amount of parkland to be acquired. It is not necessary to factor in the current acreage deficiency, as that is already counted in the future acreage need total. The PROS Comprehensive Plan includes Strategy #I-15. This strategy states, “Recognize the need to balance the adoption of new planning documents with the adopted Growth Management Goals and the cumulative effect that existing planning documents may have on the City’s ability to fulfill the Growth Management Goals. The PROS Comprehensive Plan does not have an impact on the buildable land inventories. However, future acquisition of additional park land may have an impact on the inventories.” c)Projects identified within the Project and Priority Plan will comply with the land use planning process. The types of action necessary to implement specific projects listed in the Project and Priority Plan will vary depending on the type of land to be used for a particular park. If the implementation of a specific project requires a amendment, Metro Plan zone change, refinement plan amendment or similar action, that action would follow the normal land use process, including all of the required public hearings. If, however, land for the project is already owned by the City and has an appropriate zone, implementation of that project could occur outright without additional public process. 8.Bill Kloos, Home Builders Association of Lane County/ Home Builders Construction Company, testimony (December 12, 2005) states the following: a)The PROS Plan violates state and local law because the Plan does not identify planned facilities. Attachment B January 18, 2006 Page 8