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3.PUBLIC HEARING: An Ordinance Updating the Goal 5 Inventory Within the Eugene City Limits; Adopting the Goal 5 Water Resources Conservation Plan Within the Eugene City Limits; Repealing Ordinance No. 20296; Amending Sections 9.0500, 9.1040, 9.2751, 9.6885, 9.7025, 9.7055, 9.7105, 9.7205, 9.7230, 9.7305, 9.7810, 9.8025, 9.8030, 9.8460, 9.8465, 9.8470, 9.8855, and 9.8865 of the Eugene Code, 1971; Adding New Sections 9.8472 and 9.8474; and Adding New Sections 9.4900 Through 9.4980 to that Code to Establish a Water Resources Conservation Overlay Zone; Amending the Eugene Overlay Zone Map; Adopting a Severability Clause; And Providing an Effective Date and An Ordinance Updating the Goal 5 Inventory Within the Eugene Urban Growth Area; Adopting the Goal 5 Inventory Within the Eugene Urban Growth Area; Adopting the Goal 5 Water Resources Conservation Plan Within the Eugene Urban Growth Area; Repealing Ordinance No. 20295; Amending Section 9.7820 of the Eugene Code, 1971; Adopting a Severability Clause; And Providing Effective Dates Mayor Piercy introduced acting City Manager Angel Jones to the meeting and welcomed her. Ms. Jones asked Senior Planner for the Planning and Development Department (PDD) Neil Björklund to provide a brief overview of the Goal 5 process. Mr. Björklund noted that much of the material had been covered during the prior work session. He stated that the Goal 5 study was the last task in a list of work required by the State for periodic review and the cities of Springfield and Eugene as well as Lane County were all required to conduct an inventory. He said several public hearings and workshops on Goal 5 had been held over the last two-and-a-half years. He added that there had been public hearings on the upland and riparian Goal 5 inventory before the Planning Commission and the City Council. Staff sent thousands of notices out to affected property owners and received approximately 800 to 1,000 phone calls from citizens who wished to understand better what the Goal 5 process meant to them. Staff met with them on their properties, in PDD offices, and exchanged “scores of emails.” Mr. Björklund reported that, based on these contacts and testimony before the Planning Commission, many changes had been made to the original proposal. He reported that the Planning Commission held its hearing in May and subsequently spent six meetings discussing the material and making changes to the regulations and recommendations based on testimony that they heard. In closing, he applauded and thanked all of the people who participated in the process. Mayor Piercy acknowledged that much work had gone into the Goal 5 inventory. She noted that 28 people signed up for the public hearing. Councilor Kelly wondered if the council should consider postponing the last item on the agenda, the public hearing on the ordinance concerning smoking areas. Councilor Taylor averred that the council should proceed with its agenda. The council agreed to complete the agenda. Mayor Piercy read the rules that govern the public hearing. She opened the public hearing. Richard Beyerlein , 4084 Spring Knoll Boulevard, requested that his property be removed from the section of the map labeled E-32 Q-1 because he believed it did not meet criteria 1-9 on Tier 1 and because it met criterion 2 on Tier 2 for exclusion. He stated that the area was extensively logged prior to his purchase of it. He said the upland side was Spring Knoll Boulevard, an impervious street, and on the downland side was MINUTES—Eugene City Council September 26, 2005 Page 5 Regular Session