Item C: Eugene Comprehensive Lands Assessment

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·Classifying all lands into mutually exclusive categories based on their vacancy and constraints. For example, this process includes designating a given tax lot as vacant or developed. It also includes assigning a given tax lot into one of four categories of limiting factors: committed lands, protected lands, constrained lands or unconstrained lands. Economic Opportunities Analysis The determines what the demand will be for commercial and industrial lands over the next 20 years. This includes: ·An analysis of economic trends; ·Consideration of local conditions; and ·A forecast for employment growth. Housing Needs Analysis The determines what the demand will be for housing lands over the next 20 years. Key components of this analysis will include: ·Recent and anticipated trends that may affect housing mix and density; ·Provision of affordable housing; ·Projected needs for various housing types; and ·Integration of information from the Infill Compatibility Standards and Opportunity Siting projects. Next Steps Key assumptions from the analysis are tentatively scheduled to be presented to the council this April. These key assumptions and council direction will be utilized to model different scenarios associated with growth over the next 20 years. The scenarios will then be presented to the community at public workshops in May. Continued refinement of the scenarios and the preliminary findings will continue through the summer and fall, culminating with the land need determination by the end of the year. Additional council work sessions and/or updates are tentatively planned for July, September and November as products become available and at critical project junctures. The CAC will continue to meet monthly until August to provide comments and feedback on the development of technical analyses. The TAC will continue to meet bi-monthly to help ensure that key information from agency partners is incorporated into the analysis and regular check-ins with the Planning Commission will occur. It is important to note that while the completion of the land needs analysis will address Eugene’s compliance with HB 3337, it is only the technical phase of a larger planning process. If the study determines that additional lands will be needed to accommodate projected growth, the City will need to initiate a process for addressing these needs, either through infill and redevelopment policies, UGB modifications or some combination of both. RELATED CITY POLICIES ·The City Council has included ECLA as a priority item on the Planning Division Work Program. ·Most of the Growth Management Policies are related to ECLA, most notably policies 1, 2, and 5. COUNCIL OPTIONS No formal action is required at this time. Staff will be asking the City Council for input on scenarios at a later date. Z:\CMO\2009 Council Agendas\M090223\S090223C.doc