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purpose of the relevant Oregon Administrative Rule as establishing procedures and criteria for the purpose, and asked that the elected officials review the rule. Jim Hale, 1715 Linnea Avenue, Eugene, a member of the committee that created the first Metro Plan, advocated that the community discard the Metro Plan and begin again. He said the data the document was based upon was not up-to-date. He said the elected officials should consider the most effective and inexpensive way to deliver services, and called on them to discard the principle that cities were the providers of urban services. Mr. Hale advocated for metropolitan service districts governed by the Board of County Commissioners. He called on the elected officials to spend more money on police services. Mr. Hale asked the elected officials to do things "differently" in a way citizens could easily see, and perhaps save more money to do other things the community wished to accomplish. Jan Wilson, 1260 President Street, Eugene, asked that the written record be left open so she could address some of the issues raised at the earlier work session. She opposed the Safe Harbor approach and urged Lane County not to adopt it. She opposed the elimination of statements that required the performance of an ESEE analysis. She asked for the inclusion of a policy that prioritized the ESEE process to protect sites on the inventory when proposed for development. Bruce Miller, PO Box 50968, Eugene, did not address the subject of the hearing but instead announced an upcoming meeting of the State Board of Higher Education. Robert O'Brian, 3525 Gilham Road, Eugene, expressed concern about the deletion of the Willamette Greenway Study from the periodic review process. He expressed concern about the potential of further development in the Greenway, and suggested the fact there was a State goal related to the Willamette River spoke to its importance to Oregonians. Mr. O'Brian cited OAR 660.015.0005. He asked the elected officials to ensure the study was done, even if not mandated. Roxie Cuellar, 2053 Laura Street, Springfield, represented the Lane County Homebuilders Association, also asked that the record be kept open. She asked the elected officials to reconsider the findings and policies associated with the residential lands supply. Ms. Cuellar said there was a change in the population estimate. The Residential Land Use Study relied on a range of numbers, and there was now a change in the finding that was limited to a single number, which affected the other factors in the study. It made some of the findings, such as Finding 3 related to needed housing units, inaccurate. She thought if the population estimate was to be changed, other things should be changed as well. She suggested the former population estimate be retained. Ms. Cuellar also suggested the tables in the document should be dated. Kevin Matthews, 120 West Broadway, representing the Friends of Eugene, also asked that the record be left open. He noted the completion of other studies and advocated for the completion of the Natural Resources Study. He said that there was discussion of running Highway 99 along the riverfront, so the planning was critical. Mr. Matthews suggested that the result of some of the changes being proposed would be to water down the Metro Plan so it was consistent with the community's inability to do effective natural resource planning. He asked the elected officials to maintain the Metro Plan's requirements for substantive natural resource planning with an effective completion date, and to discard the amendments before them. Steve Moe, PO Box 847, Springfield, also a member of the original committee that created the Metro Plan, suggested that the plan was not fulfilling its initial intent, which was to bring all the partners together to process land use decisions of an area-wide impact in a positive way. He said that while MINUTES--Joint Elected Officials February 10, 2004 Page 6 Lane County, Eugene, and Springfield