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Mr. Dedrick reported that the City's total residential land need for the next 20 years was approximately <br />2,400 acres but noted that number was likely to be adjusted based on a review of the current available land <br />supply. <br />Mr. Dedrick noted that further information regarding the City's land needs was expected to be presented to <br />the council in September of 2009 in order for staff to make the final ECLA determinations by the end of the <br />year. <br />Mr. Dedrick, responding to a question from Mr. Clark, noted that the City's currently available supply of <br />both residential and employment land would potentially be affected by infill compatibility standards <br />reviews. Ms. Gardner anticipated that final recommendations regarding the infill compatibility standards <br />would be presented to the council in November or December of 2009. <br />Ms. Gardner, responding to a question from Mr. Clark, noted that PSU population statistics recently <br />adopted by Lane County had been used in the City's ECLA process rather than "safe harbor" population <br />statistics and that the joint elected officials from Eugene, Springfield, and Lane County would be holding a <br />public hearing on September 21 to discuss population statistics relating to land development in greater <br />detail. <br />Deputy City Attorney Emily Jerome commented that safe harbor population figures were used in the <br />absence of any coordinated population forecasts from Lane County <br />Mr. Dedrick, responding to a question from Mr. Clark, noted that the number of bedrooms in residential <br />dwellings had not been incorporated into the statistical analysis of the residential development land needs <br />but did not rule out the use of such data as the ECLA process progressed. <br />Mr. Clark asked if the staff presentations to the council regarding the ECLA process in September would <br />include any discussion of restrictions placed on particular parcels of land. Mr. Dedrick answered that staff <br />would be presenting further information on committed and protected lands which were considered separate <br />from developable lands. <br />Mr. Dedrick, responding to a question from Mr. Zelenka, noted that further information regarding the infill <br />compatibility standards could potentially affect some of the baseline assumptions of the ECLA process. <br />Mr. Zelenka maintained that it might make more sense to initially assume flat employment growth with <br />respect to the ECLA process rather than the 1.4% listed in the ECLA: Baseline Assumptions report. <br />Ms. Taylor hoped staff would continue to consider the City's sustainability goals and policies with respect <br />to the land needs specified in the ECLA process and further hoped that staff would work to include input <br />from the community advisory committee. <br />Ms. Taylor hoped staff might also consider supply -side issues related to residential redevelopment lands. <br />Mr. Dedrick responded that such analysis would be highly speculative in that it would need to consider how <br />much redevelopment might occur in a given area. <br />Mr. Dedrick, responding to a question from Ms. Taylor, noted that staff was requesting council to accept <br />the information included in the ECONorthwest report included in the agenda item summary as the baseline <br />assumptions for further investigations into the City's land needs. <br />MINUTES— Eugene City Council July 22, 2009 Page 4 <br />Work Session <br />