Item C: Eugene Comprehensive Lands Assessment

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ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Work Session: Eugene Comprehensive Lands Assessment Meeting Date: September 28, 2009 Agenda Item Number: C Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Jason Dedrick www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-5451 ISSUE STATEMENT This work session is an opportunity for the City Council to receive a project update on the Eugene Comprehensive Lands Assessment (ECLA), in particular the Buildable Lands Inventory. BACKGROUND The goal of ECLA is to determine whether Eugene has a sufficient supply of land within the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) to meet the projected demand for residential, commercial, industrial, and public/semi-public land over the next 20 years. This study addresses House Bill 3337, which directed the City of Eugene to undertake a study of residential lands sufficiency. The scope was expanded by the City Council to assess all land types, including employment lands (commercial and industrial) and public/semi-public land needs. Technical Products The current work session is an opportunity for the council to review a new product, the Buildable Lands Inventory (BLI). This is the supply portion of the analysis that indicates how much buildable land is currently available. The current land supply is determined through an analysis of lands within the UGB that are currently vacant or otherwise able to accommodate additional growth. A summary of the BLI is provided in Attachment A. In late August and early September, the council held work sessions on ECLA to review many of the assumptions associated with the demand portion of the analysis, or how much land is needed over the next 20 years. Taken together, these form the baseline assumption that will be the basis for your discussions the remainder of this year. Although not the focus of this work session, a summary table of the baseline assumption is provided for reference in Attachment B. Staff and consultants are continuing to work on variations to this baseline assumption, based on input received from the council and the Community Advisory Committee, and will present this information at a work session in October. The shaded variables in Attachment B indicate those for which variations will likely be created. Process The provisions of House Bill 3337 indicate that the City will need to determine our 20-year land need by December 31, 2009. In order to do this, the council needs to review the lands inventory, discuss variations to the baseline assumptions, and select the set of assumptions that will be used to determine land need by the end of the year. Z:\CMO\2009 Council Agendas\M090928\S090928C.doc