Item 6: Ordinance on TransPlan and Metro Plan Text Amendments

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ATTACHMENT E M I N U T E S Eugene City Council Public Hearing Council Chamber 777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon October 19, 2009 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Alan Zelenka, Mike Clark, George Brown, George Poling, Chris Pryor, Jennifer Solomon, Betty Taylor. COUNCILORS ABSENT: Andrea Ortiz. Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. 1. PUBLIC HEARING An Ordinance Amending the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area Transportation Plan (TransPlan) to Move Project Nos. 333 and 506 from the Future Roadway Projects List to the Financially Con- strained Roadway Projects List, to Update the Project Descriptions for Project Nos. 333 and 506 and to Make Related Amendments to the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan. City Manager Jon Ruiz stated that the amendment would move two Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) th West 11 Avenue projects from the future projects list to the fiscally constrained list in TransPlan in accordance with a work plan approved by the joint elected officials and the Land Conservation and Development Commission in order to achieve compliance with State planning requirements. The council was scheduled to take action on the amendment th at its November 9 meeting. Mayor Piercy opened the public hearing and reviewed the procedures for providing testimony. She noted that several people had submitted written testimony on the matter. Pat Johnston, representing the Bureau of Lane Management (BLM), read testimony that had been submitted in th writing. She said BLM was concerned about activities related to the widening of West 11 Avenue between Green Hill Road and Terry Street, which had the potential to affect land and water conservation properties in the West Eugene wetlands and impact threatened and endangered species on BLM-administered lands. She said the proposed widening project would cross critical habitat for the Willamette daisy, which was protected under the federal Endangered Species Act. She said BLM could not allow any disturbance on BLM surfaces outside the City right-of- way in critical habitat and there could be issues related to how the road improvements would affect hydrology on the adjacent BLM-administered wetlands. th Jeff Musgrove , Bryceler Drive, Eugene, stated that his family owned two cemeteries on West 11 Avenue and he th supported the amendment. He said the intersection of West 11 Avenue and Terry Street was substandard and MINUTES—Eugene City Council October 19, 2009 Page 1 Public Hearing