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B. WORK SESSION: Joint Elected Officials Metro Plan Amendments <br /> <br /> <br />Ms. Gardner and Ms. Jerome were present for the item. Ms. Gardner indicated the work session was a <br />follow-up to the June 1, 2009, joint elected officials meeting regarding the development of a work plan to <br />initiate specific regionally based changes to the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan General Area Plan (Metro <br />Plan). She recalled that the elected officials directed staff to develop a work plan with a timeline, cost <br />estimates, and implications of specific changes to the Metro Plan. Attachment A in the meeting packet <br />included a list of regional issues that would be addressed through amendments. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark commended the staff work the subcommittee of elected officials charged to develop the list of <br />issues had received. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz said initially several subcommittee members wanted to look at changes to the Metro Plan. Once it <br />had been explained how expensive and time-consuming such a process was, participants agreed that now <br />was not the time. Ms. Gardner agreed. She said that staff had reviewed the costs of a full amendment as <br />opposed to a more surgical “fix.” She said the subcommittee members found several areas of overlap to <br />agree upon, and those were reflected in the attachment. Other issues could be addressed within a separate <br />timeline. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka, seconded by Mr. Pryor, moved to direct staff to proceed with development of <br />a Metro Plan work plan to address regional issues as identified in Attachment A. The mo- <br />tion passed unanimously, 8:0. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy adjourned the work session at 1:04 p.m. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Jon Ruiz, <br />City Manager <br /> <br />(Recorded by Kimberly Young) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—City Council September 9, 2009 Page 6 <br />