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Joint Elected Officials Meeting Minutes <br />September 15, 2008 <br />Page 4 <br />Commissioner Sorenson asked what other projects would not get done if the County diverted <br />their resources to this work plan. <br />Ms. Barry said the primary work was City work that was related to urban projects and a lot of the <br />analysis would be done by Lane Council of Governments (LCOG). The County staff's plan at <br />this time was to be in the loop on regional discussions. There was some debate among staff about <br />what it meant to comply with the regional language in the TPR. County staff was having <br />discussions with legal counsel who were inclined to think there was a minimal approach, with <br />minimal County staff work. <br />Commissioner Dwyer said there was so much in the horizon. He felt that land use should come <br />before transportation planning. <br />Ms. Barry said she agreed. She referred to the right side of the chart in Attachment A which <br />showed the land use work that had been going on and was a priority. <br />Commissioner Dwyer said the County was looking at rural reserves. Under current law, any time <br />the urban growth boundary (UGB) was increased, everything inside was developed and <br />committed. If farmland was put into the UGB, it was gone and used by the cities for other <br />purposes. He gave examples. He felt they needed to think about that for the future to insure that <br />those people that provided the food source didn't have to pay exorbitant transportation costs in <br />order to grow food. The Board was looking into what they could do to establish rural reserves. <br />He noted that Springfield had an element in their plan that referred to critical soils, and he felt <br />the City and County needed to work together collectively. There was nothing definitive in <br />Eugene's plan about_ preserving critical soils. <br />Commissioner Fleenor said he agreed with Commissioner Dwyer that we needed to move <br />forward cautiously. He recommended that the City of Eugene move the West I I 1 Avenue out to <br />Veneta, rather than just Terry Street. With respect to the draft document, he asked if there were <br />any choke points that could stop the process. <br />Ms. Barry said there was co- adoption required at certain points following the public process. If <br />there was disagreement, it could delay the process. <br />Commissioner Fleenor said the elected officials needed to maintain the highest level of <br />communication and cooperation so they agreed at those junctures. <br />Ms. Barry referred to the West 11�' and Terry issue and noted that it Was a short term measure so <br />they could move forward for longer term planning. Beyond Terry would be something the <br />County would look at as far as transportation efforts. That was simply to comply with the <br />consistency requirements of the TPR regarding projects. What Commissioner Fleenor was <br />promoting would not be precluded by this project list. <br />Mayor Leiken referred to the final paragraph on page 2 which he felt summed up the plan. He <br />read from the document, "While the work plan provides an estimated timeline for completion it <br />should be noted that the work plan will need to remain flexible in order to respond to data and <br />policy direction derived from the activities in the right -hand column." He said Springfield <br />