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Joint Elected Officials Meeting Minutes <br />September 15, 2005 <br />Page 8 <br />types of decision during an election year. She said she appreciated Commissioner Dwyer's <br />comments regarding rural reserves and noted that it tied in with what Eugene had been doing in <br />response to Mayor Piercy's sustainability. It was important to have food sources close to the <br />people. Cities did have their part in protecting the urban growth boundary. <br />Commissioner Fleenor said consideration needed to be taken regarding financial challenges that <br />all jurisdictions would be facing. Unless there was major property tax reform, each had structural <br />deficits. When they asked where the money would come from for the long -range planning <br />sessions, it was not a trivial question, but significant. Perhaps the jurisdictions needed to <br />consolidate some of the planning activities. He gave examples. It was time to consider how those <br />services could be consolidated to provide better services to our citizens. <br />Mayor Piercy said the task at hand was to align the planning processes. She addressed the issues <br />of removal of the WEP. ODOT removed the WEP months ago, so that was no longer debatable. <br />The issue was aligning the plans and dealing with transportation issues in west Eugene. <br />Mayor I,eiken asked staff to clarify the role of ODOT with the WEP. <br />Mr. Boyatt said in 2007, the federal regional transportation plan adopted by the MPC did not <br />include the WEP. Several months after that, ODOT reached a no vote conclusion and shut the <br />file, selling off acquired right-of-way. The Eugene Council initiated the proposed TransPlan and <br />removed the WEP from that plan. <br />Commissioner Dwyer agreed the WEP was no longer an issue. He spoke regarding <br />Commissioner Fleenor's suggestion for check points, tentative adoptions, and choke points and <br />said it was a good idea to include those in the plan. <br />Mayor Piercy noted that Senator Prozanski and Representative Holvey had requested funding for <br />an analysis of the bottleneck area during the upcoming legislative session. <br />Mr. Inerfeld said during the first year, there would be a lot of regional dialogue throughout the <br />process. He explained. <br />COMMISSIONER GREEN MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REGIONAL <br />TRANSPORTATION WORK PLAN AND FORWARD IT TO THE LAND CONSERVATION <br />AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION. EUGENE CITY COUNCILOR CLARK SECONDED. <br />Commissioner Green said he was supportive of the concept of rural reserve; there was a pilot <br />program being tested by the metro area in Portland and the Board became intrigued by that <br />concept. He suggested caution, however, because they didn't know what all it meant and the <br />impact it would have on those that lived in the rural areas that may want to make application to <br />develop their own property. He was supportive of this work plan and it should be moved forward <br />to LCDC. The jurisdictions could come back together to determine how to proceed the zest of the <br />way. <br />Councilor Lundberg said she was comfortable with the plan. Eugene had already approved the <br />plan, and it was a simple work plan that would get us where we needed to go. within this plan <br />was a myriad of ability for the public to weigh in. She supported forwarding it on to LCDC. <br />