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Mr. Dedrick, responding to a question from Ms. Solomon, noted that all state, federal and county land parcels <br />within the UGB were excluded from the buildable lands inventory. <br />Mr. Zelenka maintained that the deadlines prescribed by HB 3337 prohibited the City from moving on land use <br />issues in a manner that would allow the City to form coherent public policy decisions in conjunction with those <br />land use issues. <br />Mr. Zelenka commented he had not agreed with many of the baseline assumptions of the ECLA process that had <br />been discussed in previous work sessions and felt they were not conducive to providing sufficient details regarding <br />the City's land needs. <br />Mr. Dedrick, responding to questions from Mr. Zelenka regarding the next steps for the City's ECLA process, <br />noted that the revisions of the baseline assumptions to be discussed in October, along with the considerations of <br />alternatives of those baseline assumptions, were intended to enhance the quality and usefulness of the data that <br />had been collected since those baseline assumptions were first presented during the July and August council work <br />sessions. <br />Mr. Dedrick recognized there had been discussions regarding the establishment of scenarios based on policy <br />decisions on the ECLA process earlier on but expressed that, as the lands assessment had progressed, the <br />timelines involved dictated it would not be feasible to incorporate scenarios into the ECLA process before the <br />deadlines specified by HB 3337. <br />Mr. Zelenka noted he looked forward to conversations regarding various policy decision scenarios that might be <br />incorporated after the end of year deadlines. <br />Mr. Zelenka wondered how the baseline assumptions of the ECLA process would allow for unforeseen variables <br />and statistical anomalies that might develop both as the assessment was completed and also as policy decisions <br />based on the assessment were enacted. Mr. Dedrick commented that the provisions of HB 3337 did not generally <br />allow for multiple determinations or conditional interpretations of land use data. Mr. Zelenka asked if the City <br />was specifically prohibited from doing so under HB 3337, and Ms. Jerome responded that the City would <br />ultimately need to be able to definitively demonstrate that it could meet its own land use demand. <br />Ms. Jerome expressed that while it was unfortunate that the provisions of HB 3337 did not appear to allow for <br />various policy decision scenarios to be incorporated as part of the ECLA product, it might be possible to apply <br />scenarios in the future. <br />Mr. Brown stated he had reviewed a letter from two CAC members who were concerned with the data and <br />methodologies used in the ECLA process and further stated that he shared those concerns. Mr. Brown believed <br />that the data and methodologies used were unreliable and believed that their continued use could ultimately result <br />in lawsuits directed toward the City's land use policies. <br />Mr. Brown, seconded by Mr. Clark, moved to direct the City Manager to provide a thorough, <br />detailed response to the concerns raised in the letter and email to council by two CAC members <br />regarding ECLA's methodology and data. <br />Ms. Piercy asked for staff responses to the concerns of the CAC members. Mr. Dedrick affirmed that those <br />concerns had regarded the treatment of areas designated as mixed-use with residential development in commercial <br />zones. Mr. Dedrick commented that the data regarding those areas was still being collected and that a full <br />analysis had not yet been completed or presented to the council. Mr. Dedrick further commented that the State <br />guidelines regarding mixed-use areas were not entirely clear but that staff was working to determine the most <br />prudent course of action. <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council September 28, 2009 Page 7 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />