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Mr. Pryor recognized the deadline specified by HB 3337 and hoped that the ECLA product generated by staff <br />would be an accurate representation of the City's actual available land. He hoped the various voices, opinions, <br />and input from all parties concerned with land use issues in the region would be acknowledged or applied in a <br />manner that would quickly generate the most accurate report possible. He suggested to the City Manager that the <br />City might have to devote an increased level of resources in order to complete the City's ECLA process as quickly <br />and as accurately as possible, particularly since the ECLA process was likely to influence a significant level of <br />subsequent City policies. <br />Mr. Dedrick, responding to a question from Ms. Solomon, commented that recent protections adopted by the <br />council concerning local waterways dictated that such areas were included as part of the protected lands not <br />subject to development. <br />Ms. Solomon asked how railroad lands were classified under the ECLA process. Mr. Dedrick replied that <br />railroad right of way areas were removed from the buildable lands inventory and that it was indeterminate whether <br />other railroad lands would be subject to potential development within the 20-year time frame considered as part of <br />the ECLA process. <br />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 /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council September 28, 2009 Page 7 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />