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Mr. Zelenka said John VanLandingham, chair of the Land Conservation and Development Commission <br />(LCDC), had indicated that adopting a range rather than a specific number was acceptable and had pointed <br />to Portland Metro as an example. He asked staff to provide a memorandum explaining the Portland Metro <br />process that resulted in an adopted range. Ms. Gardner said that while Portland Metro adopted a range, <br />policies had to be based on a specific number and adopting a range allowed the technical process to move <br />forward without second-guessing what the policy outcome would be. Staff would provide a summary of the <br />Portland Metro process. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka read a proposed motion drafted by Ms. Jerome. Ms. Jerome explained that the implication of <br />the motion was that the range would be used as the “bookends” for work by the CAC and others in all three <br />land categories—public, employment and residential—and assure that all three categories were addressed <br />within the January through April 2010 time period. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka, seconded by Mr. Clark, moved that the City Council accept, for the <br />purposes of continued review and refinement, to be completed by April 2010, a 20- <br />year land need for employment land, public land and residential land that falls with- <br />in the range of 1,500-3,000 acres. <br /> <br />Ms. Solomon reminded the council that staff had indicated the final numbers might be outside of that range. <br />She was not certain how identifying a range was to the council’s advantage and concerned about putting <br />limitations on the CAC’s work. <br /> <br />Mr. Dedrick said staff did not spend time trying to quantify a range; it was intended to be illustrative of the <br />fact that additional work had to be done. Ms. Gardner said the range was the most reasonable one that <br />could be provided based on the work to-date, but would not limit future work and could be shifted if <br />necessary. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark said the work was about providing a minimum number of acres for appropriate planning. He <br />would support the range as preliminary, but not constraining future work. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka restated his motion: I move that the City Council recognizes for the <br />purpose of continued review and refinement, to be completed by April 2010, a 20- <br />year land need for employment land, public land and residential land that is likely to <br />fall within the range of 1,500-3,000 acres. Mr. Clark accepted the restated lan- <br />guage. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling observed that the phrase “purposes of continued review and refinement” provided the authority <br />to change the range if necessary. <br /> <br />The motion passed, 6:2; Ms. Taylor and Mr. Brown voting no. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka, seconded by Mr. Clark, moved to adopt the draft resolution enclosed <br />as Attachment A that accepts the draft inventory of Eugene’s buildable land supply, <br />determination of the housing capacity of that land, analysis of housing need and de- <br />termination of the number of units and amount of land needed to meet Eugene’s 20- <br />year housing needs that have been prepared through the Eugene Comprehensive <br />Land Assessment project with the intention of concluding City Council review and <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council December 9, 2009 Page 3 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />