Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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Mr. Zelenka remarked that based on his experiences on the Human Services Commission he felt the vast majority of people using social services in Lane County were local residents. Ms. Piercy added that the annual count of homeless people did demonstrate that most of them were local. . WORK SESSION: C Adoption of Ordinances Concerning the Plan Designations for the “River Ridge” Site to the Low Density Residential Designation City Attorney Emily Jerome explained that the council had adopted a single ordinance that changed the Metro Plan designation of the subject site, which was inside the urban growth boundary, but included portions both inside and outside City limits. She said Lane County approval was required for the portion outside the City limits and the County’s action was postponed until February 24, 2010. That would suspend the City’s action on the portion inside the City limits until the County acted because of the single ordinance. She recommended separating the action into two actions. Mr. Zelenka, seconded by Mr. Clark, moved to adopt Council Bill 5017, an ordin- ance returning those portions of the River Ridge site that are inside the City limits, to the low density residential designation contained in Attachment A. Mr. Poling, seconded by Ms. Solomon, moved to amend the ordinance by adding a new Section 5 that states: “By operation of this Section, upon the effective date of its future annexation to the City of Eugene, the portion of the property identified as Tax Lot 304 of Assessor’s Map 17-03-07-00 as shown on the attached Exhibit E shall be automatically redesignated on the Metro Plan diagram and in the Willaken- zie Area Plan to the Low Density Residential (LDR) designation.” Ms. Ortiz asked if other steps were required as part of the annexation process. Ms. Jerome said the property, if designated LDR, could not be have any substantial development on it without being annexed and going through a land use process that would trigger review actions such as a traffic impact analysis. Mr. Clark asked if it was accurate that the ordinance would not have any significant traffic impact. Ms. Jerome said it would not and the change was based on analysis by the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC), which urged the action. She said taking action was a policy decision by the council. Mr. Poling asked why the County had asked the City to submit a traffic study of the area. Ms. Jerome said the council’s reliance on information from LCDC was sufficient and she was surprised by the County’s request. Mr. Poling pointed out that the council’s action was only necessary because when the hand-drawn original plan diagram was converted to digital technology, the site was inadvertently redesignated during “house- keeping” actions; the correction was long overdue. Mr. Zelenka said he was troubled by taking action that affected the Willakenzie Refinement Plan, which designated the site as open space. He said the plan went through an extensive public process and reflected the desires of residents in the area; it should be given weight. He reconsidered his original vote on the matter and would support the Willakenzie Refinement Plan. MINUTES—Eugene City Council November 23, 2009 Page 6 Work Session