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<br /> <br /> <br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Work Session: Land Use/Transportation Framework <br /> <br /> <br />Meeting Date: April 28, 2010 Agenda Item Number: B <br />Department: City Manager’s Office Staff Contact: Kevin Finney <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-5017 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br />The City’s land use and transportation policy decisions help shape development and infrastructure <br />construction, outlining the community’s future. The Sustainability Commission has discussed how it can <br />most effectively contribute to discussions on increasing the sustainability of land use and transportation <br />policies and investments, and has requested this meeting to share recommendations for council priorities <br />and actions that could more fully address the potential changes anticipated by global climate change and <br />the uncertainty of our long-term energy security <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />In June 2009, the council adopted the Sustainability Commission’s FY10 work plan which was <br />organized into eight outcomes. Outcome 2 of the work plan committed the commission to “Link land <br />use and transportation planning more closely with sustainability goals,” and the commission developed <br />the following related goals for their work in FY10: <br /> <br />? <br /> <br />Delegate the commission’s Land Use and Transportation Subcommittee to research and prepare <br />recommendations for discussion by the full commission and then make recommendations to <br />council on land use and transportation issues; <br />? <br /> <br />Maintain commission member participation on the Eugene Comprehensive Lands Assessment; <br />and, <br />? <br /> <br />Strengthen relationship with Planning Commission around sustainability issues. <br /> <br />The commission has identified these land use and transportation goals as a top priority for its work and <br />has focused significant effort on gaining an understanding of the complexities of planning and land use <br />issues. The attached document, “An Action Plan for Eugene,” describes the foundational factors that the <br />commission identified in its study and provides specific strategies for advancing a vision for Eugene’s <br />future. <br /> <br /> <br />RELATED CITY POLICIES <br />Numerous City and regional policies are applicable, including: <br />? <br /> <br />TransPlan, <br /> which guides transportation system planning in the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan <br /> Goal #1: Integrated Transportation and Land Use System. Provide an integrated <br />area. <br />transportation and land use system that supports choices in modes of travel and development <br />Z:\CMO\2010 Council Agendas\M100428\S100428B.doc <br /> <br /> <br />