CC Minutes - 02/24/10 Work Session

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During the past year, 11,513 households were homeless sometime during the year, some for one day. Ms. Pi ercy thanked everyone for their work on this issue. Mr. Brown emphasized the need for affordable housing, and asked about the current efforts. Mr. Weinman stated an SVDP housing project was under construction on West Eleventh Avenue and Hayes Street, and a project would soon be underway at the former Willakenzie School site. He asserted the City Council should be proud of itself for its long term support of subsidized housing. Council and staff did the best they could with the resources available. In response to a question from Councilor Taylor, Mr. Weinman said he understood that EWEB was the most proactive utility company in the area in terms of providing energy assistance for low income households. Mr. Zelenka commended Ms. Wolfe and Mr. Weinman for their work, noting they are among the best in the country at what they do, and are recognized as such. C. WORK SESSION; Eugene Comprehensive Lands Assessment Lisa Gardner and Jason Dedrick, of the Planning Division, provided an update on the Eugene Comprehensive Lands Assessment (ECLA), specifically progress toward the final land need determination in April, 2010, as well as an overview of the approach to early community conversations on the next phase of the project, determining a Eugene -only urban growth boundary (UGB). Ms. Gardner offered a PowerPoint presentation entitled Envision Eugene: Finding the Path to our Future and distributed a document entitled Envision Eugene Conceptual Time Line. Ms. Gardner explained staff was working with Bob Chadwick who was helping to form a foundation for the ECLA work which would be an integral part of how staff and the public communicated with each other. During the next several months, one -on -ones and community listening sessions and ongoing conversations would take place. Ms. Piercy emphasized the importance of engaging with the Lane County Planning Commission early in the process. Ms. Gardner acknowledged the technical analysis included a lengthy period of coordinating with partner agencies including EWEB, state agencies, school districts, and Lane County. Staff could provide updates to the council via memorandum or with another meeting. She reviewed the timeline for interviews of community members. As directed by the City Council in December 2009, the council would take action to accept the land needed for Eugene for a 20 -year period in April 2010. She reviewed the six guiding principles that would be used to frame the conversations with community members. MINUTES Eugene City Council February 24, 2010 Page 5 Work Session