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addressed GHG emissions reduction and provided the link between land use and transportation planning. <br />He explained how the toolkit being developed by the State would allow MPOs to determine how best to <br />reduce GHG and VMT. <br />Mr. Clark urged legislators against using STIP or other funds for planning that might otherwise be <br />allocated to capacity - building and maintenance of the existing transportation system. Mr. Clark remarked <br />that the STIP funds being considered were those already allocated for planning. <br />Ms. Solomon asked if the new planning mandate would require a TransPlan amendment. Ms. Wilson said <br />the MPG could decide whether to develop another plan or incorporate the GHGNMT strategies into <br />TransPlan. <br />Ms. Solomon asked if the July 2013 deadline assumed that MPOs would receive funding immediately and <br />if funding was delayed, would the 2013 deadline be extended accordingly. Ms. Wilson said the <br />assumption was that funding would be provided early in the process, but if funding was delayed then <br />jurisdictions would discuss with the legislature either extending the deadline or combining HB 2001 <br />compliance with SB 1 059 requirements. <br />Mr. Zelenka stated that all MPOs agreed that the work was very important; the problem was lack of tools <br />and funding to complete it. He felt the GHG model would be a part of the TransPlan process rather than a <br />separate plan. He hoped that eventually the State and federal transportation planning processes would be <br />merged into a single plan. <br />C. WORD SESSION: <br />Area Commission on Transportation (ACT) 101 <br />Ms. Wilson distributed a map showing all ACTS and a document comparing ACTs and MPOs and a <br />listing of the Forum on an ACT for Lane County (FACT -LC) membership. She provided a brief overview <br />of the role and functions of ACTs, which were advisory bodies chartered by the OTC. She said Lane <br />County and Portland Metro were the only areas in the State without an ACT; in Lane County the Board of <br />Commissioners currently functioned as our ACT. She said SB 944, enacted by the 2009 legislature, <br />required Lane County to establish an ACT. She introduced Rob Zako, a consultant hired by the County to <br />facilitate the process of forming an ACT. <br />Mr. Zako said an ACT was intended to assure more effective communication, coordination and use of <br />transportation resources. He said the FACT -LC membership represented the j urisdictions and agencies <br />that would be part of the ACT. He said the group was developing proposals for the ACT membership <br />structure, bylaws and charter <br />Ms. Piercy commended Mr. Zako's facilitation of the process and Creswell Mayor Bob Hooker for his <br />leadership during FACT -LC meetings. <br />Ms. Wilson stated that the FACT -LC would present its proposal to the Board of Commissioners, which <br />would then present it to OTC by September 30, 2010. She drew the council's attention to the proposed <br />membership of up to 27 voting members and ex officio members. She indicated that 1000 Friends of <br />Oregon had expressed concern with the structure of voting members and responsibility for decisions about <br />the citizen members of the ACT. She said 1 000 Friends was recommending that ACT membership be <br />proportional to population and that the Board of Commissioners had authority over the private citizen <br />member appointments. <br />MINUTES Eugene City Council April 12, 2010 Page 4 <br />Work Session <br />