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ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Joint Work Session with Planning Commission: Envision Eugene - Strategies and Tactics Meeting Date: February 28, 2011 Agenda Item Number: A Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Lisa Gardner www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-5208 ISSUE STATEMENT Envision Eugene is a collaborative, community-based effort to balance the sustainability triple-bottom- line framework of social equity, environmental stewardship and economic prosperity in planning for 34,000 new residents anticipated in the next 20 years. This work session provides an opportunity for the City Council and Planning Commission to complete their joint review of the set of strategies and tactics. BACKGROUND The City is legally required to provide enough residential, commercial and industrial land to accommodate 20 years of growth, and establish a Eugene-only urban growth boundary (UGB). Equally important, Envision Eugene is describing how we want to grow; creating a future picture of what Eugene will look like, and how we will accomplish council and community goals for social equity, environmental stewardship and economic prosperity. During previous work sessions, the City Council was introduced to the triple-bottom-line framework and the relationship between each of the three elements of the framework and Envision Eugene, as well as how they serve as a foundation and inform upcoming discussions. At the joint work sessions on February 9, and 16, the City Council and Planning Commission began an overview of the pillars, strategies and tactics (Attachment A). Since that meeting, draft strategies under the “Provide for adaptable, flexible and collaborative implementation” pillar have been completed, and are included in the attachment. The strategies are organized by pillar, and accompanied by one or more tactics, which are the actions that must be taken to successfully implement a strategy. If tactics are not approved concurrently with a strategy, “phantom capacity” is created, and the strategy is not a viable means of satisfying the land need within the current UGB. The majority of these strategies focus on accommodating future housing and employment growth within the existing urban growth boundary, which is consistent not only with state law, but also with community values. If all of the projected residential, commercial and industrial land need cannot be accommodated within the existing UGB, then any unmet need will be earmarked for UGB expansion. Like the pillars, the strategies and tactics were informed by a variety of sources including public meetings and open houses, youth art contests, staff research, boards and commissions, and the Community Resource Group best outcomes and comments. The large collection of ideas from these \\Cesrv500\cc support\CMO\2011 Council Agendas\M110228\S110228A.doc