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Mr. Zelenka termed the report one of the best in the country and said the community could be very proud <br />of it. He had shared the report with the Oregon Global Warming Commission's Transportation and Land <br />Use Committee and it had been used by that group to develop the State plan. <br />Mr. Zelenka believed most of the actions in the plan were cost - effective and would reduce fuel consump- <br />tion. He further averred that the plan would "make us healthier," reduced pollution, and "did a good job" <br />in trying to get at the triple bottom line. He acknowledged that the social element of the TBL was the <br />weakest element in the plan but it was the weakest in all such analyses and he anticipated more work <br />would occur on it. <br />Mr. Zelenka asked City Manager Ruiz how the plan would be integrated into the everyday work of the <br />City. City Manager Ruiz anticipated it would be used in many ways. Staff would assign the appropriate <br />staff to implementation items, and he envisioned that the council would see many items implemented <br />through the annual budget process. He pointed out that many of the items in the plan were already moving <br />forward. Mr. Zelenka hoped the City tracked the savings realized by the plan. <br />Mr. Zelenka asked staff to discuss the health impact assessment (HIA), which he termed innovative and <br />the first in the country. Mr. McRae said the advocacy organization "Upstream Public Health" had done <br />the HIA on the plan and it was the first such HIA done of a climate and energy action plan. <br />Mr. Clark commended the staff presentation and acknowledged the work of all those who provided input <br />into the plan. He was curious about the impact of the proposed motion on existing policy. He asked what <br />Mr. McRae considered a "policy change." He said there were many recommendations in the document he <br />agreed with but there were implications to other recommendations that caused him concern and led him to <br />questions about the cost - benefit analysis that went into the recommendations. For example, there were <br />several places in the plan were it mentioned diversifying Lane Transit District's source of operational <br />funding. He asked what that meant. The plan also discussed setting aside rights -of -way for future EmX <br />routes, which implied an endorsement of Lane Transit District long -term plans. Some of the capital costs <br />involved with that concerned him a great deal. <br />Mr. Clark suggested that the community dodged a bullet when the downtown power outage occurred, <br />which was attributed to aging infrastructure that could not handle the load. He noted that many people in <br />the community supported increased residential density, which was also mentioned in the plan. He asked if <br />the City had analyzed the infrastructure costs of serving higher density development so the City could be <br />prepared and could avoid the dangerous situation that led to the power outage. Mr. Clark was concerned <br />that the City would be pushing ahead with actions that required more analysis and information as well as a <br />council decision. City Manager Ruiz anticipated that the council would discuss such actions explicitly. <br />He said that the plan was very similar to other planning efforts in that staff would return with actions to <br />implement the plan and the council would say yes or not to that action. <br />Ms. Solomon determined from Mr. McRae that existing staff would be assigned to deal with food - related <br />actions discussed in the plan. Ms. Solomon asked if the plan was intended to be externally or internally <br />focused. Mr. McRae said the plan was largely externally focused, although it contained a couple of <br />policies aimed at internal City consumption. Ms. Solomon was more comfortable with a plan that was <br />internally focused. She asked if the plan's recommendations were just that or if they represented <br />mandates. She saw no incentives or rewards in the plan for the community's participation. Mr. McRae <br />said the actions in the plan were recommendations. He acknowledged that more work needed to be done <br />in regard to incentives. <br />MINUTES— Eugene City Council September 15, 2010 Page 4 <br />Work Session <br />