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Responding to a question from Councilor Ortiz clarifying the nature of the exchange, Mr. Bjorklund explained the City had jointly owned the property with the school district since the late 1990s, and the action would separate the land into different ownerships. Roll call vote: The motion passed unanimously, 8:0. W, Wej 0_ to] ZM An Ordinance Adopting an Updated Eugene Airport Master Plan, a Refinement Plan of the Eugene - Springfield Metropolitan General Area Plan (Metro Plan); Adopting a Severability Clause; and Providing an Effective Date City Manager Ruiz introduced the item. He asked the council to approve an ordinance updating the Eugene Airport Master Plan. He recalled the public hearing held before the joint elected officials on September 14, and said that staff had prepared findings that addressed energy conservation efforts at the airport in more detail as well as a memorandum following up to questions raised by the City Councilors and Board of County Commissioners. He anticipated board action the following day. Councilor Poling said he was advised by the City Attorney that his employment did not create a conflict of interest, and he could be impartial in the matter at hand. Councilor Clark, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to close the record and approve the ordinance adopting the updated Eugene Airport Master Plan, as a refinement to the Eugene - Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan). Councilor Zelenka thanked staff for its responsiveness to his request for better information about the plan's relationship to State Goal 13, Energy Conservation, by listing what was occurring at the airport in that regard. He thought staff raised the bar in the findings as to how to respond to the goal and hoped that future analyses of the subject would be as good. Councilor Brown also thanked City staff for answering the council's questions about energy conservation and parking, and LTD staff for its response to questions regarding bus service to the airport. Councilor Brown said the findings lacked discussion of the seismic issues he raised at the public hearing. Senior Planner Gabe Flock said staff had not received direction to revise the findings as it regarded that subject. While he thought the plan was a good one overall, Councilor Brown did not think he could support the plan because he did not think it met State Goal 7, Areas Subject to Natural Hazard. There was a known seismic risk that staff was not addressing, and the threat mentioned was not of the type the community was likely to experience because Eugene was in an earthquake subduction zone. He believed that subject should have been addressed in the findings. Speaking to Councilor Brown's concerns, City Manager Ruiz pointed out the plan addressed new facilities to be built, and as those were built they would be constructed to current seismic standards. The plan did not contemplate the rehabilitation of existing structures. City Attorney Kathryn Brotherton concurred, saying that Goal 7 was about ensuring that regulations were in place to ensure that development was safe; it was not focused on rehabilitation of existing buildings. MINUTES— Eugene City Council September 27, 2010 Page 7 Regular Meeting