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versus the role of the private sector and the individual seeking access. The CRG had extensive <br />discussions of how to create such an environment. <br />Mr. Clark determined from Ms. Wells that the City had data that indicated where under - served <br />populations lived. <br />Speaking to the issue of access to transportation, Mr. Clark suggested that the Lane Transit District's <br />plans for EmX would make transit less accessible to residents and suggested it might be better if bus <br />service was more integrated into neighborhoods. Ms. Gardner indicated that accessibility in the transit <br />industry was based on industry standards and was related to the level of service provided. <br />Ms. Ortiz suggested that the City's role could be considered one of facilitating residents' access to various <br />services in collaboration with those who provided the services. <br />Ms. Ortiz questioned how the City would integrate Attachment A, which was a memorandum from a <br />group of neighborhood leaders to the CRG entitled Envision Eugene "Neighborhood Livability" Theme <br />into the process. She asked how the process would address the conflict between those who wanted to <br />grow out and those who wanted to grow up. Ms. Harding said that a lot of community work had been <br />done to identify opportunity sites where more people could be accommodated without destroying <br />neighborhoods. That was the goal of the infill compatibility and opportunity siting work that had been <br />done, and she thought there was much in that work that could be carried forward into the strategies that <br />.implemented Envision Eugene. <br />Ms. Ortiz observed that she was challenged when she heard phrases such as "holding sacred the character <br />of communities" because it brought to mind sundown laws and racial redlining, although she understood <br />that was not the intent of the phrase. She pointed out that she lived in a neighborhood dominated by <br />industrial uses. Residents were working to improve their neighborhood, and the phrase did not resonate <br />with her in the same way it might with others. <br />Mr. Zelenka thanked staff and the members of the CRG and commended the work that had gone into the <br />process. <br />Mr. Zelenka emphasized the importance of access to multi -modal transportation systems. He commended <br />the definition of community safety for its mention of economic security, safe transportation, and safety <br />from discrimination. <br />Mr. Zelenka suggested that protecting neighborhoods meant protecting the things that people liked and <br />adding the things they did not have. Speaking to the issue of affordable housing, Mr. Zelenka <br />acknowledged that it was a complicated issue that encompassed questions of the land supply, the housing <br />mix, and the incentives needed to achieve the mix. <br />Mr. Brown thanked the CRG members for their comments. He emphasized the importance of <br />neighborhood livability and said it was one of the pillars the City could have an effect on. He asked City <br />Manager Ruiz to remind the CRG of its importance and ensure it was integrated into his <br />recommendations. <br />Mayor Piercy asked the CRG members to comment on the group's discussion of livability <br />In response to Ms. Ortiz's question about addressing the conflict between those with different growth <br />approaches, Ms. Grossman believed there was a consensus among the CRG that if and when the <br />MINUTES— Eugene City Council January 12, 2010 Page 3 <br />Work Session <br />