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Strategy 6.• Additional work to determine the timing and amount of industrial land needed <br />outside the urban growth boundary to address portfolio. <br />Ms. Bierle and Mr. Zelenka arrived during the presentation. <br />Assistant City Manager Sarah Medary facilitated discussion and solicited comments and additional <br />questions from those present. <br />Speaking to Strategy 2, Mr. Brown determined from Mr. Dedrick that it spoke to the potential of Eugene - <br />Springfield as a hub for container transport. Mr. Brown observed that use took up considerable space <br />without much added value. He said that Eugene should accommodate that use to some degree, but he did <br />not recommend pursuing it as a major part of the strategy. City Manager Ruiz clarified that the City <br />would investigate the feasibility of such an approach. He noted the port status that had been granted to <br />Coos Bay and suggested that would impact Eugene as part of the larger region. <br />Mr. Brown determined from Mr. Dedrick that the source of the public funds to support an industrial land <br />bank was not yet known and that question would be examined through a feasibility study. <br />Ms. Taylor asked if Goshen was aware that Eugene was looking toward it to supply a percentage of the <br />region's industrial lands. Mr. Dedrick did not know. He noted that Lane County was studying the <br />Goshen area with the idea of securing an exception to State law to allow it to serve the area. <br />Ms. Taylor asked what type of industry needed 100 acres of land to operate. Mr. Dedrick cited high <br />technology industries that produced products related to solar and wind as examples. <br />Mr. Zelenka believed Goshen made sense as a location for industrial expansion because it had many <br />industrial sites that could be redeveloped, it was proximate to Eugene - Springfield, and it was located on <br />Interstate 5. <br />Mr. Zelenka referred to Strategy 3 and determined from Mr. Dedrick that the reference to the industrial <br />land trust was to a concept based on the West Eugene Wetlands Partnership but intended to facilitate the <br />consolidation of industrial sites. <br />Mr. Zelenka asked what thought had gone into the Brownfield mediation pilot project mentioned in the <br />tactics associated with Strategy 3. Mr. Dedrick said the costs of the pilot and the availability of grant <br />funding for mediation had been discussed, as well as the fact there were such sites in Eugene that might <br />not be officially documented Brownfields but that were in fact Brownfields because they contained such <br />things as old log ponds. Mr. Zelenka observed that there were few good examples of Brownfield reuse <br />that had not required government intervention due to the cost of such redevelopment. <br />Mr. Zelenka suggested that the third tactic under Strategy 3 be reworded to indicate the intent was to <br />make the development process easier in light of constraints on industrial lands. <br />Mr. Clark believed that Eugene had parcels with wetlands and drainage ways that were not officially <br />mapped or designated for protection but could serve as constraints to the development of those parcels. <br />He asked if the City took those features into consideration when it considered the industrial lands supply. <br />Mr. Dedrick said such wetlands, which were not included on the local wetland inventory, still required <br />State and federal permitting to be developed. The State had indicated to Eugene in the past that it must <br />assume that such sites were developable if they were not locally protected. The City now was able to <br />MINUTES— Eugene City Council/ February 28, 2010 Page 2 <br />Eugene Planning Commission Joint Work Session <br />