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 <br /> Natural resources, when used and managed correctly, are more than just “attractive” assets and <br />‐ <br />could act as fundamental infrastructure for the city and reduce capital construction and longterm <br />maintenance costs. <br /> <br />Provide for adaptable, flexible and collaborative implementation <br /> <br /> <br /> This pillar should be framed in the context of resilience. Recent natural hazards are reminders <br />that the best laid plans “go right out the window” when communities face catastrophic change. <br />Avoid implementing the vision in a manner that limits the community’s ability to recover from a <br />wide variety of impacts. <br /> <br /> Trends that concern the Sustainability Commission are not easily discernible from today’s data. <br />Those trends will become more visible and understandable over time, and the community needs a <br />process to revisit the issues addressed in the plan at regular intervals. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy commended the commission’s thoughtful presentation. She said the commission was <br />asking the council to think more deeply, to make more connections, and to consider the future. She <br />believed the commission’s recommendations would require some back and forth conversation between <br />the council and commission. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark expressed appreciation for the work of the commission. Speaking to the commission’s <br />concerns about trends, he asked if the commission thought the City’s population projection should be <br />increased due to the potential of climate migration. Mr. Bruce said no. Rather, the commission was <br />recommending the City consider the issue in terms of uncertainty. The City could employ approaches <br />that built resilience into the system in a manner that allowed it to accommodate such growth, while other <br />approaches could make it more challenging to accommodate such uncertainties. <br /> <br />Mr. Boles added that another element of the recommendation was the need to monitor the long-term <br />consequences of implementing the plan. That required tracking population estimates, and one of the <br />drivers for population increases could be related to climate. Mr. Clark concurred about the need for <br />monitoring. Mr. Boles noted the Technical Resource Group formed by City Manager Ruiz to assist staff <br />in developing a monitoring plan. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark determined from Mr. Bruce that the commission preferred the City accommodate its need for <br />industrial lands inside the UGB, but the commission recognized that the City might have to go outside the <br />UGB to meet that demand. Mr. Clark observed that the Eugene Comprehensive Land Assessment <br />identified a need for 1,800 acres of residential land and 400 acres of commercial land. While it might be <br />possible to accommodate the need for commercial land inside the UGB, he did not think the same was <br />true of residential. He believed the commission’s recommendation for mixed-use development in the <br />expansion areas would accommodate commercial development. Mr. Bruce concurred. He said it made <br />no sense to pursue a mixed-use strategy inside the UGB and then abandon it outside the UGB. He <br />anticipated any such development would be in the context of a 20-minute neighborhood, and that <br />development in the expansion area would be mutually supportive to avoid a separation of uses. Mr. Clark <br />concurred as to the need for some commercial development in those areas. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark asked if the commission discussed what represented the core of the community. Mr. Bruce said <br />no. He encouraged the council to avoid thinking about a single core. While Eugene had downtown to <br />consider, mixed use development was predicated on there being many centers of activity. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council April 20, 2011 Page 3 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />