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February 11, 2004 REG MTG AM Page 3 of 20 . a. REPORT BACK/Lane Metro Partnership Proposal. 'Jack Roberts, Lane Metro Partnership, reiterated that they are recommending that Lane County agrees to pay $15,000 toward the study with the total cost not to exceed $50,000. He said they are asking the Cities of Springfield and Eugene tomatch Lane County's contribution. He added they were asking Lane County to be the lead agency to put this together. He said they are recommending that the study be contracted out instead of asking staff to undertake it. Dwyer asked what information they based all their reports on. Roberts responded the information they received was the testimony of people who appeared at the five publicly-held hearings. He said issues were raised about adequacy of land supply. He said they recommended an inventory be done and recommended the Board follow up on it. He said they were suggesting that under the land use laws, there is a requirement of local governments to ensure there is an adequate land supply for commercial, industrial and residential lands. He said they have reason to believe it had not been meet in the past and asked the Board to accept the responsibility. Dwyer commented there was a provision in the law requiring them to do a natural resource study and they hadn't been able to find the money to do this study. Sorenson asked why the private sector wasn't paying for the study. Roberts responded that when it would be delivered that people would complain that there was a vested interest in the private sector paying for the study. Sorenson asked why they needed to do a study of industrial lands when they have unused industrial park space. Roberts stated they had to have capacity in outlying areas to market the entire county. He didn't think there was evidence they could meet the land supply if there was not available land in the metro area. Hampton thought there should be partnerships where the private sector puts up money. He encouraged the outlying areas to be included. Green said it would be up to the Board to ensure the product is what they are asking for. He didn't see any problem with public agencies funding it. Dwyer said the natural resources study was important and he wanted to find a way to do it. Green explained the motion before the Board was about industrial lands. He said if they want to have a discussion about how and when to fund the natural resource study, they need to give the assignment to the agenda team and they will have the discussion. VOTE: 4-1 (Sorenson dissenting). Dwyer asked the agenda team to flag the issue on how they could move forward with other studies that are required. 8. COUNTY ADMINISTRATION http://www.co.lane.or.us/bcc_info/meeting_info/2OO4/2OO4Minutes/February/04-2-11 am.h... 6/24/2004