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remain in Eugene due to a lack of space. He was disconcerted that not only was Eugene not attracting <br />new businesses, it was sending existing businesses out of the community. <br />Mr. Farr advocated for a focus on the food industry and finished food products. He said it was a green <br />and clean industry and its products could be exported all over the world. Mr. Zelenka concurred. <br />Mr. Zelenka asked how many businesses that moved to Oregon over the last 20 years required 50 acres. <br />Mr. Dedrick did not know but said he could provide that information. <br />Responding to a question from Mr. Zelenka, Mr. Dedrick anticipated that the City would incorporate <br />conditions to accompany the larger industrial sites to preclude their further division. He acknowledged <br />that action could be changed by a future council. <br />Mr. Zelenka asked about the potential of industrial development in the Lane Community College basin <br />and farther out to Goshen. Mr. Dedrick said that the City must justify including those lands inside the <br />UGB and justify the extension to the State as well as the use of the intervening lands. Mr. Zelenka asked <br />about Lane County's interest in the area and the relationship of that interest to the City's interest in having <br />some larger industrial sites. Mr. Dedrick said Goshen could not have the heavy industrial use Lane <br />County hoped to see there because the community lacked a UGB was not urbanized. Subsequently, Lane <br />County sought an exception to Statewide planning goals and it appeared the State might grant the <br />exception. He said technically, since the land was not inside Eugene's UGB it could not serve the <br />community's industrial needs. Mr. Zelenka pointed out that technically, the City did not have a need for <br />industrial land. Mr. Dedrick said that was true from a strict mathematical standpoint. <br />Mr. Pryor liked that staff was working to create the nexus between employment and the need for land. He <br />believed the City was trying to create an environment that allowed businesses to create jobs. That made it <br />important to identify those industries. He suggested there must be a "payoff' for the size acreage the City <br />was contemplating. While he believed that the community needed both small and large employers, Mr. <br />Pryor was interested in knowing the difference in the payroll of large employers and small employers to <br />better explain the payoff to the community. <br />Responding to a question from Ms. Taylor, Mr. Dedrick confirmed that the Hynix site was more than 200 <br />acres but much was developed and much of it was not available for development because of wetlands. <br />There was some developable land to accommodate the expansion of whatever industry eventually settled <br />there. He said the Hynix site did not count as a vacant site because it was not currently vacant. <br />Ms. Taylor agreed with Mr. Farr about concentrating on food and food - related industries. She also <br />suggested the City look at the local arts scene as an economic cluster. She believed any business the City <br />assisted in relocating to Eugene should not pollute and should pay living wage jobs. She averred that <br />Hynix had not paid a living wage and she did not want to make the mistake of bringing in another such <br />company. <br />Ms. Taylor suggested where a business located should not matter if it was on the most appropriate site. <br />Mayor Piercy recalled that the State economist had suggested that Eugene's future was in small locally <br />grown businesses that could be grown and expanded with appropriate nurturing. Speaking to the issue of <br />Hynix, Mayor Piercy said the company had paid some of the highest wages in the area and lifted the <br />community's entire wage scale. She said Hynix's departure had left a "big hole" in the community. <br />MINUTES— Eugene City Council November 23, 2011 Page 3 <br />Work Session <br />