Item 4A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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consideration of compatibility issues between industrial and residential uses in expansion areas and direct staff to include consideration of environmental justice impacts of industrial uses in expansion areas. Mr. Clark believed many of the values expressed in the motion were already reflected in the Seven Pillars that constituted the planning and implementation framework. He called for more emphasis on increasing the community’s tax base and jobs. Ms. Ortiz wanted to establish thresholds for new businesses locating in the expansion areas to ensure they were compatible with nearby residential uses and suggested the possibility of annexing the industries that now existed to ensure they reported to the City’s Toxics Right-to-Know Program. Mr. Farr agreed Mr. Clark that the Seven Pillars incorporated the concerns expressed by the motion. Mr. Poling agreed with Mr. Clark but pointed out that things were constantly changing and no one had a crystal ball. He thought the concepts mentioned by Mr. Clark were also encompassed by the Seven Pillars and did not know how to more explicitly incorporate them into the plan. The motion passed unanimously, 8:0. Mr. Zelenka, seconded by Mr. Pryor, moved to amend the motion to revise the section titled Land for Parks and Schools in Attachment A to direct staff to, if legally possible, include the airport in the proposed UGB expansion. The motion passed unanimously, 8:0. Housing mix Ms. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Brown, moved to amend the motion to direct the City Manager to bring back for council consideration a revised proposal that used a future housing mix of 45 percent single-family and 55 percent multi-family. Ms. Taylor said her motion ensured the City would not need to expand its UGB for housing at all, in keeping with national housing trends. It would allow the community to use its land more wisely. Mr. Poling did not support the amendment. He referred to a survey that indicated that a 60 percent single- family ratio was the national trend. He said many compromises had been made on the mix from both sides. He believed the ratio proposed by the manager was most appropriate mix, and feared that changing it now would “draw a line in the sand” and divide the community. Mr. Zelenka asserted that national and local trends argued for a lower single-family ratio. He believed that younger residents preferred multi-family living and older residents were downsizing to live in multi- family housing. Mr. Zelenka acknowledged that the market would largely drive the mix but believed the City Council should send a message that was “more inclusive of the trends.” Mr. Zelenka, seconded by Ms. Ortiz, moved to amend the amendment to change the ratio to 52 percent for single-family housing and 48 percent for multi-family. Mr. Brown also believed recent local trends supported a lower single-family housing ratio. He did not anticipate those trends would change before the council’s first review of the ratio. MINUTES—Eugene City Council June 11, 2012 Page 3 Work Session