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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/07/1979 Meeting e M I NUT E S EUGENE CITY COUNCIL February 7, 1979 ,Adjourned meeting from January 24, 1979, of the City Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon, was called to order by Council President Jack Delay, February 7, 1979, 11:30 a.m., King's Table, Oakway Mall, with the following Councilors present: Eric Haws, Scott Lieuallen, Brian Obie, Betty Smith; Gretchen Miller, and Emily Schue. Mayor Gus Keller and Councilor D.W. Hamel were absent. I. Items from Mayor and Council A. Appointments--Mayor Keller submitted appointments for the Historic Review Board and Charitable Public Solicitations Committee. Mr. Lieuallen moved, seconded by Ms. Smith, to approve the appointments. Motion carried unanimously. Those appointed were as follows: e Historic Review Board--Joan Rich, 2050 Madison, reappointment to four-year term ending 1/1/83; Kenneth Helphand, 2150 Elk Avenue, reappointment to four-year term ending 1/1/83. Charitable Public Solicitations Committee--Terry Devereaux, 400 East 2nd, reappointment to four-year term ending 1/1/83; Dirk VanDenBosch, 1755 West 25th, four-year term ending 1/1/83. Betty Smith was appointed to the Social Services Advisory Committee at Lane County. B. Financial Report on Revenue Sharing--Mr. Obie noted Council's receipt of the report. Sherman Flogstad, Finance Director, will send the Council a memorandum addressing potential exposure problems. C. Hearings Panel 2/5/79--Mr. Lieuallen reported problems with Council Bill 1821 levying assessments. Councilors should read minutes of the Hearings Panel meeting as Council will have to make a decision at its February 12, Monday night meeting. D. Council Subcommittee on Citizen Involvement--Ms. Schue said the Subcommittee had met three times and would be making a recommendation for Council consideration February 14. e 55 2/7/79--1 E. Air Quality Maintenance Area Advisory Committee--Mr. Delay reported the Committee made some minor adjustments to the industrial sources of ~ pollutants and considered the regulations to be a reasonable control ~ technology. The Committee is requesting up to an l8-month extension to complete its planning. The Committee will be adopting a new work program and hopes to report a final plan by the end of this calendar year. He said the actions taken by the Committee will give it an opportunity to better look at the soils problem. The Committee is awaiting EPA response. F. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training--Memo distributed to Council indicating training sessions available Wednesday 4:00 p.m. and Wednesday evenings. Council may make arrangements through the Fire Department. G. Legislative Subcommittee--Meeting scheduled Thursday, February 8, 12 noon, McNutt Room. H. Civic Center Commission--Meeting scheduled Thursday, February 8, 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, for a status report. I. Sister City, Kakegawa, Japan--Letter distributed to Council announcing Kakegawa had adopted a sister-city relationship with Eugene. It also is celebrating its 25th anniversary as a municipal government and has invited those interested to visit nex: fall. Manager noted an interest among citizens in the community. J. Work Program Summaries--Distributed to Council for inclusion in their ~ notebooks. Manager said all departments were included except Parks and Personnel. K. Council Meeting Location Change--Manager said the last City Council meeting to be held at this location will be February 21. Staff is in process of trying to find a suitable location, with Council discu~sion on the matter at next week's meeting. He said it seemed the City Council Chambers may be the best solution. L. Councilor Hamel--It was announced Mr. Hamel is now home from the hospital. II. Routines Items for Council Approval A. Council Minutes January 24, 1979, and Special Council meeting January 23, 1979 Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Lieuallen, to approve Council minutes as noted. Motion carried unanimously. .e 5b 2/7/79--2 - B. Legislative Subcommittee Minutes--Minutes of January 23 and February 1, 1979. Manager noted the January 23 Subcommittee had unanimously endorsed positions taken. Council had reaffirmed those positions at its January 24 meeting. The February 1 Legislative Subcommittee meeting resulted in partial disagreement on two bills: SB 64 and HB 2095. Manager said SB 64 related to planning activity wherein the definition of quasi-judicial hearings was being expanded and was to be introduced into legislation. The staff indicated it did not feel this would be necessary. The committee had voted 2:1 with Mr. Haws dissenting on the matter of definition of quasi-judicial. Ms. Smith noted the Subcommittee was asking for further clarification and definition. She said Paget Engen would follow the bill and bring it back to the Subcommittee. Mr. Obie suggested ratification of the minutes with the Legislative Subcommit- tee to continue to watch this-partiCurarbill. --He noted-al$0-the-1/2--------- vote split on HB 2095. Mr. Obie noted a mistake in the minutes as the Subcommittee's official posture on SB 64 was to support the staff's recommendation, not support the bill. Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Lieuallen, to approve Legislative minutes as amended. Motion carried unanimously. C. EWEB Transaction--Map distributed. - Res. No. 3074--Authorizing conveyance of right-of-way 10 feet wide by 2557 feet long located in vicinity of Interstate 5 and 1-105 Interchange, near Fairview Street was read by number and title. Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Lieuallen, to adopt the resolu- tion. Motion carried unanimously. D. Improvement Petition Res. No. 3075--Authorizing initiating process for street paving, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer construction in Jancey Estates Subdivision (1647) was read by number and titl e. Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Lieuallen, to adopt the resolu- tion. Motion carried uanimously. E. Authorizing for Transfer of Funds (Resolutions distributed) Res. No. 3076--Authorizing transfer of General Fund contingency monies for addition to Metropolitan Area Planning Advisory Committee budget was read by number and title. e Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Lieuallen, to adopt the resolution. Roll call vote. Motion carried unanimously. 2/7/79--3 51 Res. No. 3077--Authorizing transfer of Non-Contingency appropria- tions within a given fund between programs and/or object groups was read by number and title. Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Lieuallen, to adopt the resolution. Roll call vote. Motion carried unanimously. e . III. Public Hearing: Code Amendment Re: Risk Managemnet Program Manager said this item followed Council's action regarding Risk Management. A fund had been established August 1978 by ordinance. However, the fund is to be operated following certain procedures necessary for inclusion in the Code. Sherm Flogstad was available to answer questions. Public hearing was held with no testimony presented. C.B. 1824--Declaringestablishment of a risk-management pfogram; --- amending Section 2.525 of Eugene Code, 1971; adding a new Section 2.585 to that Code; and declaring an emergency was read by council bill number and title only, there being no Councilor present requesting it be read in full. Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Ms. Miller that the bill be read the second time by council bill number only, with unanimous consent of the Council, and that enactment be considered at this time. Motion carried unanimously and the bill was read the second time by council bill number only. e Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Ms. Miller, that the bill be approved and given final passage. Roll call vote. All Councilors present voting aye, the bill was declared passed and numbered 18329. IV. Joint Session Council/Planning Commission: Status Report on Metro Plan Update Gary Chenkin, Planner on loan to L-COG, said the update of the text had been distributed to Council. He noted a series of meetings by MAPAC, with suggestions from those meetings sent to the MPPC. MPPC is now in the process of reviewing the suggestions. Three diagram alternatives have been developed. With the use of a map, Mr. Chenkin said he would review those alternatives. He noted the Metro Update Forum at the Lane County Fairgrounds scheduled February 17. The meetings' on the substance of the text held last fall had not been well attended, but it is hoped this all-day Forum will provide citizen input for suggested changes. He noted the wide advertising through news media and hoped that would be helpful to encourage citizens to participate. - sg 2/7/79--4 e The diagrams on the map were graphic illustrations of the text. The first alternative diagram is considered a IIlow density" diagram. He noted all three diagrams were based on an additional estimated population of 105,000 by the year 2000. The diagrams are geared more to the popula- tion projection than whether or not that estimate is reached by the year 2000. He said the overall new development under Plan 1 would average at 3.7 dwelling units per gross acre. Continuing with Alternative 1, he said in this designation there would be a need for much more land. Thus, the Urban Service Boundary would have to be extended. The examples of extension he gave would be to Willow Creek west of Greenhill Road, Fisher Road, Lane Community College Basin, and Jasper Road. These extensions of the Urban Services Boundary were arrived at by assessing where it would be most economical to put public services. He noted those facts were documented in the report. Also taken into consideration for extension of the boundary were areas that could not be used such as Willamette River Greenway, Agricultural lands, the Floodway, and park islands. The rural and wood lands designation in the 1990 Plan woul d not experi ence devel opment ~by the year 2000 butUwere- sti 1 r lncl uded in this Metro Plan. e Alternative 2 would have an overall new development rate at the average of 5.6 dwelling units per gross acre. He said this was based the assump- tion that the trend of the last six or seven years to more multiple-family dwellings and higher density will continue through the future. This Alternative would not create a need for as much land as Alternative 1. He noted the areas for expansion would be perhaps in the Willow Creek area if River Road and Santa Clara areas were not sewered, but would not include the Lane Community COllege Basin or Jasper Road. The rural lands would remain about the same. Under this Alternative there would be a more compact urban growth form. Urban growth areas that might be considered for development after the year 2000 were designated to allow Lane County knowledge of consideration of those areas. This would allow the County to develop them in a more usable way if they were included in urban area at a ,later date. Alternative 3 is considered the "high density" plan. The average would be six dwelling units per gross acre. Development would occur at 75 percent maximum allowed under each designation. If adopted, Mr. Chenkin said this would mean the Planning Commission and Councils of the two cities would have to implement ordinances to ensure those densities occur. In reviewing similarities among the three plans, but departures from the present 1990 Plan, Mr. Chenkin listed the fOllowing: 1. Industrial areas are divided into heavy, light, and medium. 2. Special large scale light industrial sites of approximately 50 acres are designated which have good transportation potential. The idea was to provide some sites for light pollution-free industries. e 2/7 /79--5 5~ 3. Two sites have been identified as possible areas for a third regional shopping center if the community wishes to consider: one in Beltline/ West 11th, and one at the Springfield Airport site. e 4. Sand and Gravel resources are designated as needed by the year 2000. 5. There are no opportunity areas designated in the three plans. 6. Mixed-use categories are designated, responding to some of the neighbor- hood refinement plans. 7. Strip commercial, neighborhood commercial, and very small-scale light industries are not shown on any of the three diagrams. Included in the text are some minimum locational standards that the City might wish to use in developing these areas. Mr. Chenkin said the major differences in the three diagrams from the 1990 Plan are in the residential allocations and the change of the urban , growth boundary. Some controversial issues that will be faced throughout future hearings would include the whole idea of a compact urban growth: What degree? Also the statement that minimum key urban services include sewers and they will be available only upon annexation will create some discussion. Mr. Chenkin encouraged Councilors to attend the Forum on February 17 at the Fairgrounds. He said there would be eight separate exhibit areas including residential density, with a slide show on public facility planning. ~ Participants will be able to register a preference for one of the three alternatives, or other suggestions. They will be able to indicate their likes, dislikes, and suggestions for ch,ange, and MAPAC members will be available to take testimony. Possibly within two weeks following the Forum, the suggestions will be categorized and sent to MAPAC, who will consider them and send them on to MPPC. The recommendations will be sent to the cities and Lane County in late spring. In response to a question from Mr. Delay reqarding timing and adoption by the three jurisdictions, Mr. Chenkin said some mechanism will have to be worked out to keep all three jurisdictions on the same path. After the plan is adopted, it will become an official update plan for the area. He noted the General Plan itself is not in and of itself sufficient to satisfy LCDC compliance. It would be one of several components for area-wide compliance. Mr. Delay wondered if the process would result in a specific definition of the Urban Service Boundary. Mr. Chenkin said very definitely it would be specifically described by property boundary lines, ridgelines, rivers, etc. In response to a question from Ms. Smith, Mr. Chenkin said if the three jurisdictions do not agree, a mechanism used in the past might be possible. That mechanism was to have delegates from each body work out the differences in order to reach a compromise by the juridictions. e 2/7/79--6 bO e In response to a question from James Pearson, Planning Commissioner, Mr. Chenkin said Alternative 2 would most closely follow existing trends. In response to a question from Mr. Lieuallen, Mr. Chenkin said the phasing suggested in the plan would allow an annexation policy by the jurisdictions to ensure a 5-to-10-year supply of developable land. Statistics can continually monitor this supply of land. This would assure there would be property within the City, and services are available, to increase the supply of developable land. Mr. Lieuallen asked a question regarding acccuracy of the population statistics. Mr. Chenkin replied the population estimates are done by L-COG and Portland State University annually, and by the U.S. Census each ten years. The MPPC felt comfortable with the L-COG statistics as they have proven to be rather accurate. Also, there are backup mechanisms available such as computerized land use information because of the data bank, building permits, and demolition permits. e Regarding phasing, and providing an adequate inventory of developable land within the City, Mr. Delay thought that implied that annexation will be restricted to keep consistent with that pool of resources. Mr. Chenkin said through the phasing effort, the cities would provide a five-to- ten-year supply of developable land within the City. The City would have to develop criteria, which he noted to be a complex process. The difficult part will be designating which areas are to be annexed. Sugges- tions have been made of perhaps concentrating on one certain area at a time. Others say there's a need to spread the annexations around in order to lessen impact on schools. Randy Thwing, Planning Commissioner, wondered if the increase in residen- tial density would mean a decrease in available industrial land. Mr. Chenkin said all three alternatives show certain areas for industrial development, and they are all virtually alike. However, he noted again the special designation of two additionat.sites for large-scale light industrial in Alternate 1. He said part of the basis for al location of industrial land was the population projection of an increase of 105,000 which was used in all three alternatives. Under Alternative 1, there would be a bonus of light industrial specialized sites. There would be no need under any of the alternatives to increase the Urban Service Boundary solely for industrial land use. Adrienne Lannom, Planning Commissioner, wondered if the commercial alloca- tions varied. Mr. Chenkin said just slightly because of configurations in the different diagrams. However, he noted the text talked about a certain number of commercial allocations needed for a certain population. Again, he noted the 105,000 population figure used for all three plans. - In response to a question from Mr. Obie, Mr. Chenkin said there could be a tradeoff of light industrial land rezoned for residential use. Mr. Obie thought the Lane Community College Basin seemed to be a high-cost area in terms of servicing. Mr. Chenkin said it had been decided it would be less expensive to go into other areas southwest of Eugene and out Jasper Road, rather than the LCC Basin. Mr. Obie wondered if there had been attempts 2/7/79--7 bl to estimate the dollar amount of energy costs, such as more people driving back and forth to that area. Mr. Chenkin said comparative cost analysis ~ had been done, but precise dollar estimates had not been developed to the ,., same degree. He noted if the Lane Community College basin were developed. it may generate more traffic than the streets could hold. Ms. Miller wondered regarding the phasing, whether the City might wish to annex land that the owners did not wish to have annexed at that time. Mr. Chenkin said that would be a very difficult problem to address. However, if a plan is adopted with development criteria. the cities would have to follow that plan according to the definite set of criteria. Mr. Delay thanked the Planning Commission members in attendance, and Mr. Chenkin for his presentation. He hoped the City Council and Planning Commission could get together in a work session for further in-depth study of this issue. v. Parkulation Study--Memo distributed. Manager said Public Works, Planning, HCC, LTD, and DDB have studied and given approval to the consultant study. He noted attached to the agenda was a memorandum which answered some concerns and outlined specific categories of the study. The study would provide projected volumes and level of service for the street system in the downtown area, recommen- dations for street patterns in the downtown area, resolution of the primary issues relating to locating a central transit station, updated ~ parking requirements for the downtown, recommendations to enhance the ,., accessibility of downtown by using a comprehensive signing plan, an analysis of the interrelationship between 5th Street Market area and the downtown mall, and an air quality analysis required to obtain an updated DEQ permit for constructing additional parking. He said this type of study had not been done for ten or more ye?rs. Dave Reinhard, Don Allen, and Jim Hanks, were available to answer questions. Mr. Haws felt this type of request should come through the budgetary process, and felt the Council should delay action, with presentation before the Budget Committee. Manager replied many decisions were hinging on this particular study such as the traffic flows related to the Civic Center, the whole parking enforcement study, how free parking areas are to be handled in the future, and what needs there are for free parking in the downtown area. Ms. Smith said it seemed enough time had passed and it was a difficult problem that needed to be addressed now. Her concern regarding employees parking in the downtown area was basis for her support the study. Mr. Lieuallen's overriding concern was a resolution of a situation of LTD. He felt they had been left waiting long enough and that situation needed to be resolved quickly. In response to a question from Mr. Delay, Mr.Hanks said an implementation schedule with recommendations and costs would be included in the study, as ~ well as the Washington/Jefferson interchanqe. ,., 2/7/79--8 b2 e Res. No. 3069--Authorizing a parking and circulation study in the downtown area with funds transferred to the Public Works not to exceed $40,000 was read by number and title. Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Lieuallen, to adopt the resolu- tion. Roll call vote. Motion carried with all Councilors present voting aye, except Mr. Haws voting no, and Mr. Obie abstaining. VI. Consideration of 1979 Paving Projects--Memos distributed. A. Request for Initiating 1979 Paving Projects Don Allen, Public Works Director, reviewed the suggested paving projects in Category A, arterial or collector streets to be upgraded; and Category B, local streets to be paved for safety (Queens Way, Cal Young to Meadowlark School). He said the County will jointly fund the Fox Holl ow improvement project to bri ng it (lp--to--City-standards. - --- ---- The City then will take over and assume maintenance and jurisdiction. He said the 18th and Chambers paving project would be similar to the work done at 29th and Willamette Street. Budget restraints had kept the project from being initiated, but it was felt necessary to proceed at this time. - Under Category B, Mr. Allen said there had been 100 percent agreement against the project by the property owners. He noted checkpoints the flowchart which was distributed which would allow Council control. He said the request for initiating these projects in both categories would only allow the staff to start the process. Public hearings would be held in the neighborhoods and before Council. Mr. Allen noted one criteria used in the past for initiating improvements had been dust, but that had usually only been used on arterial streets. Mr. Obie concurred for the need of improvement of 18th and Chambers. In regard to the process, Mr. Allen said after the design, there wold be preliminary public hearings in the neighborhood and the Council then would be open to the system. Two more public hearings would be held before the City Council. He said in most street improve- mentprojects, the City waits for a petition from property owners. None are forthcoming in these recommended projects. The City did conduct a poll along Queens Way ~ith a negative response from property owners. - Assistant Manager noted in response to a question from Mr. Lieuallen, that if the Council is not interested in going ahead with these projects, it should so indicate now. After the preliminary design and staff hearings, it will come back before Council. However, there are many dollars spent in that process. If Council wished to not proceed at the time contracts are to be awarded, 50 percent of the public investment in the project would have been made by that time. Mr. Allen noted the Hearing Panel meeting is the least preferred time to stop a project, as the project at that time is already com- pleted and somebody has to pay for it. 63 2/7 /79--9 Category C outlined in the memorandum indicated local streets to ~ be paved for dust abatement. Four areas were indicated: Stewart .., Road, Bertelsen to Bailey Hill; Bailey Hill, 11th to Storey; Lassen, Haig to Roosevelt; and Jefferson, Clark to Rose Gardens. Dave Reinhard distributed a map showing those projects that should be paved by 1985 under the program to remove dust as a contributor to the area's particulate problem. Previously the City had initiated paving projects for arterials or in response to a petition by the majority of property owners on a local street. These paving projects are initiated on the basis of an analysis that they are contributors to dust problems. He noted paving the streets would eliminate up to one-half of the tonnage of dust generated by unpaved streets. It is expected that data from traffic volumes and speed could change the composition of the map somewhat. Mr. Obie requested a report from Mr. Reinhard regarding paving of Highland Oaks. Mr. Reinhard said a hearing has been scheduled for 18th and Chambers next week, with hearings for the Fox Hollow area in the next two weeks. It is hoped the report will come back to Council for hearings in early April. Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Obie, to initiate 1979 paving projects as listed in Categories A and B, as recommended by staff memorandum. Motion carried unanimously. Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Obie, to initiate paving projects based on dust abatement in Category C as recommended by staff, and adopt a dust abatement paving policy. Motion carried unanimously. e. VII. Public Hearings Scheduled Monday, February 12, 1979 A. Willakenzie Island Annexations (A/Z 78-11) B. Appeal from Hearings Official Re: Goodpasture Island Planned Unit Development C. Systems Development Tax Amendments D. New Liquor License Outlet: The Mission Fine Mexican Cuisine, 610 E. Broadway Upon motion duly made, seconded, and passed, the meeting was adjourned. C~;y,)~ City Manager CTH:DT/spCM7b7 e bLf 2/7 /79--10