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ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Work Session: House Bill 3337 Meeting Date: January 16, 2008 Agenda Item Number: A Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Lisa Gardner www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-5208 ISSUE STATEMENT This work session was requested during the City Council consideration of the Planning Division work program for the fiscal year 2008 (FY08) to address specific questions regarding the requirements of House Bill 3337. BACKGROUND House Bill 3337 was passed by the Oregon State Legislature during the 2007 session, requiring the Cities of Eugene and Springfield to demonstrate that they have an adequate supply of residential lands within their urban growth boundary. The bill amends the needed housing statute to require that, unlike current practices, Eugene and Springfield are to meet their obligations under the needed housing statutes separately from each other. The bill also sets a two year deadline for Eugene and Springfield to have reached a particular point in the statutory process. The City Attorney’s office has prepared a memo responding to legal questions raised by the City Council during their consideration of the Planning Division work program. That memo is included as Attachment A. One of the questions previously raised by the council is not a legal question, and is addressed briefly here: What are the benefits of conducting a comprehensive lands assessment, including residential, commercial and industrial lands, as opposed to just meeting the minimum requirements of HB 3337 for residential lands? First, there would be efficiencies in conducting inventories of all three land categories, since demand calculations, data and public engagement processes can be shared. Second, the industrial lands inventory is 14 years old, and its effective period ends in 2010. The Commercial Lands Study is 15 years old, and its effective period also ends in 2010. If no inventory is adopted before those studies expire, it will be very difficult to make Statewide Goal findings under Goals 9 and 10 for any land use policy decisions the council makes after those analyses expire. Third, if the city only updates its residential inventory, it may limit its options in responding to the results of the inventory analysis, since it will not have updated information on the demand and supply of commercial and industrial land. For example, addressing a need for additional residential land by redesignating commercial or industrial sites would be more challenging without updated inventory information for commercial and industrial lands. Finally, a comprehensive lands assessment will support and be supported by current projects looking at natural resources, infill compatibility standards, opportunity siting and mixed use centers. Together with a comprehensive lands assessment, these projects will yield a multi-dimensional look at land use patterns and needs, and the varied set of tools needed to address them. F:\CMO\2008 Council Agendas\M080116\S080116A.doc