AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY <br />April 24, 2017 <br />To: Eugene Planning Commission <br />From: Terri Harding and Heather O'Donnell, City of Eugene Planning Division <br />Subject: Envision Eugene: Urban Growth Boundary Proposal Deliberations & Eugene <br />Planning Commission Recommendation <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br />Eugene is preparing to adopt a new Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) following several years of <br />community work and technical analysis. The Eugene and Lane County Planning Commissions held <br />a public hearing on the UGB adoption package on March 7. On April 10, the Eugene Planning <br />Commission began its deliberations on the proposal. On April 17, the meeting was devoted <br />entirely to the topic of the Clear Lake overlay zone proposed to be applied in the Clear Lake <br />expansion area. On April 24, their third and final deliberations meeting, the Eugene Planning <br />Commission will finish their deliberations and finalize their recommendation on the UGB <br />adoption package to City Council. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The UGB adoption package is made up of two main components: a jobs, parks and schools <br />package, and a residential package. Each Planning Commissioner was provided a binder <br />containing the draft UGB adoption package materials from January 2017 and February 2017 <br />updates, which are available online at http://www.eugene-or.gov/2987/Adopting-Our- <br />U rba n-G rowth-Bou nda ry. <br />Public testimony received through the close of the Planning Commission's record can be found <br />here https://www.eugene-or.gov/DocumentCenter/View/31250. Verbal testimony can be <br />viewed by watching the March 7 Planning Commission webcast here: <br />http://eugene.ompnetwork.org/. <br />Deliberations Process <br />At the April 17 deliberations, the entire meeting was devoted to the Clear Lake Overlay Zone, <br />including the revisions staff proposed in response to public comment. The Planning Commission <br />asked for clarifications and additional revisions to the Clear Lake Overlay Zone, which are <br />addressed in the memo labeled Attachment A. <br />The meeting of April 24 the Eugene Planning Commission will finish the Clear Lake Overlay Zone <br />discussion, pick up the remaining items from where the April 101h left off (with the parks <br />expansion study) and otherwise be devoted to developing the Planning Commission's <br />recommendation on the UGB adoption package to the City Council. <br />Page 1 <br />