[WEC] Eugene City Council to discuss setback requirements on June 9

[Rob Zako]

Dear WEC friends,

Rob Inerfeld tells me that on June 9 the Eugene City Council will be discussing setback requirements, per our recommendations (see below).

Materials for the meeting should be available online by the end of this week.

Rob Z



------ Forwarded Message ------
From: Rob Zako <rzako at efn.org>
Date: October 16, 2008 10:26:09 AM PDT
To: West Eugene Collaborative <wec at WestEugeneCollaborative.org>
Subject: Final letter re building setbacks going to Council and EPC

Dear WEC friends,

Later today, the attached signed letter on building setbacks along West 11th Avenue will be distributed to the Eugene City Council in their weekly packet. It is also being distributed to members of the Eugene Planning Commission.

The letter is the second draft I circulated a week or two ago, tweaked slightly to address concerns Lisa Gardner raised: She wanted to make clear that buildings are not required to be built right up to the right-of-way, but that the standards actually provide for a range of setbacks from the right-of-way.

CHRIS: I expect it will primarily fall on you to bring the letter to the attention of the Council, or at least to be the primary spokesperson offering additional perspective on the intent of the letter. Staff in the Planning and Development Department have indicated they are prepared to answer technical questions around the letter, should any arise.

JAN & GARY: Although I have NOT taken any special steps to make the letter public, it is now a matter of public record. The media do get copies of the Council's packet, and so might have questions about the letter as early as this week. If the media has questions, they will go to you.

ALL: By my count, this letter is the third formal recommendation coming out of the WEC:

    1) West Eugene EmX Extension purpose and need statement.

    2) Study of Highway 126 between Eugene and Veneta. 

    3) Building setbacks along West 11th Avenue.

While these are all modest efforts, I believe they do demonstrate the ability of the WEC to find solutions and reach consensus on a variety of transportation-related issues in west Eugene. I look forward to the heavy lifting we will be doing in the next month or two, and our final recommendations.

Lastly, I am sending this message to the WEC list—not the larger WEC_ALL list of interested parties (including media). I leave it to others(Emily? Tim? Jan? Gary?)  to decide if and when to distribute the letter to our interested parties.

Thank you all around for good work,
Rob Z




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