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

[Kitty Piercy]

I guess I would say that I not a strong admirer of ³get in touch with your
feelings² type things.  But, in this case, I think it was not so much about
that as a pragmatic effort to get 50 community members to look at how we are
functioning in getting things done in our community.  In particular how more
conservative and progressive points of view can be held and still have the
ability to work together in a practical way.   It was sort of Œseeding² the
community with more WEC like community building and planning.   I really
appreciated everyone and especially all of you who came.  Kitty


On 6/6/10 3:28 PM, "Rob Zako" <robzako at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear friends,
> 
> The work session on setback requirements is scheduled for:
> 
>     Wednesday, June 9, noon
>     McNutt Room, Eugene City Hall
> 
> Attached is the 4-page agenda item summary.
> 
> Thanks,
> Rob Z
> 
> P.S. In other news, several of us WEC members, including Rick, Lisa, Rob I,
> Don, Kevin, Kitty, Faye, Rob I, Rusty, Jack, Faye, Gary and me (did I miss
> anyone?), participated last week in a 3-day Envision Eugene workshop. This was
> aimed to heel and overcome divisions in our community around growth and
> development issues. For now, I would say that it felt like three days of
> intensive group therapy and was much more "touchy feely" than any other land
> use effort I have been involved in. But as the way we have been approaching
> these issues over the last several decades has not served our community very
> well, trying a different approach makes sense. At the end of the three days,
> everyone of the roughly 50 people there committed to continue to work together
> to try to reach consensus on a vision for Eugene and, in particular, what to
> do with the urban growth boundary (UGB). Kudos to mayor Kitty Piercy, city
> manager Jon Ruiz, planning director Lisa Gardner and facilitators Bob Chadwick
> and Diane ___ for bringing us all together. I'd be interested in what other
> participants thought.
> 
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> 
> ------ Forwarded Message ------
> From: Rob Zako <robzako at gmail.com>
> Date: June 2, 2010 10:06:32 PM PDT
> To: West Eugene Collaborative <wec at WestEugeneCollaborative.org>
> Subject: Eugene City Council to discuss setback requirements on June 9
> 
> 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
> 
> <WEC-ECC-Setbacks.pdf>
> 
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