Community Task Group

Beginning in August 2007, a diverse group of nine Eugene citizens met to consider the question of habitat preservation in the South Ridgeline area. The structure and representation on the task group was approved by the Eugene Planning Commission, and members of the group were drawn from a broad range of communities-of interest, including property owners, developers, business owners, environmental and recreational advocates, and citizens-at-large. Specifically, the task group was chartered with addressing the following questions:

· Are there important public values associated with habitat conservation in the South Ridgeline area? If “yes”:

· How much habitat should be conserved?

· Which specific habitat areas should be conserved?

· What conservation measures should be applied to which sites?

While group members were encouraged to contribute their perspective based on their individual interests and areas of expertise, each agreed, as part of the charter and working agreements of the group, to seek approaches to habitat conservation on the South Ridgeline with the potential to achieve general consensus on the issue among Eugene residents.

The task group completed its work and submitted its Conservation Proposal in late November 2007.

TASK GROUP CONSERVATION PROPOSAL

Summary of task group conservation proposal (text version)

Look at mapping of the conservation proposal on specific properties

Task Group Meeting Notes

Task Group Charter and Working Agreements

Task group charter and group working agreements

Review of Task Group Concept by Eugene Planning Commission

Planning Commission minutes, May 7, 2007