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<br /> <br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Work Session: McKenzie-Willamette Plan Amendments/Zone Change Update <br /> <br /> <br />Meeting Date: September 10, 2007 Agenda Item Number: B <br />Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Alissa Hansen <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541/682-5508 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br /> <br />This work session is to provide an update on the McKenzie-Willamette plan amendments and zone <br />change land use applications in advance of a City Council public hearing on these items, and to discuss <br />the process for these land use applications before the City Council. This work session will not involve <br />any substantive discussion regarding the application itself. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />In April 2006, McKenzie-Willamette submitted requests to the City of Eugene to amend the Metro Plan <br />and Willakenzie Area Plan land use diagrams from a designation of Parks and Open Space to <br />Commercial, add a policy to the Willakenzie Area Plan to limit the use of the property to <br />hospital/medical and to rezone the property from the existing zoning of R-1 Low Density Residential <br />with /SR Site Review overlay to C-2 Community Commercial with /SR Site Review overlay. The <br />property subject to these requests is a 29-acre parcel located at the northwest corner of North Delta <br />Highway and Ayres Road, owned by Eric and Debbie Jefferies/River Ridge LTD. <br /> <br />Following an April 2007 public hearing on these land use applications, the Planning Commission <br />deliberated over the course of eight meetings and, in mid-August, voted on a final recommendation to <br />the City Council. This recommendation will be forwarded to the City Council closer to the date of the <br />public hearing and will be accompanied by a memorandum from the Planning Commission to provide <br />background on their deliberations and recommendation. <br /> <br />Subsequent to the Planning Commission’s recommendation, McKenzie-Willamette requested that the <br />public hearing before the City Council, originally scheduled for September 17, 2007, be postponed to <br />allow them additional time to prepare information to respond to the areas identified by the Planning <br />Commission where more evidence in the record would have been useful. <br /> <br />A rescheduled public hearing date will be announced shortly. <br /> <br /> <br />RELATED CITY POLICIES <br />This work session topic is related to the City Council goal to facilitate the development of a full service <br />hospital in Eugene. <br /> <br /> F:\CMO\2007 Council Agendas\M070910\S070910B.doc <br /> <br />