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<br /> Mrs. 'Real moved seconded by Mr. Williams that the bill be read the second time by
<br /> council bill number only, with unanimous consent of the Council, and that enactment
<br /> be considered at this time._ Motion carried unanimously and the bill was read the
<br /> second time by council bill number only. .
<br /> Mrs. Beal moved seconded by Mr. Williams that the bill be approved and given final
<br /> passage. Rollcall vote. All councilmen present voting aye, the bill was declared
<br /> passed and numbered 16907. ' -
<br /> 2. Rezoning Recommended for Denial - North of Willamette River west of Valley River
<br /> Center - From County AGT to C-2 (Valley River Center) - Planning Commission recom-
<br /> mended denial'- Copies of Planning 'commission minutes and staff notes were previously
<br /> distributed to Council members and are on file in the City Recorder's office;
<br /> Jim Saul, planner, presented background information and reviewed zoning on properties ,
<br /> in the aJ?ea surro~nding Valley,River Center. He said that all of the commercial .....-
<br /> properties immediately adjacent to Valley River were zoned by the County prior to
<br /> annexation to the City, and that the property under consideration at this hearing was
<br /> the first in that area to be reviewed by the City prior to development. It com-
<br /> prises about 20 acres west and south of the existing Valley River development. Com-
<br /> mercial zoning is requested to allow about 13 acres to be used for a Montgomery Ward
<br /> store and Valley River parking. There is no definite proposal for the remaining
<br /> seven acres at this time. Slides of the area were shown.
<br /> Public hearing was opened.
<br /> Veru'Gleaves, attorney representing Valley River,' presented and read' a prepared .'
<br /> statement in_support of the C-2 zone requested. The statement set forth Exhibits 1
<br /> through' 19 which were accepted by the Council and made a part of the record (on file
<br /> in City Recorder's office). They were 6ffered to substantiate Valley River's con-
<br /> tention that public need exists for the pr~po~ed additional development, that the
<br /> zone change is in conformance with the 1990 General Plan, and that this property
<br /> needs to be used for commercial purposes as opposed to other sites now zoned for
<br /> commercial use.
<br /> Others speaking in favor of the rezoning were:
<br /> Brian Oble, 1612 West 28th Place, president of Lane' County' piann'ing Commission
<br /> Wayne Shields, 1313 Li~coln Street, one of the owners of Valley River Center
<br /> Irwin Shapiro, 2825 East 14th, Oakland~ California, attorney representing
<br /> Montgomery Ward
<br /> Edwin Steidle~ 620 S. W. 5th, Portland, Oregon, representing Mei'er [, Frank
<br /> Duane Soltau, representing Dayton Hudson, headquarter~din,Minneapolis,
<br /> Minnesota (Lipman Wolfe) :.
<br /> ~len Odell, ~613 Cascade Building, Portland',Oregon, consulting engineer
<br /> Richard Hansen, 2744 Donald Street-, manager of Valley River Center
<br /> Craig Robinson, 2170 Elk, president of Lane Mass Transit District Board -.
<br /> Wes Morgan, 2101 Monroe Street
<br /> Willa Smith, 420 Maxwell Road
<br /> Ms~Blomfield, manager of Home Interiors and Gifts
<br /> Lois Reece, 328 Jonquil
<br /> Fred Dyer,' 833 Lariat Drive, manager Lane Transit District
<br /> Dick Sim, 3383 Marvin Drive
<br /> William Eggleston, 241 Jonquil Avenue
<br /> Ken Scoville, 26~0 Norkenzie Road
<br /> Nils Hult, 401 East 10th Avenue
<br /> Jim Golla, 190 East 24th Avenue
<br /> Alan Babb, 448 Greenfield
<br /> Gibson Kingsbury, 130 East 49th Avenue
<br /> Mr. -Shapiro 'presented a prepared statement with exhibits which was'accepted and
<br /> entered in the record as Exhibit 20. He read the statement on behalf of Montgomery
<br /> Ward to substantiate their argument that approval of the proposed rezoning would
<br /> meet the public need as well as the needs of Montgomery Ward in this community, and
<br /> carry the burden of proof that the rezoning would be in the pubiicinterest.
<br /> Mr. Soltau read a letter written by Edward F. Finn, president of Lipman Wolfe [, Com-
<br /> pany which was entered in the record as E~hibit 21. ' Mr.- Odell 'presented details of
<br /> an environmental impact statement with regard to the proposed expansion of the Center --e,
<br /> and which he prepared, included as a part of Exhibit 20. He also presented an
<br /> analysis of parking provisions for the Center which was entered as Exhibit 22.
<br /> Mr. Morgan presented and read a letter written by David Whitbread, president of the
<br /> Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce, ,entered as Exhibit 23, citing anticipated employment
<br /> benefits and tax income from the 'added retail outlets.
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